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Speaker 1: the Fantasy Football Podcast Week three running Back Ranks. I'm

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Speaker 1: Chris Welsh and of course I am joined by Andrew

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Speaker 1: Rickson and Pat fitzmorris Is. We are going to be

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Speaker 1: going through the top thirty six running backs according to

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Speaker 1: Expert Consensus Ranks on Fantasy Pros ECR. We're going to

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Speaker 1: running back questions ahead of time that I know you

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Speaker 1: guys are going to have. Where ECR is moving and

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Speaker 1: I can tell you things are a move in friends.

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Speaker 1: We have a running back that we're going to talk

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Speaker 1: about here in just a second that was like seventeen

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Speaker 1: So we have some high flying stuff. Hopefully we can

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Speaker 1: talking about it off air, ericson that, like want some

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Speaker 1: Mason on the betting front, but there's there's going to

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Speaker 1: be some fun running back things to cover. Do you

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Speaker 1: think we've had some questions answered over the last two

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Speaker 1: weeks that build a little bit more confidence in who

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Speaker 1: you're going to be starting. Do you know what I'm

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Speaker 1: saying and I'm alluding to, Like there's the ken Walker

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Speaker 1: Maybe you feel better about Warren. Do you think there's

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Speaker 2: With, Well, we have one less crowded backfield because Aaron

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Speaker 2: So that was one of the backfields where it's kind

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Speaker 2: so you can feel more confident about where you start

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Speaker 2: Although the Seahawks backfield is still it's gonna it just

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Speaker 1: Everything clarity maybe except if you're a rookie running back,

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Speaker 1: and FITZI hopefully we're going to be able to tackle

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Speaker 1: onslot of rookie running back? Who'd you rathers? This week?

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Speaker 1: Because well, I'm gonna tell you right now, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: I mean, the top end of running backs are disappointing.

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Speaker 1: what we do here FITZI is going to like answer

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Speaker 3: Right Yeah, We're going to bring a few of them up. Welsh,

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Speaker 3: and I think people are wondering if this year's running

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Speaker 1: You don't think it's over sold, No, I don't.

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Speaker 1: All right, well let's see which ones are going to hit.

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Speaker 3: I think there's a good chance Jordan Mason gets twenty

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you're worried about your offensive line, you

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Speaker 3: Maybe he has went against the Commanders. I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: I think you's got to trust the talent with ken

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Speaker 2: who's gonna probably be more snaps this week, it would

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Speaker 2: probably be ken Walker if they go back and watch

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Speaker 2: the tape, like, yeah, we probably should get kin Walker

431
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Speaker 2: the allmore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think of anything, it's just like I feel

433
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Speaker 1: like we know a little bit more, like we saw

434
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Speaker 1: him be You just wanted to see ken Walker be successful.

435
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Speaker 1: Is he going to be the primary guy?

436
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Speaker 4: Know?

437
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Speaker 1: You just feel like we've got a better grasp of

438
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Speaker 1: what ken Walker is and what is a pretty good

439
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Speaker 1: matchup here. Is that kind of a relative push to

440
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Speaker 1: where you've got him ranked?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I mean there were so many questions in our Fantasy

443
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Speaker 3: Pros discord last week about ken Walker and getting out

444
00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,320
Speaker 3: snapped thirty to twenty one by Zach Sharbonay in Week one,

445
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Speaker 3: But I told people, like, I think it was largely

446
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Speaker 3: related to Walker dealing with some foot soreness in August

447
00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,639
Speaker 3: and the Seahawks feeling enough confidence in Charbona is a

448
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Speaker 3: really good number two or you know, at least the

449
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Speaker 3: one B to Walker's one A that they could like

450
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Speaker 3: give him more snaps in a game and not fall

451
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Speaker 3: off as a result. And I think that's what we saw.

452
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Speaker 3: But like Walker was plenty busy in Week one, like

453
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Speaker 3: twenty one snaps and he touched the ball in thirteen

454
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Speaker 3: of them and either carried the ball ran around on

455
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Speaker 3: nineteen of them. And then last week we saw him

456
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Speaker 3: do a terrific job. Ericson said it like the Seahawks

457
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Speaker 3: got that outside zone going last week and they just

458
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Speaker 3: ran over the Steelers With Kenneth Walker, I think it's

459
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Speaker 3: still going to be a two man backfield this week.

