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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson, and this is the Drive. It's
Speaker 1: time for the Fantasy Football Focus and as it is Wednesday,
Speaker 1: will take a look around the league at who is
Speaker 1: in and who is out in the early portions of practice.
Speaker 1: Roster move in Cleveland, Matt Anthony Schwartz goes on too
Speaker 1: I R with a concussion. Uh. The team claimed Jalen
Speaker 1: Darden off waivers from the Buck, so he'll similar He'll
Speaker 1: take over that. UH, special ties return guy, small but fast.
Speaker 1: Schwartz is bigger than him though he is him. He's
Speaker 1: not the typical track guy. I mean he's six ft
Speaker 1: or something like that. Yeah, but neither one is a
Speaker 1: huge factor. But they could be a big play for
Speaker 1: Watson or something like that, you know, right. Uh. May
Speaker 1: the Schwarts be with you, May the Swarts be with you.
Speaker 1: Christian Dry saw the good offensive tackle with the Vikings.
Speaker 1: Uh was he limited participant Wednesday. He's in concussion protocol.
Speaker 1: So that's the first step in the concussion protocol. Returning
Speaker 1: from that. They played Lions this week and it could
Speaker 1: be a high scoring affair. Yeah, no doubt Lions are
Speaker 1: favored in that game. I looked at that last time.
Speaker 1: I'm like, am I reading that right? Ye? That's the
Speaker 1: Vikings getting no respect whatsoever. None. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you saw this on Football Outsiders, but the day before
Speaker 1: they put the v o A out, they highlight like
Speaker 1: eight teams and one of them was the Vikings and
Speaker 1: they showed all these key stats Vikings in the league,
Speaker 1: in the league, blah blah blah, and they said, nine
Speaker 1: out of ten times, this is a five team and
Speaker 1: Vegas cares about that stuff. You just keep finding ways
Speaker 1: to win, right, I mean there's something you said for
Speaker 1: that too. There's no doubt, but there saws a big deal.
Speaker 1: I mean, the line is Night and David when he's
Speaker 1: in there. Uh. DeAndre Swift limited with an ankle injury
Speaker 1: on the other side of that matchup. Um, this is
Speaker 1: just constant with him. Well, last week was the first
Speaker 1: time he was not on the injury report and now
Speaker 1: he is. Now he's back, and he had his best
Speaker 1: game in a while, you know, and he had a
Speaker 1: big share of the carries. The problem is Jamal Williams
Speaker 1: is obviously a problem going anywhere, right, But the Jackson dude,
Speaker 1: Now it's three guys and he got ten touches or
Speaker 1: something last week. That's brutal. Live with that part, No,
Speaker 1: he can't. Zay Jones with the chest was limited Wednesday.
Speaker 1: He was limited with that last week as well. Only
Speaker 1: had seventeen yards last week. I think he had seven
Speaker 1: targets in the game. Okay, Data had a miserable, really bad,
Speaker 1: really bad day. Uh again, seven targets I'll take all
Speaker 1: day long. Oh yeah, yeah, especially for what you pay
Speaker 1: for him in DFF, for all that stuff, you know, right,
Speaker 1: seven targets is great. Trailing Burks with a concussion on
Speaker 1: for the Titans did not practice. It's late in a
Speaker 1: week not to be practicing. Yeah, you'd liked him to.
Speaker 1: You'd like him to start that clock. You know. Is
Speaker 1: it even possible for him to play now? It is?
Speaker 1: I mean he could still come tomorrow, get his and
Speaker 1: get cleared, you know, get cleared by Saturday. But you
Speaker 1: don't like to see the guy still suffering concussion symptoms. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Cos Watkins with a shoulder was limited in practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: He matters, He matters, Yeah, especially with Goddard out. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean he could be our cheap DFS guy. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a good candidate for those type of things. Yeah,
Speaker 1: big play, Uh, Kenny Golladay with Annis a full participant.
