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Speaker 1: Hey everyone, welcome back to the Fantasy Purities Football Podcast.

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Speaker 1: We've got guest Greg Smith of two qbs dot com

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Speaker 1: joining us today to talk about weeker team ranking. Says

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Speaker 1: some News. I'm your host, Bobby Sylvester. Let's get into it. Hey, Greg,

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Speaker 1: thanks for coming on the show. Hey Bobby, how are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing all right? I'm bombing about this, uh, this

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Speaker 1: fandal deal with the King's game and seventy six Ers

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Speaker 1: game being canceled. But you know what, you got football

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Speaker 1: coming up on the weekend, so it's all good. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I haven't even started to dig very deep into NBA

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Speaker 1: dfs yet. That usually happens after football season, but I

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Speaker 1: feel for you, man, that's a really messed up situation.

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Speaker 1: Is it's not good anyways, Greg, I've been gearing up

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Speaker 1: for a mere Abdula to return for a few weeks

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Speaker 1: now and everything. They've been saying he was going to

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Speaker 1: start practicing this week, but he's still in a walking boot.

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Speaker 1: Even if he does come back at this point, do

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Speaker 1: you think he's even startable? Not really. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: definitely not going to play this week based upon the

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Speaker 1: reports we're seeing, and even in future weeks. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure he'd really add much to the Detroit offense, especially

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Speaker 1: after such a long layoff. You know, I think I

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Speaker 1: think you're better off letting others in your leagues take

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Speaker 1: the bait on him. I was watching him earlier this season,

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Speaker 1: and I was so impressed with what I saw. Now,

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Speaker 1: this Detroit offensive line is not very good, so he's

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Speaker 1: probably probably not going to work out, But he's a

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Speaker 1: player that I'm really interested in for next year. I

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Speaker 1: think if they improve their offensive line and get him

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Speaker 1: really involved with the offense, we could be looking at

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Speaker 1: a really good running back here. Yeah, I'm not totally

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Speaker 1: sold on that, if only because they do still have

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Speaker 1: the Aritic and they have so many other good short

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Speaker 1: yardage options, you know, like Ebron, like Golden Tate. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think that there, like the hype on

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Speaker 1: a mirab Duel as a rookie is still kind of

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Speaker 1: carrying over, And I mean, we'll see where it goes.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not optimistic. But you know, I hope he

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Speaker 1: turns it around. He seems like an exciting player, and

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Speaker 1: I was root for these guys, you know. Likewise, Greg,

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Speaker 1: we've got Adrian Peterson, who could be activated soon. They're

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Speaker 1: saying he's way ahead of schedule, which is just crazy.

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Speaker 1: He's a cyborg. But let's say he's healthy for Week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: It's his first game that he's active. Do you play

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Speaker 1: him in a crucial Fantasy playoff game? I mean, I

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Speaker 1: think I'm just gonna ditto everything I said for Abdullah, Like,

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Speaker 1: I just don't think you can trust him after such

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Speaker 1: a long layoff. The problems with the Minnesota running game

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Speaker 1: like they're not even entirely talent related. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: know Jerick McKinnon's a talented player, and McKinnon just hasn't

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Speaker 1: been able to do anything because that offensive line is terrible.

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Speaker 1: Minnesota lacks, you know, legit passing threats. I think it

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Speaker 1: kind of dooms their running game in general. Now ap

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Speaker 1: will be better than who they have Asiata and McKinnon,

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Speaker 1: But will he be good enough to start in Week

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Speaker 1: sixteen after not having played for so long. I don't know, Like,

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Speaker 1: unless your roster has an extremely deep bench, I'd let

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Speaker 1: somebody else fumble around with him and you use your

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Speaker 1: own roster space on handcuff and streamers for the next

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. See Greg, I don't think I'd be

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Speaker 1: able to resist. I mean, he was drafted in the

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Speaker 1: first round. I had Chris Harrison. He was talking about

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Speaker 1: who he's the third best fantasy player going into the season,

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Speaker 1: And I just think if you have a player like that,

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Speaker 1: even if there's just a chance that he's going to

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Speaker 1: get on the field for more than fifty percent of

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Speaker 1: the chance of the snaps, you play him. I think

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Speaker 1: that I would have to play him. And so I'm

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Speaker 1: happy to say I won't be having to make that decision.

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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a tough one, man. It's it's tough. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think in certain contexts you can hold

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Speaker 1: him and hope out for that. Like I'm doing that

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Speaker 1: in the scott Fish Bowl, which is this gigantic tournament

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Speaker 1: of you know, like a super flex league with four

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Speaker 1: hundred eighty different teams. In that sort of format, it

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Speaker 1: makes sense because it's basically like a DFS tournament in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, where you really need to have those high

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Speaker 1: spot on Peterson. So, I mean, I get that he's talented,

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Speaker 1: but he's just that's not the way I play, at

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Speaker 1: least see Greg. This is where we disagree on bench

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Speaker 1: spot theory, which I guess He's probably not very important

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Speaker 1: I don't care about having a fifth or six wide

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Speaker 1: I gonna do with Tavon Austin. I'm never going to

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Speaker 1: play him, so I might as well go for a

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Speaker 1: real high upside guy. And that's why I'm stashing my

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Speaker 1: bens with with Adrian Peterson. Well, I don't, but Amerabdula

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Speaker 1: is someone that I've had. You know, I've got backup

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Speaker 1: lots of backup running backs, and I'm just waiting hoping

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Speaker 1: maybe one of these guys will make a difference, because

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Speaker 1: it for me. No, I absolutely agree with all of that.

