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

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show, presented by DraftKings. It's me your Man, MG,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Graham, masking and socially distink still when and where appropriate,

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Speaker 1: we got a full show for you today. Week three

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Speaker 1: is fully underway, so we will look at, of course,

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Speaker 1: the starts and sits. Adam Rea will join us in

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Speaker 1: just a bit to talk about those. Also looking at

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Speaker 1: some guys off the waiver wire, and you knew it

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Speaker 1: was a big waiver wire week because of all the injuries.

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Speaker 1: Will let you know whether or not you should be

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Speaker 1: some guys that maybe are in some weird situations and

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Speaker 1: try to figure out what we are doing with them now.

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Speaker 1: But first, that's always do. We talked to our faithful

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Speaker 1: producer Seenor Edward L. Murphy. Esquire Murphy, did you have

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Speaker 1: any luck on the waiver wire this week? Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm in a few deeper leagues of bigger rosters obviously

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Speaker 1: because this offseason was a weird one. So a lot

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Speaker 1: to see the committees like who's the lead guy. But

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Speaker 1: it's happening for a like multiple teams and the same

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Speaker 1: thing with receivers, like some getting equal mant of targets.

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Speaker 1: You have a bunch of guys who are around like

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Speaker 1: the same projections, and it's literally just a coin flup

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Speaker 1: of like who you're gonna play because you know you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get burned by somebody. So, uh, the typical fantasy

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Speaker 1: stress is now back, and it's it's very exciting. That's

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Speaker 1: I guess it's correct. Actually it's not often we talk

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Speaker 1: And I would think that for you right now, it's

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Speaker 1: a good distraction from the New York Football Giants. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it's a wonderful distraction. You can see already have the

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Speaker 1: Yankees head on and I'm in Yankees playoff mode. It's

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Speaker 1: the Giants to me or a thing of the past.

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Speaker 1: We'll revisit that in Yeah, I get it. Man. In

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Speaker 1: baseball playoffs start next week. That's wild. Yeah, So definitely

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Speaker 1: something for us to look forward to on both the

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Speaker 1: East and the West coast. All right, it is a Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: That means we are always joined by the one and

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Speaker 1: only Adam Rank and uh, we're in the working the

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Speaker 1: Specs today, which I always appreciate that. Look, I'm always

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Speaker 1: I'm always always appreciative when you were the Specs. You

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Speaker 1: know what's funny is when this picture came up, I'm like, hey,

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Speaker 1: wasn't thinking about that. I just hadn't shaved early in

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Speaker 1: the morning on the West Coast, So I'm sorry we're streaming. No,

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Speaker 1: it's totally lie everybody. I I appreciate what what Eddie

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Speaker 1: Murphy is going through with the with the deeper waiver wire,

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Speaker 1: and we all did that as well, like and a

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Speaker 1: lot of my home leaks, like we wanted to have

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Speaker 1: expanded rosters to kind of reward people who were forward thinking.

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Speaker 1: So anybody who drafted James Robinson for instance, which I'm

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Speaker 1: Eddie for for that, and I do feel like condolences

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Speaker 1: with him. I understand, you know, obviously his baseball team

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Speaker 1: time in Mike Trout's career, will be the last team

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Speaker 1: Why do you guys couldn't save a game? They convert

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Speaker 1: three saves. They're in the playoffs. But whatever, I mean,

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Speaker 1: But good lord, dude, you would be a forty home

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Speaker 1: all right, Let's talk some waiver wire stuff personally. The

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Speaker 1: the big news as we dive into our fantasy news

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Speaker 1: for the day, The Giants have signed running back Vonte Freeman.

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Speaker 1: I don't think that it's going to be something that

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Speaker 1: the long term it's gonna be Devontey Freeman who wins

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Speaker 1: Dion Lewis's role was his role. I mean, the reason

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit better than than we're giving it

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Speaker 1: it for. Blake Bortles is back in the NFL. He's

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Speaker 1: And of course this this led to a lengthy conversation

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Speaker 1: And by the way, when I'm back on camera, there's

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Speaker 1: a there's a Jason Mendoza funco right up there next

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Speaker 1: the good place moved to Denver? I never saw that

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Speaker 1: one coming. Uh, But yeah, more more Jason Mendoza references

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Speaker 1: sort of worry though about this din Ver Bronco passing game.

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Speaker 1: I guess I would feel slightly better with Drew Luck,

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Speaker 1: But I'm with your black Bortles can remain on the

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Speaker 1: and look better. Predicted the future is hard people. Bruce

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Speaker 1: Gronkin fantasy? Well, I would think so. And I think that,

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what Arian sees right now, is like,

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Speaker 1: got to kind of put the ball the ball and

427
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,760
Speaker 1: the guy's stomach, and I don't think Brady did that.

428
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,240
Speaker 1: I felt like you hit him on the arm. But

429
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,680
Speaker 1: we know that if it comes down to who's going

430
00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,120
Speaker 1: to catch the blame Tom Brady versus you know, non

431
00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,159
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, uh, non tom Brady is always going to

432
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 1: catch a little bit more hell on that one. So,

433
00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,480
Speaker 1: uh yeah, that's the situation. It is what it is.

434
00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,960
Speaker 1: But I'm with you. I don't think you let go

435
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,560
Speaker 1: of Ronald Jones just yet. But understand that made those

436
00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,720
Speaker 1: RB two opportunities that you were hoping for turn into

437
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,840
Speaker 1: sort of you know, streaming flex play opportunities. If the

438
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,760
Speaker 1: situation is right, by the way, does it seem weird

439
00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,880
Speaker 1: that Leonard Fournette looks smaller with the number twenty eight

440
00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 1: on big it just looks like a smaller person now.

441
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe it's maybe it's the Bucks uniforms.

442
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:13,639
Speaker 1: They're slimming. Perhaps perhaps he'll tell puts puts weight on

443
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,000
Speaker 1: a pen, it adds pounds. Um. How are we feeling

444
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:22,560
Speaker 1: about zach Ertz after two weeks? Uh? Not great? And

445
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,880
Speaker 1: this was I mean, you tried to talk me out

446
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,879
Speaker 1: of this in the off season, like, don't go for

447
00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,919
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. What are you thinking? Like he shouldn't even

448
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 1: be on your radar? And I'm like, nah, bro, like

449
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,440
Speaker 1: he's gonna be just fine. And he is. I mean,

450
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,240
Speaker 1: he's he's fine. He's just no longer part of the elite.

