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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 Grants,

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

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Speaker 1: We are almost through two whole weeks. As as always,

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Speaker 1: I am enjoined by producers, justin, a cast of dozens

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Speaker 1: behind the scenes for those of you who are watching

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Speaker 1: the video show, whether it is a through the NFL app, uh,

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy app or on YouTube, and then of

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Speaker 1: course front and center joint is always by Michael F.

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Speaker 1: Florio and Florio. It's We're two weeks in and I

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Speaker 1: feel like the theme of Sunday was injuries because it

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Speaker 1: was just a rough, rough day for injuries all around. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was. I'm sure a lot of fantasy matchups were

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Speaker 1: determined based on who had the healthier team this week, because,

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Speaker 1: especially in those first set of games, markets like the

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Speaker 1: first half of the afternoon games, it just felt like

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Speaker 1: every time I looked up, another big name player was

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Speaker 1: going out with an injury. Yeah, it was sort of

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Speaker 1: My My early Twitter feed was just a lot of

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Speaker 1: oh no, so and so was down, please come back,

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Speaker 1: uh and and you know so it always seems to

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Speaker 1: happen this time. It seems to happen in a week

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Speaker 1: two hopefully. Uh, this is the worst of it and

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Speaker 1: we're able to move on. We'll talk about that in

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Speaker 1: a little bit. We got plenty to talk about, though.

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Speaker 1: We will look at some rookie running backs, most notably

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Speaker 1: what is going on with Tray Sermon in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: Will also have our Week three waiver wire targets, and

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Speaker 1: we preview Monday Night Football with the Lions and the Packers.

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Speaker 1: But before we get to any of that, let's dive

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Speaker 1: in with a few fantasy headlines, shall we. And let's

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Speaker 1: start by talking about a lot of those injuries because

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Speaker 1: a lot of them came to quarterbacks. Uh. Handful of

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Speaker 1: notable quarterbacks had to leave the game because of various issues.

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Speaker 1: One of them was Carson Wentz, who left the game

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Speaker 1: against the Rams on Sunday with not just one injured ankle,

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Speaker 1: but two injured ankles. He's having tests on Monday to

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Speaker 1: determine the severity of them. Now, I'm not gonna sit

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Speaker 1: Jacob Eason into your fantasy lineup. That's definitely not going

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Speaker 1: to happen. But for you, Florio, being one of the

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Speaker 1: biggest Jonathan Taylor stands out there. How worried are you

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Speaker 1: about a guy who's had kind of a mediocre start

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Speaker 1: I'm definitely a little bit more worried today than I

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Speaker 1: was a couple of days ago. Like I was willing

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Speaker 1: was like, all right, he was playing the Rams like that.

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Speaker 1: That is the toughest defensive matchup, or at least one

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Speaker 1: of in football. So seeing him get the fifteen carries

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Speaker 1: was encouraging, but the production wasn't. But now with no

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, you'd have to imagine if Wentz is out

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Speaker 1: going forward at least for like Week three and maybe beyond,

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Speaker 1: teams are gonna stack the box against Jonathan Taylor, so

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Speaker 1: it only makes life harder for him. I still think

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Speaker 1: H rich Rebar The Great rich Rebard tweeted on Monday

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Speaker 1: morning that Jonathan Taylor has racked up a league leading

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Speaker 1: eight touches inside of the ten, six touches inside of

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Speaker 1: it's it's a tale of good and bad. The opportunity

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Speaker 1: gotta believe if they keep feeding him, that is certainly

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Speaker 1: going to change. Uh. In Chicago, Andy Dalton left the

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Speaker 1: revenge game for Andy Dalton, but he did not last

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Speaker 1: to superticularly long. According to our own Ian Rappaport, initial

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Speaker 1: But let's assume that something you know is bad enough

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Speaker 1: is no Andy Dalton, do you feel comfortable starting Justin

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Speaker 1: with his legs. He just makes the Bears offense way

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Speaker 1: more dynamic than Andy Dalton, who was like a dink

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Speaker 1: I think it would lift the Bears and even be

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Speaker 1: But I would be excited to get this guy in

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Speaker 1: find other ways to score for your fantasy team real quick.

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Speaker 1: And we'll talk waiver wire a little bit later, but

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Speaker 1: there are a couple of waiver wire names. Would you start?

