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Speaker 1: Who what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live Podcast, Me Duran, MG, Marks Grana, alongside

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Speaker 1: the Fantasy Hall of Famer Michael Fabian Or man A

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Speaker 1: Drama Barfield and Uh It's Wildside, guys, dude, I know

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Speaker 1: what's going on, man, Like I thought I lived in

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Speaker 1: l A. It's you know what the worst thing about

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Speaker 1: the rain is is when you have a big, giant,

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Speaker 1: three times, no matter if it's porn rain or not,

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Speaker 1: he gets soaked. You get soaked. I guess it's uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's It's not a huge problem, but it's a major inconvenience.

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Speaker 1: Let's put it that way. I thought. I thought about

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Speaker 1: it last night. I was sitting out on my back

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Speaker 1: and I was just kind of like, yeah, and Kylo

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Speaker 1: and then it comes a major pain in the You

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. Graham, you moved out here from Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: so I meant you were just expecting sunshine and rainbows

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Speaker 1: know how to drive in l A when it's raining.

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Speaker 1: They don't know how to drive in l A period,

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Speaker 1: and especially when it's worse. Yes, I mean Atlanta. It

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Speaker 1: rains like almost every day, especially in the winter it's

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Speaker 1: um I quickly discovered here is people don't really know

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Speaker 1: And the other thing about the about Los Angeles and

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Speaker 1: the rain is that you know, as soon as there

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Speaker 1: storm watch. Yeah, this is legitimately like a storm because

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Speaker 1: But typically, like from the East coast. You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: your life, like, rain is just just rain, It's a

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Speaker 1: one of them. You're one of us. Now I'm one

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Speaker 1: teachers are on strike. Yeah, guest to the studio. So

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Speaker 1: Matthews here hanging out playing Fortnite. I know, I'm checking

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Speaker 1: a lot going on right now. We'll see if there's

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Speaker 1: glass where our faithful producers Senior Edward L. Murphy Esquire

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Speaker 1: is hanging out. Murph, what's up? My favorite thing about

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Speaker 1: this show isn't the Fantasy Talk. It's now the weekly

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Speaker 1: We'll get a playoff challenge lineups, do some fantasy daily

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Speaker 1: some news. The big news right now has to do

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Speaker 1: about that. This is definitely a very newsworthy item in

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Speaker 1: is pretty much everything you need to know. All right,

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Speaker 1: we will spend the coaching camerasel and I guess the

428
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Speaker 1: ride might pretty much be over. It appears the last

429
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Speaker 1: time we talked to you there were still three openings available.

430
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Speaker 1: It appears that those three have all been settled. First,

431
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Speaker 1: the well the one that we know for sure that

432
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,640
Speaker 1: was announced and has been, you know, all done. The

433
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Speaker 1: Jets they brought in Adam Gaze, who formerly of the

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Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. He is their new head coach, which I

435
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,639
Speaker 1: sort of laugh at the a f C East teams

436
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,480
Speaker 1: not named the Patriots playing this weird roulette with all

437
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,760
Speaker 1: these coaches, you know, Rex Ryan going from one spot

438
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Speaker 1: to another, Adam Gaze going from one spot. Could we

439
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 1: get into what in the hell was It's the greatest,

440
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,520
Speaker 1: it's the newest meme on with the taco like he's

441
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 1: following the taco like seeing that one. I've seen a

442
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,920
Speaker 1: bunch of like blowfish. What the hell is creepy? How

443
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 1: did this slip under the table? You know what I mean?

444
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,560
Speaker 1: So long? How how have we not noticed? This guy

445
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 1: goes into a press conference in his eyes start like

446
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,600
Speaker 1: I don't know, like rolling out of his head almost

447
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 1: like I don't know. So I guess shows you how

448
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,439
Speaker 1: much we paid attention to Dolphins press conferences. I guess.

449
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 1: I guess somebody out there's got a lot of time

450
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Speaker 1: on their hands are looking back at every single press

451
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Speaker 1: consin Dolphins have ever had with Gaze and seeing if

452
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Speaker 1: they can see the eyeball movement. I mean, it was

453
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Speaker 1: just so odd. I do wonder if it was like

454
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Speaker 1: a nervous like a nervous tick for him, because I

455
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Speaker 1: don't I don't know. I mean, it's gotta be right,

456
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Speaker 1: it would have to be a nervous I would think

457
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Speaker 1: that before we would have seen that this would have

458
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Speaker 1: been a meme right before the other day. And maybe

459
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Speaker 1: it's not good that the talk of Adam Gaye signing

460
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Speaker 1: with the Jets is that his eyeballs are are a

461
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Speaker 1: little odd. And I think people in Miami, and I

462
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Speaker 1: have some friends who are Dolphins fans, are all laughing

463
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Speaker 1: right now. I mean, so, I mean, that's the thing, right,

464
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Speaker 1: I mean, this was a team that they spent their

465
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Speaker 1: first round draft pick on Sam Donald, right, He's supposed

466
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Speaker 1: to be the future at quarterback, and they they've got

467
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Speaker 1: some decent you know, I mean, you know, he and

468
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Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson seemed to be a thing. At the end

469
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Speaker 1: of the year. Chris Herndon came out of nowhere. Was

470
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Speaker 1: the first time and you know, recent memory, that the

471
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Speaker 1: Jets had anything resembling a respectable tight end. Now you

472
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Speaker 1: bring in m Gates, who you know, a few years ago.

