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Speaker 1: A great episode for you this week. Les Bowen of

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Speaker 1: Bowen and Less. The Eagles beat the Giants last Sunday

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Speaker 1: in dramatic fashion twenty seven, twenty four. That rookie kicker

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Speaker 1: on any long throws. He's still kind of getting to

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Speaker 1: know these receivers Alshan, Jeffrey and Torry Smith who came

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Speaker 1: in this year. You don't get the sense that there's

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Speaker 1: a great chemistry there and that he really intuitively connects

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Speaker 1: with them the way he does with his tight end

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Speaker 1: zach Ertz. So you know, they need to hit a

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Speaker 1: long ball, Like I said that nineteen yard passed to

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey on the last snap or the field goal with

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Speaker 1: their longest throw of the day that they completed against

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Speaker 1: the Giants, And there were you know, early in the game,

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Speaker 1: Carson missed Jeffrey wide open touchdown, you know, seventy yards

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Speaker 1: down field, and you know you need those. You got

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Speaker 1: to hit those. So I think he knows that and

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Speaker 1: I think it'll come right. You know, that's been a

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Speaker 1: kind of a thorn in the side so far. It's

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Speaker 1: not an offense that's one of the doors off of

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Speaker 1: anybody thus far. One of their touchdown drives against the

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Speaker 1: Giants was eighteen plays, you know. I mean, they're they're

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Speaker 1: not a quick strike offense yet. And unless if the

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Speaker 1: Chargers are gonna have success on Sunday, they're gonna have

447
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Speaker 1: to slow down zach Ertz. He leads all tight ends

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Speaker 1: and receptions and targets receiving yards and you alluded to it,

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Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffreys, there, Nelson Aguilar, Tory Smith, but it's safe

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Speaker 1: to say that the offense is kind of running through

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Speaker 1: zach Ertz right now. Well, yeah, he's He's Wentz this guy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's the guy that Wentz knows best, feels

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Speaker 1: most comfortable with. Now that Jordan Matthews has been traded,

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Speaker 1: he's probably wins his closest friend on the team. That's

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Speaker 1: the guy he trusts. And you know, in the long run,

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Speaker 1: Tory Smith or Alshon Jeffrey might become more into that

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Speaker 1: role than they are now. But they're right now. It's arts.

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Speaker 1: They've been able to scheme him open against everybody they

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Speaker 1: played so far, and uh, you know, the Chargers haven't

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Speaker 1: done particularly well against tight ends, I don't believe this season.

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Speaker 1: So you know, you'll probably see a lot of him Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I would be amazed if he didn't. Well, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be interesting less because last week with the Chiefs in town,

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Speaker 1: he didn't get very many Yeah, yeah, just got one catch,

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Speaker 1: but it was like in the Eagles saw the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: the week before. It's kind of that three headed monster

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Speaker 1: with Kelsey, Hill and Hunt, and you got to count

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Speaker 1: for at least two of them. Tyreek Hill got loose

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Speaker 1: early against the Chargers with that thirty yard touchdown reception,

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Speaker 1: then we saw a cream Hunt did late, but we'll

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Speaker 1: see I meant's again. He's playing as well as anybody

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Speaker 1: in the league right now, and the Chargers are certainly

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Speaker 1: gonna have to account for him less. What do you

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Speaker 1: think the Eagles need to do on Sunday against the

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Speaker 1: Chargers if they're going to come out a step up

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Speaker 1: center with their third win of the season, Well, run

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Speaker 1: the ball, control the clock, not give up big chunk plays. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: you know, force some turnovers. They're a defense that kind

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Speaker 1: of thrives on that. Jim Schwartz, the defensive coordinator, encourages

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Speaker 1: his guys to be aggressive. They really feed off. They'd

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Speaker 1: rather get a turnover than than a shutout or something

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Speaker 1: like that. You know, they're really they're very focused on

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Speaker 1: that more than yardage or or those kinds of things.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's their game plan is control

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Speaker 1: of the ball and get some turnovers. I don't know

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Speaker 1: how feasible that will be. Like I said, I think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a kind of a toss up game. Lastly,

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Speaker 1: less you're in LA twice this season, since the Eagles

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Speaker 1: play the Rams in December. Yeah, what's it gonna be

490
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Speaker 1: like for you to cover a game in LA? Do

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Speaker 1: you have any plans while you're at here? You know

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Speaker 1: I don't. For this weekend, it's gonna be. Here's the situation.

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Speaker 1: We actually have three West Coast games. There's a Seattle

494
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Speaker 1: game the week before the Rams game, so the Eagles

495
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Speaker 1: are actually going to stay out there for that week

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Speaker 1: and I will be there all week. In December, I

497
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Speaker 1: think they're practicing somewhere in Orange County, and so that's

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Speaker 1: when I'm gonna make my real plans to do things.

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Speaker 1: This is kind of a quick effect. I've got a

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Speaker 1: red eye back Sunday night, so I can be here

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Speaker 1: for the press conference Monday, which I hate at my age,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, I look forward to it. I've covered the

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Speaker 1: Flyers for many years before I started covering the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and I really like l A I used to go.

