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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG. Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: still fully vaccinated, Still dodging variants like NEO in the matrix.

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Speaker 1: I need to make some kind of low key connection

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Speaker 1: or something. We've got to do something with these variants.

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Speaker 1: As always, though, joined by producer Justin by producer him,

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Speaker 1: a cast of dozens the specialists behind the scenes that

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Speaker 1: you don't see, and of course right here, I guess

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Speaker 1: on my screen it's to my right, I think in

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Speaker 1: real life to my left. I don't know either way.

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Speaker 1: It's Michael F. Florio. It was. I always say it

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Speaker 1: was a wild week, but I always feel like we

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Speaker 1: always say that, But I guess it was sort of

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Speaker 1: an interesting week this week. I don't know how to

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Speaker 1: describe it. Florio. Yeah, it was interesting is a good way.

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Speaker 1: I think it was a lot of what we expected

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Speaker 1: to happen, the opposite kind of happened. And you know,

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Speaker 1: some players came through for us, but the the usage

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Speaker 1: on some guys was just weird this week. It was,

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Speaker 1: and not a lot of touchdown scored early on, like

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Speaker 1: we were just sitting at work, just like when her

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Speaker 1: when her points gonna start being scored. Yeah, offense was

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Speaker 1: hard for a lot of teams in the early slate

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Speaker 1: of games. It did get better as they went on,

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Speaker 1: but it was not great early. In your right, the

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Speaker 1: usage rates on some players where we're very, very strange,

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Speaker 1: so we will probably get into that. We will also

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Speaker 1: play some true or false with a number of key

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Speaker 1: players that we saw in Week three. Will have your

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Speaker 1: top waiver wire picks heading into week four, and of

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Speaker 1: course people have a Monday night football preview the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and the Cowboys, big showdown in the NFC East. Uh.

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Speaker 1: What we will start, as we normally do, with a

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Speaker 1: little bit of fantasy news here. Some of your headlines

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Speaker 1: actually just one headline. A J. Brown for the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans left the game in the first quarter, had a

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Speaker 1: hamstring injury in their game against the Indianapolis Colts. Did

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Speaker 1: not return after leaving early. In fact, even Julio Jones

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Speaker 1: ended up sitting out late in that game order to

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Speaker 1: head coach Mike Vrabel, it's more about just managing guys.

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Speaker 1: He sort of knew how that game would end, uh,

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Speaker 1: and kind of wanted to avoid risking any of these

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Speaker 1: players to injury, but Floria, I mean a J. Brown

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Speaker 1: a big part of not just what the Titans do,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of fantasy teams. Um, if he is

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Speaker 1: out for an extended period of time, is this better

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Speaker 1: for Julio? Is there somebody else there that we should

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Speaker 1: be paying attention to for right now? My thinking is

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Speaker 1: it it's better for Julio Jones. I know, like Nick Westbrook,

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Speaker 1: akeen is that how you say his name? I know

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Speaker 1: he keen a. He ended up leading them in in

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Speaker 1: snaps yesterday. I know he scored a touchdown, But I

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Speaker 1: can't tell people yet to go and pick this guy up,

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Speaker 1: let alone even think about starting him in fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: So I mean they have Chested Rogers there, who who

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Speaker 1: is someone that we have discussed on different fantasy shows.

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Speaker 1: Is maybe a deep sleeper, but still, like I think

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Speaker 1: that's what his role is kind of for now. I

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Speaker 1: think the big story here is a J. Brown could

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Speaker 1: miss time. If that happens, it leads to potentially more

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Speaker 1: volume for Julio Jones. H Jones, Like you said, they'll

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Speaker 1: play just fifty one percent of the snaps. I think

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Speaker 1: with this being a the longest season ever, Marcus, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, if you have you heard this season it

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Speaker 1: is the biggest season yet. But it's very possible that

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Speaker 1: teams take like this, you know, approach with their veterans,

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Speaker 1: especially someone like Julio Jones, who does have a history

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Speaker 1: of some nagging injuries in games where you know they're

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Speaker 1: they're comfortably ahead, even though this was the game they

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Speaker 1: only won by nine points. But in a game like that,

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Speaker 1: maybe coaches think, let me get my veteran out. Let's

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Speaker 1: get him some rest here. I don't want to push

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Speaker 1: is out, I think it just mostly benefits Julio Jones

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Speaker 1: and maybe Marcus. We keep seeing some targets go to

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's way, because if that happens, then the sky's

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Speaker 1: the limit for him. Absolutely. By the way, we missed

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Speaker 1: the Chester Rogers revenge game. I think we all sort

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Speaker 1: of we all sort of glossed over that he ended

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Speaker 1: up having a touchdown against his old team. Uh. The

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Speaker 1: J Brown, this at least on paper, is a game

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Speaker 1: that seems very winnable, and it could just be a

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Speaker 1: very heavy Derrick Henry game, just like him, kind of

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Speaker 1: pretty much through three weeks of the season. There's still,

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Speaker 1: of course, the Monday night game to be played, but now,

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Speaker 1: the season where we have started to figure some things out.

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Speaker 1: Week one we tend to overcorrect in one way. I

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Speaker 1: think Week two we sort of overcorrect the other direction.

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Speaker 1: So now in theory, week three we should be somewhere

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Speaker 1: about in the middle. So now through pretty much three weeks, Floria,

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Speaker 1: what is something you feel like you've learned? I think, say,

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Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley is back, and I'm not saying he is

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Speaker 1: back to being like the top two best player in

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Speaker 1: fantasy football, but he is back to being a piece

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Speaker 1: that you could just start and trust in fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: The first two weeks, Marcus, the snaps were there. He's

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Speaker 1: playing over of the steps, and we love to see

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Speaker 1: the touches weren't there, and that changed this week. The

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Speaker 1: a goal line carry where he just jumped over the

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Speaker 1: high seven targets. Caught six of them for forty three yards.