473
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Speaker 1: Was this offensive genius was supposed to get things going

474
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Speaker 1: down in Miami, and it never really happened. You know,

475
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Speaker 1: things fell apart. They ended up dealing Jay a Giant

476
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: because things didn't go well. Ryan Tannehill, a combination of

477
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Speaker 1: just injuries and just not performing well, never blossomed into

478
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Speaker 1: this quarterback that the Dolphins thought he could be. Uh,

479
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,119
Speaker 1: you know, we we've been waiting for years for the

480
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker breakout. It just offensively, it just never came

481
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Speaker 1: together in Miami the way we thought. I mean, Graham,

482
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Speaker 1: if you are a Jets fan, you have to be

483
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Speaker 1: at least a little bit concerned about this right now.

484
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Speaker 1: A lot of the I guess you could say, excuses

485
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Speaker 1: that people would make for adom case go along the

486
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Speaker 1: lines of everything you just said. Ryan Tannehill was never

487
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Speaker 1: a percent healthy, which is true. DeVonta Barker never broke out,

488
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: which is true. Their offensive line has always been up

489
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Speaker 1: and down. This year was actually one of their best years.

490
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,639
Speaker 1: Laramy Tunsel was fantastic this year. Um Gay certainly didn't

491
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Speaker 1: have a lot to work with in Miami, but the

492
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Speaker 1: facts are simple. I mean, he ran one of the

493
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Speaker 1: slowest and most inefficient offenses in the NFL for three

494
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 1: straight years. UM, the Dolphins were bottomed four in football

495
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 1: outsiders pace of play seconds in between play for three

496
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 1: straight years. They've been bottom five in yards gained per

497
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Speaker 1: possession in two of the last three UM and in

498
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen. The one year that they weren't was

499
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,919
Speaker 1: the year that Tanthill they made the playoffs. Tan Hill

500
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 1: got hurt and they had to play Matt More against

501
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: the Steelers and got stopped. Um. This is just such

502
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: an uninspiring higher from it is and and the thing

503
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Speaker 1: that people don't bring up maybe they haven't I just

504
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: haven't listened to them, But I mean Gaze's offenses as

505
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Speaker 1: as an OC head coach, we're top four two years

506
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Speaker 1: in a row. And who was his quarterback in Denver,

507
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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, who didn't need a coach. Okay, thet can

508
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,159
Speaker 1: go out there and do it all by himself since

509
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Speaker 1: he has been separated from Peyton Manning his offenses in

510
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Speaker 1: terms of passing yards per game. Okay, Sometimes a coach

511
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: can make the personnel better, all right, We're seeing that

512
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: with Sean McVeigh and Jared Goff. Sometimes the personnel makes

513
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Speaker 1: the coach look better than he is. And that's exactly

514
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Speaker 1: what's gone on with Adam Gates. He has been a

515
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Speaker 1: mediocre or worse oh see or head coach since he

516
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Speaker 1: has been separated from Peyton Manning, and that is fact.

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Speaker 1: I also just wonder if you're the Jets, you were

518
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: in the same division, right, I mean you watch this

519
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: first exactly you saw this Dolphins team come to your

520
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: house once a year, Like I just I don't know,

521
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Speaker 1: I'm sort of confused by it, and I think, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: I wonder if if you are Sam Donald, and I

523
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,679
Speaker 1: know Donald has said all the great things that they

524
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Speaker 1: face time and everything seemed cool and he's excited about

525
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,679
Speaker 1: the opportunity. I mean, what else is he really going

526
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,959
Speaker 1: to say publicly about his new head coach coming in.

527
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: It's just I would be concerned about his development and

528
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Speaker 1: the development of that offense around him with with Adam

529
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Speaker 1: Gaye there. You know it's gonna happen because it's the Jets,

530
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Speaker 1: Like McCarthy is gonna end up getting a job next

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Speaker 1: year in two thousand and twenty, and that team is

532
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Speaker 1: going to end up going on and having success, and

533
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 1: the Jets are gonna look back and think it could

534
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: have been us. He wanted to take the year. Um. So,

535
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: now the other two openings are expected hires because the

536
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Speaker 1: guys that are expected to get the job are still

537
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: coaching in the playoffs. One is the Bengals. They are

538
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: looking to get Ram's quarterback coach Zach Taylor, who kind

539
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: of fits the mold of AH. He's a guy who

540
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Speaker 1: stood next to Sean McVeigh. FS. It's crazy. It's like

541
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Speaker 1: Sean mcveigh's college roommates, teammates on the football team. His

542
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: cousin is gonna get signed by an NFL team for

543
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 1: an offensive position. I mean, it's ridiculous. Like this, this

544
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,920
Speaker 1: coaching tree that McVeigh has put out there, I mean

545
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: it's unreal. I mean, Zach Taylor had no success at Cincinnati.

