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Speaker 1: check it out. Big news on the eve of the

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Speaker 1: regular season and kick things off with the New York Jets,

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Speaker 1: who have officially named Gino Smith. They're starting quarterback. Rex

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Speaker 1: Ryan very excited about Gino Smith said today, quote, We're

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Speaker 1: going with Geno Smith is our starting quarterback, and we

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Speaker 1: are excited about that. Here we are. He was taken

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Speaker 1: Now fans, with Mark Sanchez being out, obviously Gino Smith

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Speaker 1: doesn't have any fantasy value. But this allows you to

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Speaker 1: say what you love to say to me all the time.

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Speaker 1: Don't play any Jets. Definitely not in a week one,

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Speaker 1: did there? No, Wow, Nick Folk, maybe your best Jets

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Speaker 1: hopefully Gino Smith is someone who could have some upside,

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Speaker 1: but you got to see him play. A guy with

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Speaker 1: upside is EJ. Manuel. We had to Buffalo where he

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Speaker 1: has been named the starting quarterback from the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: head coach Doug Barron saying, yeah, we're going with him.

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Speaker 1: This kind of a thing. Accompany Afford go on conclusion,

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Speaker 1: what does this mean, Ellie, You're not starting EJ Manual

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Speaker 1: you have to play him. Stevie Johnson, I think is

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Speaker 1: can get you turnovers, but actually, as far as being

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Speaker 1: Stevie Johnson should be able to get eight ninety yards

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Speaker 1: think EJ. Manuel has upside from a famous respective because

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Speaker 1: Manuel's got outside. He's a player to watch. So you're

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Speaker 1: this week is kicked off Thursday, Night Ravens and the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Here's our projections for the guys you're likely going to

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Speaker 1: start in all of your fantasy leaks. Take a look here.

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Speaker 1: Ray Rice projected to have a huge day against the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Tory Smith not so much. Look at the other side,

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Speaker 1: Hayton Manning near fifteen fantasy point is a pretty good

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Speaker 1: week to Marius Thomas at twelve. Look at West Welker,

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Speaker 1: Eric Decker powered by e A Sports Art projections are

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Speaker 1: But the big thing is passing the Thursday night test.

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Speaker 1: definitely think you played Tori Smith. Elvis Dumerville is no

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Speaker 1: Tory Smith stays healthy. He has a thousand yards. I

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Speaker 1: All right, how about some good news here for Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson has been medically

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Speaker 1: Week one. But up next, Michael Fabiano reveals his list

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Speaker 1: Live coming right back. Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live,

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Speaker 1: joined now by Fantasy editor Michael Fabiano and Fabs. You

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Speaker 1: have an article that comes out every Wednesday called Startuman

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Speaker 1: Cindem every week during the regular season. Tell us about it. Well,

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Speaker 1: basically just looking at the best and worst matchups based

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Speaker 1: we'll start you with some sidams and your Week one quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco, Jay Cutler. Cutlor is

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton unless you have a viable, legitimate number two

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Speaker 1: the season, that's a different story. The Bears defense at

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Speaker 1: I was getting some running backs. These are guys. Michael

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Speaker 1: that breakout process, which I think will come this year,

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Speaker 1: then I'll have confidence in playing him right now this

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Speaker 1: week against the Dolphins, I don't alright, so these a

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Speaker 1: Michael Fabiano sits again check out as column on NFL

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Speaker 1: season's notable rookie class. We'll tell you which players are

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Speaker 1: slash Fantasy. Hello again, Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live.

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Speaker 1: Molly came here with Michael Fabiano and FABS. Rookies like

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Speaker 1: r G three, Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Alfred Morris all

448
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Speaker 1: had huge fantasy season last year. Let's talk about some

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Speaker 1: guys you have your on this year, but show your

450
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Speaker 1: top ten rookies in fantasy and uh taking a look

451
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Speaker 1: here at Eddie Lacey, Monty Ball, Tavon Austin. Let's get

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Speaker 1: into some of these guys. Eddie Lacey really helped his

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Speaker 1: staff this year in the preseason. In the preseason, he

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Speaker 1: looked extremely good and uh. There was also some situations

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Speaker 1: in Green Bay that pumped him up depth chart number one.

