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Speaker 1: Here's Dan Bayer and Mike Harmon.

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Speaker 2: Hey everybody, thanks for clicking in. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 2: of the I Want Your Flex Podcast. Mike Harmon alongside

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Speaker 2: Ryan Bersching. You're our executive producer contributor. Here to the pod.

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Speaker 2: Dan Bayer hiding out in the Midwest for a couple

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Speaker 2: of days on vacation. Dan will be back later on

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Speaker 2: in the week as we get ready for Week eight

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Speaker 2: of the NFL season, which will be a full sixteen

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Speaker 2: game slate, no bye weeks, no traveling overseas, none of

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Speaker 2: that stuff. We'll just get after a Thursday night with

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Speaker 2: Tampa and Buffalo. We'll get to that in a minute,

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Speaker 2: but bursh as we look at the process here. Coming

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Speaker 2: out of Week seven, the Vikings defeat the forty nine

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Speaker 2: ers to finish off the week, a lot of handwringing,

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Speaker 2: a lot of head scratching, and really one of the

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Speaker 2: more confusing weeks I think in the National Football League.

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Speaker 3: This is one of the wildest weeks, one of the

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Speaker 3: weirdest weeks I think I've really seen of football and

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Speaker 3: fantasy football just in general. You have all these this

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Speaker 3: wild variation of performers who were good performers who straight

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Speaker 2: Story number one, let's go to b John Robinson for

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Speaker 2: those that were affected. Right, started in ninety nine percent

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Speaker 2: of leagues, and I know it affected a matchup my

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Speaker 2: partner Jason Smith that I do the show with on

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio each week night, seven to eleven Pacific.

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Speaker 2: He ended up losing a matchup by less than a point.

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Speaker 2: On the final Addison catch right cramps everything else. The

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Speaker 2: with the interception, but Addison catches one more pass that

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Speaker 2: one of his starters, so even just falling forward for

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Speaker 2: the matchup. Instead you get the six snap, zero touch

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Speaker 2: performance with a later explanation of he was ill.

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Speaker 3: It's so weird. And what's even crazier is to find

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Speaker 3: out later after the fact that he was feeling worse

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Speaker 3: on Saturday night, right, and to find that out and

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Speaker 3: I don't know how the Falcons kind of let that

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Speaker 3: sending red flags out that the NFL kind of needs

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Speaker 3: hear like, oh, oh, he actually felt even worse the

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Speaker 3: night before, why didn't anybody hear about that? Because there

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Speaker 3: is a lot there's a the injury report is taken

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Speaker 3: very seriously. There's reasons why you hear on a daily

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Speaker 3: basis who is practicing who is not When they don't

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Speaker 3: have practice but they're they're supposed to. Anyway, you still

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a much different animal, right because five years

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Speaker 2: ago it was well, fantasy whatever, and while you had

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Speaker 2: it was always the Hey, it is what it is right,

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Speaker 2: it's gamesmanship. I don't have to tell you. So, now

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Speaker 2: that you've got yourself in bed with all the gambling agencies,

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Speaker 2: transparency's got to be everything, right, And that's why people

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Speaker 2: Now it's not going to get them restitution for the

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Speaker 2: that game. Again, you want to talk about confusion kind

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Speaker 3: I do want to point out how the Falcons apparently,

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Speaker 2: Deshaun Watson factoring hugely in guilleteam leagues and fantasy leagues across.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I think one thing that Deshaun Watson did do

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Speaker 2: sure many had this for the tight end position, which

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Speaker 2: Travis Kelsey's a beast when Taylor Swift is there. Check,

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Speaker 2: We've already done that story a million times. Moving on

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Speaker 2: Mark Andrews and the Baltimore offense, those kids are going

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Speaker 2: And some of the measurements in terms of depth of

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Speaker 2: have been the straight Smith and Jigba for Metcalf because

431
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 2: he was already on my bench. And I did do

432
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,879
Speaker 2: it and took a narrow loss. Fort there you go,

