WEBVTT - NFL Fantasy Football Podcast: Week 9 TNF + Early Sunday Matchup Previews

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, November one, twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG,

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<v Speaker 2>Marcus Grant, joined by Michael f. Florio. We're previewing Thursday

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<v Speaker 2>Night football and the early Sunday games from week nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just dive in and get started with those fantasy

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<v Speaker 2>headlines and the news that everybody's talking about. Out of

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<v Speaker 2>Las Vegas. The Raiders have fired head coach Josh McDaniels.

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<v Speaker 2>They have fired general manager David Ziggler. They have also

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<v Speaker 2>relieved all offensive coordinator Mike Lombardi of their duties. On

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<v Speaker 2>top of that, they have sort of fired or at

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<v Speaker 2>least demoted to their starting quarterback. Jimmy Garoppolo has been benched.

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<v Speaker 2>Rookie Aid and O'Connell will be the starter moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>So a lot of change happening Las Vegas. Let's just

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<v Speaker 2>get down to what we care about though. Does this

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<v Speaker 2>mean we can hashtag free Devonte Adams now? And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even Jacoby Myers.

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<v Speaker 3>I definitely feel really good about Davonte Adams. In the

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<v Speaker 3>one game with Aiden O'Connell, he threw to Devonte thirteen times.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't throw to Jacoby a whole lot, but that

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<v Speaker 3>was just one game. I think we could get both

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<v Speaker 3>of those guys going. They also threw the ball eleven

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<v Speaker 3>times to Josh Jacobs in that game. From this stat

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<v Speaker 3>blew my mind. Devonte Adams and Josh Jacobs are now

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<v Speaker 3>are bottom three, Jacobs's last amongst all running backs and

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<v Speaker 3>Fantasy points over expectation. Yeah, it can't get any worse

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<v Speaker 3>than it's been so far, with Jimmy g who just

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<v Speaker 3>looks really old, and Josh McDaniel, who probably will never

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<v Speaker 3>head coach again.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, our own Bridget Condon asked Josh

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<v Speaker 2>Jacobs how to get the offense going there, in his

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<v Speaker 2>response with I don't know. That's not my job. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>now it should be. I mean, it couldn't be any

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<v Speaker 2>worse than the way things were going there in Las Vegas.

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<v Speaker 2>I do think we're going to see a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>targets for Devonte Adams. You could tell that he was

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<v Speaker 2>frustrated that he sort of wanted out. Josh Jacobs seems frustrated.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole team just seems like they were sort of

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of their rope with what was going

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<v Speaker 2>on there in Las Vegas, So I do think Jacoby

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<v Speaker 2>Myers is a bit of a downgrade from where he's been.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure yet that Aidan O'Connell can support multiple

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<v Speaker 2>pass catchers in this offense. Which also means that all

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<v Speaker 2>of our hopes for Michael Mayer are sort of put

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<v Speaker 2>on hold for the time being, because I definitely don't

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<v Speaker 2>think they get far enough down the pecking order for

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Mayer to get a lot of targets there. But

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully this means a change is coming in Las Vegas

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of what we see on the field because

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<v Speaker 2>different people in the front office, different people on the headset.

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<v Speaker 2>Former NFL linebacker Antonio Pierce will be the one to

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<v Speaker 2>take over as the interim head coach. Another quarterback change,

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<v Speaker 2>this one down in Atlanta, where our old friend Arthur

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<v Speaker 2>Smith has made the announcement that Taylor Heinike will get

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<v Speaker 2>the start going against the Vikings coming up this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Desmond Ritter will serve as the backup. It's a thing

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<v Speaker 2>that you and I and a lot of people have

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<v Speaker 2>been asking for, certainly in fantasy football for a while,

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<v Speaker 2>because Desmond Ridder just wasn't getting it done. Now, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think anybody's going out there and starting Taylor Heineke

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<v Speaker 2>and their fantasy teams, and if you do, thoughts and

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<v Speaker 2>prayers to you. But the biggest question are we back

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<v Speaker 2>on the Kyle Pitts bandwagon. We are back like we

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<v Speaker 2>never left.