Speaker 1: Wow for Kenny Golladay. I mean not to have any
Speaker 1: interest fantasy wise, but be nice to see some receiver
Speaker 1: last there a little while. Darius lat And it's all
Speaker 1: about there. He's good. He's good. David and Joeku for
Speaker 1: the Browns was limited in practice on Wednesday. He's trying
Speaker 1: to come back from a knee injury, for which blurb
Speaker 1: I read that they thought they'd be back, but they
Speaker 1: thought he'd be back last week too, right Yeah, um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if that's a great match
Speaker 1: up against the Bengals or not. Yeah, it's not ideal,
Speaker 1: but yeah, it depends on Watson plays. Right. Uh. David
Speaker 1: Bell uh, the wide rookie wide receiver for the Browns,
Speaker 1: haven't heard anything about it. He's been playing more and more,
Speaker 1: but he doesn't do it. Didn't do anything. Yeah, run well,
Speaker 1: he has a thumb injury that limited him Wednesday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was not. He's like four seven guy like all,
Speaker 1: except he's not as good as people love them. Like Oh,
Speaker 1: he's like the next Keenan Allen. That's kind of al
Speaker 1: was good from the get go. Yes, and he was better,
Speaker 1: a better prospect. Richie James, of course a Giants wide
Speaker 1: receiver was learned Wednesday. Why wouldn't he be he has
Speaker 1: a knee. Um, you know what do you expect? Nico
Speaker 1: Collins with a foot and Brandon Cooks with the calf
Speaker 1: did not practice Wednesday for Washington, and they've they've named
Speaker 1: Davis Mills the starter again. They're never gonna win another
Speaker 1: game ever, not. I don't love he's gonna win another
Speaker 1: game there. This is as miserable as a kid. Yeah, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't think you can use Pierce. I mean especially
Speaker 1: this week. I mean if if they have no weapons,
Speaker 1: Pierce is gonna get hit by ten dudes every play. Yeah,
Speaker 1: do you pick up Chris more and start him if you?
Speaker 1: I mean, remember six teams on a bye this week.
Speaker 1: Somebody's got to catch the football to see the clear one.
Speaker 1: Then if those two around, if those two are Chris
Speaker 1: Moore is the guy. Yeah, I mean he's like the
Speaker 1: only NFL see where I mean he could you get
Speaker 1: in the mop up duty or that you know? Again,
Speaker 1: like what happened with the Dolphins when the Houston played
Speaker 1: the Dolphins a couple of weeks in Houston Jump. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins jumped out to the thirty to nothing lead and
Speaker 1: then just coast the rest it away and the ends
Speaker 1: up thirty to fifty. I mean, you could convince me
Speaker 1: in DFS if he's super cheap and we do that tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I can pick him up with
Speaker 1: waivers and put him my story online. You might need
Speaker 1: to again this week. Yeah, there are some crazy situations.
Speaker 1: Corey Davis with an illness did not practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he was a hot pick up this week
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden he's not practicing. It
Speaker 1: would be good for Elijah More. Yeah, a Barrios exists
Speaker 1: in that offense and just yeah, that's too many miles
Speaker 1: of feet and Wilson is gonna be the one. How
Speaker 1: about this Mike Williams limited on Wednesday? Yeah, that would
Speaker 1: be a big deal for that would be whoever has
Speaker 1: him has been sitting on him now for a ton
Speaker 1: of Dinas leagues, but those I mean you can absorb
Speaker 1: it in those man roster stuff. But I mean he's
Speaker 1: been brutal this year. Yeah, in out and not as
Speaker 1: brutals Keenan Allen. But but he's only catch he gets hurt.
Speaker 1: You last time we saw the guy. I mean, are
Speaker 1: you start him right away if he's back? I think so. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're playing the Panthers. You know he's gonna get yet,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get the football. Travis Homer with that knee injury,
Speaker 1: practiced on Wednesday, So he and DJ Dallas we think
Speaker 1: they're both gonna split. Well, Homer is probably the number
Speaker 1: one right now. Dallas also dealing with a an ankle
Speaker 1: injury as well, So um, I can see picking up
Speaker 1: either or both. You know, No, Seattle does not run
Speaker 1: the football this year. They're the exactly like you want
Speaker 1: to talk about it, making adjustments like they've just gone
Speaker 1: completely away from their their previous like three years game plans,
Speaker 1: which implies they like their quarterback better now. It's amazing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: don't let I gotta let Russ cook. Well maybe he stinks,
Speaker 1: you know, and that Pete Carroll was won a million
Speaker 1: games and they might have known it. Gino cook cook
Speaker 1: pizza alright's pizza rolls. Uh. DJ Dallas did not practice today,
Speaker 1: so it is. I mean, Homer's the one and I'm
Speaker 1: starting him. Yeah, because both those guys catch passes to absolutely,
Speaker 1: but if it's clear that only one is of brand
Speaker 1: name guys, because then they picked someone up, they picked
Speaker 1: up some which just implies it just a dude, just
Speaker 1: the dude. They probably need him just to practice this week,
Speaker 1: can you get too engine. They weren't sure if Travis
Speaker 1: Homer is going to practice or not. He was limited
Speaker 1: or practice, but still enough running backs to run of practice. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he can't have the same guy would take every rope.