433
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 2: stories of Hell all right, talking about Hell trying to

434
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 2: pick up members of the Rams. Last week Waiver Wire,

435
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 2: we talked about Evans, We did mention all these other

436
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 2: you know, cast off and returning players. But the expectation

437
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,639
Speaker 2: was that Zach Evans would be the lead man in

438
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:25,640
Speaker 2: Los Angeles, says the Rams prepared to meet with the Steelers. Well,

439
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 2: instead he got nothing, and right out the jump you

440
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,400
Speaker 2: got Darryl Henderson followed by Royce Freeman, and the two

441
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 2: of them combined for thirty carries one hundred and twenty

442
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 2: seven yards and Henderson with the touchdown. Add one catch

443
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 2: for five yards for Henderson as well. But yeah, Zach Evans,

444
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 2: who a lot of folks would have spent, probably not

445
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,120
Speaker 2: a ton of free agent acquisition budget dollars. But either way,

446
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 2: Kyron Williams had run the ball well enough. They'd been

447
00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 2: effective and mixing and matching the offense to where the

448
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 2: expectation was that you'd get some returns. Instead he doesn't

449
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 2: see a carry, and suddenly late free agent pickups I'm

450
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 2: talking Sunday morning, Darryl Henderson and Royce Freeman become fantasy guys.

451
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 2: I mean, Henderson's a guy that we watched play with

452
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 2: some success there in Los Angeles in the past, so

453
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 2: I imagine it's now the race to go find him

454
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Speaker 2: if someone else didn't snake him before kickoff.

455
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, this this situation was just so frustrating to watch

456
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 3: through the week because not to again make it about

457
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 3: my Guillotine team, I.

458
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Speaker 2: Will therapy session for you and all of America.

459
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Speaker 1: And all the globe.

460
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Speaker 3: I put in not a ton of fab but like

461
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:52,159
Speaker 3: and okay, you know, like a small but a decent

462
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 3: amount of money where I you know, got Zach Evans

463
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 3: and like I regret it. And so just watching this

464
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 3: entire situation unfold where and I speak on behalf of

465
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 3: the fantasy community here because we all saw this. Where

466
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 3: you look at the Rams roster, they had one running

467
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 3: back left after the two guys got hurt last week,

468
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 3: and it was also a rookie who got a couple

469
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 3: carries in their last game. Logic would have dictated, like

470
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 3: they're just going to go to that guy and give

471
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 3: him the lion's share and see what happens. But instead

472
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 3: they they not only they bring in Royce Freeman, then

473
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 3: they bring in Miles Gaskin out of nowhere, but he

474
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 3: wasn't active for this one. Yeah, I know that there

475
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 3: was the wildco Hello, all right, here's Miles Gaskin. And

476
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 3: then they bring back Darryl Henderson, who I thought retired.

477
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,640
Speaker 3: Apparently Daryl Henderson is twenty six years old. Yeah, hell,

478
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,880
Speaker 3: but that's just it, right. I remember from the twenty

479
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 3: nineteen Panini Prism set.

480
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Speaker 2: I've got a stack of his rookie cards sitting alongside

481
00:26:55,040 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 2: by Kyler Murray's and others. But yes, yeah, just you know,

482
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 2: it's like watching baseball players like that guy's got to

483
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: be thirty five. It's like, guy, he's twenty four. Yeah,

484
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,479
Speaker 2: because you doing your your Swing Shift podcast with our

485
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,719
Speaker 2: guy Bo Benson, two of you get that on Apple

486
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 2: podcast wherever you download, grab it to your iHeartRadio player

487
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 2: as well. Is I mean you talk about these guys

488
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: you're getting drafted or starting to come through the process,

489
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 2: they're eighteen years old, and then all of a sudden

490
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,719
Speaker 2: you see him in the big league's like, yeah, I've

491
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 2: heard about that guy forever.

492
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 3: How old is he.