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Speaker 1: Who would you start between Justin Fields and Daniel Jones

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Speaker 1: flip flopped. Originally I had Fields as a top quarterback,

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Speaker 1: real quick, what does this mean for David Montgomery? Is

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Speaker 1: Davis Mills slinging the rock? Yeah? I I do. And first,

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Speaker 1: But Davis Mills through the ball yesterday eighteen times. Half

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Speaker 1: but the upside is clearly higher. He's getting huge volume

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Speaker 1: For the Rams, kind of a potentially big situation here,

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Speaker 1: probably when the rest of you do via social media.

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Speaker 1: As a Monday goes along. Sony Michelle did get some

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Speaker 1: much would you trust maybe starting Sony Michelle in week

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Speaker 1: I think that you could trust Sony Michelle if Darryl

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Speaker 1: covering one of your fantasy wide receivers, you I want

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Speaker 1: to think twice about it because so far he's done

432
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,880
Speaker 1: a good job of locking down on people. He shut

433
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Speaker 1: down Mike Evans and uh when he was on Keenan,

434
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,400
Speaker 1: Allen really made it tough on Keenan too to make

435
00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: some plays there. I'm salty about Alvin Kamara. I mean,

436
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Speaker 1: this is the guy that I was really big on

437
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,160
Speaker 1: as the number three running back. I know it's just

438
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,720
Speaker 1: one game, but it was a bad game and where

439
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Speaker 1: in one that we all thought the Saints were gonna

440
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Speaker 1: step up. They looked great against the Packers in week

441
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,680
Speaker 1: once we figured why not, they'll keep it going against

442
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,160
Speaker 1: the Panthers. I mean that defense isn't nearly as good. Instead,

443
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 1: you get seven whole fantasy points from Alan Kamara. Four

444
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,679
Speaker 1: of them came on catches. He had four catches for

445
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,680
Speaker 1: twenty five yards, eight carries for five yards. These Saints

446
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: just looked discombobulated all the way around. Could never get

447
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 1: anything going offensively. Uh And so chances are if you

448
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Speaker 1: have Avan Kamara, you are really probably fighting for a

449
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: win this week, or you may not have gotten one

450
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,879
Speaker 1: because the guy that you were expecting to get you

451
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,600
Speaker 1: big numbers got you next to nothing. Obviously you're not

452
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,640
Speaker 1: sitting Alvin Camera and next week they've got New England.

453
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,359
Speaker 1: Hopefully they're more productive. But I'm kind of salty about

454
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: the way things went down with Camera and the Saints

455
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Speaker 1: offense in week two. Let's talk some rookie running back,

456
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 1: shall we. Last week on the Rookie Report, we talked

457
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Speaker 1: about the wide receivers who showed up pretty big in

458
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Speaker 1: week one, So week two we'll look at the runners.

459
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Speaker 1: I got a quartet of them here, and let's start

460
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 1: with Naji Harris, who in week one Florio, he got

461
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,000
Speaker 1: all the snaps, he got a ton of touches. The

462
00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:44,680
Speaker 1: production wasn't particularly great, but in week two things look better.

463
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,040
Speaker 1: Eighty one total yards, five catchers, had a receiving touchdown,

464
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 1: also had a really nasty stiff arm on Jonathan Abram

465
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: that made a ton of highlights. But as I went

466
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Speaker 1: back and watched this game, Uh, the Steelers offense, I

467
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 1: used to be kind is kind of boring. Uh. It's

468
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,200
Speaker 1: a lot of short throws every now and then Ben

469
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 1: maybe tosses one deep, but there's just not a lot

470
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: that gets you fired up. Should we be worried about

471
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 1: maybe this offense kind of putting a lid on Harris's

472
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Speaker 1: overall production. I'm not worried yet because I don't think

473
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: we've seen the big Nagy Harry like the ceiling yet

474
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Speaker 1: for Harris. I think last week was the floor obviously,

475
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Speaker 1: and I think this week was more like uh, I

476
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: wouldn't say an average week, but closer to that I

477
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Speaker 1: think than the than the ceiling. Like he has played

478
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Speaker 1: at least the snaps in both games, has at least

479
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: fifteen touches in both we know he is going to

480
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Speaker 1: be heavily used in the passing game. I do think

481
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: the short passes kind of hurts him because it keeps

482
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: everything kind of bunched up at the line of scrimmage.

483
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 1: You need some shots down field to open things up

484
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Speaker 1: near the line of scrimmage. But the offense and the

485
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Speaker 1: offensive line have been the concern for NAZI since you know,

486
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Speaker 1: the draft. But I'm not too worried yet. I think

487
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Speaker 1: the usage is remarkable and it's what we've wanted to

488
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Speaker 1: see so far. So if I have iris, UH, I'm

489
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,120
Speaker 1: not feeling great, but I'm also not too worried just yet.

