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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by Draft Kings.

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Speaker 1: Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up? Welcome to

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Speaker 1: another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant, still

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Speaker 1: masking and socially distant thing when and where necessary, and

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Speaker 1: a big Wednesday show for you. As always, we'll have

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Speaker 1: Adam Rank here with his starts and sits for the week.

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Speaker 1: We get just some wire taps, so the guys you

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Speaker 1: picked up off the waiver wire, whether or not you

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Speaker 1: should be starting them this week, and a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a draft do over. Now that we are through

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Speaker 1: seven plus weeks of the season, if you have a

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Speaker 1: chance maybe to take some shots up to guys who

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Speaker 1: were playing really well, would you do it and where

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Speaker 1: would you decide to do it? So we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: that and plenty more. But first, as we always do

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Speaker 1: about this time, we'll talk to our faith for producer,

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Speaker 1: Senior Edward L. Murphy. Esquire, Murph, how you feeling over today?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm all right, but I'm sure you're you're

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Speaker 1: much better. You're way better thanks to your Dodgers probably

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Speaker 1: getting over the hum Man. I mean, I gotta say

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Speaker 1: congrats to you and and the rest of my Dodger

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Speaker 1: fan friends. I'm happy for you guys, I mean obviously

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Speaker 1: being in three last four World Series, but just to

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Speaker 1: to finally convert now and and uh thank thank god

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Speaker 1: you beat the Rays, You're in the lash. I'm not

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Speaker 1: a fan of so but I was rooting for you

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Speaker 1: guys the whole way. I mean, it's a really fun,

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Speaker 1: likable team and it was just a fun series to watch. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I certainly obviously enjoyed it. It was great. It was

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Speaker 1: nice to finally kind of get that monkey off the

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Speaker 1: back after thirty two years. I know for you, I

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Speaker 1: think for you it's got to be double because one

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Speaker 1: day beat the Race who were in utivation, and two

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Speaker 1: they did it with Mookie Betts, who is you know,

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Speaker 1: your long term rival the Red Sox basically gave away

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Speaker 1: for a Ho Ho and a ten speed, So you

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Speaker 1: know that that's gonna feel a little better. I think

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Speaker 1: it's so good. I mean, it's so good just to

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Speaker 1: see all the Boston fans upset over that, and and

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Speaker 1: to not letting another a LA's team besides the Yankees,

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Speaker 1: win this one. So like I said, it's a really

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Speaker 1: likable team and easier route for I have no ill

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Speaker 1: will towards Dodgers at all. I mean, I'm fine rooted

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Speaker 1: for them. Uh. And what approves to me now is

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Speaker 1: after the Dodgers finally got over the hump, now it's

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Speaker 1: the you know, the Yankees are are inching their way closer.

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Speaker 1: Now they're the next team. So it's totally fine. Got

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Speaker 1: that one out of the way. Yankees year. Well, I know,

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Speaker 1: and I know that Major League Baseball would love, love,

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Speaker 1: love at some point to have a Dodgers Yankee series

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Speaker 1: in the next few years. That would sure do do

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Speaker 1: great numbers for him. So yeah, so it's fun and

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Speaker 1: we turned we turned the page to the rest of

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Speaker 1: the NFL season, and hey, we look for spring training

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Speaker 1: of course, as we always do on Wednesday, to Adam

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Speaker 1: Rank and you know, Rank, I guess I should congratulate

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Speaker 1: you too. I don't think I've properly congratulate congratulated you

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Speaker 1: on the Lakers winning their championship, which hasn't been that

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Speaker 1: long ago. It just it just feels like in COVID time,

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Speaker 1: like it's been forever. Yeah, you know, we've talked about

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Speaker 1: this a lot too with like Laker fans, do you

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Speaker 1: To the point that one time we were talking about

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Speaker 1: that big a deal that they lost in the pig.

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Speaker 1: You're like, Dad, like, I know the Lakers lost, but

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Speaker 1: but again, congratulations to the Dodgers for their championship. I

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Speaker 1: will push back on Eddie Murphy a little bit, and

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Speaker 1: I gotta say this justin Turner. I love cal State

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Speaker 1: two ALBA maters right there represented I played baseball. Corona

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Speaker 1: I'm stuck for Justin and Joe and so congratulations to

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Speaker 1: all my friends in southern California who all four of

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Speaker 1: the ocean is still a classic line. I don't care.

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Speaker 1: But you're like, you're like the jobb or popping off

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Speaker 1: good show, right, I mean, usually the Rock ends up winning,

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Speaker 1: that moment. So all right, let's start with some fantasy headlines,

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Speaker 1: because there are some things going on that should impact

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Speaker 1: your fantasy week. The first one being that Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: We're still not sure if he's going to play on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night against the Falcons. He could be a game

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Speaker 1: hope you can go out with a bang. But over

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Speaker 1: God forbid that happens. But you know what, it's you

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Speaker 1: not having that steady production week after week. It's also

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Speaker 1: because when McCaffrey comes back, all those opportunities go away.

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Speaker 1: So now I think you're right, they're playing the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: much for for Mike Davis. After this um other news

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Speaker 1: had a good game last week. I'm looking at him.

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Speaker 1: I just actually had to add him in my League

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Speaker 1: So I had to go and pick up Scotty Miller today.

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Speaker 1: I know it's weird though, and Marcus, I'm sure you

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Speaker 1: on step. She was talking about dropping Mike Evans. I

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Speaker 1: for Mike Evans on a week tweek basis to consider

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Speaker 1: I get being frustrated. I get maybe wanting to trade him,

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Speaker 1: The the big wrinkle in this whole thing is what

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think Scotty Miller is kind of

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Speaker 1: a nice ad this week. But but don't don't drop.

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Speaker 1: Don't drop Mike Evans, don't drop. Let's let's effort to

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Speaker 1: get ms Shell on the show. I think she needs to.

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Speaker 1: takes and speak for herself. There last head like Carlos Hide,

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Speaker 1: up and be the Seahawks running back with Chris Carson

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Speaker 1: were doomed to lose it, just because that is just

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Speaker 1: that's just the Falcon way, um. But as for Gurley,

429
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Speaker 1: I think it was I don't know if this is

430
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Speaker 1: your last week. I think Kimmy Checks on this show

431
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,480
Speaker 1: said that, you know, the thing that worried her about

432
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,120
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley is that he seems touchdown dependent, and she's

433
00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,720
Speaker 1: not wrong the problem or not the problem, But the

434
00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,159
Speaker 1: thing about that is he keeps scoring touchdowns. So that's cool,

435
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,199
Speaker 1: Like you could be touchdown depend if you keep scoring touchdowns.

436
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:05,880
Speaker 1: Like when they get near the goal line, they give

437
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,560
Speaker 1: him the ball and he finds his way into the

438
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,919
Speaker 1: end zone. So I think that that alone gives you

439
00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,240
Speaker 1: a fair level of confidence that he's going to continue

440
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Speaker 1: to be semi productive. It would be nice if they

441
00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,639
Speaker 1: would throw him the ball, but that doesn't seem to

442
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Speaker 1: be happening right now. So, uh, the fact that he's

443
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Speaker 1: staying healthy, in the fact that he's on the field,

444
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Speaker 1: the fact that he's getting in the end zone means

445
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Speaker 1: and I think he definitely gets bumped up around her too.