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Speaker 1: To be fair, you make a lot of good points.

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Speaker 1: I think that with Peterson it's a little different because

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Speaker 1: he's coming back from injury, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: I think that's the difference maker for me. I do

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Speaker 1: agree that right now you should not care about having debt.

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Speaker 1: What you should care about is having you know, the

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Speaker 1: best possible lineup this week, and if you can look

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Speaker 1: ahead to the following week trying to line up somebody

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Speaker 1: for that in week sixteen, you know, godspeed to you.

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Speaker 1: But the thing is is that we don't know how

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Speaker 1: good he's gonna be. We don't even know if he's

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Speaker 1: going to play in that game, so he's too much

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Speaker 1: if the guy in front of them gets hurt, is

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Speaker 1: these other guys are going to come in and take over.

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Speaker 1: I love, I love stashing those guys right now. I

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Speaker 1: think that that's spot on. I think you can also

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Speaker 1: play defense with your bench spots as well, you know,

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Speaker 1: You know. Another unknown they have going on in Minnesota

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Speaker 1: They rank fifteenth and Football Outsiders DVOA against number one

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Speaker 1: fantasy players. So if Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott are

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Speaker 1: putting together these big, long, slow drives, it doesn't give

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Speaker 1: I think he's a fine play assuming he starts. I

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Speaker 1: you know, most owners will be fine starting him, but

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Speaker 1: others will have better options too. I mean, this is

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Speaker 1: He just started practicing again. Now they've got a nice

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Speaker 1: probably already have a backup plan that I feel good about.

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Speaker 1: In most leagues, so I'd probably shy away. You know,

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Speaker 1: the thing about Maclin is he really hasn't even been

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Speaker 1: But I'm not recommending that this week. Now, I'm with you. Now,

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Speaker 1: just too much for you to be able to play him?

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Speaker 1: most redraft formats. I think with this better understanding we

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Speaker 1: talking about like DFS, maybe a tournament option. Those two

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Speaker 1: other receivers for Arizona looked pretty good to me. Washington

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Speaker 1: they ranked twenty seventh and dvoa there. Overall, though, I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of concerned about the Cardinals offense as a whole.

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Speaker 1: Carson Palmer really seems like he's hit the wall this year.

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Speaker 1: He's fallen off that age cliff that you know when

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Speaker 1: it hits quarterbacks, it hits him hard. This team just

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Speaker 1: doesn't seem to have the fight that we saw from

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Speaker 1: them over the past couple of years. I think that

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Speaker 1: this matchup is okay, but I'm not excited about any

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Speaker 1: probably the scariest of all. Greg, let's move on and

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Speaker 1: talk about rankings. We'll start at the quarterback position, and

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Speaker 1: this is just bizarre what's going on with Colin Kaepernick. Greg,

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Speaker 1: if you would have come on the show in the

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Speaker 1: preseason and told me that Colin Kaepernick was going to

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Speaker 1: be a top ten quarterback, a top five quarterback. I

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Speaker 1: he is doing it. He's fighting for his career and

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Speaker 1: he's been phenomenal. Thirty four points last week. Now, he's

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Speaker 1: not going to repeat that, but you look at the

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Speaker 1: getting it done. He has another good matchup this week.

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Speaker 1: ECR has him here at number nine the expert consensus.

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Speaker 1: how is this game going to play out? Right? If

424
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Speaker 1: New Orleans jumps out to a huge lead, does that

425
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,880
Speaker 1: force Stafford to make more throws further down the field,

426
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,479
Speaker 1: do you know, an attempt to like rapidly catch up

427
00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,000
Speaker 1: or do they still kind of grind it out with

428
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,520
Speaker 1: that short passing work to Riddick and Golden Tate. This

429
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,399
Speaker 1: is this kind of a fascinating matchup, to be honest,

430
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,679
Speaker 1: I don't think they changed their game playing if they're down.

431
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,320
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna do the short passes all game,

432
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,359
Speaker 1: no matter what. It's what they've done all season. And

433
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,600
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of a game script proof. You know.

434
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,960
Speaker 1: If they're ahead, they run the ball and he gets

435
00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,360
Speaker 1: he gets touches. If they're down, they throw the ball

436
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,800
Speaker 1: and he gets touches. He's a real nice, reliable running back.

437
00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:20,520
Speaker 1: I wish I would have had the insight to draft

438
00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,120
Speaker 1: him this year. Yeah, I was on him in PPR,

439
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,360
Speaker 1: but that was it. He definitely has had standard value

440
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,640
Speaker 1: in some leagues, but yeah, I'm with you, I wish

441
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,000
Speaker 1: I had him more to be honest. Now, Thomas Rawls,

442
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,080
Speaker 1: he came with a lot of hype in the preseason,

443
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,520
Speaker 1: then he got hurt and he came back, and he

444
00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,119
Speaker 1: hasn't really done anything special. Now. It doesn't help that

445
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 1: that Seattle offensive line is just terrible. Twenty three quarterback

446
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,000
Speaker 1: pressures against Tampa Bay last week. Do you start Thomas

447
00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,439
Speaker 1: Rawls against Carolina? I mean, I see ECR is a

448
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,560
Speaker 1: believer in Thomas Rawls, but they haven't at seventeen. I

449
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,879
Speaker 1: don't have mistartable. I've got him down at twenty six.

