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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Bobby Silvester, and I've got producer JP Gale with me. Today,

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Speaker 1: we'll be joined by two guests, James co of NFL

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Speaker 1: dot com and Greg Smith of two qbs dot Com.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about some rankings, but first with James,

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Speaker 1: it's the midseason. We're gonna be breaking down the first

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Speaker 1: half awards and second half predictions. So let's get into it. Hey, James,

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Speaker 1: thanks for coming on the show. Hey anytime. Like I

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Speaker 1: said so, James, I was one of those fools that

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Speaker 1: thought they were getting a steal by drafting Jamal Charles

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Speaker 1: in the fourth round this preseason. Oh, as we all

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Speaker 1: know now, he's on the ir is his career over.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's on he's certainly on the wrong side

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Speaker 1: of in terms of age. You know, he's going to

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Speaker 1: get a second procedure done on his knee. And we're

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Speaker 1: talking about a guy that was never the biggest guy,

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Speaker 1: but very explosive and he only needed a few touches

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Speaker 1: a game to really make an impact. But I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I think i'd be I'd have to look at his

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Speaker 1: salary union. But I wouldn't be surprised if Kansas City

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Speaker 1: kind of cut ties with him, because obviously he's one

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Speaker 1: of their highest paid players. Spencer Ware has done a

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Speaker 1: great job filling in Charcantric West is a good change

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Speaker 1: of pace back. So I don't know. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it's the end of the road for him, but

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Speaker 1: it certainly may be the end of the road for

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Speaker 1: him in Kansas City. I definitely think Andy Reid and

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs can get by without him, and

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Speaker 1: they've got Eric Fisher and all those guys up front

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Speaker 1: who've always done a very good job. And look, Jamal

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Speaker 1: Charles is great, But yeah, I think he's done with

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Somebody you'll pick him up, maybe the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: who seem to pick up a veteran every single off

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Speaker 1: season and it never works out. But I love Spencer

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Speaker 1: Ware now for Dynasty leagues because it seems pretty much

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Speaker 1: sentenced done. He's going to be the guy going forward,

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Speaker 1: and he looks really good. I mean, he might not

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Speaker 1: play this week, but if he doesn't play, what do

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Speaker 1: you think about Church Kendrick West, Well, he's a must player.

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Speaker 1: I do want to go back for Jamal Charles a

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Speaker 1: bit because I know in fantasy we get a little bit,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, we get a little callous, right like

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Speaker 1: because it's a numbers game and we're like, okay, well

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Speaker 1: Jamal Charles has gone now, so whatever lishus moving on.

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Speaker 1: I do want to say, like, Jamal Charles to me,

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Speaker 1: is one of my all time favorite players. He was

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Speaker 1: nothing but an absolute class act. And also just the

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Speaker 1: fact that you know, every single Sunday when he was

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Speaker 1: healthy and in his prime, you didn't know what you

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Speaker 1: were going to see, but you knew you were going

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Speaker 1: to see something amazing every single Sunday. And to me,

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Speaker 1: he's one of the he is one of the all

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Speaker 1: time great running backs. And uh and quite honestly, him

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Speaker 1: going with Andy Reid was just it was great. Andy

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Speaker 1: Reid's been so good with running backs throughout his career,

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Speaker 1: I mean taking no name guys and just turning him

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Speaker 1: into monsters. And when Jamal Charles got with Andy Reid,

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Speaker 1: I I just thought it was a great marriage. And

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Speaker 1: little bit of me died when I heard he was

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Speaker 1: getting a second procedure done with James Andrews. So I

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Speaker 1: was like, Oh, that's a bummer, But no, get him

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Speaker 1: back to your to your question, Bobby m charc Hantrick

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Speaker 1: West again, I just go back to Andy Reid. I

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Speaker 1: don't even I don't care who he's got going out there.

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Speaker 1: I just know Andy Reid's gonna get him prepared. We're

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Speaker 1: talking about running backs, not so much wider supers, that's okay,

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Speaker 1: but but for running backs, I know he's gonna get

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Speaker 1: him prepared. I know he's gonna get him in the

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Speaker 1: best places schematically, and I just I'll roll with him.

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Speaker 1: I doubt very seriously that Spencer Wear will go on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All signs are pointing too that he will not charch

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Speaker 1: Handrick West. To me, given the bye weeks, given the injuries,

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I'm not scared at all saying he's a

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Speaker 1: top ten fantasy wider or running back play this weekend.

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Speaker 1: You know, I saw some people spend seventy plus fab

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Speaker 1: for Churke Hendrick West. He's probably just gonna get one,

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Speaker 1: maybe two weeks worth. It starts. I mean, I understand

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Speaker 1: he's a good handcuff at this point for Spencer Wearing,

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Speaker 1: but seventy bucks man, that's nuts, isn't it. You know

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Speaker 1: what that tells you? And first of all, let me

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Speaker 1: tell you I spent whatever I had left. I think

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Speaker 1: and for a lot of folks, it's do or die time.

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Speaker 1: league I'm playing in where I am seven and one, right,

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Speaker 1: so it's like, if I get this win this week,

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Speaker 1: for sure. And I think the crazy amount of FAB

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Speaker 1: that you're seeing being spent is the fantas community basically saying, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we recognize that this dude does have top ten RB potential.

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Speaker 1: In a week where there's a million teams on a buy,

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Speaker 1: everyone in the position group is hurt. This guy's gonna

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Speaker 1: be could be a difference maker this week. And because

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Speaker 1: you're seeing folks just go crazy on FAB. And I'm

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Speaker 1: one of those people. I spend sixty five bucks. I

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Speaker 1: don't even think I got him. I don't think I

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Speaker 1: got him. That's amazing. Yeah, it's crazy. See, I'm one

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Speaker 1: of these guys who's just hanging onto all his fab

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Speaker 1: because everyone's spending. At the end of the year, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to pick up the Tim High Tower

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Speaker 1: But you know there's gonna be someone like that. There's

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Speaker 1: an injury coming, whether it's Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris

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Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott went down. There's gonna be someone like that.

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Speaker 1: And I'm playing on saving my money so that nobody

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Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll see which way works. I've usually

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Speaker 1: and then I'm always left wishing that I was able

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Speaker 1: to pick up David Johnson or Tim High Tower or

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Speaker 1: someone like that. So I hear what you're saying, but

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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Like I think this late in

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Speaker 1: not that many slash it's nine, ten, eleven, twelve, and

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Speaker 1: then playoffs. Yep, Yep, you're exactly right. So Percy Harvin

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Speaker 1: the signing. Maybe Marque's Goodwin or Robert Woods. It's really ugly.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not I'm not an investing time

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Speaker 1: will say this one thing, you know, if people are

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Speaker 1: he's a speed guy. So, like literally, if they just said,

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Speaker 1: I mean that just doesn't make sense. Like you're not

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Speaker 1: You're not that dude right, Like you're not jay Z,

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Speaker 1: like you're not Michael Jordan, you're personally harpin bro like

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Speaker 1: has a skill set that does match Tyrod Taylor's skill set.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, when did he get signed Monday? Tuesday?

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Speaker 1: I think Monday we're asking this guy to come in,

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Speaker 1: And like the thing is, this is what's crazy about

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Speaker 1: needs to make one play, Like you know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: So like people hit me up all the time. I'm like, Oh,

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Speaker 1: I can't believe you didn't tell me to start this guy.

