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Speaker 1: Chris Harry with you on Chargers Weekly. We have a

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Speaker 1: me to welcome Greg Gumble to Chargers Weekly. Greg, Welcome

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Speaker 1: Chargers dot com. My next guest, one of the best

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Speaker 1: sports writers in the country. He's covered the NFL of

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins for twenty seven years. Armando Saugero of the

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Speaker 1: Miami Herald joins me on Chargers Weekly. You can follow

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Speaker 1: him on Twitter at Armando Saugero. Armando, how are you,

434
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,639
Speaker 1: my man? Well, I was fine until you started calling

435
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Speaker 1: me one of the best sportswriters in the country. Chris. Now,

436
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,719
Speaker 1: I feel like a piece of toast. You've buttered me up.

437
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,600
Speaker 1: It's not true. It is true. No one knows it.

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Speaker 1: Dolphins like you, Armando. Thank you. I appreciate that. Oh no, well, hey,

439
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,880
Speaker 1: I was really excited to have you on to get

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Speaker 1: the opposing view for Sunday's game. But I want to

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Speaker 1: start with Hurricane Irma and the recovery efforts down there

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Speaker 1: in South Florida. Our thoughts are obviously with everybody in

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Speaker 1: Miami in the state of Florida. How are those recovery

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Speaker 1: effort going on? Mondo? Well, I would say that they

445
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 1: are moving along. I would say that there's going to

446
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,479
Speaker 1: be a lot of work to do that will you know,

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00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 1: go into months, if not years, And there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of people in a lot of pain right now. They

449
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,920
Speaker 1: don't have a house. There are empty spaces where houses

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00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 1: used to be. It's interesting. Part of the coverage the

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00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: other day is the stations down here getting in their

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Speaker 1: helicopters and flying over the devastated areas. And this one

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Speaker 1: house that they were flying over, you could see the

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Speaker 1: gentleman who lives in the house in the devastated area,

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Speaker 1: opens the door, the front door, walks out, opens the

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Speaker 1: front door walks back in the house. But the copter

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Speaker 1: is focusing in on the house because there's no roof,

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Speaker 1: and so the man is walking in and out of

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Speaker 1: his front door, and meanwhile we're peering into his house

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Speaker 1: from above because there is nothing over his head. And

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00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: that's the kind of situation a lot of people have

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Speaker 1: right now in Florida. It's heartbreaking. And I guess that

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Speaker 1: our thoughts are with everybody down there. And I know

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Speaker 1: it's been a while, a couple of weeks, and the

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Speaker 1: players actually left for Los Angeles last Friday before the

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Speaker 1: storm hit. And I know you spoke with hey coach

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Speaker 1: Adam Gaze on Monday. I believe I saw your piece

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Speaker 1: in the Miami Herald. Have you heard from any other

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Speaker 1: coaches and players about how this week has impacted them personally. Well.

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Speaker 1: A lot of them actually were spread out throughout the

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Speaker 1: country because the NFL changed the Dolphins schedule around and

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Speaker 1: made the first week the bye week, and so that's

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Speaker 1: what happened with their schedule. That means the Dolphins coaches

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Speaker 1: told the players, you're on your bye you can go

475
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Speaker 1: home if you want. You probably shouldn't stay here, so

476
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Speaker 1: go right ahead, and the players spread out all over

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Speaker 1: the country. They went home to their different states. The Dolphins,

478
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,199
Speaker 1: you know, per se, went to Los Angeles, but forty

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Speaker 1: seven players were not with that traveling party. They regathered

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Speaker 1: on Monday. They had their first team meeting on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: at ten am, and on Wednesday, obviously will be their

482
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Speaker 1: first practice in Oxnard. Yeah. Like, so they're going to

483
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Speaker 1: be an Oxnard, where the Dallas Cowboys have training camp

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Speaker 1: in August. And as far as airport and travel, you're