490
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: I keep saying, all of the metrics are there. Everything

491
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,400
Speaker 1: we want from our running backs are there. We just

492
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,399
Speaker 1: haven't seen the big production yet, but it's it's getting

493
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 1: incrementally better. Week one. Not great week too, definitely a

494
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 1: little bit more productive. I would like to see Big

495
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 1: Ben stretched the field a little bit more, take some

496
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: of those shots down field to to chase Claypool UH

497
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 1: and maybe back off the defense. But as long as

498
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Speaker 1: they're still gonna load up Harris with you know, fifty

499
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Speaker 1: five touches per game, I think the the opportunity is

500
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Speaker 1: going to be there. One thing to keep an eye on,

501
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,440
Speaker 1: UH Deante Johnson. At the very end of that game,

502
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,159
Speaker 1: UH suffered an injury, so that's something to sort of

503
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Speaker 1: monitor as the week goes along about what happens with

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Speaker 1: him and what that means for the rest of the

505
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Speaker 1: Steeler offense, but Nausea, I think is gonna be okay

506
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: long term. Um, it was not a good day for

507
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,360
Speaker 1: the Jets, but Michael Carter was okay. Yeah, he got

508
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Speaker 1: your eighty eight total yards, had a pair of catches. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think we saw the de emphasis. We saw d

510
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Speaker 1: emphasized uh, Tevin Coleman in the offense. In week two.

511
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Speaker 1: We did see some Ty Johnson, but Michael Carter seems

512
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Speaker 1: to be taking the lead. Would you flex him next

513
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Speaker 1: week against the Denver Broncos. I think he's gonna be

514
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Speaker 1: in that discussion. It would depend on options, But I

515
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 1: definitely think Michael Carter is a name that if he

516
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,640
Speaker 1: is still out there on the waiver wire, he needs

517
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Speaker 1: to be grabbed this week. Because, like you said, Tevin Coleman,

518
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 1: he played less than ten percent in the snaps. He

519
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: kind of looks cast aside. Thy Johnson and Carter each

520
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 1: played forty six percent in the snaps. Johnson at twelve carries,

521
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: Carter had eleven. But what I love, Marcus is all

522
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 1: three running back targets went to Michael Carter. They were

523
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Speaker 1: no one else utilized in the past. The game. Carter

524
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Speaker 1: is the most explosive option of those three. Uh. Coleman

525
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Speaker 1: is what he is at this point in thy Johnson

526
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Speaker 1: has been a journeyman throughout his career, So I think

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Speaker 1: Michael Carter is going to have every opportunity as the

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Speaker 1: year goes on to carve out a larger and larger workload.

529
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Speaker 1: So next week he's not a slam dunk flex option,

530
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: I don't think, but he's definitely in that discussion and

531
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Speaker 1: moving forward, his upside is a lot higher than that

532
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Speaker 1: I did think. And I'm not the only one who

533
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Speaker 1: who felt like Carter was going to maybe take a

534
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks to really get up to speed, that

535
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,120
Speaker 1: we'd see Tevin Coleman early and eventually he would sort

536
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Speaker 1: of be pushed to the background. Maybe that's happening sooner

537
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 1: rather than later. Uh. The only real concern for me,

538
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Speaker 1: and you know, yesterday sort of highlighted it, is that

539
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: there will be weeks when the Jets just have issues

540
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: moving the football because of the defense, because of the

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Speaker 1: growing pains of such a young team. Uh. We saw

542
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: that yesterday, and you know, there will probably be more

543
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: games like that in this season. So that's one thing

544
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: to sort of keep in mind. And so you're right,

545
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Speaker 1: whoever you have on your bench or in your lineup

546
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: will probably impact how much you like Michael Carter this week. Um,

547
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 1: but at least shows that they are willing to sort

548
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 1: of give him more responsibility, and that's kind of what

549
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 1: we want, especially you for a young player. Um, it's

550
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: going to be a North Carolina reunion, a tar heel

551
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: running back reunion this week. The other guy that was

552
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: in that backfield last year, Javonte Williams, now with the

553
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, had his best pro game. I know there's

554
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: only been two of them so far for him, but

555
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: this one was his best game. Seventy four total yards. Uh,

556
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 1: he did have a reception. Obviously, he is still sharing

557
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 1: time with Melvin Gordon in that backfield, but he outproduced

558
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 1: Gordon on Sunday against the Jaguars. Are you comfortable saying

559
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: he's a weekly flex option at this point? Yeah? I am.

