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Speaker 1: What is up? Welcome to another edition of the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show, presented by Draft Kickings. It's me your man, MG.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, still masking and socially distancing when and where appropriate.

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Speaker 1: We got a big Friday show for you, as we

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Speaker 1: always do what we enjoined by our power. Michael F.

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Speaker 1: Floria will go over at last night's Thursday night game

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Speaker 1: between the Bucks and the Bears, will talk to some

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Speaker 1: daily fantasy value picks, also some of the big questions

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Speaker 1: that we might be looking at four week five. But

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Speaker 1: before we do any of that, we'll talk to our

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Speaker 1: favorite producer, as we always do, Senior Edward L. Murphy.

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Speaker 1: Esquire Murphy. What's new where you are today? Well? Um,

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Speaker 1: I am excited for my fantasy teams this week. Obviously

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Speaker 1: I will say though, congratulations to you and your Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: And right now for those watching, I am wearing my

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Speaker 1: new York Yankees T shirt. Um, this is it. This

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Speaker 1: is why they paid Garrett called the boatload of money

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Speaker 1: they they gave him. He has asking for the ball

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Speaker 1: and is it game five for all the marbles to

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Speaker 1: move on to the LCS? And I have too much

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Speaker 1: exciting right now at am as we were reporting, and

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna lose my mind. I'm I'm very very excited.

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Speaker 1: But uh yeah, so that the Giants hurt me and

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Speaker 1: the Yankees give me some hope. That's where I'm at

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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, I mean this, this really is what

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Speaker 1: it is. This is why the Yankees put this team

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Speaker 1: together for these moments. And I think it's interesting. I

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Speaker 1: love the sort of the subplot that it's against the Raise,

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Speaker 1: with whom the Yankees have a budding rivalry. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: this should be fun. I mean it should be really

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Speaker 1: interesting to watch. And I'll say this, the baseball playoffs

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Speaker 1: have been very great theater. Uh. I will also say

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Speaker 1: I don't want to expand I don't want to expanded

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Speaker 1: playoffs forever, but for this year, I thought it's been

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Speaker 1: I think it's been pretty good theater. I cannot agree more,

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Speaker 1: especially because people like to knock baseball and say it's

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Speaker 1: a regional thing, no one really cares. But I do

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Speaker 1: find myself, and I'm sure you have as well with

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Speaker 1: with your series ever going on every pitch you just

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Speaker 1: really doesn't matter, and it's it's really exciting at a

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Speaker 1: time that we all could could use it, but I

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Speaker 1: could use actually one more win to get to the

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Speaker 1: next series. Yeah, absolutely, so look forward to that and

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to getting into the rest of Week five.

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Speaker 1: And to help us do that, we're gonna talk to

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Speaker 1: the one and only Michael F Florio. Florio, what's going

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Speaker 1: on where you are. Unfortunately I have not got to

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Speaker 1: enjoy the fans of the baseball playoffs like you and

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Speaker 1: Eddie have. The Mets. Half the teams in the league

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Speaker 1: got to make it. The Mets unfortunately couldn't. But I'm

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Speaker 1: rooting for your Dodgers. Market has been Unfortunately Eddie go

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Speaker 1: race well, I mean I would say, look, you guys

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Speaker 1: contributed to the Pennant race in the fact that if

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Speaker 1: it was wasn't for the Mets, I don't know that

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers would have Justin Turner right now. So we

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Speaker 1: do thank you for your contribution. As a fellow red Beard,

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Speaker 1: I love rooting for Justin Turner, but with the Mets,

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Speaker 1: he was a groundball specialist, so I mean enjoy him.

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Speaker 1: He's come a long way, he absolutely has. It's been

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Speaker 1: it's been enjoyed to watch the Baseball Playoffs have been

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Speaker 1: how that continues as we go along. Let's gears though

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Speaker 1: has bled into the fantasy world. We have been tracking,

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Speaker 1: obviously the COVID situation. When it comes to the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 1: They did earlier in the week have another player test

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Speaker 1: positive for COVID nineteen. Now, as of Friday morning, there

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Speaker 1: those lines, their game against the Buffalo Bills has been

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Speaker 1: Your point about sort of treating it by position, I

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Speaker 1: that Derrick Henry Peace is the one that's really going

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Speaker 1: the Bears squeak one out twenty to nineteen over the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: It was not pretty, but let's talk about some of

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Speaker 1: Ronald Joe's a scrimmin yards. He had fifteen and a

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Speaker 1: It's not. It's just not supposed to be a thing.

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Speaker 1: if not my last pick, maybe my second to last pick,

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Speaker 1: just hoping that maybe something happens. Early in the year,

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Speaker 1: I thought maybe something was was budding there. But now

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Speaker 1: with Mooney coming in there, it doesn't mean, like I

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Speaker 1: think you're right, this doesn't mean Darnell Mooney is a thing.