Speaker 1: Michael Carter with that ankle injury no longer on the
Speaker 1: Jets injury report. That's an interesting situation now it is.
Speaker 1: Maybe this is a leap of faith by me, but
Speaker 1: I think he is a plug and place starter. They
Speaker 1: seem to be really down on Yeah. Yeah, and I
Speaker 1: think the Jags were too. Coaching staffs hate James Robinson. Two.
Speaker 1: That's a couple of staffs now three staffs that haven't
Speaker 1: liked them. You know, I don't get it. I don't
Speaker 1: quite get it. But he produces, but I don't know. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I kind of interested in Carter as a just put
Speaker 1: him in there as a starter. I'd probably be more
Speaker 1: inclined to start him as a flex just to be safe.
Speaker 1: But yeah, in fact, it could could wind up in
Speaker 1: a situation where he and Knights split carries or snaps
Speaker 1: and they end up both being flexes. You could the
Speaker 1: Knight pretty not owned the backfield, but certainly had the
Speaker 1: portion you wanted last Yeah. Yeah, Kenneth Walker obviously not
Speaker 1: practicing this week. That kills Ty Johnson though, Yeah, oh yeah,
Speaker 1: he's Carter's another receiving back. Joe Mixon practiced in form Wednesday.
Speaker 1: He has been cleared from concussion protocol. Juice matchup the
Speaker 1: p Ryan stuff was nice, but mixing, Yeah, if you're
Speaker 1: the mixing owner, now you wonder though, does Pete Ryan
Speaker 1: have more of a role give him what he's done? Well,
Speaker 1: he's always been the third down back, I know, but
Speaker 1: they were using, they were throwing, they were throwing the
Speaker 1: ball more to mixing this year. I think pe Ryan's
Speaker 1: a better receiver than Mixing. I know he's better in protection.
Speaker 1: Not the mixing is bad, but they rave about p
Speaker 1: Ryan and protection, So that leads me to believe that
Speaker 1: that Mixings instead of playing seventy of the snaps as
Speaker 1: he had been doing maybe play sixty. Yeah, I would
Speaker 1: think he's a perfect candidate too, as if they get
Speaker 1: a big lead. We trust pe Ryan. Whon't you sit down? Yeah,
Speaker 1: we need you for down, We need you for who
Speaker 1: you know? But you're thrilled you haven't been if you
Speaker 1: owned them. That's the news one to hear for this week. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst with the cap injury, did not practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Tight ends are barren, but you know he could have
Speaker 1: been maybe useful for a lot of people. Yeah, Uh,
Speaker 1: we get the designations for the Rams game. Rams Raider's morning,
Speaker 1: John Wolford questionable, Baker's going to start. There many news
Speaker 1: in the last one could be Bryce Perkins. I guess
Speaker 1: it could ye if Yeah we saw what that look like.
Speaker 1: Could Baker being worse than what Bryce Perkins was against?
Speaker 1: Brace Perkins three for like eight yards? Right, I mean
Speaker 1: he couldn't complete passes as ugly. Yeah, Aaron Donald will
Speaker 1: not play this week. It's good. That's would be a
Speaker 1: tough water that's gonna be. Uh, it's gonna be just
Speaker 1: watching uh run run run run run. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: I know Acres kind of took over that backfield, but
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the plan, I mean, early
Speaker 1: down guy on a bad offense. That's terrible recipe for fantasy.