560
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: I think that you do have to worry about Melvin

561
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: Gordon right now. Like in Week one, they each played

562
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Speaker 1: of the snaps and Williams had one more touch than Gordon.

563
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: This past week, it was the snaps for Williams fifty

564
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Speaker 1: eight for Gordon with one more touch going Gordon's way.

565
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: So there's they're really splitting it down the middle in

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Speaker 1: this backfield right now. But Williams is the more explosive options,

567
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,439
Speaker 1: into my opinion. I know Gordon had that one really

568
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,880
Speaker 1: long run in Week one against the against the who

569
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Speaker 1: did they play the Giant? I'm sorry, the Giants, the Giants.

570
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: I was gonna say the Jets, but then this past

571
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: week it was Williams who was more productive. I think

572
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: they're both flex options until one really runs away with

573
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: the job. But I don't see Williams being faced out

574
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Speaker 1: of this offense after they traded up to get him

575
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Speaker 1: in the second round. Whereas Melvin Gordon, I think we

576
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: could see he's a free agent after this year. We

577
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: could see his workload dialed back as the year goes on.

578
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: So I think Williams is a flex option for now,

579
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: but his upside is a lot higher if he can

580
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: just carve out a larger role. That's sort of my

581
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: thought too, is that as the year goes along, we're

582
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: gonna start to see the pendulum swing more towards Javonty

583
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: Williams getting opportunities in this bad field. I think both

584
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 1: guys are good and they're both gonna be given the football,

585
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: but I think the upside is more on the side

586
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: of Williams. So I'm that was why I tried to

587
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: draft him in a lot of places. It got a

588
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: lot harder as we got closer to the start of

589
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: the season because I think a lot of people but

590
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: leave that this is gonna be his backfield before too long.

591
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: Uh they're in Denver, alright. So those were the three

592
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: good ones. We got to get to the bad, the confusing,

593
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: the I don't know what's happening here situation, and that's

594
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: Tray Sermon with the San Francisco forty Niners healthy scratching

595
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: week one, which nobody saw coming. Then heading into Week two,

596
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: we keep hearing reports. Uh, the offensive coordinator says he's

597
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: practicing hard, He's were excited for him to get his opportunity,

598
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: especially after the injury to Raheem. Most everyone expected that

599
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: Tray Sermon was gonna be on the field, maybe playing

600
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 1: behind Eli Mitchell. He was active, he was not the

601
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: guy behind Eli Mitchell. He ended up getting one snap,

602
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: had one carry, took a really nasty fall and suffered

603
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: a head injury. Um, but Mike. This didn't even happen

604
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter. I mean, up until then, it

605
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: was Elijah Mitchell and Ja Michael Hasty getting all the work.

606
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: U We didn't see Tray Sermon until both those guys

607
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: at some point had left with injuries. This is two

608
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: weeks where we have barely seen Tray Sermon on the field.

609
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: I would imagine a lot of folks are starting to panic.

610
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: What should they do about this right now? I mean,

611
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: I think Sermon is very close to like you could

612
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: just drop him at this point, Like there's no way

613
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: you could even consider getting this guy in your starting lineup.

614
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 1: For me, he is behind, like I would drop him

615
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: for Michael Carter or any of these rookie running backs

616
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Speaker 1: that they're still out there that we have just spoken about.

617
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: I mean, Ja Michael Hasty had five carries and even

618
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: more impressive than that markets five targets and four catches.

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Speaker 1: I thought Joe Michael Hasty was playing over Sermon in

620
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: Week one for special teams purposes. That was clearly not

621
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 1: the case. He remains ahead of Sermon. Elijah Mitchell is

622
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 1: clearly ahead of him, and then we have to worry

623
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 1: about Trent and Cannon getting utilized to as well. Sermon,

624
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: if you want to hold onto him, if you think

625
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: better days are coming and he's gonna get more usage,

626
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: because there's no most this whole season. That's the only

627
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: thing I think you have to hold on to him.

628
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: Right now. There's nothing that we've seen for how they

629
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: use him, anything Kyle shanahanan said about him, or anything

630
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: that makes me even remotely feel good about this guy

631
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: going forward. It is really a messy situation back there. Uh.

632
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: And then of course it appears that a Sermon is

633
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: going to be going through concussion protocol this week, so

634
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: that's something to sort of keep an eye on. If

635
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: you're in a dynasty league, hold onto him because I

636
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: think there is a path for him. But right now,

637
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: if you're in a redraft league, and especially if you've

638
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: got maybe a short bench, um, it's it's probably not

639
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: worth waiting on him because it just doesn't look like

640
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: he's going to get that kind of workload anytime soon.

