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Speaker 1: fab stardom, sit them. Listen. You have a big name

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Speaker 1: getting rewarded at risk. NFL Fantasy Live starts right now. Yea, hello, everybody,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Fantasy Live, presented by Bones, the official

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Speaker 1: fantasy football show of the NFL. I'm James Go alongside

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Speaker 1: Elliott Harrison and Michael Fabriana. We're gonna be joined by

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Speaker 1: Molly Caram and Marcus Grant in just a bit as well.

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Speaker 1: But don't forget to follow us on Twitter. Tweet the

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Speaker 1: show at NFL Fantasy all right. If you're in your

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Speaker 1: fantasy championships rolling with DeMarco Murray, you definitely got to

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Speaker 1: scare earlier this week, as Murray had surgery on his

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Speaker 1: NFL Networks Desmond Purnell is at Cowboys practice sending visual

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Speaker 1: updates of Mr Murray's and take a look at this

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Speaker 1: photo of Purnell tweeted out earlier today. Murray wearing looks

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Speaker 1: like not too heavy protection on that left hand. Can

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Speaker 1: video of Murray's one hand in antics. I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: And this video lets me know that he might be

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Speaker 1: that Murray can absolutely play. Uh. The only potential problems

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Speaker 1: and past protection. Yeah. Well, I'm a little concern about

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Speaker 1: running because that's your balance hand. So when somebody hits

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Speaker 1: runs basically where he can get outside and choose to

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if Joseph Rando actually has to

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Speaker 1: to Molly and Marcus. Guys. Mr COO, thank you kindly.

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Speaker 1: Hello everybody. He's NFL dot Com Fantasy editor Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: and I'm Molly Caraman. It's Wednesday, and for most of you,

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Speaker 1: it's the day we work the waiver wire for new players.

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Speaker 1: So let's check out the most added players on NFL

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Speaker 1: Joseph Randall, that's a new name. We'll get into that

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Speaker 1: and you has They tell you Ferrell that's it, and

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Speaker 1: you know age is a factor for Marcus's candidate there,

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Speaker 1: Roddy White's gonna be year eleven next year. Not everybody

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Speaker 1: can do it past a decade. I thought you were

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Speaker 1: just saying age was going to be a fact for

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Speaker 1: Mark's grant because I'm just getting better. I think you

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Speaker 1: look all right. Listen, the pressure is high for Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Championship Week, But which matchups are just a little too

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Speaker 1: risky to play? Bio As we talk about matchups to

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Speaker 1: avoid coming up and defense wins championships. That old Moniker,

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Speaker 1: that rule might just apply to your fantasy Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: as well, as we reveal some of the strongest plug

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Speaker 1: and play defenses coming up. Make sure to join NFL

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Speaker 1: takes you through the game. Football starts here. Hello again,

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Speaker 1: and for those of you heading into a championship game,

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Speaker 1: first of all, we want to wish you congratulations, and secondly,

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Speaker 1: we are here to help ease those nerves and give

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Speaker 1: you a little advice. Guys, We're gonna rip through as

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Speaker 1: many matchups that owners should avoid this week in facts,

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Speaker 1: I want to begin with Philip Rivers facing the Niners.

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Speaker 1: Why are you weary of this one? Well, Rivers has

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Speaker 1: not been a good fantasy quarterback for most of the

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Speaker 1: last five weeks or so. I know how good he

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Speaker 1: was early on in the year, but that was then.

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Speaker 1: This is now one touchdown pass, the fewer in five

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Speaker 1: of his last six games. The Niners have allowed the

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Speaker 1: fewest fantasy points per game the road quarterbacks this year

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Speaker 1: to be quite honest with you, Molly, I've cut rivers

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Speaker 1: right now because you don't need a He is not

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Speaker 1: a guy you can trust this week. Yeah, he was

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Speaker 1: hot at the right time the beginning of the season,

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Speaker 1: Elliott La Garrett Blunt with Vulture for a touchdown by

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Speaker 1: Shane Brain and outtouched by Jonas Gray against Miami. In

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Speaker 1: this week, he gets the Jets outrun new Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: know what, And I'm gonna be the first to admit

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Speaker 1: that I am not going bold here, La. Garrett Blunt

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Speaker 1: is a guy that most of you should not be starting,

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Speaker 1: because if you're your Super Bowl week here, you should

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Speaker 1: have one of the best lineups in theory in your league. However,