Speaker 1: How about this one Henry Anderson, who has been out
Speaker 1: since Week six because of a medical condition. I was
Speaker 1: thinking where he's at with the Panthers, the trading the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: He's listed as being with the Panthers and Henry Anderson, No,
Speaker 1: this is this is a defensive as is just this
Speaker 1: is a fantasy relavance. Yeah, you're thinking Robbi Anderson. This
Speaker 1: just struck me. So I don't know why it's on
Speaker 1: the road O uh, you know NBC Sports age fantasy
Speaker 1: stuff here. Henry Anderson said he suffered a minor stroke. Wow,
Speaker 1: defensive lineman, Like, what what's up with guys having strokes
Speaker 1: at these young as? Yea Teddy Bruski had that happened
Speaker 1: to him, Like, I don't have any clue, but wow,
Speaker 1: that's scary. Yeah, he's had a decent career. I know
Speaker 1: you're talking about now like a three or four end
Speaker 1: was a jet for a while. Trevor Lawrence, with a
Speaker 1: toe injury, said he expects to play in Week fourteen
Speaker 1: against the Titans. I am shocked that that was just
Speaker 1: a toe injury. That was gruesome. He got ben over,
Speaker 1: he got folded backwards, like I'm I don't think he
Speaker 1: practiced today though. Uh no, he did not. But he's
Speaker 1: planning on playing. Is he gonna run much? I don't
Speaker 1: know how thrilled I am to start him this week
Speaker 1: to playing the Titans, playing Titans and there's a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks on by. I mean it might be the move. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but man I and when I saw that injury, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's done for the year. Yeah, it looked really bad.
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey limited on Wednesday. That's probably just gonna be
Speaker 1: something that happens moving forward. Yeah. Uh. Deebo Samuel also limited,
Speaker 1: as was Nick Bosa, who has a hamstring injury. That
Speaker 1: sounds like, hey, let's rest all our real stars. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what that sounds like. Yeah. I think Bosch is
Speaker 1: the to me, the lead candidate for Defense Player of
Speaker 1: the Year, But what do I know. I think it's
Speaker 1: timm and Parsons. Yeah. Ghost has been unbelievable. Uh. Cayl
Speaker 1: Shanahan saying today that there's a way outside chance that
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo is able to return for the playoffs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I heard that that this isn't quite as bad as
Speaker 1: we originally thought. It's just a broken foot. They didn't
Speaker 1: have the Liz Frank injury at all. Um, you hate
Speaker 1: the Liz Frank word. That's always bad. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of people out there broken a foot,
Speaker 1: isn't it usually like six weeks in the cast. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then you gotta get back, you know, actually into
Speaker 1: you know, playing football again. But interesting, Yeah, there's what
Speaker 1: five five weeks left in the season. If you don't
Speaker 1: know this answer, don't worry about it. But is there
Speaker 1: any chance Lance is back this year? No? Okay, I
Speaker 1: didn't think so. We would have heard that by now,
Speaker 1: but I don't think so. Yeah, So we'll see. I mean,
Speaker 1: if they can get through this and when Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean there in the NFC, they gotta win to like
Speaker 1: two more games you get to the playoffs, would get
Speaker 1: them nine wins yet, yeah, I mean they'll do that
Speaker 1: with this guy, and then you know, then you gotta
Speaker 1: probably win a first round games, maybe maybe you get Hey,
Speaker 1: you're gonna go You're gonna go play Tampa Bay in
Speaker 1: the first round, okay, okay, or your host in a
Speaker 1: game against like Washington. Yeah, I mean they're probably gonna
Speaker 1: win the Vision, Okay, right right right? Uh? Annie Stanley
Speaker 1: returned to practice on Wednesday with that ankle injury for
Speaker 1: the Ravens, obviously, Lamar Jackson did not participate. He will
Speaker 1: not be playing. This sounds like Stanley might play. Have
Speaker 1: you got any Dobbins news? Uh? I don't see anything
Speaker 1: here about J K. Dobbins. But he's on I R,
Speaker 1: so they don't have to comment there. Point. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: plug him in the lineup though, Yeah, I mean I
Speaker 1: don't know if he's active. Is he gonna be their
Speaker 1: lead back? I assume so? But is that a good
Speaker 1: thing for fantasy? Yeah? Yeah? Uh. Deante Foreman did not
Speaker 1: practice on Wednesday. He's dealing with a foot injury. Um,
Speaker 1: he's been dealing with that for a couple of weeks now. Um.