450
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 1: I don't think he really improves against this defense. Yeah,

451
00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,119
Speaker 1: I haven't finalized my running back ranking just yet, but

452
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 1: it is a lot easier to attack the Panthers with

453
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:04,560
Speaker 1: the pass than it is with the run, and that

454
00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,880
Speaker 1: gives me some skepticism with Rawls. You know, he could

455
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,880
Speaker 1: always pound in a touchdown. He's the lead back there,

456
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,280
Speaker 1: he's the goal line guy. But I'm pretty sure his

457
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 1: yardage is going to be lackluster in this game. I

458
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: know that the Saints and the Raiders have had success

459
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 1: in the past two weeks against Carolina on the ground,

460
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,600
Speaker 1: but those two teams offensive lines are much better than

461
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,919
Speaker 1: like you said, the Seahaw, the Seahawks blocking unit. I

462
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,800
Speaker 1: think that he's a starter based upon the presumed volume

463
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,680
Speaker 1: of carries, but based on the matchup, I think he's

464
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,560
Speaker 1: a low end starter. So yeah, I think somewhere in

465
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,360
Speaker 1: the like RB twenty two to R twenty eight range

466
00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 1: seems about right to me. Now, Greg, where do you

467
00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,880
Speaker 1: stand on Robert Kelly had the big three touchdown performance

468
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,360
Speaker 1: against Green Bay, he was pretty good against Minnesota. Whenever

469
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,199
Speaker 1: he's got touches, I think he's been really good. But

470
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 1: he gets Arizona this week. Where do you stand? Yeah?

471
00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 1: I mean his workload kind of evaporated against the Cowboys

472
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving. I kind of expect more of the same

473
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: this week against Arizona. The Cards have held running back

474
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,440
Speaker 1: to the second fewest fantasy points this season, their defenses

475
00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 1: ranked even by dv Away against the run. I think

476
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 1: there's little hope for him in the receiving game as well.

477
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 1: Like we talked about how Riddick is game script independent,

478
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 1: Kelly is very game script dependent. You know, if they

479
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,120
Speaker 1: have to throw a lot in this game, which is possible,

480
00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,920
Speaker 1: I mean they're kind of a team that's built to throw.

481
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson is the better receiving back. Arizona ranks first,

482
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 1: and defense against backs as pass catchers. Anyway, I think

483
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 1: if you're gonna play touchdown bingo, you know, Gopher, just

484
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: hoping that Kelly gets a goal line touch and converts,

485
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,240
Speaker 1: that's fine. You know that you could do worse, I guess,

486
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,440
Speaker 1: but I'm not. I'm not big on him this week.

487
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: He'll be He'll probably be a flex play for me

488
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 1: at best. Yeah, he's a flex play for me as well.

489
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,639
Speaker 1: ECR has him at twenty three. That's exactly where I

490
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 1: got him, and that's startable. Now. I'm not going to

491
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: be excited about him. But other weeks, yeah, I'll probably

492
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 1: have him as an RB two. But a lot of

493
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,560
Speaker 1: people are looking at this matchup in saying, Robert Kelly,

494
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure about this guy, especially against Arizona.

495
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,400
Speaker 1: I'm not starting him, but I would recommend starting him

496
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,679
Speaker 1: just because, like you said, he's gonna get goal line carries,

497
00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: he's gonna get touches, and even against a good defense,

498
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: when you've got those two things going for you, you're

499
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: usually startable. Yeah, twenty three seems a little high to me,

500
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean, no judgments, all right, Windell Smallwood

501
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: at Cincinnati. ECR has him at twenty six. Now, obviously

502
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: we're not exactly sure what's going on with this Philadelphia backfield,

503
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: but based on what we know now, would you recommend Stardium?

504
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,240
Speaker 1: I think I would like I'm not a big fan

505
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: of the Philly passing options this week, but I think

506
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 1: this is a sneaky good matchup for the running backs.

507
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,360
Speaker 1: I mean, the Eagles have shown a tendency to lean

508
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,760
Speaker 1: on the run whenever possible, just to keep the ball

509
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 1: out of Wentz's hands. And you know, with Aj Green

510
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: out Giovanni Bernard out for Cincinnati, Philly's defense should have

511
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 1: no little trouble making this a grinded out game where

512
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 1: they can just feature the running backs Smallwood and Sprowls

513
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,439
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball while they let

514
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: their defense try to win it for him on the

515
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: other side, you know, against that Cincinnati offense that's been

516
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,959
Speaker 1: neutered in recent weeks. Now, we've got Kenneth Dixon, who

517
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 1: I've been really excited about all season. He finally went

518
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,640
Speaker 1: from eleven touches eleven touches, six touches to seventeen last week,

519
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: and he continues to get more and more snaps he

520
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: gets Miami. Tud Gurley just had his best game in

521
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,159
Speaker 1: the season against Miami, and I understand their defense is

522
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: getting a lot better, but they do give up big plays.