451
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,119
Speaker 1: He's like Adam Hangman Page, He's been booted out of

452
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: the elite. And uh, but Dallas got it there. It's

453
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,920
Speaker 1: become a problem now. I think that they're always gonna

454
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 1: be featuring their tight ends. They're gonna be running a

455
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 1: lot of twelve personnel and even when everybody's healthy, which

456
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,000
Speaker 1: they probably will never be, but they're always just gonna

457
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,719
Speaker 1: have to use those guys because they're two of their

458
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,399
Speaker 1: best pass catchers. But it's we're not gonna see the

459
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 1: production from Zach Ertz that we can expect from Travis

460
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,720
Speaker 1: Kelsey and Mark Andrews and George Kittle and guys like

461
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: Darren Waller. You know, Darren Waller is now taking a

462
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,159
Speaker 1: leap over him too, and I think that man, what

463
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 1: we saw. I know you did to ask this question

464
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,919
Speaker 1: and this this is actually that internet name. Nobody let

465
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,679
Speaker 1: me tell you about Darren Waller. Or maybe I'm the

466
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,879
Speaker 1: guy in the club, you know, holding his drink talking

467
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 1: to the girl telling you about Darren Waller. We you

468
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: know what we did say though, Marcus and we were

469
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 1: both on on on board with this about Henry Ruggs

470
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,640
Speaker 1: of not necessarily him being a great fantasy option this year,

471
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 1: but what he does for that offense. And I think

472
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: it was on display Monday night because Darren Waller was open.

473
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 1: Because you've got a fast guy that you got to

474
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Speaker 1: account for. And I really do believe, but I'm kicking myself.

475
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: I have shares of Darren Waller, but I don't have enough,

476
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,159
Speaker 1: and now I'm really upset about it. Yeah, I just

477
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,639
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to what to make of Darren Waller,

478
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 1: and so for that reason, I sort of stayed away.

479
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: I'm with you now, and I feel like I I

480
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,439
Speaker 1: kind of played myself and I wish I had drafted

481
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,120
Speaker 1: him in some more spots. Back to zach Hurts, though,

482
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: I do feel like what would help him would be

483
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: if the Eagles could get their wide receivers healthy and productive,

484
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 1: because right now, you know, with with no certainty at

485
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 1: wide receiver, if you're a defense, you're like, well, let's

486
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 1: just take zach Ertz out of the mix, uh, and

487
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 1: then we'll figure out the rest going on from there.

488
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,159
Speaker 1: So if you know, if al Shan Jeffrey or de

489
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,919
Speaker 1: Sean Jackson or Jalen reagor can start making more plays,

490
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 1: getting on the field and being productive, then suddenly defenses

491
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: have something else that they've got to pay attention to.

492
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,880
Speaker 1: And maybe that helps zach Ertz. But as long as

493
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 1: he is the focal point of the passing game, I

494
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 1: think defenses still look to take him away and that's

495
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,160
Speaker 1: gonna make it a pretty frustrating year for him. Speaking

496
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: of frustrating, what do we do about the Ravens backfield

497
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: right now? I believe that we have to start looking

498
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: at the future and just trying to play the future.

499
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: And I believe it's going to eventually be DK Metcalf

500
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 1: because we saw a huge What did I say, Dk Metcalf?

501
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: He came in, he did not get traded. No, you

502
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: missed email, came over. It's early. There's gardeners out here.

503
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: My concentration. I can't open a window. Now I'm sweating

504
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 1: because I'm trying to do that. I'm trying to do that.

505
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy wearing the sweatshirt with no T shirt underneath it.

506
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 1: J K. Dobbins, Yes, of course, and so go go

507
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: at it. Read it. Tell me that I'm an idiot

508
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: and you don't know who the running back is for

509
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens. But what I'm saying is is is

510
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: played for the future because Gus Edwards had a huge

511
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 1: role on Sunday. And I know that. Anybody who looks

512
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,000
Speaker 1: at the stat sheet and you see right, you know,

513
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 1: and you see what mark Ingram was able to do,

514
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 1: You're like, oh, well, he had a good game obviously

515
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: because he had a thirty yard touchdown run. But it's

516
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 1: still gonna be Lamar Jackson dialing and up and here

517
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: it is mark Ingram like what producing this is? By

518
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 1: the way, right as I mentioned it like that kind

519
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: of thing saved mark Ingram's production. But you can't count

520
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: on that each and every week. And I think that

521
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: what they're gonna eventually do is turn to j K. Dobbins.

522
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 1: I do believe that, you know, teams like the Ravens

523
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 1: know that they're good, like they're gonna be fine, like

524
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: they they're not in panic mode. They're winning games now,

525
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 1: and so you can kind of slow roll these guys

526
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: into the lineup. There's no need and if anything, it

527
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: probably behooves John Harbaugh to go out there and save

528
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,880
Speaker 1: j K a little bit. And then when you get

529
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,639
Speaker 1: two weeks eight, nine, ten, eleven, all of a sudden,

530
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: you have this fresh rookie coming in running over dudes.

531
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: You know, we've seen it with Derrick Henry a couple

532
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: of years ago. Like that. That's a big difference when

533
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 1: you have a like when you're going against fatigue teams

534
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 1: and here comes j K. Dobbins who has a hundred

535
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: and twenty carries on the season, All of a sudden,

536
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 1: you have a brand new player who can help propel

537
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: you through the playoffs. So this is one of those

538
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 1: things that I would advise people make sure you have

539
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,760
Speaker 1: a spot on your roster to keep them. It's not

540
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: it's gonna be frustrating at times because somebody gets injured

541
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: and you need that spot. I would really tell you

542
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,400
Speaker 1: to hold onto him and at some point this season

543
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: he is going to be the guy who who leads

544
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: you to the fantasy playoffs. Yeah. I thought the J. K.

545
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: Dobbins time might come next year, but it's comes sooner

546
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: rather than later. And I think your point is right

547
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 1: because the Ravens are good in their winning games, and

548
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: they're doing it in a multitude of ways. They can

549
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 1: just kind of roll guys in, they can sort of

550
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: ease guys into the situation. The other part of this

551
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: piece is Gus Edwards, who I think in a lot

552
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: of other situations, uh, he would be getting fifteen touches

553
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,199
Speaker 1: a game. I mean, he's a good running back. He

554
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: just is stuck in a situation with a lot of

555
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 1: other good running backs and a quarterback who can run

556
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,639
Speaker 1: the football effectively. If Gus Edwards were like literally anywhere else, right,

557
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: he would be a guy you'd be talking about as

558
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: having on your roster a flex play, maybe a low

559
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 1: end RB two or something like that. But in Baltimore,

560
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,239
Speaker 1: he's sort of stuck. So this has become maybe more

561
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 1: of a mess than we anticipated. But because running backs

562
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: are scarce, I don't I wouldn't put any of those

563
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: guys back out there to let somebody else in mindle

564
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 1: can help pick them up. Why. It's kind of funny,

565
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 1: but when you talk about Gus Edwards, it reminds me

566
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: of day of Grol being the drummer for Nirvana. And

567
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: I know that new millennials don't know who any of

568
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: these people are, but like, one of the greatest rock

569
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 1: stars of my generation was actually just the drummer. We're like, oh,

570
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: you know, if he was fronting a band, he would

571
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,440
Speaker 1: probably be pretty good, which you know he eventually goes

572
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: on to do. That's Gus Edwards. He was. He's the

573
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: Dave Grohl of the NFL, or at least of the Ravens.