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Speaker 1: I think it means that he and Anthony Miller are

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Speaker 1: both going to sort of cannibalize each other and neither

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Speaker 1: one of them is going to be consistently usable and fantasy,

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Speaker 1: especially in a passing game that that really struggles to

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Speaker 1: to generate a whole lot of excitement on a week

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Speaker 1: the big questions that we are facing as we go

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Speaker 1: headlong into the bulk of Week five coming up on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and one of the bigger news stories of the week

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Speaker 1: was the change in Houston head coach, general manager, play caller,

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Speaker 1: and the ruler of the hallway. I guess Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: has been let go there in Houston and the you know,

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Speaker 1: there are certainly questions about this offense and wondering what,

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Speaker 1: you know, what was going on with the play calling,

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Speaker 1: why this offense wasn't scoring more points than it was.

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Speaker 1: So now the Texans are free of Bill O'Brien, what

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Speaker 1: do we expect from this offense this week? Floria? Is

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Speaker 1: it bad that I expect them to come out and

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Speaker 1: just like click on all cylinders, Like I think they're

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Speaker 1: gonna just come out firing and you're not alone. Don't know,

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Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of like evidence in that.

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Speaker 1: Like the Jaguars are are not a great defense. They

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Speaker 1: are a good matchup for a lot of these Texans players,

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Speaker 1: especially in the run game. But it just seems like

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Speaker 1: one of those situations where the head coach which has

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Speaker 1: gone and and it didn't seem like he was super

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Speaker 1: popular with the players, and now uh Deshaun Watson is

468
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Speaker 1: just gonna come out and set the world on fire.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I think what you see a lot of

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Speaker 1: times in these situations when you have a head coaching

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Speaker 1: change is whoever comes in next, And especially if there's

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Speaker 1: a change in play caller offensive coordinator, usually the person

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Speaker 1: who comes in next decides to keep it sort of

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Speaker 1: simple and basically just put the ball in the hands

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Speaker 1: of their best player and let that player go out

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Speaker 1: and make plays. And in this case it's it's DeShawn Watson.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I mean you sort of look at

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Speaker 1: what's going on right I mean, last year, the the

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Speaker 1: Texans are going about twenty three and a half points

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Speaker 1: a game. That's down to twenty points. Uh. They're down

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Speaker 1: in total yards about you know, almost thirty five yards

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Speaker 1: per game. Rushing yards are down significantly. I'm about fifty

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Speaker 1: rushing yards per game, uh this year versus last year.

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Speaker 1: So I think right now it's just the the Texans

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Speaker 1: need to sort of push reset on everything. I think

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Speaker 1: what like we have seen in Seattle where the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: have decided to let Russ cook, I think the Texans

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Speaker 1: are gonna go out and let Deshaun Watson do his

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Speaker 1: thing and let him be great, which it's nice because

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Speaker 1: I've got Deshaun Watson in a couple of leagues, so

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Speaker 1: I would love to see him just sort of get

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Speaker 1: unleashed and do his thing. But but I'm with you,

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Speaker 1: I think there's no empirical way to sort of, you know,

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Speaker 1: predict this thing. It's just kind of a feeling and

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Speaker 1: having watched football for a while and just seeing how

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Speaker 1: these things work, this feels like the Texans are gonna

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Speaker 1: turn some things around. Maybe the other question, by the way,

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Speaker 1: just quickly, maybe this means they're not going to force

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Speaker 1: feed David Johnson as much. I felt like maybe they

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Speaker 1: were trying to prove a point. And so do we

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Speaker 1: start to de emphasize David Johnson in our lineups if

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Speaker 1: we haven't already? I think a little bit. I'm actually

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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson is someone I have a little bit more

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Speaker 1: interesting too. Like I wrote about him in the Sleeper

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Speaker 1: article this week, I think that Bill O'Brien he traded

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins away for David Johnson, there was that, you know,

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Speaker 1: that he owed David Johnson. It felt like he needed

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Speaker 1: to feed him so that David Johnson could put up

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Speaker 1: good numbers to kind of aren't making that trade, but

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Speaker 1: now O'Brien is gone, so they don't owe Duke David

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Speaker 1: Johnson that And we already saw Duke Johnson last week

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Speaker 1: return play about the snaps. We saw him get used

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Speaker 1: in the passing games. So with Bill Bryant gone now

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Speaker 1: and they're not being allegiance to David Johnson, I think

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Speaker 1: that his weekly touches could go down and Duke Johnson's

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Speaker 1: could go up, and that would, I think be amazing

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Speaker 1: for Fantasy Twitter, because the one thing they always complain

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Speaker 1: about is why Duke Johnson has not gotten an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to be three down back yet David Johnson getting about

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Speaker 1: fifteen touches a week, I wouldn't be surprised if you

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Speaker 1: see that never get down closer to ten. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: as much as I love Duke Johnson, I feel like

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Speaker 1: everywhere he's gone, he's had the same problem. He's a

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Speaker 1: good running back, but he's been on teams with better

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Speaker 1: running backs, and he's a good receiver, but he's always

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Speaker 1: been on teams with better receivers, and so that has

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Speaker 1: sort of capped I think his his fantasy production unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: but we'll see maybe things turn around for him there.

