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Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Monday, November seven two. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man named g

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grants, joined by Michael left Florio and the specialists,

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Speaker 1: the cast of dozens that help us put this show on.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate all of your hard work each and every day.

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Speaker 1: And we are officially through the first nine weeks of

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Speaker 1: the season. And I figured you'd be feeling good mostly

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Speaker 1: except that the Bills kind of face planted. How how

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Speaker 1: are we feeling about that? Um? I give the credit

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Speaker 1: to the Jets, like they played very well on both

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Speaker 1: sides of the ball. It was the Bill's worst game

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Speaker 1: of the year on both sides of the ball. Uh. I.

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Speaker 1: I don't love the Jet fans uh talking so much

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Speaker 1: to get very ahead of themselves. I gave them credit

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Speaker 1: and my friends were like, oh, we crushed, and I'm like, oh,

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Speaker 1: it's a regular season game that meant a lot more

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Speaker 1: to one side than the other. Any worries though that

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Speaker 1: the Bills two losses have come in division, Um No,

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Speaker 1: because the first one was a weird weather game in

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Speaker 1: Miami where it was super hot. Uh. And yesterday, I

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Speaker 1: give credit the Jets defense played very well. The Bills

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Speaker 1: did hold out a bunch of regulars because of that

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Speaker 1: tariff there, But I more so think this is just

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Speaker 1: like I'm more worried I do the Bills get bored

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the year because this has been

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Speaker 1: last year as well, Like they lost to the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: last season and we all kind of forgot about that.

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Speaker 1: It's very true. And I do think Buffalo is playing.

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Speaker 1: They're playing for January in February right now, so I

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Speaker 1: know they want to win all of them, but I

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Speaker 1: don't think they're really stressing out about a loss in

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Speaker 1: early November. We got playing to talk about on the

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Speaker 1: show today, as always, will have our five biggest takeaways

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Speaker 1: for the week. We'll give you some waiver wire targets,

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Speaker 1: and we have a special guest coming on a little

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Speaker 1: bit later. You know him, you love him, You probably

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Speaker 1: rostered him. It is Chargers running back Austin Ekeler, who

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Speaker 1: will sit down with us for a few minutes to

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Speaker 1: be have very yeah, give the right of applause for that.

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Speaker 1: Very excited to have him on the show today. But

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Speaker 1: let's start with some fancy see headlines, and this one

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Speaker 1: by a dude who went kaboom on Sunday, Joe Mixon

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Speaker 1: going off against the Panthers. He accounts for five total touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: four of them on the ground, one a receiving score,

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Speaker 1: fifty five fantasy points now. Coming into the game, Joe

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Speaker 1: Mixon had three touchdowns all season long. He puts up

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Speaker 1: five on Sunday. Do you sell high or do you

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Speaker 1: hope this is the start of something good for Joe Mixon.

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Speaker 1: I think both answers are correct, Like I would be

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Speaker 1: fine selling high on Joe Mixon. He had more touchdowns

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Speaker 1: in the first half than he did in the first

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Speaker 1: eight games. Like it's it's wild He's now the RB

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Speaker 1: two on this season. He like he was someone that

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Speaker 1: we were worried about coming into this past week and

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Speaker 1: now he's the RB two. But if you could trade

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Speaker 1: him for SAYE McCaffrey or Henry or one of those

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Speaker 1: high end elete running back, sure, I'm okay doing that.

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Speaker 1: But he had already been getting so much volume every week,

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Speaker 1: especially near the goal line, And on this show, Marcus,

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Speaker 1: we've said, like eventually they're gonna turn into touchdowns. I

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Speaker 1: didn't think it would all happened in one game, But

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Speaker 1: I think this is a sign of things to come,

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Speaker 1: Like Joe Mixon isn't gonna put up fifty five Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points every week, but there will be big games and

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Speaker 1: there will be some down games because of the Bengals

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Speaker 1: offensive line. I will say that, you know, having more

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Speaker 1: than a dozen fantasy leagues, I was fortunate that I

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Speaker 1: think only ran into him in one league. Yesterday. I

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Speaker 1: I was just like, at halftime of that game, I

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Speaker 1: texted my friend, I was like, you have eight touchdowns already,

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Speaker 1: but by two players pretty much. Yeah, well I'm done

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Speaker 1: where I ran into him. I ran into him in

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Speaker 1: justin fields together, So you know, I got I got

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Speaker 1: to kind of relax on that one a little bit earlier.

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Speaker 1: My right, well this is a wash, so we'll just

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Speaker 1: move on to something else. And I also did the

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Speaker 1: rare thing. I had Joe Mixon in the lineup this

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Speaker 1: week and lost. Oh yeah, that is rare. I was.

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Speaker 1: I played the only team that scored more points in

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Speaker 1: that kind of hurts a little bit when that happens,

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Speaker 1: but very curious to say. I will say this, we

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Speaker 1: end of the year, wherever he finishes, and when we

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Speaker 1: for Joe Mixon, let's sort of remember this game very

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Speaker 1: much an outlier into what maybe his season was as

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Speaker 1: week to week for Joe Mixon. In Carolina, the Panthers

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Speaker 1: had been feisty the last couple of weeks with Steve

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Speaker 1: sort of liking what they were putting together. It all

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Speaker 1: that Baker Mayfield replaced p J. Walker in the loss.

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Speaker 1: Mayfield finishes with a hundred and fifty five passing yards

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Speaker 1: starting Baker Mayfield, just like I didn't naviocate that we

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Speaker 1: more a lot more, and we like Terrace Marshall. Is

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Speaker 1: there one of these quarterbacks we prefer to boost the

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Speaker 1: value of the pass catchers in Carolina yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: not Baker Mayfield. We also saw Sam Donald elevated he

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Speaker 1: can now is eligible to return next week as well.