523
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,439
Speaker 1: I think Kennedy Dixon can bust one loose. How do

524
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 1: you feel, Greg, Yeah, I mean I think he should

525
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 1: continue to eat away at Terrence West's workload. The timeshare

526
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,640
Speaker 1: still is a problem if you own either guy. And

527
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,359
Speaker 1: like you said, Miami's defense is decent, especially against running

528
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: backs in the passing game fifth and Dvoa. There they

529
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 1: allow twenty six percent less receiving yardage to backs than

530
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 1: the league average. That's a big drop off. So a

531
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: lot of Dixon's receiving appeal is gone in this matchup

532
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: based upon you know these numbers. But with that set,

533
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 1: I think the upside is there. Like, we know he's talented,

534
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 1: we know he's going to keep taking away more work

535
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: from that you know, from that backfield, And I don't

536
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: think it's hateful to start him. I wouldn't feel great

537
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,640
Speaker 1: if he was my RB two, but I think as

538
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: a flex play in a standard Dixon should be fine. Now, finally,

539
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: Greg James Starks at the running back position He's been

540
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: really unproductive, but he keeps getting all the touches. He

541
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: had twenty two touches against Philadelphia. He gets Houston this week.

542
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: Are they gonna start giving the ball to Michael finally

543
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 1: or is he gonna keep getting touches? Yeah? I think

544
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 1: Starks is going to keep getting those touches. Like his

545
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: rushing production has been subpar, but he's been pretty effective

546
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,080
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Houston is slipping on defense. They

547
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: rate especially poor against running backs as receivers. The Texans

548
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 1: allow better than average receiving yardage on a below average

549
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 1: number of targets. That's efficiency right there. You know, I'm

550
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 1: always looking for players in good offenses with efficient matchups,

551
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 1: and I think Starks fits the bill. I like him

552
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: more than most of the running backs we've talked about

553
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: so far, except for maybe small One. I think Starks.

554
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: I'll rank Stark's higher because he's a better bet for

555
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: more touches. All right, Greg, let's move over to the

556
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. And Willie Sneed has just been so

557
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: off and on all season. He'll go for a huge

558
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,679
Speaker 1: game and then he'll have four quiet weeks. What's it

559
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 1: going to be this week? Face Detroit. Yeah, I think

560
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: he's generally underrated, but this isn't an especially great spot

561
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: for him. Number two wide receivers have only averaged thirty

562
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 1: eight point three yards per game against Detroit, and based

563
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: on this week's reports, you know, a get right game

564
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: could be coming for Brandon Cooks. And we could argue

565
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 1: about who the true number two wide receiver on the

566
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: Saints is, whether it's you know, Michael Thomas or Snead

567
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: or even Cooks, but just the fact of the matter

568
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: is is that the number one receiver fares much better

569
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: against Detroit than the number two, and I think we

570
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 1: can pretty clearly say that Snead is not the number one.

571
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: I think he remains startable because any receiver in this

572
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,199
Speaker 1: offense could go off in any game, especially in a

573
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 1: good matchup like this. It all kind of depends on

574
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,879
Speaker 1: how Detroit tries to defend the Saints, because we know

575
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: that Drew Brees is the type of quarterback who's going

576
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: to look for the open guy, look for the mismatch,

577
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: and try to exploit that. So it's really hard to say,

578
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 1: you know ahead of time who that receiver is going

579
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: to be, but I think it can start all of

580
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 1: the Saints wide receivers this week. Yeah, ECRs got him

581
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: at thirty two, which is startable in a standard ten

582
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 1: team flex league. But you know, I'm looking at his

583
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,959
Speaker 1: game log. He's been aboff ten points three times all season,

584
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: and I just don't like to start guys that are

585
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: more than likely not going to be worth it. I

586
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: think you can get someone who's a lot more reliable

587
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley. He's getting consistent targets, and I understand he's

588
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: going up against Minnesota, but he just keeps getting the

589
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: ball thrown his way. He's gonna get you fifty receiving

590
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: yards and he's you know, probably got a fifty percent

591
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 1: chance at a touchdown. So I like him and players

592
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 1: like that a little better than than kind of a

593
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 1: home run shot like Willie Sneed this week. Yeah, it

594
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: all kind of depends on what your lineup needs, right, Like,

595
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: if you just want, you know, ten to fifteen points

596
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: from a wide receiver, you'd start a guy like Beasley

597
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: over Sneed. But if you need that, you know, one

598
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yard two TD game, then Sneed sneeds

599
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: your man, all right. How about Davontay Parker against Baltimore,

600
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,679
Speaker 1: Baltimore has been a really good defense this season, but

601
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,199
Speaker 1: you know, Jimmy Smith has been banged up and Devanta

602
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: Parker has been surging. Are you starting this week? I

603
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: mean maybe I don't really. I don't really own him anywhere,

604
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: so it's hard for me to get a good feel

605
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: for where I would start him. I'm not like a

606
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: fan of the Ravens offense, but They're defense is very good,

607
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 1: and I do feel like they could give Miami some

608
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: fits this week. I'm not sure that Miami is as

609
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: good as they've looked recently. I just don't trust many