574
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: By the way, did you know that Paul McCartney was

575
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: in a band before Wings Stop it? I listen, I

576
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: will tell you something like, listen if we're not losing

577
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: people with like going back, because like even even like

578
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 1: like it is pretty like when I have millennial relatives,

579
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: nieces and stuff, who are like, who are the food fighters?

580
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 1: Like never heard of this band. Um, now we're gonna

581
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: go start talking about Wings because I have I have

582
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: a huge take on Wings. So if there is a

583
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: Boomer podcast, there's a Boomer podcast that wants me on.

584
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: I have a very detailed day Wings and Paul McCartney

585
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,159
Speaker 1: go google him. He was he was pretty phenomenal man. Alright,

586
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: So last one week one, will Fuller has a big week.

587
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: Week two, Fuller is a no show essentially, and Brandon

588
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: Hooks ends up having a nice game. How do we

589
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: sort out the Texans pass catchers? Now? I think that

590
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: Bob is upset at me personally for all the jokes

591
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: that I've made at his expense over the last you know,

592
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: couple of months, ever since he traded away DeAndre Hopkins,

593
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: and I really don't know, Like I wish I had

594
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: a reasonable explanation. You know, he was you know, Will

595
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 1: Fuller was banged up in this game a little bit.

596
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,440
Speaker 1: And this will probably go back to what a lot

597
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: of the the haters were saying whenever we were trying

598
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: to promote Will Fuller is a viable fantasy option, is

599
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: that he's injured. There's some circumstance that always leads him

600
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: to not fully reaching his potential. And we thought with

601
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins out of there that perhaps we just wanted

602
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: him to be Like we figured if he was playing

603
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: in a game, he was going to be pretty good,

604
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: and now that has been proven incorrect. So I look

605
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,120
Speaker 1: at it. He was a flex guy for me. And

606
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: you know what, I made a mistake last week because

607
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: you know, I had Kareem Hunt and I'm like, I'm

608
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: gonna go with Will Fuller and I'm gonna blame I'm

609
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: gonna blame Ian for this one. But I I thought, like,

610
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 1: if it's one of those things that you talk to

611
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: yourself into like they're gonna have to throw the ball.

612
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: He's a deep thread. He just needs one opportunity and

613
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: you can go crazy. Kareem Hunt doesn't get the ball

614
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: enough to make a huge of h carry the ball

615
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: just ten times, so it makes sense. But yeah, this

616
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: Will Fuller situation unless I don't know, I just can't.

617
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: You just can't expect it to be consistent and you're

618
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: gonna have You're gonna just have to try to pick

619
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: the right matchups. You played them in week one, you

620
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: were great, week two not so much. So you know what,

621
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: you just so play them on week three. Maybe it

622
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: only does it not weeks, but maybe it's odd number

623
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: of weeks. I mean, that's gonna be The hard part

624
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: is that there are a lot we always like to say,

625
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: you talk about concentrated passing games where you know there's

626
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: only a couple of targets there. And in Houston you

627
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: got Fuller, You've got Brandon cook You've got Randall Cobb

628
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: who had a few catches last week. David Johnson is

629
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: going to catch the ball. Duke Johnson, I think is

630
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: back at practice this week, so that adds another guy

631
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: to that offense. There are a lot of places for

632
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,959
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson to go with the football, which is going

633
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: to make it frustrating. I'm still not ready to give

634
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: up on Will Fuller. I still think Brandon Cooks can

635
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: be pretty productive this year. But maybe we should just

636
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: prepare ourselves for weeks where a whole lot of guys

637
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: getting into the mix and that maybe it's going to

638
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Speaker 1: be a little bit more volatile than we wanted to

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Speaker 1: give it credit for. So I know that's not the

640
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Speaker 1: news anybody wanted to hear. That's the news we got.

641
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Speaker 1: learn more. Oh, it's a fight for Florida on Thursday

649
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,719
Speaker 1: Night football with the Dolphins and the Jaguars. I mean

650
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Speaker 1: the bucks. You guys are off doing your own thing.

651
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: Will get you involved a little bit later on. But uh,

652
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: so interesting questions because both these offenses have turned out

653
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: to have some intriguing pieces on them for fantasy. So

654
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: we'll start on the Dolphins side. Uh. Myles Gaskin has

655
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: been the answer to the question who will be the

656
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: Dolphins lead running back? He has surpassed both Matt Brida

657
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: and Jordan Howard in terms of his usage. What kind

658
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: of long term projection do you have for him? Because

659
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: I know you have become a Miles Gaskin fan lately. Well,

660
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: I'm just playing the production and who's getting the opportunity

661
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: and he's had more than thirteen touches in each of

662
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: these two games. And when teams go out there and say, hey,

663
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: we want to feature this player, well I'm gonna believe them.

664
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: I can sit here and and talk about how much

665
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: I love Jordan Howard and feel like he needs to

666
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: get an opportunity, or how fast Matt Brida was and

667
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,959
Speaker 1: he never really got a chance in San Francisco. But

668
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are like, no, we're going with Miles Gaskin,

669
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: and as long as he's available and ready to go,

670
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start playing him. I lost Christian McCaffrey in

671
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 1: one of my home leagues, and thankfully the Rooks I

672
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: play with. You know, they didn't pick up Myles gasking

673
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: because somebody, somebody snuck in and took Mike Davis. Because

674
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: of course they're smart enough to be jerks, but they're not.

675
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: They're not smart. They're not savvy enough to pick up

676
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: Myles Gascon. So I'm gonna use them because I love

677
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: winning with players like this, and I like what I've

678
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 1: seen out of them, like catching the ball out of

679
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: the backfield. Obviously, you know, Brian Flores comes from a

680
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: my a New England Patriots program that just finds Rando running.

681
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: I mean seeing these guys prominent college players, but you know,

682
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 1: seemingly Rando running backs, and they and they make it work.

683
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 1: And I really do like this offense, and I think that,

684
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: you know, we've got a nice little piece here. Let's

685
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: let's have fun with it. Like, I don't know, I've

686
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: have to start David Johnson in league, so why not

687
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 1: have some fun with Miles Gascon. And then when you

688
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: when you have Miles Gascon and things don't go well,

689
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: you just blame the Dolphins, like, well they're falling, Like

690
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: what am I? What am I? What do I know?

691
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: What am I doing here? My players are hurt, So

692
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: I say, we're all with them. I'm done with that.