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Speaker 1: you're traveling out to the game tomorrow, so the airports

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Speaker 1: are good to go and no problems from a travel

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Speaker 1: perspective for you, I hope. I mean, let's uh, you know, look,

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Speaker 1: a hurricane does a lot of weird things. It does

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Speaker 1: a lot of weird things to equipment. All three major

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Speaker 1: airports in South Florida and Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and

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Speaker 1: Miami are open now, and you know there are flights,

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Speaker 1: but there are still a lot of flights that are canceled,

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Speaker 1: and so you know, there's a scheduled flight on which

494
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Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be on. Let's put it that way.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if I make it. Oh my man, I

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Speaker 1: hope to see you here very soon. I'm sure everything's

497
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Speaker 1: gonna work out just fine. But ARMIGHTA, let's gett into

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Speaker 1: the game, because, as you mentioned, this storm has affected

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the season for the Dolphins. They were

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Speaker 1: supposed to open up with the Bucks. That gets postponed,

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Speaker 1: and ARMIGHTA, you know as well as anybody how much

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Speaker 1: advanced game planning goes into that season opener in August,

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Speaker 1: So there's a potential disadvantage there. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: this team's fresh. There's no twenty seventeen game tape on

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Speaker 1: them yet for the Chargers to look at, and they

506
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Speaker 1: left for LA last week, so they're in somewhat of

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Speaker 1: a routine. I would imagine at this point. How do

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Speaker 1: you think the players and coaching staff have handled this

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00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: change in the schedule well, that's to be determined, and

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Speaker 1: it will be determined at around I guess four o'clock

511
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: Pacific on Sunday, because if they win, everybody's gonna say, gee,

512
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: you guys really recovered well and you you faced adversity

513
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: of you know, a natural disaster and you plowed through

514
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 1: it and you won. If they lose, you know, I'm

515
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 1: sure that they're not going to be looking for excuses

516
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: or mentioning it as an excuse. But let's face it,

517
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,439
Speaker 1: they haven't really played. The veterans on this team haven't

518
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 1: really played in three weeks because they played the third

519
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: preseason game and then they didn't play the fourth, and

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00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,360
Speaker 1: then they didn't play in an opener, and now on

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Speaker 1: Sunday is when they're gonna play. So there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: things that will be brought up. You know, they don't

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Speaker 1: have a game under their belt. The Chargers do. On

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Speaker 1: the other hand, the Chargers have no tape of the

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Speaker 1: two seventeen Miami Dolphins, whereas the Dolphins do have tape

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Speaker 1: of the two seventeen Chargers. And you mentioned the Dolphins

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00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: haven't played in three weeks. They also have a quarterback

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00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 1: that just came directly out of the booth. Actually didn't

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Speaker 1: even start in the booth. He's now your starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: Jay Cutler, and ar might wh he had his best

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Speaker 1: year under Adam Gays in Chicago. What are you expecting

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Speaker 1: from Cutler in twenty seventeen based on what you've seen

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Speaker 1: in the short time that he's been there. I would

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Speaker 1: say that what we're going to see from Jay Cutler

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Speaker 1: is what we've seen from Jay Cutler for you know,

536
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 1: twelve seasons that he's been in the NFL. He is

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Speaker 1: not This is not a new thing. Jay Cutler has

538
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: been in this offense before with Adam Gasee, and he

539
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: had a good, not great season. He threw twenty three

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Speaker 1: touchdown passes and eleven interceptions, and so you know, that's

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Speaker 1: that's good. That's not great. That's not Tom Brady esque.