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Speaker 1: They're clearly okay with him being on the field at

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Speaker 1: a high, high amount, but now they're fine getting him

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Speaker 1: the touches as well. I know his schedule is pretty tough,

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Speaker 1: like next week he gets the Saints, but I think

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Speaker 1: if you have se Kuan Barkley, you just and I

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Speaker 1: just traded for him in the league. I actually before Sunday,

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Speaker 1: traded Mike Williams and Jamal Williams to get him in

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Speaker 1: the league that we're in together, Marcus. But I'm just

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Speaker 1: starting him now moving forward, like if he's gonna get

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Speaker 1: touches like this, it's only a matter of time before

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Speaker 1: he started breaking out those long runs again. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: the Giants were pretty upfront about the fact that they

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Speaker 1: were going to ease him back into things, and that's

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Speaker 1: what we saw the first two weeks, and then it

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Speaker 1: the one big breakout game, the huge you know, hundred

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Speaker 1: for me. Cooper Cup apparently is the greatest man alive. Um.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we knew that he was good, we knew

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Speaker 1: with Matthew Stafford taking over his quarterback that big things

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Speaker 1: I mean, so far, Cooper Cup catches three hundred sixty

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Speaker 1: it's far and away the target leader on this team.

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Speaker 1: He's got thirty three targets. The next closest is Robert

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Speaker 1: Woods at nineteen. I mean, Floio, maybe we should have

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Speaker 1: seen this, Maybe we should have seen that Matthew Stafford

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Speaker 1: was going to get tunnel vision for one guy. I

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Speaker 1: guess I didn't see the coming, but man, if you

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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, I I have Cup in a few leagues. Um,

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Speaker 1: going to be this team's wide receiver one. But I

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Speaker 1: thought it would be a situation where both are like

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Speaker 1: seen in recent years. But the lines like Stafford is

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Speaker 1: not afraid to spread the ball around, but those morning

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Speaker 1: tunnel vision now on Cooper Cup. Cooper Cup has a

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Speaker 1: thirty five percent target share markets that is third in

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Speaker 1: he is up there as a target hog. Right now,

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Speaker 1: people are starting to get worried about Robert Woods, and

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Speaker 1: I get why don't drop him or anything like that,

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Speaker 1: But Cooper Cup is as must start as must start gets.

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Speaker 1: Right now, all I know is that if I'm a

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Speaker 1: with the facility with like a sayu les and like

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Speaker 1: kind of get in just random like Clayton Kershaw stories.

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Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. I remember I got hit him on my

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Speaker 1: other side, though, Florio, I mean, we have talked about

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Speaker 1: the Broncos face Zack Wilson, the Cardinals face Trevor Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: had high hopes for this class. It hasn't come to

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Speaker 1: stream against him, like next week the Tennessee Titans, who

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Speaker 1: have given up a ton of points. Get the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I'm fine streaming them against the Jets next week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it has been very, very rough, I mean, and especially

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Speaker 1: of acquitted themselves well. I mean, you know, Mac Jones

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Speaker 1: been very good for that group. Trey Lance is sort

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Speaker 1: speaking of relevant, there were a whole lot of non

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Speaker 1: when things happened, Uh, they weren't guys that we had.

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Speaker 1: I mean, let's here's the list of some of the

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Speaker 1: random guy touchdowns we had from this week. Devin Duverney

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Speaker 1: I heard Greg Gumbel on TV say touchdown Jody Fortson,

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Speaker 1: you get away from them because they've been struggling. But

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Speaker 1: a lot of people last night we're asking me if

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Speaker 1: they could drop Robert Woods. I'm I'm far from that still,

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Speaker 1: just because of how good he's been the last few

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Speaker 1: years and how good this offense has been. While it's

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Speaker 1: all going to Cooper Cup, it's not going to like

435
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Speaker 1: Cooper Cup isn't gonna keep this pace up, and then

436
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Speaker 1: it will naturally go Some will go to Robert Woods. Yes,

437
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Speaker 1: just just stay patient there. It's not the start that

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Speaker 1: anybody wanted. Um, but he's too good. The offense is

439
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,920
Speaker 1: too good. It's it's gonna get better from here. Um.

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Speaker 1: So this isn't really and I'm salty. This is more

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Speaker 1: of an I'm confused, I guess With Kyle Pitts, and

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Speaker 1: we obviously discussed him plenty on this show heading into

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Speaker 1: the season, and I sort of made the point that

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Speaker 1: drafting him as the tight end four felt a little

445
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Speaker 1: bit too rich for me because it just felt like

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Speaker 1: you were drafting him at his absolute ceiling. I did

447
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Speaker 1: not expect, though, for it to be this frustrating. We

448
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Speaker 1: are through three weeks. Uh, and he doesn't have a

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Speaker 1: touchdown yet. He still hasn't really had a big game

450
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Speaker 1: to catches for thirty five yards against the Giants. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I know that we're thirsty for tight ends

452
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Speaker 1: and we know that he is a quote unquote unicorn.

453
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Speaker 1: But man, this has been rough, Mike, it has been.

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Speaker 1: I'm still not dropping him yet just because of the

455
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Speaker 1: state of tight end and how good he has been.

456
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Speaker 1: But it's frustrating. If you want to get away from him,

457
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,359
Speaker 1: I'm not sure you have better options but share, but

458
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,719
Speaker 1: but be patient. It's really been this whole Falcon's offense

459
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Speaker 1: that has been bad, not just Kyle Pitts. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: the Falcons tight end that has a touchdown. I mentioned

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Speaker 1: him earlier, Lee Smith, but no Kyle Pits. No Kyle

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Speaker 1: Pitts in the end jest yet. By the way, are

463
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Speaker 1: you on the TikTok Because we are on the TikTok officially.

