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We gotta poll question up as well. 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.720 The spread in this one. The Atlanta Falcons are two 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.560 and a half point home underdogs. If you listen to 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.840 we'll watch this show all the time. You know what 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.120 I have to do with the home dogs. I gotta 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.040 check myself so you know where my pick will be. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.360 The over under on this game is fifty one and 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.639 a half. I'll give you my thoughts on that one 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.200 as well. What we're also gonna do is I'm gonna 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.200 have my man Nick Leverani from Pro Angle Media out 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.960 there in Los Angeles. He's gonna call into this show. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.720 We're gonna talk about a couple of things. One, the 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.239 Los Angeles Rams are leading that division to the Los 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:38.720 Angeles Chargers. Yesterday we had se of the people think 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:40.919 that they are gonna win the a f C West. 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.960 We also need to talk to our guy Nick out 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.840 there about the air quality and the fires going on 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.720 and if that will have any impact with the games 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.720 or what's going on in l A. I hope all 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.040 my members of the hashtag stats over beat Cipher that 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.480 are out there in California are doing okay what we're 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:02.639 also going to do. Take your calls as always, The 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.200 number of call is eight four four eight four three 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.720 six eight seven nine. 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All right 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:13.800 here we go. Here's what we gotta do. I gotta 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.800 give you news and notes from around the NFL. There's 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.920 some practice reports, some new injuries to report. You know, 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.000 we never like when someone pops up on the injury 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:25.599 report on a Thursday. We have that situation, and we 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:27.880 have some guys trending in the right direction, some guys 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.680 trending in the wrong direction. So let's get at it 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:32.880 before we get to the practice reports. Though, the Cleveland 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.560 Browns have fired their executive vice president Sashy Brown. Remember 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.640 you was coming in kind of trying to change the 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.720 way the organization was run. They were gonna do like 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.080 a little moneyball action, borrowing it from baseball, not any 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.760 more than not. They fired Sashy Brown. They are saying, though, 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.719 that head coach, you Jackson, will get to keep his 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:53.000 job for now. Aaron Rodgers there saying, quote unquote looks 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.360 like himself at practice those are all great reports, but 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:58.880 I looked at the Packers schedule and weeks fifteen and 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:00.760 sixteen day have the Carol nine of Panthers in the 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.000 Minnesota Vikings. Those are not two teams I would want 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:06.960 to return against. So that gives me cause for pause 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.840 as it turns to Aaron Rodgers and anybody stashing him 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:14.440 for a championship run. Also, Ryan Shazier was moved from 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.279 Cincinnati hospital to a Pittsburgh hospital and he was he 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:25.280 required spinal stabilization surgery last night. Um. That doesn't sound good, um, 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.560 and so we just hope that he's okay, and we hope, 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.080 you know, um that if he wants to, he can 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.480 continue his incredible start to his NFL career. I will 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.800 leave it at that. Our prayers and our thoughts with 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.120 you from the stats overbeat Cipher in the Fantasy Freestyle 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.880 are with you, Ryan Shazier. It also looks like mark 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.239 Ingram will in fact be good to go tonight. Remember 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.600 he missed the last two practices last few days because 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.719 of a toe injury, but maybe they would just fire 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.599 getting ready to fire him up tonight as the Saints 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:56.520 take on the Falcons. Listen, not practicing today. Alan Hearns 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.160 didn't practice with an ankle. That's more Mark Easley and 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.680 that's another opportun ready for D. D. Westbrook to shine. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.719 Joe Mixon didn't practice. Still in the concussion protocol, I 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.880 believe Giovanni Bernard is a fire up DFS play if 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:13.000 Mixon does not go. Damien Williams did not practice, still 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.080 has that shoulder injury. That means Drake to me is great. 