610
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: of the Miami skill position players this week. Based on

611
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: the matchup. I'd probably air on the side of benching

612
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: a guy like Parker if I had, if I felt

613
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: like I had a better option. I'm almost wondering if

614
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 1: he's coming into his own Like one hundred and three

615
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: seventy nine sixty four those are his yards over the

616
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: past three weeks, and you know one of those games

617
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 1: was against Los Angeles. So I think this time next

618
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: year we'll be talking about him as a reliable low

619
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: end wide receiver two, high end wide receiver three. I'm

620
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: not sure he's there at that point. I don't trust

621
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 1: him until I see it a little bit longer, especially

622
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: at Baltimore this week. So I'm with you. ECR has

623
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,719
Speaker 1: him at thirty five. I've got him bumped down a

624
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: little bit lower. So yeah, go ahead and start him

625
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: in a twelve team league, but a ten team league,

626
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: I'm staying away. Yeah, I agree, you can do better

627
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: in a smaller league like that. How about Kenny Britt.

628
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,200
Speaker 1: I just can't believe Kenny Britt is having such a

629
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: good season. He's been consisted in all season, he's getting

630
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: red zone looks, he's got New England and this is

631
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: a great game script for him. They're going to be

632
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: throwing the ball over the yard with Jared Goff and

633
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: look as bad as Golf. Maybe he might end up

634
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: being really good, but he's not right now. He's a

635
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: lot better in case Keenum though, So I think Kenny

636
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: Britt is trending upwards just because Golf is in the lineup.

637
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: How do you feel about him? Yeah, I mean the

638
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: Patriots are a really nice matchup for wide receivers. The

639
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: problem here is Goff. You know, how good can he

640
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: be in a negative game script? I mean he's going

641
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: to be on the Road in a cold game. He's

642
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: been living in Los Angeles for the past you know,

643
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 1: however many months. I don't know how well he can

644
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: do in this matchup if the Patriots kind of settled

645
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: on just making the life hell for him. I know

646
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: their defense isn't very good, but I feel like they

647
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: should be fine against a rookie quarterback in this sort

648
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: of situation. With that said, can Britt still get there

649
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: just on volume? Yeah? Sure, I think that that's fine.

650
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: I probably would prefer him to a guy like Devonte Parker,

651
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: if only because you know, the matchup is more favorable

652
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: from a wide receiver standpoint. But I do have concerns

653
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: about just quarterback play possibly submarining Brit BRIT's day on Sunday.

654
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: Now we know that Al Shon's out for suspension for

655
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: the Bears and Kevin White's been gone all season. A

656
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: lot of people were thinking that it was going to

657
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: be Camera Meredith. Some people were saying Eddie Royal. It

658
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 1: turns out it's a guy who's hardly been involved all season.

659
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: Marquis Wilson in his first game eight receptions, one hundred

660
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: and twenty five yards for a touchdown. It seems like

661
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: every time this guy gets a chance, he delivers. Now

662
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: they get San Francisco this week. Is Matt Barkley gonna

663
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 1: keep throwing the ball? Yeah? All aboard the Barkley bandwagon. Yeah, man,

664
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: San Francisco is just such a good matchup. It really

665
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: has less to do with either of these players and

666
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: more to do it's just how bad the Niners are

667
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: on that side of the ball. They're atrocious. We have

668
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: a writer at two QB's his name is Sean Faculty,

669
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: and his points allowed versus expectation metric he calls it

670
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: paved Pave shows that the Niners allow sixteen percent more

671
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: production to wide receivers than expectation. That's most in the league.

672
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: That's incredible. Yeah, it's very easy for wide receivers to

673
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: overperform against the Niners. And give Sean a follow on

674
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: Twitter at Fantasy Process. You can find his work on

675
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: our site. But a little plug for him there. I

676
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: hope you don't mind, but that was pretty eye opening

677
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: for me because you would think that the teams would

678
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: just run the ball over San Francisco all the time.

679
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: But I think the Niners know that, right. We saw

680
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: that against the Dolphins. They stacked the line against Jagi

681
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: and that, let you know, DeVante Parker and all those

682
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: other receivers kind of go ham because if you can't

683
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: stop the run, your toast. If you can stop the run,

684
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: even if you're over committing, maybe the quarterback makes mistakes

685
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,959
Speaker 1: or gets lazy, right, But yeah, this this match up

686
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: here with Barkley and Wilson, I think you gotta like it.

687
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: I like them both this week. Now I'm just shaking

688
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: my head. We've got will full or ecr all the

689
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: way down at fifty three. And maybe I'm just buying

690
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: into the hype a little bit too much, but in

691
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: three the first four weeks, we saw some brilliance out

692
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: of this kid. He can be a real good wide receiver.

693
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: He gets Green Bay this week, which is such a

694
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: juicy matchup, and I got a little taste last week

695
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: with San Diego four for sixty. Does he do it

696
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: this week? Should he be moved way up? Or Am

697
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: I crazy on this one too? I'm surprised you're in

698
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: on Fuller if you're out on Sneed, because they're kind

699
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: of they're similar players, right the very boom bust I mean,

700
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: Green Bay man, That's what it's about here. Yeah. I mean,

701
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: we did talk about how if you may just need

702
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: a huge performance to win, and you know, that might

703
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: be what you get from Fuller. In green Bay, they

704
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: have the worst defense against number two wide receivers by DVOA.