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Speaker 1: if you're considering it in the flex, consider that the

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Speaker 1: Jets are a very difficult team to run on in reality,

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Speaker 1: which always monitors my or influences my fantasy decisions. I

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Speaker 1: would sit Blunt rightfully. So Eli Manning had a nice outing,

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Speaker 1: kind of redeeming himself. They're connecting with you, um Odell Beckham,

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Speaker 1: excuse me for a few scores, but that was against

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Speaker 1: the Redskins exactly. You know, sometimes we gotta get Molly

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Speaker 1: into the analysts form here because she knows exactly what

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Speaker 1: she's talking about. Isn't like it? Well she should, she'd

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Speaker 1: be good at and by and by the way, I

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Speaker 1: know you're a Giant's fan, so this is breaking your heart.

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Speaker 1: But Eli Manning is not a good play this week.

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Speaker 1: He was good play last week against Washington. This week

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Speaker 1: in St. Louis where fantasy points, I've gone to dially

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Speaker 1: scared of that path. I mean, look at that pass rush,

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Speaker 1: the sacks, the pressure they're putting on the quarterback. Eli

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Speaker 1: is not a guy that I'm playing. Oh. By the way,

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Speaker 1: Molly Kara made it to the finals n FR NFL

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Speaker 1: our show in that game against LeVar Arrington. But Eli

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Speaker 1: Manning should not be in her starting lineup or a Mammal. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm going up against var against LaVar he is all mammal.

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Speaker 1: That's actually his team name. See, I learned from the

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Speaker 1: best guys. Alright, She's so sweet. No, it's the truth.

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Speaker 1: Let's stay focused here, though, Elliot. When you hear Marshawn Lynch,

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Speaker 1: she think it's a lock. But that could be a

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Speaker 1: different deal against Arizona. Do you think. Yeah, well, I

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Speaker 1: threw myself under the bus a minute go by saying

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Speaker 1: I'm not going bold with a Garrett Blunt, so I'm

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Speaker 1: making up for it here. I'm going bold. I think

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Speaker 1: that you sit in Marshawn Lynch. If you're in your

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl week, you can't afford eight point too from

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Speaker 1: your r B one or your r B two. You

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Speaker 1: just can't. Does that sound like a decent week? Sure,

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Speaker 1: eight points is great, but you need fifteen points if

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Speaker 1: you're gonna win your fantasy super Bowl, your fantasy Championship

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Speaker 1: against that Cardinals run defense. I don't trust it. I'm

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Speaker 1: playing the trends, I'm playing the numbers, and I'm playing

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Speaker 1: with my eyeballs. Tell me. I'm saying, sit Marshawn Lynch. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's just too much on the line unless you have

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Speaker 1: just terrible running backs. Yeah, and it's and it's your

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Speaker 1: only option, all right. So if you have one of

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Speaker 1: those matchups to avoid, we have just the thing you

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Speaker 1: might want to consider a regular must start situation with

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Speaker 1: these guys were gonna mention, but we're gonna give you

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Speaker 1: some plug in play fantasy players worthy of a spot

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Speaker 1: on your championship lineup this week, and we begin with

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Speaker 1: Denver's breakout star FABS C J. Anderson, who's clearly a

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Speaker 1: focal point in Denver's now run heavy offense. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: this is this isn't even plug and play. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is no brainer at this point. See J. Anderson

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Speaker 1: has been one of the best pickups off the waiver

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Speaker 1: wire and fantasy football, and against the Bengals on Monday Night.

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Speaker 1: They have a lot of eleven rushing touchdowns at home

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Speaker 1: this year. That's most in the National Football League. They

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Speaker 1: have a lot of the most fantasy points to running

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Speaker 1: backs on their home field. I mean, this couldn't get

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Speaker 1: any better for c. J. Anderson. Now, maybe it's not

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Speaker 1: good for Paid Manning because they could run the ball

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Speaker 1: a lot. And I have Paid Manning in our Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Live league and I'm playing money and I'm probably gonna lose.

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Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there. C J. Anderson is

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Speaker 1: now there. I say it a must start. He runs hard, man.

