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Speaker 1: Today, it's a Fantasy Line edition of the Fantasy Football Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Don Patrick Claybohn. I'll be joined by Marcus Grant and

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Speaker 1: Adam Rank. Coming up today, we recap a massive night

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Speaker 1: for all your forty nine ers on Monday Night. Football

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Speaker 1: Plus Adam Rank opens up the Waiver Wire Hot Sauce

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Speaker 1: and Marcus Grant separates the reality from mirage and we

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Speaker 1: hand out the hardware from Waiver Wire pickup of the Year.

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Speaker 1: That's all today on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, Eyyan,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL fantist Patrick Clay out here with Adam

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Speaker 1: Rank and Marcus Grant here kickoff Week seventeen of the

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Speaker 1: fantasy football season. Congratulations to all of you who made

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Speaker 1: it to a fantasy championship. Also, happy birthday to Jim

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Speaker 1: Harbaugh and oh Algie Crumpler. Two days to an even

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Speaker 1: bigger day. That's when people are gonna have to make

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Speaker 1: some weird starts to try to win that championship, right.

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Speaker 1: No love for Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. No, it's

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Speaker 1: Dave Murray.

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Speaker 2: Sorry, I got of Iron Maiden. Thanks catching the straight

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Speaker 2: one there, No I like No, Dan's to the guitarist,

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Speaker 2: not Steve Harris the bassist my bad. I'm gonna hear

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Speaker 2: him now.

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Speaker 3: It's an easy mistake to make. I do it all

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Speaker 3: the time with two people that I've never heard of

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Speaker 3: until now.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, speaking of making weird starts, the Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks now and going to pill Rivers playing

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Speaker 1: on Monday Night football last night.

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Speaker 2: But he was not the star Marcus.

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Speaker 3: He was not Christian McCaffrey, not a weird start at all.

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Speaker 3: One hundred and forty six scrimmage yards, six catches, a

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Speaker 3: pair of touchdowns gave you nearly thirty three fantasy points.

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Speaker 3: He continues to be the top scorer in all of

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Speaker 3: fantasy football, about thirty five points ahead of Josh Allen.

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Speaker 3: Had his third thirty point game of the season last night.

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Speaker 3: He scored a touchdown in eleven of fifteen games. I

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Speaker 3: could keep going on with the superlatives on pace for

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Speaker 3: four hundred and twenty one touches. They have built the

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Speaker 3: whole plane out of him at times there with the

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Speaker 3: forty nine ers offense. And for all the consternation about

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Speaker 3: where to pick Christian McCaffrey, he's been great for you,

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Speaker 3: and now all of a sudden, he's back in the

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Speaker 3: conversation for probably being a top three pick next year

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Speaker 3: in fantasy drafts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he helped get me to my finals in my

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Speaker 2: league of record. I don't know if I can play

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Speaker 2: him this week against the Bears. I will, though I

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Speaker 2: probably will not be starting. He scored over thirty Fantasy

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Speaker 2: points on Monday Night, close to three hundred passing yards

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Speaker 2: five touchdown passes. He's really the guy who makes this

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Speaker 2: offense really click. Some would say he's the Dave Murray

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Speaker 2: of this offense. But here's the thing. He's had the

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Speaker 2: most touchdown passes by a San Francisco forty nine Ers

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Speaker 2: quarterbacks over the year, so it's quite an accomplishment by him.

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Speaker 2: He's at at least twenty six Fantasy points in back

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Speaker 2: to back games. Honestly, looking forward to this game on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: I expected to be high scoring between the forty nine

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Speaker 2: Ers and the Bears. Rock Purty is going to be

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Speaker 2: a solid start. See, I can be. I can be,

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Speaker 2: you know, magnanimous there. Yes, absolutely, It's the holiday season,

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Speaker 1: And that's how Rock Purty started game with a nice

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Speaker 1: He caught seven of his eight targets four hundred and

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Speaker 2: But it was just not the same.

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Speaker 1: After the game, he said he didn't think it was

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Speaker 3: Speaking of linear nature of time itself, Philip Rivers really

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Speaker 3: I think exceeded expectations last night. Two hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: Pretty much me and three guys from a bus.