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Speaker 1: So this is just a complete mess. And I did

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Speaker 1: read one of the Beat reporters article last night just

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Speaker 1: to see like if we could get any leaning from this,

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Speaker 1: and it was like, it's gonna be hard to go

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Speaker 1: he had a bad game yesterday, he played terribly, but

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Speaker 1: like it's easier to go back to Baker Mayfield after

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Speaker 1: that start that you had. I don't really get that,

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Speaker 1: seen how this movie goes and it is not a

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Speaker 1: good ending for either. More potentially for Terroris Marshall. We

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Speaker 1: never seen Terrice Marshall with Baker Mayfield. So I don't

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Speaker 1: Maybe it is hard to go back to p J. Walker.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. So that means Sam Donald, come on down.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you're the next starting quarterback for the Carolina Panthers.

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Speaker 1: This is where we are in two. I get this

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Speaker 1: to our big takeaways from Sunday. We put together five

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Speaker 1: ways you can maybe action them for fantasy going forward.

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Speaker 1: So the first one, what did you come away with

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Speaker 1: the easiest one of the of the day, I would

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Speaker 1: say Justin Fields, he's a league winner, Like he's a

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Speaker 1: not many quarterbacks I would comfortably say I would want

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Speaker 1: it starts being a discussion like he's really been playing

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Speaker 1: that well. At least forty seven rushing yards in every

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Speaker 1: he threw for a career high three touchdowns. He's looking

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you come away from this without

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Speaker 1: feeling anything, but like, Justin Fields could win me my

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Speaker 1: the football. Also becoming more efficient as a passer, about

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Speaker 1: it is coming together for Justin Fields. I know a

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Speaker 1: pulling receipts on people who didn't somehow just immediately fall

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Speaker 1: a lot of people weren't saying like we like fields

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Speaker 1: of talent, we hate the way the Bears are trying

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Speaker 1: to make him a pocket passer. Everything changed when the

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Speaker 1: victory lapping. I guess if that makes you feel good

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers actually had a decent passing game. He had

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Speaker 1: in that when Green Bay struggled to move to football consistently,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Jones ended up leaving the game was seen in

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Speaker 1: a walking boot afterwards. X rays have come back clean,

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Speaker 1: so he should be on the practice field this week,

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Speaker 1: but neither he nor a J. Dillon could get anything going.

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Speaker 1: be out four to six weeks. We were already pretty

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Speaker 1: But now Floria, Aaron Jones isn't getting anything going, and

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Speaker 1: know what to do with this group now. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: it's wild to say, like the only packer I think

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Speaker 1: like you said, it's like Alan Lazard or bust and

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Speaker 1: who even their defense is disappointing, Like it's just all

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Speaker 1: in the NFC North. This is a whole NFC North

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Speaker 1: heavy segment here, what's next for you? Until we see

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift in a larger rolling back to his normal role,

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Speaker 1: we cannot trust him for fantasy. And this is the

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Speaker 1: worst kind of situation because Swift is way too good

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Speaker 1: and has way too much upside to drop. But you

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Speaker 1: can't start him right now, so he's just taking a

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Speaker 1: streaming show, because we don't have any highlights for Tyler

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Speaker 1: Higbee from Sunday because he didn't do anything. So I look,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, did it mean we do? We do

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Speaker 1: we bail on Higbee? Now? Tight end is so thin?

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Speaker 1: Can we still have some faith going forward in him.

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Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of people on Twitter advocating to

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Speaker 1: drop Tyler to Higbee, and I'm like, well, you clearly

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Speaker 1: haven't checked the schedule yet, because next week they get

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals cloud the most and literally now this

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Speaker 1: after this past week, it's the most production in every category.

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Speaker 1: Two tight ends there, it is, So hang out with

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Speaker 1: Tyler Higby at least for one more week because you

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Speaker 1: get the Cardinals coming up next week. That would be

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Speaker 1: a horookie mistake to drop him, which means lineup mistakes

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Speaker 1: were made. There are people to be blamed. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to a few of them. Since to us by the

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Speaker 1: fans over at NFL Fantasy. This one from Manna the

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Speaker 1: Dana and Dan saying Devanta Smith and Tyler Boyd instead

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Speaker 1: of Curtis Samuel. Yeah, this is a good process. It

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Speaker 1: just didn't work out for you. Yeah, like I have

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Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel and a couple of teams. I loved the

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Speaker 1: production I got yesterday, but admittedly it was better. Like

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Speaker 1: that was a should be interception ball that Taylor Honi

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Speaker 1: just like chucked up and and somehow not only did

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Speaker 1: he somehow catch this ball. If you're watching the streams,

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Speaker 1: he's somehow an untouched into the end zone after that,

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Speaker 1: I don't really know how it happened. It was amazing,

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Speaker 1: but this was the yoloist of all yolo balls from

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Speaker 1: Taylor Heinecke and it just worked out. But everything else

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Speaker 1: about the matchups said that the Vonta Smith and Tyler

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Speaker 1: Boyd were the plays there. So I get your frustration.

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Speaker 1: I totally get. Brandy reminded me that the safety on

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Speaker 1: that play ran into the referee and then that's how

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Speaker 1: it just leads to pure chaos after just pure chaos.

