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Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody to another edition of the Fantasy Flex

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Speaker 1: Podcast right here on the Action Network. Dane Martinez, Samantha Pravidi,

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Speaker 1: and we are joined by a new member of our team,

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Speaker 1: Mike Triplett. You've seen him covering Saints football from the

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Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. If you've been a fan of the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And Mike, you know this is perfect time

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Speaker 4: It's painful to watch this team, but thankfully I watch

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Speaker 3: I mean, he wasn't terrible or anything.

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Speaker 4: A fringe wide receiver three and like I said, I don't.

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Speaker 1: Fair enough, someone much better may come next year. By

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess it's a little bit of a panic

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Speaker 4: So I mean, it makes me sad that Zack Wilson

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Speaker 3: We knew that they would take some kind.

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Speaker 4: Of darty because the amount that Joe Flacco was throwing

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Speaker 4: He definitely has that capability. So if anyone can overcome

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Speaker 3: But even then, he's like a wide receiver for it.

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Speaker 2: Best bold prediction here, the Jets are not going to

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Speaker 1: But I'm definitely that.

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Speaker 2: I definitely was Samantha know that that Garrett Wilson is

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Speaker 1: Enough to Jetson's second place in that division above New

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Speaker 2: Yeah, another guy that I was just scouting in person

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins and how they are handling some of this.

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Speaker 1: I'm a Jets fan, so I was watching red Zone,

437
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Speaker 1: but I was also watching this game and it was

438
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Speaker 1: interesting that they called it a head and an elbow injury,

439
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Speaker 1: and then there was kind of a report out that

440
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Speaker 1: he was just ruled out, but they didn't like necessarily

441
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Speaker 1: specify if he was ruled out because of the head

442
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Speaker 1: or the elbow or just kind of protocols that were

443
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Speaker 1: put upon them from the NFLPA. So I want to

444
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Speaker 1: ask you about the Bridgewater injury, but also as it

445
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Speaker 1: relates to the stories that we're seeing about, you know,

446
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,240
Speaker 1: concussion protocols and how we're treating these. What did you

447
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Speaker 1: think about the Teddy Bridgewater injury? What it could mean

448
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Speaker 1: for guys like Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle who have

449
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Speaker 1: been helping fantasy managers for sure, and kind of the

450
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Speaker 1: icky feeling that people have about the way some of

451
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Speaker 1: this was handled.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, two quarterbacks in Miami, and you'd wonder, well, maybe

453
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Speaker 2: two will come back soon and it won't be an issue.

454
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Speaker 2: But that could be weeks, that could be months, because

455
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Speaker 2: you know, obviously, if any team is going to adhere

456
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Speaker 2: to that protocol more strictly than anyone, it's the Miami

457
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Speaker 2: Dolphins right now, and Tyger Kills dealing with an injury

458
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Speaker 2: of his own right now. So that offense that what

459
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Speaker 2: three weeks ago we were more excited about than almost

460
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Speaker 2: any offense in the NFL is it almost feels like

461
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Speaker 2: a stay away with everyone on their team right now

462
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Speaker 2: until they get either too or you know, Teddy Bridgewater

463
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Speaker 2: is not going to light things up, but he's a

464
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Speaker 2: very trustworthy quarterback. If he had played that whole game,

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Speaker 2: I think he knows how to get the ball to

466
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Speaker 2: those receivers. He was the Saints quarterback for five games

467
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Speaker 2: the year Michael Thomas set the NFL record with one

468
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Speaker 2: hundred and forty nine catches. He knew how to get

469
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Speaker 2: the ball to Michael Thomas. I would trust him, but

470
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Speaker 2: if it's not to or ted and he can't feel

471
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Speaker 2: real great about your investment in Waddle or tyreek Hill.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely can't guard Mike. You know, Teddy Bridgewater definitely

473
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Speaker 1: new how to throw the quick slant. I'll say that

474
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Speaker 1: to be sure, Samantha, I want to ask you about Miami. Right,

475
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Speaker 1: We've had this conversation when it went from Tua to Teddy,

476
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Speaker 1: and I know another person we have talked about on

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Speaker 1: this roster is running back I'm interested in, and that's

478
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Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert. It looks like the balance of touches, shall

479
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Speaker 1: we say, has really shifted to Raheem Mostert, who is

480
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Speaker 1: also known as a speed guy right next to gen

481
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Speaker 1: stats he goes twenty two miles an hour, and that

482
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Speaker 1: seems to fit with this offense. When I agree with

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Speaker 1: the idea that maybe Teddy or whoever else comes in

484
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Speaker 1: can't threaten the ball downfield as much for tyreek Hill

485
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Speaker 1: and Jalen Waddle. Could this be an opportunity for guys

486
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Speaker 1: like Mosterd or even GESICKI what do you think about

487
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins offense here moving forward?

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Speaker 3: Sure?

489
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Speaker 4: I do think it could be an opportunity for Moster.

490
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Speaker 4: I have always suspected that he would take over this backfield.