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Speaker 2: Now. Alec Pearce has really enjoyed Philip Rivers being the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor maybe not as much. He has averaged just

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Speaker 2: up saving your week a little bit, but still something

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Speaker 2: to note moving forward, especially when they got the Texans

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Speaker 1: And so congratulations to the forty nine who have an

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Speaker 1: But as they celebrate, let's see loss of celebrating here

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Speaker 2: You guys have sent in your tweets.

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Speaker 1: And we're going to celebrate right along with you. When

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Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker was a third I let him in and

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Speaker 2: He did, cooking the rams. How did you get that

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Speaker 2: far with Kenneth Walker? That's impressive right there. That's usually

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Speaker 2: the kind of player that's like, nah my season ended when.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but in the great Tom Tyler had Puka CMC

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Speaker 2: What would overkill their Marcus?

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Speaker 3: I mean, you probably just needed those three guys. You

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So congratulations Style, hopefully you keep it going in

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Speaker 1: the finals. This one from Durell picking up the Saints

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Speaker 2: Clever play. You know, that was something that Marcus and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of people getting O lave a shuck

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Speaker 3: Look, Trevor Lewis has been on an absolute heater back

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Speaker 3: Gamewell really has taken over the backfield of Pittsburgh. Look,

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Speaker 2: For Andrew went with Ashton Genty over David Montgomery. That

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Speaker 2: it ultimately was obviously the right call. But Ashton Genty

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Speaker 1: Probably drafted Ashton Genty, probably stuck through a lot of

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Speaker 1: So congratulations to everybody who's playing in the finals. Worth

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Speaker 1: the finals in our Fantasy Live League, and it's two

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Speaker 1: former champions going head to head. And to be honest,

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Speaker 1: the folks carrying this program uphill both ways on their

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Speaker 1: backs as producer Alex Wilko was just in our ears

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Speaker 1: and researcher Karean Falcone. This is a look at their lineups.

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Speaker 1: Pretty good, let's go through. Obviously the litups were good.

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Speaker 1: They're playing in the championship. What do you think, Marcus

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Speaker 1: about a bounce back game for Trey McBride over on

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Speaker 2: Oh, I think it's it's pretty good.

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Speaker 3: In fact, I was the one who got hammered by

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Speaker 3: Kareein in the semi finals. You know, treman Briden was

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Speaker 2: That was that was great.

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Speaker 3: an absolute dream matchup against the Bengals, who have been

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Speaker 1: So rank overall Wilks the Baltimore Ravens, and wilk might

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Speaker 1: need Derick Henry. Well, the Ravens actually use him this week.

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Speaker 2: He's ataly ten fantasy points and ten consecutive games, one

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Speaker 2: hundred plus scrimmage yards in six of the last eight.

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Speaker 2: forget such things, you really should go with it. I

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Speaker 2: will know too. There was some Wilkes got some injuries

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Speaker 2: on his his tight end position. If I was Korean,

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Speaker 2: I would go out start picking up tight ends. Start

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Speaker 2: picking up them tight ends like Aj Barner on the

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Speaker 2: way to Wark, Colson Lovelin on the waiver War. Go

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Speaker 2: pick him up, go at him, start playing a little

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Speaker 1: Well, Korean, who seriously only makes appearances on the show

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Speaker 1: to hoist the trophy. Yeah, I don't know that she

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Speaker 2: That's fair, just doing pretty good. Let's sak to the

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Speaker 2: folks who were the perfect lineup here on week sixteen. Congratulations.

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Speaker 1: If we had Trevor Lawrence CMC, you know we had

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Speaker 1: Kukinnakua Chris o'lave going for thirty six, a perfect lineup

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Speaker 3: I know it's Week seventeen about to start, but you know,

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the desert where it was Elijah Higgins

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Speaker 2: I would not overthink this.

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Speaker 1: Well, there are some folks who need some quarterback help.

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Speaker 1: Cam Warden's performance was real courtesy of Marcus.

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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy got some more imaging that showed a fracture

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Speaker 2: It is the final Waiver Wire hot Sauce of the season.

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Speaker 2: Why we don't talk about Taj Spears enough? If only

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Speaker 2: get spicy. Last week, Patrick Claybond said, go and pick

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Part of it might have been the defensive matchups. Patrick's

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Speaker 2: super flex league where I'm going to the championship game.

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Speaker 2: He's had at least seventeen Fantasy points in four consecutive contents,

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Speaker 2: the fifth most rushing yards amongst quarterbacks since weeks. Well,

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Speaker 2: I see you put the backdown. Listen, you're making me

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Speaker 2: somebody that I actually really like. The Titans have been

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Speaker 2: very generous, supposed to go right here we go, Oh my,

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Speaker 2: This is now just kidding. Let's gonna held the oblo eldabo.