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Speaker 1: It's like, dude, listen man, Like I cannot predict. I

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Speaker 1: that's it. It takes one play, Like I can't you

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Speaker 1: hell's all that coming? Right? Like, yeah, it could happen.

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Speaker 1: Percy Harvin sixty five yards at the house, Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: the Olympic athlete. It's not gonna be Percy Harvin who's

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Speaker 1: know it's it'll be a Marquis Goodwin. Right, all right,

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Speaker 1: so North Turner. North Turner stepping down from the offensive

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Speaker 1: coording position for a Super Bowl contending team. This is nut,

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Speaker 1: But what fantasy impact will it have. I've never been

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Speaker 1: a north Turner guy. I never have been. And like

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Speaker 1: it's funny because everyone keeps saying, like, what North Turnert,

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Speaker 1: he's one of the best in the gang. I mean,

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Speaker 1: look at what he did to the nineties cow bro Like,

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Speaker 1: we're so far beyond the nineties cowboys now, Like this

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Speaker 1: is ridiculous, you know. It's like, oh well, like, I

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Speaker 1: mean you could say he revolutionized the game. I'm cool

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Speaker 1: with that. I mean to say that in today, twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: that north Turner is still a good offensive coordinator is

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Speaker 1: absolutely freaking ridiculous. The game's to me, the game's passed

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Speaker 1: him by. Um. I mean they're talking about you know,

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Speaker 1: oh well, you know he wants to run that you know,

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Speaker 1: Bang nine route or whatever whatever it's called, the seam

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Speaker 1: don't know, man, Like it's just it's crazy. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not a big North Turner fan. I

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Speaker 1: don't really think it means quite Frank, I don't think

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Speaker 1: it means anything like the fact that the Vikings were struggling.

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Speaker 1: And that's what Norv doesn't like to really do that.

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Speaker 1: He likes to go vertical, and he likes to use

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Speaker 1: his tight ends a lot too on longer routes. He

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Speaker 1: so you're also taking away his trade value for all

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Speaker 1: that's the that's the way I always do it. Fifty Yeah,

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Speaker 1: years ago after having a great second half, and you

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Speaker 1: know David Johnson, which David Johnson, And there's a good

419
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,639
Speaker 1: reason for that obviously, but you know, people go crazy

420
00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,720
Speaker 1: about these kinds of things. If he finishes the year strong,

421
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 1: he probably will be and I'll be telling people not

422
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: to draft him. Yeah, I don't. I guess that's the question, right, Like,

423
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,640
Speaker 1: how is he going to finish the year? We got

424
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,160
Speaker 1: you know, eight more games or whatever, Like, how does

425
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:43,080
Speaker 1: he finish the year? I'm not sold that he will

426
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: get that crazy. I don't know. Like I'm still like

427
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,160
Speaker 1: in terms of like Waiver Wire guys, I'm still higher

428
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,879
Speaker 1: on Spencer Ware. I'm still higher on Davonte Booker. I

429
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 1: know that Davonte Bookers not even gonna play this week,

430
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,840
Speaker 1: but I'm still higher on on DeVante Booker than Jgi.

431
00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:01,200
Speaker 1: But I don't know, Uh, I don't know. I don't

432
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 1: think anybody knows what to think of Jgi, right, Like,

433
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,199
Speaker 1: can anyone here like confidently say yes, Jgi is going

434
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 1: to be a top five running back from here on out. No,

435
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 1: there's just no way, because he could legitimately be a

436
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 1: top five running back and he could legitimately not play again.

437
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,600
Speaker 1: The range of outcomes for JGI is so wide and

438
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,160
Speaker 1: so varied it's hard to give analysis or advice regarding

439
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,879
Speaker 1: what to do with his value. If I was smart

440
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: enough to pick him up, which I wasn't, I would

441
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,439
Speaker 1: be trading him right now because I'm looking at his schedule.

442
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 1: He's got the Jets, the Rams, the Ravens, the Cardinals,

443
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 1: the Jets again, and then a Bill's team that should

444
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 1: be healthy by week sixteen, and then the New England Patriots.

445
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 1: So I'm trading him now while his value still through

446
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,760
Speaker 1: the roof, and you know, maybe I can get someone

447
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,480
Speaker 1: who has less value of Doug Martin. I don't know

448
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 1: when he's coming back, but you know, there's a lot

449
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: of people that i'd prefer over JGI with his rest

450
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: of the season schedule. But no, you're right, I mean, Bob,

451
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 1: you're right, I don't hate that deal JJ if for

452
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: talking about of course you would do that. But that

453
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 1: being said, like I mean, the range of possibility, it's

454
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Speaker 1: within the realm of possibility that he at least at

455
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,160
Speaker 1: least you could say, like it's possible that he does

456
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 1: finish as a top five running back. It's possible. I

457
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: just don't know if it's it. I don't man, I'm

458
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,439
Speaker 1: just so confused with j I don't know what the

459
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,879
Speaker 1: hell to do with that guy. I had him too,

460
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: and then I dropped him because everybody was telling me

461
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 1: the coaching staff hates this guy. I mean, he was

462
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: left in Miami I think in week three because he

463
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: was pouting. That's crazy. If he was on the Patriots,

464
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,640
Speaker 1: Belichick would trade him for a seventh round pick right now?

465
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: Probably true? Probably true. I mean they traded Jamie Collins

466
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: for nothing, so yeah, you're probably right, all right. Biggest

467
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,560
Speaker 1: fantasy disappointment. I mean, you can go with any of

468
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: these guys with injuries, maybe a Jamal Charles or you know,

469
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. What have you for? Guys who I'm putting

470
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 1: in my lineup every single week. He can continue to

471
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: disappoint me. That's what I'm thinking of here, Alan Robinson,

472
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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. I can't make up my mind. They're both

473
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,560
Speaker 1: just abysmal. They're both making me so sad every week. Yeah.

474
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley, I think is the clear cut because he

475
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,680
Speaker 1: went one dot one in a lot of leagues, and

476
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: this was despite all of the advanced metrics coming out

477
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: near the start of the season that basically said, look,

478
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,159
Speaker 1: don't do it like it's not it's most likely not

479
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 1: going to happen for Todd Gurley this year. There were

480
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 1: a lot of advanced analytics out there, and I get it,

481
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: most people, you know, don't play in those kind of leagues,

482
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: but there was a lot of information out there that

483
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 1: basically said Todd Gurley was not going to be able

484
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,000
Speaker 1: to do what he did last year. That being said,

485
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,399
Speaker 1: you know, obviously, I don't know if anyone thought he

486
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: was going to be this bad. You know, yeah, like

487
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 1: don't take him one dot one, Okay, great, but like

488
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,199
Speaker 1: like like one dot ten, yeah, okay, you take him there, right,

489
00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,199
Speaker 1: But even for one dot ten he sucks, right, So like, um,

490
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like, yeah, he's definitely been in there

491
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: because you're plugging him in every week. I think I

492
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: think Alan Robinson has been just I mean, holy hell,

493
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 1: it's not even him, like I feel bad for for

494
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 1: for Alan Robinson. Blake Bortles might be the worst quarterback

495
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 1: in the league right now. You put Alan Robinson with

496
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and he's a top five wide receiver. I

497
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: don't Smith mediocre. I don't disagree at all. Oh, you're right. Um,

498
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: you know who else is up there though? Is Jordy

499
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 1: Nelson man? Like I think you know, every single week

500
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: you're plugging him in, and there's been quite a few weeks.