491
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Speaker 4: Now there have been weeks that I've felt shaky on that,

492
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Speaker 4: of course, because Chase Edmonds had three touchdowns in two weeks.

493
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Speaker 3: But it seems to be shifting.

494
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Speaker 4: Like you said, I mean, Chase Edmonds had one carry

495
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Speaker 4: I think the entire game, So that's brutal if you

496
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Speaker 4: started him. I actually did start Raheem Mostert thanks to

497
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Speaker 4: Chris Raybaud's advice. Yeah, so I was feeling pretty good

498
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Speaker 4: about that and hopefully we have sort of like a

499
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Speaker 4: fringe RB two there. I don't know Edmunds, you probably

500
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Speaker 4: can't trust him at this point, and GAZICKI, I just

501
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,959
Speaker 4: like the targets just aren't there to make him super viable.

502
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Speaker 4: So he falls into that category, like you said, of

503
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Speaker 4: the touchdown dependence, sort of titands. So I'm not rushing

504
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Speaker 4: to go get that guy, but I could see to

505
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,440
Speaker 4: your point him getting a little bit more work. Also,

506
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Speaker 4: if Tyreek Hill ends up having to miss any time,

507
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Speaker 4: because he did get stepped on in that game and

508
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 4: came away from that game with a walking foot on,

509
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Speaker 4: so that could definitely be worth considering if he ends

510
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Speaker 4: up missing time.

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Speaker 1: All right, fair enough, I had Raheem Mostert on my

512
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Speaker 1: bench this week. However, I will be inserting him for

513
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Speaker 1: an injured running back, and that was Damien Harris of

514
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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots who left that game and did

515
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Speaker 1: not return. Samantha, I know there was a bunch of

516
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Speaker 1: other injuries out there, Chrystal lave, T Higgins and others.

517
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Speaker 1: What do you think are some of the most important

518
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Speaker 1: injuries from Week five that we really have to keep

519
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Speaker 1: on our radar for this week?

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Speaker 3: Well, t Higgins is big.

521
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Speaker 4: I mean, he's day to day right now, so his

522
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Speaker 4: status for this week is up in the air. I

523
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Speaker 4: hate that they activated him, and this.

524
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Speaker 3: Is just a fantasy player inside of me.

525
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Speaker 4: I get why coaches do that, and I get why

526
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Speaker 4: it teams to do this, but like, it's very frustrating

527
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Speaker 4: as a fantasy manager to be like, Okay, this guy's questionable,

528
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Speaker 4: but he's gonna play, so of course you're putting him

529
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Speaker 4: out there because he's like a borderline wide receiver one.

530
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Speaker 4: And then of course he does nothing and it's a

531
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Speaker 4: decoy and then actually is pulled out from the game

532
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Speaker 4: because he had an.

533
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Speaker 3: Eicle injuries, so it's it's all frustrating.

534
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Speaker 4: So I think that that's really probably the biggest one

535
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Speaker 4: I would say of them to monitor. I know Chris

536
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Speaker 4: Olave had a concaution, and I know with like the

537
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Speaker 4: teams being more sort of cautious, I guess for things

538
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Speaker 4: like those could this could take longer for people to

539
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Speaker 4: come back from. Like Isaiah Mackenzie, I was surprised that

540
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Speaker 4: he didn't end up playing this game. So yeah, just

541
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Speaker 4: like I would say, those two are probably the biggest ones.

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Speaker 3: I'm keeping an eye.

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Speaker 1: On, Samantha. You know this. I do this all the time, right.

544
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Speaker 1: I make same game parlays as hedges for my fantasy team. Right,

545
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Speaker 1: And so there was one league where I was done

546
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Speaker 1: up and only facing T Higgins left. So what did

547
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Speaker 1: I do? I made a parlay for Sunday Night Football.

548
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: The only legs of that parlay that did not hit

549
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 1: were the Tea Higgins over and the Tea Higgins anytime touchdown.

550
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Speaker 1: Had I known, I would have done some things differently

551
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Speaker 1: as well.

552
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Speaker 3: Mike fa hates your fantasy team.

553
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Speaker 1: I know, I don't know that the guy is gonna

554
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Speaker 1: be on a pitch count. You know, and then I'd

555
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Speaker 1: feel comfortable with my matchup Mike. Though Samantha mentioned Chris Olave. Yeah,

556
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Speaker 1: the young rookie for the Saints, and I know you're

557
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Speaker 1: very close to the Saints. Talk to me if you've

558
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Speaker 1: heard anything on Olave. And I also thought it was

559
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Speaker 1: wild that he got concussed on what they then call

560
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Speaker 1: a touchdown. I thought, I thought he, like, you know,

561
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Speaker 1: didn't maintain possession through the grab. Then we just come

562
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Speaker 1: back and all of a sudden, you know, let's is

563
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: kicking an extra point. So the man scored a touchdown

564
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Speaker 1: and got concussed on the same play. Do you have

565
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Speaker 1: any extra information on Olave? Yeah, nothing yet.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I know we can't determine how significant a

567
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 2: concussion is based on just seeing seeing it in person.

