WEBVTT - Week 11 Waivers, Diamonds, Fugazis, and more! 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:05.960 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:14.840 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:17.520 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.880 Speeds and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up next on 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.560 that cipher on the microphone. You know the number one 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:37.600 of the best yet Martinez. You know what it is. 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.600 It should play Dane Martinez a k A. Speeds, a 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:45.080 k A. The Spitting Statustician. And you are listening live 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.479 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.879 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Big shout out as always if 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.080 you're listening live on I Heart Radio on tune In Radio, 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.360 if you're watching live on the Fantasy Sports Network live 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.320 YouTube stream, we got a nice show for you on 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:08.039 a Wednesday. I got my man Chris's keeping it so 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:10.760 hot that we sweat steam. We're helping you win your 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:13.000 league and win net cash. A little bit later on, 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.480 we will be hearing from you as we open up 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:17.720 the phone lines as we usually do at eight four 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.560 four eight four three six eight seven nine. Before we 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.280 do that, we're gonna go around the league as we 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.040 usually do. You know, Wednesdays, you get the first injury 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.959 reports for week eleven. As I always say, that serves 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.160 as a baseline. Some of these guys are just getting 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.280 regular maintenance and rest days because I don't know if 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.720 you've heard, but football is a violent game, so we'll 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.080 dig into that. I also want to tell you I'm 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.160 gonna be giving you some tips. You know a lot 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.039 of people are telling me, yo, I'm seven and three, 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.440 I'm eating two, I'm ready for the playoffs. I'm gonna 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.600 tell you, if you're a team that's looking good for 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.920 the playoffs, you need to start acting like a championship 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.160 contender right now. I'm gonna tell you a couple of 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.480 tips to get ahead of the game for the playoffs, 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.480 and you can start work on that right now. Heading 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.440 into week eleven. We also got a pull question up 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.239 that I think it's very interesting because, if nothing else, 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.240 it shows the recency bias. I'm gonna ask you which 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.840 first or second year quarterback would you like most to 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.600 start your franchise with. Is it a guy like Dak 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:20.200 Prescott from last year? Is it Deshaun Watson from this year? 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.680 What about one of the first or second picking last 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.440 year's draft, Jared Goff or Carson wentz out of the four. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.000 One of them are running away with it on Twitter 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.880 right now and I'm a little bit surprised of which 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.200 one it is. You can check it out yourself at 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.760 Spitting Speeds is where you can find me on Twitter. 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.560 Hit me up if you do, use the hashtag stats 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.080 over beats and I'll definitely get back to you. We 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:46.920 have a late nominee Bivona for hashtag Game of Inches, 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.960 but I don't know how I feel about it. I 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:52.000 kind of want to disqualify the entry, Bavona. I want 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.480 to get your take on it. And we also have 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:58.360 word on the a L and n L CY Young Awards. 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.720 So here at the Fantasy Freesty, we want to tip 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.440 our cap to Corey Kluber in the American League eighteen 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.400 and four to five e r A, he got twenty 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.720 eight of the thirty first place votes and in the 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:13.400 National League, Max Serzer wins the CY Young sixteen and 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.120 SIXIX with the two five one e r A. If 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.000 you were listening to the Fantasy Freestyle before the baseball 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.800 season even started, you would know that I nailed the 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.960 a L. I had the Astros winning the a L Pennant, 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.239 I had Corey Kluber winning the a L C I Young, 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.480 and I had jose L Tove winning the a L 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.320 m v P in the National League. Not so much. 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.640 I had the Washington Nationals winning the Pennant not Serser, 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.600 but Bryce Harper winning the m v P. Oh yeah, 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.760 and Noah Syndergard winning the cy Young. I guess that 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:45.800 didn't work out, But that's all right, because it is 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.760 football season and I'm gonna help you win your leagues 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.400 and win that cash. Come all right back, it's Wednesday, 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:53.640 so we gotta look at practice reports and we'll be 0:03:53.680 --> 0:04:00.880 doing that right when we come back. Hey, I'm Frank Stanfel, 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:02.840 and here is Greg Sussman of the Fantasy Football Best 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.280 Friends Forever. What can you tell me about the d 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.200 k MS Big Game Challenge. 