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Speaker 1: Wow Ye, what is up? Welcome to another edition of

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, still fully vaccinated, still dodging variants like NEO

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Speaker 1: in the matrix, and we have a cast of Makes

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Speaker 1: a Couple Now, a little bit different show for you today.

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Speaker 1: All the content is gonna be the same, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be great. We got producer justin, We got the specialist

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Speaker 1: who are gonna be doing a whole lot of stuff

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Speaker 1: in post for this show. Don't worry about it. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna still look and sound good. That's all you really

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Speaker 1: need to know. And I'm joined on screen as always

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Speaker 1: by Michael f Florio. And we haven't fully survived Week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: We've survived part of Week fifteen, and it has been

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Speaker 1: a bizarre week to say the least. Yeah, one of

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Speaker 1: the more complicated weeks of the fantasy football season. Let alone,

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Speaker 1: you know, all the COVID stuff that we had, feel

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Speaker 1: on the field, injuries, we had some disappointments. Uh. I

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Speaker 1: said it last week, I think this is the most

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Speaker 1: important year ever to have the first round by and

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Speaker 1: Week fifteen kind of proved that to be right. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna die into some of the things that

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Speaker 1: went on. Also, still a few games to be played,

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Speaker 1: not just one or two, a handful of games still

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Speaker 1: left to be played, so we'll talk about some of

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Speaker 1: those coming up in the show as well. Other things

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Speaker 1: that we will touch on is James Robinson officially back.

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Speaker 1: We are previewing Tuesday Night Football, as I alluded to,

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Speaker 1: and we're giving you some waiver wire targets four weeks

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Speaker 1: six team. But let's get started as we normally do,

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Speaker 1: with some fantasy headlines, and we will start with the

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers because they had a slew of injuries

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Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. They end up losing in a

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Speaker 1: bit of a surprise to the New Orleans Saints. Nine

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Speaker 1: nothing the final score in that one, but Mike Evans

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Speaker 1: left the game with a hamstring injury, and Chris Godwin

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Speaker 1: comes on Monday morning that Godwin is expected to miss

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Speaker 1: the rest of the regular season. Meanwhile, for Evans and

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Speaker 1: four NET they could miss some more time. We're still

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Speaker 1: waiting on test to figure out what the severity of

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Speaker 1: their injuries is but the question now becomes florial. I mean,

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Speaker 1: do we trust in the Buccaneers offense and if so,

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Speaker 1: where are we pivoting to? Yeah, I think you continue

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Speaker 1: to trust this Buck's offense. Look, last night was the

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Speaker 1: anomaly that the Saints have proven to be Tom Brady's kryptonite,

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Speaker 1: the one team that can kind of get to him.

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Speaker 1: Chris Godwin done for the year. It sounds like Lennon

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Speaker 1: four Nette is done for the fantasy season. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: so with those guys out now, I think at running back,

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Speaker 1: Ronald Jones becomes the one of the top waiver wire targets.

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Speaker 1: This week we saw him play the most Infornitt's absence.

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Speaker 1: We know that Ronald Jones is a good runner, He's

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Speaker 1: got some good burst to him. And I think with

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Speaker 1: the receivers, I mean, this is why you keep a

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Speaker 1: guy like Antonio Brown around just in case, even with

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Speaker 1: all the off the field headaches, because I think now

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans. It doesn't sound like Mike Evans is is

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Speaker 1: to severe that injury, so hopefully he's back out there

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Speaker 1: playing next week. But I think you keep trust in

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Speaker 1: this Bucks offense. They still have Gronk, they still have

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Speaker 1: potentially Evans A. B Ronald Jones is a solid backup

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Speaker 1: running back, so I think it just keeps on going

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Speaker 1: for them. I think we saw last night, though, how

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Speaker 1: much those receivers and Leonard Fournette mean to this offense.

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Speaker 1: It just didn't look the same when Brady was trying

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Speaker 1: definitely a different offense without Evans, Godwin and for Net,

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Speaker 1: but they do have some guys who can slot in

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think you still keep your trust

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. Uh, you know, check the scene. Maybe there's

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Speaker 1: It's worth certainly checking Ronald Jones very much. I don't

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Speaker 1: a scary injury for the Denver Broncos. Teddy Bridgewater was

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Speaker 1: hope everything is okay with Teddy. We saw a similar

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Speaker 1: for that. Um. But pivoting to fantasy football, it looks

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Speaker 1: how you feel about the Denver offense? Now, No, it doesn't.

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Speaker 1: And this was an offense that I thought had upside

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, but I think on last week's podcast it

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Speaker 1: this offense is the past. The game is. You can't

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Speaker 1: And that's what we saw again yesterday. Fifteen carries for

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Speaker 1: the passing game. Their receivers, though they're tight ends, they

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Speaker 1: like Courtland Stutton has struggled all years. So you take

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Speaker 1: playoffs so for me, it continues to be when it

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Speaker 1: and that's really it, and it's pretty much it. Jerry

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Speaker 1: Judy did not have a catch on Sunday, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you saw this, Judy and Eli Apple

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Speaker 1: Judy saying, you know, I was torching you all day

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Speaker 1: be bad when that happens and everything changes and suddenly

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Speaker 1: whomever else is catching the football there in Denver. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of catching the football, Sterling Shepherd appears to have

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Speaker 1: suffered a toward Achilles on Sunday in the loss to

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Speaker 1: the Giants offense this season, for their wide receivers, for

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Speaker 1: maybe exception Marcus. The Giants get the Eagles next week,

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Speaker 1: But like Kenny Golladay has been a huge bust. Uh

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Speaker 1: Darius Slayton is is really what he is at this point?