Speaker 1: I think it's just he just takes He's he's a
Speaker 1: heavy workload, high workload guy. Yeah, yeah, I mean he's
Speaker 1: an RB two, don't you think this? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he gets a lot. They're playing Seattle. You can run
Speaker 1: on Seattle. No, he's he wouldn't worry me. Toron Tron
Speaker 1: Armstead with that pack injury, did not practice Wednesday. It
Speaker 1: may have been heard the last five years that Daniel
Speaker 1: Hackett said it's not looking good for him to return,
Speaker 1: and you know he says not looking good for Courtland
Speaker 1: Sutton with that hamstring injury to play him work week
Speaker 1: fourteen against the Chiefs. Was Judy back. Judy's back, and
Speaker 1: I think it's good for the tight end. Dulcis yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean it's a horrific offense, of course, but Sutton
Speaker 1: was the only thing close to being usable. Maybe that's
Speaker 1: shooting now, yuh yeah, I know yeah. In other words,
Speaker 1: fire up the Chiefs defense. Is he yeah? Always yeah? Uh.
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill said the ankle, his ankle is okay after
Speaker 1: he suffterday new ankle injury in week thirteen, it's okay.
Speaker 1: He's hard to use too, but fair enough. I mean
Speaker 1: you might need him for this week. Greg Dorge, this
Speaker 1: is one of those ones where that they only let
Speaker 1: you out to see the practice. Greg Dorge, with a
Speaker 1: thumb injury, was seeing it practice on Wednesday, while Ron
Speaker 1: del Moore, who's dealing with a groin injury, was not
Speaker 1: my perception that, especially now with Marquis and Hopkins back
Speaker 1: is Dorch is only Moore's handcuff. So if Moore's in
Speaker 1: Doorche has no value. If he doesn't, Moore doesn't play. Now,
Speaker 1: Dorch is playable. They always have three receivers on the field,
Speaker 1: so it don't even consider him if Moore is gonna play. Um.
Speaker 1: Not good news on the Odell Beckham front. Nothing's happening, right,
Speaker 1: nothing's happening. He went to, uh, did you see the
Speaker 1: stories out of Dallas? And there were some leaks that
Speaker 1: came out that the Dallas had some concerns about his knee.
Speaker 1: After having a look at it, I knew they had
Speaker 1: some concerns about signing and I didn't know. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: may be to shut down for the year then, Yeah,
Speaker 1: the word out of Dallas was they didn't think he
Speaker 1: would be ready to play until maybe late January. And
Speaker 1: from what I understand, they were talking about this on
Speaker 1: the broadcast a lot. He's not coming there to sign
Speaker 1: a deal for the year. He went like a two
Speaker 1: year deal or you know, I mean some security. Good
Speaker 1: luck with that, Yeah, I mean I don't know how
Speaker 1: you write that contract though, to a thirty year old
Speaker 1: receiver who hasn't played right and who hasn't been Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham in five years, right? I mean does that mean
Speaker 1: to cut Zeke and you know, I mean I I
Speaker 1: don't know that that's a good movie. And I'm sure
Speaker 1: he's not gonna take you know, yeah right, I mean
Speaker 1: he's Odell Beckham. That's a tough sign. Patrick Mahomes said
Speaker 1: he suffered a bruised foot in week thirteen. He saw
Speaker 1: him limping around. Yeah you can so, but he'll play.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll be just fine. Could Darius Tony Wow
Speaker 1: limited in practice on Wednesday with that hamstring injury? Could
Speaker 1: we see a Darius Tony I can't help myself. Andy
Speaker 1: Reid with that skill set. I just think could be
Speaker 1: fun that maybe not for fantasy, but I want to
Speaker 1: see him as if you just can't quit him. I can't,
Speaker 1: especially after the trade. I mean, like you give Andy
Speaker 1: Reid that toy, that's that's your cowboy. I also been Odell.
Speaker 1: I've been sitting on in some leagues, you know, right,
Speaker 1: some of those guys who's gotta not let him clog
Speaker 1: your roster? Is this good news or bad news for
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara mark Ingram out for the season. I just
Speaker 1: saw that has to be good news. The Camara usage
Speaker 1: is my missling to me, unbelievable. It's unbelievable because even worse,
Speaker 1: this staff sat there for years and what Sean Payton
Speaker 1: used him masterfully and win games left and right, and
Speaker 1: he doesn't look bad to me they use him at all. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's amazing that. Like again they're in they're in two
Speaker 1: minute situations and they've got mark Ingram out there, not
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, and then they throw mark Ingram the football.