641
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: Not what any of us anticipated, But at least through

642
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: the first two weeks of the season, it appears it's

643
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: look Shannahanigans. When I got on the board behind me,

644
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Speaker 1: Shannahanigans have raised their head in Santa Clara through the

645
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Speaker 1: first two weeks of the season. All right, we will

646
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: take a break, come back, and we will look at

647
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: the waiver wire four week three, a chance to maybe

648
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: improve some spots on your roster. Also talk about some

649
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: guys that maybe you can let go in order to

650
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: help improve your roster. Take a look at some of

651
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: the waiver wire picks. Michael f. Florial puts it together

652
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: every single week. You can check out out at NFL

653
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: dot com slash waiver Wire. Quarterbacks and running backs we

654
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 1: should people be looking at. Yeah, we spoke about Justin Fields.

655
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: We are both excited about him. Derek Carr and Sam

656
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: Donald and even Teddy Bridge Warner. They just through the

657
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: two weeks have got the job done. Should be picked up.

658
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: Michael Carter someone we said we're excited for. And then

659
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: you get James White and j D mckissic not going

660
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: away in the passing game, and we spoke about Sony

661
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: Michelle with Darryl Henderson potentially out moving forward, and then

662
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: some receivers and tight ends. DeVante Parker is just too

663
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 1: low owned on NFL dot Com. Roster's Henry Ruggs had

664
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: a big game this week, so did Rondel Moore, Jamison Crowder.

665
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: The Jets just love throwing to slot receivers and at

666
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: tight end. Jared Cook's touchdown didn't count, but it happened,

667
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: and then Jack Olan. Max Williams did get some big

668
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: usage in week two. So with Titan being growth their

669
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: options you could pick up. I don't think the Cardinals

670
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: have ever had a fantasy worthy tight end, at least,

671
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: you know, not one of any real note aside from

672
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: the occasional Ricky Seals Jones appearance or something like that.

673
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: So Max Williams would be a breath of fresh air

674
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: for fantasy managers. UM. A couple of names that I

675
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: wanted to dive into. One is Daniel Jones, who had

676
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 1: the huge game on Thursday night for the Giants, was

677
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: the leading rusher, had one rushing touchdown, had another one

678
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: that was actually called back because of a penalty. UM.

679
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: But even then you go back his Week one gave

680
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: you twenty plus points in the first week. We have

681
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: been waiting for the Daniel Jones, the Danny Dimes breakout. Uh.

682
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: Is it starting to happen now or is he just

683
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: a couple of good matchups? No, I think it's starting

684
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: to happen, at least for fantasy purposes. I think he

685
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: can be like what Josh Allen was before Josh Allen

686
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: became like an m v P type candidate, which is

687
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 1: he could be a QB one just because of what

688
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: he gives you with his legs. And you add in

689
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: that he a throw like two hundred and fifty yards

690
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: and the TV like he did in Week two, and

691
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: then you're talking about a really useful fantasy quarterback. I

692
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,720
Speaker 1: mean nine rushing yards and a touchdown. That is Lamar

693
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: Jackson type of production. And like you said, Marcus, it

694
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 1: could have been even better. He was looking to run often.

695
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: There was a lot of design runs for him as well.

696
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: This looks like a part of his game that is

697
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 1: not going to go away. And we talked about it

698
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 1: all the time. Russian quarterbacks are cheat codes and fantasy

699
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: football in the bigger part. Through the first two weeks,

700
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: he's limited the turnovers. He's lost one fumble, but through

701
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: two games doesn't have an interception just yet. And and

702
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: that has been my contention that if he can ever

703
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: just curb the giveaways, uh, then suddenly he does turn

704
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: into that quarterback that we all think he can be

705
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: just that. So far in his career that has been

706
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 1: the one thing really holding him back. In the same division,

707
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard had a really big game in Week two

708
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: four the Cowboys going against the Chargers week one, was

709
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: on the field quite a bit. Uh at this point,

710
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 1: does this mean the Cowboys have two usable running backs?

711
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: I mean, are we confident that the Tony Pollard deserves

712
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: to be in lineup somewhere now? Yeah? I think Tony

713
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: Pollard could carve a large enough role. I think he's

714
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: in the process of doing so where he is a

715
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: weekly flex option. But what I think is, if Zekiel

716
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,919
Speaker 1: Elliott was to go down, like if Zeke got hurt,

717
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard is an RB one right away, no questions acts.

718
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: That's why I think he is this week's top pick up.