568
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Speaker 2: But I mean, obviously he hit the ground very hard

569
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Speaker 2: and it's a scary moment and immediately left the game.

570
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 2: There's no question who's gonna leave the game. So I

571
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Speaker 2: think his status is going to be in doubt this week.

572
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Speaker 2: There's a possibility that Michael Thomas comes back this week.

573
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Speaker 2: There's been some optimism there for his tow injury. Jarvis

574
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 2: Landry was questionable and did practice partially last week. So

575
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Speaker 2: if you end up with only one of those three,

576
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 2: whichever one it is, then obviously that one will be

577
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 2: a good fantasy play. But when we fast forward a

578
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Speaker 2: few weeks to all of them being healthy, Chris o'

579
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 2: lobby has quickly. I didn't think it would happen this soon,

580
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 2: to the point you were making about rookie running backs.

581
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Speaker 2: But I trust him in almost any starting fantasy lineup,

582
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Speaker 2: even when Michael Thomas and Jarvis Landry are there, because

583
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Speaker 2: they are throwing to him, not just if Jameis Winston

584
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 2: comes back. Obviously the deep threat is great. They're thrown

585
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Speaker 2: in him any in all situations. They're trusting him in

586
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Speaker 2: big moments. And that catch, to your point, even as

587
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 2: he's hitting the turf, what an incredible effort he makes

588
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 2: to hold on to that contested catch. He's just been

589
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 2: doing that every week. So he's a guy that when

590
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 2: he does come back, you trust him every week, even

591
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Speaker 2: when the Saints' offense is fully intact.

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Speaker 1: too week six, Samantha, we are onto the waiver wire.

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Speaker 1: Let's start at the quarterback position. Now. Everyone has different

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Speaker 1: formats in their league. Maybe you need two quarterbacks, maybe

622
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Speaker 1: you don't. Maybe it's four points touchdown verse six and

623
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Speaker 1: all of that. But you know, we've had Matthew Stafford

624
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Speaker 1: where that Rams offense looks like unless it's Higbee or Cup,

625
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: they don't know what they're doing. And we also have

626
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Speaker 1: buys starting next week, Samantha. You know we've extolled the

627
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Speaker 1: virtues of a guy like Jared Goff and that offense,

628
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Speaker 1: which until yesterday was one of the higher scoring teams

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Lions will be on a buy

630
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Speaker 1: among others, so there will be people looking for quarterbacks

631
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Speaker 1: on the waiver wire. Who are some of those that

632
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: are on your radar?

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Speaker 4: I just want to say that in regards to the Rams,

634
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 4: I literally slacked someone and said, hey, Matthew Stafford's going

635
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 4: to take five plus sacks in this game. And it

636
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 4: was Brandon Anderson's who's from their Action network, and he

637
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 4: was like, damn, that's a lot. And of course he

638
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 4: takes five sacks in that game. That offensive line is

639
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 4: absolutely dreadful. So yeah, I hate the Rams right now.

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00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 3: They're dead to me.

641
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Speaker 4: But in terms of potential, maybe Matthew Stafford replacements if

642
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 4: you need someone, because he was a top twelve quarterback drafted,

643
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Speaker 4: so I think like Geno Smith comes to mind as

644
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Speaker 4: the top guy. He is thirty five percent roster. He

645
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Speaker 4: made it into my look ahead waiver wire call him

646
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Speaker 4: on Friday. He almost made it into my start sit,

647
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Speaker 4: but I just chickened out last minute because I thought

648
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Speaker 4: that the Saints were gonna at least hold them a

649
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Speaker 4: little bit more in check. Obviously, high scoring game, really

650
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Speaker 4: fun for fantasy. He ended up with three touchdowns each

651
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 4: from thirty five plus yards, which I thought was super interesting.

652
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 4: They were really like crazy touchdowns. I was like, I

653
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 4: can't believe this guy is threading the needle like that.

654
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 4: So from the eye test alone, I mean, he looks

655
00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 4: really impressive.

656
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 3: He's play a good streaming option.

657
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 4: Week six and beyond, they face the Cardinals, whose defense

658
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 4: entered last week bottom five and past DVOA, So I

659
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 4: think that he could definitely be a viable streamer if

660
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 4: you're looking eltsepair.

661
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 3: I mean, Carson Wentz did have a nice day. This

662
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 3: guy is like Ricky Bobby, like first or last he is.

663
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 4: He was the QB three and QB five in weeks

664
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 4: one and two against in soft matchups the knee faces

665
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 4: two difficult defense is QB thirty and QB twenty seven,

666
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 4: and he's.

667
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 3: Back at it. I believe he's QB five.

668
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 4: Right now heading into Monday nights. So you know, hopefully you.

669
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 3: Get the first side of that, not the last.