546
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: I mean at the University of Cincinnati, hit none. I mean,

547
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: the Bengals are going to it's a copycat league, right

548
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: they had They had Marvin Lewis for fifteen, sixteen years

549
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 1: whatever it was, and it was the same thing every

550
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: single year. They're going to complete opposite. Now, if they

551
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Speaker 1: went Hugh Jackson, everyone in Cincinnati would have went nuts. Okay,

552
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: no one wants you. They bring in or they're expected

553
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: to bring in a guy with very little NFL experience

554
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: who in college as an OC was mediocre at best.

555
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,399
Speaker 1: But they are trying, like heck to follow in the

556
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Speaker 1: footsteps of the teams and in particular the Rams, who

557
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: went out and took a chance on a young offensive mind,

558
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: because that's what the NFL is doing now and that's

559
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: what we're seeing. That's how Kingsbury gets a job. I

560
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: mean that that's that's that's what we're seeing now in

561
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: the NFL, and a couple of years will be different,

562
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: but right now everyone's trying to get that young head

563
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Speaker 1: coach with the offensive mind. I mean with with Cliff Kingsberry,

564
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: right And I know the record was not great at

565
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,199
Speaker 1: Texas Tech. He had a losing record there, but at

566
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: least had a track record of putting up offense. I mean, Graham,

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Speaker 1: I know, Zach Taylor, he was the interim OC in

568
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Speaker 1: Miami for a year. Uh, He's been an o C

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Speaker 1: in college, but I just feel like he don't talk

570
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 1: about small sample side. I feel like we have a

571
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: really small sample size as an offensive coordinator. So I

572
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 1: just don't even know what to expect from him in Cincinnati.

573
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: Neither do. I okay, that's that's okay to not not

574
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: know what's gonna gonna happen. I have no idea. Look,

575
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Speaker 1: I mean he spent four years under Joe Philbin and

576
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Speaker 1: then that final year, like you mentioned, who's the interim

577
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: O C under Dan Campbell? Remember that? Yeah, Dan Campbell

578
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:35,440
Speaker 1: PC PC principal from South Park Philipin cut delayed there.

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Speaker 1: I think Philipin got fired after like the first four

580
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: or five games that year. Um. Anyway, yeah, Dan Campbell,

581
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Speaker 1: he was the O C under Dan Campbell that followed

582
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: McVeigh to l A UM. I don't know, man, I

583
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: really don't know. The Bengals are such an interesting case

584
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: study because I mean, Dalton Wollaston toibly be back. A J.

585
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: Green's gonna be back, but he's been helped. Dalton is

586
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: not that much younger than I mean. I mean, I guess.

587
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: I guess because long as they hand the ball to

588
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon and they throw the ball to A. J. Green,

589
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: that's all we care about. And I guess it's okay, right.

590
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: I mean, Zach Taylor smart enough to figure that part

591
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: out right in uh In when he was the the

592
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: O C of the Bearcats. According to Profible Focus, Uh,

593
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: that offense received the grade of sixties six point four,

594
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: which was a D ninth out of a hundred thirty schools.

595
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: I mean, there's not there's not a lot on his resume,

596
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 1: and what is on his resume does not point to

597
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: a guy who deserved to be a head coach in

598
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Speaker 1: the NFL. Man, I think if we've learned anything with

599
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: this head coaching pierred higher if I majors real quick, Um,

600
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: it's that teams aren't necessarily desperate for a new like

601
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: this new innovative head coach, like everybody's obviously looking for

602
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: new Sean McVeigh. It's that these teams are just like

603
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: going in and allowing these guys who basically have had

604
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Speaker 1: very little or no play calling experience in the NFL,

605
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: and they just crushed the interviews. They just go in

606
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: there and absolutely smashed the interviews and make it. I

607
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: mean they show I'm just I have to think at

608
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: least they're showing in these interviews that they're forward thinking

609
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: and they're willing to innovate, which is the difference between

610
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Speaker 1: Zach Taylor and someone like Mike McCarthy. He's gonna go

611
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: in there. He's gonna call his scheme. You know, he's

612
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: gonna call his place. Adams is gonna call going to

613
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Speaker 1: New York, and he's gonna fit try to fit his