719
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 1: This week he had thirteen carries and three targets, going

720
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: for a hundred forty yards and a touchdown. But when

721
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: you look at the numbers, like he averaged more yards

722
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 1: before and after contact, then Zeke did we know? He

723
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: is more He's faster, He's more explosive runner at this

724
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: point in his career. And Marcus, I saw you having

725
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: some fun on Twitter yesterday saying that he is the

726
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: cowboys best running back. I know you were you were

727
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: kind of joking, but there was a lot of times

728
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: where he often has looked like their most explosive runners.

729
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 1: So I think he's just going to continue to carve

730
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: out a role in this offense. Yeah, I was. I

731
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: was definitely trying to stir the pot a little bit

732
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: like but I think there are pool that are, um,

733
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,439
Speaker 1: you know, starting to at least embrace the notion that

734
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 1: he should be getting more work. I don't know that

735
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: anybody is fully on the side of, you know, Zeke

736
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: should be pushed aside, but I do think there's a

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00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: conversation about Tony Pollard getting more opportunity in this offense.

738
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Speaker 1: And certainly, as you mentioned, there were times on Sunday

739
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: when he looked like he had way more burst uh

740
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: than Ezekiel Elliott did, and it maybe deserves to get

741
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: some more snaps and some more opportunities there. So all right,

742
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 1: So you said he would be your top waiver wire target.

743
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,919
Speaker 1: I say, mine, uh is gonna be Sony Michelle. And

744
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: that is even with the game coming against the Buccaneers. Notwithstanding,

745
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: I start to think that the Rams are going to

746
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: be using him more in the offense. Uh. Will certainly

747
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: wait to see what happens with Darryl Henderson this week

748
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: because he's dealing with a rib injury. How you know

749
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: if he's available and how much they might want to

750
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: use him. But I still think that, uh, the Rams

751
00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: don't necessarily want to lean on one running back as

752
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,720
Speaker 1: a true workhorse the way they did with Todd Gurley.

753
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: I think for Sean McVeigh those days are sort of done. Uh.

754
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: And Sony Michelle, being a veteran presence, is a guy

755
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: that I think has some long term lasting value in

756
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: this offense. Like I said, I know you said that

757
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: you wouldn't play him this week depending on circumstances against

758
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: the bucks um, but he does have to be rostered

759
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: at this point, doesn't he? Yeah? I think so. I

760
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: think for me, after Tony Pollard, Sony Michelle would be

761
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: the next RB, I'd be looking to add off the

762
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: waiver wire right now, all right? Uh So then of

763
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 1: course to pick somebody up, we have to drop somebody.

764
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: Who would you be dropping this week? Yeah? I know

765
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: I was pretty upset about Justin Herbert, but I don't

766
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: think I'm ready to drop him just yet. But I've

767
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: been getting questions about people asking me if they should

768
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: be dropping Justin Herbert. I don't think you should. I

769
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: would be holding onto him. But some players I think

770
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: you can drop this week. Marcus are zach Ertz, like

771
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: John Smith, he hasn't really gotten going yet. Trey Sermon

772
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: we spoke about earlier, and then Marcus Callaway, who was

773
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: been held too single digit receiving yards in both of

774
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: those first two games. I think he could be dropped

775
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, the Callaway one is disappointing because I

776
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: I really thought big things were coming for him, and

777
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe they are. But the first two weeks

778
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: I have not really been good. Very surprised that people

779
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: are panicked on Josh Herbert just this soon, maybe because

780
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: you know, he didn't light it up against the Cowboys.

781
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: I don't know um. One name I would add there

782
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: is Philip Lindsay, who he's got touchdowns in each of

783
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: the first two games, but I also don't think he's

784
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: given you more than like twenty two or twenty three

785
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: yards in each game. So uh, you know, the touchdowns

786
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: are nice, but as I always say, they are fickle beasts.

787
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: You can't count on them each and every week, and

788
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: if he's not scoring a touchdown, the floor is frighteningly

789
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: low for him in an offensive really has sort of

790
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 1: turned to mark ingram as its primary runner, and it's

791
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: still getting David Johnson involved as a pass catcher. I

792
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: like Philip Lindsay, but it just doesn't seem like the

793
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: opportunity is going to be there enough for him to

794
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: warrant him taking up a space on your roster. I

795
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: do want to see you because I know one of

796
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,720
Speaker 1: the names that you thought about adding was was A. J. Green.

797
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: I'm I know he had the touchdown, he had forty

798
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 1: four yards receiving. I just I don't know if I

799
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: can get behind A J. Green. Are you Are you

800
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: buying in that? Maybe he's gonna be something. I think

801
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: he's a deeper league add only I had a big

802
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,839
Speaker 1: side there, because no, I mean, in the first two

803
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 1: games he's been second in snaps and in targets amongst

804
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: their receivers. So I think he right now is the

805
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,319
Speaker 1: number two options. But the Cardinals utilize more forward only.

