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But anything can happen on Thursday night. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.160 We saw a bad game in the first week of 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.000 the season, but the season opener had some point score, 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.720 so we will see. What do you think about that. 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.880 I'm giving you my injuries as always, and also I 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.000 don't know if you guys know, but this Sunday is 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.160 the first of a few London games or this week, 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.200 So make sure you wake up bright and early, have 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.160 your strawberries and cream top of the morning to you, 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.919 because we're gonna have games going as soon as you 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.640 wake up On Sunday morning, So we're gonna break that 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.320 one down. I'm also excited because I am going to 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.200 be joined. I'm gonna be joined a little bit later 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.480 on by my man Nick Liveriani. He's from Pro Angle 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.760 Media out there in Los Angeles. He's gonna help me 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.799 talk about the Rams, talk about Thursday night football. He's 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.880 been my West Coast correspondent before, and we're gonna bring 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.400 him back on. And of course I will be taking 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:45.600 your calls at eight four four eight four three six 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:47.840 eight seven nine. We got room on the phone lines. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.000 We will get to you guys later in the show 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.080 for sure. All right, So we're gonna go through the injuries. 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:56.959 Remember I talked to you about how yesterday on Wednesday, 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.200 they're just managing reps. A lot of people that are 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.560 listed as not practicing will in fact practice. So when 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.720 we come back, I'm gonna let you know who did 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.840 practice and who is trending towards playing in week three. 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.760 There's also some guy who went in the reverse direction 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:15.400 who did practice yesterday but did not practice today. I 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.799 think that's someone you should be concerned about if you 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.399 want to find out who keep it locked right here 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.400 as we dropped Stats over Beats on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.680 on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We're talking injuries for 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.000 week three. 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It should Dane Martinez pes Ha spitting Status 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.400 vision holding you down on a Thursday in about an hour. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.000 Week three kicks off of the NFL season with an 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.960 NFC West matchup forty Niners and Rams from the Bay. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.919 A little bit later on, we're gonna have my boy, 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:04.679 Nick Leveriani. He's gonna be on representing Pro Angle Media 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:06.919 out there in Los Angeles. He's gonna be telling us 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.120 about the buzz out there with Rams. I'm excited for that. 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:11.960 But first I gotta give you news and notes. A 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.279 lot of practice reports today. Remember I told you a 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.280 lot of people did not practice yesterday. But the key 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.600 is to see how they bounce back. Today's practice reports 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.600 are very interesting. So let me get him to you. 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.480 First of all, Sam Bradford did in fact practice again. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.440 I think that is important and big news, not only 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.640 for Sam Bradford, but obviously for Dig's owners, for Theling owners, 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:35.120 for Rudolph owners as well. It looks like barring a 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.440 sat back, he'll be good to go against the Tampa 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:42.400 Bay Bucks at home tonight. Danny Amendola is back at practice. Okay. 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.560 That is now two days in a row. He's been practicing. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.279 Remember he had that concussion, that head injury. He looks 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.000 like he should be back against the Houston Texans, and 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.240 I think it's not a minute too soon because remember 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:56.719 Tom Brady has that chemistry with a Mendola, something that 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.560 is missing with a lot of his new targets. I 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.960 think a Mendola can make up a lot of what 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:05.080 Julian Edelman meant for that Patriots offense. Calvin Benjamin returned 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.440 to practice. He should be okay. I told you he 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.000 was gonna be okay. Battling rib and knee injuries. It 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.599 looks like Kelvin Benjamin will be fine. I think he 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.080 actually has a big game. I actually think he's worthy 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.400 of a DFS play because if you remember two things. One, 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.960 no Greg Olsen anymore in that Panther's offense. To they're 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.760 going up against the Saints pass defense, which as you know, 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:29.320 