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00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: That's Philip Rivers at his heights. That's okay. So there's

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00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: a reason why Jay Cutler it was late August and

544
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: no team in the NFL had decided to sign him

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Speaker 1: as a free agent, which he was. There's a reason

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Speaker 1: why he was available to the Miami Dolphins as a

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say savior because he's not, but

548
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: as an option, whereas other NFL teams that clearly there's

549
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: plenty of them that need quarterback help. They decided that

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Speaker 1: Jay Cutler wasn't a quarterback to help him. So there's

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00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: a reason for that. Obviously good for the Dolphins, but

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Speaker 1: not We'll see if it's great for the Dolphins. You know,

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Speaker 1: one of the things that I thought was pretty interesting

554
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Speaker 1: this preseason, and you know, you take it for what

555
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: it is because it's preseason, but you see a rapport

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Speaker 1: with Cutler and Parker, and I'm wondering if there's going

557
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: to be a kind of a shift in target distribution.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think Tannehill really leaned on Jarvis Landry.

559
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: You have DeVante Parker there, Kenny Stills, what are you

560
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: expecting from this receiving corps? And have you noticed that

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00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: it is Jay kind of leaning a little bit towards

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Speaker 1: DeVante Parker Allah you know him in Alshan Jeffrey in Chicago.

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Speaker 1: That happened about three minutes after Jay Cutler first stepped

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Speaker 1: on the field with the Miami Dolphins in practice. He

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Speaker 1: saw that DeVante Parker, a third year guy who really

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00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: hasn't burst on the scene by any means, is six

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Speaker 1: foot three, and two hundred and fifteen pounds, and you know,

568
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: runs like a deer, and you know, jumps like an

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Speaker 1: Olympic high jumper and has the catch radius of a

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Speaker 1: B fifty two bomber. And so he saw that and decided,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw to that guy. And he's obviously developed

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00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: some chemistry with Davante in these practices. It's gonna be

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00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: interesting the dynamic because for the last few years, Jarvis

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Speaker 1: Landry has been the number one receiver in Miami and

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Speaker 1: I'm not feeling the Jay Cutler Jarvis Landry dynamic as

576
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: much as the Jay Cutler DeVante Parker dynamics. So that'll

577
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: be interesting to watch. And another guy who really had

578
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: some unbelievable games last year, j JII. He had three

579
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: two hundred yard rushing games in twenty sixteen Armando, but

580
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: in eleven games last year he was held under eighty

581
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: rushing yards. So he undoubtedly needs to be accounted for.

582
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Speaker 1: But what do you make of these monster performances mixed

583
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: in with these games where he just couldn't get going. Well,

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00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: what I make of it is the fact that obviously,

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00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: once you've had a two hundred yard game, which he

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00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: did against the Buffalo Bills in October. Teams start to

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00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: pay attention, and then he had another two hundred yard game,

588
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: which he did against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and now teams

589
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: are not just paying attention, they're focusing in on you

590
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: and saying, no, no, no, no no no, We're not going

591
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: to be the next victim of a two hundred yard

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00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: rushing game. And so that's what happened. He is still

593
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: one of the league leaders in broken tackles, he was

594
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: still one of the league leaders in yards after contact,

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00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: and he was the number four rusher in the NFL

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00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: last year, which is pretty good considering that before the

597
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: year started, nobody really had heard of Jagis. So yeah,

598
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: he had some bad games where teams decided, you're not

599
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: beating us. What the Dolphins hope to do is when

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00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: teams make that decision when they put eight guys in

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Speaker 1: the tackle box that they can throw the ball and

602
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: that Jay Cutler is able to throw to Kenny Stills,

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00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: the Jarvis Landry, Julius Thomas, a DeVante Parker, and this

604
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense Armando Vance Joseph we saw him on day night.