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Speaker 1: Tay Bridgewater has quietly, I think, had a very good

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Speaker 1: season in Carolina. I know for fantasy he hasn't really

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Speaker 1: raised in the eyebrow, but coming into the week he

532
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Speaker 1: was sixth in total passing yards in the NFL. The

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Speaker 1: problem was he had just four touchdowns. He gets a

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Speaker 1: great match up with the Falcons this week. So what

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Speaker 1: are you projecting for Teddy two Gloves. I have Teddy

536
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Speaker 1: two Gloves as a top twelve quarterback this week because

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Speaker 1: the Falcons are just like you said, Morgas. He's been

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Speaker 1: playing pretty well and the Falcons are just that get

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Speaker 1: right game for everyone so far this year, and the

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Speaker 1: touchdowns have been the one issue for Teddy Bridge order well.

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Speaker 1: The Falcons have allowed more passing touchdowns than any team

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Speaker 1: this year. They're allowing over thirty two fantasy points per

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Speaker 1: game to quarterbacks, and they've allowed a quarterback to score

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Speaker 1: twenty nine fantasy points in every single game this year

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Speaker 1: except for one. It was against the Bears where they

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Speaker 1: pulled Mitchell Trubisky. But if you combine Nick Foles and

547
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Speaker 1: Troubinsky's fantasy points that week, it's just under twenty nine.

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Speaker 1: So I think this is as good of a matchup

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Speaker 1: as you can get for a quarterback and Teddy, Like,

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Speaker 1: if you're worried about Josh Allen or Ryan Tannehill or

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Speaker 1: any of those guys, pick up Teddy off the waiver

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Speaker 1: wire and starting. Absolutely, he should be one of the

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Speaker 1: top streaming options this week. You mentioned the quarterbacks that

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Speaker 1: were sort of waiting on and not sure about. Also

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Speaker 1: the fact that Aaron Rodgers is on a by Matthew

556
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Speaker 1: Stafford is on a buy, so there is a need

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Speaker 1: for quarterbacks this week. On the other side of that game,

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley has sort of been kept afloat by his

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Speaker 1: ability to score touchdowns. I think that's what's helped him

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Speaker 1: over the last couple of years fantasy wise. But he

561
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Speaker 1: gets a great matchup in Carolina. I know they shut

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Speaker 1: down Kenyan drink last week, but I'm putting that aside.

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Speaker 1: What are your expectations for Todd Gurley. I feel kind

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Speaker 1: of gross saying this, but I have Todd Gurley as

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Speaker 1: my RB twelve this week. And Todd Gurley hasn't had

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Speaker 1: nineties screaming yards in a game yet this season, but

567
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Speaker 1: he does have five touchdowns and the Panthers have already

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Speaker 1: allowed their tied with the Raiders for most touchdowns allowed

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Speaker 1: to running backs this season. That's after allowing by far

570
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Speaker 1: the most to the position in twenty nineteen. So I

571
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Speaker 1: think there's a clear recipe for success of running backs

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Speaker 1: against the Panthers, not including Kenyan Drake, but Todd Gurley,

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Speaker 1: like you said, more guess the touchdowns of what saved

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Speaker 1: this season. I would not be I expect him to

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Speaker 1: score a touchdown this week, and I would not be

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Speaker 1: surprised if he scored twice. But I will say that

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Speaker 1: after this game against the Panthers, I think I would

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Speaker 1: be looking to sell high because if he is a

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Speaker 1: good game, that's two strong games in the row, even

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Speaker 1: though it's been week matchups. But your opponent, you're whoever

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Speaker 1: you're trading with, doesn't need to know that. So go

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Speaker 1: out and try to trade town really high. I think

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Speaker 1: if he's a game this week, a Greek completely there. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Every week we keep saying yeah, I mean, really had

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Speaker 1: a good game, but you know, if you take away

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Speaker 1: the touchdowns. At some point we have to start we

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Speaker 1: have to stop saying that if you took away the touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: because he keeps scoring touchdowns every week. But I guess

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Speaker 1: at the same time, and I know I'm sort of

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Speaker 1: double speaking here. I don't want to live on that

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Speaker 1: razor's edge of having to count on those touchdowns each

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Speaker 1: and every week because the yardage totals aren't great. And

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Speaker 1: the thing that I thought would happen, which was the

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Speaker 1: Falcons would integrate him more into the passing game, that's

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Speaker 1: not happening. And so what what little hope I had

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Speaker 1: that maybe he could sort of rebound a little bit,

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Speaker 1: that seems to be going away just sort of weird

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Speaker 1: in an offense that has to throw the football a lot,

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00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: but that really is the case. So Todd Gurley, I

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Speaker 1: think you play him this week. If you can move

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Speaker 1: him after that, that is probably the best course of action.

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Speaker 1: The Giants offense has been not great. Uh, that's to

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Speaker 1: to put it mildly so far. I mean, they have

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Speaker 1: what three touchdowns I think in their first four games,

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Speaker 1: which is sort of hard to do in the modern NFL.