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Speaker 3: I kind of expect something close to fifty to fifty.

461
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Speaker 3: And even though Zach Sharbonay didn't play well against the Steelers,

462
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Speaker 3: I don't think we should read too much into that.

463
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Speaker 3: Like I've still got him ranked running back thirty this

464
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Speaker 3: week and a really good matchup against the Saints where

465
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Speaker 3: the Seahawks are favored by more than a touchdown at

466
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Speaker 3: home and should have a run friendly game script. So

467
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Speaker 3: I think Walker is a must start this week. The

468
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Speaker 3: Kubiak running game, like, I'm a big believer in it.

469
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Speaker 3: It's just a really good spot. And I don't think

470
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Speaker 3: Sharbona is a bad play either.

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Speaker 1: Oh oh, Marion Hampton, you come in at ECR RB

472
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Speaker 1: twenty three. The last one we're going to talk about

473
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Speaker 1: in the RB twos. Fitz, You've got him at twenty three,

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Speaker 1: Ericson You've got him at twenty six. I think there's

475
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Speaker 1: just a lot of frustration, a lot of stuff on

476
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Speaker 1: like you know on film too, that people look at

477
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Speaker 1: and they're like, what are we doing here? FITZI can

478
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Speaker 1: you sell us a little bit on Maryon Hampton? Like

479
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Speaker 1: you you mentioned at the top of this, this show

480
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Speaker 1: just under performance just in general from the rookies, Najee

481
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Speaker 1: Harris getting a little bit more involved. Which confidence level

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Speaker 1: on a Maryon Hampton.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna say it's a hard case to make.

484
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Speaker 3: Wels like my circle of trust with running backs and

485
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Speaker 3: in week three goes about twenty two running backs deep

486
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Speaker 3: and I've got o'mary and Hampton ranked ORB twenty three.

487
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Speaker 3: I'm still bullish overall on Hampton, but it's it's fair

488
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Speaker 3: to be concerned about his Week three outlook against a

489
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Speaker 3: pretty tough to Denver defense. Hampton ate eight carries for

490
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Speaker 3: twenty four yards against the Raiders on Monday night, didn't

491
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Speaker 3: look good, coughed up a fumble late, although the NFL

492
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 3: wrongly charged the fumble to quarterback Justin Herbert. They should

493
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Speaker 3: not have that was that was clearly a Marion Hampton's fumble.

494
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Speaker 3: The snapchair for Najee Harris went from eighteen point five

495
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Speaker 3: percent in week one to thirty four point five percent

496
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Speaker 3: in week two. But I do think Hampton investors should

497
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Speaker 3: be patient at least prepare yourselves for the possibility of

498
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Speaker 3: another lackluster game from your rookie running back. But that said,

499
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Speaker 3: I still think Hampton is a terrific prospect who eventually

500
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Speaker 3: gets going.

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Speaker 1: Oh ericson, what's your take? What do you think here?

502
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Speaker 1: I mean this is a bad matchup, snap percentage going

503
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 1: in the wrong direction, stats are going in the wrong direction. Fumble.

504
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Speaker 1: To me, it has everything that you don't cut. Just

505
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,439
Speaker 1: get him on the bench and don't let him do

506
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Speaker 1: it this week. That's kind of my take on it.

507
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Speaker 1: I don't think I'm gonna have Hampton very high because

508
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Speaker 1: I think you probably better suited taking some shots in

509
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Speaker 1: some other directions, especially with the defensive matchup. I'm not

510
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 1: saying you're doing that. You got him at twenty six,

511
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Speaker 1: this is still like relatively close to startable range, But

512
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Speaker 1: what do you think?