614
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 1: scheme into those players. Where now we have these kind

615
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 1: of new age of head coaches where Zach Taylor, hopefully

616
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury do some things at least help the quarterback

617
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: facilitate the offense as opposed to the coach just running

618
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Speaker 1: the scheme and trying to facilitate the team. And I

619
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: think you're onto something. They're granted, I do think. I

620
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: think what we have seen from the coaches who are successful,

621
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Speaker 1: whether it is a Seann McVeigh or Kyle Shanahan or whoever,

622
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Speaker 1: is more of a willingness to fit your offense around

623
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Speaker 1: the personnel, as opposed to you know, old school coaches

624
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 1: where like you would you really would square peg round

625
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: hole is. Hugh Jackson is the perfect perfect example of it.

626
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 1: He could he could not call his offense because he

627
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: didn't have his players like that. That is not an

628
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: excuse in today's NFL. That's not an excuse because not

629
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: everybody is going to have a good offensive line. Actually,

630
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 1: everyone pretty much has a bad offensive final. I mean,

631
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,959
Speaker 1: it's just a ridiculous excuse. Well, especially when Freddie Kitchens

632
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: takes it over and and does good things with it,

633
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: of course, I mean, yeah, it's just it's it is

634
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: nice to see that the NFL this year has been

635
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: kind of like the turning point year where we finally

636
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: seen these front offices and decision makers and owners say,

637
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: you know what, we actually want to do something a

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00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: little different. It's great. I'm all for it. I still

639
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: have no idea what it's for. As a fantasy analyst,

640
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 1: we love this. Yeah, they're bringing in all these offensive guys.

641
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: Maybe one or two of them will hit, probably most

642
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: of them won't, but it's gonna be fun to see

643
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: what these guys bring to the table here. Uh this

644
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: this upcoming season and moving forward, well, I'm gonna be

645
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: a downer now because the Dolphins are going defense. Adam

646
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: Gays leaves Miami goes to New York. So Miami is

647
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: expected to hire from within a division and bring in

648
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: Patriots Brian Flores, who's technically the linebacker coach, but it's

649
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: also sort of assistant defensive coordinator if you will, so

650
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: he is expected to take over as the head coach

651
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: in Miami, whenever the Patriots run in the postseason ends,

652
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: whenever that might be. So, I mean, we we tend

653
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: to know that when defensive coaches come in, that's the

654
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: side of the ball that the team focuses on. That's

655
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: where they try to build up. And this was a

656
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 1: team in Miami that had a sputtering offense to begin with.

657
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: They didn't use Kenyan Drake when which baffled us. All

658
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: we talked about Davante Parker never really breaking out. Ryan

659
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: Tannehill likely is not going to be back next year,

660
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: so you know, I mean, we we talked about, you know,

661
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: would this be a never Dolphins sort of year, and

662
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: and it is looking more and more like this might

663
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: be a never Dolphins and they're lining up to be

664
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: potentially one of the five most unattractive offenses from a

665
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: fantasy perspective in the league. Quarterback situation is a question mark.

666
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: The running back situations a question mark. I know Gore

667
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: wants to come back for who knows, maybe feature that guy.

668
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: I have no idea there. There's not a wide receiver

669
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: on the roster that excites you. Uh, Mike Kisiki, who

670
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: a lot of people were excited about coming out of college. Uh,

671
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: kind of tanked in his rookie season, but that that's

672
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: part the course with tight ends, so you know, he

673
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: could have some upside moving forward. But there is just

674
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: not a lot to like on this offensive team, not

675
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: a lot at all. So I don't really know what

676
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: to say about that beyond that We're a long way

677
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: from Dan Marino and the marsh brothers, that's for sure.

678
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 1: So that remains to be seen. But it appears that

679
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: the head coaching carousel, at least for now, is done spinning.

680
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: We still have assistance and coordinators being hired and interviewed

681
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 1: all over the place, and and certainly is uh we

682
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: go throughout the spring and summer. I'm sure we'll we'll

683
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 1: talk about how that's gonna work out, but it looks

684
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: like all the top jobs are locked up and spoken

685
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: for in the National Football League. UM, I was looking

686
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: and saw, you know, this is the time of year

687
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: where you know, guys who are of a certain age

688
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: are talking about whether or not they're going to come

689
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: back and play for another season. And I looked at

690
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: four guys who are have been up there, we're up

691
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: there in age or have you know, taken a lot

692
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: of lumps and about whom retirement is maybe being whispered

693
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: and thinking, Okay, if these guys come back, do they

694
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: have enough left in the tank that you would consider

695
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: drafting them? And maybe where you consider drafting. So I

696
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 1: got four guys on this list, want to get your

697
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 1: takes on him. The first one Rob Gronkowski, who hasn't

698
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: been in the league maybe as long as the other

699
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: names I have on my list, but has certainly taken

700
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: a physical beating. I mean, there's no way around that.