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<v Speaker 3>The reason is this is a good thing for fantasy purposes,

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<v Speaker 3>like is it a great thing for the Falcons. No,

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<v Speaker 3>but Taylor Heineke is more aggressive. We saw last week

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<v Speaker 3>he came in. He threw the ball four times. Three

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<v Speaker 3>of the passes he completed, we're all longer than any

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<v Speaker 3>past Desmon Ridder had completed in that game in the

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<v Speaker 3>first half on the year. I know it's a small

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<v Speaker 3>sample size for Heineke, but eleven point two air yards

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<v Speaker 3>per target compared to seven point eight for Desmond Ridder.

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<v Speaker 3>Plus he's just the mentality, the gunslinger mentality. Maybe he's

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<v Speaker 3>not a gunslinger in physical ability, but in his head

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<v Speaker 3>he is. So he is not afraid to throw the

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<v Speaker 3>ball downfield and everything, be aggressive, throw it into tight windows.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's a good thing for Pitts, for

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<v Speaker 3>Drake London when he could suit up for all of

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<v Speaker 3>the Falcons offense. It's also going to help in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 3>open stuff up for Bijon Robinson near the line of scrimmage.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a chance this morning just in passing to

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<v Speaker 2>talk with our coworker and former NFL receiver Steve Smith,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was one of the things he said about

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Heineke is that, look, he's a gunslinger, and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>this doesn't necessarily boost the Falcons forward in actual football,

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<v Speaker 2>but Heineke's gonna throw it, and he's gonna throw a downfield.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna get some of these guys involved. So we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see if this is good news for Kyle Pitts. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>also keep an eye on Drake London. He did have

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<v Speaker 2>that groin injury last week, so we'll see what his

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<v Speaker 2>status is going into this week's game. But we are curious, excited, intrigued,

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<v Speaker 2>you pick the positive adjective there about what this means

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<v Speaker 2>for the pass catchers that we have wanted to get involved. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the next step is for Arthur Smith to

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<v Speaker 2>actually let these guys get on the field and not

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<v Speaker 2>start forcing snaps for John new Smith and Mike Cole

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<v Speaker 2>Pruitt and Cordero Patterson. Arthur, and it's your move, Now

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<v Speaker 2>play your good players. That's all we're asking you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the TNF game preview. Shall we the

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<v Speaker 2>Titans at the Steelers. You can see that at eight

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen pm Eastern on Prime Video. Maybe not the most

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<v Speaker 2>exciting fantasy matchup, but there are some things of intrigue.

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<v Speaker 2>Will Levis gonna get the start again this week for

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<v Speaker 2>the Titans after coming out and throwing four touchdowns in

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<v Speaker 2>his starting debut last week against the Atlanta Falcons. We

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<v Speaker 2>will make any more modest, more or less for Will

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<v Speaker 2>Levis this week. Let's say one and a half passing

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<v Speaker 2>touchdowns against that Steeler defense.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna choose to believe here and say more. And

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<v Speaker 3>I wrote about Will Levis in the Stardum cinematicle as

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<v Speaker 3>a streamer this week, and when I said, was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I know that all four of us touchdown passes least

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<v Speaker 3>week came against zone and the Steelers run more man.

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<v Speaker 3>They also generate more pressure than the Falcons do. So

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<v Speaker 3>I understand that the floor is very low, but the

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<v Speaker 3>ceiling is. And I watched all of his dropbacks. Everything

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<v Speaker 3>was pretty much a screen short of the sticks or

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<v Speaker 3>just like a hail Mary downfield. It might not work

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<v Speaker 3>consistently for real life purposes, but those big plays put

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<v Speaker 3>up chunk points in fantasy.