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Speaker 1: You can't give Manning credit for the runs eight yards

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Speaker 1: down the field where he's running through his safe Ellie,

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Speaker 1: I want you to take the lead here on this one,

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Speaker 1: because Matt Ryan's my backup but it appears this week

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Speaker 1: he could be a QB one and this could be

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Speaker 1: a nice Matt Yeah. I like Matt Ryan. Historically. He's

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Speaker 1: played well against the Saints, including at New Orleans, which

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Speaker 1: is the key here because that's where he's playing. You

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Speaker 1: look the week one numbers here, eight pass yards. That's

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Speaker 1: enough for a good fantasy day. You don't even need

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Speaker 1: the touch too huge you throw the three touchdowns on it.

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Speaker 1: Now you're talking about in standard scoring a monster day.

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Speaker 1: You get thirty one went from your quarterback and your

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Speaker 1: fantasy championship. Guess what you're probably winning. All you need

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Speaker 1: is an average day from everybody else. Matt Ryan, I

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Speaker 1: love him this week in FABS. When does the Saints

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Speaker 1: defense really stopped anybody this year? Well, they stopped Jay Color,

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Speaker 1: but he kind of stopped he still exactly. We won't

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Speaker 1: get into that because Heather Pink, our producer, will getting

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Speaker 1: at me here. But let's focus on the Eagles defense.

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Speaker 1: They could be a nice play in the Nation's capitol

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Speaker 1: right this match up. There are a lot of good

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Speaker 1: streaming defensive options this week, and the Eagles are right

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Speaker 1: at the top of my list. Playing against the Washington Redskins,

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Speaker 1: and Robert Griffin the third. Hey, he likes to turn

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Speaker 1: the ball over. We all know that the Eagles are

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Speaker 1: actually the highest scoring defense and fantasy, but they're still

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Speaker 1: available in a lot of leagues out there. I actually

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Speaker 1: have them in one of my leagues. I picked them

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Speaker 1: up off the waiver wire. Over the last four weeks,

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Speaker 1: no team has given up more fantasy points of defenses

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Speaker 1: than the Washington Redskins. And I just want to mention

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Speaker 1: that game is on our air on NFL that work

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Speaker 1: on Saturday, and I want to mention I'm proud of FABS.

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Speaker 1: Number one. I want to express his best ties is

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Speaker 1: wearing it. Number two. He mentioned the defense. You guys

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Speaker 1: are fuller coordinating today and you're not on camera. Will

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Speaker 1: show you later though, But speaking of defenses, Panthers defense

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Speaker 1: doing a little better of late, and they get Johnny Manzel.

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Speaker 1: You think they're just going to pick him apart this week?

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Speaker 1: I think there's a potential. And that's what you're playing here.

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Speaker 1: If you're someone that streams defenses, you know usually I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm used to being the only guy that picks defenses.

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Speaker 1: I am still shocked here that fas one Eagles, we're

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Speaker 1: going back to back defense tape. You inspired me. Carolina

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Speaker 1: has been playing a lot better. You saw what they

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Speaker 1: did against the Saints when they won forty one to

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Speaker 1: tend and by the way, the touchdown they gave the

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Speaker 1: Saints was garbage time. Last week, they were very good

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Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay. Look, you get two or three sacks,

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Speaker 1: you get a fumble, an interception. All you're trying to

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Speaker 1: do is get ten points from your fantasy defense. What

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Speaker 1: you don't want is you don't want that dreaded two

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Speaker 1: or three. That's what you're trying to avoid. And don't

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Speaker 1: forget the Panther's defense at home has been better than

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Speaker 1: they've been on the road. So it's not a swing

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Speaker 1: for the fences. This is oh my gosh, I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have twenty points. You just can't afford the

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Speaker 1: three point fantasy dame from your fantasy defense. You're looking

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Speaker 1: for that ten ten. You guys looking like tens seriously, though,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to look like looking cute right for holiday

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Speaker 1: holiday season? All right, thank you, gentlemen. The Bears and

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Speaker 1: Saints changed a lot in the fantasy world in the

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Speaker 1: final two minutes of their game on Monday. It's time

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Speaker 1: for our experts to see what we can accomplish in

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Speaker 1: the fantasy genius world and our version of the two

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Speaker 1: minute drill. And it's the biggest week of the season,

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Speaker 1: and Ranks eleven is on the case and makes feeling

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Speaker 1: you a Super Bowl win as easy as walking at

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Speaker 1: the front door with a hundred and fifty million bucks

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Speaker 1: because his NFL Fantasy Lives coming back still to come

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Speaker 1: on NFL Fantasy Live, wake up those lineups with some

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Speaker 1: Week sixteen sleepers. Ranks eleven is here to steal you