501
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,120
Speaker 1: I mean, look, I know that the touchdowns have been there,

502
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: but I'm moving forward. I'm scared of Jordy Nelson. I'm

503
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,879
Speaker 1: really not expecting those kind of touchdowns to continue. It's uh,

504
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: he might be the third best wide receiver on his team.

505
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,080
Speaker 1: Now here's the thing that I that I wrote about

506
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 1: was that right now, he is sporting a he's sporting like,

507
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 1: I don't know, like a fifty percent touchdown rate in

508
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: the red zone and on red zone targets, and that's

509
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,720
Speaker 1: just not sustainable. So like if you look at like

510
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Junior or like Mike Evans, like we're talking

511
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: about guys that in for red zone targets haul in

512
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: maybe maybe thirty percent maybe right, and that's pretty good.

513
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 1: So I don't I mean, the fifty percent touchdown rate

514
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: in for red zone targets is not sustainable. Also, the

515
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: target share in the red zone is not sustainable. Like

516
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: there's just no way, Like we're watching you know, Davante

517
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: Adams start to get a lot more looks. We're starting

518
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,119
Speaker 1: to see Time Montgomery get a lot more looks. I

519
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: just I'm really scared of Jordy Nelson moving forward. He

520
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: has been kept afloat in the first half through touchdowns,

521
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,920
Speaker 1: and that's great. I'm just saying, moving forward, I think

522
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Speaker 1: he's going to fall off a map once you've got

523
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: James dark Is coming back, who's going to take a

524
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 1: lot of targets. So yeah, I agree. I think right now,

525
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Speaker 1: if you sold Jordy Nelson, you could get more than

526
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Speaker 1: he's worth. Even though he's been so bad, I agree.

527
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 1: And again, and when I say so bad, I mean, look,

528
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 1: he's had like a few, like really bad weeks, and

529
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: like he's had I think, four pretty good games. I'm

530
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 1: just saying, I'm just saying, in terms of disappointing moving forward,

531
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: I think Jordy's going to be right there. So you know,

532
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,719
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's been worse than, uh, you know,

533
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: worse than even like Odell Beckham, because you know, Odell

534
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 1: Beckham's had more a larger share of games that have

535
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: been really horrendous. But but yeah, no, I think just

536
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 1: moving forward, I'm scared for Jordan James. We might have

537
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: been agreeing too much so far this show, So I'm

538
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,880
Speaker 1: gonna pull out a hot take right now. Let's go

539
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,880
Speaker 1: all right, here's my bold prediction at wide receiver. When

540
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: al Sean comes back from his Week nine by after that,

541
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a top three wide out over the

542
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 1: final weeks of the season. Hell, hell, what do you

543
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: think about that one? Um? Wow, I got a process

544
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: that he's got one touchdown of the season. Dude, you

545
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: can make fun of me if you want, Man, you

546
00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 1: can make fun of men. I have reasons ready. Um Look,

547
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: I know that Jay Cutler likes him and he has

548
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 1: al sharp. Al Shan has been a monster in previous seasons.

549
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 1: But it's hard. It's hard for me to wrap my

550
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: mind around that. I'd love for you to explain. All right,

551
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 1: here we go, Tampa Bay, the Giants, Tennessee Titans, who

552
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: are horrible against the past, the forty nine Ers, Detroit Lions, Packers, Redskins. Man,

553
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: it looks really pretty, and especially considering Kevin White's out,

554
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 1: Jay Cutler's back. I don't know, man, I just uh

555
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: with that Cutler and al Sean connection and that schedule

556
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: of strength. I think there's a real chance for that

557
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: to happen. I know there's there's better wide receivers ahead

558
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: of him. He's probably what wide receiver twelve thirteen now,

559
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: so he's gonna have to take a leap? Is he

560
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: even not high? Is he that right? I mean, he's

561
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: got one touchdown on the season, Like, is that possible?

562
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: Touchdowns aren't that important. He's still getting a ton of targets.

563
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,959
Speaker 1: He's getting a bunch of yards. He's got what almost

564
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: six hundred on the year, so touchdowns are bound to come.

565
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: He's a good red zone target. I thought he finishes

566
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: the year with seven eight touchdowns, all right, Hell, if

567
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: that happens, I'd be I'd be super stoked. I've got

568
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: him on a couple of different teams. Yeah, man, I'm

569
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: all about it. Let's do it. I mean, gosh, top three,

570
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: though I don't know, like it's like I said, I mean,

571
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: I love the fact that you looked up his schedule

572
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: because I think you're right, Like the schedule does play

573
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: such a huge factor. Put man, that'd be that would

574
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: be really really interesting. Gosh, So I'm looking up where

575
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: he's at. Where is he right now? Al Shan Jeffrey.

576
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: He's eighty one overall so far this season, so that

577
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: puts something about wide receiver twenty four so far. But

578
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: from week to week, I think most people degree he's

579
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: right there between ten and fifteen. You know, it's so funny.

580
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: I don't even I don't look at the season long

581
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: like rankings because fantasy football and redraftlets is such a

582
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: week to week proposition. So al On Jeffrey, if I'm

583
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: reading this right, is the wide receiver twenty five and

584
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: standard scoring. He's the wide receiver twenty five, right behind

585
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 1: Tyrell Williams and Jarvis Landry. But but yeah, man, top three,

586
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: I'm all about let's go. I like it. So everyone

587
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: remembers David Johnson just dominated the end of last season

588
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: and just being a fantasy beast going to the fantasy playoffs.

589
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: Who could that be this season? Is there anyone that

590
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: you could see emerging and becoming a fantasy championship workhorse? Yeah?

591
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: I think Davante Booker. You know, you gotta love the

592
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: Kubiak scheme. I think the I think the talent level

593
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: is there. It's a great schematic fit, and quite frankly,

594
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: they don't really have anybody really behind him. I mean,

595
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: I know, you know, Juwan Thompson or whatever had a

596
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: touchdown too. I think it was like his only carry

597
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: for a one yard score. Capri Bibbs out of Colorado

598
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: State is a very interesting deep sleeper, but overall, I

599
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,239
Speaker 1: think it's Booker's backfield, and I think he could be

600
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 1: that guy that wins you your league this year. Kenneth Dixon.

601
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: The Ravens love this guy. He is so good. It

602
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: just depends on the touches and Terrence West. He had

603
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: a few week schedule games that made him look real good,

604
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: but the touches are gonna change within the next two

605
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: or three weeks, probably starting a little bit this week

606
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: where Dixon gets eight to ten touches. So I'm picking

607
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,479
Speaker 1: him up now before it's too late, because once he

608
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: gets his hands on fifteen touches a game, he's not

609
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: looking back. This guy is going to be a very

610
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: good fantasy player. I love Kenneth Dixon, and you have

611
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: no idea how much I was talking up Kenneth Dixon

612
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: in the off season coming out of Louisiana Tech. I

613
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: watched you know, a lot of game tape on him,

614
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: because I mean, I like college football, but I don't

615
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: regularly watch Louisiana Tech football games. But but yeah, no, look,

616
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 1: he's a great, a great young running back. Now. I

617
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: liked him a lot more when they had their previous

618
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator because they were throwing the ball to the

619
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: running back. And where Kenneth Dixon excels is catching footballs

620
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. He's an exceptional talent catching footballs

621
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: as a running back. If you, I mean, just go

622
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: look at some of his highlight catches and you're like,

623
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: this is not This doesn't look like a running back

624
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: catching football. He's special. He looks like Levi on Bell

625
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: to me, he really I know that that that's an exaggeration.