493
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 2: It's like people do with Bryce Harper, right, we heard

494
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 2: about him he was so young, and it's like, wait,

495
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 2: he's only that. No, that guy's been around forever. So

496
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 2: same thing with Darryl Henderson there you got welcome back.

497
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. It was so wild too. At the

498
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 3: end of the week last week when Sean McVay is

499
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 3: asked about it, and they're like who's going to be

500
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 3: the running back, Sean, And then he just kind of

501
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 3: says the four guys that are on the team, and

502
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 3: he's like, well, they're there, and doesn't really answer the question.

503
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 3: But if you go back and look at the way

504
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 3: that he worded it, he kind of did. He spoke

505
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 3: in the order of the depth chart in terms of

506
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 3: what it ended up being. Where he first the first

507
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 3: name he said was Darryl Henderson, and he talked about

508
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 3: how Darryl Henderson is familiar with the team, Royce Freeman

509
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 3: is looking good, and then he says Zach Evans, like

510
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 3: almost in a dismissive way, where he's just like, Zach

511
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 3: Evans is working on it, and we also have Miles Gaskin.

512
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 3: That's basic how it worked. Yeah, So turns out McVeigh

513
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 3: was telling us without straight up telling us what the

514
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 3: order was. But I think we all kind of collectively

515
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 3: they're like, no, we all of us prioritize Zach Evans

516
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 3: on waivers. So he's definitely going to be your guy, right, Sean,

517
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 3: Don't throw Darryl Henderson on us on a Thursday and

518
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 3: assume that we're all just gonna then scramble for Darryl Henderson,

519
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 3: which it turns out I guess we should have, because yeah,

520
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 3: he ended up being a running back fifteen on the week,

521
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 3: which is a pretty solid all right.

522
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Speaker 2: Two quick notes from other games. We referenced them briefly.

523
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: The Ravens and the offense starting to click for Monkin, right.

524
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 2: We look at what Lamar Jackson has with Mark Andrews,

525
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 2: the Zay Flowers We've talked about a lot.

526
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 3: Here.

527
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 2: You get some positive returns from Bateman, from Beckham Junior

528
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 2: a little bit, and then they gust the bus showing

529
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 2: up the other side of that. Detroit's offense absolutely bludgeoned,

530
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 2: and Jared Goff with no David Montgomery wondering how much

531
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Speaker 2: that would affect it. Now, obviously Baltimore's a good team.

532
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 2: Detroit will come back out with Las Vegas on Monday

533
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 2: Night football. Any pause in any of those offensive weapons

534
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 2: coming off of that Gamers, it'll blip on the radar Bursch.

535
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 3: In terms of the lines, I think that they are

536
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 3: going to bounce back next week because.

537
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 2: The Vegas Raiders state, yeah.

538
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty much, and you've got golf at home, and

539
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 3: GoF performs well at home. I think that with that

540
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 3: I think they will be fine. I think they will

541
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 3: bounce back a bit. They just didn't seem to have

542
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 3: the same amount of strength that the line like they

543
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 3: have in the past few weeks. But but I think, yeah, really,

544
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 3: the story there is is just how good the Ravens looked,

545
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 3: because this is kind of what we've been waiting to

546
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 3: see in terms of the Ravens offense, especially for fantasy

547
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: value there, Lamar Jackson looked phenomenal. And obviously, yeah, the

548
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 3: Lion's secondary was banged up, but their secondary isn't that

549
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 3: great as it is. Their strength on defense comes entirely

550
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 3: from their line and Lamar being able to get away

551
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,239
Speaker 3: from that line as well as he can and then

552
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: just find the open guys. It worked incredibly well. So

553
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 3: I think that that's that's exciting to see moving forward,

554
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 3: And I think I wouldn't be surprised if this kind

555
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 3: of starts a the Ravens taking off under this nude,

556
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 3: this top monk.