513
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Speaker 2: He's definitely someone I'm trying to find other alternatives than

514
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 2: starting on Marion Hampton to some of the points that

515
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,440
Speaker 2: fits laid out, just the optics of the situation haven't

516
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 2: been great. And the thing that's most frustrating about Hampton,

517
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Speaker 2: and you know why we were excited about him, was

518
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,640
Speaker 2: this was his chance to really take this running back

519
00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 2: role and run off with it like he was tea

520
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Speaker 2: up because Naji was a non factor through all training camp,

521
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Speaker 2: through the first couple of games, Like this is Hampton's backfield. Well,

522
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,199
Speaker 2: he had his chance, he had a shot, and he

523
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,399
Speaker 2: blew it. Like he didn't convert. He didn't end up

524
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Speaker 2: making the type of statement to take over this backfield

525
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Speaker 2: that we thought that he might be able to do

526
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Speaker 2: as a first round pick taking up the running back position.

527
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Speaker 2: The other thing the issue is with Greg Roman. He

528
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 2: has been really involved in the passing game, which was

529
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Speaker 2: one of the bigger things he did at UNC. And

530
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Speaker 2: Greg Roman is kind of doing the same thing that

531
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Speaker 2: he's done in past offenses where he's not having Justin

532
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Speaker 2: Herbert check the ball down to his running backs. And honestly,

533
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Speaker 2: I don't blame him because those in Herbert is really

534
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,400
Speaker 2: fun when he throws all these wide receivers making big

535
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 2: plays down the field. And then when Herbert's not doing that,

536
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Speaker 2: Herbert's running with his own legs, which is also contributing

537
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Speaker 2: to the fact that the lack of a target share

538
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Speaker 2: for these running backs. So I wouldn't be surprised if

539
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Speaker 2: we start to see even more of Naje Harris unfortunately,

540
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Speaker 2: and it goes back to kind of like I think

541
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Speaker 2: our consensus take beforehand was that Naji Harris was going

542
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Speaker 2: to be in the thorn to the side of Hampton.

543
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Speaker 2: But this was ball before the eye injury thing kind

544
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Speaker 2: of happened, and then we kind of adjusted our expectations.

545
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Speaker 2: Well it's like, well, no, now he's should be teed

546
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 2: up to start the year as the guy, And now

547
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 2: I think we have to go back to what we

548
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 2: thought before the injury happened with Naje Harris in his eye.

549
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think he's gonna be frustrating start the

550
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Speaker 2: next couple of weeks, but hopefully you can turn around.

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Speaker 1: RB's twenty five through thirty six are RB three's coming up.

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Speaker 1: to get started. Our final RB's here. Starting at twenty five,

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Speaker 1: We've got JK. Dobbins, DeAndre Swift, David Montgomery, Bill Krofsky,

560
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Speaker 1: Merrit Nick Chubb. Coming in at thirty is Isaiah Pacheco,

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Speaker 1: Ormandre Stevenson, Traveon Henderson, Quinchawn Jutkins, Zach Charbonnet, Bashin Tootle

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Speaker 1: Beshon too Ba, Shaal Toutin, and Cam Scataboo. Slow it

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Speaker 1: down a little bit here, Isaiah Pichecko, let's talk about

564
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Speaker 1: the Pacheco here for a minute. He's actually he was

565
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Speaker 1: twenty nine. He's moved down to thirty on this list.

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Speaker 1: You guys are a little bit split on him. I

567
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Speaker 1: still see nothing that makes me feel good about I'm

568
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Speaker 1: just going to continue kind of holding my take on

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Speaker 1: Pachecko the entire way through. But Ericson you are the

570
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Speaker 1: positive one. You've got him at twenty nine. Fitzy, you've

571
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Speaker 1: got him at thirty three. Let's get the positive take

572
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 1: on Pachecko for Week three rickson.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is that ranked really positive?

574
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Speaker 1: I mean I heard it myself say it like positive

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Speaker 1: air quotes.

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Speaker 2: It's very relative to you know what, The expectations are

577
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 2: very low for Isaiah Pachecko. This Chief's offense is still

578
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,119
Speaker 2: looking like it needs answers and it needs guys to

579
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 2: step up. I don't think that Pachecko has necessarily looked

580
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Speaker 2: nearly as bad as his box score would suggest it is.