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Speaker 1: and now with the quarterback change, I think you just

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Speaker 1: Big Blue this year. UM. Down in Miami, maybe a

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Speaker 1: a great matchup. Gaskin should get plenty of work. Instead,

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Speaker 1: it was the Duke Johnson show. He got more touches

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Speaker 1: be played. At this point um very much a surprise.

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Speaker 1: I guess going forward, is this going to be a

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Speaker 1: right now, I'm leaning towards it being a one week thing.

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Speaker 1: But I did put in my Waiver Wire article because

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Speaker 1: I wrote about Duke Johnson. I said, like, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to monitor this all week. We're gonna have to,

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Speaker 1: their practice, because the Dolphins have been kind of have

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Speaker 1: shown a tendency to mix and match their running backs

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Speaker 1: in the last two seasons. But Miles Gaskin was just

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Speaker 1: coming off the COVID I R we know he missed

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Speaker 1: it was a one week thing. Miles Gaskin maybe wasn't

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Speaker 1: a definitely didn't get the reps in. So right now,

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Speaker 1: I think Duke Johnson should be picked up off the

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Speaker 1: which one of the Dolphins running backs is the lead

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Speaker 1: point for me is that it's going to be, I

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Speaker 1: think a muddled mess right because you can't ignore what

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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson did. He played well enough that you gotta

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Speaker 1: believe he maybe getting getting some opportunities going forward. Myles

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Speaker 1: Gascon isn't going away curious to see, you know, what

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Speaker 1: broke our hearts, maybe even got us bounced from the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: depending on how things went with the rest of your roster.

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Speaker 1: For you, who gets a little sprinkle of sea salt today,

431
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 1: a little uh, a little salt bait, it's um, it's

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Speaker 1: it's Kyler Murray for me, man, I mean, you played

433
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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, who have one win all year, and

434
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,040
Speaker 1: not only did you play the Detroit Lions, you played

435
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Speaker 1: the COVID you know, affected Detroit Lions. And I expected

436
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,840
Speaker 1: a huge day for Kyler Murray on the Sunday Show.

437
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,480
Speaker 1: I picked him to be the highest scoring player of

438
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,879
Speaker 1: the week. He gave you less than thirteen Fantasy points.

439
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,160
Speaker 1: He only threw for two hundred fifty seven yards, one touchdown,

440
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,399
Speaker 1: one interception, only ran for three yards. That to me

441
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 1: is the biggest disappointment because the last two games since

442
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,600
Speaker 1: Kyler's come back, we've seen him set each week set

443
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 1: a new season high and rushing yards and then to

444
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 1: only get three and a great match up against the lines,

445
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,280
Speaker 1: that was very frustrating, and he brought kind of the

446
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Speaker 1: whole offense down with him. Like Chase Edmonds didn't put

447
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: up a good day. James Conner had his worst game

448
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,040
Speaker 1: in quite some time. It was really Kirk and Arts

449
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 1: that had a good game on this team, and that

450
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 1: was it. And when we were looking at this matchup, Marcus,

451
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Speaker 1: I think we expected a lot more out of Kyler

452
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Speaker 1: Murray and the entire Cardinals offense. I mean, I I

453
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,439
Speaker 1: was big on saying, look, James Conner, regardless of what

454
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 1: happens with Chase Edmonds, was worth a start. Christian Kirk

455
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,439
Speaker 1: I had. I mean, it just seemed like this was

456
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Speaker 1: set up for the Cardinals to roll. Uh, And that

457
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 1: was very much not what happened. Um, just a shocker

458
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 1: all around with the Lions getting not just a win,

459
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Speaker 1: but a huge decisive win against the Cardinals on Sunday,

460
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Speaker 1: to the point that late in the game, Click Kingsbury

461
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,639
Speaker 1: went to Colt McCoy he just kind of threw up

462
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,359
Speaker 1: the white flag, said you know, it's not worth it.

463
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:15,960
Speaker 1: He put Colt McCoy in the game and just sort

464
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 1: of let let the clock run out. At that point,

465
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Speaker 1: for me, my big disappointment was Naji Harris. And I

466
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Speaker 1: guess what made it even more disappointing is that I

467
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 1: I had him as a beware. I thought there was

468
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Speaker 1: a chance that he might not have a huge number.

469
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: I still thought he would give you more than what

470
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Speaker 1: he did on Sunday. I mean, it was miserable. And

471
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Speaker 1: the thing that maybe is most concerning to me about

472
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Speaker 1: Naji Harris lately is he's still being involved in the

473
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Speaker 1: passing game, but he just is not giving you any

474
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Speaker 1: kind of real production that you go back through his

475
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: stat line and in four of his last five actually

476
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Speaker 1: even more than that. I mean, he's given you less

477
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,159
Speaker 1: than thirty receiving yards and a lot of games, but

478
00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: he's getting targets and he's just not turning into any

479
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,120
Speaker 1: kind of production. We know the offensive line in Pittsburgh

480
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,719
Speaker 1: is a nest that was a concern going into the season.

481
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: I know that the Titans are good against the run,

482
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Speaker 1: but I still thought that there was a chance for

483
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Speaker 1: him to at least kick some some balls, get some

484
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 1: funny fantasy production that way, and it hasn't happened, and

485
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,960
Speaker 1: it's sort of coming at a bad time right now

486
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Speaker 1: with the playoffs in hand. Um. I just you know,

487
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 1: I felt like, maybe I won't say Nagi was was

488
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: matchup proof, but that at least there were other ways

489
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 1: for him to get the football and other ways for

490
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: him to pick up yards and points. Um. And it

491
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: certainly didn't happen on Sunday. I mean, so I'll ask

492
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Speaker 1: you though with you know, Ben roethlisbergers at the very

493
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Speaker 1: end of his career. We don't know if he's going

494
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Speaker 1: to be back in Pittsburgh next year. Uh, the offensive

495
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: line still has issues. Are there reasons going forward and

496
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: maybe in dynasty leagues or next year in season the

497
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 1: leagues that we should sort of downgrade or be concerned

498
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 1: about Naji Harris or does volume kind of trump everything?