557
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 2: And audience I may or may not have already before

558
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 2: he moved to seven to one in the MVP odds,

559
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 2: might might actually have some live work on Lamar Jackson

560
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 2: all right. Thirty one seventeen was the final Chiefs over

561
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 2: the Chargers. Chiefs are fun and exciting. We'll get into

562
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 2: the waiver wires in just a moment that has to

563
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 2: include a rookie from there. But Holmes, with this huge

564
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 2: effort go to the Chargers and I'll ask you this

565
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 2: just point blank, and this is where we'll pause after

566
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 2: you give this a moment of thought. Would you buy

567
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 2: Austin Eckler from the person desperate to sell him in

568
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 2: your fantasy league right now?

569
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, I would. I bet on the talent there

570
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 3: with Eckler. I also, I can't help but value the

571
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 3: fact that Austin Eckler really cares about his stats and

572
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 3: really cares about him.

573
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 2: He cares about your fantasy football team. That's for damn sure.

574
00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 3: But yeah, no, I would. I would definitely. Still it'll

575
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 3: take take a good strong look at Ustin Eckler. I

576
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 3: still feel great about Eckler moving forward. Josh Kelly was

577
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 3: oddly productive. I think that's his like once a month game.

578
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 2: Well he had the one carry. Yeah, I mean it

579
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: goes back to the old rule of thumb. It all,

580
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 2: it all looks great in the block. Wow, seven for

581
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: seventy five at the forty nine yard sprint. Doesn't mean

582
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 2: it didn't happen, doesn't mean it can't happen again. But

583
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 2: we have to be smart about these things, you know,

584
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 2: in terms of our expectations. And Joshua Palmer is one

585
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,479
Speaker 2: of the guys we'll find on the other side as

586
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,959
Speaker 2: we get into our waiver wire pickups for week eight.

587
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 2: If your National Football league, he's Ryan Berscheger out by

588
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 2: Carman you're listening to I watch Flex all right, Bursch,

589
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 2: it's that time we start scouring the waiver wire in

590
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 2: week eight. That means we're dredging for the bottom. It's like,

591
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: you know, a fisherman at the end of a season,

592
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 2: hoping there's one last container that they're gonna be able

593
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 2: to take the port and get some extra cash to

594
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 2: offset some of the maintenance that needs to be done

595
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 2: on the boat. So I think we're there a little bit.

596
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 2: Quarterback position was pretty thin when you start looking at

597
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 2: it from a percentage basis, right, because there's always going

598
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 2: to be the odd league that has QB twelve on

599
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 2: the waiver wire because someone decided they hated him. But

600
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 2: when you look at percentages overall, you got CJ. Stroud

601
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 2: coming out of the bye week as they get ready

602
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 2: to roll. The offensive line getting healthier for Houston. Really

603
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 2: kind of a good time and an opportunity against Carolina,

604
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 2: perhaps to make some noise. He's available in a third

605
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: of leagues, and obviously we know the efficiency with which

606
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 2: he's operated early on. You look at Russell Wilson, everybody

607
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 2: kind of groans and grunts when you say his name.

608
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: Thirteen touchdowns against four picks. It ain't got to be pretty.

609
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 2: They don't have to win games. It's just a matter

610
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 2: of can't he put up some points on the board.

611
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 2: And right now I'm saying yes. Now they play Kansas City,

612
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 2: so no picnic, but at home, and maybe an opportunity

613
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 2: that you're getting a little more with Courtland, Sutton and

614
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 2: some of these other operatives. There not a massive play

615
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 2: for week eight, but only owned it about half of league.

616
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,479
Speaker 2: So you take a look and then minshew mania. Yeah

617
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 2: for fantasy. Look again, I don't need it. I don't

618
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 2: care if he wins the game. Now, did they get

619
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 2: screwed by the referees? Sure? Did they get screwed more

620
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 2: by the guy that decided what the color scheme was

621
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: gonna be for Week seven? Hell? Yo, some of the

622
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 2: worst uniforms you've ever seen. But when you look at

623
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 2: he's a guy with no conscience. You're going against New

624
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 2: Orleans good defense, good defensive front. They'll get after it. Obviously,

625
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,720
Speaker 2: got to worry about Latimore, but he just keeps winging

626
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 2: the ball. Right. You've got Moss, You've got Taylor. They're

627
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 2: going to get their yards and touches. But if Minshew's

628
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 2: also going to take off and run on his own

629
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 2: a little bit, especially in the red zone, I don't know.