705
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: The problem that I see is that Green Bay also

706
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: has the worst defense by that metric against number one

707
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: wide receivers. And so that's how most teams have chosen

708
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: to attack Green Bay. They don't worry about getting it

709
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: to the tertiary guys, they go right to the number

710
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: one and I think that that in this case is

711
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: going to be DeAndre Hopkins. Now, back in the beginning

712
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: of the year, we argued whether Fuller had become the

713
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver one on that team. I think that we've

714
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: seen you since then that he's not. He's still a

715
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: limited player. He's kind of just a go route and

716
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: nothing else. But he could he have a good game, absolutely,

717
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: but I think the basement is pretty low as well. Now,

718
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: somebody else had a lot of hype going in this season,

719
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: another rookie wide receiver, Sterling Shepherd. I'm guilty as charged.

720
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: He hasn't been that great, but he's been pretty consistent. Now,

721
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: he came off a zero at Cleveland last week, so

722
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: a lot of people are skeptical. But do you think

723
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: he does it against Pittsburgh this week? Yeah? I saw

724
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: a report that Eli Manning apologized to Shepherd for the

725
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: zero targets, and I'll apologize if I don't completely buy

726
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: into those sorts of narratives. But you know, Shepherd was

727
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 1: a guy before last week who had seen a good

728
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: enough amount of volume, especially in the red zone, to

729
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: where I think you could start him in a good

730
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: matchup like this against Pittsburgh. This has shootout potential, you know,

731
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: in contrast to the Green Bay defense, where you know,

732
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: all the wide receivers are you know, poised to eat.

733
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh has been really bad against number one wide receivers,

734
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: but good against number two wide receivers. That's a strike

735
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: against Shepherd because you know, they could just throw to

736
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: Obj all day. But because Obj is so good, it

737
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: tilts this little balancing act of the matchup. Right, He

738
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,280
Speaker 1: could draw extra attention away from Shepherd and give Shepherd

739
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: more room to kind of overcome what seems to be

740
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: a bad matchup. I probably won't have him in my

741
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 1: top thirty, but deep leaguers I think could consider Shepherd

742
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: startable this week. Yeah, Shepherd run such great routes. I

743
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: think this is a good matchup for him. I think

744
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: he'll deliver for fantasy owners. His ceiling is really low, though,

745
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 1: So if you're going up against one of these Gauntlet

746
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: teams in your league, don't start Shepherd. Start the guy

747
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,839
Speaker 1: like Willie Sneed and will Full or one of those

748
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: guys picks him one up. Dorial Green Beckham, who we're

749
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: going to talk about in just a minute, that that

750
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,760
Speaker 1: has him real big upside. But yeah, I think Shepherd's

751
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty reliable this week. I've got him at

752
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: thirty seven. That sounds about right to me. All Right,

753
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: So Dorial Green Beckham, I'm excited about him. I don't

754
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: know how you can't be with this kind of talent.

755
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: He's been getting targets lately, and I understand a lot

756
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: of that last week was because Jordan Matthews was hurt.

757
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: Matthews's probably gonna play this week. But based on what

758
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: I've been seeing out of him, five receptions, five reception,

759
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,760
Speaker 1: six receptions, he's getting hot. He's a great red zone target. Greg,

760
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: how do you feel about Dorial Green Beckham this week

761
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 1: at Cincinnati. Yeah, it's really nice to see his target

762
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: volume on the rise, like you were talking about. But

763
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: I talked earlier about the concerns I have with the

764
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 1: Eagles passing game in this particular matchup. I'm just not

765
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: sure they're gonna have to pass much to beat the Bengals,

766
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: considering how good their defense is it is on the road.

767
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: I think that bodes a little bit better for the

768
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: Bengals to keep this competitive. But I think you can

769
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 1: kind of expect those like tight end type numbers for

770
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: green Beckham, like he's been posting, you know, the five

771
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 1: for sixty, the four for fifty five. I think that

772
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 1: kind of game is where I would expect him to land.

773
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 1: And if that's something you need, then yeah, by all

774
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: means put him into your lineup, all right. Moving over

775
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 1: to tight end, We've got Cameron Britt at San Diego.

776
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: ECR has him at number nine. I'm not so sure

777
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: I buy it. He's been pretty good lately, especially since

778
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: Vincent Jackson went out for the season, But I just

779
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: I don't see that much talent in this guy. I

780
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of a lot of tight ends

781
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: here in this you know, eight to fifteen range that

782
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: are better than Cameron Brad, tell me what you think rank. No,

783
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 1: I'm absolutely with you. Like most tight ends, he's been

784
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: really touchdown dependent. You look at his game log, you

785
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: look at the games where he's posted nice scores, it's

786
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: because he's gotten into the end zone. And I think

787
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: that that's because they use him down there. So you

788
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: can't totally discount that. But when he doesn't score the tds,

789
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 1: you can see those bad games coming. And so if

790
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: you want to play touchdown roulette, you know, like we

791
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 1: talked about with Rob Kelly earlier, you can do that

792
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: here with Braid as well. I think that's fine, But

793
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 1: you're doing that with most tight ends week to week,

794
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 1: So I don't think that he's necessarily a better option

795
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: than some of these other names should looking at. I

796
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: think that's a great call. One of the guys listed

797
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: Blowing and ECR zach Ertz, and I'm a lot higher

798
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: on arts than I am on Cameron Braight, you and

799
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: me both. He had a stinker last week three for

800
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: thirty six against Green Bay when everyone was expecting a

801
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: nice big game, But you know the previous three weeks

802
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: eight for ninety seven, six for fifty five six for

803
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: thirty five with a touchdown against Seattle. So I'm a

804
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: buyer this week on zach Ertz. There's no question for me.