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Speaker 1: So I understand your frustration, dam but you you made

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Speaker 1: the right decision, all right, absolutely. Next one up, this

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Speaker 1: one from Better Jordan's DJ Moore over Josh Palmer. Again,

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Speaker 1: I understand the thought process here. I like Josh Palmer,

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Speaker 1: but I like DJ Moore too, so I understand the

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Speaker 1: thought process with this. But again, it just just didn't

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Speaker 1: work out for you. It was an all time bad

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Speaker 1: uh day for the Panthers. But we you know, like

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Speaker 1: on paper, it made sense to go with DJ Moore absolutely,

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Speaker 1: so you don't don't beat yourself up too much about

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Speaker 1: that one. Next one up, this one from Spencer Pratt said,

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Speaker 1: Fields over Herbert. Herbert can ride the bench from the

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Speaker 1: rest of the season. Now. Honestly, if you have Justin Fields,

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Speaker 1: that actually might not be too far from wrong. At

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Speaker 1: this point. I would try to trade Justin Herbert if

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Speaker 1: I could there, and I would have played Fields over

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Speaker 1: Herbert myself. But I I can't knock anyone for for

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Speaker 1: sitting Justin for sitting Fields this this week with Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: the concern was just not having pass catchers. No Mike Williams,

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Speaker 1: no Keenan Allen. Yeah, like I said, I liked Josh Palmer,

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Speaker 1: but it is a little bit of a down grade

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Speaker 1: not having those other guys there, So yeah, maybe try

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Speaker 1: to trade one of them. You have to Justin's. You

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Speaker 1: only need one Justin when Justin is enough on your roster.

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Speaker 1: Last one from Gavin says Kyle Pitts over Kay Dotton.

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Speaker 1: It's getting harder to the thin Kyle Pitts every week.

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Speaker 1: I am actually going in the exact opposite direction. I

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Speaker 1: I am feeling better about Kyle Pitts today than I

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Speaker 1: haven't weeks. Okay, he had more air yards yesterday than

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Speaker 1: a tight end has had in any game. He's had

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Speaker 1: at least seven targets and two straight Like, I know,

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Speaker 1: the production wasn't there this past week, but all we've

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Speaker 1: been clamoring for his consistent usage and he starts getting

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Speaker 1: that each week. It's gonna be better, I hope. So

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Speaker 1: it's just it's it's we're we're coming up on week

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Speaker 1: ten and we're still trying to make the case for

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Speaker 1: Kyle Pans. It's getting hard. I'm not going to make

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Speaker 1: the case that Kyle Pitts is ever going to live

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Speaker 1: up to our predraft expectation. But in season, Kyle Pitts

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Speaker 1: could be more useful than he gets credit for it,

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Speaker 1: all Right, I'll go with you on that one. He

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Speaker 1: did have a long throw that Mariota overthrew him on.

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Speaker 1: He was downfield behind the defense and Mariota just overshot him.

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Speaker 1: That would have completely changed the day if they would

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Speaker 1: have connected. We are excited to be joined now by

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Speaker 1: a man who is a podcaster. He's developing his own

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Speaker 1: app He is a weightlifter, but more importantly for our purposes,

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Speaker 1: he is the star running back of the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Speaker 1: It is Austin Ekeler. The Chargers fresh off a win

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Speaker 1: in Atlanta against the Falcons, and Austin, we appreciate your time.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling on this Monday? You know, typical

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Speaker 1: money day, pretty beat up after a game. Um, but

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Speaker 1: it's kind of the life that I've chosen. So it's

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Speaker 1: it is what it is, you know. Get back to work,

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Speaker 1: give my body right, and then be back to score

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Speaker 1: and touchdowns this next Sunday. But I want to start

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Speaker 1: with all the things you do. I want to let

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Speaker 1: you start with your your foundation, because you have the

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Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler Foundation, and just tell us a little bit

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Speaker 1: about kind of what it is that that you guys

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Speaker 1: do there and kind of what you're hoping to accomplish. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: with just my journey through life and you know, just

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Speaker 1: my upcoming I've really tried to push myself to a

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Speaker 1: limit where I can continue to just go grow and

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Speaker 1: grow and grow and put myself in situations where I

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Speaker 1: can continue to push myself as far as I can.

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Speaker 1: And in the meantime, I've also realized that I've been

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Speaker 1: motivating people UM to do the same for themselves as well.

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Speaker 1: And so that's where I wanted to bring in the

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Speaker 1: Foundation UM to basically put resources back in the community

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Speaker 1: that people can use as opportunities to give themselves a

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Speaker 1: chance to get their life started. I'm talking like washers

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Speaker 1: and dry buyers for schools that have uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: like lower income families that are living and assisted living

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Speaker 1: or living you know, in their cars and you don't

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Speaker 1: have washers and dryers, so they can go to school

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Speaker 1: and get their clothes clean. UM, things like a weight room,

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Speaker 1: things like bags and clothing and other supplies that help

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Speaker 1: that I think most people not I guess not most

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Speaker 1: people people in America would team as like necessities like

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Speaker 1: you have to have those UM. And so there's a

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Speaker 1: situation where not because people have made choices to not

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Speaker 1: have them, but because the situation they're in, they haven't

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Speaker 1: had access to that. So that's what the foundation is doing.

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Speaker 1: We're going back and helping people get their life on

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Speaker 1: the right track. And Austin, you're gonna help a lot

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Speaker 1: of people win fantasy leagues. Would definitely encourage anyone to,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe take some of your fantasy league winnings

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Speaker 1: and make a donation there. But Austin, it's not just

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Speaker 1: a fantasy football player. As someone who analyzes the game

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Speaker 1: like we do. What does it feel like to be

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Speaker 1: the fantasy football m v P wow, I would definitely say,

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Speaker 1: don't analyze it like you do. Um. So what draws

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Speaker 1: me to fantasy football is the community aspect of fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: I love what it does for the game. I love

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Speaker 1: what it does for our communities. It brings us together,

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Speaker 1: keeps people competitive, keeps you know, old buddies and touch

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Speaker 1: things like that. And so that's what really drew me

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Speaker 1: to it. And then just the support that I've gotten

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Speaker 1: throughout the years from the fantasy football community has has

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Speaker 1: been immense. And I love it because I can hang

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Speaker 1: out with the guys and you know, support the league.

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Speaker 1: And actually get to know other guys on different teams,

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Speaker 1: because you know, that's what fantasy football is. It's it's

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Speaker 1: your team made up of other players from different teams.

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Speaker 1: And and speaking of players and other teams, is you're

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Speaker 1: you're the m v P right now through nine weeks

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Speaker 1: of the season. Is there anyone in the league that

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Speaker 1: has your eye of like, hey, this guy might be

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Speaker 1: coming from my award? Yeah? Man, who's this running back that?