670
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 4: But yeah, that's just to be expected with the Carson

671
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 4: Wentz team. Like it's ugly, you don't want to watch

672
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 4: the game, You just want to look at the results

673
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 4: at the end.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough, Mike. Let me ask you about two

675
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: quarterbacks specifically. Samantha mentioned Gino Smith and you were there

676
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: with Seattle there, you know, yesterday, and like, do we

677
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: believe in Geno Smith? I mean, the throat to Locket

678
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,959
Speaker 1: was absolutely a dime for the touchdown, and you need

679
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: to have some nuggets on Seattle if he's v Kenneth Walker,

680
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: and I wonder you know Pete Carroll wants to run

681
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: the ball, but Seattle is putting up points and Gino Like,

682
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 1: take this again from a Jets fan. I saw Geno

683
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: Smith and never thought he would be a legitimate starting

684
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: quarterback in this league. Is it time for us to

685
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: like write letters of apology and believe in Gino Smith.

686
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 2: It's hard not to. I mean, the big number coming

687
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: into that game was that he completed seventy seven percent

688
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 2: of his passes, and he was like setting some sort

689
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 2: of NFL record through four weeks. You would expect that

690
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 2: from somebody who's dinking and duncan. He was letting it fly.

691
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 2: And Samantha's exactly right. I mean, if you just find

692
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 2: like the tweets of the touchdowns, they were gorgeous throws

693
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,719
Speaker 2: deep down the field. His best throw might have been

694
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 2: a deep pass to Noah Fan thrown it across his body.

695
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 2: That wasn't even one of the touchdowns. And obviously he's

696
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 2: got deep playmakers and DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, and

697
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 2: we talked about game script earlier. The other thing that

698
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 2: definitely lived up to its reputation yesterday was the Seahawks

699
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 2: defense being so porous so they now don't have a

700
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 2: shod penny anymore, and they have maybe the thirty second

701
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 2: best defense in the NFL. He's gonna be letting fly

702
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 2: all season. He's absolutely the guy I would be looking to.

703
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: I'm seeing the list of available quarterbacks. He stands out

704
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 2: way above all of them for me.

705
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Speaker 1: No, that's interesting and thinking about a bad defense because

706
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,959
Speaker 1: that quarterback will then be in shootout or garbage time situations.

707
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: I'm reminded of a year where Blink Bortles was like

708
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 1: a top five fantasy quarterback for Jackson. That's a good

709
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,959
Speaker 1: gino Smith, if you want to know the truth, I

710
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: have one other quarterback. I do want to ask you

711
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 1: about Mike because it's in that division, the NFC South

712
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: as well. Samantha has brought up the name Marcus Mariota

713
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: a few times in this kind of spot. And I

714
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: wonder about Atlanta. I wonder if they're overperforming. I wonder

715
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: if they're gonna, you know, turn back into a pumpkin

716
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: at midnight. And I wonder if we fast forward into

717
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: November December, are we gonna see Desmond Ritter? Do you

718
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: have any thoughts on what Arthur Smith and the Falcons

719
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 1: are thinking about their quarterback situation.

720
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I wouldn't invest in him as more than a

721
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 2: bio week replacement for that reason because ridd looms. But

722
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 2: the team has been way more competitive, I think than

723
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 2: anyone expected, which is weird because we haven't seen Kyle

724
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 2: Pitts do anything yet. We haven't seen Drake Lunnon live

725
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 2: up to the potential he showed early in the season.

726
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 2: They didn't even have Quarterell Patterson, so I don't know

727
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 2: where this offense is coming from. Mariot is a running

728
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 2: quarterback and he's not really putting up big points. But yeah,

729
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 2: I mean he's with his ability to get the five

730
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: points rushing the ball and even more if he scores

731
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 2: and if those guys come back healthy, I mean I

732
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 2: like him. I see his name next to you know,

733
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,320
Speaker 2: Jimmy Garoppolo, Jacobe Brissett. I'd take him over those guys,

734
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 2: you know. I mean, because relative score in different ways.

735
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 2: The team has been way more competitive than I think

736
00:34:58,520 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 2: anyone expected.

737
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: Now, fair enough, Samantha, let's look at the running back position. Okay,

738
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: we already talked about Kenneth Walker. I think for many

739
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: people that's the number one priority. Ad or blow the

740
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: fab budget. What other running backs are on your radar

741
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: this week, either because of injury or escalating performance like

742
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: we're talking about today.

743
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 3: Sure it's not a great waiver wire week after Kenneth Walker.

744
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 3: So like I said, if you have fab, you blow

745
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 3: it all on that guy. But you know, Benjamin comes

746
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 3: to mind.

747
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 4: He was definitely the last man standing in that backfield

748
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 4: during the Cardinals loss to the Eagles.

749
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 3: I mean, James.

750
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 4: Connor had rib injury, Darryl Williams ended up with a

751
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 4: knee injury, so he had his best game of the season,

752
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 4: ended up with the touchdown. He's the RB twenty two

753
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 4: heading into Monday night. He could definitely see increased workload

754
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 4: if either of those guys, I mean especially Connor miss

755
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 4: any time they have a sweet matchup on deck.

756
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 3: We just talked about that.

757
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 4: Seahawks chorus defense there has allowed the fourth most fantasy

758
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 4: points to running backs this year, So I mean, if Connor,

759
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 4: for whatever reason can't go, Benjamin would immediately be in

760
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 4: that RB two RB three conversation, so.