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Speaker 1: That used to be the big trip for the Flyers

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Speaker 1: was they'd always worked in a few extra days and

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Speaker 1: they always lost to the Kings because they were all

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Speaker 1: sunburned and hung over it. But you know, that's between

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Speaker 1: the Kings and the Ducks. I spent a lot of

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Speaker 1: time in the LA area and I really like it

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Speaker 1: very much. And I'm looking forward to at least getting

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Speaker 1: Saturday to beach Saturday or something like that. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you should get some good weather on Saturday. And I

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Speaker 1: look forward to meeting you in person at stubb Up Center.

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Speaker 1: He's Less Bowen. You can follow him on Twitter at

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Speaker 1: Les Bowen. Safe travels, Less and I'll see you on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Indeed you will. Thanks a lot, Hey fans, be there

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Speaker 1: going to the game all right. To help get your

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Speaker 1: fantasy squads ready for week four, we bring in NFL

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Speaker 1: dot COM's Alex Skellhard, a Chargers weekly You can follow

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Speaker 1: him on Twitter at Alex Skellhart. He has a fantastic

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Speaker 1: starts sit piece for every team that posts on Thursdays

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Speaker 1: on NFL dot Com. Alex x for joining me, buddy,

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Speaker 1: how you doing. I'm happy to be here. Good to

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Speaker 1: have you know, flip the tables a little bit and

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Speaker 1: have have you been leading the show here for a change.

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Speaker 1: I was just happy to get you, mane. We had

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Speaker 1: all these other fantasy guys from NFL dot Com you were.

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Speaker 1: I guess we saved the best for last, right. Oh

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Speaker 1: that's too kind. I think I just schedules, didn't the

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Speaker 1: line earlier, but I liked the best for last theory.

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Speaker 1: Let's go with that. We'll take it, man. But hey,

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Speaker 1: before we get into week four, it was kind of

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Speaker 1: a weird Week three. We had case Keenum and Jacoby

542
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Speaker 1: Purcette put up huge fantasy weeks. Marcedes Lewis had three touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey had a yard. What grabbed your attention last week? Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll start off on Thursday night with that Los Angeles

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Speaker 1: rams San Francisco forty nine Ers game. The score fest

546
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Speaker 1: to begin with, but just kind of the complete maturation

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Speaker 1: of that Sean McVay offense there with the Rams and

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Speaker 1: Jared Goff, Aaron it out, Sammy Watkins getting involved. That

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Speaker 1: was a really good sign to see that offense kind

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Speaker 1: of fully take form. And then the other big one was,

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Speaker 1: like you said, you hit, it was case Keenum that

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Speaker 1: first week he came in and filled in for Sam Bradford.

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Speaker 1: It looked like the apocalypse had come to Minnesota. With

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Speaker 1: all those talented fantasy guys, Stefan Diggs, Adam Feelin, Delvin Cook,

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Speaker 1: the talented rookie running back. You know, Week one looked

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Speaker 1: like the sky was the limit for that group. Week

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00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: two looked like it was the end of days. And

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Speaker 1: then week three they were all back in force. So

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Speaker 1: the the you know, the unsung quarterbacks I think was

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Speaker 1: the big story of Week three delivering for a lot

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Speaker 1: of fantasy owners. Yeah, you know what I was joking.

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Speaker 1: I think with franchise that did Rob Boris and Chris Wanky,

563
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Speaker 1: probably we're looking at each other like, what what just happened?

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Speaker 1: You have Case Keenum and Jared Golf two the biggest

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Speaker 1: Fantasy weeks of all these quarterbacks. It was pretty crazy, Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: it was. It was wild, but it was fun to watch,

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Speaker 1: and now it's got a lot of new information to

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Speaker 1: a process and develop and spin forward to a week

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Speaker 1: four and beyond, Alex. Let's get into this Eagle's Chargers matchup.

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Speaker 1: And obviously it wasn't a great day for Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: on Sunday through three interceptions in the first half. When

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Speaker 1: you look at this matchup, obviously Melvin Gordon, I think

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Speaker 1: it was we're taping this on a Wednesday. He did

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Speaker 1: not practice on Wednesday. What Chargers are you confident in

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Speaker 1: starting on Sunday against the Eagles? Well, I think Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers actually right now, kind of surprisingly with all the

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Speaker 1: weapons he has around him is the QB twenty four

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Speaker 1: in fantasy through three weeks, you know, thanks to kind

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Speaker 1: of that dud of a game he put up last

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Speaker 1: week with all the interceptions. But I think this is

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Speaker 1: a good get right spot for him. The Charges are

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Speaker 1: at home again, by and large, aside from Melvin Gordon,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, his offense is ready to go, and

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Speaker 1: that Eagles defense is really banged up right now. They're

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Speaker 1: going to be without Fletcher Cox, who's got a calf

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Speaker 1: string could be out for a couple of weeks. They

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Speaker 1: lost Ronald Darby in week one, so there, you know,

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Speaker 1: this is a team that's kind of right for the picking,

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Speaker 1: and we saw Eli Manning get right against them. So

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Speaker 1: I think Philip Rivers and his main wide receivers aren't

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Speaker 1: a good spot this week. And by man I mean

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. Obviously he's had ten, ten and nine targets.