is blunt, guts trash. All right. Rob Kelly backed at practice, 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.880 limited in practice, but he is back at practice. That 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.560 in my opinion, is trending in the right direction. So 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.279 that means two things. One, samaj p Ryan, if you 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:38.960 thought that this was the way he was gonna pop 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.559 off on Sunday Night Football, not so much. And also 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.400 Chris Thompson. You know how much I love Chris Thompson, 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.160 but if Rob Kelly is still in the mix, I 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:51.520 temper my expectations on him as well. Now we get 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.200 to the people who are still not practicing today, and 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.520 I think you can officially be a little bit concerned 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.560 about their availability four week three. These are the guys 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.839 that will likely be tagged as questionable, So keep an 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.440 eye out, keeping either out to the Fantasy Sports radio 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.159 network all the way up until their games kicked off. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.360 Randall Cobb did not practice today, still battling that chest. 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.720 He's gonna get the questionable tag. What does that mean 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.800 for guys like Davante Adams, Martellez Bennett could be a 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.880 boost if Cobb does not go. Terrence West is still 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.600 not practicing. He has that thigh issue. Remember I also 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.920 said traveling that long flight across the pond because they 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.960 have that early morning London game. I think that additionally 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.080 hurts Terence West. I say, fire up Buck Allen, and 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.040 I think fuck Buck Allen is a RB two this week, 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.360 especially in PPR formats, because I don't know if Terrence 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.240 West is gonna be able to go Rex Birkehead with 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.320 his rib issue. He is still not practicing. I'm gonna 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:54.840 tell you something. Gillis Lee solidly has this Legarrett Blunt 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.880 role that used to be the case in the Patriots 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.600 offense the past Hatcher, you didn't know who was gonna be. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.760 People thought it was gonna be James White, people thought 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:03.600 it was gonna be Dion Lewis. People thought it might 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.880 have been Rex Burkhead. Well, Rex Burkhead is still not practicing, 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.560 Dion Lewis hasn't done Jack, So I think James White 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.000 is now a very viable daily fantasy play. He might 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.000 be the guy getting a ton of target in that 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:21.280 game against the Houston Texans. Also news in Miami, Okay, 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.560 good on a few side. First of all, Jarvis Landry, 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.040 he did return to practice. Remember I told you he 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.600 would be just fine. He did, but return to practice. 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.680 He's limited, but trending in the right direction. Okay, same 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.520 could be said for j Not the same. Excuse me, 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.600 j G. I E did not practice again. I still 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.040 ultimately think they are going to run him out there. 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.640 I just think they're managing that knee injury and then 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.880 they're still gonna run him out there. And if he does, 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.400 I'm gonna tell you something, he's gonna be low owned 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.680 in DFS because people are scared about this not practicing, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.000 they are facing the Jets, and I think A g 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.679 I e could still be a very interesting DFS play 0:08:56.720 --> 0:09:00.000 this week against the Jets despite not practicing. I ultimately 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.160 we believe Jay A g I E Will be out 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:05.720 there on Sunday for the Dolphins. However, the person I 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.559 was talking about that was practicing but has been downgraded, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.600 and this is something you hate to see someone downgraded 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.280 throughout the week. That means they're not responding well. Where 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.080 the injuries lingering, it is wide receiver for the Dolphins, 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:23.120 DeVante Parker. Everybody's darling. I love DeVante Parker myself, but 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:26.480 he's nursing that ankle injury and with him getting downgraded 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.960 to a d NP not practicing, I think that is 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:34.480 a concern for Miami. Jordan Reed and Rob Gronkowski, they 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.600 say they appear to be practicing. I think both of 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.680 them will ultimately be out there for their teams. Marcus 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.800 Wheaton for the Chicago Bears, he was removed from the 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.880 injury report. He's been battling a finger issue. Um, he 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:47.760 was removed from the injury reports, so it looks like 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:51.000 he's gonna make his Bears debut this week. He is 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.040 a very interesting