761
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 3: He's probably up there.

762
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 4: We talked about this Broncos backfield for sure with Javonte

763
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 4: Williams out for the season.

764
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 3: I mean it was Boone and Melvin Gordon, who shared

765
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 3: the backfield on Thursday night, which I wish I could

766
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 3: just have like a.

767
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 4: Memory enema of that whole game, because it was so bad.

768
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,399
Speaker 1: Sometimes a game can be so bad it's almost good,

769
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:28,399
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying.

770
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 4: No, but obviously Murray was inactive on the short week,

771
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 4: just coming back, just coming back from London and everything.

772
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,720
Speaker 4: But I think that the Broncos insiders think it's gonna

773
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 4: be Gordon and Murray, not Boone splitting carries moving forward.

774
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 4: So lutivious Murray is still out there in over eighty

775
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 4: percent of leaks, so I would definitely think about picking

776
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 4: picking him up as well.

777
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 3: They're facing three pretty below.

778
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 4: Average defenses coming up, the Chargers, Jets, and Jaguars, so

779
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 4: those would kind of be like my top two guys.

780
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 3: The Colts guys.

781
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 4: Joshua Kelly was also involved, but they're they're kind of

782
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 4: more like situational type guys.

783
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,479
Speaker 1: I think, Yeah, for sure, I'm a little bit worried

784
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: about a guy like josh Kelly. I did see him

785
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: get a lot of work yesterday. But remember the Chargers

786
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,399
Speaker 1: have also been going to Sony Michelle, and it's not

787
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: like Austin Eckler, isn't you know, a top five, top

788
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 1: ten running back either. Remember you exercise patience with him, Samantha,

789
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: and it seems to have been going well for you.

790
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,959
Speaker 1: And don't worry about Amazon Prime and Thursday night because

791
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: we'll have the amazing product that is Commanders Versus Bears

792
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: this Thursday, So you certainly want to keep yourself locked

793
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: in for that. What about you, Mike, anybody at the

794
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: running back position. I know we're all on Kenneth Walker,

795
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: anybody else that kind of got on your radar or

796
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: you can see as a smart stash.

797
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 2: Or someone to use a wave Macaun Well, first of all,

798
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 2: I'm totally cheating, but I just somewhere in this podcast

799
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 2: we have to mention Rimondi Steven sin and I think

800
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 2: is probably only available in about ten percent of league's

801
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 2: But the quotes, if you go back and see what

802
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: Bill Belichick said about I don't think I've ever heard

803
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 2: Bill Belichick gush about anybody. He said, love him, love him,

804
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,479
Speaker 2: so glad we have him on our team. He played

805
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 2: like every snap after Damien Harris got hurt. So if

806
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 2: for some reason, you're in one of those super shallow

807
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 2: leagues where you want to you want to the budget

808
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 2: on someone if if he becomes the one man show

809
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 2: in New England, what an opportunity there. But Eno Benjamin

810
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 2: I would probably only like if I needed a one

811
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: week fill in, and James Conner's definitely hurt because they

812
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 2: have so many running backs there, but most of them

813
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 2: are hurt. They have the rookie who will probably get

814
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 2: called up this week in Keante Ingram, but Eno Benjamin

815
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 2: has been doing it running and pass catching and they're

816
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 2: playing the Seahawks. But I would only like him as

817
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 2: a one week fill in. I wouldn't invest in him

818
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 2: thinking he's going to take over that backfield. And you

819
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 2: mentioned the idea of stashing Samantha mentioned Rashad White earlier.

820
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 2: I think that's a smart stash, especially if Leonard Fournette

821
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 2: got hurt with all the pounding he's taken. James Cook,

822
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 2: we talked about rookie running backs who come on later

823
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: in the season. He only had four carries in a

824
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 2: blowout win yesterday, but they were four impressive carries. So

825
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 2: maybe something finally happens for him in Buffalo as the

826
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 2: season goes on. And that's that watermelon offense. You were

827
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 2: talking about absolutely the exact opposite Jalen Warren. If you

828
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 2: see how many touches he got for Pittsburgh, you might think, oh,

829
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 2: are they are they benching Naja Harris and going to

830
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 2: Jalen Warren. That was mostly because they were getting blown

831
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,359
Speaker 2: out in that game. It was late in the game.

832
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 2: But he is very clearly the number two behind a

833
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 2: guy who's struggling. I don't know that you want to

834
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 2: invest anything in the Pittsburgh rushing offense, but he's just

835
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 2: another guy if you're playing around with and you know,

836
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 2: with your back end roster spots, he's a guy who's

837
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 2: very clearly in line for a big role if anything

838
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 2: were to happen to najas.

839
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 4: Hey, I'm feeling really good about all my Naji Harris

840
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 4: unders that I took versus season long prom I mean

841
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 4: I was like, I was not rooting for any any

842
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 4: for him to do poorly or anything. It was just

843
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 4: more like I thought that the production was unsustainable because

844
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 4: the workload was unsustainable.

845
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm feeling good about that.