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Speaker 1: Dwan Harris injured out for the year on injured reserve,

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Speaker 1: and then don't forget Alex Green has been cut picked

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Speaker 1: up by the New York Jets. Eddie Lacy will now

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Speaker 1: be the first rookie drafted in every seasonal league, and

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Speaker 1: he'll definitely be a first rounder in dynasty leagues. He's

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Speaker 1: a big, bruising back with a chip on his shoulder

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Speaker 1: because he thought he should have been the number one

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Speaker 1: rookie running back drafted back in April. He wasn't. He's

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Speaker 1: looking to make people look a little bit wrong there. Uh,

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Speaker 1: And I think he is a fantastic RB three with

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Speaker 1: RB two upside. Now the Broncoes backfield seems a little crowded,

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Speaker 1: but you think Monty Ball will emerge. I like upside,

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Speaker 1: and I always talk about up and I pre we

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Speaker 1: all like upside, and Monty Ball has the most upside

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Speaker 1: in this backfield. Let's see what happens right now. Ronnie

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Speaker 1: Hillmans listened as the starter, but they're going drive by

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Speaker 1: drive in a backfield committee. At some point, I think

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Speaker 1: Monte Ball becomes more of the featured back. Maybe not

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Speaker 1: truly featured like a Marshawn Lynch, but a guy who

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Speaker 1: should see more touches than no Seawan Marino or Hilliard

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Speaker 1: so Hillman. So this is a kid that you don't

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Speaker 1: draft in the early round. You wait until the middle rounds.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he doesn't pan out immediately, but he's s someoned

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Speaker 1: to sit on for sure. That's earlier, he said. Eddie

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Speaker 1: Lacy wanted to be the number one rookie drafted, but

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Speaker 1: it looks like Tavon Austin might win that award in

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Speaker 1: your opinion, Yeah, at the wider secret position, he will

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Speaker 1: definitely be the first rookie take and a lot of

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Speaker 1: talent here. Now. He's not listed as a starter right now,

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Speaker 1: but he is going to see plenty of opportunities in

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Speaker 1: a Ram's offense that could really use his help in

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Speaker 1: the passing game and on special teams. He has more

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Speaker 1: value if you get fantasy points for individual players returning balls,

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Speaker 1: returning punts, returning kicks, that kind of thing, and Tavon

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Speaker 1: Austin is explosive. At the end of the season, There'll

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Speaker 1: be no worse than this second wide receiver there in St. Louis,

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Speaker 1: alongside Chris Gibbins. Don't go crazy on him. He's no

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Speaker 1: more than a foreign fantasy, but he has the upside

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Speaker 1: to be a three. You said the Bengals backfield a

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Speaker 1: little crowded there as well, but you think Giovanni Bernard

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Speaker 1: could emerge there and could be a steal for fantasy

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Speaker 1: owner Right now, VN Jarvis green Elis is still list

498
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Speaker 1: at the top of the depth chart, but he's very

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Speaker 1: one dimension. Giovanni Bernard is a very, very versatile athlete.

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Speaker 1: You catch the ball exactly, can catch the ball in

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Speaker 1: the backfield, he can run with it. He showed that

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Speaker 1: in North Carolina, and if you get this kid in

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Speaker 1: the middle rounds, you could end up bearing fruit as

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Speaker 1: a flex starter during the course of the regular season.

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Speaker 1: Another thing I liked about him is ay he saw

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Speaker 1: some goal line work in the preseason, and that is

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Speaker 1: important from a fantasy perspective. I know you have an

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Speaker 1: update on DeAndre Hopkins in his injury situation, but he

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Speaker 1: appears to have locked up the starting job alongside um

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson right and he's passed all of his concussion

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Speaker 1: tests in the rotocall, so he'll be out there on

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Speaker 1: the field against San Diego. Chargers on Monday Night. Now,

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Speaker 1: rookie wider sivers don't always put up big numbers. In fact,

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Speaker 1: they typically put up less than stellar numbers, so you

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Speaker 1: don't want to draft him as anything more than your

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Speaker 1: wide receiver five. But based on talent and based on upside,

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Speaker 1: Hopkins is still worth a picking seasonal leagues, and watch

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Speaker 1: out for this kid in dynasty leagues. Once Henre Johnson

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Speaker 1: passes the torch to him, he could be extremely good

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Speaker 1: in Fantasy real quick, was your number one rookie overall?

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Speaker 1: It's Eddie Lacy, no doubt about Eddy Lazy, Eddie Lacy.