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Speaker 1: your coveted Super Bowl victory and we've got a super

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Speaker 1: size start and sitless for you from Michael Fabriano. Is

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Speaker 1: this the week Oshbourne will break out or have a

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Speaker 1: seat on that bench? What about Matt Ryan will tell

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Speaker 1: you that? And championships they don't come easy in reality

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Speaker 1: or fantasy. And if you want to raise your league's

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Speaker 1: trophy at the end of the week, you'll need a

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Speaker 1: bold plan. Our experts revealed their strategies so you can

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Speaker 1: Cold Comes. Welcome back into NFL Fantasy Life presented by Bose.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging with us. He's Elliott Harrison. He's Marcus

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Speaker 1: Grant and I'm Molly Caram And for those of you

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Speaker 1: who ask your questions on Fantasy Genius, our experts are

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Speaker 1: correct gentlemen. Sure, all right, you guys know the drill.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna put two minutes on the clock. It's our

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Speaker 1: version of the two minute drill and get through as

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Speaker 1: many of those Fantasy Genius questions that possible and hopefully

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Speaker 1: get you a win. Marcus already knows my answers. Yeah, yes,

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Speaker 1: we we consulted before the show. Okay, I don't either

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Speaker 1: does America. So let's get into it and better start.

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning versus the Bengals or Ben Roethlisberger versus the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: I'm taking bit, No, I'm taking I don't trust the

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Speaker 1: Bengals in prime time. Molly, Yes, they've disappointed us. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be cold in Cincinnati, makes me worried about Peyton. Plus,

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Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs are gonna spend all our time

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Speaker 1: worried about Levian Bell. I'm going to pass rush on

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Speaker 1: Big Bend. All right, that's so it is. Better start

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan versus the Saints, or Tony Romo versus the Cults.

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Speaker 1: You gotta go Matt, right, These are both wonderful starts,

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Speaker 1: But I like Matt Ryan. As I said earlier in

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Speaker 1: the show, I'm sticking with it. I'm going Matt Ryan too.

638
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 1: It's about the first place in the NFC. Something sort

639
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 1: of too. What's the girl to do? Better start Friend

640
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: Jackson versus the Raiders, or Boom Heron versus the Cowboys.

641
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 1: I think Marcus is gonna say boom Heron, so I'm

642
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: gonna agree and say boom Herron. I just don't trust

643
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: the Cowboys against the running back you barely ever heard of.

644
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 1: I've seen them too many times. Let a guy like

645
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: that kill them. I really thought you knew me better

646
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: than that. I'm gonna go Fred Jackson just because Harron

647
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: seems to be splitting carries with Trent Richardson, and I

648
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: don't know splits not really, And that is a split decision.

649
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: Better start Harry Douglas versus a Saints or Kelvin Benjamin

650
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: versus the Browns. You've gotta go Harry Harry does better

651
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: match it is Harry Douglas dependent on one. Julio Jones playing,

652
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: how do we play a little higher or lower with wrestler?

653
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: Fifteen points versus the Cardinals? What do you think? Higher?

654
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 1: Teen point six? Rightly, not much higher, but higher? Yes,

655
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: better flegs Jonathan Stewart versus the Browns or Josh Gordon

656
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 1: versus the Panthers. This is a good question, but I'm

657
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: gonna go with the running back position really here, Jonathan

658
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: Stewart more opportunity, breeds more fantasy point exactly. I'm going

659
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,479
Speaker 1: Jay Steward this one. Yeah, he's been hot a late

660
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: and taking advantage of the opportunity. Better start. Golden Tate

661
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: versus the Bears or Martavis Bryant versus the Chiefs. Mark

662
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: Tavis Bryant seems to be an all or nothing guy.

663
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: Golden Tate very consistent this year. I'd rather play that

664
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Speaker 1: in my Super Bowl. Absolutely take and gives his great hands,

665
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Speaker 1: so he makes the catch and he's good after the

666
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: catch two yards. I'd rather play the Bears first. It

667
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: was the Giant, all right? Who will be the biggest

668
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Speaker 1: disappointment in Week sixteen? Once against staying consistent I'm gonna

669
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Speaker 1: go Marshawn Lynch. I think he's gonna be under eight

670
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: points or eight and under. I'm gonna go up staying

671
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: running back. I'm gonna go Matt Forte against that Lion's

672
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: defensive right now, to potentially guess what, guys, we got

673
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Speaker 1: through all of them only to what would a fantasy

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Speaker 1: show be without sleepers? Even though it's Week sixteen, Let's

675
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Speaker 1: head over to Adam Rank for this week Sleepers. Adam,

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Speaker 1: thanks guys. Every week on NFL dot Com, I give

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Speaker 1: you eleven is sleepers who can help you win your

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Speaker 1: fantasy matchup. Right now, I'm gonna give you a special

679
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Speaker 1: preview with three guys because well, just that nice of

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Speaker 1: a person. Let's start with Alex Smith. Hear me out.