464
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Speaker 1: You can follow us at NFL Fantasy. It is up

465
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Speaker 1: and running. I know that we were on set and

466
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Speaker 1: filmed something goofy to sort of help launch our new

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Speaker 1: TikTok accounts, So go check it out. Also, I I

468
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Speaker 1: am because I'm trying to keep up with the kids. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I'm on the TikTok as well. You can follow me

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Speaker 1: at Marcus Grant. It's my full whole name. Uh. You

471
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Speaker 1: can find me doing goofy fantasy stuff and occasionally just

472
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Speaker 1: weird movie reviews about terrible movies that I stay up

473
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Speaker 1: late watching for no real reason on Friday night. So

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Speaker 1: so go check it out. Are you You're not on

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Speaker 1: the TikTok yet, are you? I need to I keep

476
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Speaker 1: saying I need to make my account. I checked last

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Speaker 1: night actually to see if if my other handles because

478
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Speaker 1: I have the same handle. If if there it's available,

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Speaker 1: and it is, so I needed to strike quick before

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Speaker 1: someone gets it and then you know, asked me to

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Speaker 1: pay them money for it or something like exactly. Uh, yeah,

482
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Speaker 1: you know what I'd say this. It takes a little

483
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Speaker 1: bit of time to sort of curate your your following

484
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Speaker 1: and you know, and and the things that that it

485
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Speaker 1: shows you. But what you do, like you find a

486
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Speaker 1: nice sweet spot. I'm a big part of like cooking

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Speaker 1: TikTok and d I y TikTok and like gardening TikTok.

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Speaker 1: That's uh, I just want to become my Lane there

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Speaker 1: all right. I know that none of you tuned in

490
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Speaker 1: to hear me talk about Gardening TikTok, but here we are. Anyway.

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Speaker 1: That's a podcast, a different podcast though it's a whole

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Speaker 1: different you know. Maybe I'll start that one day, the

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Speaker 1: whole Gardening TikTok podcast. It would be great. Um, let's

494
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Speaker 1: play some truer falls here. I put together a few

495
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Speaker 1: statements of things we have seen the first few weeks

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Speaker 1: in the week. Can debate whether or not this is

497
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Speaker 1: actually a thing that's happening or not. The first one,

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Speaker 1: Naji Harris is the only startable Steeler right now. Is

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Speaker 1: that true or false? It it's kind of but it's true.

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Speaker 1: Until Deonte Johnson returns, then those are the only two

501
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 1: startable Steelers like Naji Harris yesterday went off. He played

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Speaker 1: ninth over of the snaps for a third straight week.

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Speaker 1: I think it's two snaps all year that he has

504
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Speaker 1: been off the field for nineteen targets, fourteen catches, he

505
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Speaker 1: went for over a hundred and forty yards. He didn't

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Speaker 1: find the end zone, and he's still going to be

507
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Speaker 1: a top five fantasy running back because he's getting so

508
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Speaker 1: much volume. I know, week one was off to a

509
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Speaker 1: slow start, but this is three weeks in a row

510
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Speaker 1: where the volume has been off the charts and two

511
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Speaker 1: weeks where he's produced as an RB one, so he's

512
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Speaker 1: a must start option right now. But this Steeler's offense

513
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Speaker 1: in general is looking pretty bad. I know, all the

514
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Speaker 1: receivers got banged up yesterday, but even before they did,

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Speaker 1: it was hard to really trust any of them outside

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Speaker 1: of Donce Johnson, and once him and Juju went down,

517
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Speaker 1: then it's Claypool. But whoever is the Steelers number one

518
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Speaker 1: wide receiver you could trust? And Naji Harris and that's it.

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Speaker 1: It was a lot of short, quick throws from Ben

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Speaker 1: Roethlisbrogra this very few things developing downfield, and it just

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Speaker 1: feels like Ben's got maybe four deep throws in him

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Speaker 1: per game. Uh, and maybe one of those is going

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Speaker 1: to be good. And that was part of the reason

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Speaker 1: you saw Naji Harris get nineteen targets on Sunday, which

525
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Speaker 1: is insane. A lot of dump offics, including one that

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Speaker 1: was just sort of inexplicable fourth and ten, sort of

527
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Speaker 1: late in the ball game, down near the end zone

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Speaker 1: and just a little dump off swing past to Naji

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Speaker 1: Harris that went absolutely nowhere uh, and the Steelers turned

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Speaker 1: it over on downs. They have somehow not just turned

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Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster into a tight end, they've almost made

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Speaker 1: Chase clay a pool uh into another type tight end.

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Speaker 1: And that's it, along with Pat Friarmouth, who actually had

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Speaker 1: a couple of plays and a touchdown for them on Sunday. UM,

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Speaker 1: we were really down on Clyde Edward Dhlaiyer. This was

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Speaker 1: sort of a make or break week for him against

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, and despite a fumble early in that game

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Speaker 1: that had everybody really shaking their heads, he actually turned

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Speaker 1: it around and had a pretty nice game. So true

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Speaker 1: or false, we're we're okay with Clyde Edward Dhlaire. Now,

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Speaker 1: I I think this is true. I was worried about

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Speaker 1: him a bit yesterday, but I did say coming into

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Speaker 1: week three, you have to give him another week. You

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Speaker 1: drafted him likely in the second round. You didn't do

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Speaker 1: so to bench him after two down weeks. Really just

546
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Speaker 1: week two was the really bad week for him. Um,

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Speaker 1: and then that early fumble yesterday. I was really concerned,

548
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 1: but he played the vast majority of snaps for them.

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Speaker 1: He had seventeen carries for a hundred yards and then

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Speaker 1: two targets, one of which was a in a goal

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Speaker 1: to goal situation where he scored a touchdown, and that

552
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Speaker 1: was a big thing. They weren't using him near the

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Speaker 1: goal on it all. They were taking him out for

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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams and Jered McKinnon, so to get him see

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Speaker 1: him score was awesome. I'm feeling good about Clyde Edwards Hilaire,

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Speaker 1: especially when you add in the fact that late in

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Speaker 1: the preseason he was dealing with an ankle sprain, so

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Speaker 1: that could have limited him early on the first couple

559
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Speaker 1: of weeks. You have to be feeling pretty good right

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Speaker 1: now about c H and where I have him. Marcus,

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Speaker 1: I am not like looking to trade him now coming

562
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Speaker 1: off of his big game, so I guess that tells

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Speaker 1: you that I do feel pretty confident with him going forward.