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<v Speaker 2>I will say I'm gonna say more, but I will

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<v Speaker 2>also put the asterisk next to it that maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>got a little bit hyped over what happened last week.

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<v Speaker 2>Then maybe I got a little bit too excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm still gonna say more this week because I

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<v Speaker 2>do think that they are going to be a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more open with the offense with Levis than they

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<v Speaker 2>have been in the past with Ryan Tannehill or with

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<v Speaker 2>Malik Willis. So I think there's gonna be more opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>to throw the football here. I'm not expecting this to

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<v Speaker 2>be a very pretty game between these two teams. Neither

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<v Speaker 2>offense is very exciting to watch, neither one of them

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<v Speaker 2>can throw the football effectively. But I'm gonna be optimistic

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna hope for the best with will Levis

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<v Speaker 2>and say more than one and a half passing touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other side, Deontae Johnson. We came into this

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<v Speaker 2>year saying, yeah, I know, Deontay Johnson didn't score any touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>but he runs routes and he gets targets and he

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<v Speaker 2>gets so many opportunities and it's just gonna happen anyway, right,

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<v Speaker 2>it hasn't happened yet. Deontay Johnson still has the same

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<v Speaker 2>number of touchdowns as me. That's not great. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna say more or less zero point five touchdowns for

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<v Speaker 2>Deontay Johnson. Can he just crossed the goal line with

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<v Speaker 2>the football in his hands this week?

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<v Speaker 3>Nope? Look, it's I want him to. I have him

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<v Speaker 3>on a couple of fantasy teams, but probability is not

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<v Speaker 3>in his favor. You have to go back to the

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<v Speaker 3>second to last game of twenty twenty one for the

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<v Speaker 3>last time that he scored a touchdown. In between that,

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<v Speaker 3>he's had one hundred and eighty three targets with no touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it, it's beyond even like what Jacoby Myers was.

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<v Speaker 3>It's reaching the point where it's like, how is this

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<v Speaker 3>even possible? When you have a wide receiver as talented

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<v Speaker 3>and that gets open and as much volume as Deoncey

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<v Speaker 3>Johnson gets on a weekly basis, It's clearly not a

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<v Speaker 3>Deontay problem. It's on Pickett, Trubisky and whoever else they

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<v Speaker 3>want to throw out at quarterback. These last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I'm gonna go with probability here, and that

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<v Speaker 3>says no touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 2>As we sit and recorded this show, it has been

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<v Speaker 2>six hundred and sixty seven days since Deontay Johnson last

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<v Speaker 2>scored in the NFL. I'm gonna choose positivity. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to say it happens this week. Look, the target share

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<v Speaker 2>has been there. It appears that Kenny Pickett is going

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<v Speaker 2>to play. He says he's for sure playing. We will,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, preserve judgment on that, but Kenny Pickett should

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<v Speaker 2>be playing. They've got a great matchup against the Titan secondary.

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<v Speaker 2>Deontay Johnson gets targets. Look, I know there's nothing analytical

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<v Speaker 2>in saying the phrase, hey man, he's due, But hey man,

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<v Speaker 2>he's due. Anyone is due, is Joe. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to choose positivity. I'm gonna say that John

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I'm right too. I think Deontay Holmes are.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a lot of few Steelers fans hopes on right.

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<v Speaker 3>I think even like Ravens fans right now feel bad

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<v Speaker 3>for I'll take Johnson. They're probably like, yeah, I hope

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<v Speaker 3>Marcus is right on this.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's not against us, so I hope you

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<v Speaker 2>can be right. It's fine. So there we go. That's

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<v Speaker 2>our Thursday night preview. Now we can get into the

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday slate of games. Got four teams on a bye

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<v Speaker 2>after we had no teams on a bye last week. Weird.