630
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 2: He's only owned an eight percent of leads. I mean,

631
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 2: it looks like it works, like that's really what Josh Downs. Yeah,

632
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 2: you know, he's available in two thirds of leagues. He's

633
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 2: another way, and look at the numbers he's already put up.

634
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 2: Nobody's trusting it right, right exactly. I think, like you

635
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 2: mentioned earlier, it appears that Downs might be his favorite target.

636
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 2: He seems to be very comfortable throwing to the slot

637
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: and Downs runs the slot very nicely. The Pittman had

638
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 2: that gigantic touchdown. If you take that out, he was

639
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 2: like one for eight yards like that. Famine certainly comes

640
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 2: to play at the running back position. You look at

641
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 2: Jeff Wilson there in Miami pass catcher. Obviously against the Eagles,

642
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 2: the offense was bogged down and you didn't really get

643
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 2: to see much there. Talked about Gus the bus with

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Speaker 2: Justice Hill there. I mean, it's always going to be

645
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 2: a fractured system. You're not seeing as many design carries

646
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Speaker 2: for Lamar Jackson, so I guess that at least helps

647
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Speaker 2: you a little bit. But you got that. We already

648
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Speaker 2: talked about Darryl Henderson, We already talked about Kelly Taji

649
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 2: Spears is one to have on the radar. He's owned

650
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 2: in about forty percent of leagues. On the off chance

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Speaker 2: that Tennessee does sell off Derrick Henry this week, coming

652
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Speaker 2: out of the bye week or out of Week seven,

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Speaker 2: I should say we're looking at the game against Atlanta,

654
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 2: the maddening thirty seven is your over under for that one. First,

655
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Speaker 2: But Derek Henry a name that's been brought up a bunch.

656
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,879
Speaker 2: We know a lot of would be contenders that need

657
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 2: day and they were on bye week. I'm not losing

658
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: my mind, Okay, yeah, because I had multiple Tennessee Titans, right,

659
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 2: and you had Hopkins that you had to contind and

660
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 2: we already talked about Foreman and Kareem Hunt. Those are

661
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 2: the two leaders the running back position. I think that's

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00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:46,919
Speaker 2: about as deep as it goes.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, in terms of running backs, it's you're you're

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Speaker 3: going to look for any sort of opportunity. I had

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00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 3: to start Elijah Mitchell in the league this week and

666
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 3: he touched about one time.

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00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 2: League I started Jordan Mason. Yeah, yeah, desperation because of

668
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 2: McCaffrey's potential injury situation.

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Speaker 3: We didn't touch on that, but just to touch on

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00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 3: that really quickly, how that was lingering all week as

671
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 3: to what Christian McCaffrey's status would be, and he missed.

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00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 3: I think he played. Even on the snap where Elijah

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00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 3: Mitchell got I think he was in. Yeah, yeah, he

674
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,919
Speaker 3: was still there, so he literally was still in every

675
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 3: It didn't affect him at all.

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Speaker 2: So just a strange world.

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00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 3: All right.

678
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 2: To the wide receiver position, we go a couple of

679
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 2: names we already said downs talked about Josh Palmer. He's

680
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 2: available at a ton of leagues. Folks not trusting thus

681
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 2: far the secondary options there with the Chargers behind Keenan

682
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 2: Allen Rashid Rice of the Kansas City Chiefs, Hartman's interesting

683
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 2: long term if you got a really deep bench. They

684
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 2: brought him back for a reason. I would believe that

685
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 2: eventually see the downs, but Rice does a little of that,

686
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 2: and you saw a pretty nifty work in the red

687
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 2: zone as well, So that's only going to get more

688
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 2: confidence working with Patrick Mahomes. He's available in a lot

689
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 2: forty percent of leagues. Smith and Jigba had the big game.