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Speaker 1: The thing that I feel really confident about is that

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Speaker 1: they really aren't giving carries to too many other people.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it is mostly Clyde Edwards Hilaire getting the football.

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Speaker 1: He's got forty four rushing attempts. The next closest Darryl

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Speaker 1: Williams with eleven, so he really is There are b one. Um.

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Speaker 1: The downside is that because they have Patrick Mahomes, they

570
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Speaker 1: don't run it quite as much as other teams. But

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Speaker 1: as long as he can hold onto the football, I

572
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Speaker 1: think things are going to be okay. But yeah, it

573
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Speaker 1: was a rough few weeks that you mentioned. Week two

574
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Speaker 1: was not a really good one. That's the one that

575
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Speaker 1: had everybody panicked. I also think the other part of

576
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Speaker 1: this is, uh, this means you can start running backs

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Speaker 1: against the Chargers because it's been a few weeks in

578
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Speaker 1: a row now that they have given up some fantasy

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Speaker 1: points to the running back positions. So I think that's

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00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 1: another thing that came out of what we saw on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: The Charger defense is pretty good against the past, maybe

582
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Speaker 1: not so much against the run, So starts your running backs.

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Speaker 1: There Um mentioned Josh Allen he a top score this

584
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Speaker 1: week in fantasy, so true or false, Josh Allen is back.

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Speaker 1: Now this is true. I don't fully think Josh Allen

586
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Speaker 1: ever went away. I know he had two down weeks.

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Speaker 1: I'm biased. I know Josh Allen is my favorite player

588
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 1: in football, but he had two down weeks. But it

589
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: was against the Steelers and Miami defenses. Two defenses that

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00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: are very tough, especially that Pittsburgh defense, they might be

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Speaker 1: the best in the NFL. Went healthy, and then this

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Speaker 1: week was against Washington that was a defense that we

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Speaker 1: thought was scary. They've been picked apart for a third

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00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: straight game. What I love about Josh Allen. The Bills

595
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,199
Speaker 1: are still throwing the ball six of the time, so

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get a ton of passing volume out of him.

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00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: He's still taking plenty of deep shots as you're seeing

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Speaker 1: on the screen. I mean, he makes tenure throws look

599
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: like nothing and he just airs it out whenever he can.

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Speaker 1: But he's also running. He had a rushing touchdown lad

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Speaker 1: uh yesterday. Last week he nearly had another one too.

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Speaker 1: He was ruled down at the half yard line. So

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Speaker 1: you have to love that. And I was saying how

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Speaker 1: his early season schedule was tough. Well, it it opens

605
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Speaker 1: in a big way now, Marcus. The next six games

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Speaker 1: the Texans, the Chiefs, the Titans, the Dolphins, the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: and the Jets. I mean, the bylow window for Alan

608
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: has firmly shut. But these next six weeks he can

609
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Speaker 1: go on to run and be the QB one over

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Speaker 1: this band. And I don't think it would surprise anyone.

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Speaker 1: This was definitely one where I felt like the panic

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Speaker 1: was way premature. I wasn't really worried about josh Allen

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Speaker 1: and his production, and I think the other part that

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00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 1: we've seen is he's getting so many more people involved.

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00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: We know Stefan Diggs is going to be Stefon Diggs.

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00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: That's never gonna be a problem. But we saw a

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Speaker 1: manual say, enders have a really nice game on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Cole Beasley is getting involved. Dawson Knox, who led me

619
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Speaker 1: to make a bunch of really terrible Dawson's creek puns

620
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: on Twitter, uh is starting to make some plays in

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00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: that offense as well, so um, you know, and then

622
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, he's running the football. He's still going

623
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Speaker 1: to be effective running the ball and score those rushing touchdowns.

624
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: So yeah, it wasn't a great start, but I think

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Speaker 1: anybody who was panicked over Josh Allen was way premature

626
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: on that, and everything's gonna be cool there. Um. I'm

627
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: old enough to remember when Jamaar Chase had skillets for

628
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: hands and because there were no white stripes on the football,

629
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: he apparently couldn't see it. Since then, all he's done.

630
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Speaker 1: His score four touchdowns in his first three regular season

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Speaker 1: NFL games, So true or false, he is a weekly

632
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: must start. Now. I think this is true, and I'll

633
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Speaker 1: say it with the caveat like, yeah, he's not going

634
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Speaker 1: to catch a touchdown every game. And I don't love

635
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Speaker 1: the targets like seven, four or five. I would like

636
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Speaker 1: it if he was getting more volume. But the thing

637
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: is the type of targets that he is getting are

638
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: so valuable, these long shots down field, that that's the

639
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: way that you could add you could score fantasy points

640
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: in big chunks, and that's exactly what he's done, and

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Speaker 1: he's done it, like against Pittsburgh, a tough defense, So

642
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of matchup proof at this point.

643
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: It's a matter of if he's going to catch the

644
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: long ball or not. But so far we're seeing that

645
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: him and Burrow have great chemistry and they're going to

646
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: take a few of those shots each week. I do

647
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: like that he was also targeted in the red zone. Finally,

648
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: someone besides Tee Higgins gets a red zone target and

649
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: only took te Higgins not playing, Um, So I'm kind

650
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: of Chase. I think if you have him, he is

651
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: a player that you just start right now. But I

652
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: would say if also, if I have Jamar Chase and

653
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: so like, and someone makes me a really good offer

654
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: for him, I'm not afraid to take it. Because four

655
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: and five targets the last two weeks isn't isn't the best.

656
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: So I like the production, but I would want more

657
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: volume for him. That's sort of the part where I'm

658
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: not sure he's a weekly must start, but he's definitely

659
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: a guy that like right now, there aren't a lot

660
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: of better options, but because of the targets he's getting. Uh.

661
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 1: That first touchdown catching made was ridiculous where he sort

662
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: of caught the back half of the ball on its

663
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,479
Speaker 1: way down uh and ended up scoring a touchdown. But

664
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: the the chemistry is as a parent between he and

665
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, obviously they were teammates in college. I definitely helps,

666
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: But I still think they're gonna be weeks. You know,

667
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: when Higgins is back, there will be the te Higgins weeks.