499
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Speaker 1: I think at the end to the day, volume does

500
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 1: trump everything. But it is gonna greatly depend on who

501
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 1: this team's quarterback is, I think, because if they upgrade

502
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,199
Speaker 1: that quarterback position with the pieces they have around him,

503
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: I think he could be fine. But if you know,

504
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,680
Speaker 1: if we're seeing a Mason Rudolph or Dwayne Haskin type

505
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: of situation. Then then I'm gonna be pretty afraid because

506
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: you know, teams are just gonna figure we have to

507
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,160
Speaker 1: stop Naji Harris and that's it. And it is frustrating

508
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Speaker 1: Marcus because for a while it looked like his floor

509
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: was like fifteen Fantasy points, but now single digits in

510
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,560
Speaker 1: two of his last four games. They get the Chiefs

511
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Speaker 1: next week. I have Harris in the league. I'm still

512
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Speaker 1: planning on starting him. But do you think do you

513
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 1: think if you have Harris, you just continue to write

514
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Speaker 1: him out because of the volume, or you getting a

515
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Speaker 1: little bit maybe considering pulling him out your lineup. I mean,

516
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Speaker 1: I think you still play him one because of the volume,

517
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: and and look, who knows who's going to be available

518
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,199
Speaker 1: next week. I mean, I'm not sold that all the

519
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: COVID issues we saw in week fifteen just magically disappear

520
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 1: because the calendar flips over to another we we could

521
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: still be dealing with the same sort of thing, so

522
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: you could still be sort of shorthanded. It's not like

523
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Speaker 1: the waiver wire is going to bring a ton of

524
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 1: immediate relief. So I think, you know, one the volume

525
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,520
Speaker 1: certainly helps, But two they're just name not be better options,

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Speaker 1: uh than nag Harris. You mean, if you are, if

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Speaker 1: you are blessed with running back depth, then maybe you

528
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Speaker 1: make that move. But um, I think I think you're

529
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 1: just kind of writing, writing this out the rest of

530
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: the way until you either win a championship or you

531
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Speaker 1: get bounced from the playoffs. I think that's that's sort

532
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,879
Speaker 1: of where we are right now. So Hey, it's the

533
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: time of the show when I tell you to follow

534
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: us on TikTok at NFL Fantasy, always putting out content there.

535
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 1: You can also follow me at Marcus Grant. I do

536
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: weird stuff. I haven't done one in a while. I've

537
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 1: been in the process of moving studios and unpacking boxes,

538
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: which is why things behind me look a little bit

539
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Speaker 1: different than they normally do. So once we get all settled,

540
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Speaker 1: and maybe I'll get back to making foolishness on the internet.

541
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Speaker 1: So go check me out right there. All right, Uh,

542
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Speaker 1: we are at the end of the year where a

543
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: lot of folks are sort of packing up shop. Maybe

544
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: your seasonal teams have been bounced from the playoffs. Maybe

545
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 1: you unfortunately didn't make the playoffs in either case, thanks

546
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 1: for still sticking with us. We certainly appreciate that. But

547
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: now as when we sort of look back on the

548
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: guys that maybe broke our hearts that we did not expect,

549
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 1: or maybe they've done it a couple of times and

550
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: it's been one time too many, and we're deciding we're

551
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: gonna kind of wash our hands of these players going forward.

552
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,199
Speaker 1: So for you, who is somebody that you may not

553
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: be drafting next year? With the caveat look, I understand

554
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: that at the right the right draft price, everybody is available,

555
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: everybody is sort of in play. But you know, given

556
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: where you anticipate their a DP being next year, who's

557
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,439
Speaker 1: the guy that you may not draft? Ezekiel Elliott Because

558
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 1: for the second straight year, towards the end of the season,

559
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 1: I'm like Zeke has been a disappointment. And last year

560
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the fantasy season, I was on

561
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 1: the I Am not drafting Ezekiel Elliott train and then, uh,

562
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: you know, when I was doing draft prep, like sometime

563
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: in May or whatever, I put out on Twitter like,

564
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,199
Speaker 1: here are what I'm struggling with on Zeke. His efficiency

565
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: has been decreasing every single season. He doesn't have any

566
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: burst left. He's a volume dependent running back. Tony Pollard

567
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: might be better than him, or it might be more efficient.

568
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: He's touchdown reliant. And the echo chamber that is Fantasy

569
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: Twitter all summer long kept telling me that Ezekiel Elliott

570
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: is gonna thrive with dak back. Look at what he

571
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: did in those that first month. Uh, he has top

572
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: five upside is RB one upside, And they really suckered

573
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: me in. And what I was saying was like, Yeah,

574
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,919
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna be a top ten running back, but

575
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be pretty. And at the end of

576
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: the year, we're gonna look back at it and be like,

577
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: it's volume dependent, and that's exactly what's happening. So I'm

578
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: angry at myself for letting the echo chamber kind of

579
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: sucked me back in, and I I drafted Zeke in

580
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: a few spots, but I'm anticipating next year, Marcus, he'll

581
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Speaker 1: be like a late first maybe early second round player

582
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Speaker 1: because he's the RB seven on the year right now.