446
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Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think he was going with fourth,

447
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Speaker 1: fifth round. I mean I could see him maybe, you know,

448
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Speaker 1: going in the third round. At this point. I do

449
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,840
Speaker 1: think a fall off is coming, but not dramatic. So

450
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Speaker 1: I would I take a different a different shot at

451
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Speaker 1: Ty Gurley, uh than I would have probably in the preseason, um,

452
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Speaker 1: all right, last one Robbie Anderson, and this one seems

453
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Speaker 1: like a huge bump up coming because nobody was really

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Speaker 1: thinking about Robbie Anderson, and now he's been great. We've

455
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Speaker 1: talked about the fact that he seems to have usurped

456
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Speaker 1: d J. Moore in in the Panthers pecking order. So

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Speaker 1: I would think that that Robby Anderson now becomes like

458
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Speaker 1: a solid middle round pick at this point. Yeah, for sure.

459
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Speaker 1: Any I think what we've seen over the last couple

460
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Speaker 1: of weeks that d J. Morris starting to take on

461
00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 1: more prominence in this offense, but not it's not like

462
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Speaker 1: Robby Anderson is going away. And I know that they

463
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Speaker 1: really like the way that not only can he stretch

464
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Speaker 1: the field, but they're throwing him underneath routes as well,

465
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 1: which has been kind of not a surprise. But you

466
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Speaker 1: kind of thought like, oh, he was just gonna be

467
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,440
Speaker 1: the deep thread, he was gonna be the field stretcher.

468
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 1: But he's shown a much more robust route tree, So

469
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Speaker 1: he's always gonna be in the mix and there's gonna

470
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Speaker 1: be some favorable matchups when they go up against the

471
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons are gonna want to start him, and you know,

472
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 1: plays like this where he does make a move. I

473
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,920
Speaker 1: don't know if he makes a move or a guy

474
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Speaker 1: just falls, but whatever, it is definitely somebody who should

475
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Speaker 1: have been drafted a lot higher. I think that I'm

476
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Speaker 1: guilty as anybody of kind of dismissing him and not

477
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Speaker 1: thinking that I was gonna have a huge impact at all. So, yeah,

478
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,320
Speaker 1: that's the guy that needs to move up. Of all

479
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Speaker 1: the players that we're talking about right now, who would

480
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Speaker 1: probably rock it up the draft boards, Yeah, Anderson I

481
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Speaker 1: think is a guy that all of a sudden if

482
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Speaker 1: if you know, if we knew then what we know now,

483
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Speaker 1: he's a guy that I think probably comes off the

484
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Speaker 1: board and you know, maybe the fifth, sixth round something

485
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Speaker 1: like that. Um, it's it's been. It's been amazing. Because

486
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Speaker 1: I was with you, I didn't think it was a fit.

487
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,639
Speaker 1: I thought it was a weird match other than you know,

488
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,199
Speaker 1: he had a relationship with Matt Rule from from his

489
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,520
Speaker 1: college days. But I just didn't see that a guy

490
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Speaker 1: who was a deep threat with the Jets, uh would

491
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 1: would work out with Teddy Bridgewater, a guy who's not

492
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Speaker 1: known for throwing the ball deep, but credit Joe Brady

493
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Speaker 1: for figuring out how to use him, how to get

494
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Speaker 1: him involved in that offense and kind of making this

495
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: thing work because it's been great. Uh maybe it also

496
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: just helps that he, you know, got loose from Adam Gates,

497
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Speaker 1: which seems to be a big key, which means a

498
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Speaker 1: big Levion Bell game is coming, because it is not

499
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Speaker 1: only is it you know, it's not his first game

500
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Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. I know he played last week, but

501
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 1: uh it's it's, you know, his real first true opportunity

502
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Speaker 1: after having a couple weeks of practice, and on top

503
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: of it, it's a revenge game. Like this is a

504
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: huge Levion Bell game and coming. Can man I say

505
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Speaker 1: something about that too, And I'm sorry if this is

506
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Speaker 1: later on to the rundown, but you understand that I

507
00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,479
Speaker 1: have to look at like fifty rundowns a week. So

508
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: if I'm stepping on some towns, you do the same thing.

509
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: You know, you know exactly what we're talking about. I

510
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Speaker 1: see people being like, I don't want any part of

511
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Speaker 1: Levian Bell this week because he carried the ball six times.

512
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Speaker 1: I'm like, none of that matters, Like he's not like

513
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Speaker 1: everything you said, It's not only true. I'm gonna take

514
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Speaker 1: that a step further. I'm really curious to see what

515
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Speaker 1: Andy Reid thinks about Adam Gaze and particularly Greg Williams,

516
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,679
Speaker 1: because if Andy Reid one of the classiest guys in

517
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Speaker 1: the NFL, if he's out there and Levian bells in

518
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 1: the Wildcat when they're up forty in the fourth quarter,

519
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,439
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to tell like, oh yeah, Like

520
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: Andy Reid kind of has a problem with these guys.

521
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Speaker 1: So I'm really curious if he's gonna he's gonna pull

522
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Speaker 1: it back, or if he's just gonna be like second

523
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,400
Speaker 1: half but like they're up by thirty and you're like, yeah,

524
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 1: do whatever you want. Run everything to Levian Bell, make

525
00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: sure he gets into the end zone. I think that

526
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Speaker 1: that's coming, I really do, and so I would start

527
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 1: him as a flex guy at the very bare minimum.

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00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 1: So I don't know, I don't know how, I don't

529
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Speaker 1: I know everybody's roster is different, and somebody like, yeah,

530
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: but I had Kimara and Dalvin Cook and okay, find

531
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: smart guy. But for most normal mortals, I would love

532
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Speaker 1: to see the lineup where you're not at least taking

533
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 1: a chance on Levian Bell. In the flex spot. I

534
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: absolutely would start love Bell this week because I feel

535
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Speaker 1: like this this game has the potential to be one

536
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Speaker 1: of those games where and you know, now that we're

537
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Speaker 1: talking it up, it's not gonna work out this way.

538
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: But it's like you know when they just start letting

539
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: the players call plays at some point and they're gonna

540
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,119
Speaker 1: let love Bell say, hey, look, I want my shot.

541
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Speaker 1: I want to go, I want to get a little

542
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Speaker 1: get back on Adam Gaze. I can see that happening.

543
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Speaker 1: I would if I had love Bell, I would absolutely

544
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Speaker 1: have him in my lineup this week against the Jets.

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Speaker 1: The Atlanta Falcons had to Carolina to take on the Panthers.

552
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 1: I guess technically they had to Charlotte, which is in

553
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: North Carolina as opposed to South Carolina. We should we

554
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 1: should just clarify that for the record. Anyway. The Falcons

555
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 1: uh in the midst of a pretty awful slide. We

556
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 1: talked about Todd Gurley and his touchdown, his game losing

557
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 1: touchdown last week, but they get a fresh shot at it.