668
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: I think there will still be Tyler Boyd weeks. So

669
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: um yeah, maybe this is really kind of a sell

670
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: high opportunity on Jamaar Chase because there's there's probably some

671
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: some good assets you could get back in return for

672
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: somebody that needs wide receiver help. Um Chase Edmonds, James Connor. Uh,

673
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: they will both be fantasy relevant for the rest of

674
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: the season. True or false. This is true, but not

675
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: in the way that I think fantasy players want to hear. Like.

676
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: It's not like either of these guys are must start options,

677
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: but both of them touched the ball enough to warrant

678
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 1: being rostered in fantasy football. I think Edmonds has the

679
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 1: safer floor with a little bit more upside because he

680
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: is the one that is going to lead them and

681
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: touches each week, especially because as he's going to catch

682
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: all the passes that the running backs get from Kyler Murray.

683
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: But James Connor is clearly their goal one back. He's

684
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: kind of in that Kenyan Drake role from last year,

685
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: So that limits the upside of of Edmunds. And they're

686
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: just gonna for me. I put on Twitter yesterday, I

687
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: think both are just kind of flex options, Whereas if

688
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: one of them were getting the role, they could be

689
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: an RB two or even higher. But as long as

690
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: both of them are splitting the work like they are,

691
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: I think they both just come in as like weekly

692
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: flex options. Each week. I think that's the case, and

693
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: it's like neither one of them, I think, is going

694
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: to consistently get enough to feel really great about them

695
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: in any given situation. Chase Edmonds is the pass catching

696
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: guy that they want to get out in space and

697
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: use him as a satellite back. James Conner a bigger player.

698
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: They want to use him more as kind of between

699
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: the tackles runners. So for Edmunds, you need him to

700
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: catch a lot of passes or get a lot of

701
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: yards after catch in order to be relevant. For James Conner,

702
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: you sort of need that touchdown upside for him to

703
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: be relevant. So they're they're going to be a headache

704
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: for a lot of people all year long, and you know,

705
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: sometimes you'll guess right, some times you'll get wrong, and

706
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: that's gonna be really frustrating if you have one either

707
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: one of them on your roster this year. Time for

708
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: another break we come back, we will look at the

709
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: waiver wire because if you're not making moves, you're just

710
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: standing still and you're probably getting passed up. So stay

711
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: tuned for folks you might want to add to your

712
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: roster heading into week four when we return on the

713
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. Let's run through the top waiver

714
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: wire adds for Week four. Michael le Florio, the FLOORA

715
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: is yours here. Yeah. I think Sam Donald is the

716
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: top QB AD. He's been playing really well as if

717
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: late gets the Cowboys next week. Daniel Jones is still running,

718
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: so I like him. There, Tuba Hubbard, Alexander Madison, the

719
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,479
Speaker 1: Heem Hanes, Cordaryl Patterson some running backs that have really

720
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 1: stepped up and gotten a lot of volume as of late.

721
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: And then Royce Freeman, Zach Moss, Painting Barbara and Giovanni

722
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,959
Speaker 1: Bernard as some backup options in case you missed out

723
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: on those top four running backs. Henry Ruggs is my

724
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: top wide receiver added the week, followed by Cole Beasley,

725
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: AJ Green, Emmanuel Sanders still quit, Terris Marshall Jr. Uh

726
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: Can Darius Tony just because every Giant is banged up

727
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: right now. And then I know tight ends is kind

728
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: of a waste land, but Hooper Knox and free R

729
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: Muther are guys who found the end zone this week

730
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 1: and and have been seeing a little bit of consistent volumes.

731
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: So if you're diving deep at tight end, those are

732
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: some names for you. We're all pretty much if if

733
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 1: you don't have you know, Travis Kelsey or Garret Waller,

734
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 1: you're diving deep pretty much at tidend. I guess I

735
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: could throw t J Hawkinson in that list because aside

736
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: from from yesterday, he's been pretty good for the first

737
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: few weeks of the season. Um, Zack Moss was was

738
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 1: on that list. And this is a guy who went

739
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: from a healthy scratch, or at least we thought he

740
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: was a healthy scratch, a surprise and active. How about that?

741
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,959
Speaker 1: A surprise and active in week one? Uh? Coming back

742
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: and having a smallish role in week two to uh

743
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: suddenly getting most of the snaps at running back in

744
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: week three? Um, what, I don't even know what to

745
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: do with this backfield now? Yeah, I mean he played

746
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: fifty five percent of the snaps yesterday. He led them

747
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 1: with team carries for sixty yards and then had three

748
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: targets called all three of them for thirty one yards

749
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Uh. My reaction to that, Marcus was

750
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 1: what as well? So it looked like Devin Singletary was

751
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: the lead back through two weeks. Now after yesterday, it's

752
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: looking like Zack Moss. Uh, is at least competition to

753
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: steal the starting rollback. Plus, like I said earlier, Josh

754
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: Allen scored a rushing touchdown nearly had one last week.

755
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: I think we're back to the point right now, Marcus,

756
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: where both of the Bills running backs are worth rostering,

757
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 1: but neither one can be started with any sort of

758
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: confidence right now until we at least see this maybe

759
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 1: settle out, because it could just be how it's been

760
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, give and take each week. It's

761
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 1: it's it feels like it's gonna be a like last year,

762
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: where like neither guy is gonna be really exciting enough

763
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: to feel confident in starting him every week. Speaking of

764
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: confidence and starting Peyton Barber, big game for the Raiders

765
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: twenty three carries a hundred and eleven yards, also had

766
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: a touchdown, and playing in place of the injured Josh Jacobs. Um,

767
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: this feels like a raje man like this. We're not

768
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: going out and adding Peyton Barber expecting him to do

769
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: this every week, right. He seems just like an emergency

770
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 1: option at this point. Yeah, that's exactly what he is.