701
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: And we saw at the end of last season or

702
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: into this season, rather he did not look like the

703
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: same Gronk we were used to seeing. He only caught

704
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 1: one pass that mind you, he did a great job blocking.

705
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,320
Speaker 1: That was the story, uh you know against the Chargers

706
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: on Sunday, was how well he blocked and moved that

707
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: help move that offensive line along. But as terms in

708
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: terms of being that pass catching threat, just wasn't the

709
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: same guy. If he comes back and he says he's

710
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: not really thinking about retirement, I mean, fab we we

711
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: know the tight end position is is pretty often so

712
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 1: I would imagine he's still going to be a top

713
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: three or four tight end off the board. But I

714
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: think the days of us talking about him is like

715
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: a second round pick are long gone. I mean top

716
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: fifty pick. That that's that's going to be the question.

717
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: I don't know that he goes in the in the

718
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: first five rounds of a tend team draft. Um, But

719
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: you're right, the tight end position is so weak, and

720
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: even after like Eric Abron went in and had such

721
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: a monster season with the Colts. I mean, is he

722
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: a lock to get drafted ahead of Rob Gronkowski with

723
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 1: with Jet Doyle coming back. I don't know, But because

724
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: the tight end position is so bad, it was so bad.

725
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: O J. Howard will definitely be a guy that I'll

726
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: be targeting at that position next season, especially with arians there.

727
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: But that it's it's gonna come down to name value

728
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: weak position. He's still gonna end up being the tight

729
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: end one. I mean, that's that's a lock. And if

730
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: he does come back, I would not be surprised. I mean, Kelly,

731
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: who's gonna go ahead of them? Or is going to

732
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: go ahead of him? Kid is going to go ahead

733
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: of him? Uh yeah? And then and then it's just

734
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,919
Speaker 1: such maybe maybe Ebron, maybe it's such a top heavy

735
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: position right now. Um, I don't know, Honestly, I really

736
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean Gronkowski, I mean he hasn't been

737
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: right all year. I mean he he has been way

738
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: three touchdowns, Yes, he's been way. He was way less

739
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: than going back and even watching him like week two,

740
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: Week three, He's just not been the same player all year.

741
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: And that's the scary part, right, It's like he's just

742
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,479
Speaker 1: hit this age cliff where all of these injuries back

743
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: a c l everything's just caught up with him. And

744
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: pack what about his teammate Tom Brady, Yeah, you want

745
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 1: to talk about another guy who started to fall off.

746
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: It's just gonna be a cost thing with Gronk, right,

747
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: I mean if he does come back, if he's a

748
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: seventh three round pick, I think we could all say

749
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,839
Speaker 1: we'd nipple. I mean I'd be trying. I'd be lying

750
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: if I said I wouldn't. Yeah, I mean I think

751
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: we definitely would. I think the other part of that though,

752
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: that that you talk about, you know, with Brady and

753
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: what what is in store for him next year, is

754
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: that this became a run heavy all offense this year.

755
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: I mean it was just not the same. They relied

756
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: a lot on Sony Michelle. When they threw the ball

757
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: a lot of times it was dump offs to James White.

758
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: I mean we saw what fifteen sixteen passes against the

759
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: Chargers over the weekend, I mean sixteen targets for less, right, um, So,

760
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: I mean the mature of the offense has changed as well.

761
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: Gronk is not the vertical threat that he once was.

762
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: This offense is not the vertical passing offense that it

763
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: once was, And I think that's something to take an

764
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 1: account when when you're looking at drafting pretty much any Patriots,

765
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: but especially Rob Gronkowski next year. Yeah, and uh, I

766
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: posted my one fifty fantasy facts, which is up from

767
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: a hundred and one in the past. The research guys

768
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: really helped me put on some good stuff. Tom Brady

769
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: twenty nine touchdown passes, his fewest he's had in a

770
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: full season since. He averaged seventeen point five fantasy points

771
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: per game this season, which is his lowest since two

772
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: thousand and fourteen. He finished with fewer than eighteen fantasy

773
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: points in six of his last eight games, average fifteen

774
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: points during that time. Tim we I mean father time

775
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: comes for everybody except for Frank or and he's he's

776
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: knocking on Tom Brady's doorstep. From a fantasy perspective, by

777
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: the way, if we want to talk about I mean,

778
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 1: we we talked a lot about the tight end position

779
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: this year and how it wasn't great. But the pal

780
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: Scott Pianowski from Yeah Who put it in I think

781
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: a good perspective on Twitter. He said, uh three, we

782
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: saw three of the best eight tight end seasons of

783
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,320
Speaker 1: the decade, four of fourteen. It was just the middle class,

784
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: kind of that middle tier of guys that really kind

785
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 1: of stunk it up. And that's what that's what left

786
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: us disappointed. I mean, we had Kelsey, Kittle, Urts, you know,

787
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: maybe even Ebron you could put in that group that

788
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: that had really good years. Everybody else just kind of

789
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: left us wanting. So we'll see another tight end who

790
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: is definitely a lot more aged than Rob Gronkowski. Antonio Gates.