806
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: The Bills use for wide receivers more than the Cardinals do,

807
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: and I think as the year progresses, Kirk and Rohnda Moore.

808
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: If they keep playing how they are right now, they

809
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: will steal more work away. But I think if you're

810
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,359
Speaker 1: in a deeper league and A. J. Green was kind

811
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: of just sitting out there on the waiver wire, he

812
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,280
Speaker 1: has a safe floor where I think the other guys

813
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 1: have the high ceiling. Yeah, I did like what I

814
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: saw from Rondale Moore and Christian Kirk continues to look

815
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,800
Speaker 1: impressive through the first couple of weeks of the season.

816
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: You want more waiver wire stuff, go check it out

817
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: on NFL dot com and nfl dot com slash waiver Wire.

818
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 1: Florio puts that list together each in every week. UH,

819
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: So scroll through there, read it it, enjoy it, and

820
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: uh and hopefully you learn and help make your fantasy

821
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: team a little bit better. One last game on the

822
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Speaker 1: dock at four week two. That's Monday Night football from

823
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Speaker 1: lambeau Field. Not quite frozen just yet. The Detroit Lions, UH,

824
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: fresh off a narrow loss at home to the San

825
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine, is to open this season. They go

826
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Speaker 1: to Green Bay to take on a group of Packers

827
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Speaker 1: that I imagine will be quite salty after they were

828
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,720
Speaker 1: roundly embarrassed by the New Orleans Saints in the first

829
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,359
Speaker 1: week of the season. So let's dive into this one

830
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: for our own fantasy purposes. So coming in, the projection

831
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: on nfl dot Com for Aaron Rodgers was twenty three

832
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: point zero seven points for this one, So let's just

833
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: set it in even twenty three over under for Aaron

834
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 1: Rodgers on that this week. Yeah, I think he's going

835
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: to score more than that. He since Marcus, He's averaging

836
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 1: over twenty five fantasy points against the Lions. He has

837
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: thrown multiple asking touchdowns in every game he has faced them,

838
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: and three or more in half of those games. Plus

839
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,720
Speaker 1: he got embarrassed last week and and maybe the worst

840
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: way I've ever seen him. So he's gonna come out

841
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: angry and as we saw last season, and angry Aaron

842
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: Rodgers is usually gonna put up very good numbers. So

843
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: I think he goes off tonight. He has nine games

844
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: against the Lions with three hundred or more passing yards

845
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: and two or more passing touchdowns. I think he goes

846
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: over in this one as well. Um, look, he's had

847
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: to endure a week of people questioning his offseason choices

848
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: and wondering whether he was spending too much time hanging

849
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: out with Miles Teller uh and worrying about Jeopardy and

850
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:43,760
Speaker 1: not enough about football. So this is a soft landing

851
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: spot against the defense that's not very good with a

852
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: team that he has historically tormented throughout his career. I'm

853
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: expecting a big, big game for Aaron Rodgers, and then

854
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, he'll have some pithy comment to say in

855
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 1: his postgame press conference and everybody will quote it for

856
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: a week, and you know we'll be back to normal

857
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: again because the truer is healing. Uh. And this is

858
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: what happens. Look at the tight ends in this one.

859
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 1: Two guys who you know, I think a lot of

860
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: people have expectations for who were productive last year. Which

861
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: one would you rather start, say, if you're putting together

862
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: a daily lineup, Robert tony In or t J. Hawkinson. Yeah,

863
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: it's not even close. For me, it is t J Hockinson.

864
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,840
Speaker 1: He was big time used last week with the eleven targets.

865
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: It was him and the running backs here that Jared

866
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: Goff was going to. And I think Hockinson the reason

867
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: why we were drafting him as a top six tight

868
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: end was four volume like and he saw that in

869
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,280
Speaker 1: Week one, going off for nearly twenties six fantasy points.

870
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: So I think it's easily Hawkinson because last week Robert

871
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: Tonyan had just four targets, and in games where he

872
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: doesn't score a touchdown, he averages less than five fantasy points.