Speaker 1: I mean in my main league there was like four backs.
Speaker 1: I knew I was. I was picking like nine and
Speaker 1: I didn't care really if I got Kamara, Swift, Barkley.
Speaker 1: I ended up with Kamara and Swift. I was too
Speaker 1: handful of them, like I'll get two of these around
Speaker 1: the corner. He's been one of the worst picks in
Speaker 1: the draft. I mean not I overslept one Sunday when
Speaker 1: he was eight. He was ruled it active even though
Speaker 1: he was five on Saturday night. I'll just watch this
Speaker 1: one on you know, DVR catch up for the commercials.
Speaker 1: I got a zero for tomorrow. But you have to
Speaker 1: start them. This is the worst kind you'd rather be
Speaker 1: out for the year because we started him every week
Speaker 1: and nobody used them. Yeah, absolutely brutal. Did you see
Speaker 1: the von Miller news He's out for the year. Out
Speaker 1: for the year. It was a torn a c L.
Speaker 1: I guess they didn't know that till now. I didn't
Speaker 1: want to tell well. I mean, I think when you
Speaker 1: have swelling like that, you have to wait, and they
Speaker 1: probably when they went in. How bad it really? Yeah,
Speaker 1: because he was getting a procedure get done and the
Speaker 1: surgeons go in and they find out that the a
Speaker 1: c L s toorn. Well, that stinks as a fan
Speaker 1: because I wanted to watch him in the playoffs or
Speaker 1: super Bowl. And it's also stinks for them for next year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's pretty late in the process for the guy. They
Speaker 1: gave him a lot of money, like too much, which
Speaker 1: I get if you're going to go in the super Bowl.
Speaker 1: But wow, that's a big deal. I mean, I hope
Speaker 1: it's not a Ronnie Stanley situation, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: where you sign him and then you're stuck. Cameron Bread
Speaker 1: with the illness, did not practice on Wednesday, but Kate
Speaker 1: Otton's their number one now. Brady went to him time
Speaker 1: and time again when it matters. They were short, but
Speaker 1: he looks good, he moves well, he's he's definitely and
Speaker 1: kind of touchdown pass. He's fantasy viable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: no doubt. I think he had like eight or night targets. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: here you go with the's on of a Night news
Speaker 1: Robert Sali said on of a Knight is going is
Speaker 1: not going anywhere when Michael Carter returns to the lineup.
Speaker 1: So that's not the news that you wanted to hear. No,
Speaker 1: but those folks have picked up nights. Maybe you're still
Speaker 1: using them. Yeah, apparently they like them. But he's not
Speaker 1: gonna get He's again, he's gonna have getting ten touches.
Speaker 1: Michael Carter's gonna get ten touches. You said this off
Speaker 1: the area, and I think you're right that that now
Speaker 1: smells more like which is what you don't want. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Uh Ta with an ankle limited in the early portion
Speaker 1: this week, he's expected to play. Um but waddles fighting
Speaker 1: something too. Yeah, I mean so they got some issues.
Speaker 1: That game was not reply them for the Dolphins. Um,
Speaker 1: they playing again. They are playing the Chargers. Okay, it
Speaker 1: could be a fun game. Yeah, especially Mike Williams plays.
Speaker 1: You know. Uh, Darren Waller is on track to come
Speaker 1: off injured reserve for Week fifteen against the Patriots, which
Speaker 1: mean would mean he would then play. He's on a
Speaker 1: buy now. Uh no, they played Thursday night. He's not
Speaker 1: playing this week. If you have them and you've been
Speaker 1: stashing him, be thrilled. You've got nothing at nothing. He's
Speaker 1: one of the worst. Kyle Pitts got you more this year?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean both were tragic picks, though. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, at least you haven't been starting Waller this
Speaker 1: whole time. Man, you were counting on him and you
Speaker 1: didn't have a good backup plan probably, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I hope the Raiders though, he didn't even look great.
Speaker 1: Since he's been he's been right. He's older than people
Speaker 1: think too, right, he was he came out, Yeah for
Speaker 1: a while before everything. He's in college a long time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's a Wayne Goldman was the running back
Speaker 1: that the Seahawks claimed. Just a guy, typical Wayne Golman.