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Speaker 1: He's doing really well. If you have him in PPR,

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Speaker 1: he's crushing. But I think Travis Benjamin is a good

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Speaker 1: spot too because he's been lining up a fair amount

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Speaker 1: in the slot. You know, thirty eight percent of his

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Speaker 1: snaps have come from there, and we just saw Sterling

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Speaker 1: Shepard last week kind of cut through that Eagles defense

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Speaker 1: for seven catches, one hundred and thirty three yards and

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Speaker 1: a touchdown, so I think he might be able to

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Speaker 1: take advantage of that as well. So I'm definitely down

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Speaker 1: with Philip Rivers, Keenan Allen, and Travis Benjamin this week

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Speaker 1: as far as fantasy goes, Alex, what do you make

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Speaker 1: a Hunter Henry? Because he was not targeted against the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: He had seven catches for eighty yards against the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: and then again not targeted last week. You know, tight

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Speaker 1: end is such a crapshoot anyway, But what do you

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Speaker 1: make of Hunter Henry moving forward? Is he a guy

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Speaker 1: that you want to continue to roster. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: can roster him if you're into it, but I think

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Speaker 1: right now he's just become like so many other tight

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Speaker 1: ends are, and he's streamable. The fact that he's had

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Speaker 1: two goose eggs in three games is really disheartening because

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Speaker 1: in the tight end position, essentially what you're looking for

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Speaker 1: in standard leagues is a touchdown or you want some

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Speaker 1: sort of target volume. In PPR leagues, and there are

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Speaker 1: guys like I was just looking at this today, Evan

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Speaker 1: Ingram actually has had four plus catches in forty plus

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Speaker 1: yards in every game this week, and a lot of

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Speaker 1: Fantasy owners, i'm sure would have taken that over the

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Speaker 1: two zeros they got from Hunter Henry. So until we

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Speaker 1: see him used more consistently, I think he's an okay

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Speaker 1: guy to drop, and then once his usage uptick, you know,

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Speaker 1: gets the right uptick something, we can pick him back

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Speaker 1: up and start playing him every week because we know

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Speaker 1: he's a talented guy. But right now there's just too

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Speaker 1: many weapons and the way that offense is running it,

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Speaker 1: it's limiting his opportunities. You look at the Eagles. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Zach Ertz is having a great year, the league leader

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Speaker 1: in targets and receptions among tight ends. Carson Wentz having

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Speaker 1: a good year. This Eagles backfield, though, with Darren Sprowls out,

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit murky. Now, what what are your

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Speaker 1: thoughts on la Garrett Blunt and Windlle Smallwood and how

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Speaker 1: you would play those guys moving forward. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: it is a little murky, but I think the injury

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Speaker 1: to Sprowls, actually, as sad as it is, kind of

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Speaker 1: clears it up a little bit, at least for this

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Speaker 1: coming week. We know Blunt and Smallwood split up most

639
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: of the work last week, with Blunt getting in the

640
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: end zone and Smallwood I think edging him just a

641
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: little bit in yardage. But Smallwood, back to his days

642
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: at West Virginia Profiles, is a guy that should be

643
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: able to catch some passes out of the backfield. You're

644
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: not going to be able to replace a Darren Sprawls,

645
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: as Chargers fans will now since he left their building

646
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: as well. But I think for now, both Blunt and

647
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: Smallwood at least in this game will be on the

648
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: flex radar, and we'll have to see the team just

649
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,479
Speaker 1: resigned Kenyan Barner and they've got Corey Clement there, but

650
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: I think for the most part it'll probably be more

651
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: of a two headed monster with a little bit elf

652
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: sprinkled in. So Smallwood and Blunt are definitely both on

653
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: the flex radar for me. This week, Alex staying in

654
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: the AFC West, the Raiders get absolutely dominated. Let's send

655
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: Hey against the Redskins. Marshawn Lynch six carries, eighteen yards.

656
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: Cooper and Crabstree did next to nothing, and they have

657
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: to go to Denver and based that no fly zone

658
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: secondary and a run defense that's really shut down a

659
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: lot of good running backs over the first three weeks.

660
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: What do you make of this Oakland offense moving forward,

661
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 1: especially this week against the Broncos. I'm still high on

662
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: it moving forward, but this week against the Broncos is

663
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: a tough one to come back come back to, especially

664
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Speaker 1: after the disappointing went in at loss. This this whole group,

665
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: Cooper and Crabtree and car don't have a great history

666
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: against this The no fly zone. You know it's it's

667
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: it is legitimately statistically the best pass defense since twenty fifteen,

668
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: and in yards, touchdowns, and sacks in places I can.

