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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast. We hear

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Speaker 1: every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for you talking sports. And

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Speaker 1: you know what this is. You know what that you

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Speaker 1: know what this is. It's Wednesday. It's time to talk

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Speaker 1: fantasy football sports and the band is back together. Rich Truman.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad to see you back, man. I was worried

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Speaker 1: about you and Damien Sassaur, the geniuses of this beautiful franchise.

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Speaker 1: And I'm just here, you know, to take notes. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and I'm looking at We're in the week fourteen, my goodness.

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Speaker 1: And I've never had a league, in any league fantasy sports,

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Speaker 1: because this is the first time it's happened in the

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Speaker 1: NFL where we're gonna climb into seventeen games. But Week fourteen,

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Speaker 1: you got four teams on the buy. You have Philly,

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Speaker 1: you have Indie, you have New England, you have Miami,

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Speaker 1: and it is totally messed up a lot of lineups,

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Speaker 1: including mind Damian. Yeah. No, I mean, look, let's be

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Speaker 1: let's be really clear here. This is a this is

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Speaker 1: an unusual week. I mean, usually your fantasy season goes

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Speaker 1: what I mean, you know this four week, four teens,

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Speaker 1: the first week of the playoffs, but not this week, right,

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Speaker 1: And so you know with guys like Damian Harris out

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Speaker 1: you know the Pats, you know you've got a Hunter Henry.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you've got Carson Wentz and the and the

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Speaker 1: and the Eagles that about the best player of them

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Speaker 1: all this year, Jonathan Tellers Jonathan Taylor exactly. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, you know, so, so I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. I think there's a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: tho that have been stepping up that haven't been here

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Speaker 1: all year long, like Jefferson, like Kittle. I mean, two huge,

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Speaker 1: huge games this last week. And so there are a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys out there that are gonna basically gonna

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Speaker 1: help your team. And and so look for me. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking for anybody that plays the Jets. I want

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Speaker 1: to start everybody on that team. And uh and away

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Speaker 1: we go. Rich, What are you looking at? It's funny

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Speaker 1: you say that because I have three pretty good quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: Fantasy was in our league. I have uh, Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, and I picked up Taysom Hill a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago, and on debating whether to play Taysom

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Speaker 1: be surprised, who would I bench of the other two?

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Speaker 1: But that's a decision I have to make. Well he

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Speaker 1: made He made mark Ingram insignificant this past week, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think he carried the ball a heck

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Speaker 1: of a lot more times than he did. And look,

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Speaker 1: I mean we'd like to see Kamara come back, but

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Speaker 1: Two quarterbacks I'm looking at And I hate mentioning this

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Speaker 1: in our league and get this guy because Tyrod Taylor

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Speaker 1: is injuredy has strained his wrist. There's you see you're laughing.

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Speaker 1: There's Davis Mills for Houston. You could go get him

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Speaker 1: if you want. Michael okay, can I can I get him? Yes? Yes?

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Speaker 1: You well about Gardner Minshew? Huh what a game by him? Huh?

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Speaker 1: I mean? And then look, Cam Newton is now coming back.

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Speaker 1: He plays the Falcons. That's a plus matchup. So you

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Speaker 1: know there's some quarterbacks out there for sure. Now I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Taylor Heineke has been picked up by a lot

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Speaker 1: of leagues, But if not, go get them because we

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Speaker 1: found out now that Ryan Fitzpatrick, while in football team,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be out for season ending hip surgery. So

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Speaker 1: if you need a quarterback, take a look at those

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Speaker 1: guys running backs, Michael before you go to running backs.

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Speaker 1: The one game which is you know obvious, but the

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Speaker 1: Bills Tampa Bay should be a complete shootout this weekend.

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Speaker 1: The over under is just under fifty two. The Buccaneers

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Speaker 1: so you gotta throw the ball against them. And one

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Speaker 1: sleeper pick. I like. I like Cole Beasley of Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: I just think that Josh Allen after that game against

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. I think he's gonna throw the ball times

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Speaker 1: so big points in that game. Really like Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: and his sleep I like Cole Beasley. It's not like

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Speaker 1: the Bills can run the ball right right the Matriots can.

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Speaker 1: You know what's funny, Let's go back to that game.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots ran the ball forty six times and through

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Speaker 1: how much criticism they're be getting the local press if

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Speaker 1: I traded you Howkinson and to Pollard. Yes, and Pollard

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Speaker 1: he turned his nose up at running back Sony Michelle

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Speaker 1: if he mean, he's certainly not still out there. But

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Speaker 1: you know, it's been very kind of hit or miss

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Speaker 1: But I like him this week. And keep in mind

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game is the Steelers against the Vikings, and

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Speaker 1: it looks like cook O miss another games. So Madison

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Speaker 1: just watching that game and I was like, why wasn't

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Speaker 1: that Denver offense, and it just boggles my mind how

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Speaker 1: they just don't put up points. And I have Sutton

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Speaker 1: since Judy, right, But they have so much offensive talent

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Speaker 1: than they have. But nonetheless, Williams looks like a superstar

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Speaker 1: draft for the future. I mean, look, let's put it

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Speaker 1: this way. Coming into this year, you know my crack

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Speaker 1: squad of fantasy football gurus, you know, Chad led by

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Speaker 1: Chadmanick University of Wisconsin, they thought Tavante Williams and Jonathan

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Speaker 1: showing up just in time for the playoffs. Too buy

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Speaker 1: then not on my team. Tight ends. Keep in mind,

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Speaker 1: good Dallas Gorder it looked last week, and how good

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Speaker 1: if Russell Gauge is out there, and that's a hard pickup.

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Speaker 1: But if he's still out there, go get him. Because

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Speaker 1: seems like, especially if Waller's out, he gets so many

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Speaker 1: I I'm not sure I understand why. Now you've got

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Speaker 1: better for Eckler, better for Mike Williams. You know, there's

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