583
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Speaker 1: But if you have Zeke, you know he's not the

584
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: real RB seven. He's he's doing it because he's out

585
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,400
Speaker 1: there each week, but more often than not, he's giving

586
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: you like twelve fantasy points, fourteen fantasy points. That's not

587
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: what you want on your first round pick. It is

588
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: going to be one of those things where the overall

589
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: number doesn't tell the true story of what the season was.

590
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:16,959
Speaker 1: I think I think people are gonna have to kind

591
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 1: of dig into that to kind of figure it out.

592
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,639
Speaker 1: But you're right, muscle memory. Uh. And the fact that

593
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: he will, unless something weird happens, probably finished the year

594
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: as a top ten running back means that that people

595
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: will still draft him pretty high up. And who knows,

596
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: they could get burned. And you know, we may see

597
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: more Tony Tony Pollard next year. The Cowboys really like

598
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: him and he's been really effective, so it could become

599
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: more of a legitimate time share um in Dallas. For me,

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00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: it's Clyde Edwards Hilaire. And you know, I came in

601
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: this year saying, look what happened as a rookie was

602
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: more our fault than his fault. We we really projected

603
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: him to the moon right away. We just said, hey,

604
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: are running back in the Chief's offense is what they need.

605
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: He's gonna catch the football. It's gonna be great. Uh.

606
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Speaker 1: And he was just kind of met. So then this

607
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: year the a DP dropped. Uh, you know, we felt like, okay,

608
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: well the expectations have been tempered, the production is going

609
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 1: to be baked into the draft price. Uh. And even

610
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Speaker 1: now he has still underwhelmed. I mean, he was hurt

611
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 1: for a little bit. When he's been on the field,

612
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: he really hasn't given us much. I know, they tried

613
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 1: to get him involved in the passing game over the

614
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: weekend against the Chargers, even that didn't really work. And

615
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: at some point it's just fair to say that, hey, look,

616
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: maybe this guy isn't the player we thought he was

617
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,479
Speaker 1: going to be in this offense. Maybe he is just

618
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: sort of a rotational back. Maybe he's just a depth

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00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: ad for your fantasy roster and not a guy you

620
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: can count on weekend and week out. Because we just

621
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: don't know when he's going to produce good matchup, bad matchup.

622
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: It's just been really hard to peg. So at this point,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm willing to just kind of stay away

624
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: from Clyde Edwards de Laire. Maybe he does have the

625
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: breakout season in his third year, I probably won't know,

626
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: because I probably won't draft him. Uh, just because he's

627
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: just he's just been sort of disappointing. UM. I would

628
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: say this though, is next year, let's let's say everything

629
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: stays the same in the Chief's offense. I mean, is

630
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: there anybody we're really targeting high outside of you know,

631
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Speaker 1: the big three Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey. It feels like,

632
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: again we're just kind of staying away from Chiefs. Beyond

633
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Speaker 1: those guys. Yeah, I think I think c H will

634
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: still go in like the you know, like the third

635
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: or fourth round is a solid RV two. I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of people will be agreeing with you, Marcus

637
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: that he is not an RB one. We can't keep

638
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: propping him up as that. UM. But yeah, I I

639
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be the same as it is unless

640
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: they bring in a high profile wide receiver too, which

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00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: I think this offense can clearly use. UM. But if

642
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Speaker 1: that doesn't happen, then no, I agree. I think it

643
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Speaker 1: is just it's Mahomes, Hill and Kelsey, and those guys

644
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: might even go a little bit later than we've seen

645
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Speaker 1: the last couple of years, where Kelsey is the ngquestioned

646
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: tight end one. Hill is usually a top two wide

647
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: receiver off the board. And Mahomes has been the QB one.

648
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: Now I think there might be a discussion of other

649
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: players going either right around them are higher. Yeah, I

650
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: for sure think Kelsey falls out of the first round

651
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: this year. That's not gonna happen. Tyree Hill probably a

652
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: spread still a second round guy, um, and maybe we

653
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: see Mahomes fall out of the third round or something

654
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: like that. I don't think Mahomes is gonna be the

655
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: the I think the top two consensus quarterbacks is gonna

656
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: be Alan and Mary. I think so too. I think

657
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: Tho was gonna be the guys, which honestly, maybe in

658
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: a weird way, might end up making Patrick Mahomes of

659
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: value at some point, uh because they'll still have those

660
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: blow up games you know, during the season, but maybe

661
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: you don't have to spend a third round draft pick

662
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: to get him. So who knows. All right, there are

663
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: a pair of games on Monday night, one of them

664
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Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Browns, depending on when you listen

665
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: to this show or if you watch the live streaming

666
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: show as either in progress or maybe is done for

667
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: the day. Uh. So we're not gonna get into that

668
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: because it's not gonna help you at all. Hopefully you

669
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: have been able to kind of make some moves. But

670
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: we will say Nick Mullins expected to start for the Browns,

671
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: so he may be throwing the football right now as

672
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: you're listening to this. Who knows um, but rad is Browns.

673
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: That's a thing that has happened or is happening anyway.

674
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: The game that was normally scheduled though for Monday night,

675
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: the Vikings and the Bears um kind of an interesting matchup.

676
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: Obviously a divisional matchup. There are some playoff implications, because

677
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: right now pretty much everything has some sort of playoff implications.

678
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: Those are the quarterback matchup, because on paper it is

679
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: a good matchup for both signal callers. So who'd you rather,

680
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins or Justin Fields? This one is is really close.

681
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: I slightly lean Kirk Cousins. I believe I have them

682
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: ranked back to back heading into week fifteen. The reason

683
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: I lean Cousins and I get Fields is more exciting.