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Speaker 1: I know it's probably kind of hard to sit Cooper

670
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: and Crabtree on a lot of teams. I'm gonna I'm

671
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 1: gonna try to avoid starting them because this matchup is

672
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: so bad. And on top of that, I saw Michael

673
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: Crabtree's kind of banged up right now with a chest injury,

674
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: so you know if he's if he's limited or can't go,

675
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: that that's a big trickle down effect. And then they're

676
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: going to be able to roll coverage to Cooper and

677
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: make Seth robertson Cornerold Patterson beat him, which does not

678
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: sound like the rosiest of pelotlooks there for fans and purposes,

679
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: Noah doesn't. I think people are kind of at their

680
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: wits end. If you started Cam, or if you drafted

681
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: Cam Newton rather he had three interceptions last week, you

682
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: thought that was going to be the get right game

683
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: against the New Orleans Saints. You play New England this week.

684
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Cam this week? Do you

685
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: bench him or do you give them one more shot here.

686
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,919
Speaker 1: I think we have to bench Cam right now until

687
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: he gets right. It's just it's just pretty clear that

688
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: there's something something's a little off in that offensive. Whether

689
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: it's you know, a combination of Cam shoulder or losing

690
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: greg Olsen or Kelvin Benjamin still coming back and getting

691
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: into shape or or what have you. Something's off. Cam

692
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: missing throws short, he's missing him long. And we know

693
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: he's got it in him to be a dynamic quarterback,

694
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: but his rushing volume is dipped. I saw a stat

695
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 1: today that his average carries per game was close to

696
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: eight or nine two years ago, it was six last year,

697
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: and it's down to like four per game this year.

698
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 1: So as great as canids for right now, we got

699
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: we got to sit them. There's there's too many other

700
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks out there, especially you know, if you stream

701
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: the position and play the matchups, like Jared Goff has

702
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: another good matchup this week, you can roll him out there,

703
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: and Trevor Simeon could probably bounce back. So there are

704
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: just too many other good options out there right now

705
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: to saddle yourself with starting an injured quarterback in an

706
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 1: offense that's searching for an identity as far as running

707
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: backs concerned, JAYJII, you know we saw I mean I

708
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: was there week two and you saw him get big

709
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,959
Speaker 1: chunks against the Chargers. He was really bottled up against

710
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: the Jets, and I believe he's on the injury report

711
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: right now. What do you make of these running backs,

712
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: guys like Shitty McCoy Ja Ji who have had kind

713
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: of slow starts over the a couple of weeks, and

714
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: what do you think their prospects are moving forward? Shady

715
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: especially because the past two weeks have not been favorable

716
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: for him. Right well, I think both those guys are

717
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: in great bounceback spot this week, especially Shady's traveling to Atlanta,

718
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: so you're going to put him on that turf. And

719
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: Atlanta is historically in this year as well, a team

720
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: that just leads receptions and yards to running backs out

721
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: of the backfield, and we know that's a place where

722
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: Shady can thrive catching screen passes and dump off. So

723
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: I keep the faith with him this week. And we

724
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: know that's the style of football that the bat Bills

725
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 1: want to play. But we got to remember they ran

726
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,720
Speaker 1: into two of the best run defenses in the league

727
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,879
Speaker 1: the last two weeks in the Carolina Panthers in their

728
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: stadium and the Denver Broncos. So I don't think I think,

729
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: you know, it could be a good time to buy

730
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: low on Shady if you're looking for a trade and

731
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: ask for a Jay. Last week was certainly disappointing, but

732
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things to like this week. He's

733
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: going up against the Saints defense that hasn't been great

734
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: against the run or in general lately. Also, Ai is

735
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: from you know, great Britain, so he's getting a little

736
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: bit of that homecoming narrative everybody. So as long as

737
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: he's healthy, I think he's going to be a full go,

738
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: and it should be a case where I think his

739
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: knee issue might might be there a lot this year,

740
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: but it's a case where they limit him a lot

741
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: during the week and then let him rip on game day.

742
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: So I feel great about both of them this week,

743
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: and especially a Shady long term staying in that matchup

744
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: in London Willie Sneed. He's coming back finally. And if

745
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: you're someone like me who drafted Sneed and had no

746
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: idea who was even getting suspended, this is a good

747
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: week for you. As far as this week are you

748
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: starting Willie Sneed as a wide receiver three flex. Yeah,

749
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: there's certainly a lot of risk, but I think it's

750
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: a case where the Saint's offense, I mean, they had

751
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: a good game last week against the Panther's kind of surprisingly,

752
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,439
Speaker 1: but there's just been something off about this this unit.

753
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: You know, they haven't quite clicked at the levels we

754
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: would expect, and I think there's a fair chance that

755
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: they want to get Sneed back involved. And it's not

756
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: a case where he's been absent from the team forever.