558
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 1: The matchup for the wide receivers and the quarterback for

559
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: Atlanta not great on paper. The Panthers past defense has

560
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: been pretty good this year. But that said, you're still

561
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: starting Julio Jones and you're still starting Calvin Ridley. So

562
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Speaker 1: for you, what do you expect from the knowing that

563
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: the matchup is not good, but you're putting them in

564
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Speaker 1: your lineup anyway. Yeah, it is a very difficult matchup,

565
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Speaker 1: as you said, But I anticipate this game being a

566
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Speaker 1: little bit more high scoring. I think that we've seen

567
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Speaker 1: this season that the trend kind of goes towards the

568
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Speaker 1: higher scoring performances. Not obviously this game last week with

569
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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions kind of made me kind of throws,

570
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: you know, that that whole narrative into the wind. But

571
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: I really do believe that with these two players, like

572
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: they're just you just don't bench them. That's just the

573
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Speaker 1: one thing. Like I last week, I try to get

574
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Speaker 1: too cute with the whole Tyler Lockett thing and like

575
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 1: didn't like a matchup and you're like, yeah, maybe you

576
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,199
Speaker 1: should fade this guy who's been struggling. And now you're like, yeah, whatever, Like,

577
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 1: if they're a good player, I'm gonna start them matchup,

578
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,199
Speaker 1: be damned. I think Juleo obviously has earned that is

579
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: perhaps the best wide receiver in the game right now,

580
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: and Calvin Ridley is is quickly moving up those ranks

581
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: as well. So I have no hesitation with either one

582
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: of them. I know, if we're playing daily, like it's

583
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Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit like I might be leaning

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00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: towards the Carolina Panther side, But you know, I think

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00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 1: for season long, there's no there's no hesitation in starting

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Speaker 1: either one of these players. Yeah, I think when I

587
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,760
Speaker 1: was looking at a daily lineup, I I very much

588
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 1: went Panther heavy when it came to the past catchers.

589
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,639
Speaker 1: But here, I still think with Calvin Ridley, you've gotten

590
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,479
Speaker 1: six team points or more in every single game. I mean,

591
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 1: he's the wide receiver three right now and has been

592
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: absolutely lights out, and so I think you're still looking

593
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Speaker 1: at double digits for for Calvin Ridley. And I think

594
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: even with Julio Jones, you could probably still get you know,

595
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 1: ten's as wealth points there. So it's it's one of

596
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,640
Speaker 1: those things. And I know you feel this way too,

597
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 1: that I would much rather. I feel like if I

598
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Speaker 1: take a guy who's playing well, or a talented guy

599
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: like Julio Jones or Calvin Ridley, and if I put

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Speaker 1: them in and they have a bad game, then I

601
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: look at him like, well, hey, you know, it's just

602
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 1: it's one of those things that happened. If I leave

603
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: them on the bench and they have a great game,

604
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: then I just feel like the idiot. Like, at least

605
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: that way, I can I can pass some blame. If

606
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: I put them in my lineup and they played poorly,

607
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 1: I can I can pass that blame along somewhere else,

608
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: as opposed to just you know, watching that number get

609
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: big on my bench and blame me myself. So, um,

610
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: you're starting him. You might not like the matchup, but

611
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna start those guys and you're gonna hope for

612
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: the best. So that brings us to the quarterbacks. Matt

613
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,640
Speaker 1: Ryan on the one side, Teddy Bridgewater on the other.

614
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: Given the choice between the two of them, who would

615
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: you rather start I'm gonna go with Teddy Bridgewater, and

616
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: I feel like we've had the formula down with Teddy

617
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 1: pretty well. You know, we've we've played him in the

618
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: proper spots when he's had big blow up games and

619
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 1: big blow up matchups, he's done really well. And when

620
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: the number said do not start this player, and I

621
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: would go back to the Bears game a couple of

622
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: weeks ago, we put him on the bench. He didn't

623
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: score well and it was fine. And then last week

624
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: he was kind of in the middle. Wasn't great, It

625
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: wasn't bad. He didn't kill it, he was he was

626
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: a late stream, like if you're caught off guard and

627
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: you forgot that to pick up because your quarterback was

628
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: on a buy or whatever it was. He was fine.

629
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Speaker 1: Like last week, what do you have close to twenty

630
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: Fantasy points? It's good. It's a good match, Like, that's

631
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: a good you can't be mad at that, you know,

632
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: late night taco bell, Like it's not probably what you

633
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: woke up in the morning desiring to have, or maybe

634
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 1: you did because you're nineteen, But the point is it's

635
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: still pretty good and you still enjoyed it, so you're

636
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: fine to move on. And of course in this matchup

637
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: outside of outside of Matt Stafford, who has a tendency

638
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: to never play well in these crushed spots. Like Matt

639
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: Stafford is your friend who never shows up for big

640
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 1: events like your wedding, birthday parties or whatever. But like

641
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: a random Wednesday, he just he's there, like, oh, good,

642
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: good to see you, Matt Stafford. I didn't And you

643
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: know what, all of you know somebody in your life

644
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: just like this, and that's Matt Stafford in a great matchup.

645
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: But Teddy Bridgewater always comes through for you, so trust

646
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: them and start him this week. I'm a hundred percent

647
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: with you on starting Teddy be this week. I just

648
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan has been a bit of a roller coaster.

649
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: The matchup is not good, and he's not He's not

650
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: like Julio or Calvin Ridley where you feel like you

651
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 1: have to have him in your line up. There are options. Teddy,

652
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: I think is a much better option this week. And

653
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: speaking of Matt Stafford, now that his pal Clayton Kershaw

654
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: has gotten over the hup, maybe Matt Stafford can do

655
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: it too. Maybe we can see Matt Stafford take advantage

656
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: of one of these crush opportunities. Uh and and going

657
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: now now that his buddy has has gotten the monkey

658
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: off his back, maybe mat stay are they are they?

659
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: Are they? They go to high school together or something?

660
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: They Yeah, they rooped together. I know that it's not

661
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: well known, no one, No one talks about this. Uh.

662
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: In fact, I feel like I'm maybe the first person

663
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: to report this that they are friends. They know each other.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy. And by the way, is the monkey off

665
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: the back of Clayton Kershaw? Like, because I'm just trying

666
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: to think. I have never thought in my life a

667
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Speaker 1: guy who's allegedly the greatest picture of his generation to

668
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: where you're like, don't let him pitch pass the fifth

669
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: inning of an important game like that still is that?

670
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: That's still a thing? And I know it was fine

671
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: this year and people were like, hey, why are they

672
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 1: pulling Kershaw out of the game. It's like, look, just

673
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: because the toddler hasn't lit the house on fire, you

674
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: still remove the lighter from his hand. Like that's just

675
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: my thing. But whatever, Congratulations the cursaw. He seems like

676
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: a nice guy. Only Max Munsey is a guy who's

677
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: not a nice guy. He's the one. Yeah, I want

678
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: I want to go back, I'll go back. Cody Bellinger

679
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: just seems like the guy who sat at the back

680
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: of your math class and was like, oh, I'm never

681
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: going to need to know this, But certainly he does

682
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: how to do a launch angle because as launch he's

683
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: got the launch angle is a swing of all time.

684
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: So apparently you did need to know that. But in

685
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: any event, I don't know. Go Matt, I don't even

686
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: know what I was talking about. Now, I'm sorry. I'm

687
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: just I'm just amazing that you have such animosity Sword

688
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: Max Monty. I felt like he was sort of an

689
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: assuming guy, but who know he should be. You're the

690
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: You're the guy in Cobra Kai that I shouldn't even

691
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: care about, Like I I get it, like if you

692
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: didn't like Johnny Lawrence, okay, but the other guys like

693
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: who cares? You're anonymous, Like just go along. You're not here.

694
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: You're not You're not here to steal the show what

695
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: you always seem to be trying to do. It's time

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Speaker 1: for Secure Starts, presented by Visa for Peace of Mind Online.