684
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: He's been playing good ball as of late. It's a

685
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 1: great matchup. Cousins has been just the more consistent all

686
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: year long, and I know he's been a little up

687
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: and down as of late, but I mean if you

688
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: like fantasy points. He's done that routinely this year. He's

689
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: thrown multiple passing touchdowns in six straight games so and

690
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: seven of his last eight. So I think he's just

691
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: a little bit safer there. But I fully admit Justin

692
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 1: Fields is the the much more exciting play, and and

693
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: they both I think bring a good amount of upside,

694
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: Like it wouldn't surprise me if either one of them

695
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: went off for like twenty five fantasy points tonight. Maybe

696
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: because he is the more exciting option, that's sort of

697
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: where I'm leaning there. Um, you know, maybe he is

698
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 1: more likely to get out of the pocket and run

699
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: and pick up some some yards that way. Maybe he

700
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: even gets you a rushing touchdown. He had that that

701
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: great one earlier in the year against the forty niners,

702
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: so maybe he's able to pull that one off again

703
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: tonight against the Vikings. But I do think it's very close.

704
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: I think, you know, if you are saying putting together

705
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: a daily fantasy lineup, I don't know that you can

706
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: go wrong with either of those guys, because I think

707
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: you know, they both have the potential to get you

708
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: eighteen or more points in this one. So, um, it's

709
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: very close, I'm gonna go Justin Fields. I just I

710
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: like watching him a little bit more. And I think

711
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: we've seen the Kirk Cousins show, so that's kind of

712
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: where I why I went the direction I went there.

713
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 1: Um for the Vikings though, so we know Justin Jefferson

714
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: is going to be there. Adam Feeling is listed as questionable.

715
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: We will find out closer to kick off whether or

716
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 1: not he's actually going to play tonight, But uh, if

717
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: he does miss another game, is there any pass catcher

718
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 1: in this Vikings offense not named Justin Jefferson that you

719
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: feel like you would put in a lineup? I had

720
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: k j Osborne ranked as a wide receiver three this week, um,

721
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: like in my top thirty receivers, so I think he

722
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: would be in play. Really, I think whichever wide receiver

723
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: two suits up for the Vikings is in play there,

724
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: Like if Adam Felan does, I'm not expecting him to,

725
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 1: but if he does suit up and there's no reports

726
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: of him being limited, I think you get him in

727
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: your starting lineup. And if he's either out or there's

728
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 1: reports of him being limited, I think you pivot to

729
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: kJ Osborne. Besides that, like last week, I was a

730
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: little excited for Tyler Conklin maybe you know, streaming tight endsure,

731
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,439
Speaker 1: but I don't really feel great about him this week.

732
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,720
Speaker 1: So it's kind of just that wide receiver to spot

733
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,919
Speaker 1: or bust. Yeah, I mean I would give Osbourne an opportunity, uh,

734
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: probably more in a DFS lineup than you know, any

735
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: kind of seasonal line up unless you're really kind of

736
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: hurting at the position. Does have touchdowns and back to

737
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: back games, so that's worth sort of noting. And you know,

738
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins tends to funnel his targets maybe through a

739
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 1: couple of guys. He does not spread the ball around

740
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: a ton, So if Osbourne is the other receiver, uh,

741
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: then I think he's worth maybe getting a shot for

742
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: uh in the ball game tonight. All right. Up next

743
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football Show, we are taking a

744
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: walk on the Week sixteen waiver wire. Can you buy

745
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: into a Bengals back against Baltimore? Find out? But we returned?

746
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: All right, let's take a look at the waiver wire

747
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: four weeks sixteen. Week fifteen still has one more day left.

748
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 1: But you know what I mean anyway, it means if

749
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: you are still alive it is time to keep playing

750
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: the waiver wire because you can always keep improving your team.

751
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: Michael left Florio puts together our waiver wire list every week,

752
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,800
Speaker 1: so please, sir, take me through some of your selections

753
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: this week. Justin Fields, I had him on the waiver

754
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: wi Wire article last week. I know he hasn't played yet,

755
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: which means you could still grab him right now if

756
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: that game hasn't kicked off yet. Tyler Huntley, who just

757
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: continues to look great in Lamar's absence. I think he's

758
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: worth stashing in case Lamar mrs more time. Trevor Lawrence

759
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: and Drew Lock those are just some deeper two quarterback

760
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: format options for you at running back. Ronald Jones, who's

761
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: still available in like over NFL dot com leagues, probably

762
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: shouldn't be get him on your roster now. Devin Singletary Marcus,

763
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: he has taken over as the Bill's lead running back.

764
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: Didn't see that one coming. Craig Reynolds continues to be

765
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: the workhorse for the Lions with Swift and uh Williams

766
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: out Soma J. P Ryan because we saw Joe mix

767
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: and leave that game early, and then Duke Johnson because

768
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: he was the Bell Cow for the Miami Dolphins this

769
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,880
Speaker 1: past week, and then at some receivers our Boy and

770
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: Monross st Brown just continue to produce double digit targets

771
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: in three straight games. Top receiver target. We spoke about

772
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis. I like him there as a target m

773
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: vs three games with the least seven targets in his

774
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: last four two of those over twenty fantasy poets. DeVante

775
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: Parker just continues to get overlooked there in Miami. La

776
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: Kwan tread Will seems to be a pretty safe bet

777
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: for at least five or more targets each week, and

778
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: in deeper leads Robbie Anderson and then rounding us out

779
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: at tight end Gerald Everett, who also hasn't played yet,

780
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: So if you need a tight end for next week,

781
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: you could grab him up the waivery wire still now

782
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,760
Speaker 1: and then Evan Ingram I know that's gross, but Eagles

783
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: so's that's really the only reason why. Alright, So you

784
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: mentioned j p Ryan there, and we are unaware at

785
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: this point of what Joe Mixon status is going to be,

786
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: and you mentioned he left the game with an injury.