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Speaker 1: I think it was Walker for the Seahawks. Oh my god,

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Speaker 1: that guys have stud that guys and stuff. I told

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Speaker 1: him not to be played us because he ran all

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Speaker 1: over us. And I was like, man, I'm I'm a fan.

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Speaker 1: I am a fan, so I would say, yeah, walking

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Speaker 1: over there at Seahawks is definitely is coming for it.

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Speaker 1: I mean Nick Chubbs is right there too, right, you know,

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Speaker 1: we're neck and neck for thats right now. Um, and

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Speaker 1: then there's some other some other stuff running backs that

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Speaker 1: have been doing their thing too. But I gotta continue

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Speaker 1: to earn some respect over a couple of years before

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Speaker 1: I put him in that discussion. I want to ask

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Speaker 1: you about about your game yesterday against Atlanta, because you

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Speaker 1: guys fell behind early. It was ten nothing pretty early

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Speaker 1: in that game, you were able to regroup and end

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Speaker 1: up pulling out the win. What was it that you

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Speaker 1: guys talked about on the sidelines to kind of help

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Speaker 1: get get things turned around yesterday? A man, as long

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Speaker 1: as I've been playing in the league, really, even if

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Speaker 1: you're down like no one's out, like you watch games

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Speaker 1: week to week, you can get down, you can get up,

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Speaker 1: Like if you watch the Raider game, you know about that.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday they're up zero and lost the game. And that's

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Speaker 1: the NFL. That's what the NFL is. Like, the NFL is, Hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: we've been working. We got to continue to work with

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Speaker 1: regardless of what happens. If we're winning, if we're losing,

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Speaker 1: guests what we gotta go out there and do the

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Speaker 1: best we can to try to get ourselves in a

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Speaker 1: position that we can win. Um. And so it's like

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Speaker 1: we're down, it really doesn't matter, Like, yeah, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: feel great, but guess what, it doesn't matter if we

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Speaker 1: feel good or feel bad. We gotta go out there

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Speaker 1: and try to perform. So that's exactly what we did. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and talking about never giving up, you had one of

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Speaker 1: the it was a near but almost one of the

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Speaker 1: most amazing touchdowns that I've ever seen. Uh. And you

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Speaker 1: were talking about Kenneth Walker and him standing out. Are

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Speaker 1: there any other running backs that catch your eye around

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Speaker 1: the league that you think deserve some more praise right now?

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, there's a couple. You know, Breece Hall

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Speaker 1: wasn't one, unfortunately, right he Yeah, he had his knee injury.

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Speaker 1: Um there's uh, I think it's Romandre is that his

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Speaker 1: name for the for the Patriots that's been sticking out. Um.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, just a few stud rookies that have been

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Speaker 1: I don't think MDS Rickie actually, but it's just a

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Speaker 1: few young guys that have been really stepping up to

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Speaker 1: the opportunity. So it's been good to see. We always

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Speaker 1: need a turnover of some new talent that nukes something

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Speaker 1: new and exciting. So that's good. So you guys went

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Speaker 1: into yesterday a little bit shorthanded, and know Keenan's banged up,

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams banged up a little bit. When you guys

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Speaker 1: get together as a group to sort of game plan

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Speaker 1: for the week, what's more important to how you put

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Speaker 1: together game plan is it is it the defense you're

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Speaker 1: facing or is it the person of that you guys have.

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Speaker 1: How much do you fact throw that in? Wow, that's

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Speaker 1: a great question. Um, there's a little bit of both, Um,

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Speaker 1: a little bit of both. I would say you try

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Speaker 1: to put the players that you have in a position

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Speaker 1: that you think they will have the most success based

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Speaker 1: off of the defense that you're going to be expecting

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Speaker 1: to see. It doesn't mean you're always going to see that,

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Speaker 1: um defense, And a lot of times there's times we're like, oh,

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Speaker 1: we weren't planning for this, and so we have to

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Speaker 1: adjust on the run. UM. I would say for the

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Speaker 1: most part, it is your personnel is the heaviest factor

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Speaker 1: that plays into that. And your personnel allows you to

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Speaker 1: open up your playbook even more if you have guys

642
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Speaker 1: that can do multiple things. And you know, right now

643
00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: we have guys banged up, so we have guys that

644
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: are having a step up and and you know, take

645
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: take a role that has been a little maybe a

646
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: little bit bigger than they had before. But you know,

647
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: that's what is also great about the NFL. S Now

648
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: you get a chance. That's how I'm here sitting here

649
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: talking to you today, is because I had a chance.

650
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: I took advantage of an opportunity and now here I am, um,

651
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: you know, leading it leading the way for the running

652
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: backs and Fantasy. And as we were talking about earlier,

653
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: we're always breaking down this game every week. And in fantasy,

654
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 1: one big thing is trying to find like new trends

655
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: in an offense to be on a player before other

656
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: people are. Um. But often it's just like a case

657
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: of it with just being one big game. Is there

658
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Speaker 1: any tips as someone who watches film way more closely

659
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Speaker 1: than the rest of us to identifying what's just a

660
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: one game thing and maybe what might be something that

661
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: can stick. Yeah, I think it comes down to you know,

662
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: who did maybe that person maybe that popped off. Who

663
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: do they play? I think you know there's for instance, um,

664
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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon had like fifty five Fantasy points. It's like

665
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: when you have scenarios like that, it's like, okay, like

666
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: maybe there's some talent there, but let's take a deeper look.