681
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: Smith has put up a pretty good stat lines in

682
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Speaker 1: recent weeks, while some big name guys have let you down.

683
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: Now he's got a great match up against the Steelers,

684
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 1: who have been very giving to fantasy quarterbacks. In fact,

685
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: the Steelers are kind of like old sat Nick. This

686
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: time you're just throwing out fantasy presents to everybody. Of course,

687
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: there's always a risk that Smith could hand off the

688
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: ball to Jamal charals like eighty nine times this week.

689
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: But there's that chance with every quarterback as Week fifteen showed,

690
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: So I like Smith, get him in your lineup. Let's

691
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: move on to the running back position and the daily

692
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: Show John Stewart. I know, I know, this might be

693
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: an instance where you will be chasing the points that

694
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: Jeremy Hill put on the Browns, but man, it looked

695
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: like the Browns did not want to be on the

696
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: field last week. Kind of like the way the Mean

697
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: Machine turned on Paul Crew when they figured out that

698
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: fix was in. They were just letting them get work.

699
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: So if we're going to see that Brown's team again,

700
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: this could be a great game to get Stewart into

701
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: your lineup. And my final sleeper this week is Brandon LaFell.

702
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 1: The Jets have played a lot better in past defense

703
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: in recent weeks, but they just played the Titans. Take

704
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,479
Speaker 1: that with a grain of salt. I do like this

705
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: chance for little Fell who has been targeted a lot

706
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks. It just hasn't always

707
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: resulted in touchdowns. I think it will this week. Tom

708
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 1: Brady wants to reward his players who have been working

709
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: hard for him, so I think LaFell goes out and

710
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: gets in the end zone this week. Well that's gonna

711
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Speaker 1: do it for me. If you need more, be sure

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Speaker 1: to check out nfl dot com slash Ranks eleven. There

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Speaker 1: mention the biggest elephants Gerald ever. See you when I

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Speaker 1: see him? See you on the flip side rank like

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Speaker 1: the best? Are you on the fence? About some running

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Speaker 1: backs like Alfred Morris or Latavious Murray, Lenn Michael Fabriano

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Speaker 1: to those folks who tweeted the show asking for advice

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Speaker 1: about their fantasy Super Bowls. Philip Rivers or Alex Smith.

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Speaker 1: This week all that and more next Brown, Hello everybody,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live. It's that time of

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Speaker 1: the week again, Wednesday, when Michael Fabriano, as he puts it,

726
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Speaker 1: unleashes the beast that he's known as his weekly start

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Speaker 1: and sit list. You can check out the full list

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Speaker 1: at NFL dot com slash Starts, Sit every single Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: It's one of the most read articles, not only on

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Speaker 1: the website, put in the fantasy universe. All right, let's

731
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Speaker 1: talk running backs, and we're gonna start in the Nation's Capital.

732
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 1: Alfred Moore startership, and Alfred Morris has not been good lately.

733
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Speaker 1: I mean, let's face it, the numbers have not been there.

734
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: But I am keeping the faith and I am starting

735
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,240
Speaker 1: him against the Philadelphia Eagles. He's averaged over ten fantasy

736
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: points per game in five career games against Philadelphia. The

737
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 1: Eagles have allowed the fifth most fantasy points two running

738
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: backs when they're playing on the road. So this is

739
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 1: a very good matchup for Alfred Morris. And when Morris

740
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: placed at home, typically he's almost guaranteed to score a

741
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: touchdown nine times out of ten. So I think he

742
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: gets into the end zone. And the fact that Robert

743
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: Griffin the third is the quarterback that does help his

744
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: value a little bit. Another running back that I'm starting

745
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: this week is Lamar Miller. Now, Miller is not putting

746
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: up Gangbusters numbers, they're not I popping numbers, but he

747
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: can get you somewhere between ten and twelve fantasy points

748
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: as an RB two or flex this week against the Vikings.