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Speaker 1: It is good stuff by you. Thank you. Still the

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Speaker 1: calm on NFL Fantasy Live, Adam rain drops by to

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Speaker 1: give us his Week one Sleepers. You don't want to

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Speaker 1: miss it. We're back in a few Stay here here

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Speaker 1: we go. God, Hey, this is our house. We all

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Speaker 1: know that if you don't get pumped up in this

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Speaker 1: game right here, you shouldn't even be here. Right So

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Speaker 1: when we go out here, we're gonna do what we do.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna many plays. Make sure you know that you're

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Speaker 1: gonna make the plank to win this game. All right,

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Speaker 1: Let's go Tom, Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live. Jason Smith.

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Speaker 1: That joined again by nfl dot Com Fantasy editor Michael Fabiano,

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Speaker 1: a man who did four drafts at once last night.

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Speaker 1: Fast at least, now we're only talking about one guy

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Speaker 1: at a time. So that man that was rough last night,

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Speaker 1: that was tough, all right. Now, Earlier in the show,

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Speaker 1: we took a look at fabs and sytems for week one.

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Speaker 1: Now we're gonna look at his big stardoms for open

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Speaker 1: new week. For the entire list, log on to nfl

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Speaker 1: dot com Slash Fantasy. Gonna start with the quarterbacks. Tony Romo,

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford r G three, Matt Ryan FABS Matt Ryan.

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Speaker 1: We normally you'd say, okay, you're gonna start him, but

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position is so deep you gotta put him

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Speaker 1: on this list. And this is a great match up

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Speaker 1: against New Orleans Saints as well. So Matt Ryan is

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Speaker 1: a guy who's just about as close to the musk

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Speaker 1: start as you can get with your name not being Peyton,

549
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Speaker 1: manny Er and Rodgers or degrees. Let's go back and

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Speaker 1: talk about Tony Romo. Tony Romo is a guy who

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Speaker 1: has had a lot of success against the New York

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Speaker 1: Giants in his career. In fact, he's had three hundred

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Speaker 1: plus passing yards and three of his last four games

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Speaker 1: against the Giants. And the Giants defense has a lot

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Speaker 1: of question marks in terms of stopping the past. Last year,

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Speaker 1: they all odd an average of right around nineteen Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points per game. Two quarterbacks on the road, this is

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Speaker 1: gonna be a high scoring game. Start Tony Romo. Now

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Speaker 1: I feel embolden you have Matthew Stafford on this list

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Speaker 1: as well. I'm starting Stafford over Russell Wilson this week.

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Speaker 1: He's got a phenomenal matchup, and with Reggie Bush in

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Speaker 1: that backfield, eight yard touchdowns could be a little bit

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Speaker 1: easier this year. Two things that are extremely good for

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. Number one, he's at home. In his last

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Speaker 1: line home games, he's averaged right around three d and

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Speaker 1: fifty passing yards, which is insane. And the Vikings are

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Speaker 1: not very good against the past, at least they weren't

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Speaker 1: last season, and I'm expecting that trend to continue. Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: who we both think is gonna have a bounce back year,

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Speaker 1: is a solid start in Week one r G three

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Speaker 1: normally is a must start every week, But coming off injury,

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Speaker 1: is this a must start or is this if you

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Speaker 1: have somebody back, it's good. I think he's must start.

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Speaker 1: And the Eagles defense has got all the looks of

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Speaker 1: being really bad this year, and r G three is healthy,

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Speaker 1: They're not gonna put him out on that field unless

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Speaker 1: he's a hundred percent. And Mike Shanahan is saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: we're not changing any of the playbook. This is r

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Speaker 1: G three. He's ready, he's set to go. I start him.

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Speaker 1: Unless you're in an eight team league and Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: is your second quarterback or your first quarterback whatever, that's

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Speaker 1: not gonna happen in most leagues. R G three is

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Speaker 1: a great start. I missed being in leads l leagues

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Speaker 1: like that when I first started on Why then he

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Speaker 1: did really well. But I have a great scene. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go to the championship in this challenge. In that Smith,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the running backs. Here's fabs a startup

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Speaker 1: four week one headline by Stephen Jackson. Stephen Ridley right

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Speaker 1: there as well, David Wilson and Lamar Miller kind of surprised.

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Speaker 1: We thought he'd be there beginning of the preseason fabs,

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Speaker 1: but as a preseason went on, Lamar Miller didn't really impress.