667
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: Who are they playing? Um, what was the scenario as

668
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: far as the defense, how to do they struggle against

669
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: the run type of thing? Um? You know, even if

670
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: you look at our defense, I feel like we've been

671
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: struggling against the run for the past couple of weeks, right,

672
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: and so the running backs that are coming up against

673
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: us or having these huge games, um and so like

674
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: all that takes you know, takes into account whether you're

675
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: gonna pick up a guy. But I mean, at this

676
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: point in the season, if if you have anyone that's

677
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: popping off, you probably should pick them up because you know,

678
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: usually everyone's picked up by now. Um So if anyone

679
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: pops off, definitely snagging if they're still available, that would

680
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: be my Austin, I know you take care of yourself.

681
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: I know this is a recovery day for you, as

682
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: you mentioned. I also know that you went to the

683
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: coaches when the schedule expanded to seventeen games to sort

684
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: of try to figure out that balance to make sure

685
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: that you were going to be fresh come the end

686
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: of the season. I also know a lot of running

687
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: backs want to get touches, They want to get in

688
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: that rhythm. How do you find that balance between getting

689
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: enough opportunities that you're you're in a rhythm without making

690
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: sure you're gonna get over worked over the course of

691
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: a season. Yeah, you know, it comes down to balance, right,

692
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: and balance of longevity and balance of you know, short

693
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: term impact on the team, and so I want to

694
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 1: make sure I'm making the biggest impact on the team

695
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: as I can UM and making sure I'm being efficient

696
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: and able to be fresh. Well that means being available

697
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: for the entire season usually. UM. So you you do

698
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: want to have some some sort of I guess counterpart

699
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: that can also pick some load off you, that can

700
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,719
Speaker 1: also continue to have a high level of play, right

701
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 1: because that's gonna you know, be able to that's gonna

702
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: allow us to be able to share workload. Doesn't mean

703
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be less efficient. Hopefully means I'm gonna be

704
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: more efficient. You might have amit fewer touches, but like

705
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: I said, the longevity of it, right playing in week

706
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: eighteen is the benefit that hopefully you're trying to come

707
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: out with that. And so there's a lot of different

708
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: things that can happen. Scenarios where you have injuries where

709
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: it's like Austin, that's just not the scenario right now.

710
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: You gotta play, you know pretty much, you know as

711
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: much as you can um, and you know that you

712
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: kind of just roll with the punches. Ideally, I would

713
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: like to have someone that, yeah, is able to get

714
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: out there and continue to basically half and half because

715
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: I know how that feels, and you can still have

716
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: success like that as a running back but then also

717
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: feel really good after games. Austin next week is a

718
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 1: great running back matchup between you the RB one and

719
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Speaker 1: fantasy and one of the players trying to catch you

720
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: and Christian McCaffrey. But the only thing that McCaffrey has

721
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: on you this year is he's thrown a passing touchdowns?

722
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: So do you have to warm up your shoulder? Can

723
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: we expect to see throwing some passes anytime soon? You know,

724
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: I don't want to give away too much of the playbook,

725
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: so I'm not saying it can't happen. It's just really well,

726
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: it's funny because how how much how do you talk

727
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: about balance? Right? Balance in terms of like, you know,

728
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 1: preparing yourself and keeping your body fresh. How important is

729
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: balancing an offense and you know, throwing the ball versus

730
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: running the ball? Maybe it's not fifty fifty, but but

731
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Speaker 1: where do you guys find a good balance in terms

732
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: of mixing up your play calling? You find a good balance,

733
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: and what's success? You know, it's not necessarily that we're

734
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: trying to have balance running and passing, and we're just

735
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: trying to have balance and whatever. We're having success in

736
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: continuing to do that. UM And for the most part

737
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: that has looked like both league having pass and run.

738
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Speaker 1: But for some teams it's like, hey, we can pass

739
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: the ball a bunch and that gives us a good balance.

740
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: Our balance is a little bit different than other teams, right,

741
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: Like it depends on the personnel. That depends on you know,

742
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: who you have, how how guys are playing UM and

743
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: so you know, for instance, you know, if you look

744
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 1: at the you know the Titans, you know in that game,

745
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: like Derrick Henry, you gotta get going man like, like

746
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: he's their guy, gonna make plays for them, So their

747
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,280
Speaker 1: balance is a lot different than you know, their counterparts

748
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 1: who they played. You know, just this last Sunday, Patrick

749
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: Homes we threw like sixty five times, right, So the

750
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: balance is always different depending on the team. UM. And

751
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: Luckily for me, I can run and catch the ball

752
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,439
Speaker 1: UM and so you know, I'll fit into it's any

753
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: scenario and be able to make plays wherever you need

754
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: me to. And and as fantasy players, we all have

755
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: like horror stories like if you played know mix in

756
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: this week you probably lost. So I'm wondering, have you

757
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: ever lost a fantasy matchup because you went against yourself? Yeah?

758
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: All the time? What sort of things you want to do?

759
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: Like we we hope you you play for a long

760
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: time and have a lot of success, and we appreciate

761
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: your time. But when when you're playing, career is eventually over,

762
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: what sort of things are you going to occupy your

763
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: time with? Man? Wow? So this is something that I'm

764
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: like very passionate about, um. And it really it's the

765
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,959
Speaker 1: same things that I'm doing now, UM, which is really

766
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: putting myself and putting myself an opportunity, opportunities to grow. Right.

767
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: That's why I have the app, That's why I have

768
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: the foundation. You know, I have my different podcasts with Yahoo,

769
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: with Twitch, um, and then you know, just I have

770
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,720
Speaker 1: a real estate fund um and then just me learning

771
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 1: my education, my network. So I'll continue to expand in

772
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: those different avenues because I think that that's what really

773
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: agents in life is when you're able to continue to

774
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: bring value to your own life and then also apply

775
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: that value and other aspects of your life. Um. And

776
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: so for me, I'm just gonna continue to in my

777
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: life with that and try to do as much as

778
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: I can and try to make as big of an

779
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: impact as people's lives. They can just show that even

780
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: the things that I'm doing, even though you know, started

781
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: a lot earlier maybe than some other people, um, they're

782
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: not hard. It's not that I'm doing anything spectacular as

783
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: far as my talent or anything like that. It's really

784
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 1: coming down to me working and being consistent in my work. Um,

785
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: and guess what continue to pay off. It might pay

786
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: off a little bit faster slower than some other people,

787
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 1: but guess what, it's gonna have some type of progress

788
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,760
Speaker 1: in your life. And so if I can help people

789
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: realize that and realize people really help people realize that

790
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 1: it's really just a commitment to some type of journey

791
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: that can put you on a path to have some

792
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: type of fulfillment in your life, then guess what, you

793
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 1: should probably go down that because it's gonna lead to

794
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 1: some type of life that you never even imagine for yourself.