693
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: I I have had to grudgingly admit that the Jordan

694
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: Howard projection that I had for the season is not

695
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: working out. I really loved him as sort of a

696
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: mid round running back. But he basically gets like two

697
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: or three carries a game. He gets like four yards,

698
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: one of them ends in the end zone, but it's

699
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: never enough to really get you excited about playing Jordan

700
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: Howard on a week tweek basis. UH and Matt Brita

701
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: is speedy and he's getting touches but still not enough.

702
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: So I I have come over to the Miles Gaskin

703
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: side of the Ledger. Now I'm willing to admit what

704
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, especially this early in the season. So I'm

705
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: totally on board. I'm down with Myles gas completely. I

706
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: love all of our August conversations because I remember you'd

707
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: be like, listen, Marcus, like nobody is a bigger Jordan

708
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: Howard that Brita is like, you know, and listen, like

709
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,479
Speaker 1: we're projected, we're we're not at practice, and so this

710
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: was I'm shaking the table. I'm so sorry. Um yeah,

711
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: so we've seen it like Brian Flores is like no,

712
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: no, no no, this is our guy, and again like I'm

713
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: gonna lean on him like that, I'm gonna take the

714
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: chef's recommendation, like I can go into the thing and

715
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,320
Speaker 1: be like, you know, I can so and tell Gordon

716
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: Ramsey how he should be preparing my food. But at

717
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 1: some point you're like, Okay, I'm just gonna let you

718
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 1: tell me what to do. There you go. Uh. The

719
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: Dolphins still at the moment, rolling with Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback.

720
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: We talked about Justin Herbert earlier in the show, uh

721
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: and and what his chances are of taking over for

722
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. Similarly, it seems as though it will be

723
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: sooner rather than later that to a tag of Baloa

724
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: takes over for Ryan Fitzpatrick. I mean, do you think

725
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,279
Speaker 1: that's going to be soon? And and is that a

726
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 1: good thing for us for Fantasy? Well, I think I'm

727
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to see it. You know, this is

728
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: a player that's captivated my attention ever since he came

729
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 1: out of the scene with the Crimson Tide. I'm a lefty,

730
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: so anytime there's a lefty, a lefty thrower, and and

731
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: it burns me too because he's a Hawaii kid, and

732
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: you're like, why didn't you Because that's that's the guy

733
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: that would have ended up in Oregon or cal probably

734
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: Oregon a couple of years ago. Actually, I think he

735
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: was committed to Oregon at some point. But you see

736
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: him now playing in the SEC, and I just want

737
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: to see it, you know, I'm excited for it. And

738
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: you know, I really I really appreciated what the Miami

739
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: Dolphins did in the draft because they had a very

740
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: strong one one vibe with him in Austin, who is

741
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: going to eventually be their tackle of the future. Having

742
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: those two guys is the lynch pins for the future

743
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: going forward. I don't think that Brian Flores is in

744
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: danger of losing his job, so I don't know why

745
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 1: there's this this need to be like we gotta go

746
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: win games with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Like, bro, you're not making

747
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Let's let's like it's cool, like where nobody's

748
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: mad at you, Like we can be realistic about this.

749
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: Go play your kid and go see what he can

750
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: do and give him an opportunity. We see Joe Burrow

751
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: like Zach Taylor has gone the other way and he's like,

752
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,359
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have Joe Burrow throw at sixty times, Like

753
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,760
Speaker 1: that's that's kind of the attitude I want to see.

754
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: Like if you know you're not going anywhere, like just

755
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: didn't have fun with it, like whatever. It's like having

756
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: a rental car or something like that, where you're like

757
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: I don't really why whatever, it's house money. Now you're

758
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: at the blackjack table. Somebody gave you two grand Like

759
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: just go crazy, like double down on everything. I don't know,

760
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: go out there and have some fun and put two

761
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: way into the game. I feel like Brian Flores earned

762
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: himself quite a bit of leeway. He won five games

763
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 1: last year. Like people thought the Dolphins were gonna go

764
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: winless last year, and they won five games. I feel

765
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: like that earns you quite a bit of of leeway

766
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 1: to work with their So yeah, why not put two

767
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: in there? Maybe they just want to make sure he's

768
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: completely healthy. I guess that's the only thing I can

769
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: think of, because I think everybody wants to see it.

770
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: They want to see what he can do. Plus, we

771
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 1: love quarterbacks who can run. We love mobile quarterbacks too.

772
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: Adds that element certainly more than Ryan fits. And I

773
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: I know, don't tweet me. I know Ryan Fitzpatrick led

774
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in rushing last year, but he's not gonna

775
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: get out and move the way to a can. So

776
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: I want to see it, and I think that will

777
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: help everything else. I think that it opens up the

778
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: downfield passing game. I'm here for it. So uh yeah,

779
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: Brian forres, I know we know that you watch the

780
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: show all the time, so please make this happen. Please.

781
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: The Ryan Fitzpatrick lead the Dolphins in rushing was not

782
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: a compliment. It's not an to how good Ryan Fitzpatrick is.

783
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: It's like being the most attractive person in Wisconsin. Here's

784
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: a very low bar. Like you know what I'm saying, Like,

785
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: it's not I'm kidding Wisconsin. I'm from Chicago. Let me

786
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: have that joke. You have a better football team. Let

787
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 1: me just have a joke. That's all. Don't get upset now, raddit.

788
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: It's gonna look so rude to Wisconsin. I don't even

789
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: know what they say about me on Reddit. I'm afraid

790
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 1: to go. Look, I don't I don't think I can.

791
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if I can handle that sort of thing. Um. So,

792
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: James Robinson has been fantastic. I know he's you talk

793
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 1: about how you like to draft or pick up Rando

794
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: running backs. James Robinson was one of those guys. He's

795
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: not so random anymore. I mean, uh, is this is

796
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: this gonna last all year? Can we ride this thing

797
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: all year? I mean he looks good. I mean not

798
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: as one of the things you know we kind of

799
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: liked about him. I mean obviously we were coming from

800
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: a place where we hadn't seen a lot of them.

801
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't want I don't know about you.

802
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: I don't watch a lot of Illinois State football games,

803
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 1: but it really Yeah, it's not like it's not like

804
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: watching like Miles Gaskin. We're like you saw him play

805
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: at Washington, like you you kind of have a gist

806
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: of what this guy is all about. So we're really

807
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 1: getting a lot of our first extensive look James Robinson,

808
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: and it's been impressive. I think that he's really fit

809
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: in with Jake Gruten's offense pretty well. I think that

810
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: Gardner has really put defenses on their heels enough to

811
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: where they have to respect that the throwing down field

812
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: that opens up things, and Robinson has taken advantage of them.

813
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not it's not just a sense of

814
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: like gardeners opening it up, or you have to go

815
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: out and take advantage of it. And he's done that.