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<v Speaker 2>The Broncos, the Lions, the Jaguars, and the forty nine

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<v Speaker 2>ers all have the week off. Meanwhile, the Dolphins and

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs they get to take a business trip. They are

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<v Speaker 2>on their way to deutsch Land. Frankfurt, Germany is where

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<v Speaker 2>they will lace them up this week. That's a game

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<v Speaker 2>you can see on NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus.

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<v Speaker 2>It kicks off at nine to thirty am Eastern, That

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<v Speaker 2>is six thirty am out here on the West coast.

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<v Speaker 2>So get your coffee early and your bagels and all

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<v Speaker 2>that other stuff and get ready to watch that game.

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<v Speaker 2>So besides the defenses, anyone in this game that you

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<v Speaker 2>are not starting hire kill.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. The beautiful part about the Dolphins is their offense

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<v Speaker 3>is so funneled. We know to a moster Tyreek and

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<v Speaker 3>Jalen Waddle, they're all in play. Obviously. I think even

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<v Speaker 3>like Savon Auchman is a sleeper in this one for

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<v Speaker 3>the Chiefs, you know to start mahomes Kelceever, she Rice

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<v Speaker 3>is someone that I'm very excited for. Same thing about

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<v Speaker 3>Isaiah Pacheco. I think Jeric McKinnon is a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>sneaky in this one. Second half of the year is

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<v Speaker 3>when they start to unleash McKinnon. A lot of passing

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<v Speaker 3>in this one. I could see them getting McKinnon going

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<v Speaker 3>near the goal line. But yeah, I want as much

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<v Speaker 3>exposure to this game as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you really do. I would also say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>I keep saying this, but like I feel like a

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<v Speaker 2>weird game that I play every week is try to

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<v Speaker 2>pick the Chiefs receiver maybe not name or she Rice

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<v Speaker 2>now that's going to have a big game. So this

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<v Speaker 2>this week the wheel lends on Marquez Valdez TX Scantling.

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<v Speaker 2>We're starting to get some more work. He's getting those

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<v Speaker 2>downfield targets. Two weeks ago had the really big game

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<v Speaker 2>with eighty four yards in a touchdown against the Chargers.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he can have a simil output this week

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<v Speaker 2>against a Dolphins defense that has been sort of shaky

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<v Speaker 2>and in a game that should feature a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth. We know Miami can score, Kansas City's

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to score a sort of keep up there.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think MVS, who frequently has been the cardio

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<v Speaker 2>king of the week on NFL Fantasy Live, might actually

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<v Speaker 2>get some output something to go along with his just

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<v Speaker 2>running up and down the field all day long. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Vikings at the Falcons. Both teams going with backup quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 2>this week. The Vikings not by choice because Kirk Cousins

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<v Speaker 2>is out for the year. The Falcons, as we mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>going with Taylor Heinike. But we know Jaren Hall is

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<v Speaker 2>going to get the start at least this week. For Minnesota,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be Josh Dobbs going forward after the trade. What

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<v Speaker 2>do we do with our vikings? I guess notably TJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Hawkinson and Jordan Addison. Now that it's Hall getting to

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<v Speaker 2>start for another.

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<v Speaker 3>Week, I think those two are the only two Vikings

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<v Speaker 3>that you could start with any sort of confidence this week. Look, Hawkinson,

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<v Speaker 3>we hear it all the time. A tight end could

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<v Speaker 3>be a young quarterbacks like safety blanket their best friend.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're gonna design a whole lot of plays

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<v Speaker 3>to go through him. Jordan Addison, with the all these

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<v Speaker 3>teams on by the upside is too high. He has

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<v Speaker 3>been averaging about sixteen Fantasy points per game. He could

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<v Speaker 3>win downfield. He's been great in the red zone and

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<v Speaker 3>in the end zone. So I still think he's in play.