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Speaker 1: Visas got you covered for the week eight starts in

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Speaker 1: Sitts courtesy of Adam Ranks let's just start with the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Who is on in your mind that should be in

700
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,239
Speaker 1: everybody's ups this week. Well, we just talked about him

701
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: a moment ago. Tom Brady again, the multilayered revenge game,

702
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: going up against the team that unseated him for the

703
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: Super Bowl title twice, including a perfect season in two

704
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: thousand and seven. Now he goes up against this squad

705
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: that has allowed the eighth most eighth most passing yards

706
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks this season, and a lot of that I

707
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: think has to do with the fact that the Giants

708
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: are always losing, so teams don't throw the ball as much.

709
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: But one of the things I really love about Bruce

710
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: arians is that he loves to throw the football and

711
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 1: has a beneficiary of that is Tom Brady, who has

712
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: had at least thirty two Fantasy points and two out

713
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: of his last four games. And another quarterback that I

714
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: will look at this week is somebody who's been a

715
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: little maligned, and that's Carson Wentz. But he's had at

716
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: least two passing touchdowns in three straight games. He has

717
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: five rushing touchdowns this season. That I don't think he's

718
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 1: getting enough. That's not getting enough love, Like people are

719
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: talking about Josh Love and Kyler Murray and these other

720
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: quarterback who are running. But Carson Wentz is out there crushing.

721
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: He's had at least twenty one Fantasy points in four

722
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: of his last five games. And the Dallas Cowboys that's

723
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: now a team that you stream your players against. If

724
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: you have a really good player you want to go against,

725
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: you go against the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, Cowboys have been

726
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: and that's been easy fodder first pretty much all year long,

727
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: which you know, as long as that continues, and that's fine,

728
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: We well, I just want to find the weak spots

729
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: and that kind of pick on those. All right. Running

730
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: back Kareem Hut is still just balling away from the

731
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns right now. Yeah, he's still on a solo

732
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: tour right now, and at some point he's gonna have

733
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: to go back and rejoin his band. I don't know

734
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: what the best analogy would be. Maybe it's like when

735
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: Tom DeLong was doing Angels and air Waves and he

736
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,959
Speaker 1: would he would he would dismiss himself from well now

737
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: he's permanently dismissed from Blake Wannity too. But you know

738
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: what I mean, I just want to enjoy this last

739
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: ride from Kareem Hunt because it's been pretty fantastic. He's

740
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: had at least eighteen fantasy points in three out of

741
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: his last four games. And now he's got the Las

742
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders, who have allowed the second most fantasy points

743
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: per game to the position this season. They've allowed nine

744
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: touchdowns to running backs this year. That's the second highest

745
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: total in the NFL. So we love Kareem Hunt in

746
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: this spot. And let's go to that Jets game. I

747
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: know we talked about Levy on Bell, but I do

748
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: want to I do want to pitch putting in Clyde

749
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire into your lineup again. Of course, the matchup

750
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: is amazing. The Jets have allowed the seventh most fantasy

751
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: points per games to running backs. And for everything that

752
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire has been this year, and I think

753
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: a lot of us, me specifically, really wanted him to

754
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 1: be this overwhelming Alvin Kamara type number one running back.

755
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: We gotta look back and realize that we've got a

756
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: rookie who's had at least eleven fantasy points in every

757
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 1: game this season. That's pretty significant. I know we probably

758
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: overdrafted him but that's fine. Like at some point, do

759
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: you care if you overdrafted him or not? Like, yeah,

760
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: maybe I paid an extra hundred bucks for the driver,

761
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: but I got one that I really like and I'm

762
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: crushing it straight and true off the tea, So who cares.

763
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: I honestly think that most people outside, like the true

764
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,959
Speaker 1: die hards and the people who like, you know, maybe

765
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 1: do this for a living, probably don't remember where they

766
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: drafted most players. You know, it's but you you remember

767
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: how they finished, You remember the number of the kind

768
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 1: of numbers they put up, but you generally don't remember

769
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,760
Speaker 1: you know, whether you got a guy in the third

770
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: round or the fifth round or something like that. You

771
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: just don't. You just just kinda care about what they

772
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: do on a week tweek basis, And Clyde m de

773
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,240
Speaker 1: laire has been pretty good on a week tweek basis.

774
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 1: Wide receiver. Who's who's on your mind this week? Well?

775
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: I really love A J. Brown. And it was weird

776
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: because in a lot of drafts that I was in

777
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: this year, and you talk about this Marcus, where it

778
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: wasn't industry insiders, A J. Brown tumbled a little bit

779
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: and I never quite understood why. I remember messaging one

780
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 1: of my friends during the drafting, like, why does nobody

781
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: want a J. Brown? And people are just gonna like

782
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: strugging their shoulders and moving on. But I really love

783
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: I like he's clearly the number one option for the

784
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. And again, again, I don't know how much

785
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to throw the ball in this contest.

786
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: I hope it does kind of evolve into a high

787
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: scoring game because the Titans have allowed the most fantasy

788
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: points to wide receivers over the last three weeks, and

789
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: they're playing a team that loves to throw the football,

790
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,479
Speaker 1: so I hope this lends itself to being a high

791
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: scoring game. So I love a J. Brown. And I

792
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: didn't want to throw a little bit of a shout

793
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: out to to Stefon Diggs, who has been one of

794
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:27,399
Speaker 1: the most consistent wide receivers in the NFL this season. Again,

795
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,760
Speaker 1: we talked about this earlier in the show, about Josh

796
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: Allen and what a difference having a player like Stefon

797
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,479
Speaker 1: Diggs into your life in your lineup, what he means

798
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: to them because he is such a consistent option each

799
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 1: and every league. And we love Smokey Brown, but Stefon

800
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: Diggs is just at another level, and I'm I'm almost

801
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 1: a little disappointed that Justin Jefferson's playing so well because

802
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: I would love to make fun of the Vikings for

803
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: this move, but they actually did very They actually got

804
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: a good receiver in return using one of those draft

805
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: picks on on Justin Jefferson. But this is one of

806
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: those deals that works out for everybody. Love the matchup

807
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: this week against the New England Patriots. I think what

808
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: we've seen from the Patriots is that the depth is

809
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 1: starting to get exposed. They were one of the teams

810
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: that had the most, if not the most opt outs

811
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 1: heading into this season, and where it ends up showing

812
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: itself is this time of the year not having that depth.

813
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: So a team that at one point you would never

814
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: want to start wide receivers against, now you feel pretty

815
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,399
Speaker 1: comfortable going with guys like Stefon Diggs. Yeah. I think

816
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: that's that's an important part too, that we kind of

817
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: have glossed over all the opt outs they had and

818
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: how much that decimated their defense. Um, it's not just

819
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: Tom Brady leaving that has made the Patriots different. They

820
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: have a lot of personnel that are gone. Uh, and

821
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: I think it's really impacted tight ends. Who should be

822
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: starting this week at tight end? Well, I'm gonna go

823
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: with Darren the Baller Waller. I know when you look

824
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: at the the f p A, the fantasy points against

825
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: for the Cleveland Browns, they've been very generous to opposing

826
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: wide receivers, which is going to lead a lot of

827
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: people to go with Nelson Agalor and Henry Ruggs Jr.