816
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: And I don't know, you know, if this is gonna

817
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: be something he's gonna be able to sustain for sixteen games,

818
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: you know, getting his first you know, real work, you know,

819
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: in the NFL. But for right now, let's let's write

820
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: it like this is a good time. Let's have some

821
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: fun with it. Well, and the best part about it

822
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 1: is I mean, they are leaning on him very heavily.

823
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I know, you know, col Arnstead's not there.

824
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: Divine A zig Bow uh isn't there. So they are

825
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: just kind of gonna let James Robinson take those opportunities.

826
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: But the way he's playing, I feel like it's gonna

827
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: be hard for those guys to sort of work in. Also,

828
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: when you throw in the fact that Lavisca Chanlt is

829
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: getting back there and getting some touches as a running

830
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,399
Speaker 1: back and they're doing a lot of interesting fun things. Uh,

831
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: this James Robinson thing might might sort of be for real.

832
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: And speaking of Lavisca, Uh, he's playing well, healing Cole

833
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: is playing well. Should we be concerned that maybe they're

834
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: gonna start eating into DJ Chark's opportunities this year? I

835
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: feel like it could enhance it. I think that if

836
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: you have credible forces out there with DJ Chark that

837
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: it only helps him because that means that teams can't

838
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: really focus on him as much. And so I'm I

839
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 1: always is a big proponent of DJ chart coming into

840
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: the game. I also like d J Moore coming into

841
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: the game as well as we're as we're watching here,

842
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 1: I believe, uh. And then one thing though, is you

843
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: could probably like we're not talking panthers, let's come back.

844
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: I I really think that because this offense is exciting,

845
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: and because there's some problems behind them defensively, which means

846
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of shootouts like we saw

847
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, that there's going to

848
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Speaker 1: be a chance that they're gonna be in throwing game scripts,

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Speaker 1: which means you know DJ Chart, I yeah, I I'm

850
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: still a big DJ Chark fan. And if anybody has

851
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Speaker 1: given up on you know, I will I will be

852
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Speaker 1: on the lookout somebody wants to drop them, like, oh

853
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Speaker 1: happily goes scoop them. You don't, don't drop DJ Chart.

854
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Speaker 1: That's that's the lesson here. Don't drop DJ Chart. But

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe get excited about Celan Colan, Leavisco Chanelt,

856
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Speaker 1: especially if you're in deeper leagues or if you want

857
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Speaker 1: to take the big daily swing and hope one of

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00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: those guys popped and give them, give them a look.

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Speaker 1: Right there. So it's time for here Starts presented by

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Speaker 1: Visa for Peace of Mind Online. Visas got you covered,

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Speaker 1: all right, So let's try for Adam ranks. We three

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Speaker 1: starts and sits for the whole list, you can find

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Speaker 1: them at nfl dot com slash start sit. But the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks by looking at a couple of guys playing I

865
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Speaker 1: guess East of the Mississippi. Yeah, let's start with Ryan Tannehill.

866
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: And ever since he's taken over that job as the

867
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Speaker 1: quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, he's been fantastic. Mirac called

868
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Speaker 1: them all the way into the playoffs last year, and

869
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:32,240
Speaker 1: of course they had an extent C championship season. He's

870
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Speaker 1: picked right back up and has been a good quarterback.

871
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: He's been one of the top fantasy options. And it's

872
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: really time to just accept that this is a good

873
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: fantasy quarterback. He should be in your lineups to start

874
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: him this week. And another quarterback we need to accept

875
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: as a good player is Josh Allen. And I don't know,

876
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: and I gotta put this out there, and I tried

877
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 1: to explain to Buffalo Bill fans, I'm a fan of

878
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: your quarterback. I do love him. I was just saying

879
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: that teams are going to try to test him to

880
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: make him throw the football, and what we're seeing with

881
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: him throwing the football is really good. He's made quite

882
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: a connection with Stefon Diggs. He's getting the ball like no, no,

883
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:09,919
Speaker 1: that was a lucky throw. But whatever. Like I said,

884
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: he's making the throws that needs to be that need

885
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: to be made, and he still has that presence of

886
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: mind that when he needs to run the ball, he

887
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 1: certainly can. A quarterback that throws for four yards and

888
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: four touchdowns and still is giving you running ability as

889
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: somebody you start each and every week, and I would

890
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: never think about it for the rest of the for

891
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. I mean, look, Josh Allen

892
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,240
Speaker 1: has been a top ten quarterback the last couple of years,

893
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: and somehow we still sort of discounting. Maybe at some

894
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: point we just buy in that that this is just

895
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: who he is right now. Uh, Kenyan Drake has embraced

896
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Speaker 1: the fantasy Twitter community. Uh, and I'm I'm sort of

897
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: here for it. I I see you are embracing him

898
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: as one of your Week three starts. I love Kenyan Drake,

899
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,800
Speaker 1: and I think that you're absolutely right. He told people

900
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,280
Speaker 1: on Twitter that if you're upset with my fantasy production,

901
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: why don't you release me and somebody in your league

902
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: will enjoy what I'm doing And I love it because

903
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 1: it makes him feel like he's part of our crew.

904
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: Like when I saw Colleen Wolf walking around with an

905
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: Empire Strikes Back T shirt, I'm like, yeah, Wolf, what

906
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: Star Wars fans? And so I look at what he

907
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: did last week, and certainly you want more than a listen.

908
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: I understand you want fifty points from your running back

909
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: every week, but you can't ask for anything more than

910
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: a running back who's carrying the ball twenty times. In

911
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: this offense, the touchdowns are volatile. They are going to

912
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: be there at some point and they're gonna come through.

913
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Speaker 1: Uh and then uh, David Montgomery. I'm starting to buy back.

914
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 1: I'm starting to buy back, you know, David Montgomery. I

915
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: should have gotten myself to David Montgomery. So I apologize

916
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Speaker 1: what I mean, but I I do like him. I

917
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Speaker 1: I know, like this is you know, people were like, oh,

918
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: you died on the David Montgomery hill last year, and

919
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what, he was. He was fine.

920
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: I think the circumstance with the injuries to the Bears

921
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: offensive line kind of hurt them a little bit. But

922
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: he's a good running back and I think what we

923
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: saw in the touchdown that he had against the Giants

924
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,959
Speaker 1: on Sunday was what we want from him and Mitch

925
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Speaker 1: Trabinsky where Mitch kind of extended the play, rolled out,

926
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Speaker 1: found David Montgomery who was near them. Here, we'll watch

927
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: this play here. I believe this is a touchdown. So

928
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: he's near the sideline, cuts it back, gets into the

929
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,439
Speaker 1: end zone. What more do you want? I mean, that's

930
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: exactly what we get. And I think that the Bears

931
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: are probably gonna start running the ball even more. The

932
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: the offensive line looks a lot more improved than what

933
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,240
Speaker 1: happened than what we saw last year. So I'm encouraged,

934
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Speaker 1: especially this week going up against the Atlanta Falcons. Alright,

935
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: wide receivers, You've got two guys that are they're facing

936
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Speaker 1: off against each other this week, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah,

937
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: also were the Dallas Cowboys. And and Ceedee Lamb is

938
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Speaker 1: kind of taken over. Is the number two guy, like

939
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: he's he's the person in like it's a it's a

940
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: buddy movie. And Ceedee Lamb is all the is the

941
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 1: new person who all of a sudden becomes the best

942
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: friend of the mean girl. And it's a thing. And

943
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup's left down in the cold. But whatever, what

944
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: we've seen out of Ceedee Lamb has been pretty impressive.