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Speaker 1: But here we are. They get the Cowboys this week,

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Speaker 1: and the Cowboys defense has been about as bad as

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Speaker 1: it can be the fact that the Cowboys score a

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Speaker 1: lot of points means that the other team has to

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Speaker 1: score a lot to keep up with it. So what

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Speaker 1: would you do with any Giants players that you have

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Speaker 1: on your roster this week? I think this is the

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Speaker 1: week that you gotta start him. Like I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: use Daniel Jones in a one quarterback league, but I

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Speaker 1: think if you're in a two quarterback or Super Flix

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Speaker 1: or playing DFS, that Daniel Jones is someone you should

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on or and and should be very

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Speaker 1: much so on your radar. He's been running more and

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Speaker 1: I think this is a game where he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: able to pass better because, like you said, Marcus, the

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Speaker 1: defense has been of the Cowboys has been really bad

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Speaker 1: and the Giants for four games or against pretty tough defenses.

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Speaker 1: I think Darius Slayton is a boomer bus wide receiver

624
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Speaker 1: three this week, but I like his chances of going boom,

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Speaker 1: and I have Evan Ingram in a couple of leagues.

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Speaker 1: I was tempted to let him go earlier in the season,

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Speaker 1: but this is the game, like I've been waiting for,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to give him the opportunity this week. If

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Speaker 1: they flopped this week, then I think we've got to

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Speaker 1: reevaluate this Giant's offense. And if we could even trust

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Speaker 1: any of them, but I do like a lot of

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Speaker 1: their players for fantasy. This week very much for me

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Speaker 1: a make or break week for a guy like Evan Ingram.

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Speaker 1: If if it doesn't happen this week, then I just

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Speaker 1: don't know. And in some ways maybe not as as seriously,

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Speaker 1: but Daniel Jones, who I thought was sort of a sleeper,

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Speaker 1: a guy that I was taking late in drafts uh

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Speaker 1: in a lot of places, just expecting that something maybe

639
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: good would happen. This is not a make or break

640
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Speaker 1: if if it doesn't happen this week, I think I

641
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Speaker 1: can you know, you can drop Daniel Jones and not

642
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Speaker 1: feel so bad about it. I mean, it was it

643
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 1: was an experiment and it didn't work. But this is

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Speaker 1: a chance to see what the Giants can do. I

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Speaker 1: do think in deeper leagues, DeVonta Freeman is a nice

646
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Speaker 1: option this week, just to see if he can sort

647
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Speaker 1: of get going now that he's had some some practice

648
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Speaker 1: time under his belt there with with the Giants offense.

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Speaker 1: But it is a situation where you really are streaming

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Speaker 1: these players. This is the opportunity to get them in

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Speaker 1: your lineup. There won't be maybe a lot of these

652
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Speaker 1: coming up just because of the way they've played. But

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Speaker 1: this is I think a chance for for everybody to

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Speaker 1: sort of take advantage in the division, at least partially.

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Speaker 1: In that division, you got the Washington football team, which

656
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Speaker 1: has been very good defensively, not so good offensively. They've

657
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Speaker 1: made a change at quarterback. Dwayne Haskins is not only

658
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Speaker 1: not the starter, he's the number three guys. So the

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Speaker 1: depth chart now goes Kyle Allen, Alex Smith, and Dwayne Haskins.

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Speaker 1: But that defense has been good. They're playing the Rams,

661
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Speaker 1: who the offense is not bad. The offense has left

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Speaker 1: something to be desired. Who, if anyone, do you trust

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Speaker 1: in your lineup in this Rams FT game. I think

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Speaker 1: it's the wide receivers and that's probably about it. Like

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Speaker 1: I think you with the two teams on buying the

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Speaker 1: other games potentially up in the air. I don't think

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Speaker 1: this is a week to get away from Cooper Cup

668
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Speaker 1: or Robert Woods despite uh not, you know, really, I

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00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: don't think they've lived up to expectations so far this season.

670
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: But the Rams are running the ball the third most

671
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Speaker 1: in the league so far this year, which is hurting

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Speaker 1: their past catchers. But they've been so inconsistent with their

673
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: RB usage, and now Cam Akers is coming back this

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Speaker 1: week to that I don't really want to start any

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Speaker 1: of them, and I have all of their backs as

676
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Speaker 1: flex options or lower And then on the for Washington,

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Speaker 1: it's Terry McLaurin, right, like I think Terry mclauren is

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00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: matchup proof. It's just for me, it was just a

679
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: matter of Ken Dwayne Haskins, get him the ball. But

680
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: we saw last year that Kyle Allen was able to

681
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Speaker 1: turn dj More into a top fifteen wide receiver, and

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Speaker 1: I think mclauren's even better than him. So I start

683
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Speaker 1: mclauren every week. Uh. And then I think Antonio Gibson

684
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Speaker 1: is actually someone that is becoming a r B two

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Speaker 1: in fantasy right now. But outside of that, you play

686
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: the Rams defense and that's it. I I know that

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00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: you're not the only person who has made the Kyle

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Speaker 1: Allen dj More analogy, and I think that's kind of

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Speaker 1: the best thing we have to hold onto as the

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Speaker 1: reason to believe in McLaurin. I do think Gibson's usage