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Speaker 2: They talked about on the broadcast of the Chiefs an

582
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 2: Eagles game that the team feels like he's back to

583
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Speaker 2: having similar juice do we had prior to his leg injury.

584
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Speaker 2: So I don't think that the team is totally like,

585
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Speaker 2: all right, we're ready to commit to Kareem Hunt as

586
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 2: the bell cow because we know that's not gonna happen.

587
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 2: Like cream, Hunt's gonna have his role. He's gonna stumble around,

588
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 2: pick up some yards, maybe score some touchdowns. I still

589
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 2: think they want Pacheco to be the same guy that

590
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 2: he was again prior to the injury. And I think

591
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Speaker 2: this one just based on the matchup. I mean, the

592
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 2: Giants have even know the most rushing yards per game

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00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 2: allowed this season through two weeks, so it's almost kind

594
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 2: of that now or never. If Pacheco's ever going to

595
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 2: turn back at the clock, he's ever gonna show the juice.

596
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 2: It's got to be when all the chiefs receivers are hurt.

597
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 2: Patrickhomes leads the team in rushing like they need answers,

598
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 2: and Pacheco has to be that guy. So maybe we

599
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 2: see it on Sunday night. I would love to see

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Speaker 2: it as someone that was investing into Pacheco having a

601
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,479
Speaker 2: couple of Dynasty spots as well, so I think that

602
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 2: he's worth the flyer. That's kind of why I'm quote

603
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 2: unquote bullish on Isaiah Pachecko. But again, sometimes you just

604
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 2: got to lean into those matchups even if the running

605
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 2: backs are underforming, because sometimes it's as simple as well,

606
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:50,640
Speaker 2: he faced the giants and they can't stop the run.

607
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Speaker 2: So Yo Pachecko.

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Speaker 1: Erickson's just sitting here in his white dress talking to

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Speaker 1: R two D two just be like, help us, Isaiah Pachecko,

610
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Speaker 1: You're our own hope. This is it. I can't well

611
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: if real quick because I'm want to get fits a

612
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: take just because you said that if he fails this week,

613
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: is he a top thirty six running back the following week.

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Speaker 1: Don't look at the matchup. Don't even care about the matchup.

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00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: I don't care about it.

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00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: He's I mean, unless Kareem Hunt is the one. So

617
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 2: only as Kareem Hunt's the one that takes advantage of

618
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 2: the Giants match, I'm saying he goes.

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Speaker 1: He gets his ten carries for thirty four yards this

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Speaker 1: week against the Giants.

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Speaker 2: I think he's just I think he just cut him.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, that's what I's That's why I wanted to

623
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Speaker 1: jump ahead of Yeah, exactly, all right, Fitzy, you've got

624
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Speaker 1: him at thirty three.

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Speaker 3: Da da da No, sir twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you know what. I apologize. I looked at

627
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 1: that completely wrong. That's my bad. He's ECR thirty. Ericson

628
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: had him at thirty two. Fitzi, you are twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: That is a my bad thing. So you get a

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00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: little bit more of the positive take on here for

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it is matchup based, which is why if Isaiah

633
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 3: Pachecko does face plant this week, and we have big

634
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 3: concerns about that because the Giants they ranked thirty second

635
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 3: in DVOA against the run, jacry Krofsky Merritt average better

636
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 3: than eight yards per carry against them in week one.

637
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,360
Speaker 3: Javonte Williams looked like pre injury pre knee injury Javonte

638
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 3: Williams against the Giants in week two like this, this

639
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 3: is a get right spot for pacheck O. So yes,

640
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 3: if he does not get right, you have reasons to

641
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Speaker 3: be concerned.

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Speaker 1: I love that. I love I Actually now you kind

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Speaker 1: of fired me up a little bit. I'm kind of

644
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Speaker 1: fired up about like this is get right situation. Going

645
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Speaker 1: to be paying attention to him in the prop market,

646
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: and at least there's more confidence, like if you needed

647
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: to start him all right. Another rookie that we've been

648
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: talking about Traveon Henderson. Traveon Henderson in ECR is now

649
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: ranked below Ramandre Stevenson this week comes in at ECR

650
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 1: thirty two. FITZI, you've got him at thirty three, a

651
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: little bit lower. Erickson's a little bit higher.