605
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: He moves on to Denver and the Dolphins promote Matt Burke,

606
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: who's the linebackers coach last year, and we know about

607
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: the guys like Sue and Cameron Wake and Jones in

608
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Speaker 1: the back end. What are your expectations of this Dolphins

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00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: deed and who should Chargers fans have eyes on Sunday? Well,

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Speaker 1: I would say that Chargers fans should have eyes on

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Speaker 1: the quarter the cornerback not named Avian Howard, because if

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00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: the Chargers are going to pick on somebody, it's gonna

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00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: be that guy. Be it Vernon Maxwell or all Toron Werner,

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00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: who you know. As we sit here talking, the Dolphins

615
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: still have not decided which one of those two was

616
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Speaker 1: going to start. And the reason is Maxwell started training

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00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: camp as the presumed starter and then basically had a

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00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: terrible end of the training camp and preseason. He was

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Speaker 1: just toasted, especially in Philadelphia in the third preseason game.

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Speaker 1: So it was it's gonna be an interesting thing to see,

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Speaker 1: you know, the Dolphins play in the AFC East, where

622
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots they see a weak link, a

623
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 1: week chink in the armor and they pick at it

624
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,439
Speaker 1: like a scab. And it's amazing to me that not

625
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: every NFL team does that. The Dolphins obviously have a

626
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: scab at that position that should be picked on. I

627
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: guess it's up to Philip Rivers and you know, the

628
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: coaching staff to recognize that based off of, by the

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Speaker 1: way preseason tape because there is no regular season tape

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00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins and decide, well, we're gonna do that

631
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: and see if that does something for us, or you know,

632
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: we're just gonna do what we do, which is one

633
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: of the craziest terms that I've ever heard in an

634
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: NFL coaching or any coaching We're gonna do what we

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00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: do and not worry about our opponent. Yeah, okay, Well

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00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick doesn't always do what he does. He picks

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00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: on your weakness and it's worked out pretty good for him.

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Speaker 1: Needless to say, Bill Belichick has done pretty good for

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Speaker 1: himself this Chargers offense. Look, you talk about these weapons

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Speaker 1: on the outside with Keenan Allen back and Tyrrell Williams

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Speaker 1: who led the team in receiving yards last year, and

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Speaker 1: Travis Benjamin who's now healthy, who had a thirty eight

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Speaker 1: yard touchdown against the Broncos. So it seems like this

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Speaker 1: is where the Dolphins probably should be the most concerned

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Speaker 1: and I didn't I didn't even mention Antonio Gates and

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Speaker 1: Hunter Henry and Hunter Henry was shut out on Monday

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Speaker 1: against the Broncos. Yeah. And by the way, Travis Travis

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Speaker 1: Benjamin from yeah, the University of Miami, yep, something like that, right, Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: So there's never been a question whether Philip Rivers has

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Speaker 1: you know, weapons around him. I think that he does.

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Speaker 1: The The question has always been one can that team

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Speaker 1: stay healthy too? Can the offensive line protect him? I

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Speaker 1: didn't see a whole lot of great protection, uh, you

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Speaker 1: know of Philip Rivers the other night until really the

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Speaker 1: end of the game where the Broncos were playing pre

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Speaker 1: event and not you know, not always blitzing or not

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Speaker 1: always going after him. And obviously it's too early in

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Speaker 1: the season two. Where's the you know, the dreaded Chargers

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Speaker 1: injury plague has become a factor yet, so that's not

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Speaker 1: in play anymore. Yeah, you know, Endeavor Gosh, it was

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Speaker 1: so loud on Monday night, and it's it's a tough

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Speaker 1: place to play, and these guys pulled their way back

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Speaker 1: in it. But we'll see what We'll see what happens

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. I want to get you out here of

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Speaker 1: this Armando. You saw this Chargers team against the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: What matchups do you think could could potentially decide Sunday. Well,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned one earlier. Can the Chargers defense, which upfront

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Speaker 1: is not exactly it's it's not exactly a big line.

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Speaker 1: It's not a big front seven. I mean they're not small,

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Speaker 1: but they're not necessarily big. Can they bottle up Jaya Ji,

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Speaker 1: who has made you know, made his money last year

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Speaker 1: not just doing good work against extra defenders, but even

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Speaker 1: when defenders hit him, he was still able to gain three,

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Speaker 1: four or five yards after the initial contact. You gotta

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Speaker 1: be able to tackle. Well, that's something if the Chargers

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Speaker 1: do that will hurt, you know, the Dolphins run game.