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<v Speaker 3>kJ Osborne, I need to see it first. He's had

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<v Speaker 3>one good game all year. Alexander Madison is losing work

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<v Speaker 3>to Cam Akers and it's just been pretty terrible all

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<v Speaker 3>year as well. So I can't trust either of them.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't think we fully have given Kirk Cousins

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<v Speaker 3>enough credit so far. Like the Vikings of the second

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<v Speaker 3>most passing yards and the second most passing touchdowns behind

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<v Speaker 3>only the Miami Dolphins, and we have not spoke about

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<v Speaker 3>this offense anywhere close to how we talk about the

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<v Speaker 3>the Dolphins. If they lost to it, we'd be like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we're a little worried about this offense. It's gonna have

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<v Speaker 3>a huge impact.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think you're right. I think the reason

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<v Speaker 2>we haven't talked about this offense that way is because

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<v Speaker 2>the defense has sort of let them down. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean they were one in four and we were talking

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<v Speaker 2>about are they gonna shut it down? With Justin Jefferson?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they ready to pack it in Now, they've won

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<v Speaker 2>three in a row, they're four and four, they're very

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<v Speaker 2>much backing contention, and so suddenly we're like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the Vikings offense was playing really well and Kirk Cousins

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<v Speaker 2>was playing really well, and they are really going to

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<v Speaker 2>miss him in that offense. I'm with you, though, in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of the guys you're starting. I think it's Hawkinson,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's Addison, and I think that's it. At

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<v Speaker 2>this point. You can try leaning on Cam Akers or

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander Madison, but they can't really run the football consistently

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<v Speaker 2>and effectively, and the Falcons run defense has been pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>so I would stay away from them if possible. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got a battle of the Birds in Baltimore. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean to alliterate that, but it just sort of worked out.

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<v Speaker 2>Seahawks at the Ravens. Both teams with interesting secondaries. Both

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<v Speaker 2>teams have big name receivers. What are we doing with

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<v Speaker 2>the pass catchers here?

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<v Speaker 3>Seattle? I mean, the last three weeks they've really looked

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<v Speaker 3>like the Legion of Boom once they got all of

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<v Speaker 3>their secondary pieces healthy again. I still think Zay Flowers

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<v Speaker 3>is in play because Seattle's great at stopping the run

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<v Speaker 3>as well, and if they can't get cooking downfield or

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<v Speaker 3>in the run game, I expect a lot of screen

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<v Speaker 3>passes to go to Zay Flowers. That is really where

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<v Speaker 3>he excels. We're Seattle, like, you probably can't get away

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<v Speaker 3>from Lockett or DK, given buys and injuries and all that.

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<v Speaker 3>But DK has one game this year with over fifteen

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<v Speaker 3>Fantasy points. Yeah, I know he's giving you double digits

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<v Speaker 3>every week, but he's become a safe floor play and

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<v Speaker 3>really no ceiling. Lockett is the exact opposite, like he's

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<v Speaker 3>so boom or bust right now, but again with the

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<v Speaker 3>buys and everything, at least where I have him in

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<v Speaker 3>most instances, I have.

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<v Speaker 2>To start him. I had DK metcalf as one of

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<v Speaker 2>my spooky starts for Fantasy Live on Tuesday, and you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that you can get away from him

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<v Speaker 2>or Tyler Lockett, but I just don't love the matchup.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel a lot better with Za Flowers and the

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<v Speaker 2>Ravens pass catchers because statistically it does look like the

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<v Speaker 2>Seahawks are starting to get things together in the passing game,

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<v Speaker 2>but then you look at who they've played last week.

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<v Speaker 2>They had the Browns with PJ. Walker. The week before that,

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<v Speaker 2>they had Dobbs, who I think people were starting to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out a little bit. In the Cardinals. The week

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<v Speaker 2>before that they had Joe Burrow who wasn't completely healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>He was still sort of on his way back. They

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<v Speaker 2>have by then, they had the Giants and they've been awful.

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<v Speaker 2>They had the Panthers before that. They haven't had a

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<v Speaker 2>real challenge since Week two when they played the Lions.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is gonna be I think their toughest tests

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<v Speaker 2>that they faced in over a month, maybe about six

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<v Speaker 2>weeks or so. So I don't want to take that

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<v Speaker 2>shot on Zay Flowers in this one.