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Speaker 1: You know what It's all about the matchups though, and

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Speaker 1: the Browns have a very vulnuble run defense. Let's get

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Speaker 1: back to Steven Jackson, a guy that a lot of

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Speaker 1: us on the show are extremely high on, and this

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Speaker 1: is a very good matchup. Six touchdowns in his last

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Speaker 1: five games against the New World Saints. If you played

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Speaker 1: the Saints last year, you basically we're starting that player

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Speaker 1: because their defense was just awful. And I know Rob

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Speaker 1: Ryan's in there and maybe he'll make things a little

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Speaker 1: bit better. Don't see it, especially seeing what he didn't

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Speaker 1: do in Dallas over the last couple of years. Steven

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Speaker 1: Jackson and me is going to be a high end

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Speaker 1: number two stardom as your number two this weekend against

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Speaker 1: the Saints. If you get fantasy points for your defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator being intimidating, you might want to start again Rob Bryan.

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Speaker 1: But here's David Wilson, who now has the running game

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Speaker 1: all to himself. The best news he was a breakout guy.

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Speaker 1: Fas if he fumbles, he's still likely going to be

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Speaker 1: out there because they can't go to Andre Brown and

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys run defense, ask question marks as well. And

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Speaker 1: David Wilson is a guy boy, what what are cool?

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Speaker 1: If you've got him a week or two ago before

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Speaker 1: Andre Bron got hurt because you probably dropped him as

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Speaker 1: a three. Now you've got an RV two on your hands, Jason,

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Speaker 1: and he should be in your starting lineup, even if

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Speaker 1: it's as a flex this weekend against the Cowboys again

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Speaker 1: in a game that I think is gonna be very

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Speaker 1: high scoring. If you remember, Mod Bradshaw always did pretty

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Speaker 1: well against the Cowboys, and David Wilson is far more

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Speaker 1: explosive than Bradshaw. And our expert league Elliott Harrison, reached

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Speaker 1: up to take him in the second round because he

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Speaker 1: was gonna be gone by the time he came back

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Speaker 1: around in the third. Here's your wide receivers, your starters

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Speaker 1: for week one. I'm how because two of my guys

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Speaker 1: are on your list here, Fabs, you've got Pierre Garson

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Speaker 1: to Seawan Jackson, Antonio Brown, Marcus Colston. I'm happy to

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Speaker 1: see you have Antonio Brown in my four leagues I've

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Speaker 1: done so far. Yeah, I have Antonio Brown in every league.

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Speaker 1: I have Antonio Brown, and I think three of my

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Speaker 1: nine leagues, maybe it's four. And I really like this kid.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna break out this season. Mike Wallace is now

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Speaker 1: in South Beach and e Brown is the number one

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Speaker 1: option to the past attack for Ben Roethlisberger and the

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Speaker 1: Titans past defense was vulnerable last year. You know, Cortland

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Speaker 1: Thinging has gone. They no longer have him in the mix.

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Speaker 1: So Antonio Brown is a very good wide receiver two

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Speaker 1: and an even better wide receiver three. This weekend, start

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. Yeah, I think the same thing with him.

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Speaker 1: Eighty catches a year ago, a hundred nineteen targets and

641
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Speaker 1: went Mike Wallace's way. If half of them go his way,

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Speaker 1: you're looking for. Remember they don't have much of a

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Speaker 1: running game this week. No, Now, how about Marcus Colston.

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Speaker 1: Colston is a guy that you have to start, no

645
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Speaker 1: doubt about it. And what I think could be a

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Speaker 1: forty five to forty game against the Atlanta Popkins, and

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Speaker 1: he's had a lot of success against Atlanta, especially on

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Speaker 1: his home field. Marcus Colston is a guy, you know what.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have the glitz and the glimmer of it.

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Speaker 1: Does Bryant or any of these top five wide receivers

651
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Speaker 1: like an A. J. Green, But he gets good job done,

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Speaker 1: and in the game where there's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 1: of points scored, Marcus Colston meets to be your starter,

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Speaker 1: even if he's just an RV wide receiver too. Yes,

655
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Speaker 1: playing everybody in that game. I'm actually starting Mike Smith

656
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Speaker 1: in one of my leaks. Here's your stardom systems for

657
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Speaker 1: tight ends. Michael Fabiano says, get Tony Gonzalez, get Kyle Rudolph,

658
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Speaker 1: get Brandon Meyers, and get Zach Sudfeld into your starting lineup.

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Speaker 1: Of Tony Gonzalez is someone who, yeah, you want to

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Speaker 1: start him obviously, But Kyle Rudolph right on his heels. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph in his last game against the Detroit Lions

662
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Speaker 1: just had a monstrosity of a game, had double digit

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Speaker 1: Fantasy points. And let's not forget you know, Rudolf was

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl MVP last year, and the Vikings are

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Speaker 1: going to look to throw him the football in the

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Speaker 1: middle of the field. Of Course, they have Greg Jennings now,

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Speaker 1: so he's gonna draw a little bit more defensive attention.