828
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 1: Or HENR. Rugg the third. Excuse me, but I think

829
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: you gotta put Waller into this mix as well. I

830
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: think that this is gonna be another exploitable matchup. I

831
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: think they're gonna have to throw the ball a little

832
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 1: bit more. I think this is just a good matchup

833
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: for all your raiders. I know last week it was

834
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: a little bit of a disappointment because they were going

835
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and you were bummed

836
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: out and you're like, oh, this could have been so

837
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: much better, or you know, if the Bucks actually had

838
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: a bad defense. The Bucks defense is good now, the

839
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: Browns no longer doing another tight end that I like.

840
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to Johnny Smith because he's the

841
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: tight end for right now. Struggled the last couple of

842
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 1: weeks and it hasn't quite been as good as it

843
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 1: could have been. But this is a fantastic matchup against

844
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals, who have allowed a top three fantasy

845
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: tight end in three consecutive games. But last week Harrison Bryant,

846
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: who we talked about, had two touchdowns, David and Joke

847
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: who had a touchdown three touchdowns the tight ends. So

848
00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 1: I think that this is gonna be a huge bounce

849
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: bad game for John new Smith and I can't wait

850
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: to get him back into my lineup. And hopefully for

851
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: John Wyho that ankle I think the ankle injury he

852
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: was nursing, Hopefully I gets a little bit better too,

853
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: because the matchup is fantastic. And uh, I said before

854
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: the season one of my aunt takes is that he

855
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: was gonna win people some fantasy leagues and so far, uh,

856
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,799
Speaker 1: he seems to be on track to doing that, so

857
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: good for me. Uh. Defense is what what couple with

858
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: two defenses are you looking at starting this week? Well,

859
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 1: the easiest one to do is gonna be picking up

860
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,280
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and starting and starting anybody against

861
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. Danny Dimes has been turning over

862
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: the wall over with great proficiency. That was something that

863
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: I kind of hope would just go away. You're like, oh, like, hopefully,

864
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: you know we'll be turning the corner on this turnover issue.

865
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 1: But apparently it's still there and it's not going away,

866
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 1: and it is really something that the Giants are gonna

867
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: have to address because Danny Dimes is a great talent,

868
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,720
Speaker 1: but we're just not going to get the full operational

869
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: Danny Jones unless he stops turning the ball over. But

870
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: you pick up defenses and stream them. I also like

871
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles this week, and it again it goes

872
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 1: back to the Dallas Cowboys being a team that not

873
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: only do you start your offensive stars against, but you

874
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,760
Speaker 1: also want to stream a defense against them. The Washington

875
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: f t was a great stream last week. This week

876
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the Eagles. Now, before you know the

877
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: problem with the Cowboys, I know that there's questions about

878
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, who's gonna be starting. The key thing

879
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: for me is the offensive line. They were stung by

880
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: early retirements, some injuries, and it seemed every year when

881
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: we would go into the season, you could count on

882
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,800
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offensive line. Like when Kevin Smith made a movie,

883
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: You're like, oh, I'm automatically gonna laugh. And then he

884
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: did cop out and that's probably more Bruce Willis's fault

885
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: than anybody else, but you know what, it did break

886
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: a string of enjoyable flicks. So with the Cowboys, now

887
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: you want to stream your defenses against them. And the

888
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: Eagles are up this week, and you know what, when

889
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,359
Speaker 1: you're trying it, when you're trying to figure this out,

890
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: sometimes it might be too late to hear my voice

891
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,399
Speaker 1: about the Eagles defense right now. Start looking ahead, see

892
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: who the Giants play the following weeks, who the the

893
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: Jets are playing in the following weeks, the Cowboys and

894
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 1: all those, and start thinking two moves ahead. Start playing

895
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 1: chess instead of playing checkers. You know what we see

896
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: I think from the Cowboys is that Dak Prescott was

897
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: a really great deodorant and sort of covered up how

898
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: bad this team kind of stinks. Uh, now they don't

899
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: have that anymore, and and it is on full display.

900
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:34,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, you wear deodorant still, Uh you know what, No,

901
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: not to day, I don't know. I'm like, yeah, I'm

902
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: like why bother. I mean, I'm already pot committed. I mean,

903
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: you're wearing deodorant for years. But if you're a young person,

904
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: like stop it. You don't see anybody anymore. You're inside,

905
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: You're fine, You're you're you'll be fine, It'll be all right,

906
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,879
Speaker 1: all right. That goes any deodorant sponsorships we're ever gonna

907
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: get on this show. So but we do have one.

908
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 1: This is that was Secure Starts presented by Visa. Please

909
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 1: stay with us, Visa. Anyway, we've gone from the top

910
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: starts this week to the top six. Which quarterbacks are

911
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: you leaving on your bench? Ben Roethlisberger has been playing

912
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: very well. Obviously his team is undefeated, but that hasn't

913
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,240
Speaker 1: translated to fantasy points. It's a little disappointing. You're like, hey,

914
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: like we remember the Steelers from two thousand eight team

915
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: when they were attempting six hundred passes a season, but

916
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: now the volume is just not there. He's had fewer

917
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: than thirteen fantasy points in back to back games, and

918
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: the the Ravens are a tough defense even allowed eight

919
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: touchdown passes the quarterbacks this season. That's fourth buist in

920
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: the NFL. Understand four of those came in one game

921
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: against Patrick Mahomes. So outside of Patrick Mahomes, no quarterback

922
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: has had success against this team. So we're leaving them

923
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: on the bench. Another quarterback that we're not gonna be

924
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 1: starting this week either is gonna be Philip Rivers. I

925
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: I this probably goes without saying like I probably I

926
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: probably didn't need to be like thanks Rank, Like I

927
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: wasn't planning on starting him anyways. But you know what

928
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you right now, You're not gonna start him.

929
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: That's the way it's gonna go. And you know that's

930
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: that's my thing. I think that this is a perfect

931
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: opportunity for Jonathan Taylor to get into the mix and

932
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: really outside the game against the Bengals got still out

933
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: of hand the last time that we saw them. That

934
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: it really kind of clipped what would have been a

935
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:23,439
Speaker 1: great Jonathan Taylor game. Because his snap percentage is going up.

936
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: It's trending up well. In Week two he had six

937
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: of the snaps, but it was starting to trend back

938
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 1: up and probably would have hit that number again if

939
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: they had not fallen behind the Bengals. I expect that

940
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: number to get close to so they're gonna run the football.

941
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: Start Jonathan Taylor, don't start the quarterback. If Philip Evers

942
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: has been in such a mess that it's it's just

943
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 1: hard to imagine they're going to continue to put the

944
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,319
Speaker 1: ball in his hand when they if they don't have to,

945
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: So that that probably is good news for Jonathan Taylor. Runny,

946
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: speaking of running backs, which running backs are you avoiding

947
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: this week? Well? I have Leonard for net on this

948
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: and part of it is because I have to turn

949
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: in this cheat sheet so early that I didn't really

950
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: get a listen. I don't know, it's it's tough. I

951
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: know that he outsnapped Ronald Jones last week, and it's

952
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: kind of tough to go in between the two of them.

953
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: I know that this is a good matchup, going up

954
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 1: against the Giants. They allow a lot of points. They

955
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: should be they should be scoring a lot of points.

956
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: So I I'm just trying to avoid somebody who's in

957
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 1: a time share at this point if it's possible, and

958
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: so I have Leonard for Net there. I think that

959
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 1: ron Jones kind of gets back into the mix. I

960
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: thought it was kind of strange that they went away

961
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,319
Speaker 1: from him because Ronald Jones had a hundred rushing yards

962
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 1: and three out of the last four games. He had

963
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns in his last two games combined. So

964
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 1: I don't know why you went out of that. So

965
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: I expect that to go back and be more of

966
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: a a fifty fifty split. And another guy I'm talking

967
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: about it's gonna be Adrian Peterson. Now, that's what I

968
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: feel confident in because DeAndre Swift is now taking over

969
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: that role as the running back for the Detroit Lions.