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I know a lot of people who 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.480 hit me up on Twitter all the time at spitting 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.800 speed say they really enjoy what we do here at 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.880 the Fantasy Sports Network because you know, we're really trying 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.280 to help people. Were really building a great community. So 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.000 let's dive on in to the Wednesday in front of 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.320 week eleven of the football season because practice reports start 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.120 to come out. So we got a lot of interesting 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.200 news there. But first today was a big day at 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:43.040 the quarterback position in fantasy football. First of all, the 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:47.600 Bills have decided to go with rookie quarterback Nate Peterman 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:52.320 out of Pittsburgh. They are sitting Tyrod Taylor. They are 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.200 sitting Team Mobile. I have been telling you guys for 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.680 the better part of the last two weeks about how 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.400 much I actually like Tyrod Taylor and his outlook for 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:06.360 the rest of the season. Apparently the Pagoula family, apparently 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:11.000 McDermott does not agree with me. They are going Nate 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:15.400 Peterman instead. I was high on Tyrod Taylor. They are 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:19.120 going in another direction. Let me tell you something. It 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:23.120 wasn't Tyrod Taylor who gave up six touchdowns to the 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:27.840 New Orleans Saints last week. It wasn't Tyrod Taylor who 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.720 gave up over two hundred and eighty yards on the 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:36.320 ground to Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara last week. Okay, 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.760 Tyrod Taylor is not the issue in my opinion on 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.880 the Buffalo Bills. This is I think this is front 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.600 office politics. When the new regime came in, they said 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.240 this at the beginning of the preseason. First of all, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.720 they did not resign or pick up Tyrod's fifth year option, 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:55.400 resigning him. You knew right then that they weren't hot 0:06:55.680 --> 0:07:00.680 or long for Tyrod Taylor. There's rumblings in the preseason that, oh, 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:05.120 Tyrod Taylor wasn't really a scheme fit for the Buffalo Bills. 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.599 They were going to put in a system where you 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.320 needed to kind of deliver from the pocket. Let me 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:14.000 tell you all Tyrod Taylor has done has been careful 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.960 with the ball, safe, with the ball done what has 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:20.800 been asked of him. Gives you rushing potential as well. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:25.880 He is one of the best fifteen quarterbacks on planet Earth, 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.480 and he is going to be sitting it looks like 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:31.120 for the near term at least, then maybe the rest 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.080 of the season as the Buffalo Bills look to see 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.600 if Peterman is the pocket passer that they want. And 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.120 let me tell you something. He's got Kelvin Benjamin on 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.920 the outside. He's got Shady McCoy, both who went to 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.880 Pittsburgh for college. By the way, you know, he's got 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.080 a returning Charles Clay, so maybe he can do a 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:49.880 little bit. The other thing I think this could be 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:52.960 and this is really nasty because I said it about 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.640 Jarvis Landry as well, at the beginning of the year. 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.960 These are guys who were about to hit the open market, 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:02.440 and these franchises could be depreciating their value on the 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:06.080 open market by not allowing Tyrod gain any more kind 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.239 of productivity or counting stats for the rest of the year, 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.280 and that I bet we'll take some money out of 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.240 his pocket in the open market in the off season. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.160 They are not the only people that made announcements at quarterback. 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.640 The Arizona Cardinals. It looks like they are going with 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.320 Blaine Gabbett. Drew Stanton is still banged up with that 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:30.120 knee injury, he was not really fully going at practice, 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.000 and they are making the decision to go with Blaine Gabbett. 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.000 I actually think this is a lateral move and Blaine 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:40.800 Gabbett actually, in my opinion, has more upside then Drew 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.120 stand So I'm okay with this move, and I think 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.840 it does not impact a guy like Larry Fitzgerald. I'm 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.960 not done. The Minnesota Vikings said, quote unquote, they were 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:56.360 very tempted to start Teddy Bridgewater this week as the 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.560 Vikings take on the Rams, but instead they said that 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.600 after case Keenom's performance last week where he threw for 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:06.400 over three hundred yards. They couldn't set him down. Remember 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.480 I said this on the Fantasy Freestyle earlier in the week. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.280 Fear is a great motivator, you guy. I said it 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.120 was all the way back to Alex Smith when they 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.080 drafted Patty Mahomes. I said it was probably in play 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.400 with c J beat hard, with Jimmy Garoppolo waiting in 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:25.080 the wings. I said that when Teddy Bridgewater was activated 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.440 and dressed that the same thing happened here with case 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.880 Keenum and it looked like he did, in fact save 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.160 his job with a good performance last week. Let's see 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.040 if he can do it again. Remember Thursday Night football 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.920 kicks off Week eleven tomorrow, and uh Marcus Maricoda and 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.440 Delaney Walker have both been removed from the injury report 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.280 for the Titans and Exotic smash Mouth in advantage of 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.920 that game. I'm gonna be very interested to see tomorrow 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.240 night if Marcus Mariota is back to his running ways 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.240 as he comes back from that hamstring injury. It looks 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.560 like he's been better and better each week. Let's see 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.320 if he's a full go against a tough Pittsburgh Steelers 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:06.400 defense in Hines Field tomorrow night. More news Zekiel Elliott. 