626
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: He's levon Bell light. But this is the same type

627
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: of player. He's dynamic. Yeah, you know. The other thing too,

628
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: is like his in between the tackles running actually reminds

629
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 1: me a lot of Thomas Rawls. It's angry, he doesn't

630
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: avoid contact, he squares up his shoulder levels, and he

631
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: also has a great leg churn. So I don't know.

632
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: To me, I think Kenneth Dixon is the talent levels there.

633
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: The only thing about for this particular year is opportunities

634
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: Terrence West, as you mentioned, maybe he was going up

635
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: against you know, favorite Bowl matchups or whatever. But the

636
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: bottom line is all the numbers suggest that he's been

637
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: running pretty well. So I don't know. I don't think

638
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: they just cast him aside. I think Buck Allen is

639
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: still going to get some work in the passing in

640
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: passing situations as well. I just think it's really muddy

641
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: in terms of the backfield there for Baltimore. But because

642
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: when you talk about David Johnson, by the end of

643
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: the year, there was nobody left, like Chris Johnson was hurt,

644
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: Andre Ellington was hurt, and then David Johnson got the

645
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: bulk of the carriers just because he was literally the

646
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: last running back standing and we saw flashes of just

647
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,719
Speaker 1: athletic brilliance from him earlier in the season. So then

648
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: they went with them and then and then it was

649
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: a game changer, and then they never looked back. But

650
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: that's kind of what would have to happen in Baltimore.

651
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: I think for Kenneth Dixon to explode, I think West

652
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: will have to get injured. And well, maybe that's it,

653
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: because I mean Buck Allen's clearly not you know, the

654
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: answer it. But yeah, so I think Terrence West would

655
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: actually have to go down with injury before Kenneth Dixon

656
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,280
Speaker 1: actually just you know, claims at mantel. Yeah, it's probably

657
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: gonna be someone who's starting running back gets hurt, or

658
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 1: maybe two, two or three running backs get hurt. It's

659
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,879
Speaker 1: just the way that it goes. Yeah, I mean, here's

660
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: the thing. I want to be surprised. Like let's say,

661
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: like let's say, you know, we talked about DeMarco. If

662
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: DeMarco goes down, I wouldn't be surprised if Derrick Henry

663
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: is that guy. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Okay, I've got one

664
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 1: final question for you, James. I mean we're looking at

665
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: the top tight ends obviously Greg Olson, but Rob Gronkowski,

666
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: Jordan Reid, and Jimmy Graham are all very injury prone.

667
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: So if you're looking for insurance for the second half

668
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,879
Speaker 1: of the season, who's the tight end you could see

669
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: emerging into a tight end one? The tight end position

670
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: has just been, I mean abysmal this year. Jordan Reid

671
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: is your tight end four. Okay, he's got fifty nine

672
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: and a half Fantasy points in standard leagues. You go

673
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: all the way down your to your tight end twenty five,

674
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: that's Lance Kendricks. He's got thirty points. That's not a

675
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,320
Speaker 1: whole heck of a lot of difference. There's a thirty

676
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: point difference between Jordan Read and Lance Kendricks through eight weeks.

677
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: Like that's not I mean. And again, Jordan Reid's missed

678
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: a couple of games, right, so like it's just been

679
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: I mean, the tight end position this year has just

680
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: been abysmal. So yeah, and then you talk about rob

681
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: here's your top four tight ends, right, Greg Olsen, Gronk, Martellis,

682
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 1: Bennett is still at three, and Jordan Reid. Well, guess what. Gronk,

683
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: Bennett and Reid are all on a bye this week.

684
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 1: Zach Millers your tight end six, he's on a bye.

685
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: Tight end is I don't know what the hell to

686
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,439
Speaker 1: do with tight end this year. But the one guy

687
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: that I've been ranting and raving about and I freaking

688
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: love this kid, and I know he's probably off of

689
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: your waver wire already, but Jack Doyle, man, he is good.

690
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: He's really good. You look at his catch rate, it's amazing.

691
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: He's not necessarily you know, he doesn't have a great

692
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: athletic profile, but you know, playing tight end, you don't

693
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: necessarily need to be that guy. I think Dante Moncrief

694
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: coming back is great for the overall offense. I think

695
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna move it and then once they get to

696
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: within the red zone, I do believe Jack Doyle is

697
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: going to be that dude. Now, obviously his emergence has

698
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,399
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with Twayne Allen going down

699
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: with an ankle injury and that job back. Gosh, I mean,

700
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: I mean you wouldn't think so, But I don't know, Man,

701
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: this is a weird coaching staff. I don't know. If

702
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: you look at their roster composition, they clearly don't make

703
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: good moves. So I wouldn't be surprised if Allen does

704
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 1: take the job back. I know, and he's the veteran

705
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: and they give him a big contract. I mean, that's

706
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: the thing. They give him a big contract. That's that's

707
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: the one thing that concerns me. But I don't know

708
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: if Jack Doyle does somehow hold onto that starting gig

709
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: or hell, if they run too tight, if they're I mean,

710
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: if they run that twelve personnel with Moncrief and t

711
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: Y Hilton on the outside, because clearly they don't have

712
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 1: any other receivers. But you know, I think I think

713
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: early in the season, I think they want to run

714
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,280
Speaker 1: three three wide receivers, so they were running a lot eleven.

715
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: But I just think, you know, I think it's clear

716
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: that you know, Dorset's not ready right now. So I

717
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: don't know, man. I think with malcrief back, I think

718
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: they run they could have won twelfth personnel a lot.

719
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: I think they want to. I wouldn't be surprised if

720
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: they if they do that moving forward. But actually I

721
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: kind of sort of forgot your question. Which tight ends

722
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: good insurance for one of those big guys. For me,

723
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: it's Cameron Bright, And look has nothing to do with

724
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: how good Cameron Braid is, because he's not good. He's

725
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 1: virtually Hendricks, you know who's down there at tied end

726
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 1: twenty five. But what is he? The second best target

727
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: for for jamis Winston. And you look at their schedule

728
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,720
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. They've got New Orleans twice

729
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: in the Fantasy playoffs. If you're looking for insurance, you

730
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: go with that. They've also got Dallas, They've got San Diego,

731
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta. I'm picking up Cameron Bright just

732
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: because he's the number two guy, maybe number three for

733
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: a team that's going to be passing a ton and

734
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: lighting up these terrible defenses. I don't disagree with that.

735
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: I like it. And you know, you talk about the

736
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: overall talent level. I don't think he's bad. Um. You know,

737
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: obviously he's not an explosive athlete in any stretch of

738
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: the imagination. But I mean, I think he's there, he's okay.

739
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: He's an okay talent level. So I don't know. I

740
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: don't hate it. I don't hate it at all. I'll

741
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: give you a deep sleeper if you don't mind Austin Hooper.

742
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: He plays. He's my guy, all right, Hey? Is that right? Yeah?

743
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: He's he's good man. They need to get him the ball.

744
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: I agree. I totally agree. M Jacob Tammy has an

745
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: injury right now. I don't hate Austin Hooper actually on

746
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: Thursday night versus Tampa Bay, and I think if he

747
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: can do some things, I wouldn't be surprised if if

748
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: he can make an impact. It's clear right now that

749
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan has changed his overall philosophy to playing quarterback.