970
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: It was fine, like it was cool, Like Adrian Peterson

971
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: with the Lions was like when Timothy Olephant was on

972
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 1: the office, Like it was a cool cameo. Fun to

973
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 1: see him. You're like, oh, that's fun. I didn't expect

974
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: to see that. Here he is, Oh, Adrian Peterson. You're

975
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 1: fine for a couple of games. But now this is

976
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: an opportunity for DeAndre Swift, who had some injuries early on,

977
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: didn't have a training camp. But now that he's fully

978
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: and fully vested in this offense, I think that he's

979
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: the guy that you're gonna want to start. So Adrian

980
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: Peterson is on the bench and he's almost to the

981
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: point where you could probably release him at some point,

982
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: I'd hang on to him. Don't have carry On Johnson

983
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:28,240
Speaker 1: for sure, but Adrian Peterson his his relevance is starting

984
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: to starting to wane. It took a while for us

985
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 1: to get to the Deandre's fifth portion of the proceedings,

986
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: but we're here now and so better late than never.

987
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: And uh, that definitely means that I think carry On

988
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: Johnson is certainly expendable on fantasy rosters wide receiver. Speaking

989
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: of expendable, I mean Michael Gallup. It's been bad and

990
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,479
Speaker 1: it's it's only gotten worse, I think since Andy Dalton

991
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: has taken over. Yeah, you know what, and we I

992
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: had high hopes for Michael Gallup. I mean coming into

993
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: the season, you know, even with Ceedee Lamb, we were

994
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: looking at an offense and still needed to replace one

995
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: seventy seven gets, so we thought, well, there's enough to

996
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 1: go around. But it's never really worked out for Michael Gallup. Now,

997
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: the first time that Andy Dalton came into a game

998
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: and started targeting him in some big spots, you're like, Okay,

999
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: this could work out for Michael Gallup. But we've seen

1000
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks he just doesn't seem

1001
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: to have a prominent role in this offense, did not

1002
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: have a point against the Washington FT. He's also a

1003
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: player that you can think about dropping and DeAndre the

1004
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,359
Speaker 1: excuse me, DeVante Parker is a player I'm really worried

1005
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: about this week for the Miami Dolphins. The Rams have

1006
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: allowed the second fewest Fantasy points per games to wide

1007
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: receivers this season, so that's pretty tough. We saw last

1008
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: week how they were able to handle Alan Robinson. That

1009
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: pass Russ is gonna be going up against a rookie quarterback.

1010
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things in play here that

1011
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 1: makes me apprehensive about DeVante Parker now has always checked

1012
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: the rankings. I don't want you to start some crazy

1013
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: flyer on a player and be like you told me

1014
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 1: to sit DeVante Parker realized this is a guy like

1015
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: the old for sure guy I would bench is Preston

1016
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 1: Williams because he's had he's top ten Fantasy points once

1017
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: in his last six games. For Sure Parker, I'm really

1018
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: worried about. He's listed as a sit. Check the rank

1019
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: It's very simple, Like somebody's like, you should make this easier.

1020
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: I'm like, the rankings could not be more easy. Always

1021
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: check the rankings. I'm just letting you know this is

1022
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 1: a not a great matchup and be very careful with them.

1023
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: So basically, you're telling me that I shouldn't, you know,

1024
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 1: sit DeVante Parker in favor of I don't know, Dante

1025
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 1: Pettis or something like that. Don't I would. I would

1026
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 1: probably start Davante Parker in that one. Okay, that's just

1027
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 1: And if Dante Pettis has a monster game, we're all

1028
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 1: gonna be like, obviously, that's not that's not gonna happen.

1029
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: But you know what I'm saying right exactly, Titan, who

1030
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: who should be we? Who should we be avoiding this week?

1031
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: Eric Ebron got got some action last week, but we're

1032
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,320
Speaker 1: not really digging this matchup going against the Baltimore Ravens

1033
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: this week. I think that this one is gonna be

1034
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: a top This is gonna be one of those old

1035
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 1: school games between the Ravens and the Steelers. I know,

1036
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 1: for a number of years they started getting a little

1037
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,839
Speaker 1: bit more high scoring and put up a lot more

1038
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: offense than we were used to. But I think with

1039
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: the Steelers being as proficient as they have been defensively

1040
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: and obviously we talked about the Ravens a moment ago

1041
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: when talking about Ben Roethlisberger. There's not a lot of

1042
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: passing options that I really trust this week for the Steelers,

1043
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: and Eric Ebron is included. And I know a lot

1044
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: of people are asking about Trey Burton with the Colts,

1045
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: somebody that we thought could have a bigger role this season,

1046
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: and I kind of like him, I think season long.

1047
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 1: You know, he's somebody to keep an eye on. He's

1048
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,799
Speaker 1: definitely a matchup base guy for me. But again, going

1049
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,800
Speaker 1: back to what we were talking about with Philip Rivers,

1050
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,319
Speaker 1: I expect this to be a more run heavy game

1051
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: Trey Burton. I mean, if they if they start dialing

1052
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 1: up plays again for him where he's running the wildcat

1053
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: or anything like that, then I will be ultimately chagrined.

1054
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: But right now, I'm going to have to avoid this one,

1055
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: and so I'm gonna leave him on the bench. If

1056
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: you need to stream a tight end, I would say

1057
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: you have to go look at some other options. I

1058
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: know Robert Tunyan is an interesting one because he kind

1059
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 1: of disappeared last week with Davante Adams return to the

1060
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,239
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, But I think somebody like that might

1061
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:12,719
Speaker 1: be a little bit better off than Trey Burton this week.

1062
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers loves since tight ends the problem that Philip

1063
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: Rivers just having problems getting the football out, So that

1064
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,400
Speaker 1: makes it a little bit nicey with a guy like

1065
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: with like Trey Burton right now. Finally, two defenses that

1066
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 1: people should stay away from this week, Well, the Seahawks.

1067
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,960
Speaker 1: You know, I just should probably go without saying, but

1068
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 1: I still believe that, as you like to say, there's

1069
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: some muscle memory for a lot of these defenses. You're

1070
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: just like, oh, yeah, the Seahawks, Like you're you're looking

1071
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 1: through and you're like, oh my gosh, Like, why are

1072
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: the Seahawks still here? No, no, no, they're They're not

1073
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 1: good anymore. There there's still the legion of Boom, but

1074
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:47,759
Speaker 1: Lex Luthor has been replaced by his cousin, Ned, and

1075
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:53,600
Speaker 1: Ned Luther not quite the devious malefactor that Lex is,

1076
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: and it's kind of allowed a lot of teams to

1077
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: put up a lot of points. Like I'm gonna be

1078
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: talking on NFL Fantasy Live about how Jimmy gre Roppolo

1079
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: has the best matchup of any quarterback this week. That

1080
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: nefly mean, I'm starting him. I'm just saying he has

1081
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 1: the best matchup on paper. Uh, So avoid the Seahawks.

1082
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,319
Speaker 1: Also avoid the Miami Dolphins this week too. I know

1083
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: a lot of people will go into these narratives and

1084
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 1: they'll be like, oh my gosh, West Coast team coming

1085
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,600
Speaker 1: to the East Coast. They're playing in that early window.