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Speaker 2: go back and look at that video, but we did

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Speaker 2: led the way with over fifty percent of the Snapchare

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Speaker 2: what's going to be going on with Dylan Samson too.

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Speaker 1: the Third.

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Speaker 2: He ran eleven yards around the Super Dome field and.

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Speaker 1: Got five targets from Brady to cook and turned all

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Speaker 1: of that running into one catch for four yards. Not

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Speaker 1: super helpful in fantasy football, but at least John, you

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Speaker 1: got your cardio in Matgie does not make our board

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Speaker 1: of the most you know, all fastidious cardio enthusiast, so

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Speaker 1: he sent us romodonsays two thousand yards running with zero

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Speaker 1: Fantasy points will make him the cardio king of the season.

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Speaker 2: I don't think anybody's catching that. Seventeen. I had a

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Speaker 2: JML tess to Mary Dka and Exavier and Laguett with.

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Speaker 1: That summon hand out our second Fantasy award of the season. Today,

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Speaker 1: we're giving out the fake hardware to the waiver Wire Pickup.

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Speaker 2: Of the Year.

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Speaker 1: We've got a few nominees in here to make the

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Speaker 1: first nomination our very own Cynthia Friedla.

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Speaker 4: My nominee for Fantasy Lives Waiver Wire Pickup of the

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Speaker 4: Year award is Harold fannin junior from the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 4: When I'm looking at his season and everything that he's done,

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Speaker 4: would anyone have imagined that the Browns would lead the

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Speaker 4: league in passing ours by a rookie, rushing ours by rookie,

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Speaker 4: and receptions by a rookie will it end that way

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Speaker 4: in Week eighteen?

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Speaker 2: Who knows?

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Speaker 4: However, Harold Finner, junior husband a very huge.

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Speaker 2: Part of what's going on for the Cleveland Browns. Why will?

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Speaker 4: He has great chemistry with both of the rookies that

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Speaker 4: were playing. He sees the end zone and ultimately, this

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Speaker 4: is a guy who they're building on. And by the way,

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Speaker 4: he picked up right where he left off in college,

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Speaker 4: also in Snowy, Ohio and just keeps it going. So

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Speaker 4: I expect him to be a very high draft pick

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Speaker 4: next season.

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Speaker 2: All right, our first nominee, thank you, Cynthia hero fan

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Speaker 2: of junior Marcus. Who would you like to nominate?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna go with Darren Waller. We'll keep the

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Speaker 3: tight end theme going. It was literally a wallapalooza this

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Speaker 3: year for fantasy managers who took the chance. And I

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Speaker 3: will admit I didn't expect much out of Darren Waller

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Speaker 3: when he joined the Dolphins before the season, but was

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Speaker 3: a great streaming option at a really thin position despite

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Speaker 3: having played just a handful of games. Fifth among tight

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Speaker 3: ends in touchdown receptions, top twelve in PPR points per game,

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Speaker 3: and regardless of who the quarterback has been, I mean,

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Speaker 3: we saw Quinn viewers come in last week and immediately

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Speaker 3: Pepper eighty three with targets. He's a huge red zone

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Speaker 3: opportunity guy. So Darren Waller really helping folks out at

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Speaker 3: a position they really needed it.

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Speaker 2: Pick up Mike McDaniel's tight end next season, whomever that

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Speaker 2: might be. And also what about Jacobe Brissette, who's been

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Speaker 2: a top twelve quarterback in nine consecutive starts this season.

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Speaker 2: You know, when he replaced Kyler Murray, You're like, all right,

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Speaker 2: we'll give this a run, and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: he became a player that you started weekend and week out.

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Speaker 2: Was he great this past week?

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Speaker 5: He was not.

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Speaker 2: He almost cost me in that League of Record semi final,

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Speaker 2: and thankfully my team was so good we made it through.