787
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: If it is p Ryan next week, they've got the

788
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: Ravens who have been great against the run. Can we

789
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: trust him? Will he get into volume? Can he produce

790
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: against that Ravens defense. I think he would be an

791
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 1: r B two based on volume alone, Like I would

792
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: expect him to get, you know, at least like fifteen

793
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: touches if he was the lead running back. Probably gets

794
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: some usage in the passing game as well. Baltimore's defense

795
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: is very banked up right now. They're not what they

796
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: once were, So I think he would have r B

797
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: two or at least flex upside at the at the

798
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: very least, and I think his upside is a little

799
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: bit higher than that if he could find the end zone. Yeah,

800
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: I mean, I just the thing about the the Bengals

801
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: is that they have been pretty much a one running

802
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: back team for the most part. So the number of

803
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: touches is going to be there. Hopefully he can catch

804
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: the ball, get out in space, as you mentioned, find

805
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: the end zone because otherwise, just as a straight ahead runner,

806
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: don't love the matchup because the Ravens have been one

807
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: of the best teams against the run pretty much all

808
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: year long. H you you mentioned it, you alluded to it,

809
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram I have put him in the sleeper's column

810
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: any number of times and he has let me down

811
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: every single time. Are we doing this again? Are we?

812
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 1: Are we really doing this again with him? I don't

813
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 1: want to, But then you take a look at like

814
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: the tight end position and from this past week, like

815
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: I mean, we had some James O'Shaughnessy O's Shaunasy was

816
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: a top ten tight end no offense. Albert oh from

817
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,959
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos was the tight end eleven on the week.

818
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,919
Speaker 1: Evan Ingraman his seven point three points was the tight

819
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: end fourteen, and now he gets the best possible matchup

820
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: for a tight end. I don't want to do it,

821
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: but I think if you're you know, if you've been

822
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: streaming the position, maybe you're looking at at the names

823
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire not liking anyone. It's at least

824
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: a shot on a good matchup. And now it's Seriling

825
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: Shepherd out. Maybe he gets some more volume as well.

826
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: I'm just starting to put together my list of sleepers

827
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: for the week, and I know I'm gonna I'm gonna

828
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: stare at that really long and just wonder like do

829
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: I do this again? And I know in the end

830
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: I'm probably going too and I'm gonna kick myself, but

831
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: this is this is what it is heading into week sixteen. Alright,

832
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 1: so we're looking at the top waiver wire target for

833
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: the week. You somehow have priority, or you, in a miracle,

834
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: still have some fab left in your fake pocket. Where

835
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: are you going with it? I made a last minute

836
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: change to my top waiver wired target because and it

837
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,720
Speaker 1: was after Leonard Fournette got hurt. I think if Ronald

838
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: Jones is available, and he I was surprised to see

839
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: in over seventy NFL dot Com League's he still is,

840
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 1: I think Ronald Jones becomes the top pick up there.

841
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: He played the most snaps when the Fournette went down,

842
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: He had by far the most curious He was used

843
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 1: a little bit in the passing game. And what I

844
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 1: like about Jones is we know he's a good runner,

845
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: right Like, he might not be a great pass protector.

846
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: He might make up make some mistakes and and then

847
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: Bruce arians hates him, but we know that he is

848
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: a good runner. He's got good burst. He is more

849
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: explosive than Leonard Fournette is. So I think the next

850
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: two weeks with for Nett likely sidelined Ronald Jones becomes

851
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: at the very least an RB two with some more upside. Uh.

852
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: This is my my favorite segment of the show because

853
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: it's like the Al Trojan segment right now. I mean,

854
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: I think, really Ronald Jones is probably the right answer.

855
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: If he's out there, that's probably the guy you want

856
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: if for Neett is going to miss next week. But

857
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna go. I'm on Ross st. Brown,

858
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: partially because he's getting so many opportunities right now and Troy,

859
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: and partially to validate my own belief from the beginning

860
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: of the season that he was going to be worth

861
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: a late draft pick. Over the course of the year,

862
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 1: that hasn't quite worked out that way. But lately he's

863
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: starting to blossom into the player I thought he could be.

864
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: I thought he could be kind of a safety blanket

865
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: for Jared Goff. I thought he could be a playmaker.

866
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's dazzling any in any one area,

867
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: but he makes tough catches. He's shown that he can

868
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: be good after the catch, and you know, I feel

869
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: like even now you can if you need a wide receiver,

870
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: somebody you can put it at the flex. He has

871
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: that opportunity, and most weeks, obviously not this past week,

872
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: since that the Lions will be playing in negative game

873
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: scripts and having to throw the football and you could

874
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: see the ball go in uh in alman Ra's directions.

875
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,800
Speaker 1: So I still think Ronald Jones probably is the right answer.

876
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: But for my own selfish purposes, I'm gonna pick aman

877
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: Ross st Brown so I can take what is a

878
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: not a victory lap but maybe a victory stroll down

879
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,879
Speaker 1: the hallway or something like that. For what it's worth,

880
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: he was my top waiver wire guy until the Leonard

881
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: for net injury. Yeah, all right, so that makes me

882
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about that day too. Anyway, for more

883
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: waiver wire analysis, checkout Florio's weekly column. You should know

884
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 1: by now that it's at NFL dot com slash waiver Wire.

885
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: But if you don't know, now, you know, as a

886
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: wise philosopher wants to say thank you Chris Wallace, well

887
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: as Carrie Underwood sings all the time, I've been waiting

888
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: all day for Tuesday Night. No that's not quite how

889
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: it goes, but anyway, we have Tuesday Night football. Not

890
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,839
Speaker 1: only do we have one game, we actually have two

891
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 1: games on Tuesday Night so we'll jump into that kind

892
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:37,280
Speaker 1: of give you our thoughts on those um Seahawks and Rams.