846
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm looking to divest instead of invest in the

847
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh offense and shares of Naji certainly fit that. When

848
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: the one thing I say about Eno Benjamin, who you

849
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: both brought up, I expect the Cardinals offense to look

850
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,959
Speaker 1: a lot different when DeAndre Hopkins comes back in about

851
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: a week or two. I think that's going to be

852
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: a boon for Kyler Murray. That and also not having

853
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: esport tournaments happen on any given week. Apparently Kyler Murray

854
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: is something like two to twenty seven when League of

855
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: Legends has a big tournament man because you know he

856
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 1: needs to study a little bit more. But de hop

857
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: on the horizon. Keep an eye out on what that

858
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 1: does for the Cardinals offense. Samantha, we're talking about wide

859
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: receivers as well. Who are the wide receivers who either

860
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: performed well, are not on rosters, or you expect to

861
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 1: be growing in potential as we love along here with

862
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: the buys in the middle of the season.

863
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 4: Sure a lot of these guys are more statulated. The

864
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 4: one guy that I could think stands out as Shakobe Myers.

865
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 4: He was dropped by a number of people because he

866
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,800
Speaker 4: had a two week injury hiatus, but he is forty

867
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 4: percent rostered currently on Yahoo, and he shined in his

868
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 4: return with Bailey Zappy. I was actually pretty surprised caught

869
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 4: seven of eight targets for one hundred and eleven yards

870
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 4: in a touchdown wide receiver six heading into Monday night.

871
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 4: This was his first touchdown this season, first one hundred

872
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 4: receiving yard game since Week fifteen and twenty twenty against Miami,

873
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 4: though he was like looking pretty good in the first

874
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 4: two games of the year. So I love the target share,

875
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 4: I love the consistency, especially in PPR formats. So I

876
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 4: think he'll be a solid start in Week six against

877
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 4: Cleveland's defense, which is looking pretty exploitable. Other guys that

878
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 4: I like, Darius Slayton, I mean, he is out there

879
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 4: at almost every single league.

880
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,919
Speaker 3: But you eat Here's this is the grape. Okay, it's

881
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 3: not the watermelon.

882
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 4: But the Giants don't have anyone healthy on this team.

883
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 4: I mean Sterling Shepherd's out for the season, Kenny Galladay

884
00:41:52,680 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 4: dealing with a knee injury, slashing disinterested tea. Yeahdarius was

885
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 4: supposed to richer this week. He was like limited in

886
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 4: practice and then he had a setback with the hamstring injury.

887
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 3: Wandale Robinson hasn't played since Week one. Dude to a knee.

888
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,720
Speaker 4: Injury, so like Dariously and is widely available. He's definitely

889
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 4: got a nice schedule coming up against the Ravens, Jags,

890
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 4: and Seahawks too. So those are two guys that I like.

891
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 4: Some other guys like Alec Pierce looked pretty good on

892
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 4: a Thursday night. I mean I was like, why is

893
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 4: the best receiver on this team Alec Pierce and not

894
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 4: Michael Pittman. But he caught eight of his nine targets

895
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 4: for eighty one yards. I mean, this Colt's offense is

896
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 4: not one that I necessarily want to buy into either.

897
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 4: It's even Jonathan Taylor has been struggling when he's healthy,

898
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 4: so it's not the best offense. But I also liked

899
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 4: Pierce going into the season. I mean, he was a

900
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 4: pretty solid rookie prospect and I would like what I've

901
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 4: seen from him so far. So he gets to face

902
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 4: the Jags, Titans, and Commanders coming up, so I like

903
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 4: that schedule as well.

904
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: I like Pierce as well, especially you mentioned kind of

905
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 1: buzz around him coming out of Cincinnati a rookie, kind

906
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 1: of the athletic and the size pieces, and you mentioned

907
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: the out targeted Michael Pittman. I would just want to

908
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: see what this looks like when Jonathan Taylor returns, right,

909
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: and you know, we're not gonna always see a ton

910
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,280
Speaker 1: of twelve to nine overtime games either.

911
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 4: I actually thought they were gonna get like some kind

912
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,320
Speaker 4: of score agami from that, like something really weird.

913
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: I thought a lot of things were gonna happen, and

914
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: then none of them did. In that game on Thursday.

915
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: Night, no one touchdown bets. I love that, not one. Anytime.

916
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: I saw that people also bet no touchdowns scored in

917
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: the game and were being offered cash out options. And

918
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: I wonder, I say this to you all the time, Samantha,

919
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: at what point do you be like, no, no, no,

920
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let this ride out and have no touchdowns

921
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: in the game as opposed to accepting a cash out

922
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: on something that had a huge had huge odds on it.

923
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: I believe people had cash out options on that that

924
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: would have been tasty, at least in my opinion. But

925
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: I digress. Mike, what about you wide receivers that are

926
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: on your radar? Remember we've got buys coming up, and

927
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: like we're saying, there are some teams that are now

928
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: just proving to not be as dynamic as we may

929
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,240
Speaker 1: have fought entering the season.

930
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 2: Well, it's a pretty sad list, but here's a game.