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Speaker 1: And we'll see what which J Cutler shows up because

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Speaker 1: good Jay Cutler is borderline elite bat. J Cutler is

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Speaker 1: the guy that nobody wanted this offseason until the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: had an exigent need because they'd lost Ryan Tannehill. As

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Speaker 1: they're starting quarterback. Armodo's gonna be a lot of fun,

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Speaker 1: an old school kind of AFC West dual with Rivers

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Speaker 1: and Cutler. It's it's only appropriate that the Charges open

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Speaker 1: up and it's Rivers versus Cutler in their first game

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Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. He's armandos Algero. You can follow him

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Speaker 1: on Twitter at armandos Algero. Save travels to LA. My man,

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Speaker 1: and I will see you Sunday. I look forward to

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Speaker 1: senior person. Looking forward to it, Chris great talking to you.

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Speaker 1: All right, if you listen to this podcast, chances are

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Speaker 1: you're gonna need some help with your fantasy squad two

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Speaker 1: and my next guest is here to help. NFL dot

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Speaker 1: COM's Matt Harmon joins me on Chargers Weekly. Matt, what

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Speaker 1: is up, buddy, Chris. It's good to talk to you

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Speaker 1: on like not on the other side of a glass pane,

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Speaker 1: for one. So this is great and I'm really excited

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Speaker 1: to talk about the Chargers. And it's right here in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the Thursday night football game where there's

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Speaker 1: not a lot of points being scored, so hopefully we

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Speaker 1: can put some juice into it by talking about a

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Speaker 1: good offensive team in Los Angeles. Yeah. I think, Hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. It was a tough game Monday, they still

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Speaker 1: scored some points Week two against the Miami Dolphins, a

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Speaker 1: team that hasn't played yet. Matt, what are you expecting

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Speaker 1: from this Chargers offense when you look at this matchup

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Speaker 1: between the Dolphins. Yeah, so I think things didn't go

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Speaker 1: so well for Melvin Gordon from like a statistical standpoint

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Speaker 1: and as far as is rushing yardage and yards carry went.

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Speaker 1: But I think I was not surprised to see if

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Speaker 1: they really came out and were committed to running the ball.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Anthony Lynn operated the most run heavy offense

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Speaker 1: last year in Buffalo. I mean he is a Rex

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Speaker 1: Ryan coaching disciple, a former running back himself, so it

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Speaker 1: was no surprise to see them really come out with

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Speaker 1: a commitment to pounding the rock, and I think that

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Speaker 1: will be their foundation going forward. Is a really run

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Speaker 1: heavy approach, so I expect that to work really well

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Speaker 1: against the Dolphins, who have some good pass rushes up front,

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Speaker 1: but aren't necessarily like a great run defense. And it's

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Speaker 1: also important to note that when the Dolphins and Chargers

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Speaker 1: played last year, Melvin Gordon really ripped them up there,

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Speaker 1: so I think he's in line for another big game

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Speaker 1: and like I said, really the centerpiece of their offense.

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Speaker 1: But the questions line more with the passing game, which

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Speaker 1: you know, to its own right, has a litany of

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Speaker 1: talented options, and I think that was the biggest question

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Speaker 1: coming into fantasy drafts this years, like how is the

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Speaker 1: distribution going to shake up? We saw Keenan Allen get

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Speaker 1: loose in the end zone and grab a touchdown last week,

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Speaker 1: and I mean, I think we'll see that plenty of

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Speaker 1: this year as long as he's healthy. He's one of

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Speaker 1: the best receivers in the league in terms of the

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Speaker 1: separation standpoint and also at the contested catch point. So

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Speaker 1: I really like Keenan Allen as the centerpiece of the