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Speaker 2: But I still loved Jacoby Presett.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and why wouldn't you? What about a guy who

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Speaker 1: plays in the division with the Arizona Cardinals. It's a

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Speaker 1: guy who might be the twenty twenty five most valuable

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Speaker 1: player in the NFL, A guy who a lot of

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Speaker 1: people didn't start last week because of a bad matchup.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was going to rain, no match. Stafford finishes

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Speaker 1: the QB one. He said nine games of twenty or

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Speaker 1: more Fantasy points in this season, the most among quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: So that would be my nominee for waiver Wire pickup

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Speaker 1: of the season. So we posted those on social media

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Speaker 1: website Twitter dot com. The people have answered and the

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Speaker 1: winner for waiver wire pick Up of the Year is, Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's Matthew Stafford's not fair?

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Speaker 2: Why is it so good? Okay? Yeah, that's why he

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Speaker 2: had to have been drafted.

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Speaker 1: Well, a lot of people did not draft him, and

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Speaker 1: so those people realize once they got.

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Speaker 2: Him, my way, guys, changing mind to CMC, then.

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Speaker 1: Okay, it available league, of course not we got the

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Speaker 1: load to play in that league.

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Speaker 2: Forere Matthew Stafford's going undrafted. Yeah, a lot of people did.

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Speaker 2: Which is the one? The Fantasy Rookie of the Year

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Speaker 2: is going to be up tomorrow. Vote Follow us.

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Speaker 1: At NFL Fantasy on social media website. I'm Brady in

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Speaker 1: that one Twitter. Coming up, we're playing a game of

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Speaker 1: Fantasy White Elephant break out the eggnog and Santa Hats.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna see.

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Speaker 1: Which flex starts that we've been able to gift each other.

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Speaker 1: That's coming up next on Fantasy Live. Back here on

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live. This week's set your lineups early four

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Speaker 1: days the Championship Action Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Day unwrapped all day football with.

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Speaker 1: The NFL Holiday Games featuring the Cowboys and Commanders, then

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Speaker 1: the Lions and Vikings on Netflix, a primetime showdown on

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Speaker 1: Prime Video as le Broncos visit the Chiefs. Then on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: it's a doubleheader of NFL Action that starts right here

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network the Texans and Chargers at SOFI Stadium

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Speaker 1: live at four point thirty Eastern on NFL Network.

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Speaker 2: And streaming on NFL Plus time for a holiday tradition.

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Speaker 1: Here on NFL Fantasy lof Fantasy White Elephant Marcus Renk

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Speaker 1: and I, as well as researcher Kendall Murski.

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Speaker 2: Over there on the other side of the studio. He's

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Speaker 2: really here. He's a person. I promise you, we're all

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Speaker 2: in the same place. We're all having a high thumb

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Speaker 2: person pass off as a real dude in exchange. Flex

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Speaker 2: starts in week seventeen.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna, well, instead of me going over the rules,

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Speaker 1: why don't we put the rules up a graphical representation.

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Speaker 1: We all have one secret FLEX gift each one of

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Speaker 1: us will open the gifts one at a time. You

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Speaker 1: can either choose a new gift or steal one that

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Speaker 1: has already been open. And it's the most important.

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Speaker 2: Rule of White Elephant. Each gift can only be stolen twice.

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Speaker 2: Got it? So you get all the games? Yeah? I

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Speaker 2: got it all right? So Kendall, why don't you open

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Speaker 2: your gift? All right?

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Speaker 5: I am excited because last year I feel like we

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Speaker 5: got a little spiteful with our gifts.

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay, this isn't too bad. I don't mind this.

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Speaker 5: The matchup is a little top against Denver, but I

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Speaker 5: mean it's still Travis Kelce like sneakily this guy is

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Speaker 5: still tight end two on the year. I gotta imagine

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Speaker 5: with a backup quarterback, you're gonna go to the trusted

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Speaker 5: vet for your easy targets, easy completion.

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Speaker 2: So I don't mind it.

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Speaker 5: I'm still curious to see what the field is going

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Speaker 5: to open for their presence, and maybe I'll open the

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Speaker 5: door for a steal. But that all depends on how

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Speaker 5: spiteful we got.

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Speaker 2: With our gifts. Yeah, I feel like our gifts are

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Speaker 2: in severe water. Can I say that that was mine?

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Speaker 2: I ought a good one listen. I was going to

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Speaker 2: say I was going to spoil somebody's Christmas gift, But

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Speaker 2: now nobody in my family is getting at Travis kelcey Jersey.