690
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 2: How much of that is just based on the fact

691
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 2: that Metcalf didn't play. I don't know, but I'd like

692
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: to think that you're starting to figure out a role

693
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,439
Speaker 2: for this guy that put so much stock into He's

694
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 2: available in about fifty percent of leagues. And then we

695
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 2: go to do you trust New England? I don't know,

696
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 2: but Kendrick Bord's putting up numbers, Yeah, thirty four, three,

697
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 2: seventy and three. Thus far.

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00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,720
Speaker 3: I gotta throw to somebody well, and then that's.

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00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 2: The bottom line opportunity against the banged up Dolphins coming

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00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 2: up this week, Curiosity and then two quick guys in

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00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 2: the tight end position, because well, let's be whole. Dalton

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00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: Schultz again going back to Houston fifty six percent owned

703
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 2: as we speak, last two games before their bye week,

704
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 2: eleven catches on seventeen targets one hundred twenty six yards

705
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 2: on score. He has scored in three straight as well.

706
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 2: And then Dalton kincaid the word that Dawson Knox is

707
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 2: going to miss some time. But you know you're looking

708
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 2: at a guy owned in about leagues eight for eight

709
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 2: seventy five yards and you need a number two sure

710
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 2: as hell, Ain Gabe Davis.

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00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 3: And looking at tight end. There's there's one name that

712
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,399
Speaker 3: I just hate saying.

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Speaker 2: Say it.

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00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:25,399
Speaker 3: It's Taysom Hill.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, check your league availability, see where he is out? Yeah,

716
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 2: what position he's got. If he's got the tight end,

717
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 2: it's there. And Derek Carr stinks yeah yeah, And am

718
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 2: I supposed to say that in the podcast?

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Speaker 3: Let me fine?

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Speaker 2: Can I just say Derek Carr's not good and he's

721
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Speaker 2: not making any friends or influencing people in a locker room?

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Speaker 3: Can we can put it this way? There's a reason

723
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Speaker 3: why Alvin Kamara is suddenly a PPR monster. It's because

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Speaker 3: Derek Carr can seem to really only throw it to

725
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage. And that's what's happening with Taysum

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Speaker 3: Hill as well the last two weeks. Who Taysom Hill,

727
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 3: who traditionally has just he's just tight ended by I

728
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 3: don't know, we all kind of collect LEVI decided he's

729
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 3: a tight end, but he's never really been somebody who

730
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 3: throw the ball to. He would just always Vulture carries

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Speaker 3: the last two weeks, eight targets against the Texans, five

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Speaker 3: targets against the Jaguars, He's with forty nine yards and

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Speaker 3: fifty yards respectively. And throw in the fact that he's

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Speaker 3: still involved in the running game. He had five rushes

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Speaker 3: for eighteen and a touchdown on the ground. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: if Derek Carr continues to just throw the ball at

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Speaker 3: the line, yeah, there is absolutely value, especially in PPR

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Speaker 3: for Taysom Hill.

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Speaker 2: There it is week eight, you broke the seal. He's

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Speaker 2: Ryan Burschegar. I'm my carbon at Ryan Berschegar where you

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Speaker 2: find him. Also, the Swing Shift podcast, the Requiem to

742
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Speaker 2: a season loss for the Dodgers is up. I think

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Speaker 2: they did a musical number mixed therein and then obviously

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Speaker 2: find me over at Swollen Dome. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 2: this episode of the podcast. Hit us up on social media,

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Speaker 2: let us know what to think, what you're looking for

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Speaker 2: in your content as we go forward, and if you

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Speaker 2: have any tales of woe or tales of glee from

749
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Speaker 2: your fantasy leagues, we'd love to hear them as well.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back as the week goes on, starting to

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Speaker 2: preview Week eight of your National Football League. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 2: we'll see you next time I watch your flas