749
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: They have a lot of hundred twenty plus rushing yards

750
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,240
Speaker 1: in five of the last six games. They've also allowed

751
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 1: the tenth most fantasy points to running backs this year,

752
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: thinking up an average of over twenty points per game.

753
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: So start Lamar Miller. A player that I would bench

754
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 1: this week Latavius Murray, and he's got all kinds of

755
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: talent and the future is very bright for him. But boy,

756
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,399
Speaker 1: it's really tough to start a guy when he plays

757
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: for a team that's always playing from behind. The Raiders

758
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: have the fewest rushing attempts per game this year, only twenty,

759
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: and the Bills have not a lot of rushing touchdown

760
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: in four of six road games this year. So as

761
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: much as I like Latavius Murray and his talent, I

762
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,479
Speaker 1: don't like the matchup and a championship week, I am

763
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: trying to eliminate risk. That's why I'm sitting Murray. And

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00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: holy can you take a look at that Bill's defense

765
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: as well? They have absolutely shut down playing very well.

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00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,720
Speaker 1: All right, let'sten look at the rest of your start

767
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Speaker 1: and sit Listen is just a partial list here, but C. J.

768
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: Anderson also a start. Stephen Jackson a start against New Orleans,

769
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: very good flex and at the sit Doug Martin to

770
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: go along with Andre Williams despite a pretty strong effort

771
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: from Andre over the last a couple of weeks. But

772
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 1: let's transition talk about wide receivers now we go back

773
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Speaker 1: to Washington. Deshan Jackson, starter sit and another player who

774
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: has not played well from a fantasy perspective over the

775
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: last four weeks. But I'm saying start to Sean Jackson

776
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: because Number one, he's got a great match up against

777
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: the Eagles. They've allowed the second most fantasy points to

778
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: wide receivers this year, giving up an average of over

779
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: twenty seven fantasy points per game. Paul James, this is

780
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: a revenge game the last time he played his old team,

781
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: the Eagles for a hundred seventeen yards, one touchdown over

782
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 1: seventeen fantasy points. So despite the fact that he has struggled,

783
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: I like this match up against Philadelphia. Another player at

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00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: wide receiver that I would start this week is Roddy

785
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 1: White and this is with or without Julio Jones, who

786
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: was dealing with the hip injury. We're not sure if

787
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: he's going to play for Roddy has recorded a hundred

788
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: and ten plus receiving yards and two of his last

789
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: three road games against the Saints, he has scored a

790
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: touchdown and four of his last five games overall, and

791
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: the Saints have given up the sixth most fantasy points

792
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: to wide receivers, giving up an average of over twenty

793
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: five fantasy points per game. And I think this is

794
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: gonna be a shootout there. Matt Ryan will have a

795
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: good game, aims so will Roddy White, a wide receiver.

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00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: I'm sitting and this pains me. But Josh Gordon, I

797
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: can't trust him right now. His targets have decreased in

798
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: each of his last three games. He hadn't scored a

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00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 1: touchdown since last year. And the Panthers are really good

800
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: against wide receivers at home. In fact, they've given up

801
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: the fifth fewest fantasy points to road wide receivers this year.

802
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: So Josh Gordon is a guy. And and let's be honest,

803
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: Johnny Manziel, I mean, he looked like Johnny turnover last week.

804
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: He was terrible. So you can't trust the quarterback. The

805
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: matchup is bad, his numbers haven't been there. I've got

806
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: a bench Josh Gordon. It was Johnny train Wreck? Really was?

807
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: It was Johnny train Wreck? Yes, all right? Uh and

808
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: it's surprising too because a lot of folks, your self

809
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: included FABS, invested heavily into Josh Gordon. But you're right

810
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 1: they alright, So let's take a look at the other

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Speaker 1: Week sixteen wide receiver. Start sits here, Odell Beckham Jr.