691
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: is starting to become a little more encouraging, and I

692
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: like the fact that he catches the football. I mean

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00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: he was a hybrid player in college, and the fact

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Speaker 1: that Washington is using him as such means that even

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00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: if they are playing from behind, he's not quite as

696
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: likely to come off the field. So I certainly agree

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Speaker 1: with that. I'm with you. I'm staying completely away from

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Speaker 1: the RAMS running backs unless I am in dire straits

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Speaker 1: at the running back position or reflect spot. I'm not

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Speaker 1: playing any of those RAMS running backs because the matchup

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Speaker 1: is bad and they're potentially three guys that they're gonna

702
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Speaker 1: cycle through. I mean, last week they did a split

703
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: between Malcolm Brown and Darryl Henderson and neither one got

704
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Speaker 1: into a rhythm and neither one produced. It didn't make sense.

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00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: Now they're gonna throw cam Makers back into the mix,

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Speaker 1: so I want no parts of that. So you're probably right.

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Speaker 1: I think it's just the receivers. I'm hoping maybe something

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00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: good for Bobby Trees, but I will tell you that

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Speaker 1: I do have a little bit of of apprehension. But

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna fire him up at least as a wide

711
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Speaker 1: receiver to some leagues and hope for the best. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: maybe he finds his way into the end zone at

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Speaker 1: some point during the game. If you want more of

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Speaker 1: this kind of analysis, be sure to check out check

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Speaker 1: It's time for best Value presented by Draft Kings, trying

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Speaker 1: to help you make some economical but why is decisions

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Speaker 1: for your daily fantasy lineup will go through the main

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Speaker 1: positions here. So Florida start us off quarterback. Where are

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Speaker 1: you looking? Yeah, we were talking about him earlier, but

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Speaker 1: it's Teddy Dgewater right Like you could save a good

734
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: amount of money at hundred this week, and it's a

735
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: great matchup against the Falcons. They've allowed more fantasy points,

736
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: more touchdowns to quarterbacks than anyone and their offense, you know,

737
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 1: they put up a good amount of points each week,

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Speaker 1: so I think the Panthers will have to score to

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Speaker 1: keep up with them. I like Teddy a lot this week.

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Speaker 1: I think Teddy Bridgewater is an excellent pick. I'm gonna

741
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: go with Kirk Cousins, who also has the same salary

742
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Speaker 1: at fifty nine hundred this week, and Cousins and the

743
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,280
Speaker 1: Vikings have a very good matchup against the Seattle Seahawks.

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00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,720
Speaker 1: There's one thing we have learned through the first month

745
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: plus of the season is that you can start your

746
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: receivers and your quarterbacks against the Seattle defense, in part

747
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: because Russell and the offensive putting up so many points.

748
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: I think the Vikings are going to have to throw

749
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: the football to stay in this one. Not many chances

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00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna want to use Kirk Cousins, but

751
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: this is one of those that you can get him

752
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: into your lineup. All right over to the running back spots.

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00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: Who are you looking at for a running back? A

754
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,879
Speaker 1: familiar name has crept back in a familiar but maybe

755
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,479
Speaker 1: forgotten namely Lee, it's Livian Bell. At I think that

756
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: I know it's kind of gross right now to want

757
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: to trust any of the Jets, especially with Joe Flacco

758
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: at the quarterback, but I will say, if there's ever

759
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: a week, I think it's this one against the Cardinals.

760
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: The Cardinals have allowed the seventh most fantasy points per

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Speaker 1: game two running backs and the third most receiving yards

762
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Speaker 1: per game to the position, and that's where I think

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Speaker 1: Levian Bell could have a nice day. I think that

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00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: they're not gonna x Joe Flacco to throw that down

765
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Speaker 1: field much. I think there's gonna be a lot of short,

766
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: little dump offs to leave Bell and he can have

767
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: maybe a type of game like David Montgomery had where

768
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a lot of yards, but he has

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Speaker 1: a lot of catches and maybe he scores a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: If there's a Jet you can trust, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: Levian Bell. I'm gonna Todd Gurley, and we talked about

772
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: him in the last segment and what he's doing there

773
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: in the Falcons offense and the matchup he has against

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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers. This is one of those games where

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00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: I could certainly see him getting in the end zone

776
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 1: a couple of times. I don't expect necessarily a huge

777
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: yardage total just because of how the Falcons use him,

778
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 1: but it's that touchdown upside. And just say reminder, this

779
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: is also sort of a a note of how Todd

780
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,399
Speaker 1: Gurley has sort of fallen in fantasy. I mean that

781
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: that he's coming in as a value pick now at

782
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: a salary, But this is an opportunity, I think to

783
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Speaker 1: get him in your lineup and maybe go big in

784
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: some other spots wide receiver. We haven't talked a lot

785
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: about the Steelers. I mean, I know they've been on

786
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: a forced by but I feel like we haven't talked

787
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,959
Speaker 1: a lot about the Steelers passing game this year. Yeah.