guy because, as you said, the Bears 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.640 wide receiver corps has been decimated. That's why we're talking 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.720 about Tarik Cohen so much. But Wheaton could add a 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.640 pre fessional wide receiver on the other side of Kendell. Right, 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.480 We're not talking about it's like Josh Bellamy anymore. So 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.839 keep an eye on Marcus Wheat and I'm sure you 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:09.440 can go ahead and snatch him up. I think he 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.320 might be an interesting waiver wire or free agent pickup 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:16.360 in your season long league. All right, Um, what I 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:17.920 wanna do is I want to talk about this London 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.440 game real quick, because I'm a little bit concerned on 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.600 the way the NFL is doing this right now. Okay, 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.280 it used to be that if you had the London 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.960 game the week after that, you had to buy. But 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.520 check this out. It's Jags and Ravens. Okay from Wembley 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:38.200 Stadium early morning on Sunday. The Jags. After this, in 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.960 Week four, they have a game at the New York Jets. 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.480 I'm telling you right now, I'm getting ahead of myself, 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:46.600 but this could be the one the Jets actually win 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.520 because the Jags will be coming off that long travel 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.360 and will be on the road in fact. So I 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.360 think that's very interesting. The Ravens, they also have a 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.840 game in week four. They will host the Steelers in 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.520 a big time a f C North. Matt Chub I 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.680 give the Steelers the edge on that because the Ravens 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.360 will be coming back from London. I think it's very interesting. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.920 And you know, if you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.040 remember I had my man Tomic on before talking about 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.400 the impact of sleep and sleep deprivation as it comes 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.080 to athletes. I think this is very interesting. And you know, 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.040 the NFL talks about players safety all the time, but 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.640 they're not going to give these teams by after they 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.080 go across the pond and travel like that. I think 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.719 that is very very interesting. The other thing I want 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.920 to know and I wish like if you're out there, 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.360 if you're up there on Twitter, we're watching on YouTube, 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.480 holler at me, call me at eight four four a 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:38.520 four three six seven nine. Do the Jags matter in London? Like, 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.079 are they considered kind of a home team? Is there 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:44.680 any buzz in London around Jaguars games? Are there any 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.080 people out there that are like, yeah, I'm a growing 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.720 Jaguars fan. I don't think there is. I think this 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.600 whole endeavor is silly. I understand you want to grow 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.079 the game, but not at the cost of players safety 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:58.760 and disrupting the entire schedule for the whole season for 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.160 these teams. I don't. But if you're out there in London, 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.040 if you're out there in the UK, and you're gonna 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.120 want to tell me that, no, no, no, the Jags 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.680 are actually popular. This is a good thing. I think 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:10.440 you need to let me know. So hollow at me 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.480 on Twitter, hollower at me at eight four four eight 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.640 four three six eight seven nine. But as it comes 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.480 to the game itself, here's how I see it playing out. Okay, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.920 on the Jaguars side, a lot of people are all 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:25.080 hyped up about Leonard Fournette, and oh, Leonard Fournette. He 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.040 looks great. Leonard Fournette. You know, touchdowns in both games 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.640 Here's the thing, though, that Baltimore Ravens defense is a 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:35.280 step up in class for the Jaguars. The other thing 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.560 we all saw how four Nett went off in Week 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.679 one when they beat Houston. They were up big in 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.480 that game early in the first half, so the game 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.800 flow was in four nets favor, it was in the 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:52.080 jaguars favor. What the Jaguars want to do is limit 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.880 the exposure of Blake Bordles. They don't want him throwing 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.520 the ball that much. They want to be able to 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.160 ride Leonard Fournette. But or that to be the case, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.960 they have to be winning. The game flow has to 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.760 be working for them. I don't think that is going 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.280 to be the case. So unfortunately, I think that means 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.800 less touches for Leonard four Nett, and I think that 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.319 means the ball is in Blake Bortle's hands a little 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:18.600 bit more. And that's not a good thing for anybody. Okay, 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.760 maybe if you have Hearns, maybe if you have Lee, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.320 you're gonna get some targets. But it's not a good 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:27.640 thing on the ravenven side. Okay, listen, this uh Terrence 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.720 West injury his thigh. He still has not practiced and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.559 I don't know. Maybe they're in London already, maybe they're not, 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.080 but they got that long flight in the travel. I 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.240 think that sets Terrence West back, whether he plays or not. 