Speaker 1: Just a guy. Yeah. Absolutely. Um, So that's the basically
Speaker 1: your injury report for this week is the bye is
Speaker 1: the biggest problem. The bye is the big issue. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I have some teams like whoa I gotta pick up somebody. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is anyone who plays um while we're on the sun,
Speaker 1: while we're doing this fantasy football. From this being the
Speaker 1: last week of the regular season. I know a lot
Speaker 1: of leagues out there have the consolation bracket. Hopefully your
Speaker 1: playoffs didn't start this week, because if you didn't realize
Speaker 1: that and you bump everything back, right, but the consolation bracket, Yeah,
Speaker 1: like the toilet Bowl, teams that are in the consolation
Speaker 1: browned and not in the regular playoffs should not make
Speaker 1: waiver moves. Mm hmm. Interesting. Yeah, it's probably true. You're
Speaker 1: out of it. You've got what you once you get.
Speaker 1: Once your regular season ends and you were not in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, do not then start picking guys up off.
Speaker 1: Let the let the teams who are actually in the
Speaker 1: playoffs that matter make the roster moves. So what if
Speaker 1: there's a prize for the Constellation winner, I don't care.
Speaker 1: I don't care because you are not in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: If six teams go the playoffs and six teams don't,
Speaker 1: if there's a prize for the Constellation, then if you
Speaker 1: have a prize for the Constellation round or bracket in
Speaker 1: your in your fantasy league, then put all your teams
Speaker 1: in damn playoffs. There shouldn't be a prize. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I guess depends on league rules. Though, like hypothetical, we're
Speaker 1: in a league together. I have an outside chance of going.
Speaker 1: But I have a pretty good team, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. I've won a lot of games, I've toward
Speaker 1: a lot of points, but my record is not wonderful. One.
Speaker 1: I'm a tough division. If the winner of the toilet
Speaker 1: Bowl gets fifty bucks or pat on the head whatever,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna start garbage, dudes. You have to cam
Speaker 1: only have one defense on my roster. If it's ok
Speaker 1: st match and I'm in the playoffs and my two
Speaker 1: quarterbacks get hurt in the same week, and you pick
Speaker 1: up the quarterback that I was going to pick up,
Speaker 1: and I have nobody to start a quarterback, I get
Speaker 1: to start Marcus Mariota because it's the playoffs. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't have a serious problem with that. I guess it
Speaker 1: depends how your waivers were structured, too. If the worst
Speaker 1: teams get to pick things up and you have no
Speaker 1: chance and you're picking up the hot guys, I think
Speaker 1: that's brutal. But if all I'm trying to do is
Speaker 1: put a defense out there that's not the Texans or whatever.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make a move. It's a toileble. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: just you're not in the playoffs. If you want, if
Speaker 1: you want your constellation bracket to matter, then put all
Speaker 1: all your teams in the playoffs. You know, I just
Speaker 1: haven't thought about that much. But I understand you. I mean,
Speaker 1: like my main league, there isn't a constellation, and an
Speaker 1: actual costs real money to make a roster move, and
Speaker 1: I just got eliminated this week, so I'm done. I mean,
Speaker 1: I even if I take a zero at my defense now,
Speaker 1: I would pay. I would make moves this week because
Speaker 1: I can still affect who makes the playoffs. Right, But
Speaker 1: I'm not making pathetic. I've been thinking about the team,
Speaker 1: the league we're going together. My tight ends are decimated,
Speaker 1: So I'm going to cut Derek Carr because I've hurt.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't I did that last night or whatever.
Speaker 1: So at this minute, I have one quarterback hurts who
Speaker 1: I played on starting the rest of the way. But
Speaker 1: what if he blows out his ankle this week? Most
Speaker 1: not think of zero a quarterback the rest of the year.
Speaker 1: But there's the constellation brack. It doesn't matter. But what
Speaker 1: if it did. It doesn't. If it did, then you're
Speaker 1: If you did, then you're running your league wrong. I
Speaker 1: agree with that. I I guess it comes down to
Speaker 1: those type of things. I know you're not in Dynasty,
Speaker 1: but this is a big Dynasty thing. Is I don't
Speaker 1: have a problem with picking up guys in Dynasty. But
Speaker 1: the problem is is that most guys are already in
Speaker 1: Dynasty leagues because you've got twenty five man roster, thirty
Speaker 1: man roster, whatever it is. But anybody who emerges now
Speaker 1: is somebody who's somebody cut at some point during the season.