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Speaker 2: Oh but she doesn't watched it advance notice. Maybe maybe

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Speaker 2: he's the Christmas Day Show. Maybe I don't watch it

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Speaker 2: Christmas Eve, and guarantee all right, not watching, I will

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Speaker 2: not be stealing Travis kelce I may end up with

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Speaker 2: him through Hey, look at that. We got Michael Carter.

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Speaker 1: And you're trying to sort out this running back situation

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Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals and Michael Carter.

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Speaker 2: I think a worthwhile start.

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Speaker 1: There are, of course some options that I would side with,

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Speaker 1: but you know, the RB forty nine on the season

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Speaker 1: not necessarily indicative of what Michael Carter the opportunity is

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Speaker 1: for him right now. I know the Cardinals are throwing

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Speaker 1: the ball a lot. They didn't necessarily throw the ball well,

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Speaker 1: but we're in week seventeen, folks. You just gotta get

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Speaker 1: you gotta get somebody with some opportunity. I think Michael

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Speaker 1: Carter has a good one. I guess the Bengals defense

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Speaker 1: that has been generous.

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Speaker 2: I shall say, you know, I low key sort of

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Speaker 2: want to steal it because it's against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 2: But it's a dome team going on the road, and

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Speaker 2: I haven't paid attention to the weather report yet and

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Speaker 2: I can't move. I can't imagine it's gonna I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: roll that. I'm gonna, Oh, Michael Carter.

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Speaker 3: I spent a lot of time, like going through the

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Speaker 3: discount shelves to get Michael Carter me, come on.

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Speaker 2: I should have done it. Why did I not? Ja,

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Speaker 2: Corey Kraft? Thanks. This is where like there's always gotta

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Speaker 2: be one person that's like, yeah, this was This was

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Speaker 2: a fun gift from like six years ago. Somebody brought

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Speaker 2: a snuggie like I remember when those were popular. Similarly,

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Speaker 2: I remember when Big Bill was like the running back Douagure.

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Speaker 2: For the command, we had to go back to games

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Speaker 2: against the which was like in October to find video

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Speaker 2: the Chargers. This is how deep we have to go

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Speaker 2: into the well to find to Corey, you guys, I

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Speaker 2: don't know, like, don't do this in your own white

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Speaker 2: Elephant gift exchanges, he had like seventeen points two weeks.

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Speaker 2: What are we doing?

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Speaker 1: Like that was my gift I provided Bill Merritt into

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Speaker 1: the circumstance and I'm over here getting blasted.

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Speaker 2: So this has shent me this. Well, we'll see, Mark,

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Speaker 2: I'm open. Please gift for you, please, it's Kyle Munda

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Speaker 2: who that's a gift. You're welcome, You're welcome. I think,

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Speaker 2: thank you. Actually, I am grateful for.

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Speaker 3: This, this gift of Kyle Manungai because look, even though

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Speaker 3: the Niners did a good job clamping down on Jonathan

648
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Speaker 3: Taylor on Monday night, they have not been particularly great

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Speaker 3: against the run. The front four tends to get pushed around. Uh,

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Speaker 3: so you know, we know the Bears have been running

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Speaker 3: the ball effectively. Also, you know I haven't checked the

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Speaker 3: actual report, but I know that the weather in the

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Speaker 3: Bay Area this weekend gonna be pretty nasty. Lot of

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Speaker 3: rain expected in the forecast. It might not be the

655
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Speaker 3: best conditions.

656
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Speaker 2: And to throw the football around a whole lot.

657
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Speaker 3: So no, I'm very pleased with mi Kyle manung guys.

658
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Speaker 3: So I'm thankful to the person who brought this all.

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Speaker 1: Right, Well, now, our Kendall, because you started this without

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Speaker 1: the steel opportunity you get a chance to steal, would

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Speaker 1: you like any of these fine football players?

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Speaker 5: I am actually going to steal Michael Carter.

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Speaker 2: It's funny. I was in this position last year.

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Speaker 5: I was given a tight end Kyle Pitts last year

665
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Speaker 5: week that he was going to be playing with Michael

666
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Speaker 5: Pennix for his first time.

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Speaker 2: It's very similar situation with Travis Kelcey this year.

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Speaker 5: I want Michael Carter, better matchup, better situation going with

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Speaker 5: Michael Carter steel.

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Speaker 2: All right, so he did have one bit of thievery.

671
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Speaker 2: Would you like to exchange Travis Kelcey for Bill Merritt? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: on on, it's time now for my five. Then today

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Speaker 2: I've got my five. Guys.