771
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: I actually had to pick him up in in the

772
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: pace league that we are in. Together. It's a fourteen

773
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 1: team league, and I was without Josh Jacobs, so I said,

774
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: all right, I guess I'm using Painton Barber here, and

775
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,959
Speaker 1: and it paid off for week three. I don't anticipated

776
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: paying off really at any point again this year, especially

777
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: because once Jacobs is back, Painton Barber goes to the

778
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: waste land again. Like Kate, Kenyan Drake is clearly in

779
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,919
Speaker 1: this second RB role even when Josh Jacobs is out.

780
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: So I do think you could drop Kenyan Drake right

781
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 1: now if you have him on your roster, because when

782
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: are you ever gonna feel confident using him? But Barber

783
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 1: is really just a deeper league emergency type of pickup

784
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,359
Speaker 1: Marcus if you need some running back help. But once

785
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs is back, throw this guy back on the

786
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: waiver wire. So I know I said that right. And

787
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: then as I'm thinking about this, the Raiders have the

788
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: Chargers on Monday Night Football next week, and I said,

789
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: Earl there that you can start running backs against the Chargers.

790
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: So maybe if Peyton Barber is still there worth a

791
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: flex spot before if I think he's the ultimate you

792
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: you have on your roster if you have Josh Jacobs,

793
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,720
Speaker 1: because then you're you're comfortable either way going into Monday

794
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: night because Jacobs could be up in the air. There's

795
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: no way I would feel comfortable starting him on Sunday

796
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: if Jacobs was still in up in the air going

797
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 1: into Monday. Yeah, that's probably fair. Um. Now he Haines

798
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: still hanging around in that Colts offense, still making play,

799
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: still getting targets. Uh. Do we worry about Jonathan Taylor

800
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: after three weeks? Marcus? You know I'm a huge Jonathan

801
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: Taylor fan and I want to say no, but yes,

802
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: I am worried now because Johnathan Taylor yesterday only had

803
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: ten carries for sixty four yards. Not only didn't he

804
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: Hans have six carries for twenty five yards. He got

805
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: a goal, It was like a nine yard touchdown run.

806
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: They didn't give it to Taylor, they gave it to Hanes.

807
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,720
Speaker 1: Then Hans had six targets. Is second him this year

808
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: with six or more targets. Taylor only had three, and

809
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: he Hans also played more snaps. I get it's partially

810
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: game script dependent because the Colts were trailing for much

811
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: of this game, but that means that in games where

812
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: the Colts are trailing, we're gonna see Jonathan Taylor pulled

813
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: off the field for Nahem Haynes. Marcus. Just feels like

814
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: I woke up in early twenty season where we're waiting

815
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: on Jonathan Taylor and we're saying, once he gets the opportunity,

816
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: he's gonna run wild. We've seen that happen already, and

817
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: there's still heavily getting the Heme Haynes involved. I wish

818
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: I could tell you there's no reason to panic on

819
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor. You're not dropping him or anything like that,

820
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: but there's there's reason to be very worried right now

821
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: about Jonathan Taylor hit sixty four yards on Tim Carey's

822
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: I mean, you know you could do the math. At

823
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 1: six point four yards per carry, you would think that

824
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: alone would be enough to keep giving him the football.

825
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: He was obviously effective, but uh, Frank right apparently just

826
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: didn't see it that way, and and he saw a

827
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: lot of Nihim heines getting opportunities on Sunday alright. So,

828
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: having gone through all of that, who are you marking

829
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: as your top waiver wire option for Week four? For me,

830
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: it is Cuba Hubbard, who will be filling in for

831
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. Who has a hamstring strain. They're not sure

832
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: if they're gonna put him on the I R or

833
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: not yet, but he's gonna be out at least a

834
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. It's sounding more like it might be

835
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: a few weeks. And we saw last season what a

836
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: running back can do in Christian McCaffrey's absence, like Mike

837
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: Davis went from being a journeyman running back who we

838
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 1: had no interest in fantasy to being an RB one

839
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: on the year and an RB two and points per

840
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: game because he saw seventy targets. And that's why I'm

841
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: so excited, because Christian McCaffrey is such a unique player

842
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: that the Panthers have a ton of design pass plays

843
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: to the running back in their playbook. And I mean

844
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: he basically rolled on any passing play. He's running a route.

845
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: He's not just standing next to the quarterback pass blocking,

846
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: which naturally is just going to lead to a lot

847
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: of targets for the replacement option because they're just not

848
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: going to completely revamp their playbook on the fly. Hubbard

849
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: and we three. He played fifty six percent of the snaps.

850
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: Freeman only had fourteen. He had eleven carries, and five targets,

851
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: and that is in a game where McCaffrey played for

852
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: most of the first half. So I think there will

853
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: be a lot of volume going Hubbard's way just because

854
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: of his role in this offense. Now, I will say

855
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: what I said last year too, when Mike Davis took over, like,

856
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: don't necessarily pick up Hubbard and plug him in expecting

857
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: McCaffrey type production. I know that that sounds like the

858
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: sort of thing, but you know, I feel like I

859
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: just have to put that out there, Like, you know,

860
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: if if he's not giving you thirty points a game,

861
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: don't sit here and say, Chuba Hubbard is whack. No,

862
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: you just are missing a player that is sort of

863
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: you know, the next level that he gives you fifteen

864
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: a game, like that's amazing. Off the waiver wire, yeah,

865
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 1: I'd be absolutely great if that's what he ends up

866
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: giving you. I would say that I may use up

867
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: waiver priority Cordarrell Patterson this week, just because I do

868
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: think there's a big role for Hubbard. But I think

869
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,760
Speaker 1: that role is you know, it's as long as Christian

870
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: McCaffrey is out, Cordarol Patterson, I think it's here to stay.

871
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: In the Falcons offense. I mean they are using him

872
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: in so many different ways. He is primarily a running back.

873
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: They're lining him up in the backfield. But that gap,

874
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: that snap gap between he and Mike Davis is closing

875
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 1: week by week. Uh, it started to become more of

876
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 1: a sixty forty split. I think it started out it

877
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: was kind of a uh, you know, seventy thirty. Now

878
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: it's about a sixty forty and maybe getting even closer.