805
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 1: He's in my top ten. You're with me? Oh yeah,

806
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,439
Speaker 1: this matchup is it's great, it's amazing, it's fantastic, It's

807
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: going to be lucrative for fantasy owners. They're like so

808
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: many positive words we could use to describe it. I'm

809
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: linking my chops, yeah, because there are a lot of

810
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: different metrics that like the matchup. Two, the Bengals rank

811
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: twenty fifth and DVOA against tight ends. They allow the

812
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 1: fourth most fantasy points to tight ends. If we go

813
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 1: back to Sean's pave metric, the Bengals allow forty eight

814
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: percent more fantasy points versus expectation according to that, and

815
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: that's tops in the NFL by a pretty big margin.

816
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,240
Speaker 1: So with all that in mind, I'm willing to overlook,

817
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: you know, the potential negative effects that I talked about

818
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz earlier and door La green Beckham because

819
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: it just seems like it's going to be so easy

820
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: for them to attack the Bengals with the tight end position.

821
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: I love hers this week now, Kobe Fleaner. I gave

822
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: up on him a long time ago, but there's some

823
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: hype with him right now because two weeks ago we

824
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: got a touchdown and end up with five points, which

825
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna think is impossible, but he had a fumble

826
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: in there and barely had any yards. Five points two

827
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,320
Speaker 1: weeks ago, five points, last week with four for fifty

828
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: nine against Los Angeles, and everyone's saying, oh, maybe we

829
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: should start Kobe Fleaner again. No, don't do it. Do

830
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: you agree, Greg, Yeah, I'm kind of with you. We've

831
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: seen him fall out of favor. You know, he's not

832
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: getting the snap count that even Josh Hill is getting. There.

833
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,280
Speaker 1: Josh Hill has been on the field more than Fleaner

834
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 1: most of the time. But with that said, Fleaner, except

835
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: for last week, has out targeted Hill in every game

836
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: this season. So I don't think we should rush to

837
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: proclaim Hill like the new sheriff in town. But I

838
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: don't know, Like I think the matchup against Detroit is

839
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: good enough for both tight ends to be usable. The

840
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: problem is is that there's that uncertainty between the two

841
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: of them, and with that in mind, I'm more likely

842
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: to stay away. It's kind of like that running back

843
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: by committee aspects we talked about with Terence West and

844
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: Kenneth Dixon. If they both get used, we don't know

845
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: if either one's going to get used enough to be

846
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 1: fantasy relevant, and that's my primary concern with Cleaner. I'm

847
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: just not sure he's that good either. I think that

848
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: if you're looking to start a tight end, you could

849
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,280
Speaker 1: probably do better. Speaking of someone that I just don't

850
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,439
Speaker 1: think is that good, Vance McDonald, I think he's maybe

851
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: the thirty fifth, fortieth best tight end of the league.

852
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: He just happen to be starting because he's in San Francisco.

853
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: ECR has him at sixteen. Now, I understand that's not

854
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: startable in most leagues, but you know you have deeper leagues,

855
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: two tight end leagues. What have you are you buying into,

856
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,919
Speaker 1: Vance McDonald. I mean, we've got guys Lance Kendricks, who's

857
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 1: getting a lot more targets, somebody like Charles Clay who

858
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: against Oakland the worst at defending the tight end. He's

859
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: down at twenty nine. Austin Hooper is one of the

860
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: most efficient tight ends in the league. I like them

861
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,320
Speaker 1: all better than McDonald. Tell me why you just agree?

862
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm in on McDonald. He's become the niners

863
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: most reliable receiving threat, like since their week gate by.

864
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,320
Speaker 1: You look at his numbers versus the rest of the

865
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 1: San Francisco receivers. He leads the team in targets, receptions

866
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: for seeming tds, and fantasy points. So this is a

867
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 1: decent matchup against the Bears. We have no reason to

868
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: expect to drop off from him, Like they're going to

869
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 1: keep using him because their wide receivers are trash. So yeah,

870
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: I mean he may not be very good. You may

871
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 1: be right about that, but the opportunity here is too

872
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:29,959
Speaker 1: great to ignore. Like, I definitely use him over Fleener,

873
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: I'd use him over Charles Clay. Yeah, I like him

874
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 1: a lot. I think that's he's a fine option this week. Interesting.