1086
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: But you have to understand that this season Sean mcveigh's

1087
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: teams have thrived on the East Coast. They've averaged over

1088
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 1: thirty points per game and all of their East Coast

1089
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: games this season, and I think over the course of

1090
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,439
Speaker 1: his career, they're very good on the East Coast. Sean

1091
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: McVeigh is an excellent football coach. If that wasn't evident

1092
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: to you on Monday night, it never will be. The

1093
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: only time he's really been shown up was in the

1094
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,399
Speaker 1: Super Bowl against Bill Belichick. I don't think that's ever

1095
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 1: gonna happen again. So I love Sean McVeigh. I don't

1096
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,959
Speaker 1: want to play a defense against against the against the Ramps.

1097
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: And by the way, if I can, if I can

1098
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: take a moment, So on Monday night, what can I

1099
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: say something? Is there a producer in my ear tell

1100
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: me not to tell this story. It's a it's a

1101
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,440
Speaker 1: clean story, like, don't worry about it. So, Sunday night

1102
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: League of or Monday night League of Record. I've got

1103
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 1: a twelve point lead against in a half point PPR

1104
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: going against Cooper Cup and the Bears DST and so

1105
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,240
Speaker 1: obviously the Bears shutdown Cooper Cup. That was going fine,

1106
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:20,439
Speaker 1: and so the Bears defense was doing nothing. They had

1107
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 1: one point in the league that our league scoring and

1108
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there, my team is getting crushed. This night sucks.

1109
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,839
Speaker 1: I'm upset, and I'm like, well, at least like the

1110
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: smallest consolation, I would rather win the game and lose

1111
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:37,840
Speaker 1: my fantasy match as the as a Bears fan, I'm like, okay,

1112
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 1: And then Eddie Jackson scores a touchdown and I'm like,

1113
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 1: you guys did just enough to take So now I

1114
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: have to sit here and be humiliated in front of everybody.

1115
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 1: And thankfully, you know, all my friends who are Rams

1116
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 1: fans are texting me. And then the insult to injury

1117
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 1: is that the Bears defense does just enough to ruin me.

1118
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,160
Speaker 1: So I'm like, god, this is a perfect night. Then

1119
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,919
Speaker 1: the Dodgers won the next ding, and actually, I don't

1120
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: care about the Dodgers. Then Max Muncy won a World

1121
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: Series the next night, and then I was super mad,

1122
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:10,760
Speaker 1: but I was happy for Justin and Joe. So it's

1123
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: you know, there's definite silver linings, like it's good for

1124
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,960
Speaker 1: Corona High. I think it's good for us to have

1125
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,080
Speaker 1: a a A A World Series champion once again. Because

1126
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,400
Speaker 1: Joe obviously played for the Boston Red Sox. That was

1127
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 1: weird rooting for the Red Sox too, because you're like,

1128
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 1: because I want Joe Kelly to win, like I've My

1129
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: life has come down to rooting for players, not one day,

1130
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:36,560
Speaker 1: one day, some day, Trevor Bauer. If Trevor Bauer, if

1131
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 1: you're watching this, complain, yeah, bring bring Braun Stroman with

1132
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 1: you or not, Bron you know who I'm talking about.

1133
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,960
Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman, Marcus Stroman, that guy, that guy, Bron Bring

1134
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,919
Speaker 1: the w w E superstar Bron stromancome hype up, hype

1135
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,799
Speaker 1: up the crowd before. How am I not fired from

1136
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:58,960
Speaker 1: the show? By the way, I have no idea. The

1137
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,920
Speaker 1: producer has to hate me like he can. He cannot

1138
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 1: be a fan of mine. You can. You can check

1139
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 1: out the rest of Adam Ranks starts and since the

1140
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: NFL dot Com slash starts it, So if you haven't

1141
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 1: checked out Fantasy Bites, you should absolutely do that. It

1142
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 1: is our new show. It's new this season. I guess

1143
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: we're seven eight weeks into it, but it's new this

1144
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: season with Adam Rank can Be checks Michael f Florio.

1145
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 1: They talk about anything and everything to help you get

1146
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: ready for the upcoming week in fantasy football. You can

1147
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: see it Thursday, six pm Eastern, NFL dot Com, the

1148
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy App, and on YouTube, so be sure to

1149
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 1: check it out. What is on the docket for this

1150
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,239
Speaker 1: week's show, right, Well, we're really going to dive into

1151
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert this week and take a look at his

1152
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: fantastic season, take a look at Tyler Lockett's huge game

1153
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 1: against the Arizona Cardinals last week and see if that's

1154
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: gonna be sustainable. And we will also have Ranks Rant

1155
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,760
Speaker 1: of the Week and it will not be about Max Munsey,

1156
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 1: although it might tune in to find out. All right,

1157
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 1: so we wrap up, the show is always going to

1158
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 1: use the wire taps, So the guys you might have

1159
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:03,839
Speaker 1: grabbed off the waiver wire, uh that you know, are

1160
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: you or are you not playing them this week. So

1161
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,400
Speaker 1: the first one is for Shard Higgins, who likely slides

1162
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 1: in to take the place of Odell Beckham Jr. Who's

1163
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:11,919
Speaker 1: out for the rest of the year with the torn

1164
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 1: a c l They've got the Raiders who have been

1165
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: in the middle of the pack when it comes to

1166
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: Fantasy wide receivers. So if you have Hollywood Higgins, did

1167
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:22,040
Speaker 1: you start him this week? Well, this is a I

1168
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: mean it was a good pick up and we saw

1169
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: what he could do when given the opportunity. Had a

1170
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:30,480
Speaker 1: great stat line last week. The problem that we had

1171
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:34,680
Speaker 1: with Odell Beckham Jr. Though, Was not his talent or

1172
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:38,760
Speaker 1: his ability or anything like that. It was the opportunity.

1173
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 1: This is a run first team. He is going up

1174
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: against the Raiders who have allowed the second most Fantasy

1175
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,359
Speaker 1: points to running backs. This is going to be a

1176
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,239
Speaker 1: heavy Kareem Hunt games script. So the reasons that you

1177
00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:54,200
Speaker 1: would sit somebody like Odell Beckham Jr. Should now transfer

1178
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:58,360
Speaker 1: to Hollywood Higgins just because he's new to your team

1179
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:02,799
Speaker 1: and you're excited about that. The philosophy still remains the same.

1180
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,399
Speaker 1: So I think he's a good player. He's a good

1181
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: and I always felt like I always had to come

1182
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,839
Speaker 1: out and say that about Odellus. I never wanted to.

1183
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: I never wanted to seem like I was dumping on

1184
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 1: the player. And I think Higgins is very good. But

1185
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: I think this is a run heavy game for me.