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Speaker 1: passing game, and it's these ancillary players who I think

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Speaker 1: come into focus this week, Guys like Tyroll Williams. Plenty

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Speaker 1: of people have questions about Hunter Henry, but I like

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Speaker 1: the way that they match up against the Dolphins defense

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Speaker 1: this week. How do you approach these pass catchers on

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Speaker 1: the charges because to your point, they're so talented. Tyroll

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Speaker 1: Williams led the team in receiving yards last year because

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen was out, Hunter Henry had eight touchdowns and

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Speaker 1: fifty three targets. Travis Benjamin, I listen, he doesn't have

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Speaker 1: fantasy relevance right now per se. But from what I

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Speaker 1: saw in training camp and what I saw in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: then obviously Rivers hooked up with him in Week one?

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Speaker 1: What do you make of these pass catchers on a

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Speaker 1: weekly basis? Obviously, Melvin Gordon he's in your lineup, Keenan Allen,

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Speaker 1: he's in your lineup, and then what do he just

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Speaker 1: play the matchups? Do you think a week to week? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm really glad that you mentioned Travis Benjamin because I

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Speaker 1: don't think he gets enough credit for what a good

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Speaker 1: player he is. And back when they were the San

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Speaker 1: Diego Chargers. The Chargers agreed with that too. I mean

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Speaker 1: they went out and paid him pretty decent money, and

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Speaker 1: that was looking like a really good move after Keenan

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Speaker 1: Allen went down. I mean, even before Tyro Williams took

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Speaker 1: over at the leading receiver, Travis Benjamin was kind of

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Speaker 1: cooking last year. He had one hundred and fifteen yards

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Speaker 1: eighty two yards forty eight yards on one hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventeen yards and four straight games after that Week one

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Speaker 1: contest and scored two touchdowns against the Jaguars in one

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Speaker 1: of those games. So he's a legitimately good player. And

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Speaker 1: we saw again that he can definitely take the lid

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Speaker 1: off the defense. I mean he got loosened against that

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Speaker 1: Denver secondary. He's gonna be an important important player for

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Speaker 1: this team because he can stretch the field, and he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have some big weeks. I mean they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: tough to predict from a fantasy standpoint, but I think

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Speaker 1: he's worth having on the end of your roster because

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Speaker 1: a lot of times in fantasy it's really just who

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Speaker 1: are the good offenses and let me associate my investments

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Speaker 1: with them. And I think Los Angeles has a chance

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Speaker 1: to be a pretty good offense, So I like the

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Speaker 1: idea of keepings Benjamin around and if there are injuries,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be in a really good position. And when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the rest of your guys, you're you're

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Speaker 1: probably trying to play matchups. Me right now, after what

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Speaker 1: happened with Hunter Henry not getting a target, playing far

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Speaker 1: less snaps than Antonio Gates in week one, I don't

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Speaker 1: really think you can use Hunter Henry right now, and

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be a completely opposed to dropping him, but

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Speaker 1: I'd probably try to avoid it. I didn't really draft

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Speaker 1: Henry anywhere because I thought he was going a little

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Speaker 1: too high considering Gates was still in the picture, But

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Speaker 1: I try to probably hold him right now and eventually

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Speaker 1: maybe he gets rolling as the clear lead guy, but

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Speaker 1: he's probably in that range with guys like Martellis Bennett,

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Speaker 1: the Jack Doyles of the world's where you like them

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Speaker 1: from some weeks, but also you're really not rolling them

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Speaker 1: out there like a Travis Kelsey or Zach Ertz, guys

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Speaker 1: that are every week starters outside the Grove tier. And

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Speaker 1: I think for this week, though, the Dolphin secondary is

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Speaker 1: still kind of a work in progress. So I think

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Speaker 1: guys like Tyrell Williams, Travis Benjamin, even if you're in

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Speaker 1: a deeper start, multiple receiver release, I think you want