893
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 1: They actually both actually say kick off at the same

894
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 1: time seven pm Eastern times scheduled, and I think they

895
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: are regional coverage, so depending on where you live, that

896
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 1: will determine which game that you watch, unless you know

897
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: you've got the direct TV or something like that and

898
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,240
Speaker 1: you can check out both of them. But anyway, Seahawks

899
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: at Rams. DK Metcalf has been slumping down the stretch.

900
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: It's really been the Tyler Lockett show. Now. He was

901
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: placed on the COVID nineteen list earlier in the week. Uh,

902
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: could this potentially be the big d K game we

903
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 1: have been waiting for? Yeah? I think so. I've been

904
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: you know, on the DC do not like bench DK

905
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: by any any stretch train all week, I guess you

906
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: could say. And then when Tyler Lockett went out more

907
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 1: people were kind of back on DK Metcalf. But my

908
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: thing has been like one, he's still DK Metcalf too.

909
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,399
Speaker 1: He's still getting like a consistent eight targets a game,

910
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: and DK Metcalf with eight targets brings more upside than

911
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: most receivers in the NFL. Plus I know a lot

912
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: of people are scared off by the Rams and the matchup.

913
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 1: His best game of the year came against the Rams,

914
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: and he thrived against them in the playoffs last year.

915
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: So he's gone for over twenty six Fantasy points the

916
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,760
Speaker 1: last two times he's had this matchup. I'm not scared

917
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: by DK, and I continue to say it. If I

918
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: start DK, he gets eight targets and he gives me

919
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: like eight Fantasy points, I'll live with that. If I

920
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: bench DK Metcalf and I lose was because it's like

921
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: twenty points is on my bench, I'm gonna hate myself

922
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: all off season. So I am just gonna continue to

923
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 1: start DK Metcalf each week. I think people look at

924
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 1: the Rams, they say, hey, maybe Jalen Ramsey's gonna shadow him,

925
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: And I think the immediate reaction, understandably is, oh, I

926
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: should be worried. But as you pointed out, he's had

927
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: success against the Rams, He's had success against Jalen Ramsey,

928
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: So I think that takes a lot of that fear

929
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: and tosses it out the window. If Tyler Lockett is

930
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 1: not there, that more targets potentially funneled his way. UM

931
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,399
Speaker 1: and look, we have been waiting for the big breakout game,

932
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: for the big bounce back game, and I think this

933
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: could be it. Zehawks. Uh, they're not officially eliminated, they're

934
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,399
Speaker 1: pretty close to, but they need all the wins they

935
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 1: can get. So this is a situation where I think

936
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: they're all hands on deck calling on some of their

937
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 1: big name players in d K is certainly one of them,

938
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: So we'll see if he can bounce back. But I'm

939
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: with you, I would have him in my lineup regardless

940
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: of whatever fear we have. Rashad Penny had the big

941
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,399
Speaker 1: game last week. Carol said they were going to use

942
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: him very heavily, and they did, and he gave you

943
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: a good fantasy number. A little bit of a different

944
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: scenario this week against the Rams. What do you project

945
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: for him there? I haven't projected for around twelve fantasy points,

946
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: which is a solid day. I'm thinking that we haven't

947
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,600
Speaker 1: really seen him use in the passing game at all

948
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,920
Speaker 1: this year. I'm thinking that maybe that changes this week.

949
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: I think you you know, he's a solid flex option

950
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: and maybe low end RB two because volume, Like, we

951
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,919
Speaker 1: know how explosive he is. He just needs to break

952
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: out one long run, and I think he's gonna get

953
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 1: a good amount of opportunities to do so. But what

954
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: I keep saying when it comes to Rashad Penny, even

955
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: if you don't love the matchup from this week, you

956
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 1: want him on your roster because next week the Bears

957
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: the week after that the Lions, two really good matchups

958
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:47,399
Speaker 1: for him to close out the fantasy playoffs. So I've

959
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: got him about nine points, maybe he can get to ten.

960
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 1: Either way. I don't think it's a spectacular game. I

961
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: I worry about his use of the passing game. I

962
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: also worry just about game script. If the Rams do

963
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 1: what they can do and score lot of points, then

964
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: that really forces Russell Wilson to have to throw the football.

965
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,479
Speaker 1: I mean, I think K can have a big game.

966
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if both d K and Rashade Penny

967
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: have big games at the same time, because I think

968
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: that really is going to be game script dependent. So

969
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,760
Speaker 1: I think that there's less optimism for me about Rashad

970
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: Penny this week, but I do like him down the road.

971
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 1: If you are if you have him on your roster

972
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 1: and you're able to advance this week, then I think

973
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: you can definitely ride with him in weeks sixteen and seventeen,

974
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,760
Speaker 1: if you get that far, because on paper, those matchups

975
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: are a whole lot better. Maybe he does get some

976
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: passing game work that certainly changes my outlook on him,

977
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: but I'm not not quite as optimistic that that's going

978
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: to happen. Uh. The other game is the Washington football

979
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 1: team on the road in Philadelphia to take on the Eagles.

980
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: We talked about Evan Ingram and the matchup he's got

981
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: against Philly next week and liking him potentially as they

982
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: tied in this week, it's Ricky Seals Jones, one of

983
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 1: the two Fantasy playoff matchups he gets against Philadelphia. But

984
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: this he's not going to have Taylor Heineke. He's going

985
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:08,719
Speaker 1: to have Garrett Gilbert at quarterback. Uh. Do we still

986
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: trust r. S j as as a tight end start

987
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: with Gilbert at quarterback? Definitely a lot less than when

988
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: it when it was Taylor Heineke. But the thing is,

989
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,879
Speaker 1: at this point, you you kind of I mean, maybe

990
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: you could pivot to Gerald Everett or David and Joeku.