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Speaker 1: I think Kyle Rudolph is a solid number one fantasy

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Speaker 1: tight end this weekend in a game again where there

670
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Speaker 1: could be a lot of points scored. A fre We

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Speaker 1: haven't said at all, and we may only say a

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Speaker 1: couple of times. You gotta start Zach Sunfeld. I mean

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Speaker 1: it may only be a couple of weeks we get

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Speaker 1: to say it, fabs, so will say it now. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you have to start Zach Sunfeld, but

676
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Speaker 1: if you have Rob Gronkowski, if your tight end position

677
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Speaker 1: is a little lapsed, Sudfeld is a nice sleeper against

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Jason, do you remember how well Gronkowskis

679
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Speaker 1: plays against the Bill's weekend and week out. Every time

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Speaker 1: he faces Buffalo, he destroys them. Don't think that Bill

681
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Speaker 1: Belichick doesn't know that they're week against tight ends. And

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Speaker 1: this undrafted rookie now the starter. With Gronkowski out this

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Speaker 1: week or at least likely out this week, that's what

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Speaker 1: we expect. He is a sneaky low end tight end one.

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Speaker 1: All right, So there you go. Who knew Zach Sudfeld

686
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Speaker 1: will be recommending him for a week one of the

687
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Speaker 1: season still to come. On NFL Fantasy Live, we dig

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Speaker 1: even deeper into your week one dream matchups and tell

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Speaker 1: you which sleepers will wake up and have huge fantasy days.

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live rolls on de stop, fires back and again, touchtop,

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Speaker 1: touchtop and cover a little for the fish Danish career.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live. For those players you

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Speaker 1: just saw great or are they wants to not believe

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Speaker 1: the hype on? I'm Chuck d alongside Professor Griff Flavor,

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Speaker 1: Flavor and Terminator X. These are guys don't believe the

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Speaker 1: hype on. Let's start things off with you Terminator X,

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Speaker 1: Randall Cop. I don't even know who Terminator he was.

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Speaker 1: He was. I listened too much George Straight, I think.

699
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Speaker 1: But I gotta tell you I believe in the hype

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Speaker 1: when it comes to George Strait, not on Randall Cop

701
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Speaker 1: for week one. Now. I drafted Randall Cop in our

702
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Speaker 1: Experts league. I took him in the third round. I

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Speaker 1: believe in him for the season, Jason, but I don't

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Speaker 1: believe in Randall Cop. Against the San Francisco forty Niners,

705
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: this team allowed the fewest yards after the catch in

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Speaker 1: the NFL last year. Eighty eight times they put a

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Speaker 1: receiver's butt on the ground as soon as he caught

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Speaker 1: the football. They also gave up the fewest amount of

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Speaker 1: plays of ten plus yards. Renold contin playing the preseason. Okay,

710
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: he hasn't been playing, so he's gonna be a little

711
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Speaker 1: bit rusty. Aaron Rodgers barely played in the preseason Week one.

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Speaker 1: If you have a very very deep receiver corps or

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Speaker 1: you're in one of those ridiculous say team leagues, did

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Speaker 1: I say, said him and play somebody else? All right, Marcus,

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Speaker 1: we talked about Lamar Miller. He's someone who we had

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Speaker 1: a lot of hype behind him coming into the season,

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Speaker 1: but now not so much with a bad preseason. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, and I shouldn't be sitting next to Fabriana

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Speaker 1: here because he's probably gonna punch because you take your mouth.

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Speaker 1: I know how he feels about Lamar Miller, but honestly,

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Speaker 1: and it has nothing to do with last season. Throw

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Speaker 1: out what he did last year simply because he was

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Speaker 1: playing behind Reggie Bush. So that really isn't a true indicator.

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Speaker 1: What worries me about Lamar Miller is that he came

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Speaker 1: into the season as the fact though guy to win

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Speaker 1: this job, and he played like it, which is to

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Speaker 1: say he kind of didn't do a whole lot. He

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Speaker 1: just really was lackluster in the preseason. I know the

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Speaker 1: matchup so far this week is going to be good

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Speaker 1: in Week one against Cleveland Brown's rushing defense, but really,

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Speaker 1: Lamar Miller did nothing to show me that he's worthy

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Speaker 1: of being the number two running back on your fantasy team.