879
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,720
Speaker 1: On top of it, they can still split Patterson out wide.

880
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: I mean he was a wide receiver originally when he

881
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: came in the league. They can still use him as

882
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 1: such when they want to, and I just feel like,

883
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,839
Speaker 1: you know, the role is actually ongoing. I'm surprised he's

884
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: still available in so many leagues, but go get him

885
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: because I think this is gonna be a thing that continues.

886
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: I don't think we saw this coming. I mean, nobody,

887
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: nobody anticipated Cordelle Patterson being a thing this year Florial,

888
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 1: But but here we are. Yeah. I definitely didn't And

889
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: the reason why so many people were excited. I wasn't

890
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: a huge Mike Davis supporter, but the one thing I

891
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: thought he would get with consistent targets and yeah he

892
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: did see four last week uh yesterday, but seven for

893
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,720
Speaker 1: Patterson two weeks in a row now with seven targets

894
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: for him, he led them in receiving yards. He is

895
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: definitely a name that you should be grabbing off the

896
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: waiver wire this week. Definitely. Definitely. By the way, if

897
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: you want more waiver wire picks, you can go check

898
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 1: out Michael Florio's weekly column on NFL dot com. You

899
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: can find it at NFL dot com slash waiver Wire.

900
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: So there will be plenty of those names and some

901
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: analysis about why you should be making a play for

902
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: some of those guys heading in two Week four. One

903
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 1: more game left on the schedule four Week three, the

904
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: Monday night contest in Dallas between the Philadelphia Eagles and

905
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Big one uh in the NFC East race,

906
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 1: but also one with a lot of fantasy intrigue, cause

907
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: there are a lot of players uh that are very

908
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,240
Speaker 1: relevant and have our will be going in lineups UH tonight.

909
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: So I kind of cave up with some either or

910
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: questions basically for this when the first one who you

911
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,759
Speaker 1: got at the quarterback spot, Jalen Hurts or Dak Prescott.

912
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: I love Dak, but I'm going with Jalen Hurts in

913
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: this one. I mean, last we Hurts didn't throw a

914
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: passing touchdown and he failed to throw for two hundred

915
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,760
Speaker 1: passing yards, and he still scored twenty two fantasy points

916
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 1: because what he just gives with his legs. So in

917
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: a game where I think he will put up better

918
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: passing numbers and will still give us at least sixty

919
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: rushing yards because that's basically what he's done in every

920
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: full start he's had in the NFL, I think his

921
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: floor and ceiling is very high. So I'm gonna go

922
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: with him, and what I'm hoping is a pretty high

923
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: scoring matchup tonight. I partly I partially put this question

924
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: on here because I have my own personal dilemma where

925
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: I have both these guys on a roster. So I

926
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: have made the decision to go with Dak Prescott in

927
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: this one. I just think because the passing volume is

928
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:43,319
Speaker 1: so great for the Cowboys, and look, Dak, nobody's going

929
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,280
Speaker 1: to confuse him with Hurts when it comes to running,

930
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: but he can run just enough to be relevant and

931
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: kind of pick up those extra points. But uh, yeah,

932
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: I'm I'm sitting here. I've been agonizing it over it

933
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 1: all week long. I finally made the decision to start

934
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: Dak I very well, could you know, be upset at

935
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: the end of the night. Although I think both of

936
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: these guys will have pretty good games. I think you're

937
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: gonna see them around the twenty to twenty five point

938
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: mark uh in this one. But yeah, I'm gonna go

939
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 1: back here over to the running back spot between Miles

940
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: Sanders and Ezekiel Elliott, which one of those two guys

941
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 1: would you lean towards? I'm going with Zeke. I know

942
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: that this would have been a crazy question to ask

943
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 1: even a week ago. Zeke is not a top Tony

944
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 1: four fantasy running back right now because Tony Pollard is

945
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: eating so much of his production. But Miles Sanders does

946
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: have to worry about Kenny Gainwell stealing some targets as well.

947
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Zeke here, even though the Philly

948
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: defense against the run is a little bit tougher. But

949
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,760
Speaker 1: if we come out of this game, Marcus and Tony

950
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: Pollard is out touching out targeting Zeke again and you know,

951
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 1: seeing something like ten to fifteen touches like he did

952
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: last week. I think then you have to really start

953
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: to reevaluate Zeeke. But for right now, I still have

954
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: to go with him over Miles Sanders. Maybe this is

955
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,879
Speaker 1: me panicking and overreacting a little bit, but I'm gonna

956
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 1: go with Miles Sanders just because of that Tony Pollard factor.

957
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: I mean, part of it is at the Eagle run

958
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,359
Speaker 1: defense says, Okay, it's not great, it's not terrible, sort

959
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: of middle of the road. Um, but to kind of

960
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 1: put up average rushing numbers and then have to split

961
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 1: that time, it's been about a sixty five thirty five

962
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: split actually maybe even more sixty forty split in the

963
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: backfield for the Cowboys, with Tony Pollard getting more targets there.

964
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: So that sort of worries me. Whereas I know Kenneth

965
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: Gainwell is a little bit of a thing in Philadelphia,

966
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:25,399
Speaker 1: but not as much as Pollard is in Dallas. Uh.

967
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: And then you know, we always want to pick on

968
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,359
Speaker 1: that Cowboy matchup. So I'm gonna give a slight edge

969
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:32,399
Speaker 1: to Miles Sanders. Again, maybe I'm overthinking it, maybe I'm

970
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: I'm reading too much into what happened last week, but

971
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: that's sort of where I am emotionally with this right now, Um,

972
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: last one. We will keep this on one side of

973
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: the ledger when it looks at when you look at

974
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: wide receivers, a MARII Cooper versus Ceedee Lamb, who you got?

975
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: I have to go with my boys, Ceedee Lamb. I

976
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: know week one they both had monsters games. They each

977
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: had I mean Lamb at fifteen Cooper at seventeen targets.

978
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: But last week the usage for Cooper was a little weird.