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Speaker 1: to say it, I'm getting these wide receivers in your

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Speaker 1: lineup this week. Matt. Let's go around the league and

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Speaker 1: it's typical overreaction after Week one. You had some some

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Speaker 1: big guys who came up a little small this week,

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Speaker 1: and then you had some surprise performances. What stuck out

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Speaker 1: to you in week one? Some of the most intriguing

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Speaker 1: storylines in your eyes? Yeah, so I think one of

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Speaker 1: them is kind of what we're watching right now with

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Speaker 1: the Texans and Deshaun Watson and generally rookie quarterbacks all around.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have Deshaun Tyser starting too in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: That's an offense that I'm monitoring because after they play

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Speaker 1: the Ravens this week in Baltimore, which I think is

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Speaker 1: going to be a tough slog of a game for

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback and Deshaun Kaiser, the Browns did a

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Speaker 1: pretty good schedule. They get the Cults, the Bengals and

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Speaker 1: the Jets in three games after that, and I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of intrigued on this offense as a potential buy low candidate.

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Speaker 1: I've liked what I've seen at of Corey Coleman so far,

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Speaker 1: and so is just Sean Kaiser. He's had pretty much

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Speaker 1: eyes just for him in the wide receiver room. And

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Speaker 1: then Isaiah Crowell is somebody that got a ton of usage.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the supposed backup quarter backup running back in

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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson played all of his snaps as as a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver or in the slot. So Isaiah, yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Crowell is really set up well. So I get

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Speaker 1: I don't really like the matchup this week, but going forward,

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Speaker 1: I think the Browns offense is is something that we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to we're gonna have to watch out for.

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Speaker 1: It feels a little weird. I'm sitting here talking about

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Speaker 1: all Browns on a fantasy listen, I have two. I

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Speaker 1: have Isaiah Crowell and Corey Coleman starting in a league.

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Speaker 1: And I look at it and I'm like, do I

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Speaker 1: really want two Browns on my team? But I kind

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Speaker 1: of do because Corey Coleman's getting all the targets, and

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Speaker 1: like you said, Isaiah Crowell is getting all the carries. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And like I said, I said, probably not gonna start

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Speaker 1: off all that well this week, but going forward, this

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Speaker 1: is an offensive I think we want to be invested

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Speaker 1: in because I think Deshan Kaiser might be legitimately good.

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Speaker 1: I think he might be a starting level quarterback. Again,

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Speaker 1: It's probably gonna be a rough road this week, but

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Speaker 1: if he lifts those tides going forward, this was gonna

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Speaker 1: be an offensive we want to be associated with. I think.

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Speaker 1: Probably one of the biggest storylines though, and this is

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Speaker 1: something I've been paying attention to all off season, is

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Speaker 1: the Vikings offense. And I mean they looked incredible in

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Speaker 1: the Monday night opener this past week. But of course

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Speaker 1: everybody's gonna say, but the Saints defense, But the Saints defense.

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Speaker 1: But look, Adam Feelin, Stefan dig those guys were really

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Speaker 1: good last year. If people weren't paying attention, they were

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Speaker 1: sleeping on him, they might have missed it. But those

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Speaker 1: guys started to break out last year. Tam Bradford was

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Speaker 1: making legitimately awesome throws. I don't care who was covering.

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Speaker 1: Those were just awesome throws. And this offense is set

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Speaker 1: up really well with a feature back in Dalvin Cook,

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Speaker 1: a great tight end who led the NFL and tight

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Speaker 1: end targets last year. In Kyle Rudolph, this might be

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Speaker 1: like the next great fantasy offense, and you've kind of

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Speaker 1: got to make a stand on it going into a

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Speaker 1: week two. Do you believe it or do you believe

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Speaker 1: that it was just the Saint defense. I tend to

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Speaker 1: side on the fact that I believe in the vikings,

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Speaker 1: and I think you want to make maybe some last