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:43.160 I am off Terence West. I believe Buck Allen can 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.800 be an RB two this week. So if you're calling 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.000 into me and you're asking me about Buck Allen, I 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.800 think Buck Allen pops. I think Buck Allen is an 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:54.200 RB two in PPR formats for sure, but Terrence West 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:55.840 may not go. The other thing I want to tell 0:13:55.880 --> 0:14:00.240 you about in this Baltimore squad last week, check this out. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:05.280 Joe Flacco had thirty four two D seventeen yards okay. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:10.360 He had twenty five completions. Of those twenty five completions, 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.680 only five went to wide receivers. Macklin had four and 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:19.080 Mike Wallace had one, okay. Ben Watson had eight catches 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.880 for ninety one yards on eight targets. Even Max Williams 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.480 had four catches okay, and then obviously Buck Allen as well. 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:28.800 I think that this means and I don't think that changes. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:30.880 I think that is part of the Ravens offense. Joe 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.920 Flacco loves the tight end. Remember Dennis Pitta back in 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.240 the day as well. I think that means Benjamin Watson 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.120 is a very interesting tight end. Listen, if you lost 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.000 a guy like Greg Olsen, if you're if you're saddened 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:44.960 by the production and of a guy like Jimmy Graham, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.640 if you liked Austin Hooper but he only popped off 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:50.880 when he had that touchdown in Week one, Benjamin Watson 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.680 could be a tight and he was a top ad 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.760 on the waiver wire. I like him in this offense, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.360 in this game, all right, So check that out. When 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.160 we come act like I said, we're gonna talk Rams. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:05.240 We're gonna talk Thursday Night Football with my guy Nick Leverani. 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.440 He's gonna join us, and we will get to your 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.640 calls as well. I know some of you guys are 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.800 on hold. I'll be read right there and answering you 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.800 right after we talk Rams and Thursday Night Football with Nick. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.440 Come on right back. We're dropping stats over beat. It's 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.960 a fantasy freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:31.400 Come on, Hunter, Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. These three 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.920 NFL softwares are not due to slump. They're due to 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:39.200 break out, just like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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We got the Rams 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.080 and the forty Niners getting it on from the Bay. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.880 It'll be on the NFL network and UH, to help 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.280 us out with that, we're bringing in my West Coast correspondent, 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.400 Nick Leverani. He represents Pro Angle Media out there in 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.040 Los Angeles. We had them on before breaking down the 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.200 a f C West, the NFC West and with Nick 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.680 joins us again. Now, how are you doing, my friend? 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:46.600 How's it going out there? West Coast style? Are you doing? 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.880 Hang out? Don't taunt me with the weather out there, 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.080 but let me ask you this. Okay, let me ask 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.840 you this. To start right off, Thursday Night football is trash. Okay, 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.400 Thursday Night football is a dumpster fire. It is poor 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.200 quality football out there. I've been saying it's a reason 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.760 number one that the NFL does not in fact care 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.720 about player safety. So let me ask you this, is 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:10.200 there any reason we should expect a good game tonight? 