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Speaker 3: We're disappointments in twenty twenty five that I expect to

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Speaker 3: go to bounce back for twenty twenty six. Let's get

676
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 3: started at number five with Bryce Hall. Yeah, it was

677
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 3: bad for him in New York this year.

678
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Speaker 2: But here's the thing.

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00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 3: The overall usage, his snapshare, his touches pretty similar to

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Speaker 3: last season.

681
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 2: Two big differences.

682
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 3: Fewer touchdowns but touchdowns are a fickle beast, and fewer

683
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 3: targets that's more.

684
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Speaker 2: Of a coaching issue.

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00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 3: Just fifty one targets he's on pace four this year

686
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 3: compared to seventy six last year ninety five and twenty

687
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 3: twenty three, he set to hit free agency, so either

688
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 3: the just pay him and figure out how to use him,

689
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 3: or somebody else probably will. At number four, it's Terry McLaurin,

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Speaker 3: who will probably end up as another cautionary tale about

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Speaker 3: wide receiver.

692
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: Holdouts, but it's not really that simple.

693
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 3: Injuries prevented his Washington offense from looking as expected this year.

694
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 3: McLaurin and Jayden Daniels played just three games together all season.

695
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 3: A full healthy offseason for quarterback and wide receiver will

696
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 3: help make Terry scary again. At number three, it is

697
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Speaker 3: Lad McConkey. Now, early in the season, Justin Herbert was

698
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Speaker 3: exploring other options. Keenan Allen, Quentin Johnston were getting involved

699
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 3: heavily early on, but since Week seven McConkie is back

700
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 3: to a twenty four percent target share. Plus you have

701
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Speaker 3: to ask will Keenan Allen be back in LA next year. McConkie,

702
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 3: either way, figures to be a big target hog for

703
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Speaker 3: Justin Herbert in twenty twenty six. At number two, it's

704
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson. Sunday's game was sort of Lamar's season in microcosm.

705
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 3: He was starting to look like himself, be productive, run

706
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 3: the football, then slowed down by another injury. Look at

707
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 3: this point, lamar rest up, get healthy for twenty twenty six,

708
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 3: and without a doubt, he will again be one of

709
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Speaker 3: the top three quarterbacks off the Fantasy board, and at

710
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 3: number one, it's Justin Jefferson.

711
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: Look for the Vikings. Step one, figure out your quarterback situation.

712
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 3: Step two, drop a few more Justin Jefferson type plays.

713
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Speaker 2: Step three. Profit. Jefferson is way too talented not to

714
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 2: be a.

715
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 3: Top fantasy wide receiver in the future. Even in a

716
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 3: down year, He's on track for one thousand yards. Now's

717
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Speaker 3: the question of get him back up to where we're

718
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Speaker 3: used to seeing it. Plus you're probably gonna draft this

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Speaker 3: count on him next year. And those are my five

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Speaker 3: bounced back players for twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: And now it's Fantasy Updates with Patrick Claibon and Adam Rank.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Hey, everybody, welcome to Fantasy Update. I'm Patrick Claibon

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Speaker 1: and I'm Adam Rank, and we are borrowing a little

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Speaker 1: tradition from a fame to Lorden Michael's program. We have

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Speaker 1: written some fantasy news stories with a little bit of

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Speaker 1: extra fantasy mirth, and we're going to read them on

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Speaker 1: camera for the very first time. And Rick, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: we've been very.

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Speaker 2: Nice to each other. Oh, I'm sure of it. I

730
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Speaker 2: am absolutely sure. I'll leave off here. Believers in the

731
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Speaker 2: theory that paying running backs leads to a fall off

732
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Speaker 2: in production are reporting in as sad and sorry this

733
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Speaker 2: week now that James Cook is leading the NFL in rushing.

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Speaker 2: There are reports of gallons of deer beings filled My

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Speaker 2: people in the fetal position carawling, I'm sorry, James into

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Speaker 2: the condensation underneath their already sad and oddly flavored fermented

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Speaker 2: barley beverage. In their honor, I would like to issue

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Speaker 2: an apology on my own to the people of Ariesota.

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Speaker 2: Food is not only moone colliente, but it is exceedingly favorful.

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Speaker 1: I'll throwing MacManus of you. Look at that holiday cheer

741
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Speaker 1: one to the people in Arizona. Why did I agree

742
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Speaker 1: to this.