Speaker 1: Oh and he's got a roll now. Like yeah, But
Speaker 1: where I was going with this is it might be
Speaker 1: an aspect you don't know about Dynasty. Is people tank
Speaker 1: like crazy. Like there's two leagues that I'm terrible and
Speaker 1: I traded Kamara, I traded Parkley, and my team's really bad.
Speaker 1: I have a ton of draft picks and there's one
Speaker 1: team I'm oh and twelve with and I don't even
Speaker 1: compete week to week. And that's not uncommon in Dynasty.
Speaker 1: Because I was over five. I'm like, take all my
Speaker 1: good dudes. I want picks. But what's nice about that
Speaker 1: league is this year, in particular, be Jean Robinson, who
Speaker 1: we talked about next week. He's going to be the
Speaker 1: first pick in every Dynasty league times a thousand, like
Speaker 1: Sa Kwan was. But I'm not guaranteed the first overall pick.
Speaker 1: Whoever wins the Toilet Bowl gets the first overall pick,
Speaker 1: So I'll probably end up with the second pick because
Speaker 1: you can tank so bad. But you know, like it's
Speaker 1: almost a little too unfair, like you get Lemieux or Lebron,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So there's some leagues like
Speaker 1: that that sounds like that sounds like a flaw in
Speaker 1: your league. Then in a way, I kind of like
Speaker 1: anything anything though that that that I'm sorry, this is
Speaker 1: how it goes. Gets the first pick does not get
Speaker 1: the first pick. They get an extra first round pick.
Speaker 1: There's thirteen picks they get pick. But see, Dynasty is
Speaker 1: different because because you're carrying those players over to the
Speaker 1: next year. I'm talking about single standalone leagues that you know,
Speaker 1: then this year is just a total donation to me.
Speaker 1: You know, I have no chance of winning because I
Speaker 1: was owned five and dumped all my good dudes. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but there is a reward in the toilet Bowl if
Speaker 1: they get a nice pick, thee overall pick. They don't
Speaker 1: get the first good But you also have a much
Speaker 1: bigger roster than I mean, you're not You shouldn't need
Speaker 1: to pick guys up five tight ends. Your fifth tight
Speaker 1: end might stink, but if you have you can play.
Speaker 1: There's nobody on your waiver wire in a dynasty league
Speaker 1: at this point, No, no, right, exactly, people are picking
Speaker 1: up you know, some of these quarterbacks like DJ Dallas's
Speaker 1: own Travis Homer is owned and nasty league and if
Speaker 1: not there, everyone's putting all their money in for it
Speaker 1: this week, you know, right, No, but no, I hear you.
Speaker 1: This does get a little hairy sometimes this time of year.
Speaker 1: But there's no that would tick me off. If I'm
Speaker 1: like going into the championship game and somebody I'm in
Speaker 1: the toilet Bowl. What You're not getting anything playing in
Speaker 1: the toilet Bowl? Why are you taking this tight ended?
Speaker 1: I need to play this week. The only thing I
Speaker 1: fight you on is if what if you do get
Speaker 1: something in the toilet I don't care. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: if there's a nice rule, I'm gonna try to win
Speaker 1: it again. If you have a reward for your toilet,
Speaker 1: but then that's a league flawed, then you should you
Speaker 1: should just let everybody into the playoffs. Yeah, no, I hear,
Speaker 1: there's not a play We basically agree on. There's not
Speaker 1: a playoff for the teams that didn't make the playoffs, right, right, right, right,
Speaker 1: Sorry you didn't. This is there's no Constellation prize here.
Speaker 1: The Constellation Prize is making the playoffs and making the
Speaker 1: team that finished second gets the Constellation Prize. Yeah, not
Speaker 1: the team that finished seventh or eighth just because you
Speaker 1: beat all the bad teams. Yeah, that's the way it
Speaker 1: should be to me, But there are some leagues that
Speaker 1: reward which leagues. Yeah, we both agree on that absolutely. Anyways,
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