791
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 1: He he came back you early in the season after

792
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry went down with an injury, and it was

793
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: not close to being the Antonio Gates we were used to.

794
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: We saw the Chargers target him late in the season. God,

795
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: we saw them target him in some weird situations too.

796
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: In that game against New England was it was sort

797
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,439
Speaker 1: of odd, but he says he wants to come back

798
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: and play again. Now, whether or not that's what the

799
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: Chargers remains to be seen. Uh, he was not a

800
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: guy that people were checking for really this past year.

801
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: And Graham, I can't imagine people are going to be

802
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: clamoring to draft Antonio Gates next year if he's if

803
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: he's back, Please God, if you're listening, give us one

804
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: healthy year of Hunter Henry. Philip Rivers still in his prime.

805
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: Give us one healthy year of Hunter Henry. Now yeah,

806
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: I mean he's gonna be on every Fantasy analyst breakout

807
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: list for nine every every single one that he'll be.

808
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,879
Speaker 1: You know, he'll be Fantasy Comeback Player of the Year.

809
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: He'll bend. Everyone's gonna be all in on Hunter Henry,

810
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: especially with how bad the tight end position was overall

811
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: this season. Hunter Henry or Rob Gronkowski, I think that's

812
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: a no brainer. It's double h So I would say this,

813
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: I mean, so maybe there is a little bit of

814
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: hope for death right. I mean, we know the top

815
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:05,280
Speaker 1: three guys, Kelsey Kittle and earths in some form there um,

816
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully Hunter Henry is back. And healthy again.

817
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: Hopefully we can get a full at least semi healthy

818
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: season from Greg Olsen, although Cam Newton's availability may impact

819
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: that somewhat. Uh, you know, David and Joke who continues

820
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: to develop from what we saw this past year. Uh

821
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: of you know, O J. Howard can stay healthy for

822
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: a full year, maybe there's some hope for depth at

823
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: the tied end position. Delan Walker to Laney Walker will

824
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: be back next year. He kind of forgot Delaney Walker

825
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 1: absolutely week one. Yeah, you're you're absolutely killed the position too,

826
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: I mean because he was he was a stalwart like

827
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,359
Speaker 1: eighth night round pick this, So you're you're absolutely there

828
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 1: was a chance that that position and I think this

829
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: was the worst case scenario for us for this season,

830
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: where Gronkowski was terrible, where Olsen got hurt, where Delaney

831
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: got hurt, where Henry got hurt. Right, So uh, it

832
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: should I mean, I mean, how it couldn't be deeper?

833
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,919
Speaker 1: It should be deeper next, it should be deeper. Question though,

834
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: would you guys rather take would you take productive yet

835
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: injury prone Jordan Reid or or healthy and unproductive Jordan

836
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: Read which which one? Right? Because we got we got

837
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: mostly healthy yet very unproductive fourteen games from him, and

838
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: not much and and not much in the way production.

839
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: Another name that may or may not be there next

840
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: year still mulling things over is Larry Fitzgerald, who have

841
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: been through fifteen seasons, most of them really outstanding. This year,

842
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,320
Speaker 1: like most of his Cardinals teammates, it left something to

843
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: be desired, but he says he's still deciding whether or

844
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: not he's gonna come back for years sixteen. Cliff Kingsbury

845
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: is there now, hopefully this new dynamic offense and this

846
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: new passing game is coming with him. If Larry Fitzgerald

847
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: comes back, I mean, Fabs, you're taking kind of a

848
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,399
Speaker 1: mid to late round shots. I feel like he's He's

849
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: definitely a kind of later round guy at this point.

850
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: Are you taking a shot at him? I think Christian

851
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: Kirk goes ahead of him in the most I think so, right,

852
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: So you go at the upside and Fitzgerald, there was

853
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: a time earlier in his career where we kind of

854
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: thought it was it was coming to an end statistically,

855
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,720
Speaker 1: and then he rebound that and had several good seasons

856
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: in a row. The guy's going to the Hall of Fame.

857
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 1: There's no question about that. But with with Rosen under center,

858
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: we expect Rosen to be under center. There's been some

859
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: chatter that, you know, he could be traded. Whatever the case.