931
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 2: I'm not betting no touchdowns on Cardinals Seahawks. We're killing

932
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,040
Speaker 2: the Seahawks today. But so Rondeo Moore I think is

933
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,920
Speaker 2: a good one week only guy because, as you mentioned,

934
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 2: new Hopkins is coming back in week seven, but this

935
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 2: is week six and the Cardinals are getting to play

936
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 2: against Seattle and Rondeo Moore just had a big day,

937
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 2: So if you're looking for someone to fill in for

938
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 2: this week only, I also agree with samanthon Jacoby Myers.

939
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 2: Another one who's just above the threshold fifty one percent.

940
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 2: Michael Gallup has become clearly the number two receiver in

941
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 2: Dallas again. I think right now we only had four catches,

942
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 2: but that was forty percent of all their catches since

943
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 2: Cooper Rush only completed ten passes, so he's becoming a

944
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:50,919
Speaker 2: part of that offense again.

945
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 1: Alec Pierce I want to like a lot.

946
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 2: I love watching Alec Pierce play, and if the speaking

947
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 2: of that awful Thursday night game, the game winning play

948
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,800
Speaker 2: was basically me and Alec Pierce interception where he snatched

949
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 2: it out of.

950
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 1: The defensive back's hands.

951
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 2: He's got big, strong hands, he's a big body, and

952
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 2: he's got downfield speed. But I also wanted to love

953
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 2: Michael Pittman. And if we can't trust Michael Pittman to

954
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 2: do anything, how can we trust Alec Pierce. So you know,

955
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 2: I talked to friend who covers the Colts and it's

956
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 2: just that offensive line is a problem and they don't

957
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 2: see a lot of hope. I mean, we used to

958
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 2: think that was one of the most reliable things in

959
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,799
Speaker 2: the league, and it's just letting that team down. And

960
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 2: there doesn't seem to be a lot of light at

961
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 2: the end of the tunnel. So I don't know if

962
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 2: that passing offense is ever going to get going. He'd

963
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 2: be a guy want to stash on the end of

964
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 2: my bench. But that's probably better, if you know, if

965
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 2: you're looking toward twenty twenty three than this season.

966
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think that's fair. Matt Ryan. We

967
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 1: all know is a statue back there, and if you

968
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: can't sit in camp in the pocket, it's going to

969
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: be a problem. We all thought that the Colts had

970
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: one of the best offensive lines in the league right

971
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: maybe two three years ago, and myy that has changed

972
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: a little bit. Let's go over to the tight end position,

973
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: and I know we had the conversation around Taysom Hill.

974
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: I believe Tayso Hill is on rosters in about a

975
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: quarter to a third of leagues. That's certainly gonna jump

976
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,839
Speaker 1: up this week. But what are some other tight ends

977
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 1: or who are some other tight ends Samantha that we

978
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: are considering moving forward? It seems like the same names

979
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: we talk about every week. Guys like Hurst, guys like Tanyan,

980
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 1: guys like oh, I don't know, Evan Ingram. Have any

981
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 1: of them kind of emerged in your opinion? Sure?

982
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:26,320
Speaker 3: I mean Hayden Hurst did have another nice day for Fantasy,

983
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,280
Speaker 3: good primetime loss slash.

984
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 4: Revenge match against the Ravens who drafted him in the

985
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 4: twenty eighteen draft. He is the tight end three with

986
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 4: one game left to play. I think his role could

987
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,800
Speaker 4: have been a little bit expanded with t. Higgins clearly

988
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 4: activated as a decoy and nothing more. But it is

989
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 4: his second game in the row finding the end zone,

990
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,280
Speaker 4: and third game this year worth at least seven targets,

991
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 4: so I like him as a potential Week six streamer

992
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 4: for Hawkins. Sand Or waller managers that need someone. I mean,

993
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 4: they play the Saints this week, which isn't the best

994
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 4: matchup or anything, but certainly he's a viable type streaming option.

995
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 4: I mean, we know the landscape for tight end is

996
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 4: kind of a healthscape, so it's it's it's it's lean.

997
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 4: Like you said, Evan Ingram also had a nice bounce

998
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 4: back from a one catch week four outing. He caught

999
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 4: ten targets for sixteen nine yards, currently the tight end seven.

1000
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 4: He's definitely a high untight end to viable streamer in

1001
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,359
Speaker 4: deeper leagues with you know, four teams sun by, So

1002
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 4: those are the guys that I'm probably looking at. I mean,

1003
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:27,839
Speaker 4: to your point, we like Robert Tunyan Zach Gentry would

1004
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 4: be one to keep an eye on.

1005
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 3: Because of Friarmuth's concussion.

1006
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 4: Situation, I have very little faith in now like people

1007
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 4: coming back from concussions, just because of how sensitive I think.

1008
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:40,080
Speaker 3: The league is.