795
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: Like myself here, I never was even gonna think about

796
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 1: playing in the NFL, and now I'm here, and now

797
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: I'm growing on top of it. So that's what I'll

798
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: be doing when I've been playing well. We certainly appreciate

799
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: your work you're doing off the field. We're excited and

800
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 1: we enjoy worked watching the work you do on the field,

801
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: and we're certainly grateful it took some time for us.

802
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: Today you can check out Austin Ekeler of course on

803
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: Eckler's Edge with our good friend Matt Harmon on the

804
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: HU Fantasy Football Forecast podcast. So again, we thank you

805
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: for the time Austin and uh continue the success, best

806
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: of luck for the rest of the season. I appreciate it. Boys,

807
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: thanks for having me on time to talk about some

808
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: of the top waiver wire targets for week ten. Florio,

809
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: take us through your list. Marcus Mariotta, who I know

810
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 1: played poorly in Week nine, but runs a lot and

811
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: he has a great matchup who he just went off

812
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: against a couple of weeks ago, and the Panthers, Daniel

813
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: Jones and in a matchup against the Houston Texans, and

814
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: then Deshaun Watson because I know where a couple of

815
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: weeks away, but he can return shortly, so if you

816
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: need a quarterback, grab him. Jeff Wilson Junior, Rashad White,

817
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: cam Akers, Jeff Wilson Junior really the only name to

818
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 1: go too heavy on there at the running back position,

819
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: and then some receivers, Uh, George Pickens who was dropped

820
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: in a good amount of leagues because of the bye week,

821
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: get him on your roster now. With no Chase Claypool there.

822
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 1: Ron del Moore continues to be heavily involved with no

823
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: markets Brown Terroris Marshall Jr. Continues to be heavily involved there.

824
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: Julio Jones is act and healthy, Odell Beckham Jr. Just

825
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: because he's getting cleared this week, could be signed in

826
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: back in our Lives soon, some more re Torra just

827
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: because Romeo Dobbs left due to injury. And then some

828
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 1: tight ends Cole Commit kadal And and Greg dol Chick

829
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,959
Speaker 1: just don't want, don't forget about Greggy d there after

830
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: the bye last week, and Greg Dulcis who stepped in

831
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: and has immediately had a pretty large workload, big role

832
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: there in in Denver, so I definitely keep him in

833
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,280
Speaker 1: mind if you need some tight end help, which pretty

834
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: much most of us do. If you want more in

835
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: depth analysis on some of these waiver wire picks, be

836
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: sure to check out Matt Okada's weekly Waiver Wire column.

837
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: You can find that at nfl dot com slash Waiver Wire.

838
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: There are four teams on to by this week, the Ravens, Bengals, Patriots,

839
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: and Jets. So you're gonna be missing certainly a couple

840
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 1: of key quarterbacks, probably some running backs as well. Heading

841
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,320
Speaker 1: into Week ten, let's talk about some of the guys

842
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: that we have on this list. Jeff Wilson talked about

843
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: him at the top of the show. The the Dolphins

844
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: do have two solid running backs now in Wheheem Mostart

845
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: and Jeff Wilson. Knowing that it could be a fifty

846
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: fifty split, how confident are you in and maybe starting,

847
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: Wilson say, as a flex on a weekly basis, I

848
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: think it would depend on the matchup. Like the Bears

849
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: are a team that you can run all over. We

850
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 1: know that they have struggled against a run, so that

851
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,280
Speaker 1: that was a favorable spot for them. Uh. Next week

852
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: the Dolphins they have another favorable matchup if I'm remembering correctly. Uh. Oh,

853
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: the Browns their defense that you can run all over.

854
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: We know that. So like in a matchup like that,

855
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: I think they're in play. Like the week they played

856
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I might, uh, I might get away from

857
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: the running backs a little bit, but what stood up

858
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: to me was in his first game, he literally had

859
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: to get a private plane last week to fly him

860
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: to to Florida because it was in the middle of

861
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: the week. He played more snaps, had the same number

862
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: of carries, and had an extra target than Raheemster did

863
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: I know. One of the things he said was that

864
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 1: everything was pretty much the same. I think they have

865
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: tweaked a little bit of the terminology, some of the

866
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 1: wording they used there in Miami versus San Francisco, but

867
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 1: everything was the same, so there really was no learning curve.

868
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,399
Speaker 1: He could jump right in and handle the offense, which

869
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 1: is why you saw him get as much work as

870
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: he did. I would also say, you know, look, if

871
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,760
Speaker 1: you are in a ten team league, you're not flexing

872
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson. But deeper leagues, bigger leagues, I do think

873
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: he has the the ability the ceiling or maybe the

874
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: floor either way, to to get into your lineup. Terrice

875
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: Marshall Jr. It was not a great day for him

876
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,760
Speaker 1: on Sunday, was not a great day for the Panthers

877
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: in general, but the usage continues to be what we want,

878
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 1: so I guess it's worth still starting him. Yeah, six

879
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: targets yesterday was a team high. He led them with

880
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: fifty three receiving yards. He also caught a touchdown. But

881
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: what stands out to me is last week he had

882
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: three ends on targets. This week he had two. Both

883
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: came from Baker Mayfield in the second half, as did

884
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: his touchdown. And then, um, that's five ends on targets

885
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. To put that into perspective,

886
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: d J. Moore leads is tied for the team lead

887
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: with five all season, and I think behind him it's

888
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: like one person has another end zone targets, so like

889
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: they are funneling this offense in the red zone through

890
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: Terris Marshall and to me that that's enough to make

891
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,800
Speaker 1: him a top receiver. Pick up this and he's starting

892
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: to look like the guy we thought had sleeper potential

893
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: last year. He just never could consistently be on the field,

894
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,800
Speaker 1: So now it's starting to come together for him. Midway

895
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: through this season, Cole Commet was a guy that we

896
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 1: liked as a sleeper coming into the year. It tied

897
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,240
Speaker 1: end and sort of like the rest of the Bears

898
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 1: offense the early part of the season. That's so great.