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Speaker 2: Breaking news coming into the NFL Fantasy Live. It turns

744
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 2: out that Harold fannin junior was the tight end one

745
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 2: of this rookie class. After leading all college football in

746
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,319
Speaker 2: receptions and yards as tight end for the first time

747
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 2: in the history of the game. He really came in,

748
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 2: He really came out of nowhere to shock dynasty managers

749
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 2: after having over fifteen hundred yards and ten touchdowns. Turns

750
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 2: out those numbers were real, much like the twenty twenty

751
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Speaker 2: championship of the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Dodgers.

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Speaker 6: One day, I hope to support a winning team in

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Speaker 6: my hometown. I witnessed it.

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Speaker 2: It was a full season, by the way, all right,

755
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 2: so full season will I will take my opportunity to

756
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 2: get to yours.

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00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: The Jaguars won their six game in a row Sunday,

758
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: keeping their hopes alive for the number one seed in

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Speaker 1: the AFC. I know a lot of you think they

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00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: beat the Denver Broncos because of coach Liam Cohen, that

761
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: he's unlocked something inside of Trevor Lawrence. Sources tell us

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00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: the real reason that the Jacks won is because they

763
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:40,240
Speaker 1: were disrespected by our NFL network analysts in their weekly picks.

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Speaker 1: I have it on good authority from a source whose

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00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: name rhymes with Maurice Stone's Crew that the jack Wars

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Speaker 1: planned home visiting some of those great Denver Craft brewies

767
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Speaker 1: until they became ultramotivated by our predictions.

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Speaker 2: So while I would love to live, you love to.

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Speaker 1: Give Liam and Lawrence credit. Here it was all about

770
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: a Holmes predictions.

771
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 2: Finally, you understand they were going to mail it in.

772
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Speaker 2: Try extra hard? All right, why don't you go? Oh

773
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Speaker 2: it's me Uh. Fantasy researchers in Los Angeles this week

774
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 2: made a shocking discovery that just might change the way

775
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 2: we evaluate players in the future. After looking at the

776
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 2: numbers for several weeks, a team noticed that the theory

777
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 2: known as the rookie wall was actually just regression in

778
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: a funny hat. Turns out, fantasy results are born from

779
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 2: extensive numbers of variables. The team also planned to issue

780
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Speaker 2: a statement regarding the NBC sitcom Friends, but it seems

781
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 2: they always pray. So forth, they moved to Wow, They

782
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Speaker 2: moved to Arizona. Open a talk real. Oh this is

783
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 2: this me? A oh God, some news coming out of

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Speaker 2: the inside of your head regarding you. Yes, you the

785
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 2: person listening to me right now this second. You're planning

786
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 2: to fade Christian McCaffrey again next year to predictable results.

787
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 2: He will continue to be one of the highest scoring

788
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 2: players of all time. You will continue to say that

789
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 2: eventually you will be correct. The one thing I don't

790
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 2: know is how many seasons you're planning to repeat this

791
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 2: until maybe eight, like the eight season of Friends, when

792
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 2: writers had stolen all they could out of from living

793
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 2: single and had Joey date Rachel. But at least the

794
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 2: face CMC of TV shows would get an invite to

795
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 2: his wedding. I'm sure the whole.

796
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 1: Cast'll be like, well, the whole cast stoling for chrysalaccaffre.

797
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 2: All right, So I will go with some more of

798
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Speaker 2: your news.

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Speaker 1: Earlier today, Fantasy or analysts and my favorite bald Adam

800
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Speaker 1: Reck predicted Saint Kawan Barkley would be the RB one

801
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: in week seventeen. Reach for comment about the methodology of

802
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,439
Speaker 1: his study, Adam clarified that this was not, in fact

803
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: because of the Bill's porous run defense, but because of

804
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: the momentum the Eagles have after beating the Washington Commanders

805
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: this past weekend. And boy is that good news, because

806
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: there is nothing I believe in as a bigger indicator

807
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: of success than momentum.

808
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 2: Seeing got it? You understand momentum? By the way, Oh

809
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 2: a special shout out. I want to let everybody no

810
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 2: time from time and you know last week a couple

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00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: of students came in. We recognize Meil. We're pleased to announced.

812
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 2: This is wild. I can't believe that he's stopping in.