750
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: He's much more content throwing underneath and he's much more

751
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: content spreading the ball around. That's what we've seen. I mean,

752
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 1: look at Julio Jones. I mean, I get it. You know,

753
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 1: he's got like he had a three hundred yard game,

754
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: he had one hundred seventy yard game or whatever it was.

755
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: He's got, you know, but it's either it's either huge

756
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: yardage or no yardage for Julio and those games he has,

757
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, of all people, has two games with less

758
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: than thirty yards receiving. It's just mind boggling. But it

759
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,919
Speaker 1: tells you about the offensive philosophy that Atlanta has, which

760
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: is they're going to spread the ball around. So if

761
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: you over commit to Julio, that's cool. Matt Ryan is

762
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 1: still going to carve you up. And again, remember he's

763
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: a quarterback and one he's carving people up because he

764
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have to go to Julio Jones. You're right. Yeah,

765
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: Hooper has been the most efficient tight end in all

766
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: of football this year with the targets he's seen. And look,

767
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 1: I don't expect that to keep up when he's playing

768
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: virtually every snap, but he can be a tight end

769
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: one and he can win this job and keep it

770
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. I like him a lot.

771
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up his name. There you go.

772
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,479
Speaker 1: All right, Well, it's all the questions we have for you. James.

773
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: Really appreciate you coming on as I always it was

774
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: a blast to talk to you and looking forward to

775
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: seeing how this all turns out. All right, Thanks for

776
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 1: having me on, Bobby any time, It's our pleasure. Take care, James.

777
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,280
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783
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: All right, now on over to Greg Smith, who's a

784
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: top ten most accurate expert this season out of over

785
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty experts. Hey, Greg, how are you

786
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: enjoying the success? Well? I'm enjoying while I can because

787
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the rankings for week eate come out yet,

788
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: and who knows where I'll be after that. We'll see.

789
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: I just finished the article and you are well within

790
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: the top ten. I don't think you moved at all.

791
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: So you had another good week and it's been great.

792
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: Looking forward to hearing who you pick this week. Nice. Yeah,

793
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: I've I've had a good run so far. Let's see

794
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: if I can keep it well. What we're gonna do today,

795
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: We're going to compare your rankings to ECR, And for

796
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: those of you listening, ECR is Expert Consensus Ranking, so

797
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: it's like the average ranking of those one hundred and

798
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: forty one experts I talked about. Let's see where you

799
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: stand on a few important, start sit type of players

800
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: this week, and we'll start a quarterback. I'm huge on

801
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,280
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotta this week. Over the past four weeks, only

802
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 1: Tom Brady has more Fantasy points. I mean Marcus Mariotta.

803
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has been on a complete tear and Mariotte

804
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: has still been better. Ten touchdowns, one interception, ton of

805
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: rushing yards and now he gets this crummy Chargers defense

806
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: without their best player. Yes, please? How do you feel

807
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: about Mariotta this week? Yeah? I think he's in a

808
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: good spot. Again. I think the San Diego defense might

809
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: be a little bit better than you're giving a credit for,

810
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: but his schedule to this point has been a little

811
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: soft like the past few weeks of success. So yeah,

812
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: I have a few misgivings about Mariota. With that said,

813
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: like he has been playing well, I think that offense

814
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: is a lot better one de Lanny Walkers on the field.

815
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: When Kendall Wright is playing well for them, there's a

816
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: reason for optimism. I have him write at QB twelve

817
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: this week, so in a twelve team league, he's a

818
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: start for me. But you know, the downside is there

819
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: as well. I don't think you should blindly start him there.

820
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: There are plenty of other good options this week. I

821
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: think you could look for maybe if you're streaming or

822
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,240
Speaker 1: something like that. Yeah, I'm looking at the ECR. ECR

823
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: has him at eight. I've got him at seven this week,

824
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,240
Speaker 1: So almost every expert has him startable in the twelve

825
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 1: team league. I'm sure there's you know, two or three

826
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: out there where that's not the case. But people that

827
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: are kind of controversial quarterbacks this week. Derek Carr at Denver,

828
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 1: how do you think he's going to hold up there? Greg? Yeah,

829
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: Cars a tough one. He's been playing so well. I

830
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: live in the Bay Area, so I get the chance

831
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: to watch a lot of Raiders games basically wherever I

832
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,879
Speaker 1: am on Sundays, so it's been fun to watch him

833
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 1: kind of breakout again in this season. You know, last

834
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: year I thought was a bit of a fluke, but

835
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 1: he's proved me wrong so far. I do worry about

836
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: this matchup a fair amount. With that said, the strength

837
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 1: of the Denver defence is their pass rush. Oakland has

838
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: the best offensive line if you look at adjustice sack

839
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: right from football outsiders, So maybe they can give Car

840
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of extra time to throw. Does that

841
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: matter if you know those wide receivers are getting covered up,

842
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm also worried about play calling going

843
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: against Car, you know, because it is easier to run

844
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: against the Broncos than to pass it. The Raiders could

845
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: lean a little bit more heavily on the backfield, and

846
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: if they get that lower volume in a difficult matchup,

847
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: that's just not a recipe for success. I think that,

848
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: you know, he's startable and maybe a two quarterback league,

849
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: but for one quarterback league's I'd shy away and look

850
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: for somebody else. There are better options. I've got him

851
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: at FOURT team and I'm feeling a little bit silly

852
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 1: about that. I feel like he should be lower because

853
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,879
Speaker 1: that Denver defense is just so good. Just to even

854
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: an example, I mean, it's a six team by week,

855
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,839
Speaker 1: so there aren't many quarterbacks. I've got Colin Kaepernick ranked

856
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: ahead of Derek Carr. This week Kaepernick goes against New Orleans,

857
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,800
Speaker 1: and you know, if you don't have a better quarterback,

858
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind starting Kaepernick this weekend. I'll say that

859
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: like twice a year, but he is a good matchup

860
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, Kaepernick's in my top ten. I'd start

861
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: him ahead of guys like Mariotta Russell Wilson. Even um

862
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: the floor there is going to be insane, especially if

863
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,800
Speaker 1: both teams can push the pace a little bit. I'm

864
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,439
Speaker 1: looking forward to watching that game. Now. Do you feel

865
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson. I think he's just been a complete turd.

866
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:22,399
Speaker 1: He gets Buffalo this week, and I'm not really sure

867
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: what to make him. I've got eleven right now, but

868
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: that's kind of just kind of a placeholder because he

869
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: has that brace on his knee. He's had ankle issues,

870
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: he's had what shoulder issues and everything else, So I

871
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,879
Speaker 1: don't know what to think. About him. Yep. The health

872
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: is is his main concern, you know, that that lack

873
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: of mobility we've seen from him recently, it's just not

874
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: helping that the offensive line is terrible too. Yeah, I

875
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 1: worry about him, But at the same time, he's still

876
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. I believe he's like a smart passer and

877
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 1: a We're hearing rumblings that maybe his health, you know,

878
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: could be trending upward. But I don't know that O

879
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: line could continue to struggle against Buffalo. They have the

880
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 1: second best suggested sacred in the league, going back to Fostats.

881
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,240
Speaker 1: Just in general, though, like that Bill's defense isn't that's

882
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: scary against the pass. Even mediocre quarterbacks like Tannehill and

883
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 1: Kaepernick and Fitzpatrick have all had solid games against them.