899
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: Last couple of weeks though, commets starting to come to

900
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: life as justin field starts to get more efficient. So

901
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,720
Speaker 1: maybe we're adding one more tight end to the pot

902
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: right now? Yeah, I think so. And and seeing him

903
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: catch his first touchdown last week since and then follow

904
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: it up with two this week, you have to be

905
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: feeling very encouraged and uh that, like spoiler alert, he's

906
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: going to be a start in this week's start Him

907
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: cinem article because of the matchup against the Lions and stuff.

908
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: But not only is it a good matchup, Like we're

909
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 1: talking about a guy who is ascending in a in

910
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: a red hot offense right now, who's getting more and

911
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: more work each week, and who's not leaving the field,

912
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: and then he's a tight end. Like that's enough right

913
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: there to pick him up. Definitely. The fact that he's

914
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 1: getting in the end zone is a big, big plus

915
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 1: for coal commit So if the target share stays there,

916
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: even in a low volume passing offense, I think we

917
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: can start to trust Cole comment a little bit. Deshaun

918
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:12,280
Speaker 1: Watson is still suspended. He's expected to return in week thirteen,

919
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: December four against the Houston Texans. So still a few

920
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: weeks away from him playing, but Florida, we have seen

921
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: his rostership percentage go up, and at a time when

922
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: we need quarterbacks Deshaun Watson. I mean, look, we know

923
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 1: what he can be, what he has been in this

924
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: league on the field as a player. It just seems

925
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 1: like this is a guy who is too talented to

926
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: leave out there on the waiver wire. And like, I

927
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: don't know how quickly he gets back into things, but

928
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: he does have the potential to really help out a

929
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: lot of fantasy rosters. Yeah, I was shocked yesterday when

930
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: I checked the roster percentage and saw that it was

931
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: over and and that means people are planning ahead and saying, hey,

932
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: I quarterback is a waste land for many teams this year.

933
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: So especially if you were the team riding with like

934
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: a Brady or Rodgers or Stafford or any of the

935
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: many disappointed quarterbacks, you want this guy on your roster because,

936
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:02,719
Speaker 1: like Marcus said, we don't know what he's gonna be

937
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: when he comes back. There could be a lot of

938
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: russ to shake off, but we know the upside is

939
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: that this guy's top five, maybe even top three quarterback.

940
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: And then the schedule, like he returns against the Texans,

941
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: then he gets the Bengals, Ravens, Saints Commanders like, not

942
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: a whole lot of really tough matchups in that in

943
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: that five game span that scame. And look, even if

944
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: he's rusty throwing the football, we know he still has

945
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: that rushing upside. We've talked about it. I mean, it's

946
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 1: part of the reason we've been so big on justin fields.

947
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 1: Even if he's not throwing it effectively, he's running it effectively.

948
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: And that is a thing that Deshaun Watson brings to

949
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: the table. Sure, this is not the last time we

950
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: will say that name. We will talk about him again

951
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: as we get closer to his return at the start

952
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: of December. So if you're adding some people, you're probably

953
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: dropping some people who were a couple of guys you

954
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: can put back in the free agent pool. Brian Robinson,

955
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: who I know, is a great story and we were

956
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: really excited to have him back. He's scored double digits

957
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: just twice a year, his highest twelve and that came

958
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: in a game with a touchdown. There's just no floor

959
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: and no ceiling and then yesterday Antonio Gibbon had more snaps,

960
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: so they split carries. Gibson had more targets and was

961
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 1: just more productive both on the ground and in the

962
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: passing games. So Brian Robinson losing snaps to Gibson on

963
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: a team that really strug like it is more of

964
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 1: a team that has a throw because they're usually playing

965
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: from behind. I just don't see a lot of unless

966
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:19,280
Speaker 1: you're in a deeper league, of course, where any running

967
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: back with the pulse is worth rostering. But if you're

968
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: in like a ten team league or something like that,

969
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: Brian Robinson does not need to be roster So Brian

970
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: Robinson out. And then Aaron Rodgers. Baron Rodgers as well,

971
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: another one because he's not getting the job done against

972
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: the Lions, we're gonna trust him against other teams, and

973
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: his schedule gets it gets tough for moving forward, Like

974
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: I'm I'm done doing the Aaron Rodgers thing. It's it's

975
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:42,479
Speaker 1: pretty much a rap for Aaron Rodgers. I'm also saying

976
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: it's it's really getting hard to make a case to

977
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: keep Derek Carr on your roster because even at his ceiling,

978
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,839
Speaker 1: it is just pretty much average right now, and the

979
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: Raiders got off to a quick start yesterday against the Jaguars,

980
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 1: really did nothing in the second half. Derek Carr not

981
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: doing much after halftime in a lot of these games.

982
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: And look, if you're you're looking to stream quarterbacks, I

983
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: think week to week you can probably find better options

984
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 1: out there if you're just gonna kind of play the

985
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,439
Speaker 1: waiver wire. I don't think there's a reason to hold

986
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: onto Derek Carr at this point. You also don't need

987
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: to be holding onto Elijah More. And I was surprised

988
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: I saw that he's still rostered in forty three percent

989
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: of NFL dot com leagues. I don't know if that's

990
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: just because people have, you know, aren't paying attention or

991
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: what have you. But Elijah More is pretty much in

992
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: jail there in New York. I mean, he can't get free.