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00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 4: Fits.

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Speaker 1: I' gonna get your take on Trevion Henderson as you

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Speaker 1: do it, though, who is higher Henderson or Stevenson for you?

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Speaker 4: This week?

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Speaker 3: Oh, Remandre, I think he has to be. I mean,

657
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,719
Speaker 3: he played what twenty more snaps than Henderson. Actually, I've

658
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 3: got them side beside, side by side, Remandre one spot.

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Speaker 1: Higher and that's how the rate, that's exactly how ECR

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00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: and the ranks is going as well.

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00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, and maybe it should be if anything, I mean

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00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 3: it should probably be a bigger gap in Stevenson's favor.

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Speaker 3: Like past protection was really one of the selling points

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Speaker 3: for Trevion Henderson as a prospect, Like he's he's good

665
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Speaker 3: at it, even though he's not a big guy, or

666
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 3: at least he was in college. But he's really struggled

667
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 3: in that area so far. I wonder if it might

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Speaker 3: keep his usage down early in the season, until the

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Speaker 3: Patriots are convinced that he can capably protect franchise quarterback

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00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 3: Drake may So Henderson only played about thirty two percent

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00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 3: of New England's offensive snaps in Week two, about half

672
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 3: as many as Remondre, and the Patriots gave ten snaps

673
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Speaker 3: to third string running back Antonio Gibson, so Henderson had

674
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,719
Speaker 3: just five touches last week. I don't feel the matchup

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00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 3: against the Steelers, whose run defenses looked really bad so

676
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 3: far this season, including against Kenneth Walker last week. But

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00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 3: until we feel more confident about the workload for Traveon Henderson,

678
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,959
Speaker 3: it's real hard to just keep throwing him into your lineup.

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Speaker 3: I think you've got to make other plans this week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think one of the big selling points ericson

681
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: you tell me if I'm wrong here, and maybe this

682
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: is based on your rank at all, is that one

683
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: of the things the Steelers have definitely been doing is

684
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: giving up plays explosive plays to like explosive backs, and

685
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: that's something that Eric that Eerckson that Henderson definitely can do.

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00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: You can see him as a guy that can bust

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Speaker 1: out a forty yard run and maybe that gives the upside,

688
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,239
Speaker 1: but a lot of what Fitz was laying out kind

689
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: of makes me feel that direction. What's your positive, you know,

690
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: take on Henderson being a little bit higher than ecr.

691
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Speaker 2: Leaning into the explosive element like you alluded to. You know,

692
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 2: if we had just played the running back and played

693
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 2: the more snaps before they face the Steelers, we would

694
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 2: have played Jack Sharbone over Ken Walker last week, and

695
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 2: that would have been the wrong So why so after

696
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 2: one week, Remondre week one looks terrible, Week two he

697
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 2: looks fantastic. You look at the Steelers again, they're bad

698
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 2: against the outside zone like that is where they give

699
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 2: out the plays in space. On the broadcast, all they

700
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 2: talked about with Travan Henderson, get this guy's space, get

701
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 2: this guy in space. That wasn't needed necessarily against the

702
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins. I think they're going to need that against

703
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers. When you look at the outside zone runs

704
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: this year, Henderson five point two yards per carry outside

705
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 2: zone or outside the tackle, Romandra Stevenson one point six

706
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 2: yards per carry. So I'm kind of like afraid to

707
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 2: buy into Stevenson because what if he puts up a

708
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 2: zach sharbonn as that line where he's not the one

709
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 2: that's efficient because he's not ripping off the explosive plays. Now,

710
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 2: he had some against the Miami Dolphins, but while that

711
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 2: was on inside tackle rushes, not necessarily out in space,

712
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 2: whereas to your point, Welsh, they were the Steelers were

713
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: getting gashed by explosives. Like that's what that's Trayvon Henderson.