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:10.360 Zeke has decided he is going to drop his appeal, 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:17.480 so the story is over finally. I think it looks 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.600 like Zeke Elliott is going to take his medicine and 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.800 serve his six game suspension. Last thing I'll let you 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:28.160 know here is that Aaron Rodgers took snaps and practice 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.079 for the first time, you know since his injury. Took 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.880 snaps on the side, uh, you know, simulated snaps from 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:35.520 like a trainer, but the first time he saw the 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.960 practice field. He is still hoping for a return in 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:42.480 week fifteen. Also this week not practicing right now. Chris 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.920 Hogan with that shoulders still not practicing. Will Fuller with 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.680 the rib injury that he sustained last week not expected 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.640 to go, and head coach Bill O'Brien says that Ellington 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.400 needs to see more targets. Keep an eye out on 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.000 that Dez Bryant didn't practice, but I think he's just 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.360 managing his reps. He did the same thing last week, 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.840 had a good game. I like his matchup Sunday Night 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.079 Football against the Philadelphia Eagles, who are like tops in 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.599 the league against the run, not so much against the 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.320 past without Zeke Elliott there, I think you could fire 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.120 up des Briant. May hear his name in my DFS 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.679 lineup on Friday Show. Tie Montgomery did not practice also 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.319 because of ribs, and I hope he can go. I 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:22.319 wouldn't hold my breath. I think this is Jamal Williams backfield, 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.000 at least for next week. Jordan Reid also did not practice. 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:30.199 There's a shocker. I affectionately call him Mr Glass. Philip Rivers, however, 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.800 did return to a limited practice. He's still in the 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.520 concussion protocol, so keep an eye out on that. I 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:39.360 do think ultimately he will go on Sunday for the 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.679 Los Angeles Chargers as they host Nate Peterman and the Buffalo. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.840 Bill zach Ertz back practicing full. He's good to go. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.960 Brett Hunley was practicing in full with that Hammy, He's 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.040 good to go. Zay Jones returned to practice. I would 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.480 wait and see on this Bill's offense anyway, outside of 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.400 Shady McCoy, So you know, I don't think that really 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.280 rates right now. In Ternce is back, and I think 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.440 this is interesting because we're talking a lot of people 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.080 talking about Danny Woodhead and you can impact that might 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.520 have on Buck Allen, But if Terrence West is back 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.080 in the picture, might that impact Alex Collins. If you 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.800 have a four person in committee, it's really gonna tamper 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:21.520 the productivity for everybody. All Right, I told you that. Uh, 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.920 I want you guys to start acting like a fantasy 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:29.480 football championship or playoff contender. And you could do that now. Okay, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:31.960 I actually wrote an article for sports Grade. It's gonna 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.000 be it's coming out now, go on and check the 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:35.640 link over at sports Grade. I'll put it up on 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.000 my Twitter timeline. But if you're seven and three, if 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.240 you're eight and two, if you're nine and one, if 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:41.760 you're tennant, no, first of all, if you're tennant, no 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.000 send me a screenshot of it. So I could you know, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.160 toast you and whatnot. Will definitely give you a shout 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.240 out on the show. But if you're you know, if 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.640 you have between seven and nine wins right now, you're 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.600 a playoff team. Okay, there's probably only like three weeks 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.160 left in your regular season. If you have seven or 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.840 eight or nine wins, you're probably a playoff team. You 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:02.520 need to start getting yourself ready for the playoffs, right 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.200 now and here are the three things that I'm gonna 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.400 tell you about. The first is, now that the bye 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.160 weeks are done, you know you were doing great doing 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.560 like picking up a guy like Alex Collins, picking up 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.320 a guy like Paul Richardson. You have a good you 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:19.040 know RB four, You have a good wide receiver five. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:23.000 Your second tight end was okay. Guess what? Now is 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.439 the time you need to cut bait onto those people 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.200 without the buys anymore. What you need to do is 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:31.559 start to figure out what is the best most elite 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:35.640 possible lineup you can run out in week fourteen and 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.000 fifteen and sixteen. But week fourteen and that means you 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.800 don't carry your second tight end anymore. That means you 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.800 don't carry a sixth wide receiver anymore. You know what 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.880 that means, You start carrying. You start carrying handcuffs. We 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.360 said this in the poll question yesterday as it related 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.880 to free agent pickups, and someone Clayton Trey Hand I believe, 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.880 who always response to the polls, was saying, people like Eckler, 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:02.199 people like Brita. Well, here's a thing you need, handcuffs 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:03.720 at this point in the season. You need to start 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.920 going out and getting them. If you have Levan Bell, 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.839 you need James Connor. If you have you know, Carlos Hyde, 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.560 you need Matt breed Up. If you have Melvin Gordon, 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.600 you need Austin Ekeler. At this point, no one else 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:19.320 in the league needs those people. You do, remember I've 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.320 been saying all season long about how having a bell 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:24.800 Cow running back there's so few and far between. Well, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.120 it's not only the player, it's the way the team operates. 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.400 So if God forbid, you know, one of these bell 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.360 Cow studs go down for you, you need their handcuff 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.360 because they are gonna be next man up instead of 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:38.160 these r BBCs, these committees where you don't know, okay, 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.640 you need to start going out and getting the handcuffs 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.640 for your stud running backs. That is point number one. 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.520 When we come back here on the Fantasy Freestyle, what 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.760 I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna tell you two other 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:51.920 things that you need to do to get ahead of 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.800 the curve to be ready to go for the playoff 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.080 run if you are primed and ready to go, if 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.240 you're eight, and to let me know, so we're gonna 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.040 do that. I got a late hashtag game of inches 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.160 nominee as well. I'm gonna get Bovona's word on that. 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.400 And then what we're gonna do is we're gonna open 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.920 up the phones and hear from you eight four four 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.400 eight four three six seven nine. And know a lot 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.320 of people with Tyrod Taylor or Philip Rivers have questions 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:18.240 for me, We'll be here to answer them. I'm gonna 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.360 get you ahead of the playoff curve when we come 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:26.400 back on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Hunter, 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:32.960 Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. These three NFL softwares are 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.360 not due to slump. They're due to break out. Just 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:40.840 like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network in year two, things 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:44.400 are only getting better. Make sure listen live and tell 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.480 o the app ef he s y R Radio. It's 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:51.800 free and it's twenty four seven the best Fantasy sports 0:15:52.080 --> 0:16:09.840 on ten's on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:11.840 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here in the Fantasy Sports 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:15.680 Radio Network. Spitting statistician holding you down on a Wednesday, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.240 I got Chris Pavona with a manimal with me on 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.240 the ones and two is keeping it so hot? What 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:22.840 I was doing, I was telling you how you need 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.240 to get ahead of the game if you are, you know, 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.920 gonna be in the playoffs, and get yourself ready to 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.960 make a long playoff run. The first thing is usually 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.080 I don't care about the handcuffs. Now I care about 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.160 the handcuffs. Okay, if you have one of those, especially 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.120 at the running back position, if you have some of 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:43.480 those stud running backs a Melvin Gordon, Carlos Hide, a 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:48.000 Shady McCoy, a Lady On Bell, a Kareem Hunt, you 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.880 need to go and get that backup. You need to 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.760 get Shark Anddrick West. Okay, you need to go ahead 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.360 and get the toll Bert's of the world. You need 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.640 to get the James Conners of the world. No one 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:00.440 else needs them. You need them just in case your 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.160 stud goes down, because it would be let next man 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.080 up if in fact that team operates from a Bell 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:10.439 Cow perspective. The second thing you need to realize is 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:14.000 that in the playoffs it becomes a little bit more 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:18.200 like DFS rather than season long. And I say that 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:23.040 to mean the matchup can become a dominant consideration. You know, 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.359 you just need to get your best guy for just 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:29.800 that week. For example, let's say you have two quarterbacks, right, 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.760 and you got Russell Wilson as one of them. Well, 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.720 they've got the catch scratch fever Week four team, the 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.120 first playoff week. I love Russell Wilson. He's the top 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.159 five quarterback. If at any point this season you were like, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.240 should I drop Russell Wilson, Should I bench Russell Wilson? 