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.760 I mean it is I guess a division rivalry. Any 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:17.400 reason why people should be tuning in expecting good football? Nick, 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:20.960 You know, one of the reasons I would tune in 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.600 tonight is just to look at, you know, an up 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.080 and coming quarterback like Jared Goff. You know, he's a 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:30.119 guy who definitely had some some ups and more downs 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.440 than ups last year at his rookie season. But through 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:34.840 two weeks he's actually looked really gooding and impressive, and 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.440 he's actually really uh had a nice rapport with head 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.280 coach Max Vey. So yeah, sank tonight. Yeah, Sean McVeigh, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.880 the coach. I think that's very interesting, and I think 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.840 that the impact he has had on Goff has been noticeable. 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:49.919 Remember he did, you know, some of the same thing 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.200 for Kirk Cousins back there in Washington. Let me ask 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.200 you this, though, Nick, I mean, I'm getting a ton 0:17:56.720 --> 0:18:01.000 of calls about one Los Angeles rams, specifically It's almost 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:04.399 like he's a cult hero already in fantasy circles, Like 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.919 everybody liked him coming out of college, you know, the 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.920 third round pick. I'm talking about Cooper Cup. But ask 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.520 you out there are people like riding with Cooper Cup? 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.119 Is he almost like a cult hero out there? Um? 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.159 Or is he more like you know, is he more 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:19.840 the legend of Cooper Cup? Or is there actually substance 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:24.000 and meat to his game? There's definitely substance. He's made 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.880 everyone think, you know, who is Tavon Austin? And where 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.240 did he go? You know, they gave him that huge contract, 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.439 and now they got this kid stepping in. You know, 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.679 broke a ton of records at Eastern Washington and he 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.080 comes in and he provides a really nice safety net 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:40.440 for for golf. And I think golf absolutely loves having 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.760 him there. And I'll tell you what I'm buying him. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:44.720 I love him out here. He's he's gonna be a 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.119 great Assay. You'll probably see his jersey sales rise a 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:50.800 bunch the more touchdowns he scores here in l A. Yeah. Absolutely. 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:53.359 And also I believe Jared Goff and Cooper Cup even 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.480 worked out together before they knew the Rams were gonna 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:59.000 be drafting Cooper Cup at some of these camps and 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:03.200 these workout session and they were together building that chemistry already. 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:06.320 We talked already about also Nick, the impact of McVeigh 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.240 and his offense on Jared Goff, another guy I want 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:14.040 to ask you about his second year stud, uh, Todd Gurley, Right, Like, 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.159 here's the thing when it comes to Gurley or a 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.240 third year stud. Here's the thing when it comes to Gurley, 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.879 Like I was worried about him and last year the 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.320 way if you were playing against the Rams, right, you 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.720 were stacking not seven or eight, you were stacking all eleven, 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.520 all fifty three men on the roster in the box 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:34.080 against the run to try to stop Todd Gurley. As 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:37.919 you mentioned, with guys like Watkins and Cup and Goff's development, 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:42.080 now defenses can't do that as much. Do you believe 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.400 in something of a renaissance for Todd Gurley because maybe 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.719 there's more lanes out there for him because they have 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:50.760 to respect the passing game, and also Gurley himself has 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.280 been involved in the passing game. Tell me your take 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:57.040 on Gurley this year. Yeah, you know, I think one 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.760 of the main reasons why Girly is such a valuable 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.919 said in the fantasy department, is because he's you know, 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:05.720 he's the bell count. Nobody else is getting touches down there. 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:09.800 So uh, I think the wide receivers for the Rams 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:12.800 definitely benefit from having Girly back there because of them, 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.679 you know, starting to stack the box a little bit more. 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:16.480 It's gonna open up the field a little bit more. 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.880 But you know, he he doesn't have any competition there, 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:22.800 So that's why Girley will remain you know, a forcing 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:25.040 right and then just as that go progresses in that 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:27.920 though there's more report with the receivers, it's only gonna 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.280 bode wed what better for him as the season goes on. 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:34.119 So yeah, absolutely, definitely I like that. Absolutely. We agree 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.200 with you there. I agree with you there. Let me 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:37.639 ask you this because you know, we bring we we 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.280 bring you on to talk about out West, this NFC 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:43.879 West Division as a whole. It's kind of interesting thing, okay, 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:47.879