945
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: He's averaging seven and a half recept targets per game,

946
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: excuse me, and being a huge part of this offense. Obviously,

947
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,240
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper is the number one receiver, the most targeted

948
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: guy here, Ezekiel Ellett is running the ball, but Ceedee

949
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,439
Speaker 1: Lamb is now the number two guy there. Last week

950
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: had a hundred and six receiving yards and again the

951
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: touchdowns will be valid volatile. He's going up against the

952
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, who give up a lot of production to

953
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: the wide receiver. And speaking of which, and we'll just

954
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,360
Speaker 1: talk about DK Metcalf. This is probably going to be

955
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 1: the last time that I mentioned him in the in

956
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: the starting sit column because he has become so automatic.

957
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: He's the wide receiver eight on the season. We love

958
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett and one of the benefactors of letting Russ

959
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: Cook is that both of these receivers can go out

960
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: there and be productive assets for you. Again, there were

961
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 1: guys that you were always relying on to get touchdowns.

962
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 1: There was it was a small sample size, but dk

963
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 1: Metcalf not only getting into the end zone, but also

964
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: putting up the yards. Yeah, I mean DK. It was

965
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: sort of a coin flip for me, like do I

966
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Speaker 1: want DK do I want Tyler Lockett. I spoke the

967
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: difference and sort of went with both depending on the

968
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: league and how the draft shook out, and so far,

969
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: I'm not unhappy about it. Uh, tight ends, you got

970
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: one young guy, one old guy who's sort of back

971
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: in our lives now. Yeah. Tyler Higbee was somebody who

972
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,800
Speaker 1: came on at the end of last season and everybody

973
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: was really impressed with what he was able to do,

974
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Speaker 1: kind of usurped all of Cooper Cups production taking over

975
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: for him, and in week one it didn't quite work out.

976
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: But what we saw in week two is the most

977
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: encouraging thing is that anytime the Rams getting near the

978
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 1: goal line, now I expect them to be running two

979
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,919
Speaker 1: tight end sets throwing the ball to Tyler Higbee. For years,

980
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: it had been Todd Gurley, who was an automatic play

981
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: inside the five, but I think with some questions at

982
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,760
Speaker 1: the running back position, they're gonna turn to Tyler Higbee.

983
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: And the old guy you were referring to is Jimmy Graham,

984
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: which again I know I'm putting two Bears out here

985
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: and I look like a Homer and I understand that.

986
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: But watching this game last week, you kind of saw

987
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: how the Bears want to use Jimmy Graham and it's

988
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 1: very similar to what Kansas City does with Travis Kelsey. Now,

989
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,280
Speaker 1: obviously I would rather have Travis Kelsey. I'm not comparing

990
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: the two, but the role is very similar. And in

991
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: Week one against Detroit, if Jimmy Graham hadn't missed timed

992
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: a couple of jumps, he would have had a monster performance.

993
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: And what I saw against the Giants was also equally

994
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: as encouraging. You see right there, eight targets in this game.

995
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: That's all we can ask for. Target your tight end.

996
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 1: We will start that player some weeks, it works out

997
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: some weeks it doesn't. Just give us the opportunity. And finally,

998
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: your defense is to start. Not really any surprises with

999
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:37,239
Speaker 1: these two defenses you got. I went very chalky on

1000
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 1: this one. We'll start with Pittsburgh Steelers. Obviously one of

1001
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: the best defenses in the league. They have the best watch. Brother,

1002
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,320
Speaker 1: I think we can say that with certainty, and watch

1003
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Speaker 1: do you not watch the like t J should have

1004
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: been the Defensive Player of the Year last year, like

1005
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 1: that guy was amazing, but since the beginning of the

1006
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen season, they have led the NFL and

1007
00:47:55,920 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: takeaways and sacks. So again this match up against the Texans,

1008
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is the most sacked quarterback in the NFL,

1009
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: which I know would be surprising to hear for a

1010
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 1: lot of people, but he's been sacked ten times this season.

1011
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: And of course, the San Francisco forty Niners again on

1012
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: the East Coast going up against the New York Jets.

1013
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,720
Speaker 1: Even without Bosa and Thomas, I don't think Adam Gaze

1014
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: has figured it out enough to be like, oh, I'll

1015
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,920
Speaker 1: master this, I'll master this one. Now. The forty Niners

1016
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:26,839
Speaker 1: still have one of the best defenses in the league,

1017
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: even though it don't you know, it'll hurt not having

1018
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: Nick Bose out there, But I think any time that

1019
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,800
Speaker 1: you can stream it or pick up it. Obviously you

1020
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: can't do it this week because San Francisco is probably

1021
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: already on somebody's roster, but any time you can look

1022
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: out and see who's playing the Jets and go and

1023
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: pick up that team. By the way, the Cults are

1024
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: going to be that team next week. So if the

1025
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: Culture available on your waiver wire and you can kind

1026
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,959
Speaker 1: of hold them there. The Cults are a very good

1027
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 1: fantasy team and are not a bad option this week either,

1028
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 1: But if you want to pick them up and and

1029
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 1: have a little forward thinking to next week, just you know,

1030
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 1: sometimes the best opportunity here is just playing a little

1031
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: defense ahead of time and getting them already on your roster. Yeah,

1032
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,160
Speaker 1: especially if you are in a league where you have

1033
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: a low waiver priority and you're not gonna get one

1034
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: of the top waiver wire picks. H think ahead, just

1035
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: try and both of your roster for a week or

1036
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: two down the line. Always a good way to look

1037
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 1: at it. There that was secure starts presented by Visa.

1038
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: So we've done it starts. Now we have to do

1039
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,040
Speaker 1: the sits. And I know people will accuse you of

1040
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: being a Bears home or it's not the first time,

1041
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 1: but you are picking a quarterback to sit that is

1042
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: facing the Bears this week. Yeah, it's tough because I

1043
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,399
Speaker 1: really hesitated because I feel like any time I put

1044
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: out there that Matt Ryan is a sit, he's gonna go.