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.560 On Monday Night football against the Pats TV twelve. Tom 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:23.400 Brady did not practice today with that Achilles injury. Let 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:27.400 me tell you something. They're likely managing his reps, but 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.480 the New England Patriots expect Tom Brady to play in 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:35.200 seven more games, four more regular season games, a divisional matchup, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.200 a conference championship game, and a big game up in Minnesota. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.280 For him to be having a misspractice because of an 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.840 achilles injury, now, I don't know what that means for 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.800 the next two months and in the playoffs, they might 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.320 have to see Saxonville, they might have to see some 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:54.080 big time pass watchers. We will see Adrian Peterson didn't 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.920 practice because of that. Next still, Jeremy Macklin did not 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:00.120 practice today. This is a downgrade for Macklin. He was 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.320 limited in practice Wednesday and then he didn't practice today. 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.080 That is trending in the wrong direction in my opinion 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.840 for the Baltimore Ravens wide receiver. Remember they got Pittsburgh, 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.520 who's a solid pass defense these days, so I would 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:16.040 fade Macklin regardless. Also, Jalen Ramsey didn't practice today. Again, 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.760 they were saying he was supposed to. Maybe he'll go tomorrow. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.920 I think this is very interesting as it relates to 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.440 Russell Wilson, as it relates to Doug Baldwin, especially Doug Baldwin. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:27.240 Doug Baldwin does a lot of work out of the 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:31.000 slot for the Seahawks. Jalen Ramsey, though, follows people into 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.440 the slot. A J. Bouye, on the other hand, does not. 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.760 So if he doesn't go, I think you all of 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:39.440 a sudden, really can pump up Doug Baldwin. This week, 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.200 Tyrod Taylor was limited but did practice. But he can 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.199 barely walk, so he got a monitor. That's still Sterling 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.920 Shepherd got in a limited practice. Remember yesterday we talked 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.640 about it wasn't Calice, it was Key up my neck 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.520 mob back. There's always something with Sterling Shepherd if he goes, 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.319 I like him against the Dallas Cowboys. Secondary Doug Martin 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.920 back practicing with creating a clouded running back committee in Tampa. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.320 Joquas Rogers, Doug Martin, we saw Peyton Barber. We know 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.800 Charles Simms is in there on passing downs as well. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.960 I stay away from that situation entirely. New. Add to 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.360 the injury report, and this one is important for a 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:19.200 lot of people in the playoffs. Robbie Anderson, New York 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:23.440 Jets oncoming wide receiver tweet a hammy in practice today. 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.480 It is a new injury. Keep an eye out on 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.880 him and his practice report tomorrow. Matt Stafford practice today. 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.800 Looks like he'll be okay and he'll tough it out. 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.640 He's a gamer. He'll go. Chris Hogan practicing again. This 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.840 is very interesting and could be great timing because the 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.200 Pats will be without Rob Gronkowski on Monday night. Maybe 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:43.200 they have the return of Chris Hogan. Greg Olson practice again. 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.520 He should be good to go. Jonathan Stewart practiced again. 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.679 They're probably just managing his reps because he missed yesterday's practice, 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.400 so maybe he gets that veteran off day on a Wednesday. 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.440 Another veteran running back in the same situation as Matt 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.960 Forte for the Jets, did not practice on Wednesday, does 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.560 practice today. That's why I'm saying it's important to note. 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.480 I say it all the time. Wednesday establishes the baseline. 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.080 If you go from DNP to practicing, you're good to go. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:08.800 And that is the case. And I think with Jonathan 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:13.920 Stewart and Matt Forte, Kelvin Benjamin also got back to 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.160 practice today. He is trending in the right direction. And 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:20.280 I'm also like muching. Will Fuller has now practiced two games, 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.800 two days in a row for the Texans. He could 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.800 be back coming back from a rib injury. He missed 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.920 the last three games. That could really help. Uh, you know, 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.839 Tom Savage. Shall we say, all right, let's talk a 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.080 little bit about Thursday night football. I want to give 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.040 you my preview as the Saints travel to Atlanta to 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.480 take on the Falcons. As I mentioned, the Falcons are 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.199 home dogs. If you listen to this show all the time, 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:47.240 you know that I always talk about betting with the 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.640 home dogs. I always do. But last week the Dallas 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.680 Cowboys were home dogs in this exact situation, and I 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.840 went away from them and I lost. On Monday Night Football, 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:00.920 the Cincinnati Bengals were home dogs. They didn't win the game, 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.240 but they covered the spread. Today, the Atlanta Falcons are 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.719 home dogs by two and a half. Tony Sinkata gave 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:09.600 me a great idea at the end of Lineup Block Live. 