788
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: I don't think we have either, and it's just been

789
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: kind of steady, Like Big Band hasn't had like a

790
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: huge game by any stretch, but he's still giving you

791
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: eighteen or more points every game and multiple passing touchdowns.

792
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: And I think that bodes well for Deonce Johnson, who

793
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: I know we like to value Juju as their wide

794
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: receiver one. And the fantasy production so far because Juju

795
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: has the touchdowns indicates that he is. But if Theance

796
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: Johnson that leads that team and target share and air

797
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: yard shares, so I think that the opportunities there for

798
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: him to have a big game every week. And I

799
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: know the Eagles on paper don't look like a great

800
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: matchup for wide receivers. They're kind of middle of the

801
00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: pack so far this year. But I think through the

802
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 1: air is still the way to attack that defense. And

803
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: because their strength is at stopping the running, I think

804
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: what will help the Steelers as well still help their

805
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 1: offense is the fact that I think their defense is

806
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: going to give Philadelphia problems and maybe give them a

807
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: few extra possessions. I'm gonna have Darius Slayton in this one,

808
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: and we talked about the Giants and their matchup against

809
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Slayton hundred on DraftKings this week, So you're

810
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 1: talking about a great value. If you want to go bigger,

811
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: maybe it's some of the other wide receiver spots. This

812
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: feels like a game where he should get targeted a

813
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 1: lot from Daniel Jones, and if the Giants want to

814
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: stay in this one, which could be a potentially high

815
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: scoring game, they're gonna have to get the ball downfield,

816
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 1: and Slayton is the guy that they want to get

817
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: the ball too. And this is just one of those

818
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: matchups where I think we're sort of hoping, even in

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00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: in more traditional leagues, UH to get Darius Slayton going.

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Speaker 1: So this is a chance maybe for a little investment

821
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: to get a pretty big return. So as we reached

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00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: the tide ends, I guess we stay with the big

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00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: blue theme. Correct. Yeah, I like your Slaton calling at

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Speaker 1: tight end. I'm gonna go with Evan Ingram. He saw,

825
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, his more targets last week that that was

826
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: a big step forward, I think, getting as much work

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00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: in the passing game as he saw. And then the

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00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: Cowboys have been beat by tight ends this year. They

829
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Speaker 1: were allowing the seventh most Fantasy points to the position,

830
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Speaker 1: and like we said earlier, I think that the Giants

831
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 1: are gonna be forced to throw to keep up with

832
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Speaker 1: this Cowboys high powered offense. So I think there's going

833
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: to be opportunity there for Evan Ingram. I will say,

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Speaker 1: little Marcus, I like your pick even better than mine. Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: my pick of tight end is gonna be Hunter Henry

836
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: because I have a renewed level of confidence in Hunter Henry,

837
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 1: and you know, so it's that Keenan Allen because we

838
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 1: know that Justin Herbert is going to be the starting

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00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,839
Speaker 1: quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers for the remainder of

840
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: the season. This is a game that's certainly on paper,

841
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: looks like an opportunity for the Charger passing game against

842
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: a Saints defense that has been uneven for much of

843
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: the year. So to get Hunter Henry, to slot him

844
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: in at forty three hundred and to potentially get some

845
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: production and what is a fairly limited passing game there

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00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 1: for the Chargers seems like a really good chance here.

847
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: So all right, so it brings us to our defense.

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00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: I feel like there was really only one choice, So

849
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: I will let you go and talk about are the

850
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: defense this week it's the Arizona Cardinals. The New York

851
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: Jets have been the offense to pick on all year

852
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: this year. It looks like we saw last week the

853
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: pick six is that the Broncos had against that the

854
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: Jets offense. And I'm sorry the Jets and the pick sixes,

855
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: but we saw the multiple turnovers that the Jets of fad.

856
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: They just haven't been scoring a lot of points, and

857
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: now it's Joe Flacco making the start, not even Sam Donald.

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Speaker 1: There's nothing to be excited about in this Jets offense.

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Speaker 1: Use your Arizona Cardinals. I'm gonna double down on that

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Speaker 1: and go with the Cardinals this week. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: it felt like the only real option to pick for

862
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: fantasy defense is this week. Everything about this says the

863
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: Cardinals are in for a smash opportunity, so that that

864
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Speaker 1: is one that seems almost predetermined. So that's that's the

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Speaker 1: we talked about him. It's just that simple. So as

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Speaker 1: I dig through the pack this week, the first name

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00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 1: that comes up is it's Tyler Lockett for the Seattle Seahawks.

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00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: The Seahawks, their main two wide receivers have been great

878
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: all year long. He and DK Metcalf have been on

879
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: smash mode pretty much every week. But how do you

880
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: rank Locket to say this week in comparison to DK Metcalf,

881
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 1: I have them both as top ten one receivers. Um Uh.

882
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: I mean I've been kind of switching which one I

883
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 1: have higher of the two each week, but they're both

884
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: always wide receiver ones right now. The way that Russell

885
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: Wilson is playing, the connection that he has with Tyler

886
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: Lockett is unquestioned, and and DK is looking like one

887
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: of the best deep threats in all of put all,

888
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: and we know russ is one of the best deep

889
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: ball throwers. They're both watch receever ones. And I know

890
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett let some people down last week, but I

891
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: don't even think about taking them out of your lineup.