860
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't think that's gonna happen. But um, if

861
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:17,720
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald does come back, and currently he's not under contract, uh,

862
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: he is going to end up being one of those

863
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 1: late run flyer guys that you take is maybe your

864
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: fourth wide receiver. Christian Kirk is the future there and

865
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: he showed a very good rapport with Rosen when the

866
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: two were out there, uh this past season, during during

867
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: their rookie campaigns, I mean, what was all said and done,

868
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 1: and mostly because of his availability, Larry Fitzgerald still led

869
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: the Cardinals in receiving this year. I mean he had

870
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: the most catches. Uh, he had the most yards. Now,

871
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: mind you, just sixty receptions, seven and thirty four yards.

872
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,279
Speaker 1: Well down from what we're used to seeing for Larry Fitzgerald.

873
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: But we know Graham when he's on the field, he's

874
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: still a reliable option. He's still trustworthy for whoever the

875
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: quarterback is. The Cardinals better hope fits comes back because

876
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: if they don't, I mean, it's Christian Kirk and then nothing.

877
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it. It's Chad Williams. Trent Sield came

878
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: on late just because of Christian Kirk's injury. The Cardinals,

879
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: I mean, they they they have so much. The thing

880
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: I mean, because obviously the offensive line is priority number

881
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: one for this group. Well there, their offensive line has

882
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 1: been bad since Carson Palmer was there, right in two

883
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: thousand fifteen. I mean, that was that was one of

884
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: the things holding back there there kind of championship running.

885
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: Their offensive has been it's basically punted on it. Steve

886
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 1: com has basically punted on it for every years since then.

887
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 1: It's amazing how quickly things can change in the NFL.

888
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 1: I mean, just a few seasons ago the Cardinals were contenders,

889
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 1: and now I thought they were going to be bottom feeders.

890
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,839
Speaker 1: I thought they'd win the Super Bowl that year. They were,

891
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 1: they were on the way. It looked like hat Pete

892
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: was healthy there they had, I mean, everyone was healthy

893
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,439
Speaker 1: that they were on that way. Certainly, last name on

894
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: this list, I like how you put this name on there.

895
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: By the way, I don't want to get into this

896
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: whole thing about you know, kickers and fantasy or whatever.

897
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 1: The they're here we're using him. We're talking about Adam Minitary.

898
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,399
Speaker 1: The guy has been money for so long. Obviously, things

899
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: didn't quite work out for him with the Colts against

900
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the snow. I know Raider fans were

901
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: salty that he's finally missing snow kicks against teams that

902
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,799
Speaker 1: are not the Raiders, but whatever, fabs and we we

903
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: look at kickers, and I think for a lot of people,

904
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, you look at it when you draft your kicker,

905
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: it a lot of times is sort of based on

906
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: name value, right, I mean, people don't necessarily do that

907
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,959
Speaker 1: much research into them. So I feel like if Adam

908
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: Vinitary comes back and he says he's not done playing yet,

909
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,760
Speaker 1: he's still gonna be a guy who gets drafted regardless

910
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: of where he is, because people are just gonna see

911
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: the name and say, oh, yeah, that guy, and and

912
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna go because age doesn't matter at the kicker

913
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: position obviously. I mean, if you guys watched the games,

914
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he had the white beard going on him.

915
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: You know this guy is just about to say the

916
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: only reason how drafting is for the beard. Freaking believable. Yeah,

917
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 1: I mean, so that's like some ken Stabler stuff. It's

918
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: like he looks like, I don't know, it's like I

919
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,240
Speaker 1: and Frank Reich are having a beard off. Yeah, I know,

920
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: and actually Vinitary's beard is more white. It's like they

921
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 1: have like two philosophers on their on their team between

922
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: Reich and there. I mean the the kicker position. And

923
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 1: I know there's people out there who don't like I

924
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: love playing kickers. Hey, Caimi Fairbaron helped me win a

925
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,879
Speaker 1: league this season, Justin Tucker's helped me win a bunch

926
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,479
Speaker 1: of leagues over the past several seasons, and I still

927
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: like having I like trying to project these guys. It's

928
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: almost impossible sometimes, but it's a streaming position. It's just

929
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 1: like defense. And so that you know that, that's why

930
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: even after Fairbaron had such a good season. Uh, you know,

931
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: these guys aren't getting drafted until the late rounds. So

932
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 1: Venitary won't get drafted until late if he gets drafted

933
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: at all. He's a streamer for me, much like a

934
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 1: lot of these kickers out there. Alright, So we'll keep

935
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: an eye on some of these guys, see whether or

936
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: not they retired. Uh, you know, we'll talk about them

937
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 1: that next year. If they are back and part of

938
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: the whole next nexture. Before we get out of here,

939
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: I want to do something Playoff Challenge stuff, some daily

940
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,360
Speaker 1: fantasy picks as well, but what let you know, speaking

941
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, you can stream every NFL playoff game

942
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: live on your mobile or tablet through the NFL or

943
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: Yahoo Sports apps. So if you are out and about

944
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: this weekend during the championship games, you don't have to

945
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: miss out. You can just you know, pull out the

946
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 1: phone and take a look. Hopefully you're somewhere appropriate. If not,