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.240 He said he would tease it. I what we were 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.040 on the other side of the opposite sides of the game. 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.000 I would tease it so that I get a full 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.080 field goal from the Falcons, and then I will ride 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.600 out with that at home. The Falcons, I believe, are 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.800 still a offense that is getting better and better with 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.679 more experience in the Stieve Sarkesian system. I just think 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.960 last week they ran into a very hot Minnesota Vikings defense. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.800 I think they can get back on the gravy train tonight. 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:36.800 I think this game is in the twenties, but I 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.680 also would take the under. The over under is like 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.960 fifty one and a half fifty two. I take the under. 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.920 I think this is one of those games that has 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.320 a very slow first half. I think you see like 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.280 ten ten and a half times something like that, thirteen ten, 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:50.760 and then it opens up a little bit. I am 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.400 very excited to see rookie Marshall and Lattimore see what 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.280 he can do against Julio Jones. This kid has been amazing. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.160 Missed a couple of games because of injury, hadnt has 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:02.440 now returned. I really want to see if he can 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.280 actually handle Julio Jones. And I'm gonna tell you something. 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.599 I think he can so in season long, if you 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.960 have Julio Jones, you're in your playoffs. Of course you 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.560 are starting Julio Jones. But Julio Jones has kind of 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.719 been all over the map. He popped off for two 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.360 d fifty plus yards, but he's also had games where 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.839 he's had like two for thirty three. I think this 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.720 one is somewhere in between. But I do think Marshawn 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:27.240 and Lattimore can stick with Julio for most of the game. 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.440 Here's what I'll tell you my diamond and the rough 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:34.600 for this game. Because I think Marshawn Lattimore can handle 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.599 Julio Jones. I think Matt Ryan is gonna have to 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:38.920 go elsewhere. If you listen to this show, you know 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.720 who that is. It's my man Mohammed. It's a new Day, 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.480 and I think he could be a viable option and 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.480 a target from Matt Ryan if Julio is struggling with 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.840 Marshawn Lattimore. I also like mark Ingram if he goes tonight, 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:55.560 and it looks like he will. Everyone is in love 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:59.720 with Alvin Kamara these days. But don't forget I told 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.520 you that these Saints running backs are right now in 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:05.200 PPR settings RB three and four. That means mark Ingram 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.520 is rbfour in the league right now, and no one's 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.600 really talking about them. So to me, Mohammed Sanu and 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:15.160 mark Ingram are my diamonds in the rough in this game. 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.760 And I gotta tell you about my fantasy fool gaze, 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.520 the guy I think you need to forget about in 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:25.000 this game. Okay. For me, it's Tevin Coleman. I think 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.240 Tevin Coleman is the fool gays in this game. And 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.640 let me tell you why DeVante Freeman came back from 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:34.800 injury last week. Okay. And I think Steve Sarkasian. Remember 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.840 these guys are both very solid running backs. Okay, but 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:41.360 I think Steve Arkaesian's offense runs better when there's like 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.680 a quote unquote bell cow and I think they want 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.679 that to be Freeman. Last week when Freeman came back, 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.160 the carries were split between Freeman and Coleman twelve to 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.840 eight in favor of DeVonta Freeman. Okay, so if it's like, 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.280 you know, twelve eight, I think that shifts a little 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.640 bit more in the DeVante Freeman side. I could see 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.719 a you know, a split of like seven team to 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.680 five today, and I think DeVante Freeman produces. I think 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:09.360 that means, uh, Tevin Coleman is my fantasy Foo Gaze 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:13.719 someone to fuget about. Do we have that? Christ No, no, no, no, 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:25.440 we don't have that. That's okay. What means phony yep. 