757
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: You know, he practiced with them all off season, was

758
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: building up that rapport, getting that timing down, and has

759
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: now just missed these last couple of weeks. So there's

760
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,240
Speaker 1: certainly a lot of risk there, especially with Brandon Coleman

761
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: getting involved a lot and ped Gins still being in

762
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: the mix. But if you like to live dangerously and

763
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: you want to chase the upside, especially against that Dolphins

764
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: secondary that just kind of got carved up by Josh

765
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: McCown on the Jets, I think it's totally fair to

766
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: start Willie Sneed. Yeah, that that second corner position with

767
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. I talked to Armando's Algero from Miami Herald

768
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and across from Zavian Howard

769
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: you have Altron, Verner and Maxwell, and I think that's

770
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: a vulnerable spot in that secondary. So I have to

771
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: start Willie Steed, one of my league. So Steed's getting

772
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 1: a nod for me. Any sneaky place you like in

773
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: Week four, Alex, any streamers at the quarterback position or

774
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: tight end, or a favorable matchup that we may not

775
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: be looking at, well one of them. Then I was

776
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: just highlighting I was writing about at the office and

777
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: that big Matchups column you mentioned where people can find

778
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: at NFL dot com slash Fantasy matchups. But I think

779
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 1: Nelson Agilar, he cat touchdowns in the first two weeks,

780
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: kind of disappeared. Last week. Torres Smith got the work.

781
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: But the Chargers have been a little bit susceptible to

782
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: slot wide receivers and that's Aglar's primary role now. And

783
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: there's game I think with the injuries to both defenses,

784
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, with the Chargers still reeling from losing Barette,

785
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: I think I think this game could both teams could

786
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: put up some points this week. And you know, you

787
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: want to try and attach yourself to passing offenses like that.

788
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: So Aglar, I think is in a good spot if

789
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 1: you're in deeper leagues or play daily fantasy and things

790
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: at that elk. And then I think Deshaun Watson too

791
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: as far as streaming quarterbacks. You know, the guy came

792
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: out his first start, he had like three days to

793
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: prep against a good defense in Cincinnati, and still did

794
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: enough to help them get the win. We saw his

795
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: athleticism and energy on display on that touchdown run. And

796
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: then he goes out the next week with more time

797
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 1: to prepare and almost does something historic and beats Bill

798
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 1: Belichick and Tom Brady in which the rookie quarterbacks are

799
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 1: oh and eight against them there, and Deshaun Watson was,

800
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: you know, one past defense and a little bit of

801
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: clock management away from walking out with a wind. So

802
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: this Tennessee defense has actually been been a little susceptible

803
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: to the past. This year, Derek Carr had a great

804
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: game against them, Russell Wilson had a great game against them,

805
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: and the last two weeks Derek Carr doesn't really run much,

806
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,240
Speaker 1: but so the last two weeks, Blake Bortles and Russell

807
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: Wilson have combined for fifty seven yards on the ground

808
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 1: against the Titans. This is the kind of situation where

809
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: if you're hurting for quarterback or you've got somebody in

810
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: a bad matchup, Deshaun Watson could be in a great spot.

811
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Speaker 1: He gives you that nice floor with the rushing yardage,

812
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: and if he can with Bruce Ellington being healthy and

813
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins who has historically kind of pummeled the Titans,

814
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 1: you know he's got a lot of upside too, So

815
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 1: he's a great streamer to play. That's what's what you

816
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: like there with the streamers, you want to say floor

817
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,760
Speaker 1: and a big ceiling to chase, no doubt, and especially

818
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: with the bye week starting, he's he's a great stash.

819
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,919
Speaker 1: And speaking that with the bye week starting, I believe

820
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: it's next week. Are there any guys on the waiver

821
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: wire now that you may want to think about? I

822
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: know that a lot's going to happen on Sunday and Monday,

823
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: but any guys that could be laying around there that

824
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 1: you may want to scoop up. Well, you know, one

825
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: I wrote about this week was donte Foreman staying with

826
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 1: the Texans. Lamar Miller's seen his percentage of the backfield

827
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: opportunities that targets and carries drop in three consecutive week weeks.

828
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: Now it's leveled out. He's still getting over fifty percent,

829
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: but he also hasn't been ultra effective with those. And

830
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: we've seen donte Foreman come in and provide a spark.

831
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: And it could be a case where if Lamar or

832
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: what Miller was, his heavier workload gets nicked up, or

833
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: donte Foreman just starts overtaking him, you know, he could

834
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: be in this offense that's turning a corner with a young,

835
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 1: exciting quarterback. So I think if you're stashing players right now,

836
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: it's definitely guys that are our depth positions in backfields.

837
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,280
Speaker 1: You know, you want to look at maybe Matt Brada

838
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: in San Francisco or the oh gosh, what's the kid's name?

839
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: The Brown? I think he got in work for the

840
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: for the Redskins this past week. Yeah Brown, thank you,

841
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: thank you, Matt BROWNSMJ. P. Ryan's already nicked up. Rob

842
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: Kelly's battling that rib injury, and as great as Chris

843
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: Thompson is, we know they don't want to saddle him

844
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: with twenty five touches of game. So look at look

845
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: at some of these guys, especially if the Bobby's coming up.