812
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: I mean, even against the St. Louis defense has been

813
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: very good. Gotta play you pretty much have to play

814
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,399
Speaker 1: him every single week. Mike Evans has got a decent

815
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: match up against Green Band all the sit side, if

816
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald and Percy Harvin to go along with Sammy, where

817
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: has Sammy Watkins gone? And that Raiders defense has been

818
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 1: really tough against wide receivers. So don't think, oh, it's Oakland,

819
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: you gotta play Sammy Watkins. It's not true. Alright. At

820
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, Matt Ryan has had an extraordinarily nice

821
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: stretch of games, putting up twenty plus points in three

822
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: consecutive contest. Can we assume he keeps it going against

823
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: the Saints this week? I think he does. Don't look

824
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 1: at that Monday night game and think, oh, well, the

825
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: Saints defense played pretty well against Jake Cutler and the Bears.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Matt Ryan has been on fire as you mentioned,

827
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: twenty plus points and three straight games, seven fifteen passing yards,

828
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 1: five touchdowns in his last two road games against the

829
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Speaker 1: Saints and New Orleans. Has a lot of the second

830
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: most fantasy points to quarterbacks over the last four weeks,

831
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Speaker 1: even with what Jay Cutler didn't do on Monday night.

832
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: So what does this mean. It means you're starting that Ryan.

833
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,439
Speaker 1: He is in my top five among quarterbacks this week.

834
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: Another quarterback I'm starting as Tony Romo. I got burned

835
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: last week. He played really well in Philadelphia of the

836
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: first time in a long time. He now has thrown

837
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: three plus touchdown passes and four of his last five games.

838
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: And this is a good matchup against the Colts. They

839
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: have a lot of the fifth most fantasy points to

840
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: home quarterbacks this year, getting up an average of almost

841
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: twenty fantasy points per game. And with or without DeMarco Murray,

842
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: I say, Tony Romo has a very good stat line

843
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 1: in what could be a very high scoring game. A

844
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: quarterback that I would sit this week, and honestly, James,

845
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 1: I'd cut him because you're not gonna use him is

846
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers one touchdown pass for fewer and five of

847
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: his last six games fourteen plus fantasy points once in

848
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 1: his last six games. This is not the same guy

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Speaker 1: who was tearing it up early on in the year.

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Speaker 1: He is not producing. Keenan Allen has hurt. This is

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Speaker 1: just a mess. I would definitely not start the San

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Speaker 1: Diego Charges quarterback, any of their wide receivers or any

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Speaker 1: of their running backs this week. It's basically Antonio Gates

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Speaker 1: and that's it. Antonio Gates and Antonio Gates. That's right there,

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Speaker 1: you go, especially against those Niners. Man, Holy cal despite

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Speaker 1: all the turmoil they're in San Francisco, their defense is

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Speaker 1: still performed admirable. All right, the rest of your start

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Speaker 1: and sick quarterbacks here for Week six team Mark Sanchez

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Speaker 1: on the start side, still Spider, Yeah, despite struggling last

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Speaker 1: week as well. Matt Stafford a good solid start against

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Speaker 1: that week Chicago defense. On the sit side, Colin Kaepernick,

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Speaker 1: well that goes without saying. Boy, what a disappointment is unreal.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know what's happening to. Even against good matchups,

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Speaker 1: you can't get it exactly right. All right, we know

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Speaker 1: you're worried about Matt Forte going against that very tough

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Speaker 1: Lions defense during the biggest week in fantasy it's championship week.

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Speaker 1: But we're gonna tell you why you shouldn't be scarred

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Speaker 1: and some other helpful tips for your fantasy Super Bowl matchups.

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Speaker 1: Winning a game in the NFL is not easy, and

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Speaker 1: winning a fantasy championship probably feels just as hard for

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Speaker 1: some of us. Luckily, we're here to give you some

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Speaker 1: advice for your biggest week of your fantasy season. FABS,

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Speaker 1: what's one thing you would tell someone as they head

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Speaker 1: into prepare for their fantasy to don't pay attention just

875
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Speaker 1: to your lineup, pay attention to your opponent to and

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Speaker 1: Matt Money Smith perfectly. This is a perfect example. He

877
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Speaker 1: doesn't need Joseph Randall, okay, but he knows that I

878
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Speaker 1: have DeMarco Murray and Murray's status is in questions. So

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Speaker 1: what did he do? He picked up Randall because he

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Speaker 1: had the waiver priority to block me from getting and

881
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Speaker 1: it kills me. But it's smart on Money's part. Another

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Speaker 1: thing too, if your opponent has an elite quarterback right

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Speaker 1: and you have your quarterback that's set up drop any

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Speaker 1: backup quarterbacks you have, pick up some defenses that they

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Speaker 1: may want to pick up and play. All's fair and

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00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: love and fantasy football guys, love and fantasy Elliott, you

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Speaker 1: would advocate playing as many waiver wire guys as possible. Right, Well,

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Speaker 1: apparently I don't have as much of time as fabs

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Speaker 1: and money to be blocking guys. And what I'm gonna

890
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Speaker 1: say is dance with who brong you. And that's goes

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Speaker 1: for both strategy and the players that you have. So

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Speaker 1: if you've been streaming defenses all year long and you've

893
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: been doing great, trust Jr. And judgment, don't say you

894
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Speaker 1: know what this week, I'm gonna play the better reality defense.