1186
00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:18,920
Speaker 1: So unless I actually see your roster and you'ld be like, oh,

1187
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,800
Speaker 1: I'd start them over this guy or that guy, I

1188
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 1: gotta say, like my recommendation of that this is gonna

1189
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,799
Speaker 1: be a heavy run game script, I think there are

1190
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: better opportunities down the road. So you got the Raiders

1191
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: this week, and it's like you said, it's potentially a

1192
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:34,680
Speaker 1: run heavy game for the Browns. Then they have a bye,

1193
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 1: but after that they've got the Texans, the Eagles, the Jaguars,

1194
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:41,600
Speaker 1: the Titans, all of whom are pretty flexible when it

1195
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 1: comes to Fantasy wide receivers, So there might be some

1196
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:46,400
Speaker 1: other opportunities after the bye. This is a week that

1197
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 1: unless you absolutely need him, you can probably hold off

1198
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: and maybe find some better options on the other side

1199
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 1: of that game. Though, there's Nelson Aghaloor who has scored

1200
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:57,280
Speaker 1: touchdowns in three straight weeks and it's kind of becoming

1201
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,880
Speaker 1: a thing for the Raiders, uh and the Browns. Second,

1202
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:01,960
Speaker 1: he definitely has some holes in it. So if you

1203
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:05,759
Speaker 1: if you picked up swaggal Or, would you consider him. Well,

1204
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,439
Speaker 1: that's the thing, Marcus, I know we're gonna talk about

1205
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: him where we talked about him on NFL Fantasy Live.

1206
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:12,759
Speaker 1: The Browns have allowed the second most fantasy points to

1207
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,239
Speaker 1: wide receivers this season of the second most receiving yards.

1208
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,360
Speaker 1: It's pretty bad. They're very generous to opposing wide receivers

1209
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 1: and looking through the waiver wire today I missed out

1210
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,680
Speaker 1: on Actually I didn't even put an acclaim for Rashande

1211
00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:26,759
Speaker 1: Higgins because I knew nobody was going to pick up

1212
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 1: Nelson Aghilor and I didn't want to burn a rock.

1213
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,600
Speaker 1: I didn't want to burn a waiver position for picking up.

1214
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,200
Speaker 1: My only reason for possibly not playing him this week

1215
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: is that I also have Josh Jacobs on my League

1216
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: of Record team that I'm thinking of specifically, so I

1217
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,840
Speaker 1: might lean towards Scotty Miller in that one. But anybody

1218
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,200
Speaker 1: else who needs a wide receiver, you absolutely should have

1219
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: picked up Nelson Aghilor, and I think he's available in

1220
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: of league still. That is the player I would rather

1221
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: start in this game over Higgins for sure. A to

1222
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 1: me is kind of quietly come the number one wide

1223
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:04,360
Speaker 1: receiver in in Las Vegas. I mean, Darren Waller is

1224
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:07,400
Speaker 1: still the number one target. But Henry Ruggs he had

1225
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: the one big game, but even then he had a

1226
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen yards and I think two catches. So

1227
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: I he's not seeing a ton of targets. He's not

1228
00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:16,280
Speaker 1: seeing a ton of opportunity. Agalre is getting more looks.

1229
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:19,200
Speaker 1: I think he's more of a downfield threat than hunter Renfro,

1230
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 1: so he at least should be on rosters. He's a

1231
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: matchup based guy, but this is one of the matchups.

1232
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 1: This is the matchup. This is one of the matchups

1233
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: where he would start him. So, uh, you know, I

1234
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 1: think if you were if you're hurting, I mean there

1235
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: are some wide receivers that are gonna be out this week.

1236
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:35,520
Speaker 1: I mean the Cardinals are on a BIS that means

1237
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,920
Speaker 1: you don't have Nuke, you don't have Christian Kirk potentially,

1238
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 1: so uh, this is a week I think you can

1239
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: get get Swaggle or into your lineup. Last one Jamichael

1240
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,560
Speaker 1: Hasty and who knows what's going on with an Ironer's

1241
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: back field. There's so many options there, Uh, and the

1242
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:52,120
Speaker 1: Seahawks run defense is actually not too bad, but Hasty

1243
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: should get some touches. Is it worth maybe putting him

1244
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:57,360
Speaker 1: in the lineup. Yeah, I'd probably avoid this because there

1245
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 1: could also be the looming specter of Jeric McKinnon being

1246
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,080
Speaker 1: in there as well, because last week he seemed like

1247
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: a healthy scratch because they wanted to rest him, they

1248
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 1: was on a pitch count or I don't know. I

1249
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 1: don't know if Kyle Shanahan's also managing the Rays as

1250
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:13,160
Speaker 1: well and he's gonna put these guys on what was

1251
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: happening with that guy. But in any event, Yeah, the

1252
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,280
Speaker 1: Seahawks have been good against running backs, and their fp

1253
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 1: A probably shifted a little bit because Chase Edmonds ended

1254
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 1: up having a pretty nice game against them on Sunday night,

1255
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 1: But pretty much throughout the course of the season, teams

1256
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 1: have been able to throw on the Seahawks haven't had

1257
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 1: as much success as running the football. Obviously, the forty

1258
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:37,480
Speaker 1: niners are a different team, and Kyle Shanahan's gonna do

1259
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: whatever he wants to do. I still don't have enough

1260
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:43,760
Speaker 1: trust I think Jamichael Hasty and I know I've seen

1261
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,880
Speaker 1: this comparison thrown out there about how he's a mini

1262
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lanche and it's like, oh, well, well, let's let's

1263
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:53,160
Speaker 1: bump the brakes a little bit. But I do like

1264
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,800
Speaker 1: him as a player, and I just wish at some

1265
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:59,120
Speaker 1: point Kyle Shanahan would throw us a bone or else

1266
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:02,480
Speaker 1: we could just play RB forty niners or whatever it is,

1267
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,600
Speaker 1: because I would love to start this guy if he

1268
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Speaker 1: was getting the opportunity, even in a matchup that's deemed

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Speaker 1: a little bit tougher. But unless I know he's going

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Speaker 1: to be the number one guy, I can't really advise it.

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Speaker 1: It's been fun to watch him run, but you're right,

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Speaker 1: I think McKinnon sees more work this week. Again, it

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Speaker 1: would have been nice if Shanahan told as ahead of time,

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Speaker 1: and hey, you know we we might just rest him,

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Speaker 1: might just you know, some Kauai Leonard style load management

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Speaker 1: for for Jerick McKinnon. That would have been good to

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Speaker 1: know ahead of time. We know Jeff Wilson's gone, we

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Speaker 1: know where hee moster it's gone. The other part of

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Speaker 1: this equation is that Tevin Coleman might come back, which

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Speaker 1: he always weirdly gets carries, even though he seems to

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Speaker 1: be the least effective running back on the forty Niners roster.

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Speaker 1: I can't figure that one out. So I do think

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Speaker 1: Hasty should be on rosters. But I'm with you, I

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Speaker 1: don't know that this is a week that I would

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Speaker 1: I would give him a start. By the way, you

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Speaker 1: were talking about Ned Luthor earlier, and it just made

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Speaker 1: me think of Ned Batty uh in Superman. But he

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Speaker 1: was otis right. He wasn't Ned movie, So all right,

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Speaker 1: that's all that would have been. Dude. None of the

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Speaker 1: kids watching the show has seen that version of Superman,

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Speaker 1: so you're you could have just blown that under the radar.

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Speaker 1: Probably there was. There was really no point of that

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Speaker 1: story other than I just wanted to throw it in

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Speaker 1: and get it out there. So that feels like a

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Speaker 1: pretty good way to pull the shoot on this episode.

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Speaker 1: That is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

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Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by Draft Kings.

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Speaker 1: You know the drill. Tell two friends to tell two

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Speaker 1: friends rate review, and remember whatever happened to all those

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Speaker 1: people who stopped and ask you for directions. Take care

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Speaker 1: of yourselves, be safe, wear a mask, and we will

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Speaker 1: see you on Friday. I'm cot com, I'm don't co