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<v Speaker 3>Dame Yeah and Lamar Man and talking on MVP love,

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<v Speaker 3>he needs to get more of it.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my big Bowl predictions for the week is

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<v Speaker 2>that by Monday we're going to be talking about Lamar

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson is maybe the front runner for the MVP.

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<v Speaker 3>To me, he's number two behind only Tyreek Hill right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't even think Tyreek's getting that love

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<v Speaker 2>from our friends in the Desert. I think it's Tua

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<v Speaker 2>that that buy the odds. This quarterback, this quarterback, That's

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<v Speaker 2>why they created Offensive Player of the Year, so that

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who's not a quarterback could actually win a big award.

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<v Speaker 3>I would love to give some truth serum to Mike

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<v Speaker 3>McDaniel and be like, if you can only have one

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<v Speaker 3>of these two the rest of the way, which one

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<v Speaker 3>are you taking?

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<v Speaker 2>Two? Or Tyreek? Ooh, probably Tyreek. I'm going Tyree, going Tyreek.

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<v Speaker 2>Cardinals at the Browns, Kyler Murray possibly playing this week

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe it's Clayton Tune. If Kyler does go, would

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<v Speaker 2>you trust having him in your lineup? And if he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't go, are there any Cardinals you can trust?

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<v Speaker 3>It depends on options with Kyler Murray. Like in our

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<v Speaker 3>Fantasy Live league, Brock Purdy has been the quarterback I've

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<v Speaker 3>been streaming recently, and then I have Kyler as a backup.

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<v Speaker 3>But I had to pick up Daniel Jones because I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>what if Kyler doesn't play? So in that instance, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I would take the shot on Kyler Murray. But like,

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<v Speaker 3>if you have a quarterback who you feel like Dak

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<v Speaker 3>Prescott or something like that, or you feel comfortable with,

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<v Speaker 3>I would take a weight and see approach with Kyler Murray.

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<v Speaker 3>If Kyler sits this week and we're talking about Clayton

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<v Speaker 3>Tune starting, it becomes really hard to trust your Cardinals.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Trade McBride is in play just because tight

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<v Speaker 3>end and the amount of volume that the Cardinals I

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<v Speaker 3>have seen this year. Marquis Brown becomes boom or bust

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<v Speaker 3>and everyone else i'd try to get away from.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know that I would start Kyler if

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<v Speaker 2>he plays this week, right, He's been off for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time coming back from the injury, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>just about the matchup, right, Like, I don't want Kyler

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<v Speaker 2>Murray in his first game back going against Miles Garrett.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't. And I think that's honestly why I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know that the Cardinals are going to play him.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I really think they're gonna throw Clayton Tune

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<v Speaker 2>into the Wolves, like, good luck, kid, here's this monster

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side where they were ninety five. Try

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<v Speaker 2>not to get killed. So I don't think Kyler plays.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't start him if he does play, and with

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<v Speaker 2>Clayton Tune there, I don't know that I start any

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<v Speaker 2>Cardinals because when you drafted Marquis Brown, you weren't expecting

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<v Speaker 2>this sort of production, So you have other options. Trey

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<v Speaker 2>McBride is a guy that if you have him, you

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<v Speaker 2>just picked him up off the waiver wire, so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you have a way to sort of pivot around that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I if it's Clayton Tune, I think I'm out

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<v Speaker 2>on Arizona players this week.

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<v Speaker 3>We're gonna get de Mercado forty rushing attempts yep for

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<v Speaker 3>probably like you know, sixty two yards for a Mari

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<v Speaker 3>de Mercado.

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<v Speaker 2>So that that is what I think about. That that'll

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<v Speaker 2>do it for this edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay happy, safe and healthy, do good, and live well.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be back tomorrow to preview the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>Week nine matchups.