846
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: You know, you never want to root for injuries, but

847
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: they happen. They're the reality of the NFL. And if you,

848
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: if you have the space on your bench to have

849
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Speaker 1: some of these high profile backups or even Alfred Morris

850
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: for Zeke Elliott uh in Dallas, especially with his the

851
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 1: next step of his suspension hearings coming in early October,

852
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: there's a there's a there's a lot of guys that

853
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: could have some big upside there if you if you

854
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: just can stash them on your bench for now. Alex,

855
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: great stuff, Buddy, Promote what you got going on at

856
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 1: NFL dot com. I know you had a lot going on. Yeah, well,

857
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: hopefully they listen to the podcast that you're a part

858
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: of as well, drops on Mondays and Thursdays. You can

859
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: find it at NFL dot com, Slash Podcasts or iTunes

860
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: and all the Illicants the NFL Fantasy Live podcasts. And

861
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,800
Speaker 1: then I write two huge columns for the the NFL

862
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: on Sunday Nights. It's the Waiver Wire Tart Top Waiver

863
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Speaker 1: Wire Targets. So it's at NFL dot com Slash Waivers

864
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 1: and then, as you said on Thursday my matchups column

865
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,439
Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash Fantasy Matchups, I go game by game,

866
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 1: player by player, matchup by matchup, and I try to

867
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: give you all the tools you'll need to hopefully set

868
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: a winning lineup on Sundays. And yeah, follow me on

869
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,400
Speaker 1: Twitter at Alex Kellhar as well. I try to tweet

870
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: out some information there as well as other stuff. But

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00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: thanks for having me, man, It's been a lot of

872
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: fun and hopefully everybody enjoyed listening. Alex is a very

873
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: important segment of Charges Weekly, man, so I really appreciate

874
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: your time and your insight. He's Alex Glhar, as he said,

875
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 1: follow him on Twitter at Alex Glhar Alex. Good luck

876
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: this weekend, buddy, and I will see you at the network. Yep.

877
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: Good luck to everybody's well and we'll see you soon.

878
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: Chris Ricky Henny joins me on Chargers Weekly. He's the

879
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 1: managing editor of Chargers dot Com. You can follow him

880
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 1: on Twitter at Chargers r Heney and Ricky. Three tough weeks,

881
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: which on the surface can look overwhelming, but this team

882
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: simply just needs to get a win on Sunday against

883
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 1: the Eagles, You're absolutely right. I mean, this team get

884
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: that win, you get some positive feelings, you get the

885
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: momentum going. I mean they've been in all these games,

886
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: but like coach Lynn says, until we proved differently, it

887
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: is the quote unquote same old Chargers, which is you

888
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: have to play a full sixty minute and you have

889
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: to get that win to find a way and then

890
00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:59,839
Speaker 1: go from there. Ricky, one of the bright spots from

891
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 1: Sunday was to play for Melvin Ingram. He had three sacks.

892
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 1: He trails Dallas's DeMarcus Lawrence for the league lead by

893
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: just one. What can you attribute his hot start to.

894
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: There's a few things. One, I think anytime you have

895
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: two superstar edge rushers, he just makes it that much

896
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: harder for an offensive game plan against you, right, I

897
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: mean there are only so many of them in the league,

898
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: so you can't chip on both sides. So the presence

899
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,360
Speaker 1: of Joey Bosas certainly helped Melvin Ingram. But you know

900
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,279
Speaker 1: he's finishing more. He's in so close the first few

901
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: years of games to the quarterback, but it's not being

902
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 1: able to finish sometimes and this year he's been able

903
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: to finish. And I also attributed to Gift Smith, the

904
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: defensive line coach. He talked to any of these defensive

905
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 1: linemen and they rave about him. You know, he's such

906
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: a so good his hand and his and his techniques.

907
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: And you know, Melvine is with a gift for the

908
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: first time this year now that he's up in the

909
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,399
Speaker 1: defensive line area. So I think he's really helped take

910
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: his game to the next level as well. Yeah, they're

911
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,319
Speaker 1: gonna need him against Carson Wentz on Sunday and Ricky.

912
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,240
Speaker 1: Another positive from Sunday was the way that Melvin Gordon

913
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: ran the football in the first half. He had fifteen

914
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: kerries seventy eight yards. And the running game started slow

915
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: the first two weeks, but it looks like they may

916
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: have found their rhythm. Yeah, but you know, I'm still

917
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: a little frustrated. I think some of those guys are too,

918
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 1: because Melvine's been so close to breaking a big run,

919
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: right like less Equid Hill get tripped up, or he

920
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: can't break that last tackle like Melvine is. Look, he's

921
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: getting better each week, and he's certainly this superstar running

922
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: back in this league. The Pro Bowler three yards shying

923
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: for thousand yards last year, and you know, obviously been

924
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: play the last three plus games. But Melvine will tell

925
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: you he just needs to learn how to break that

926
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: one tackled to really get going to make a huge

927
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: run like you said Kareem Hunt do last week. But

928
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: you're right, the running game has improved each single week

929
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,399
Speaker 1: and they're going to really need it against an Eagle

930
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,479
Speaker 1: scene who's pretty good against the run. You know, Ricky,

931
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,240
Speaker 1: You're you're totally right. When when Melvin gets that second

932
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 1: third level, it's just about beating that freeman and in

933
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Speaker 1: doing exactly what Kareem Hunt did in the fourth quarter

934
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Speaker 1: with that sixty nine yard touchdown run, and he's so

935
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:57,280
Speaker 1: close to doing it. Melvin even attributed to just saying, hey,

936
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: we have to get better on all three phases at

937
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,319
Speaker 1: the same time and not just have one or two

938
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 1: phases clicking. Absolutely right. I mean, this is a team sport,

939
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,959
Speaker 1: and not just offense end defense, but special teams as well.