884
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: So I think despite the injury worries with Wilson, I

885
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: think he's fine this week. I've got him a number.

886
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: I think number ten. Yeah, that's what it is to me.

887
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: It's not even so much the injuries. I mean, obviously

888
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: he hasn't been himself because of the injuries, but those

889
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: aren't going to persist all season long. The issue is

890
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: the offensive line that's not going to change, and so

891
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was actually dropped in one of my twelve

892
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: team leagues, and I thought for a second, like it

893
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,839
Speaker 1: would be crazy if I didn't pick him up. But

894
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: I didn't pick him up because you know, I've got

895
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: two decent quarterbacks and I'm just not sure that he's

896
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 1: really worth a roster spot at this point. I know

897
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: that's crazy to see because he's ninety percent owned, but

898
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: he's been so bad and the offensive line is even worse.

899
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: You've got, I mean, you've got to make those decisions

900
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: at some point. You know, there are other guys that

901
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: you're going to have to cut just to do it.

902
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 1: In quarterbacks the easiest position to do that, it's the

903
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,800
Speaker 1: most streamable. It's um yeah, I can understand that. I

904
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 1: can see that happening all right over a running back,

905
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: and it is ugly in this bipocalypse week? Are you

906
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: starting Mike gillisly face Seattle? Probably not, if I can

907
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,279
Speaker 1: help it. We don't know yet if Lashaw McCoy is

908
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,760
Speaker 1: going to come back, But even still, that Seattle defense

909
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: is legit, and I don't know, I'd rather have Tyrod

910
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 1: in that game, I think. All right, Greg, how do

911
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: you feel about Tim Hidetower against this terrible forty nine

912
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: Ers defense. I know they're saying they're going to split

913
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: carries with him in Ingram, but I wouldn't mind starting

914
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: both of them this week. Yeah, we know it's a

915
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,840
Speaker 1: time share. That's what worries me here is that we

916
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: know it's a time share, but we don't know how

917
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: they're going to split it. I might be holding on

918
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: a little too tight to my preseason evaluations, but I

919
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,400
Speaker 1: still think mark Ingram is clearly their best running back,

920
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: and he's the guy they want in the backfield when

921
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: it matters. You know, despite last week's fungal, he shoot,

922
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: despite last week's umble, he should get the bulk of

923
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: the work. On the other hand, you know this is

924
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: an easy matchup for the Sants going into San Francisco,

925
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: so it wouldn't surprise me if we see that carry

926
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 1: split a little bit more deliberate, especially if the santsor

927
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: are trying to send a message to Ingram, you know

928
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: about the fumbles. I could see him having a more

929
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: limited workload and making High Tower startable as well. Like

930
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 1: I'm a little worried about either, I don't really want

931
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: to start either one but they could both be fine

932
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: this week. That's for sure. That San Francisco run defense

933
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: is so bad with Navarro Bowman out. I think that

934
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 1: if Flint, Danny and Tomlinson came out of retirement and

935
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: was like sixty pounds heavier, I'd still start him, that's

936
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: how bad the defense is. But I don't know what

937
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: to think here. I mean Tim high Tower. I know

938
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 1: a lot of people remember this stay. He was the

939
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: most owned player on Championship Fantasy teams last year, so

940
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 1: everyone automatically thinks like he finished the year great. That's

941
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: what I was telling people. That's what I was thinking, right,

942
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: It's not true. If you go back and look at

943
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 1: the numbers. He was a mediocre running back with four

944
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 1: yards per Carrie and he just you know, happened to

945
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,960
Speaker 1: get a couple of touchdowns there. He was mediocre in

946
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,240
Speaker 1: great matchups, and you know they're not going to always

947
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: have great matchups. So I'm not super high on high Tower.

948
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 1: If he takes over the job, yeah, yeah, he's probably

949
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: startable because that offense is going to score a lot

950
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:18,280
Speaker 1: of points. But you know, this is a great matchup.

951
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 1: It's one of the only weeks I'd be willing to

952
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: play him, and even so, he's right on the border

953
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: for me. Yeah, he said QB twenty excuse me, RB

954
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: twenty five. For me, he definitely is right there in

955
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: Fleix consideration. But I do think that's mostly due to

956
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 1: the buye weeks. All right. I'm skeptical in CJ. Procise.

957
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 1: I know he had, you know, a big week last

958
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,839
Speaker 1: week being the backup, but really he just had one

959
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 1: big catch. Are you buying him as a startable asset?

960
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: Are you concern like me? Yeah, I'm actually a little

961
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: optimistic when it comes to Procise. I think that they

962
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 1: drafted him for a reason. You know. I don't think

963
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 1: they knew what they had in Christine Michael when they

964
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: started training camp necessarily, but they added Procise, you know,

965
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 1: to be this guy to be their pass catcher out

966
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: of the backfield. And I don't think he's going to

967
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: become David Johnson overnight. But could he become a Darren's

968
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 1: Rolls type. Sure, that's that's about Ry'm ranking him this week,

969
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: and that's probably where he'll be as long as he

970
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: performs like this. I think he's that type of player.

971
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: I think that's a really fair way to put it.

972
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: His ceiling right now is Darren Sprowls unless he starts

973
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: getting a bunch of carries, and then it's maybe like

974
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 1: a theoretic, but he's not getting a bunch of carries,

975
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 1: so he's not. That's why you have to ad him

976
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 1: is because he might exactly yeah, you're you're right about that.

977
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: And he's available in a lot of leagues. So if

978
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: he's available in your league and you're not playing in

979
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,239
Speaker 1: one of these like six or eight team leagues, go

980
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,280
Speaker 1: get him. I think he's going to be useful towards

981
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: the end of the season. You never know when that

982
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 1: injury is going to happen, and if it does, even

983
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,439
Speaker 1: with that terrible offensive line, this this boy can play

984
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: some football. So m yeah, I wouldn't mind having him

985
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 1: on my roster. Greg, is there another running back that's

986
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: kind of the fringe this week that you're fond of?

987
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: I like Don Jackson. I'm really not happy about it,

988
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: but compared to everybody else, I wouldn't mind starting this week. No,

989
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: I don't want any part of that Packers backfield to

990
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:03,440
Speaker 1: be I'm staring well clear of most of those guys.

991
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 1: Let's see, Peyton Barber comes to mind. That Tampa Bay

992
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 1: running back Anton Smiths getting all the hype, but we

993
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:13,959
Speaker 1: don't necessarily know that Barber's going to be one percent

994
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: out of the picture there now that Jaquiz Rodgers is out,

995
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 1: So he's another kind of flex play for me at

996
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,879
Speaker 1: running back who you might not consider all right. Now,

997
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 1: moving over to wide receiver, there's a couple of guys

998
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: that are kind of in the fringe. And you know,

999
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: everyone knows I like Marquise Lee, but he had that

1000
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: stinker last week. How do you feel about him compared

1001
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 1: to maybe a Brian Quick or Russell Shepherd, who have

1002
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,560
Speaker 1: both put together some pretty solid weeks here and there.