991
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: I I think I would lean a little bit more

992
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 1: towards in Joeku over Ricky Seals Jones but right now

993
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: those are my top two streaming options. Like I would

994
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,400
Speaker 1: rather use one of those two guys over Tyler Conklin

995
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett. So I think if you were planning on

996
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: starting him and now all the other Sunday games have

997
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: been played, I think you kind of unless maybe you

998
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: could pivot to David and Joeku, But even that one

999
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: is kind of a a shot in the dark there

1000
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: with with you know, being uh Nick Mullins at the

1001
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 1: quarterback positions. So yeah, I think you just kind of

1002
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: ride with R. S J. Now you took this shot

1003
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: because of the matchup. He still has the same great matchup.

1004
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: And we have seen a lot of you know, quarterbacks

1005
00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: when they get thrust into play markets, they look just

1006
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: like that short, little safe throw to the tight end.

1007
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: So I think that's what you're hoping for. And I

1008
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: think the the argument, another argument I should say in

1009
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: favor of Ricky Seals Jones is there just are a

1010
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 1: lot of places to go with the football in Washington.

1011
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: Terry mclaurin's going to get his um. You know, maybe

1012
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: they toss a few to j. D. Mckissic, But Ricky

1013
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: Seals Jones is just as viable a target for you know,

1014
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 1: any Washington quarterback as they got there, so you know,

1015
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,239
Speaker 1: hopefully that stays in play there that Garrett Gilbert knows

1016
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: enough to get the ball to his tight end um,

1017
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, and this is where it's going to be

1018
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: on the play callers to kind of scheme some things

1019
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 1: to give their quarterback to easy opportunities. So I would

1020
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: stay with R. S j Um. You know, the the

1021
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 1: expectations are definitely lowered with Garrett Gilbert at quarterback, but

1022
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,359
Speaker 1: you know, I think you still ride with it and

1023
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 1: hope for the best. Book if you can get a

1024
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: couple of catches in a touchdown, then I think that's

1025
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: really all you can kind of ask for in this situation.

1026
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:57,359
Speaker 1: Last thing, Jordan Howard expected to be back for this one.

1027
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 1: Washington's defense has struggled, not just on the open and

1028
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,279
Speaker 1: they've also had COVID issues as well. Uh Is Jordan

1029
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: Howard worth maybe a flex start or or worth throwing

1030
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: into a daily lineup? Maybe more in daily. I don't

1031
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 1: love him in seasonal because I think the floor is

1032
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 1: is very low. Like I think if you start him,

1033
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,760
Speaker 1: you're hoping for a touchdown. But their usage has been

1034
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: so inconsistent with the Philly running backs like Miles Sanders

1035
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 1: doesn't have a touchdown all year, so we know he's

1036
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,400
Speaker 1: not gonna scored one. But they like to get Kenny

1037
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: Gainewell involved in the past game a bit. Boston Scott

1038
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 1: has been in and out of that rotation, so I

1039
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 1: think he's just a deeper flex option. But in DFS,

1040
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 1: I think if you're playing like a Tuesday slate, that's

1041
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: where he's worth the shot. Yeah, I think that's probably it.

1042
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you're playing him in seasonal,

1043
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 1: you really are hoping for a touchdown, I think that's

1044
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: gonna be your best option there. Um. Because also the

1045
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,439
Speaker 1: Eagles have been a lot more run heavy lately, but

1046
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: you know that involves a lot of Jalen Hurts as well,

1047
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:54,400
Speaker 1: so there may not be as many touches in the

1048
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: offense for Jordan Howard. So you're probably right. He's probably

1049
00:49:57,640 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: a better daily play and you still are hoping for

1050
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,800
Speaker 1: that touchdown to kind of at least bolster those numbers

1051
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,879
Speaker 1: a little bit because the yardage may not be there

1052
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 1: enough and we know they're not going to throw them

1053
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 1: the football, so that that part is pretty much out. Um,

1054
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: So that's it. At the end of week fifteen. You know,

1055
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 1: we were talking, you know, last week in the office

1056
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,879
Speaker 1: that uh, we got this far before we had had

1057
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: COVID madness me last year, we thought whether it seemed

1058
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:23,840
Speaker 1: like weekend and week out. So I guess in some

1059
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: ways we should probably count our blessings that it took

1060
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 1: this long for this to happen. I guess, you know, also,

1061
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: like if you didn't make the fantasy playoffs, and I mean,

1062
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,000
Speaker 1: kudo see you if you're still listening to this, or

1063
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: maybe you got bounced in one league at least unless

1064
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: you gotta worry about because it was a very stressful

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Speaker 1: week setting lineups and everything. So I guess maybe that

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Speaker 1: is the silver lining there. Yeah, you know, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's there's not a lot of reasons to be excited

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Speaker 1: about not being in the playoffs, but hey, this is

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Speaker 1: one of them. You didn't have the headaches that everybody

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Speaker 1: else did. I don't know, just trying to make you

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Speaker 1: all feel better about it. Anyway for us, that is it.

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Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

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Speaker 1: NFL fantasy football. You know the drill Tell two friends

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Speaker 1: to tell two friends rate review and remember do illiterate

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Speaker 1: people get the full effect of alphabet soup. Be safe,

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Speaker 1: to take care of yourselves, get vaccinated, and we will

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Speaker 1: see you on Wednesday. Wan Wan, I'm don't come. I'm

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Speaker 1: don't co