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:27.760 And so like I said, man, you know, if you're 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.920 in season long, you have to play Julio Jones. But 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:34.160 Xavier Rhades just shut Julio Jones completely down last week. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.120 I don't think Lattimore shuts him down. But I don't 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:40.040 think Julio pops off for one of those crazy nine catch, 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:45.000 two hundred yards two touchdown games either. Overall, I would 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.280 take the under in this game. I think everyone thinks, 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:51.480 oh Saints Falcon's hive powered offenses. I've been saying on 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.880 this show for a long time, A long time ago 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.400 that the Saints are now more of a running time 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.000 of possession team to extend drives and give their defense 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.800 a chance. I think that plays into the under. But 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.120 I'm gonna take the home dog. Give me the Atlanta Falcons. 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:09.400 Give me it like a twenty seven three kind of game. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.520 Just below the under. That's where I'm gonna go. When 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.040 we come back, We're gonna have my man Nick Leverani 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.360 from Pro Angle Media. We're gonna talk all things l 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.600 A and football, and there's a lot going on right now, 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.480 so come on back. It's the Fantasy Free Style on 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:31.160 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Hunter, Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.960 These three NFL softmores are not due to slump. They're 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.560 due to break out. Just like the Fantasy Sports Radio 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:43.760 Network e year two, things are only getting better. Make 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.680 sure listen live and tell o the app f A 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.680 T s Y Radio. It's free and it's twenty four seven. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:55.240 The best Fantasy sports ten is on the Fantasy Sports 0:15:55.440 --> 0:16:15.360 Radio Network. California. He knows had a party. Yeah, we're 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.600 bringing a little that California love, and we got love 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.640 for the West Coast. That's why right now I am excited. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:25.080 To bring on my man, our West Coast correspondent. We 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.240 got Nick Liverani on the line. He represents Pro Angle 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.320 Media out there in l A. He's been on the 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.080 show a couple of times before, a true friend of 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.080 the show. Hey, Nick, Dilly Dilley, you're back on the 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:40.320 Fantasy Freestyle. How's it going, man, Dilly Dilley. I'm doing 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.520 all right, man, I'm doing okay. I'm hanging in there 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.880 out here, trying to stay inside with all these wildfires 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.320 and everything. But uh, you know, it seems like everyone, no, 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:51.080 not many people's lifestyles are change it too much out here. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.200 Everyone seems pretty common collected alright, fair enough. And Nick, Yeah, 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.760 that's where I wanted to start with you, man, because listen, 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:59.960 I've had callers telling me that, you know, the four 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.440 five is on fire, the Rams canceled practice. I know 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.639 you even had a you know, a men's league softball 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.320 game canceled this week because of it. What's it like 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.320 out there? Is it really kind of like a bad 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.200 air quality? Do you think this can impact the players 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.720 at all? You know, I think anytime you take a 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.719 player out of his you know, his habits, it can 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:25.160 affect the player um us on our med's softball league. 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.719 You know, maybe not so much because our lungs are 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:33.320 destroyed anyway, you guys are exactly, but uh, you know, 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.399 I the last report I did here was that the 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.880 Rams were still gonna go ahead and practice in Thousand Oaks, 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:40.720 which is, you know, just a hop, skip and a 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.439 jump where you know, the major brush fires were happening. 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.000 But at the last I heard they were gonna stay put. 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.960 And uh, you know it just accordingly if anything did happen. 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:50.960 I mean, the Rams, you know, they've played in London 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.080 this year, They've done the whole travel, going across the 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.359 across the pond, So I don't think it's gonna affect 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.399 them too much. You know, a lot with the charges 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.320 to I you know, I think you know, the charges 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.360 have had their own mean you're you're moving families from 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.080 San Diego to l A. I think these guys are professionals. 