714
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 2: That is who he is as a guy. That's what

715
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 2: he's used best at is generating explosive plays. He hasn't

716
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 2: done that two weeks into his NFL career but it's there, Like,

717
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 2: so I think that they're going to see what the

718
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 2: Steelers put on tape and realize, oh, man, like we

719
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 2: put Henderson out in space, like they're not gonna be

720
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 2: able to stop this guy. So I staw have Henderson

721
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 2: ranked over Stevenson this week just because of the matchup,

722
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 2: specifically final.

723
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Speaker 1: Running back we're going to talk about. I think it's

724
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: a super fascinating one. And it's kind of why like

725
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: when I talk about the like clarity and the rookie thing,

726
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: but the clarity thing of like you're just having more guys,

727
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: you feel your confidence level is rising up outside of

728
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: you know, maybe the Trevion's and stuff is a guy

729
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: like Cam Skataboo, Cam Scattaboo. We kind of thought this

730
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: might be later. It took over as far as Carrie's

731
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: by a wide margin on Tyrone Tracy. I think a

732
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: lot of people are ready to I wonder for too

733
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: early on it, but people are ready to anoint him

734
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: as the starter comes in at thirty six, looks better

735
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,959
Speaker 1: than Tracy. In general, I'm kind of done with Tracy,

736
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: and you guys tend to agree ericson you've got him

737
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: at thirty three fits you've got him at thirty five

738
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: ericson why don't you hit us with Cam Scattaboo. The

739
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: usage last week is enough for you to be able

740
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: to put him in as like a flexy type running back.

741
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 2: Correct, Yeah, because I think that he has at least

742
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 2: from what we saw, if they get into the red zone,

743
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 2: he's going to get the rock, so that has touchdown

744
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 2: equity attached to it. Again, you can move the ball

745
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: on the Chiefs with Malik Neighbors as your number one

746
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 2: wide receiver, and I mean he still catches dump off

747
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: passes and he's a bowling ball when he gets the

748
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,239
Speaker 2: ball in his hands, whether it's a rush, whether it's

749
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 2: a pass, he's going to try to get every single

750
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 2: yard possible. So you're gonna get everything you can hope

751
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 2: for with Scam with Cam Scataboo. So that's for me, like, yeah,

752
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 2: I think that he's in that conversation of Again, the

753
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 2: matchup is not great, Like the Chiefs are one of

754
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 2: the top tier run defenses, so that's always a concern,

755
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 2: especially when you are the Giants offensive line and we

756
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 2: don't know if Andrew Thomas is going to play, so

757
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 2: it's definitely a stretch but he's definitely someone that you

758
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 2: want to have on your roster and someone that would

759
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 2: definitely rather start than Tyrone Tracy.

760
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: By the way, isn't it unfortunate? How many times do

761
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: you think he's called Scam all the time? Like I

762
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: call him, I do the same thing like scam Bataboo,

763
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: like the you just you can't do it. If Cam

764
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: Scataboo and it just it's scam comes out. It's a

765
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: really unfortunate name that's putting out there. But we'll go

766
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: with bowling ball, FITZI do you think Cam Skataboo aka

767
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 1: Scam is the back over Tyrone Tracy starting in Week three?

768
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 3: I do, and I think the hostile takeover of the

769
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 3: Giants backfield began last week. Skataboo led the Giants backfield

770
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 3: in snaps, carries, and routes, and he looked really good.

771
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 3: Like He had eleven carries for forty five yards in

772
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 3: a touchdown, which does not include a twelve yard run

773
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 3: where he absolutely trucked one of the Dallas defensive backs,

774
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 3: only to have that run called back by a penalty.

775
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 3: Also had a couple of catches for twelve yards. Tyrone

776
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 3: Tracy is returning kickoffs for the Giants, which strikes me

777
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 3: as kind of a tell that the Giants see him

778
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 3: as the number two. Like the only reason I don't

779
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 3: have Skataboo in my top thirty this week is because

780
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 3: of the matchup against the Chiefs defense that's always tough

781
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 3: against the run.

782
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 1: Well, if you guys got more questions which I know

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