1009
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,280
Speaker 4: To be clear, I think they should exercise more caution,

1010
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 4: but just I mean, friar Mouth obviously entered exited that

1011
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 4: game pretty early, and Gentry ended up catching five of

1012
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:54,439
Speaker 4: six targets for forty three yards. So it's it's look

1013
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 4: there wasn't much pretty about the Steelers offense in that game,

1014
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 4: but uh, you know, just just a name to keep

1015
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 4: and I on in case Friarmuth is a no go,

1016
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 4: especially in like DFS formats, because I'm sure he's going

1017
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 4: to be dirt cheap.

1018
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough. And one other name, And again I'm

1019
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: not advocating for these grape offenses, but kolk Met is

1020
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: someone who going into the season people thought was gonna

1021
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: have a breakout, people thought were going to lead the

1022
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: team in receptions or targets, and now he's at the

1023
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: place where he is only on one third of rosters

1024
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: out there, So keep an eye out on that. I

1025
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:31,400
Speaker 1: believe there's gonna be some kind of aggression at some point.

1026
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:36,960
Speaker 4: And honestly, the Bears looked pretty good. For the Bears,

1027
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 4: this was probably that their best offensive game of the year,

1028
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 4: I've got to say. So, I think like that was

1029
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 4: the most accurate that Justin Fields has been all seasons.

1030
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 3: So, I mean, I think that they have.

1031
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 4: A center that's injured right now, has like some kind

1032
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 4: of thumb injuries, so once he comes back, that'll help

1033
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:54,280
Speaker 4: their offensive line.

1034
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 3: It can't go.

1035
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 4: It can't get worse for them, is the thing. So

1036
00:48:57,800 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 4: they're they're kind of in that boat with the Panthers.

1037
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 4: So to your point about comment, it's only up from here, Yeah.

1038
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:05,919
Speaker 1: I would think so, Mike. Any tight ends on your

1039
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: radar that are readily available.

1040
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean hers is the one I like best

1041
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 2: of everyone mentioned. He's actually tight tied for second and

1042
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,880
Speaker 2: catches on Cincinnati this year, which nobody would have was

1043
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 2: seen coming. But obviously injuries had something to do with that,

1044
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 2: so especially if Higgins is still hurt. But even if

1045
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 2: it was just because Higgins was hurt, Joe Burrows learned

1046
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 2: to trust him in the red zone. That's the first

1047
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 2: thing I saw when I turned on TV last night.

1048
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,800
Speaker 2: But no, look, if Taysom Hill's available, don't make the mistake.

1049
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 2: Don't talk yourself into Gerald Everett or even Saints Adam

1050
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,800
Speaker 2: Trumpman or Saints Juwan Johnson, because none of those guys

1051
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 2: are going to put up fifty five or thirty five points.

1052
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 2: Taysom Hill might get you a zero one of these days,

1053
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 2: but it's so much fun if you're making a desperate

1054
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,000
Speaker 2: play at tight end, at least picked the guy who

1055
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 2: might you know come in at quarterback and break free

1056
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 2: for a sixty yard touchdown run. It's more fun to

1057
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 2: play fantasy that way.

1058
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: Now, listen, I don't disagree with you. You know, my

1059
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:03,320
Speaker 1: strategy has always been try to accumulate as many people

1060
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 1: as possible who can win you a week. And we

1061
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: are talking about tight ends and how you know, it's

1062
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 1: kind of a wasteland after the names we all know

1063
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: and they're TD dependent and stuff like that. Taysom Hill

1064
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: is a guy who can get multiple touchdowns win you

1065
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,919
Speaker 1: a week. Even throw for some passing yards, watching yards

1066
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: you know they'll be.

1067
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 2: Involved in catching a touchdown. He will catch a touchdown

1068
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 2: sometime too.

1069
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: You may use a tight end. You may also get

1070
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: times where it depends on check your settings where you

1071
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 1: can get a point for like a blocked kick or

1072
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: something like that. When it comes to take returning kickoffs

1073
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: for them, no shortage of ways for them to use

1074
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. I think that is the lesson from this episode.

1075
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 1: And of course shout out to our producer David who

1076
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,400
Speaker 1: always knows the exact right times to put Taysom Hill in.

1077
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 1: I want to let everybody know. Also, if you have

1078
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 1: a question for Samantha, hit her up on the mail bag. Okay,

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Speaker 1: at mail bag at actionnetwork dot com. You could ask

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Speaker 1: her questions. She'll give you some answers and we'll pick

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Speaker 1: some to use on the show here on the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Flex on a Monday pod. That'll do it for this

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Speaker 1: episode here, going from week five two week six. We

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Speaker 1: hope you are in playoff contention, and if not, we

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Speaker 1: hope you use some of these insights to get the

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Speaker 1: right guys on the waiver wire and boost your standing

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Speaker 1: for Samantha Pravidi and our new contributor Mike Triplett, who

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Speaker 1: we thank and appreciate having on with the show. I'm

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Speaker 1: Dane Martinez here. This is the Fantasy Flex pod for

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Speaker 1: the Action Network. Make sure you subscribe unless you're like

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Speaker 1: allergic to doing well in your leagues. We will be

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Speaker 1: back next week here on the Fantasy Flex. Thanks so much,

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Speaker 1: we'll see you next time.