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Speaker 1: That he's not worthy of all the hype that he

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Speaker 1: got in the preseason. I'm gonna need two or three

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Speaker 1: games of him actually producing some decent numbers before I

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Speaker 1: finally started to get back on the bandwagon. Fans, I

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Speaker 1: know you love him, but right now just not buying it.

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Speaker 1: I never wanted people to draft him as an RB

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Speaker 1: two though, as an RB three that's where he belonged.

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Speaker 1: But against the Browns startom I'm starting, and Lamar Miller

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Speaker 1: called in said he needs two or three more weeks

742
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Speaker 1: of you on fantasy. That's what he said. You know,

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Speaker 1: I want to fantasy league where I get points for

744
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: Rouge is, so I should want to start Jay Cutler.

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00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: But no hype on Jay Cutler. No listen, I can

746
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: get talking about Jay Cutler with Mark Trustman calling the plays,

747
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: and yes, he's got a great rapport with Brandon Marshall.

748
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Speaker 1: But guys, Ja Culer hasn't made good a fantasy quarterback

749
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: since he left Denver, okay, and I don't trust him.

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Speaker 1: And the fact of the matter is the quarterback position

751
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: is so deep that Jay Cutler is not going to

752
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: become an elite fantasy quarterback. He's not even gonna become

753
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: a good matchup based starter. I don't trust him. I'd

754
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: rather have Terrell Prior. And you guys can call me crazy,

755
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 1: you go ahead, call me. I'd rather have Terroll Prior

756
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Speaker 1: than Jake Caulor. Color is not somebody I'm not starting

757
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: this week for sure against Cincinnati Bengals, who have one

758
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: of the more underrated defenses in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: Jay Carlor, keep on your bench. You know, we've seen

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Speaker 1: Jake Culer, We've seen who he is. We haven't seen

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Speaker 1: who a guy like Terrell Prior. So you have when

762
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: there's a lot of room between your head and the ceiling.

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Speaker 1: I like the upside. I completely agree. I think when

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00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: Coulor was last a viable fancy started, Linda White was

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Speaker 1: your RB two. It's been that long. It's not about

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Speaker 1: five years. It's all right. Now, let's get to some

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00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: sleepers here you should target for week one and send

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Speaker 1: things over to Adam Rank. Thanks guys. Well, every Wednesday

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Speaker 1: on NFL dot Com, I'll be revealing my sleepers for

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Speaker 1: the week in an article I like to call ranks eleven.

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Speaker 1: So I thought we take a look at these sleepers

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Speaker 1: right now. Now, I'm only going to reveal ten of these.

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Speaker 1: If you want the full eleven, you gotta go to

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash ranks eleven. But let's look at

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Speaker 1: this list right here, Alex Smith at the top. And

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Speaker 1: I want to tell you guys something right now, if

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Speaker 1: you tweet me at Adam Rank and asked me if

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Speaker 1: Alex Smith should start ahead at Peyton Manning, I will

779
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Speaker 1: ban you forever. This is a sleeper list. Start the

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00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: studs that you drafted. But if you're in bigger leagues,

781
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: or if you have some line of issues already cool,

782
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: here are some sleepers you can use, guys, Like how

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00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: about vent Tape right there? Now? A lot of you

784
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: drafted Tape because a you wanted to ensure your arian

785
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: foster pick that's savvy, or you wanted to cause a

786
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Speaker 1: lot of misery to the person who did draft Fosster.

787
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: And I like that a lot. However, there will be

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Speaker 1: times where tap is a valuable sleeper option as a

789
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: flex play. This is one of those weeks. The Chargers

790
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: defense be gives up a lot of points to running

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00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: backs based on last week, last year's numbers. Go ahead

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00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: and start tap. Now let's talk about a number another

793
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: number two running back who could have sleeper appeal. We're

794
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: talking about Shane Vereen. Not only is he a running back,

795
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: he lines up all over the field. He catches passes,

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00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: he runs routes. Look at him burning this linebacker right here.

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00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: He's gonna be doing that a lot. He's gonna be

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00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 1: featured prominently in the red zone because I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you heard this, Rob Gronkowski, He's not playing in

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Speaker 1: Week one, So Shane Veren is gonna be out there.

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00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: He's gonna be a guy you can rely on. Put

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00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: him into your lineup. Feel safe about it. You have

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Speaker 1: my guarantee. Now let's go onto receivers. You need one.

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00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: I got one t Y Hilton. Look at that. Seven

805
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 1: receptions for a hundred fourteen yards and three touchdowns during

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00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: the preseason. Nifty little move right there. Now, they've got

807
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: a new coordinator there in Indianapolis. His name is pet Hamiltons.