947
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: you know, be good at hiding whatever. Anyway, check it

948
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: out NFL or Yahoo Sports app. You can check it

949
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: out streaming live Playoff Challenge. At this point I went

950
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 1: I kind of went bold, trying to go charge or

951
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 1: see if I can get that leg up. But obviously

952
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 1: that didn't work out. So now I'm I'm on the

953
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: Chiefs and Saints, and I just at this point I

954
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 1: don't see any other really. I mean, I guess you

955
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: could go with the Rams, but the two highest scoring

956
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: offenses are still I'm playing right now, dude, this is

957
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 1: gonna be fun. The four best teams in the NFL

958
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: are still alive. It's the four top teams. In points

959
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: in your game, you can you can make an argument

960
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,160
Speaker 1: for all of these teams going to the Super Ball

961
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Would it be surprised if you'd be the Chiefs. No?

962
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: Would it be a surprised if the Rams beat the Saints, No,

963
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't be. These teams are all elite teams, which is

964
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: going to make the Super Bowl so much fun. I've

965
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:15,360
Speaker 1: had all Chiefs and Zeke Elliott right from the wild

966
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 1: card round, so of course I have to replace Zeke

967
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: that one hurt um. I'm putting in Damien Williams because

968
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,720
Speaker 1: I've been all in on Chiefs and Saints ever since

969
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 1: this whole thing started. Why not? Why not? So? I think, well,

970
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 1: I would imagine at this point most people probably going

971
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: Chiefs and Saints. Maybe some Rams sprinkled in there for

972
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: good measure, but uh yeah, that's playoff challenge. Uh Daily

973
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:43,000
Speaker 1: Fantasy our Value pick of the week, I would Cordarrell Patterson.

974
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 1: Just I just have this feeling. It just feels like

975
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: this is this is the kind of game where you know,

976
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: if you are the Chiefs, You're you're trying to figure out,

977
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: you know, how do we make sure we stopped Julian Edelman,

978
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: how do we stop Gronk? How do we how do

979
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: we lock down on James White and or Sony Michelle.

980
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 1: And this is when you know, Bill Belichick start running

981
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: jet sweeps to Cordarol Patterson. That's when they given little

982
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,399
Speaker 1: dump offs or whatever. I would think. You know, there

983
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: may not be a ton of opportunities, but Patterson has

984
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 1: the opportunity to be a big play guy. And I

985
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,359
Speaker 1: would be willing to just kind of make a dart

986
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: throw it at cordiall Patterson this way. Yeah, I'm taking

987
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: on Ted Gain. Um, Michael Thomas had all the targets,

988
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 1: all of it, but Gain was second with seven, and

989
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: I like the matchup potentially landing up against the keep

990
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: to leave in this one and um again to someone

991
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: who can take the top off of defense. He's like

992
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 1: that great best ball play and I think he's worth

993
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: a shot. And what should be a ridiculously high scoring game.

994
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: I don't know what the number is for this game,

995
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: but it's gotta be high. Yeah, I'm gonna stay on

996
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 1: the Saints to two fabs this point and kind of

997
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: target marketing Gram a little bit this week. Um Rams

998
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,439
Speaker 1: obviously have a very poor run defensive in I mean

999
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,840
Speaker 1: during the regular season they had a very poor run defense.

1000
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 1: Obviously came off a great game against Seek, but Ingram

1001
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,439
Speaker 1: has scored over five more Fantasy points per game at home.

1002
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: We're expecting points in New Orleans. I think Ingram's kind

1003
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: of a fun little bet for a for a touchdown

1004
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:03,880
Speaker 1: or two. Yeah. Not, by the way, Marcus, So have

1005
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: you seen three identical Strangers yet? I have not. I

1006
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: saw my list of things to watch if you're out

1007
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: there and it's raining and your your board. Uh, it

1008
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 1: is good. I watched it last night and the story

1009
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: is amazing. It is amazing. You can you can go

1010
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,439
Speaker 1: on Amazon check it out, Graham. Yeah, it's on my list.

1011
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 1: It's things. I mean, I know it's completely out of

1012
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 1: left field here, but like unbelievable story and a heartbreaking

1013
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,879
Speaker 1: story and something that I think everyone would would sort

1014
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,399
Speaker 1: of enjoy just just as a as a piece of

1015
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 1: a piece of art. The film is is tremendous and

1016
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: and the story is it's nothing short of unbelievable. It

1017
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 1: really is. It is now on my list. Yeah, put

1018
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: it on your list, man. It's so good. Sounds good.

1019
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: So that's it. We are done. We appreciate it listening.

1020
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 1: As always, remember tell two friends to tell two friends

1021
00:49:57,239 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: rate review, and remember when life gives you Lemon's Sports

1022
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: someone in the eye. We'll see you next week. Whow

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