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:50.160 Should I trade Russell Wilson, I'm like, no, ride Russell Wilson. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.280 In the playoffs, it becomes a little bit different. Let's 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.320 say you have two quarterbacks on your roster and you 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.359 have Russell Wilson and you also have Jared Goff. You 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.480 need to start operating as though Jared Goff is your 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:08.240 starting quarterback. Jared Goff in fact faces the Houston Texans 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.720 Week fourteen. I like that matchup a lot better than 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:15.360 Russell Wilson potentially getting shut down when you need him 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.679 in the playoffs. You need to start to consider the 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.000 matchups a lot more than the player because it is 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.639 win or go home, and it's a one week situation. 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.600 Very much like DFS. To be quite honest, when I 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.439 originally wrote this article for sports Grid, big time half 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.720 plug for mom Man the King Scott angle over there, 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:34.200 hooking him up over there at Sports Gride, I said 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:37.040 the same thing about Tyrod Taylor. The Bills have the 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:40.440 Indianapolis coltson that first playoff week. I would have thought 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.800 it would have been a great matchup until we heard 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.280 the news today. But that's point number two. Point number 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:49.879 one is go get the handcuffs. Point number two is 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:54.080 matchup over just the player, as it usually is in 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.640 season long. My third point and five, by the way, 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.640 in matchups playoffs generally a week's fourteen, fifteen in sixteen. 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.439 You know what, two teams play each other twice in 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:07.680 that three week span in weeks fourteen and sixteen. Two 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.679 teams where both of those games would be indoors in 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.960 a dome, both of those games where I believe the 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.600 over under on the game will be over fifty. The 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.680 New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons play each other 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:23.480 twice in those three weeks. So when people are talking about, oh, 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.240 Matt Ryan is uh, you know fading, I like his 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:28.760 playoff matchups. All right, I just gotta tell you here's 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:32.720 my third point. Defense can actually win you championships. You 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:35.600 know they say defense wins championships, Well, defenses can win 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:38.920 you Fantasy championships as well. And here's the best part. 0:19:39.040 --> 0:19:41.040 Remember I told you you could cast the side, your 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:45.359 second tight end, your fifth wide receiver, your fifth running back. 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:49.720 Right now, you can start to look at good defensive 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:54.840 playoff matchups and get those guys those teams on your roster. 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:56.720 A lot of times, if you look at the matchup, 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.719 you can find a mid level kind of defense that 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.480 one is gonna own throughout the season. But if they 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.359 have a great matchup in Week fourteen and you need them, 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.440 go right ahead and get them. For example, I on 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.920 my own home league, I have the Baltimore Ravens defense. 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:17.600 The Baltimore Ravens defense is number two in the rankings 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:20.679 right now in Fantasy. So far this season, they've helped 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.880 me to a likely playoff bound record of seven and three. 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:27.240 Right I'm starting to look though, because the Baltimore Ravens 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:31.879 they have like Detroit and Pittsburgh in two straight playoff weeks. 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.280 Those are not offenses I want to fade with my 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:39.520 playoff season on the line, So try these guys on 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:43.080 for size in Week fourteen. First of all, in Week thirteen, 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:45.760 if you need a one winner, go home kind of thing, 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.920 listen the Chargers are home against the Cleveland Browns. They 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:51.840 get pressure on the quarterback. I don't care who the 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:54.840 quarterback will be. That's an interesting one. But in Week fourteen, 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:57.760 check these out. These are defenses you probably wouldn't have, 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:01.040 but because of the circumstance, I think they're viable. Think 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.160 about the Patriots their home against the Dolphins going up 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.399 north in December with who knows if it's Jay Cutler 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.000 or Matt Moore by then. What about the Titans at home? 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.320 They seem to be a bad defense, but they welcome 0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:15.399 the Arizona Cardinals. Maybe they'll have some tape on Blamee 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.120 Gabbert by then. But my favorite one the Bills were 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:21.679 talking about these Bills. They are home for the Indianapolis Colts, 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:23.760 a team coming out of the Dome. I think that's 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:26.919 a very interesting Week fourteen defense. And Week fifteen, how 0:21:26.920 --> 0:21:30.000 about the Lions at home against the Bears. How about 0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:32.560 the Titans playing the forty Niners. You think I might 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:34.879 want to take the under on that game? Pick aside 0:21:34.960 --> 0:21:38.280 any side or my pick would be the New Orleans 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:40.440