892
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: Continue to start these guys every single week. They're doing

893
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: it in different ways. You mentioned DK Metcalf is sort

894
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: of the deep threat. Lockett is the guy who gets

895
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,439
Speaker 1: more targets, and he's the guy they tend to look

896
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: for more in the red zone. So uh, they're both

897
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: produced producing well, they're both guys you want to have

898
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: in your lineup every week. I have seen some rosters

899
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: that have both Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf. I would

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00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: really suggest trading one of them, just because that's a

901
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: headache that I don't think I want. Like, I don't

902
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: know if I feel great about starting both of them

903
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: each and every week, but I also don't want to

904
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: have to be forced to choose between them. So if

905
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: you can find a way to deal one and maybe

906
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: get something back to strengthen your roster elsewhere, that is

907
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: something that I would I would highly recommend Alright, next

908
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: one up is Stephens quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, and we were

909
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: just talking about that stealer passing game earlier in the show.

910
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: When can you project for him this week against the Eagles?

911
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: I think Big Ben is just gonna keep being steady

912
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 1: big Bend right, Like, somewhere between eighteen and twenty two

913
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: fantasy points is really where he is set all year,

914
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: and I think that's where I'm expecting him to sit

915
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: again this year, somewhere between like two fifty three hundred

916
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: passing yards, two touchdowns, maybe a third. But I think

917
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna ever get that ultimately,

918
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: like you know, forty point game, like we used to

919
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: get out a big bend. But he just seems like

920
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: a really steady option each week right now. I think

921
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: it will happen at some point. I don't think it's

922
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: going to happen this week. I'm sort of with you.

923
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: I think this will be a fine game if if

924
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 1: you get somewhere between you know, eighteen that to twenty

925
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 1: two points from from Ben Roethlisberger this week, I think

926
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: you should be happy with that. The blow up game

927
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: is coming, we'll see it at some point in the season,

928
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: but this is a week where he's just gonna be fine.

929
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 1: He's just gonna be steady. He I don't think there's

930
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: gonna be any weeks that he really just lays a

931
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: huge egg and destroys your roster um. But maybe him

932
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: as the top three fantasy quarterback you know, overall, is

933
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: probably not gonna happen like we've seen in past seasons.

934
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: All right, last one it is. I got another Tyler

935
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: what Tyler Lockett. Now we're going Tyler boy with the

936
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals. He's obviously the wide receiver one in Cincinnati,

937
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,720
Speaker 1: but has he reached overall Fantasy wide receiver one status

938
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: yet For me, I still valued him more as a

939
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver too, But I will say I am treating

940
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: this week it is kind of like a barometer week

941
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,720
Speaker 1: for the Bengals. Like if Joe Burrow goes out against

942
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: the Ravens defense and has a good game and Tyler

943
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: Boyd continues to give us around twenty fantasy points, then

944
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: I think those are guys that you start every single

945
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,959
Speaker 1: week and you don't question it. But for right now,

946
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: I think that this week is a big test to

947
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: see what this Bengals offense is really made up. I

948
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 1: have him just outside of the top twelve. I think

949
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: I've gotten around fourteen or fifteen right now, but he's

950
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: moving up. The way the Bengals are throwing the football

951
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with it. The fact that

952
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,879
Speaker 1: Joe Burrows throwing the ball about forty five forty six

953
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 1: times per game means that there's a ton of passing volume.

954
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 1: It will probably be like that all year because that

955
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: defense is going to give up a lot of points.

956
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: And Boyd has easily established himself as the number one

957
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 1: y receiver there, so he's the guy who's going to

958
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: get most of those looks, So I'm with you. Things

959
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: continue to progress, and if they go out and have

960
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: a decent offensive game against the Ravens this week, then

961
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: maybe we start talking about Tyler Boyd is kind of

962
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,319
Speaker 1: a fringe wide receiver one going forward for the rest

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00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: week on Ask a Nerd, we pose the question to

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00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: our own matt ocad about the top five tight end

971
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: fantasy seasons we've ever seen. Thank you, Marcus, and welcome

972
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,399
Speaker 1: back to everyone else. Today we're taking a look at

973
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: the greatest fantasy seasons by a tight end in NFL history.