813
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 2: Josh Allen's father is stopping into the show today. Hey,

814
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 2: mister Josh, thank you, thanks for stopping. I hope you

815
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Speaker 2: enjoy the show today. Patrick, I think you got to

816
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 2: read here. Yeah, well, it's good to have you here, sir,

817
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 2: thank you for joining us. Speaking of the bills, has

818
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 2: there been a worse performance in fantasy playoff history than

819
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 2: Josh Allen last week? What did he confuse the fantasy

820
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 2: playoffs with the actual NFL playoffs that he always loses in?

821
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: Is he really just desperate to get back home to Fireball, California?

822
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Speaker 2: It's a real play. His dad is right there. I

823
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 2: can't believe you would say that in front of Josh

824
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 2: Allen's dad like that. That is so rude. We got

825
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 2: to get many visitors here and then you already take

826
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Speaker 2: off on his son. Well, heuns again. I'm sorry, you know,

827
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 2: I was sorry, mister Allen. That was rude, but I

828
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Speaker 2: didn't know that was coming. All right.

829
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Speaker 1: Well, on Sunday, the Detroit Lions lost a heartbreaker to

830
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers with an offensive pass interference penalty wiping

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00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: off a last second touchdown that would have won the

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00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 1: game for Detroit. While the Lions were not mathematically eliminated,

833
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: analytics experts Cynthia Freeland revealed the team has just a

834
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: seven percent chance of making the playoffs, needed to win

835
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: on the road in Minnesota and in Chicago to stay alive.

836
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Speaker 1: Other analysts believe that number is actually too high, as

837
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Speaker 1: quarterback Jared Goff has been revealed to be an indoor cat.

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Speaker 2: Meow no, sorry, I can make that mew sound more realistic.

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Speaker 2: Let me try and get please do no overar like this? Ah?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 2: I like me? How more YEA for Fantasy over. I'm

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Speaker 2: Patrick and I'm Adam Ray.

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Speaker 1: Before we go, let's get some letters to Santa, because

844
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: you guys need answers and we're gonna provide them for

845
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: Sata's very excited there. Charlotte wants to know what quarterbacks

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00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: should I play for the championship? JJ McCarthy, Well, we

847
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: know it's thought that one, so it's basically Herbert Moore

848
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Speaker 1: Stroud right.

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Speaker 2: Why was Santa so happy there? Why is he writing

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Speaker 2: himself a letter? I'm gonna go with Justin Herbert. I

851
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 2: know the matchup is not ideal, but I would still

852
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 2: feel better go I'm with Justin Herbert than c. J. Strout.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to our next one, coming from

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Speaker 1: a medically tweeting title game choice, Burrow or Stafford?

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00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 2: Where does he go? Marcus? I think you go with

856
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 2: Stafford in this one? Look we all not we all?

857
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 3: I faded him last week against the Seahawks. He played great.

858
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,399
Speaker 3: I think he likes it up against the Foxes.

859
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 2: Now, do they need to win?

860
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 3: But also beating Atlanta helps the Rams get a better

861
00:40:58,920 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 3: draft pick next year.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and I believe that's nuancedly, how about this one

863
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: from mister documentary, please help with my flex Michael Wilson,

864
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: Swift or Manungai. I actually lean DeAndre Swift here, one

865
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,839
Speaker 1: of the more explosive runners since the Bye. I think

866
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: that you go with DeAndre Swift. And our last one

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Speaker 1: coming from Diamond Joe eliminated from my leaks. I just

868
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 1: wanted to ask Larry if he thinks Julio, thanks Julio

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Speaker 1: Jones joke.

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Speaker 2: That is really nice.

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Speaker 1: I love that the fact that you guys interact with

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Speaker 1: this show in that capacity absolutely warms my heart this

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Speaker 1: holiday season. It's my last show of Fantasy Live for

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Speaker 1: this season. Who knows about the future, ano is the

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Speaker 1: present and the fact that I got to do this

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Speaker 1: show with these people, Marcus Grant and Adam Rank bringing

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Speaker 1: me into this family.

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Speaker 2: Everybody upstairs. That wasn't Josh Allen's dad, It was top

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Speaker 2: clok in my ear.

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Speaker 1: Love this show, Love you guys, Thanks for watching NFL

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Speaker 1: he love this guy. Thanks for tuning into the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Live edition of the Fantasy Football Pod. Yes, Marcus Florio

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Speaker 1: and l Q will be back in your feed tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Wow mhm