940
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: And you've seen some special teams gaffs the first three weeks.

941
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,800
Speaker 1: The Charges the first one to admit they must get

942
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: better in those situations. Look, this team is close, but

943
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: in the end, close doesn't mean anything. You have to

944
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: get the wins and it really starts this week, right,

945
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 1: we reached a quartermark of the season. He needs to

946
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 1: get that first win, and then traveled to New York

947
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,439
Speaker 1: with some good feelings and just build on it from there, Ricky.

948
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 1: A guy who's been thrust into a big role with

949
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: Jason vat out is Trevor Williams. He played one hundred

950
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,239
Speaker 1: percent of the snaps on defense for the second straight week,

951
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: and he also played forty six percent of the snaps

952
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: on special teams. How would you assess Trevor's play these

953
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: past two weeks filling in for Vrett. He's steady. I mean,

954
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: Trevor's just a steady, steady player. You know, I talked

955
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 1: to him all the time and he's he's eager to

956
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 1: get that first perception. He feels like it's coming. He

957
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: needs to get that first pick. But you know, he's

958
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:52,840
Speaker 1: got good size for a cornerback. He gets He's just

959
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 1: always in position. And the thing that I love about

960
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,800
Speaker 1: Trevor Williams is this guy shows no fear. He's calm,

961
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 1: he's confident. I remember last year, his first real action,

962
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: he was thrust in there. He was stounded to practice

963
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: squad a week or two earlier, putting defense for the

964
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,959
Speaker 1: first time, and all of a sudden he finds stuff

965
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 1: against Ulio Jones. Couldn't he just didn't care. He went

966
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: out there. He kind of started Julio down for this

967
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: and that he had lined up against them, because to

968
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: me that I learned a lot about Trevor Williams that game,

969
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:17,839
Speaker 1: and you know, it's the same guy you see right now.

970
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: So the Chargers, obviously you lose Jason Brett. That's a blow,

971
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: but you are lucky that you have a player like

972
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: Trevor Williams who could step in and is a capable

973
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:29,839
Speaker 1: starter in this league. I really like Trevor a lot, absolutely,

974
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,439
Speaker 1: And yeah, I think with Alshon Jeffrey coming to town

975
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 1: and Tory Smith and Nelson Aglar, he's gonna have another

976
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: test here in Week four. And you know, the Eagles

977
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:41,240
Speaker 1: have a great tight end in Zach Ertz. The Chargers

978
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,399
Speaker 1: have two and Antonio Gates and Hunter Henry. Henry wasn't

979
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 1: targeted for the second time this season, Ricky, and you

980
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,760
Speaker 1: sandwiched in between that a seven catch eighty yard performance

981
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins. How did the Chargers feature Henry Moore consistently?

982
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,399
Speaker 1: He's a guy that just needs to get involved. It's

983
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: a great question. I mean, the Chargers have so many

984
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: weapons that each week, look, someone's probably gonna get lost

985
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,879
Speaker 1: in the shuffle. But like coach Linn said, that can't

986
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: be Hunter end right. He's too talented, he's too good,

987
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: and he put the omis on himself and the team

988
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:12,879
Speaker 1: to get Hunter involved. So I think you'll see more

989
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: of that this week, a concerted effort to get him

990
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: involved early. But there were place plays called for a

991
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,279
Speaker 1: hundred that you know philipsund arrest where a ball got

992
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: back down the line of scrimmage. So it wasn't like

993
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 1: week one when he had no targets at all. He

994
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,400
Speaker 1: actually was targeted. This week, he just didn't. It just

995
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: didn't work out for him. But I want to go

996
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: back to what you said a little while ago. Is

997
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. I mean, this is the guy. I think

998
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: he's like sting the league in receptions. It gots twenty

999
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: one of them. He's a great tight end, and the

1000
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: Chargers have actually had success against tight ends the last

1001
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: two weeks. They helped Travis Kelsey to one catcher one

1002
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: yard week before Julius Thomas three catches. I think for

1003
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 1: like twenty seven yards. But they need to do that

1004
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,359
Speaker 1: again this week. It's pivotal shut down zach ert because

1005
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: with Earth's and those three wideouts he mentioned earlier, Carson

1006
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 1: Wentz can really do some damage. Yeah, it's almost the

1007
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,360
Speaker 1: offense almost goes through Art's Ricky. He leads the NFL

1008
00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: in among tight ends in targets, receptions, and receiving yards,

1009
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,879
Speaker 1: and he's been a security blanket for Carson Wentz even

1010
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 1: dating back to last year. But you're really seeing him

1011
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 1: is kind of the featured weapon alongside Alshon Jeffrey in

1012
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: that offense. So you're totally right. The Chargers rather have

1013
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 1: to get zach Ertz accounted for at all times. This

1014
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,279
Speaker 1: is the first time Philip Rivers started owing three in

1015
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 1: his NFL career. Ricky, what do you expect to see