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00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna gonna be running a little bit of the

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Speaker 1: West Coast offense. That should not hurt his production. He

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00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: showed a lot of promise as a rookie. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: step up in his second season. Plus, you gotta love

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Speaker 1: the matchup. Any time you can play anybody going up

813
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Speaker 1: against the Raiders, I suggest that you do it now.

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Speaker 1: I talked about Gronkowski a second ago. Let's talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about tight ends. Julius Thomas. Now, don't google him.

816
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: I'll let you know who he is. He's the guy

817
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: who became the number one tight end for the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 1: That's right. He beat out Jay can Pammy, he beat

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Speaker 1: out Joel Greeson. You know why athleticism. Look at the

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00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: moose he's making right there. He can do so many

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00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: different things on the field. The only thing I don't like.

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Speaker 1: He's got Wes Welker, He's got Eric Decker, He's got

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00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: da Marius Thomas there. But again, if you're stuck for

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Speaker 1: a tight end, if you need a sleeper option, again,

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Speaker 1: I cannot stress us enough. Sleeper option. Get Julius Thomas. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's talk d if you know anything about me. I

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Speaker 1: like the mix and match defenses, and one of the

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00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: things I really like to do, I like to pick

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Speaker 1: up anybody who's playing the Jets. I don't know, if

830
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: you watch the Jets in the preseason, not good. They're

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00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: gonna start Geno Smith. I think Rex Ryan is going

832
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,439
Speaker 1: through his George Costanza phase where he'd probably just rather

833
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: be fired than have to go out and coach the Jets.

834
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Speaker 1: So any time this season you can pick one of

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Speaker 1: these teams up off the waiver wire and have him

836
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Speaker 1: play the Jets. Go ahead and do it all right now,

837
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 1: still to come, We're pitting genius versus genius to break

838
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Speaker 1: down your biggest Week one dilemmas. It's Elliott Harrison against

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Speaker 1: the fans. Let's go fans. That's coming up next. Hey

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Speaker 1: fantasy fans, you want to have your fantasy questions seen

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Speaker 1: and answered by millions, check out Fantasy Genius right now

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live, Jason Snip Here with

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Speaker 1: our resident genius, Elliot Harrison, We're gonna compare his fantasy

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Speaker 1: answers to the rest of the world's using fantasy genius.

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Speaker 1: No boy doubt Elliot Harrison's acumen is a football genius again.

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Speaker 1: I got a question prepared here, stayed up all last night.

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Speaker 1: You have no idea what I'm gonna ask you write

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Speaker 1: no idea? No, I'm worried. Okay. I came up with

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Speaker 1: this one big year in the NFL. Eric Dickerson, Dan

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Speaker 1: Marino five thousand yards yards, who led the NFL in

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Speaker 1: receiving yards in nineteen four receiving yards. Roy Green one thousand,

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Speaker 1: five hundred okay, Roy Green and five yards here? Okay,

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Speaker 1: yeah right, tough man. I got confidence in you, all right,

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Speaker 1: So here we go now, knowing that knowing what he

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Speaker 1: knows about football, here we go. Better flex this week

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Speaker 1: Lamar Miller or Darie Richardson. Well, I know We've talked

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Speaker 1: about Lamar Miller a lot on this show, but I'm

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Speaker 1: actually gonna play Darryl Richardson if I had to play

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Speaker 1: one of these two. Now, Lamar Miller has been declared

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Speaker 1: the starter, not because he was so much better than

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Speaker 1: Daniel Thomas, but because Daniel Thomas stunck. Darryl Richardson was

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Speaker 1: declared the starter a long time ago, and he's playing

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Speaker 1: on the fast track at home in St. Louis. I

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Speaker 1: think Richardson's gonna get twenty touches. I like him better

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Speaker 1: versus the Cardinals than Lamar Miller on the road versus Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to wide receiver question now here

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown or Mike Williams. Mike Williams could be on

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Speaker 1: Cromarty Island, but he might not be well Mike Williams

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown is playing Tennessee okay, and Mike

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Speaker 1: Williams is playing the New York Jets. I know you're

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Speaker 1: huge Jets fans. How much question do you have about

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Speaker 1: the Jets defense? The biggest question? Well, this week I

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Speaker 1: have questions about the looseness. A long term, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: be okay, but this week I could see them giving

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Speaker 1: up a lot of big play. Would you really have

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Speaker 1: the Jets defense or the Tennessee Titans defense. I'd rather