974
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: Starting at number five, we have a named the younger

975
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 1: crowd may not even recognize, Todd Christiansen. We back in

976
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: ninety three, Christensen snagged ninety two catches for twelve hundred

977
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: yards and twelve touchdowns. For the Raiders, good for two

978
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 1: hundred eighty eight point seven Fantasy points, and number four

979
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,720
Speaker 1: is a name we've definitely all heard, Jimmy Graham. Graham

980
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 1: scored two h ninety four Fantasy points in twenty eleven

981
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 1: on the back of ninety nine catches, d yards and

982
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: eleven t d s, helping to solidify the stereotype that

983
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: basketball players make the best tight ends. Our number three

984
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: tight end is currently twenties number one tight end Travis Kelsey,

985
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: and Kelsey's first full year with Patrick Mahomes in eighteen,

986
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: he racked up a hundred and three catches, thirteen hundred yards,

987
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 1: and ten scores to barely top Graham with two hundred

988
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: ninety four point six Fantasy points. Fortunately for Graham, he

989
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: lead frogs Kelsey for his second appearance on our list

990
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: at number two. Graham hit three hundred three point five

991
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: Fantasy points, thanks primarily to a whomping sixteen touchdowns. But

992
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: come on, what kind of list would this be without

993
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski. Gronk spiked his way to number one on

994
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:07,240
Speaker 1: our list in two thousand eleven thanks the hundred yards

995
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: and a tight end record seven team touchdowns, obliterating the

996
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,320
Speaker 1: competition with three having thirty point nine Fantasy points. You

997
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 1: sore Fiesta. That's it for this week. I'm asked a nerd,

998
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: I'm met Okonta and may the Fantasy points be with you.

999
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: Thank you, matt Always great to hear from our resident nerd.

1000
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 1: I would say I was surprised that Gronk only made

1001
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,839
Speaker 1: the list one time. I was really I really thought

1002
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: that he would have made a couple of appearances. They're

1003
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: also surprised to see Todd Christiansen like going in the

1004
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,800
Speaker 1: way back machine to see Todd christians in there. We

1005
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: didn't get to see his great curls that he had

1006
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: under his helmet, but always was fun to watch him

1007
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,399
Speaker 1: play when I was a kid. Uh, let's talk about

1008
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 1: those some tight ends from this season now that we are,

1009
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: you know, into week five, who has been maybe the

1010
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: biggest surprise at tight end for you? Yeah, there's two

1011
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: names that jump out there for me. One is Jimmy Graham.

1012
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 1: And again you know, don't snitch tag Matthew, but Marcus

1013
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: and I have been as as my dog trusts to

1014
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: run into the shot. H Marcus and I've been talking

1015
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 1: about Jimmy Graham. I feel like every single week on

1016
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,879
Speaker 1: this show. He has become the bears top red zone

1017
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: option this year, and it's someone that I think you

1018
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: have to value as a almost a top twelve tight

1019
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: end every week because if he scoors a touchdown, he's

1020
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,719
Speaker 1: gonna do well. And the other is uh is big

1021
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: Rob Tanyon. Like Tanya, he's playing really well there. And

1022
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: the reason I was out on Packers tight ends was because,

1023
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers has never made them fantasy relevant, even

1024
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: when he had Jimmy Graham. But it looks like he's

1025
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: found one that he can, you know, really rely on.

1026
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:38,600
Speaker 1: His targets, catches, touchdowns, fantasy points have increased in every

1027
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: game in the last three weeks. I think those are

1028
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,960
Speaker 1: the two biggest ones for me as well Graham and Tanya.

1029
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: I would say I have some mild surprise that Darren

1030
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: Waller has kept up his production to the level that

1031
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: that he has. I felt like the Raiders would spread

1032
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 1: the ball around more, but maybe it's because you know,

1033
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs has been hurt and they haven't really had

1034
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,399
Speaker 1: their their full complement of pass catchers. Also, a lot

1035
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,439
Speaker 1: of bit surprised at how well Noah Fanto has done.

1036
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: I thought maybe there were some big things coming from him,

1037
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: but I think he's exceeded my expectations this year. So

1038
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,439
Speaker 1: you know, that has been a very pleasant surprise there.

1039
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: On the flip side, who were you completely wrong about

1040
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: at tight end one? I'm still a little hopeful on

1041
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: but so far it's just been a one week thing.

1042
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: It's Tyler Higbee. He had a huge three touchdown game,

1043
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 1: but he's being asked to block more this year running

1044
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,319
Speaker 1: less routes, so I'm very concerned about him. And the

1045
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: other is Gronk. Like I thought Gronk could come in

1046
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: and get seven hundred yards this year, and which historically

1047
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: over the last five years says he would be a

1048
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: tight end one then, but he's not even on pace

1049
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 1: where five games in now he's not even on pace

1050
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,879
Speaker 1: for four hundred and fifty yards. I don't see any

1051
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: reason to really even hold on to him right now

1052
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: in Fantasy. My my big disappointment has been Hayden Hurst.

1053
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna slot right into that space

1054
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: that Austin Hooper left vacant in a high volume passing

1055
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: game and see a whole lot of work. It hasn't happened.

1056
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: He had the game what last week I think it

1057
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,359
Speaker 1: was or two weeks ago. He had one catch, one yard,

1058
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:01,240
Speaker 1: one touchdown the infamous seven point one game, as Adam

1059
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 1: Ranked dubbed it. I thought more was coming from him.

1060
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: It just hasn't happened. I have been frustrated because I

1061
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 1: I really took a lot of shots at him in

1062
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: a lot of drafts. Who knows. Maybe things turn around,

1063
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 1: but the early returns of it have not been promising. Okay,

1064
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

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Speaker 1: and we will see you on Monday. I'm coming. I'm

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Speaker 1: co