979
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: He only targeted five times. Ceedee Lamb saw nine, So

980
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: now he's up to two more targets on the year

981
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: than Cooper. I think both of these guys are very

982
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: similar players, like which one is going to catch the touchdown,

983
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: which one is going to get the deep shot from

984
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 1: Dak that that's probably gonna be the one that has

985
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: a better game on any given week. I think most

986
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: weeks we could value these guys as borderline wide receiver ones.

987
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: But I just think Ceedee Lamb is a little bit

988
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: more explosive, especially after the catch, so I'll go with him.

989
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: But these two are It's almost a coin flip for me, Marcus,

990
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,320
Speaker 1: it really is. I'm gonna go with Amari Cooper because

991
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 1: it's a coin flip. I mean, I don't know that

992
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: we can look at their production. If you look at

993
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: their numbers, there isn't anything that vastly separates one from

994
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: the other. It almost feels like a week to week

995
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: proposition that one week it's gonna be a Cooper with

996
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,240
Speaker 1: the big numbers, the next week it's gonna be Ceedee

997
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 1: Lamb with the big numbers. And so maybe just in

998
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: the rotation of things, it just feels like a Mari

999
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: Cooper is up. But I don't I don't think that

1000
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: anybody can give you any real analysis, uh that will

1001
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 1: lead you to definitively say it's one guy over the other.

1002
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: So this one and I know this isn't necessarily you know,

1003
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: great analytic football, but my gut says it's a Mark

1004
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: Cooper this week, because I just don't have any other

1005
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: real analysis to give you. They're both really good, they're

1006
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,279
Speaker 1: both really productive. I just think one's going to have

1007
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 1: a slightly better game than the other. That's all I got.

1008
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: If you have to decide between one or the other

1009
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 1: on your roster, you're probably in a pretty good position already. Yeah, all,

1010
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: but I would also say maybe trade one just to

1011
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,760
Speaker 1: you know, alleviate that headache on a week two week basis,

1012
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 1: because that's a pretty frustrating place to be. UM. As

1013
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: we wrap up, I wanted to take a couple of

1014
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 1: minutes to remember Mike Taglier. And if you listen to

1015
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: this show regularly, you very likely know who he is,

1016
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: probably from his great work at Fantasy Pros, probably from

1017
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,319
Speaker 1: his couple of appearances he made on this program. Uh.

1018
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,400
Speaker 1: If so, you also very likely know that he passed

1019
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: away over the weekend after a long about with COVID

1020
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: nineteen UM. I first met Mike when he was first

1021
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: a guest on this show. I had read his work

1022
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,120
Speaker 1: at Fantasy Pros, was intrigued by it, invited him to

1023
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 1: come on, and we immediately hit it off. He was

1024
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: just a wonderful guest to have on UM. But what

1025
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: sort of deepened my connection was when I first met

1026
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 1: him in person a few years ago at the King's

1027
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: Classic Draft in Canton, Ohio, and we just immediately bonded.

1028
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: He was just so easy to talk to, UH, so

1029
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: much fun, and on top of it, just you know,

1030
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: was just an incredible person. UM really deep loved the work,

1031
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,240
Speaker 1: worked harder than pretty much anybody else you would ever find.

1032
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: Was always coming up with new and creative things. But

1033
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:46,360
Speaker 1: on top of it was just a good man. Um,

1034
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 1: a guy who loved his family, who took care of

1035
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: his family. Even the last time we talked to him

1036
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: here on this show was a day that he was

1037
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,239
Speaker 1: off to get a root to now, but it was

1038
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 1: still just cheerful and joyful, full of life, full of

1039
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: just enjoying everything he did. And I know it's it's

1040
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: certainly a tough time for a lot of folks in

1041
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 1: this industry, but certainly for the people who were close

1042
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 1: to him. Uh, it's just it's just been a really

1043
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 1: a surprise, really a shock, And uh, I would definitely

1044
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 1: miss him. And he was always the guy that I

1045
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 1: looked forward to talking to in person on those trips

1046
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: to Canton, and um, that's gone now, But I just

1047
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: wanted to take a minute to remember a guy who

1048
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: really meant a lot. Uh, I think to all of

1049
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:26,919
Speaker 1: us personally and professionally, and uh, it's gonna be hard

1050
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 1: not having not having the tags around anymore. Yeah, I

1051
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: just want to echo your sentiment. I unfortunately never had

1052
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: the pleasure of meeting Mike in person, but he was

1053
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: someone that I would message and talk too often on Twitter.

1054
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 1: And at one point when I was still, you know,

1055
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: figuring my way out in this industry, and I was

1056
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,280
Speaker 1: at a pretty low point, like I I hit Tags

1057
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:51,879
Speaker 1: up and and he was responded right away and give

1058
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,399
Speaker 1: me words of encouragement and and told me to stick

1059
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: with it. And as someone who prides myself on work ethic,

1060
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: Mike Tags was always some that I looked up to

1061
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: because no one worked harder in the fantasy industry than

1062
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: Tags did. And I mean you just type his name

1063
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: in on Twitter right now, and and you see the

1064
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 1: outpouring of love and support from everyone in the fantasy community,

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Speaker 1: and uh, the link is on the screen, but there's

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Speaker 1: a go fund me right now to help to help

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Speaker 1: Tags his family. And I mean they crushed their goal

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Speaker 1: in like an hour. So that tells you just how

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Speaker 1: beloved Tags was in this industry. He'll be missed, and uh,

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Speaker 1: just nothing but but our thoughts and prayers to his

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Speaker 1: family at this time right now. Absolutely our condolences and

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Speaker 1: and our best thoughts out to his wife, Tabby, to

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Speaker 1: his kids, to all the folks who were close to him,

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Speaker 1: and so all all all our friends over at fantasy

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Speaker 1: pros who were so close uh and friends with tags

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Speaker 1: as well. He will absolutely be missed forever and ever.

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Speaker 1: All Right the means I for us, that is it.

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Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. Do you know the drill? Tell

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Speaker 1: be the things you loved most about the people who

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Speaker 1: are gone. Be safe, take care yourselves, get vaccinated, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see you on Wednesday. H