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Speaker 1: have the Tennessee Titans defense. I would not The Titans

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Speaker 1: gave up four d seventy one points last year. I

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Speaker 1: want Antonio Brown, especially with Pittsburgh's running back by committee,

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's gonna be able to throw the ball in Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: I like Antonio Brown to get a hundred yards in

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Speaker 1: a touchdown. Mike Williams is such a hit or miss player.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Mike Williams gets sixty yards in the touch but

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Speaker 1: I like the yardage for Antonio Brown. I think he's

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Speaker 1: a better play. That's the guy I would start. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's take a look and see what America says if

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Speaker 1: they agree or disagree with our fantasy genius and Antonio

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Speaker 1: Brown not getting a lot, a lot a lot of

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Speaker 1: anti Jets fans out. Finally, that's fine. I'll play Antonio

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Speaker 1: Brown and be happy about it. All right, Quarterbacks, now

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Speaker 1: better start RG three. Who will start Week one or

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. This is a tough call. Matt Stafford has

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Speaker 1: had some good games against the Vikings through for over

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Speaker 1: three hundred yards against them twice last year and both

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Speaker 1: their meetings. That said, you drafted r G three ahead

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Speaker 1: of Matt staff from your fantasy league Week one, play him,

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Speaker 1: play him. Let RG three prove to you that he's

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Speaker 1: not ready, there's no reason to not play him against

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. It's not like the Eagles have a great defense.

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Speaker 1: The Eagles are not good on defense right now. They

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Speaker 1: have so much new personnel. Three out of four members

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Speaker 1: of their secondary or brand new. Play r G three.

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Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, how many rushing yards is

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Speaker 1: Matt staff are gonna get you, Jason? If you're lucky,

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Speaker 1: maybe seven or ten. Maybe RG three could get you fifty.

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Speaker 1: I play r G three. All right, let's see the

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Speaker 1: results of America agree or disagree with Elliot Harrison. So

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Speaker 1: the people like both these guys, and then look, they're

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Speaker 1: both great starts. I A. I totally understand that Matt

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Speaker 1: Stafford's a borderline one two and RG three coming back

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Speaker 1: off the injury. But right now I'd play r G three.

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Speaker 1: That's who most people would have as their one, not Stafford.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to a running back question. Better

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Speaker 1: start Stephen Ridley or Chris Johnson. Didn't have to think long.

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Speaker 1: Don't have to Stephen Ridley. I mean, they're playing the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Bills were thirty one in the league and

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Speaker 1: run defense last year. They had a heck of a

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Speaker 1: time stopping running backs. Stephen Riley had a nice preseason.

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Speaker 1: He's still the guy in New England. They still have

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Speaker 1: a lot of youth on the outside. Other than Danny Amondola,

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Speaker 1: hardly anyone knows who these players are. I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: right now, Steven really is gonna have a very good

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Speaker 1: fantasy season. I play him over Christian. Chris Johnson's facing

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. Now, are you down on Chris Johnson because

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Speaker 1: of the matchup or because you don't believe in them

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Speaker 1: this season? I believe in Chris Johnson as an occasional

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Speaker 1: big home run guy for you can get you a monster,

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Speaker 1: fancy game, not a guy that's gonna get you that

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Speaker 1: ten twelve points you need every single week. All Right,

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look and see if America agrees or

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Speaker 1: disagrees with Ellie Harrison for Chris Johnson. You know, Ellie,

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Speaker 1: you see enough highlights of a yard touchdown runs people

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Speaker 1: are gonna say, I gotta go with c J. We

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Speaker 1: should go back and compare. Well, that's the thing about

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Speaker 1: Chris Johnson is that he'll win you four games all

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Speaker 1: by himself, but eight games he'll cost you because suddenly

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Speaker 1: he's giving you like twenty yards Russian. Yeah, and then

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Speaker 1: the negative twos kill you. All right, real quick, Owen

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Speaker 1: Daniels or Jamichael Finley? Who would you rather go with?

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Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna go to Jamichael Finley. Forty iron starting

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Speaker 1: a rookie at safety. I like Jamichael Finley and this

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Speaker 1: one he's looked good so far in the preseason. All Right,

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Speaker 1: there we go. That's gonna do it for us here. Remember,

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Speaker 1: you can still sign up for fantasy football right now

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Speaker 1: at NFL dot com slash Fantasy, so check it out.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll have a full preview of the season opener

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Speaker 1: between the Ravens and Broncos, plus scary one matchups