1045
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: You know, put up five eleven on this team with

1046
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,319
Speaker 1: four touchdowns and everything, but Julio Jones is battling a

1047
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:46,840
Speaker 1: hamstring injury right now. Not to the matters because Calvin

1048
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,359
Speaker 1: Ridley has been so good, but the Bears defense has

1049
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 1: actually been getting after the quarterback, and that has been

1050
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 1: one of the things that Falcons have had to work

1051
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 1: on over the last couple of years, is improving the

1052
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: offensive line. But I think that if the Bears, I

1053
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: don't know if they'll ever call a whole thing penalty

1054
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:04,280
Speaker 1: because it seems like Khalil Mack has held every every time.

1055
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: Like but Bobby Quinn came in and made immediate impact.

1056
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 1: Strip sacked fumble on his first player as a Chicago Bear,

1057
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Speaker 1: So I think this is his listen with guys like

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00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew still out in the league, like I'd rather

1059
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: I'd feel safer going with Gardner in this one than

1060
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: hoping that you can get a good performance out of

1061
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,240
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan there and Kirk Cousins. I think he just needed,

1062
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: like never start him. This is this is bad like this,

1063
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: this biking situation is pretty sad. And I know that

1064
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: I put predictions out every year and people will be like,

1065
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,279
Speaker 1: you're terrible at this, But I was actually ahead here

1066
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,480
Speaker 1: saying like this Vikings team is not as good as

1067
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 1: you people want to believe that it is. Not having

1068
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs is a bigger issue than people want to

1069
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 1: believe that it is Kirk Cousins making mistakes, the defense

1070
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 1: not being as ferocious as it once was. It's time

1071
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,440
Speaker 1: to time to move on from Kirk. Even a two

1072
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,799
Speaker 1: quarterback leagues, I don't feel great about it running back.

1073
00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,360
Speaker 1: You've got a couple of guys who were big and

1074
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 1: week one, we're sort of in week two, and now

1075
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: you got him as sixth for week three. You know

1076
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: it's funny is when I sent out this email, I

1077
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: had Clyde Edwards Hilaire and if you got read my

1078
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 1: column this week, he's not listed there because I'm a

1079
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: coward and I don't want to face that heat. But

1080
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: I'll do with you, Marcus, because I think that it's

1081
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: important to talk about is that he was good in

1082
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,360
Speaker 1: week two, but he wasn't as great as he was

1083
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: in week one, and now he's got a match up

1084
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: against the Baltimore Ravens where you look at it and

1085
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: you're like, I don't know that I can trust it now. Obviously,

1086
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,320
Speaker 1: if you're if you're somebody like me who is starting

1087
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin on Thursday night. I would kill to have

1088
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire in my lineup. I really would. But

1089
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,800
Speaker 1: I think for daily fantasy is is where I'm trying

1090
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: to to make this case of be careful, and I

1091
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: think too, we're starting to see Andy Reid get a

1092
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 1: little creative with this usage at the running back position,

1093
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: so he might not be Is Bell Callie Bell Cowie

1094
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: as we want him to be. And another guy though

1095
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna avoid as well. Let's talk about David Johnson.

1096
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,920
Speaker 1: Now he had a great I got auto picked David

1097
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: Johnson in the league that I play with my friends,

1098
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: who by the way, there was a draft on a

1099
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 1: Wednesday night. I had the number one overall pick, and

1100
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: all of a sudden they see that I'm not there.

1101
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: Not one person thought the text me and be like, hey, bro,

1102
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: like the Tiny Football Leagues is drafting tonight, do you

1103
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: want it? You want to jump in? Like you already

1104
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,279
Speaker 1: got Chris and my team looks great because I got

1105
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 1: Well McCaffrey, Josh Jacobs, and Travis Kelsey is my first

1106
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 1: three picks. Was like I would have done that you

1107
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: got Russell Wilson. Loved it because this league is really

1108
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 1: quarterback heavy and I have David Johnson, and I was living.

1109
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: I was just on a show with Marcus bragging about

1110
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 1: the fact that I have no shares of David Johnson.

1111
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: You guys are making me look like an idiot, which

1112
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,400
Speaker 1: I do fine on my own. And now after that

1113
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: that week one, I was trying to trade him, so

1114
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:52,279
Speaker 1: like I was offering him to everybody. Nobody wanted to

1115
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: take a take a bite on this because well, first

1116
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: of all, they know if it's me, they're probably I'm

1117
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 1: trying to ruin them. I'm like, no, I'm I'm trying

1118
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 1: to trade him for Miles Gaskin, right. But the thing

1119
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: is is I I don't like this matchup the Steelers.

1120
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,800
Speaker 1: I talked about streaming their defense, like streaming their deepense,

1121
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:10,360
Speaker 1: but you're starting the Steelers defense. It's not gonna be great.

1122
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,759
Speaker 1: All right? Uh, wide receivers, Hollywood Brown, Cooper Cup, you're

1123
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:20,680
Speaker 1: not feeling them this week? Yeah? I you know, the

1124
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: Ravens still run the football, and the Chiefs are a

1125
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,279
Speaker 1: better deep, a better team defensively than people give them

1126
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,799
Speaker 1: credit for. And I think that Marcus Peters who plays

1127
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: for the Ravens. That wasn't gonna make a lot of sense,

1128
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,479
Speaker 1: but I was gonna say they're able to They're able

1129
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: to shut down opposing wide receivers. So Marquis Hollywood Brown

1130
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: hasn't really broken out the way that we wanted him to.

1131
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 1: We thought like, hey, you know, Lamar Jackson wants to

1132
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:46,400
Speaker 1: throw the wall a little bit more this season. You know,

1133
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,080
Speaker 1: let's let's get shares of Hollywood Brown. And it hasn't

1134
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: really come to fruishing and don't feel that it's going

1135
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 1: to be this week either. And Cooper Cop goes back

1136
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: to the conversation we had about Tyler Higbee, where Higbee

1137
00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 1: is their guy when they get near the goal line.

1138
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: That's where Cooper Cup really thrived last season and he

1139
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: was getting some opportunities in the red zone. Tyler Higbee

1140
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,879
Speaker 1: seems to have taken that spot from him. So now

1141
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,760
Speaker 1: what we saw out of Cooper Cup on Sunday against

1142
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles is really the best we can hope for.

1143
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,239
Speaker 1: Is like, oh, he gets a lot of targets, he

1144
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: gets close to our over one hundred yards, and we

1145
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:23,360
Speaker 1: get double digit fantasy points from him. He's another player

1146
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 1: that I would really, really would love to unload at

1147
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,439
Speaker 1: some point because I just feel the Rams are really

1148
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,400
Speaker 1: focused in on Higbee and of course our guy Bobby Trees.

1149
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: Uh tight end. You've got two guys who play their

1150
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:35,920
Speaker 1: home games in the state of New Jersey, even though

1151
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 1: they say New York on their teams, it's true. And

1152
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,759
Speaker 1: Chris Herndon is somebody that we keep waiting to break out.