1003
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 1: Who would you prefer to start of those three? You

1004
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: and I both likely and he is probably the best

1005
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,759
Speaker 1: PPR option of these guys long term, But he has

1006
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:50,439
Speaker 1: a tough opponent this week, and the Chiefs they ranked

1007
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:54,480
Speaker 1: fourth by DVOA against you know, non wide receiver ones

1008
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,879
Speaker 1: and non wide receiver twos, so those wide receiver threes

1009
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: and fours, they're good against that type of player. So

1010
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 1: for me this week, it's Quick. The Panthers are pretty

1011
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 1: weak against the air attack, and the Rams don't really

1012
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,120
Speaker 1: have a true number one, right wide receiver, So any

1013
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: of the pass catchers in that core is kind of

1014
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 1: capable of taking on that number one role in any

1015
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 1: given week. So why not Bryan Quick. I think we've

1016
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,800
Speaker 1: seen him have those those big plays that touchdown upside

1017
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:22,320
Speaker 1: that maybe some of the other receivers there, like Tavon

1018
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 1: Austin don't quite have. So yeah, he's the guy I'm starting.

1019
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:30,279
Speaker 1: Shepherd's already doubtful for this week's game, so I'm staying

1020
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: away from him all together. Yeah, so it's Quick, Okay, Greg,

1021
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: who's a wide out that it's kind of on a

1022
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 1: fringe of being startable that you're really high on this week.

1023
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 1: I like Kenny Stills, but I've liked Kenny Stills a

1024
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,319
Speaker 1: lot of previous weeks and been burned by it, so

1025
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 1: take take this all with a grain of salt. He's

1026
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: that type of boom bust, big play guy. He faces

1027
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,399
Speaker 1: the Jets and they've been pretty atrocious against the past,

1028
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 1: particularly deep balls. He has that big play up side

1029
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: you look for when you're trying to take a flyer

1030
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,640
Speaker 1: on a wide receiver. I think, so if you're trying

1031
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: to plug somebody off the waiver wire and plug him

1032
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 1: into your lineup, it still is as capable of having

1033
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,480
Speaker 1: a big game this week. Yeah, for me, it's Tory Smith.

1034
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: Already mentioned my affinity for Kaepernick this week going up

1035
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: against the Saints. I mean, you've got to love any

1036
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: quarterback going up against the Saints. But now that Kaepernick's

1037
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback, Jeremy Curley's kind of on the outside looking

1038
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: in and Tory Smith is the number one guy there.

1039
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 1: So someone's got to put up points against fantasy points

1040
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:27,239
Speaker 1: against the Saints. And I wouldn't be surprised at all

1041
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: if it's Tory Smith. Her rails off a big catch

1042
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,960
Speaker 1: or two, grabs himself a touchdown, and I've got him

1043
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:34,719
Speaker 1: right inside my top thirty this week. I like that

1044
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,839
Speaker 1: call a lot. I like Vance McDonald as a deep

1045
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 1: tight end sleeper for that same reason. Somebody's got to

1046
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: catch passes from Kaepernick in that game. Yeah, yeah, you're

1047
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 1: absolutely right. How about someone you're recommending fantasy owners avoid

1048
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 1: playing if they can at wide receiver. I am officially

1049
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: back off the Golden Tape bandwagon. I know we've never

1050
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: really got on it. You know. I think a lot

1051
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:56,319
Speaker 1: of what he was doing in recent weeks had to

1052
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: do with theoretic not being one hundred percent not being

1053
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,840
Speaker 1: on the field at all in some cases. So I

1054
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 1: think that Tate's usage is going to continue to slip

1055
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 1: back to what we saw earlier in the season, you know,

1056
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 1: back when everyone was calling for his head. So it

1057
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 1: has to do with the defense as well. Here's facing

1058
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 1: Minnesota's top five past defense. So yeah, i'd steer clear

1059
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:16,400
Speaker 1: a golden tape this week. I think that you have

1060
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,360
Speaker 1: to be more cautious with him, despite you know, the

1061
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: recent solid performance he's put up. Yeah, I've got him

1062
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: at thirty six, so he's right on the fringe for me.

1063
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 1: Someone that I'm recommending to not plays Cole Beasley for

1064
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I mean, I know he's been solid, he's

1065
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,439
Speaker 1: been pretty consistent, he hasn't been putting up big games,

1066
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: and now Dez Brian's back, So what are you gonna

1067
00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 1: do with that? I mean, they're gonna run the ball

1068
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: ton against the Browns anyway, game scripts not really favorable

1069
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,080
Speaker 1: for adalance passing game because they're gonna be up so big,

1070
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 1: so probably gonna stop passing in the second half for

1071
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 1: the most part. So I'm avoiding Cole Beasley this week.

1072
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 1: Maybe another week called play him, But right now, he's

1073
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: one of those guys that I just think the ceiling

1074
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 1: is so limited that why not take a flyer on

1075
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: someone like Tyreek Hill. Yeah, Dez doesn't kill his value,

1076
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:03,000
Speaker 1: but he really suppresses it in certain matchups, especially winnable

1077
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: games like this. I like that call a lot. I'm

1078
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:07,840
Speaker 1: not starting him either. Over at tight end. Who's a

1079
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: name we could stream and start this week? So I

1080
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 1: threw out Vance McDonald earlier, and I think I've got

1081
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,879
Speaker 1: a couple other guys here that I like a little

1082
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: bit more than him. The first I'd look for is

1083
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,239
Speaker 1: Dennis Pitta. He might be owned in your league, you know,

1084
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,239
Speaker 1: but with his by last week, he could have also

1085
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 1: been dropped, so keep an eye out. He hasn't had

1086
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:28,560
Speaker 1: a truly good game since Week two against Cleveland, but

1087
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 1: the targets have been there. They've been consistently high, you know. Meanwhile,

1088
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 1: Baltimore's doesn't. They don't really have a whole lot of

1089
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 1: guys to use in the red zone aside from Pitta,

1090
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: So I expect him to, you know, maybe get his

1091
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 1: first touchdown sometime soon as maybe as early as this weekend.

1092
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 1: Hopefully I'll go out on a limb and say that

1093
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:48,319
Speaker 1: does happen because you know, Pittsburgh gives up a lot

1094
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: of tight end targets nine targets per game, tenth post

1095
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:54,160
Speaker 1: fantasy points to opposing tight ends. Yeah. For for me,

1096
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:56,040
Speaker 1: pitt is the number one guy look for if you

1097
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:58,400
Speaker 1: want to go a little deeper, if you're scraping the

1098
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 1: barrel a little harder. Us and Hooper or the Falcons

1099
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: has a nice matchup this week. Short week, Jacob Tammy's

1100
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: not playing, he could, you know, bust some narratives about

1101
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: first year tight ends in this matchup against Tampa Bay.

1102
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: He's another guy like Yeah, James co and I talked

1103
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 1: about him later. We both like Austin Hooper a lot.

1104
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: For me, the guy's Charles Clay. Seattle's horrible against defending

1105
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: tight end. I talk about it almost every week. I Oh,

1106
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 1: we can't furnish a game though. Yeah, yeah, you're right,

1107
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: but you know what they're They're gonna be playing from behind.

1108
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:31,279
Speaker 1: And who else is he going to pass the ball too?

1109
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:34,360
Speaker 1: I mean he's he gonna pass it to Robert Woods.