993
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: He's on the field, but nobody's looking in his direction.

994
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 1: He's just getting his steps in on a weekly basis.

995
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: The Jets don't want to move him, they don't want

996
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: to give him the ball. It's all bad there for him.

997
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: So at this point, there's no reason that the league

998
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 1: should be rostering Elijah More. I don't I don't get

999
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: it at all November. The NFL debuts in Germany live

1000
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: on NFL Network. Brady and the Bucks battle d K

1001
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: and the Seahawks. Wake up and watch with the world.

1002
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: It's Sunday Morning Football Live from Munich, Sunday, November thirteenth,

1003
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,880
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1004
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: Time for another edition of Maddened Movers, where we talk

1005
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 1: about some guys who maybe deserve a little bit of

1006
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,640
Speaker 1: a bump in their Maddened rating based on what they

1007
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: did in Week nine. So I think of it as

1008
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: a way to give some love to some guys we

1009
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: otherwise weren't able to get into the show today. So

1010
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: for you, who's the first guy who deserves a little

1011
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: bit of love this week? A player that I didn't

1012
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: anticipate being like a huge supporter of coming into the year,

1013
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: but to a tongue of iloa, because he just deserves

1014
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: a lot of credit, Like he's playing great football right now.

1015
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,360
Speaker 1: And yeah, the throw downfield to Jalen Waddle was a

1016
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,959
Speaker 1: little under thrown, but he's still is getting the most

1017
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 1: out of his receivers. Tyreek Hill is on pace to

1018
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,160
Speaker 1: be the first ever two thousand yard receiver and he

1019
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: is surgical when it comes to pass his in the

1020
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: intermediate zone, which is ten to nineteen air yards, Like

1021
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: I've never seen someone put the ball so quickly, such like, yeah,

1022
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: these guys are so fast, and he gets the like

1023
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: it's just so effortlessly the way he just gets in

1024
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 1: the ball and allows them to do their thing after

1025
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:03,840
Speaker 1: the catch. When I saw the deep ball to Jalen Waddle,

1026
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 1: I did think about you. You know, he's not the

1027
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: best deep ball thrower. I never said he is, but

1028
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 1: he can get the job done. Knowing how Twitter was

1029
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: letting you have it about two is deep bone. When

1030
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: I saw that, I was like, oh, Florida's mentioned r

1031
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: I P I I got Kate Doughton, who deserves a

1032
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: little bit of a bump. He's a sixty seven overall,

1033
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: maybe he needs a little bit more than that. He

1034
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: had what was the game when he touched down on

1035
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,760
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Rams. But more than that, he's actually

1036
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,959
Speaker 1: starting to earn the trust of Tom Brady. And yes,

1037
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 1: he's not going to replace Rob Gronkowski. Nobody's saying that,

1038
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 1: but we do know that Brady likes throwing to his

1039
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,800
Speaker 1: tight ends. It was Gronk it was Cameron Braith at times,

1040
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,720
Speaker 1: and now it looks like it's gonna be Kade Otton,

1041
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 1: especially for an offense that's struggling to move the ball consistently,

1042
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 1: maybe having that tied end option in the middle of

1043
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: the field, those intermediate depths will help open some things

1044
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: up for guys like Chris Godwin and Mike Evans and

1045
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: even Julio Jones as well. But he's starting to get

1046
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: more looks, get more touches, getting the end zone. So

1047
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: I think kay Doughton deserves a little bit of extra

1048
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: love from the folks over at e A h next one,

1049
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 1: who else deserves a bit of a boost Travis E.

1050
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 1: T N, who is an eight one overall, and he's

1051
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: something like the twenties something best, or maybe it's just

1052
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 1: like just inside the top twenty running backs in Madden.

1053
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 1: But as fantasy managers, there's not fifteen. There's not ten

1054
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: running backs right now in the NFL better than Travis E.

1055
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: T N. Since they've traded James Robinson. He's eclipse the

1056
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,439
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards in both games, over twenty five

1057
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: fantasy points in both games, and three touchdowns in the

1058
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: last two games combine. He can get the job done

1059
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: on the ground. He can get the job done through

1060
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,319
Speaker 1: the passing game. There's nothing he can't do. And now

1061
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: with James Robinson there, it is really his backfield. Michael

1062
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: Hasty not really a threat to get a significant number

1063
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,280
Speaker 1: of touches. Trainis etn looking like a legit potential league

1064
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: winner for a lot of fantasy teams. No A Fans

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Speaker 1: deserves a little bit of love. Yesterday morning, on one

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Speaker 1: of my rosters, I was stuck trying to choose between

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Speaker 1: Will dis Ley and Noah Fans. Adam rank It loved

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Speaker 1: Will dis Lee, Floria had love Noah Fan. I picked Fan.

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Speaker 1: I feel good about it. Not a five for ninety

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Speaker 1: yards that was a good choice, but more than that.

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Speaker 1: And you pointed this out, Mike, that Fans is actually

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Speaker 1: playing more snaps. He's getting more of the looks in

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Speaker 1: the passing game. Right now, we talk about how great

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Speaker 1: It's not just a DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett passing game.

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Speaker 1: More guys are getting involved in no offense starting to blossom.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's maybe not gonna be the high end

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Speaker 1: and that's what we love. And we just again, any

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Speaker 1: playing well, I'm happy for it. Although I feel like

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Speaker 1: every time we get too excited about that guy, he

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Speaker 1: also disappeared. Yeah, and I do like the storyline you're

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Speaker 1: sending up here, Marcus, You're you're too. Madden Movers are

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Speaker 1: both tight ends who are gonna be facing each other

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Speaker 1: head to hand in Germany next week. Only one can

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