873
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: That's what he did last week. I think Hokinson could

874
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: top that number even if Tony and most to find

875
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: the end zone this week. I agree, it's it's Hawkinson

876
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: for me, just because he is the number one target

877
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: in this offense. They're still trying to figure out their

878
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: past care her situation. I mean, I'm on Ross st. Brown. Uh,

879
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,359
Speaker 1: was was next to invisible in week one. Um, they've

880
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: got injuries, They've just got guys that don't really scare

881
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: you a whole lot. So in terms of you know,

882
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 1: their wide receivers in tight ends, it is by far

883
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 1: t J. Hawkinson. Plus, Uh, he's got a new head

884
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 1: shot this year. When he first came in the league,

885
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: he was clean shaven with short hair. Now he sort

886
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 1: of looks like Lance a k A. The guy that

887
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: that sold John Travolta drugs in pulp fiction. Um, So

888
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if that, I don't know what that means,

889
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: I don't know if they get you any fantasy points,

890
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: but if you're into that, uh, then t J. Hawkinson

891
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,800
Speaker 1: is probably your guy this week. And as you mentioned,

892
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: Robert Tounyan so far has been very touchdown dependent when

893
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: it comes to his fantasy production. Um Last week, while

894
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: the pass catchers didn't do a whole lot, at least

895
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: the wide receivers didn't do a whole lot, the running

896
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 1: backs for the Lions were actually very productive. Both DeAndre

897
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: Swift uh and Jamal Williams had pretty good days against

898
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: the forty niners. How confident would you be in having

899
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: them in your lineup, whether it's season long or daily

900
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: tonight against the Packers. I would be pretty confident in

901
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: both of them. I think DeAndre Swift all those concerns

902
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: that we had coming into the year, throw them away.

903
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: Like the usage he saw last week eleven carries, eleven

904
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: targets make a wish. I mean, that was just amazing

905
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: for him there. I think that if he sees similar

906
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: volume to the especially in the past game markets, like

907
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,959
Speaker 1: if he is like eight, nine, ten targets this week,

908
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:25,919
Speaker 1: then we can start talking about him as a must

909
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: start RB one moving forward. Williams. I'm a little bit

910
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: less confident in because he's the backup here, so I

911
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: want to see if he gets similar usage to last week.

912
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: But I still think that you could flex him tonight.

913
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: I mean, he went for twenty five fantasy points against

914
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: the Niners, who is a much better run defense than

915
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: the Packers. And if Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay is

916
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,879
Speaker 1: going off, it could lead to another game like last

917
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: week where the not the Lions are trailing big and

918
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: they're just dumping off a bunch of passes to their

919
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 1: running back as they try to come back into this game.

920
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: I sort of feel like Week one is going to

921
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 1: be a consistent script for the Lions, and that's gonna be,

922
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: you know, fall behind, play from behind, and get a

923
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 1: lot of your pass catchers involved, and until they figure

924
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: out their wide receiver situation, those pass catchers are going

925
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: to primarily be t J. Hawkinson and the two running backs.

926
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 1: And so I think the thing, and I don't remember

927
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: who said this, but it's true. The thing that we

928
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: thought would be a negative for DeAndre Swift a k A.

929
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 1: Playing in negative game scripts could end up working in

930
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: his favor if he ends up getting a lot of

931
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: those short targets, getting him out in space and letting

932
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:31,919
Speaker 1: him do his thing. And then because they have shown

933
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,399
Speaker 1: that they do want to work in Jamal Williams, he'll

934
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: get some of that work as well. So um, as

935
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 1: much as I want st Brown to step up, I

936
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 1: think I think this situation uh really does provide some

937
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: some interesting opportunities for those running backs. So uh, game wise, Uh,

938
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,279
Speaker 1: Packers win this one. I would imagine if they go

939
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: down oh two, there's gonna be panic in the state

940
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: of Wisconsin, right, Yeah, especially if that second loss is

941
00:45:57,719 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: to at least you know, you could you could swallow

942
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: the Lass into Saints. They're really good team. If you

943
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: lose your division opponent the lines, you're gonna see a

944
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 1: lot of panic. I think I think the Packers winning

945
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: pretty handily tonight. Yeah, although if something goes bad, I

946
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: think I may check in on Packers Twitter. Uh things

947
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: are going because I would imagine, Uh, there's gonna be

948
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,359
Speaker 1: a whole lot of panic if things don't go right

949
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: for Green Bay in this one. So it should be fun.

950
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: Of course. We'll be back on Wednesday to talk about

951
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: the week ahead as we get ready for Thursday night football.

952
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: But the first things first, Let's finish off what we

953
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: got here in week two so that it will do

954
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: it for us. That is it. We are done. We

955
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show.

956
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:40,719
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957
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:43,719
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958
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,920
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959
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: of yourselves, get vaccinated and we'll see you on Wednesday.

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