1153
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: We're like, yeah, this is our guy. This goes back

1154
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: to last year. We thought that even though he was

1155
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,279
Speaker 1: gonna miss the first four games of the season, that

1156
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: he was gonna come out and do some things. Hasn't

1157
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:54,640
Speaker 1: really come to fruition this year not working out as well.

1158
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:57,759
Speaker 1: It's it's I'm starting to I'm starting to believe that

1159
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze might not be the best coach. Like I

1160
00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:03,000
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't want to be too I don't

1161
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: want to be too premature here. But and another guy

1162
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:10,720
Speaker 1: who I'm not enthused about this week because the matchup

1163
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,400
Speaker 1: is really tough is Evan Ingram. And here's somebody that

1164
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,240
Speaker 1: I look at with this Giant's offense without Sae Kwon Barkley,

1165
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: I hope at some point that he's gonna come and

1166
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna step up, and he's gonna be a leader

1167
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,240
Speaker 1: on this team. I really do believe that he needs

1168
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: to be the guy, probably more than anybody else, even

1169
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,839
Speaker 1: they signed, Even though they signed Avanta Freeman and all

1170
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 1: that stuff. Evan Ingram needs to be the guy who

1171
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: comes up and produces. But the matchup this week for

1172
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,000
Speaker 1: the Giants is not good for tight ends, so I'm

1173
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 1: probably gonna have to avoid him if possible. All right, well,

1174
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,640
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1182
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:04,880
Speaker 1: it out the show with our wire taps looking at

1183
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:06,759
Speaker 1: some of the popular names off the waiver wire. And

1184
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 1: now that you have them, should you actually start them?

1185
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:12,360
Speaker 1: This week? So Wenna start with Jerick McKinnon against the

1186
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 1: New York judt. I'm just called him. The San Francisco Giants,

1187
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners playing New York Giants. Do

1188
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: you start Jerick McKinnon this week? If you have him,

1189
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:23,240
Speaker 1: you know, we do nineties shows a week, so people

1190
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 1: back off if we make a mistake here there. Uh,

1191
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: you know what if you picked up Jerick McKinnon as

1192
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 1: a speculative, if you're blocking somebody who lost a player

1193
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: this week, if you're just being a a Wisenheimer, like

1194
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:37,080
Speaker 1: if you have Derrick Henry and Josh jack This is

1195
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,239
Speaker 1: very specific to me, by the way. If you have

1196
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,719
Speaker 1: like Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs, you're cool. You don't

1197
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 1: need to get Jerrick McKinnon into your lineup. But if

1198
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,879
Speaker 1: you were really, you know, struggling here, if you had McCaffrey,

1199
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 1: or if you had sa Kwon Barkley, I think he

1200
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 1: has a pretty good opportunity to score some points against

1201
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,759
Speaker 1: the Giants. We saw last week the Bears were able

1202
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,400
Speaker 1: to run on them. I think that he's gonna be

1203
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,760
Speaker 1: a huge part of this offense for the forty Niners

1204
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: this week. So I like Jerk. I actually really do

1205
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,799
Speaker 1: like this play. I like Jerk mckinnan a lot, and

1206
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:06,440
Speaker 1: I think as I'm starting to put together my fantasy lineups,

1207
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:07,879
Speaker 1: I think he's said to be somebody I'm gonna try

1208
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: to sneak in as well. Yeah, he was my number

1209
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,960
Speaker 1: one waiver target. I'm starting him pretty much in a

1210
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,720
Speaker 1: lot of places where I have him. Darryll Henderson against

1211
00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: the Bills, who the run defense has been tough in

1212
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,360
Speaker 1: the past. They haven't been tested yet this year, though,

1213
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 1: Would you trust Darrell Henderson this week? You know, I

1214
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 1: really do believe that the Rams running backs are gonna

1215
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: be a little bit touchdown dependent, and again what we

1216
00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:30,560
Speaker 1: saw last week with Tyler Higbee and and running the

1217
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: ball like Bobby Trees gets more opportunity to run the

1218
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:34,960
Speaker 1: ball at the gold line and some of these other guys.

1219
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,760
Speaker 1: So I I really I want to avoid it. I

1220
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 1: I think that I'm gonna avoid you know, I'm gonna

1221
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,400
Speaker 1: avoid this situation against the Bills. As you said, they're

1222
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 1: not being tested, but the Rams are playing back to

1223
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:47,760
Speaker 1: back East Coast games. I believe this is an early

1224
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 1: window game as well, So I I kind of want

1225
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 1: to stay away. I think this is one where again,

1226
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:56,120
Speaker 1: like if you are beset by injuries, you might not

1227
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,680
Speaker 1: have any other choices. But if you're you know, if

1228
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: you're looking between Haim Rick Jeref and Kennon or something

1229
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 1: like that, I'm probably gonna be leaving him on the bench. Yeah,

1230
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: I'm worried about him and Malcolm Brown this week. I'm

1231
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:07,840
Speaker 1: sort of hands off on both of those guys. Finally,

1232
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:09,720
Speaker 1: Mike Davis, who looks like he's going to be the

1233
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 1: next man up in Carolina. He's got the Chargers this week.

1234
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:16,000
Speaker 1: How confident are you in him? I don't like the

1235
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: matchup that much. I think the chief or excuse me,

1236
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,160
Speaker 1: the Chargers are pretty good team defensively. But the one

1237
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:23,600
Speaker 1: thing that we do like about Mike Davis is the

1238
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,800
Speaker 1: opportunity the guy that you're gonna be counting on that

1239
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: he's gonna be counted on to run the football. And

1240
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: that's what we want when we pick up these guys.

1241
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:32,560
Speaker 1: We want somebody who's gonna run the football. Now, if

1242
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 1: you look at him, trying to choose between him and

1243
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,920
Speaker 1: let's say Kareem Hunt, who's that who's not a starting

1244
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,360
Speaker 1: running back? I would probably go at Kareem Hunt in

1245
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:43,920
Speaker 1: that instance, But I think you know, all things being equal,

1246
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 1: if you're strong at the at the running back position,

1247
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,840
Speaker 1: Mike Davis is gonna be good because of the opportunity. Yeah,

1248
00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:52,440
Speaker 1: I think opportunity. The volume potentially is king there. You

1249
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:54,800
Speaker 1: know he's not going to give you Christian McCaffrey production.

1250
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 1: That's not a fair comparison. Shock him, I know, right,

1251
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 1: But the opportunity is what you're gonna love there with

1252
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 1: Mike Davis. So if you need him, play him and

1253
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:05,320
Speaker 1: hope for the best this week. In the meantime, for us,

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Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

1255
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Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by DraftKings.

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Speaker 1: You know the drill, tell to friends, to tell to friends,

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Speaker 1: rate review and remember a bank is a place that

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00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 1: will lend you money if you prove that you don't

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Speaker 1: need it. Be safe, take care of yourselves, wear a mask,

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

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