875
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: I was really hoping he need side with me, But

876
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: now I feel kind of bad about myself. No, I mean,

877
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: I get it, he's not an especially interesting player, but

878
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 1: like I said, it's all about the opportunity. All right, defenses,

879
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: which streamer do you love this week? I don't really

880
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 1: love any of them, to be honest. Yeah, it's yeah,

881
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,760
Speaker 1: it projects to be a really bad week for streaming defenses,

882
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: but I mean, we say that, but I know that

883
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: some of them are going to hit right. So one

884
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 1: team I do like is San Diego. Mentioned earlier how

885
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: they rank first in interception second and total takeaways among

886
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 1: all NFL teams. How turnovers have been a problem for

887
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,720
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston. I think, thanks to you know that turnover

888
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: creating ability, San Diego is a fine option here, even

889
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: if they don't have the reputation of being a stout defense.

890
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: I like Green Bay, and I know that sounds crazy

891
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 1: because they've just been given up so many yards, so

892
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: many touchdowns. But Brock cost wild which just kind of

893
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: a GIMMI, isn't he? Yeah, No, totally. I like Green

894
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: Bay a lot too, and I think I'd probably streamed

895
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: green Bay ahead of San Diego if given the choice.

896
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that San Diego would be available

897
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: in more leagues. Though. That's funny because I have the

898
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,240
Speaker 1: Chargers over the Packers. So we just we just named

899
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: each other's defenses, Okay, Well, I mean, I mean it's close,

900
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: and with this stuff, it's all it's really coin flippy sometimes.

901
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,439
Speaker 1: Another another one is um Cincinnati going up against Carson Wentz.

902
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 1: I've talked about that matchup at length, but I think

903
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,479
Speaker 1: that since he'll be owned for that reason a lot too.

904
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: They play Cleveland next week as well, so those enterprising

905
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: look ahead streamers probably have already picked them up. Now,

906
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: if I have to go really deep, they're not really

907
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: even on the radar. They're not top twenty in ECR.

908
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: It's the Chicago Bears. They've had some pretty good weeks,

909
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: and look, I know Colin Kaepernick has been a man

910
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: on fire, but try to remember this guy throws a

911
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: lot of pick sixes, he fumbles the ball. Who else

912
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: do they have. You're talking about Vance McDonald being his

913
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,760
Speaker 1: best wide receiver, and then they've got Carlos Hide running

914
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: the ball. I just don't believe in the San Francisco

915
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 1: forty Niners defense. We've been picking on them all season

916
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: and it's usually worked out. So if you are in

917
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: a deep league and you need a defense and a pinch,

918
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: don't hesitate to go get the Chicago Bears. Yeah. I

919
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: talked earlier about how I think that, you know, the

920
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 1: Niners and Kaepernick in general are dangerous to use from that,

921
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: you know, turnover perspective, So I totally like that call.

922
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 1: If I'm going to go real deep. How about the Jaguars.

923
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: They're at home facing the mediocre Trover Simon and his team.

924
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 1: His team just played a really punishing primetime game against

925
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: Kansas City, so they could be hurting a little bit,

926
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: you know, maybe not quite ready or not. It feels

927
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 1: like a bit of a quote unquote trap game. I

928
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 1: don't really believe in that narrative too much, but I

929
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 1: think that just in general, the Jaguars could be in

930
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: a good spot to post you know, four to eight

931
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: fantasy points here if things go right. I love the

932
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 1: Jaguars young defense. I don't especially this year, but I

933
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: think this is a good matchup. I'll say this, two

934
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 1: years from now, we could talking about that. We could

935
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: be talking about the Jaguars defense being a top five

936
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: defensive special teams unit. They have some real good young

937
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 1: players on their squad. Yeah, think about how long ago

938
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 1: it was of the Minnesota defense was not good for

939
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: fantasy and they, I mean now they're one of the

940
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: top five. So yeah, I could totally see that the

941
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,439
Speaker 1: problem with the Jaguars is that they don't really create

942
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: a lot of turnovers, and that's an issue. But you know,

943
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: that could just be variants and who knows, maybe this

944
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: game going up against Semi and they could do better

945
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 1: than that. We'll see, all right, Greg, Well that's all

946
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: the questions we have for where this week. I appreciate

947
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,399
Speaker 1: you coming on. It was fun and we'll see who's

948
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: right about Vance McDonald. Right. Yeah, man, it's always a

949
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: good time to come on. I love I love this podcast.

950
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: You guys are very kind to have me on yet again,

951
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: and like, yeah, like you, I'm looking forward to week thirteen.

952
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: Let's do this For those of you guys listening, we

953
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: got one more show coming up this week with Justin

954
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:21,720
Speaker 1: McMahan of Daily Fantasy Insider. They've been doing real well

955
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: and it's for the DFS episode, so make sure to

956
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: tune them for that. Get some great advice. We've got

957
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 1: three more episodes coming up next week. And also hop

958
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: on over and check out the Fantasy Baseball podcast. We're

959
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: gonna be recording on Friday. Should get that show up

960
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: around the weekend and I host that one too. It's

961
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,839
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. I love baseball. I'm

962
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 1: excited to start talking about it, so please check it out.

963
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Speaker 1: Subscribe to both shows on iTunes really helps us out

964
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Speaker 1: a lot. Thanks for listening and enjoy your football. I

965
00:44:47,400 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 1: just want to. I don't even know the caemistry. Barks

966
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:06,760
Speaker 1: like dog, sad digging in the deep, digging and saying

967
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Speaker 1: desiring up trouble