1016
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: how to Philip on Sunday? Yeah. I talked to Russell

1017
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: Koon about that actually, and he says, look, we know

1018
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: Phillips the Hall of Game quarterback. He's one of the

1019
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,920
Speaker 1: best ever played this game. Everyone has bad days, everyone does,

1020
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: and Philip put the law the third loss on his

1021
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: shoulders to drop him owing three. Russell expects Philip to

1022
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 1: bounce back and I do also because this game needs

1023
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,240
Speaker 1: so much to Philip Rivers. That was the fourth worst

1024
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 1: passer rating of his career. There's ben't so many games

1025
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: with Philip Rivers a single handedly won a game for

1026
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: the Chargers. When you're a comparitor like Philip, you know,

1027
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,319
Speaker 1: you work even harder after a game like that. So

1028
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: I really expect Philip, you know, just to really bounce back.

1029
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: And he's been around so long where he knows, you know,

1030
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:57,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a bad day, a bad game, and

1031
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: obviously he's ticked off about it, but he's not gonna,

1032
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: you know, overreact to I think the word that he used, um.

1033
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,399
Speaker 1: And you know, he's played the Eagles twice and he's

1034
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: had two of his best games against the Eagles. I

1035
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: think he's gone over four hundred yards at least one

1036
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,320
Speaker 1: didn't close to it second time. Also, so you know,

1037
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: hopefully Philip is able to get back to being Philip.

1038
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 1: We saw what the Giants were able to do against

1039
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: that Eagles secondary in the fourth quarter of last Sunday,

1040
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,399
Speaker 1: and you know, I think Philip's just a competitor, right,

1041
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: I don't know what do you attribute those interceptions too.

1042
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,799
Speaker 1: In the first half rick. He for me, just just

1043
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: watching that game, I feel like Philip just desperately he

1044
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,279
Speaker 1: wanted to make plays for this football team to get

1045
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: their first win of the year, and just some of

1046
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:38,600
Speaker 1: those throws they went awry. Philip is honest about it.

1047
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:41,879
Speaker 1: First one, awful throw, awful decision, he said, second one

1048
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: was a fine decision. It was a bad throw and

1049
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters peeled off his man and was in the

1050
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: open spot for the bad throw to pick it off.

1051
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: And the third one he said, awful throw, awful decisions.

1052
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,320
Speaker 1: I mean he was He did not get any excuses

1053
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 1: for himself. And so the thing about Philip is he

1054
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,479
Speaker 1: doesn't make those those types of decisions and bad throw

1055
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 1: combinations often. So was kind of at the purpose storm

1056
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 1: in that first half. But besides that, the office just

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Speaker 1: couldn't get the ball moving. And this team for so

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Speaker 1: many years has been among the best in the league

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Speaker 1: and putting on points, and through three games they have

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Speaker 1: averaging sixteen points a game. So they need to find

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Speaker 1: the end zone. And I think it's kind of likely

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Speaker 1: sit about getting a win and then it just you know,

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Speaker 1: everything snowball from there and just it's easier I think

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Speaker 1: It's the same thing about finding the end zone, right,

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Speaker 1: you get too early touchdowns that you get some confidence going,

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Speaker 1: you believe in yourselves again, and you rediscover who the

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Speaker 1: Chargers are. Yeah, this team is too talented to score

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Speaker 1: just ten points, you know, football game, and I think

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Speaker 1: we'll see a bounce back performance on Sunday against the Eagles. Ricky,

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Speaker 1: what's new on the site that you've written and what

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Speaker 1: Chargers fans should check out. I'm posting a story I

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Speaker 1: really love this week, and that's I'm like Keenan Allen.

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Speaker 1: He made his pro debut NFL debut coming in for

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Speaker 1: Malcolm Floyd four years ago, five years ago, maybe twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 1: I can't do math right there. So yeah, Malcolm Floyd

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Speaker 1: went down after the year. Incomes this unknown twenty one

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Speaker 1: year old rookie and phil first throw boom, Keenan Allen

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Speaker 1: eh and R game and that was really the start

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Speaker 1: of Keenan's career. So you know, obviously this is a

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Speaker 1: big bounce back year for Keenan Allen after missing pretty

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Speaker 1: much the last year and a half. So I'm writing

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Speaker 1: about that and just talking about these Chargers. Man, I

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Speaker 1: get that win, Gotta get that win and Keenan Allen's

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Speaker 1: had a hot to start to the season. We hope

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Speaker 1: he continues it against the Eagles. He's Ricky Henny of

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Speaker 1: Chargers dot Com. You can follow him on Twitter at

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Speaker 1: Chargers r Henny. Ricky, appreciate the time, Buddy, and I

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Speaker 1: will see you out of practice this week, talk a

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Speaker 1: good a bun season, and then I'll do it for

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. A big thanks to Shawn Merriman, Les Bowen,

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Speaker 1: Alex Skellhart and Ricky Henny for joining me, and a

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Speaker 1: and tune in. Be sure to subscribe, and if you

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Speaker 1: have a question about the team or an idea for

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Speaker 1: the podcast, follow me on Twitter at Chris Harry that's

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