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:05.880 I don't think they're going to be affected too much 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.120 by it. However, you know, if the air quality does 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.600 get worse, there is possibilities about moving the games, but 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:13.479 you know that that'll put that decision will probably come 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.560 a little bit later on in the week, all Right, 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.800 fair enough and listen. Both l A teams, I have 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:22.560 to think would be pleasant surprises, but maybe not to us. Nick. 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.480 I remember at the beginning of the season when we 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:28.000 were previewing kind of both the Rams and the Charges, 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.320 you and I, we were both a little bit higher 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.200 on the Chargers than both. Right now in the a 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.360 f C West there is a flat footed tie at 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.080 six and six between the Chargers, the Raiders and the 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.360 Kansas City Chiefs, who got out of the gates very quickly, 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.960 have lost something like five in a row. Hey, Nick, 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.480 yesterday on the pole question, I asked who would win 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:51.600 the a f C West of the vote? Have the 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.320 Los Angeles Charges? You and I both thought that they 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.800 would be contenders going in. What is going on with 0:18:57.880 --> 0:18:59.520 the Charges because I remember at the beginning of the 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.600 season they lost a couple of very tight games, but 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:06.520 it seems like they have, you know, found Keenan Allen again. 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.439 He has been an absolute stud. Do you think this 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:13.760 can continue? What's going on over there in l as well? 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.040 I got two words turnover differential. The first four weeks 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.320 they were minus three in the turnover differential department. Now 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:23.720 since since week four their plus fourteen and that just 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:25.600 goes to show you, I mean that it's that defense 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.119 that's actually been winning them games. I mean, yeah, Philip 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.600 Rivers has looked, you know, like the Philip Vers evolved. 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.199 You know, he's still his shoulder looks completely healed. You know, 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.680 he's he's found his number one weapon. And Keenan Allen again, 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.480 but it's those two down linemen that that have that 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:42.520 been really disrupting game plans with Bosa and Ingram. Those 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:46.480 guys are freaks. Absolutely, they could disrupt any Gland game plan. 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:48.520 And that's why I think the Charges will win this 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:52.119 weekend is because that that h Washington offensive line is 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:53.680 so banked up. I don't think they're gonna be able 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:57.440 to contain both those guys, if not, maybe even just one. Yeah, absolutely, 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.240 I agree with you they're rolling. I agree with you 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:04.080 that Washington football team offensive line is not gonna be 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:07.000 able to stand up to Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram. 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.080 Those guys have been putting on the heat and as well, 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.240 you talked about Keenan Allen on the offensive side, the 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.440 other Charger. I want to ask you about, have the 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.280 Charges finally figured out that their best tight end, this 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.200 Hunter Henry, Like you know, I mean they got Antonio Gates, 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:22.880 his touchdown, his record and all that. I actually think 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.720 Hunter Henry is a great Dynasty League stash because eventually 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:29.119 Gates is gonna walk away. I think this offseason and 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:30.840 then all of a sudden you have a top eight 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:33.920 tight end moving forward. Do they believe Hunter Henry can 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.640 be that for them? Absolutely? I think the only thing 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:41.560 that's been you know, hindering Henry's uh fantasy stock has 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.399 been uh Antonio Gates. But you know, once he he 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.199 has once he rides off into the sunset, this is 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.840 Hunter Henry's you know offense because he could just see 0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:51.960 when when he gets the ball, when he gets targeted more, 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:54.800 that offense flows so much more. And he's always there 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:56.760 in the middle of the field. He takes shots. I 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:58.520 know he took a bad hit last week. I don't 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:00.000 know if he's playing this week. I know he's quite 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.879 Shinna Bowl, but uh, you know, if if he is 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:04.960 followed up, I do, Like, you know, Washington is not 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:07.200 very good against the tight end, So I like either 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:09.480 Gates or Henry this week, you know. And Keenan Allen 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:12.880 first player to ever have ten receptions in three straight 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:15.280 games along with a hundred yards and a touchdown. I mean, 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:17.160 the guy is a stud. You gotta keep feeding your beast. 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.359 He's you know, every team's got one stud. You gotta 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:22.160