1110
00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 1: It's kind of a joke, right, I Mean Charles Clay

1111
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 1: is not good, but he's probably better than everyone else

1112
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,200
Speaker 1: they have there. I will eat my socks if he

1113
00:55:42,239 --> 00:55:44,520
Speaker 1: doesn't lead the team in targets just because Seattle doesn't

1114
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:47,759
Speaker 1: even try to defend the tight end they never have. Yeah,

1115
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 1: I mean I have the same curse of clay itis

1116
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: every week where I want to rank him high and

1117
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,879
Speaker 1: then he burns me every time. Like, I'm so sick

1118
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:59,279
Speaker 1: of him having these good matchups in places where you

1119
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 1: think he'd have all this volume and it just doesn't

1120
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: come together. But you're right, the potential is absolutely there.

1121
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: I just I've been burned too many times. I'm skeptical. Greg.

1122
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 1: How about a tight end that you're really worried about

1123
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,320
Speaker 1: this week that a lot of people might consider starting.

1124
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,640
Speaker 1: I think that Kobe Fleaner probably has the most red

1125
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:18,760
Speaker 1: flags of the guys who may still have that name value,

1126
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:21,919
Speaker 1: that public perception, you know, pumping them up. The Saints

1127
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 1: have always spread the ball around. That's you know, a

1128
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:28,400
Speaker 1: curse of all their receiving options. So his usage is sporadic.

1129
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: For that reason, his usage on the field is also declining.

1130
00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 1: And the forty nine ers rate fairly well against tight ends.

1131
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:36,959
Speaker 1: If you look at DVOA, they're eighth in the league

1132
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 1: against the positions, So he's a guy I don't really like.

1133
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 1: For like a newer name. Now that Moncrief is back

1134
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,160
Speaker 1: for the Colts, Jack Doyle is a little scarier to me.

1135
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:48,920
Speaker 1: I think he's a little overvalued, but there's still potential

1136
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,280
Speaker 1: for him in that offense, just based on the volume

1137
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,080
Speaker 1: of passes that Luck is going to make against the Packers.

1138
00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: So I'm I feel better about Doyle than I do Fleaner,

1139
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,560
Speaker 1: but Fleaner's the number one guy for me. I'm looking

1140
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:02,839
Speaker 1: at Eric Ebron and you know, he's been sitting right

1141
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:06,400
Speaker 1: there around fourteen to seventeen all year in ECR, and

1142
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: in ECR this week he's number eleven at Minnesota. You know,

1143
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,280
Speaker 1: I know Minnesota is not like a world beater against

1144
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 1: tight ends, but there's still a great defense, and Eric

1145
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 1: Ebron is a middle of the road tight end. So

1146
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,520
Speaker 1: I don't understand why the love I've got him all

1147
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: the way down at sixteen this week, right where he

1148
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 1: usually is. So I'm telling people not to start Ebron

1149
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:29,000
Speaker 1: unless like your tight ends on a buy and you've

1150
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:31,600
Speaker 1: got no better options. But I don't think he's in

1151
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:35,320
Speaker 1: for a good week. Yeah, I don't mind that call.

1152
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:38,560
Speaker 1: I think that the Vikings pass rush could put Detroit

1153
00:57:38,560 --> 00:57:40,560
Speaker 1: in a spot where he has to block more, and

1154
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: if that starts to take away from his volume, that

1155
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: could be a problem. The Vikings do allow like eight

1156
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,640
Speaker 1: and a half targets per game to the tight end position,

1157
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:52,479
Speaker 1: but I don't know. That might just be short routes.

1158
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: It might not be the type of routes you want

1159
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:57,680
Speaker 1: from Ebron, you know, those seam routes, those touchdown plays.

1160
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: But we'll see. I think that's a tough call, like

1161
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,600
Speaker 1: Ebron's one of the harder players to evaluate this week.

1162
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 1: I like being bold on the sidam side though, all right,

1163
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: streaming defense, who are you going with this week? Probably

1164
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: not alone in this pick, but I love the Packers.

1165
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:13,480
Speaker 1: You know, some might be scared off because they're facing

1166
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, this quote unquote elite quarterback. Not to say

1167
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 1: that Luck isn't good, like Luck is a very good quarterback,

1168
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:22,959
Speaker 1: but that mentality assumes that he'll have adequate time to throw,

1169
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 1: you know, and I just don't think that's a guarantee

1170
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:27,880
Speaker 1: this week. The Packers are really good up front. They

1171
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 1: have the fourth ranked pass rush going up against Indie's

1172
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: dead last ranked past defense or pass rush defense and

1173
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 1: adjusted sacreate, so Andrew Luck could find himself on his

1174
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:43,400
Speaker 1: back a lot, and that sort of script leads to turnovers.

1175
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:45,320
Speaker 1: And that's what I want to see from my fantasy defense,

1176
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,040
Speaker 1: the potential for a big play, the potential for a fumble.

1177
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,080
Speaker 1: They're my number one option this week. I like the

1178
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins this week. Look now that a Gie's getting

1179
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:57,240
Speaker 1: the ball a lot, that's going to slow the game down,

1180
00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:59,520
Speaker 1: so their defense is going to give up less points.

1181
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:02,040
Speaker 1: They're up against Ryan Fitzpatrick. And here's the thing I

1182
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 1: watched this game last week. He took a beating in

1183
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 1: his head. I mean, he's got to be playing with

1184
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 1: a concussion this week. It's I'm not one to really

1185
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 1: evaluate those type of things, but that was one of

1186
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,600
Speaker 1: the biggest hits to ahead I've ever seen. And I

1187
00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 1: just can't imagine he's going to bounce back and be

1188
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: one hundred percent and one hundred percent of Ryan Fitzpatrick

1189
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:24,200
Speaker 1: throws a lot of picks, so this is a great

1190
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 1: scenario for the Dolphins to force some turnovers, maybe get

1191
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,640
Speaker 1: a touchdown in there. I've got them all the way

1192
00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:31,400
Speaker 1: up at number six for my defense. Special teams this week,

1193
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:36,000
Speaker 1: and that is absolutely startable. Yeah, they're definitely a decent option.

1194
00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:37,480
Speaker 1: The problem is, I think a lot of people are

1195
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 1: going to recognize that, if only because of what you're

1196
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:42,920
Speaker 1: talking about with Fitzpatrick. It's it's a little more well

1197
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:45,280
Speaker 1: publicized it. If you're looking a little bit deeper, you

1198
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 1: could maybe look at the Cowboys, Chargers and Giants. But

1199
00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: I like targeting that Miami defense first, and if you

1200
00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 1: miss out, maybe go for one of those other squads.

1201
00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: All right, Greg, Well that's all the questions we have

1202
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:59,360
Speaker 1: for you this week. Thanks again for coming on. And man,

1203
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 1: hopefully and this is uh when this is published we

1204
01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:05,840
Speaker 1: find out that the Cubs blew their World Series rank lead.

1205
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:08,480
Speaker 1: Because I'm just sweating Bolds here. It's not looking good

1206
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:13,720
Speaker 1: rooting for a curse. You're you're malevolent. I'm a Cardinals fan.

1207
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:17,320
Speaker 1: I can't help myself. Man. All right, Well, well, good

1208
01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: luck to you and all of your rooting endeavors. We'll

1209
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,960
Speaker 1: see how it goes. Thanks Greig. And for those of

1210
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 1: you listening, we've got one more show coming up this week.

1211
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 1: It's the Friday DFS Show and we've got Doug Norry

1212
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:29,360
Speaker 1: coming on, So make sure to tune in for that one.

1213
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening and enjoy your football. I just wanted

1214
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:45,520
Speaker 1: you to watch I don't even know how again