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Speaker 1: Second of all, dance with who BRONI means the players

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Speaker 1: on your team. I know Matt Forte has got a

897
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Speaker 1: tough matchup this week against the Detroit Lions, but Matt Forte,

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Speaker 1: hey the whole thing about Matte Hey. The Lions may

899
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Speaker 1: be able to stop the run, but Matt Forte can

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Speaker 1: catch the football. So, especially if you're in any kind

901
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Speaker 1: of PPR, I don't care if it's point to five PPR.

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Speaker 1: This guy can catch eight balls against the Lions. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: maybe he runs for twenty four yards, but if he

904
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Speaker 1: catches eight for fifty and a touchdown, you're still on

905
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Speaker 1: the green man. I thought Fantasy Computer was going to make.

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Speaker 1: Is that what you did at homecoming in the problem

907
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Speaker 1: you dance dance? Not exactly? Yes, I'm sorry, smart is

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Speaker 1: And what's your one strategy? Well, minds a corollary to

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Speaker 1: what Elliott said, and that's basically, don't overthink what you're

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Speaker 1: doing here. I mean, yes, Matt Forte does not having

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Speaker 1: a great matchup this week against the Lions, but because

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Speaker 1: he's Matt Forte, because of what he can do where

913
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Speaker 1: his seeling is, it's hard to sit him. Jimmy Graham

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Speaker 1: another guy. I know he's frustrated all out of you

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Speaker 1: out there, but really, what are you gonna do in

916
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Speaker 1: terms of going to get a tight end right now?

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Speaker 1: What kind of tighten are you going to find off

918
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Speaker 1: the wave and wire that you can feel confident we'll

919
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Speaker 1: get you more production than Jimmy like Jason Morrow. Huh yeah,

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Speaker 1: no not so much. So you don't get all crazy

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Speaker 1: too hard about this. They got you here. This is

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Speaker 1: the same Jimmy grahamy kicked out of the first round

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Speaker 1: next year. Yeah, but you know that was next year.

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Speaker 1: That was that was That was all right. Let's keep

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Speaker 1: with the fantasy championship theme. We asked you at home

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Speaker 1: to tweet the show using the hashtag Fantasy super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: So here's some championship level tweets from you at home.

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Speaker 1: The first one, uh, good luck with that. Love this,

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Speaker 1: I'll launch me to the finals Monday night this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Do I start Philip Rivers or Alex Smith at quarterback?

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Speaker 1: I like the red herring off the top, by the way,

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Speaker 1: so quarterback question, who who do we take here? I'm

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Speaker 1: going Alex Smith in this one because that Pittsburgh secondary

934
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Speaker 1: has been questionable pretty much all year long. I will

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Speaker 1: say this, I wouldn't try to Alex Spect the throw

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Speaker 1: a touchdowns way wide received or maybe we're running back,

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Speaker 1: maybe it's tight end. Don't look for Dwayne Bow to

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Speaker 1: get the end zone. I would start Alex Smith. Drop

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Block your poner from picking up someone they

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Speaker 1: may want. All right, I gotta block you guys now

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Speaker 1: because we have another tweet from Connor b. He asked

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Speaker 1: us to pick three Randall called t Y Hilton Kelvin, Benjamin,

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans or Josh Gordon good receivers. I'd have to

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Speaker 1: bench Gordon out of that group, yeah, I remember, okay

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Speaker 1: with that. I don't really like to match up for

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Speaker 1: Josh Gordon, absolutely, especially with Johnny Manzell looking so awful.

947
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Speaker 1: All right, so that's not three, but but Gordon's a Gonner.

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Speaker 1: We'll do it, all right. That's gonna do it for

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Speaker 1: us for today. But tomorrow we're revealing the players to

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Speaker 1: bench in your championship matchups. You will want to miss it,

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Speaker 1: all right. For Molly, I'm James kill Cela just a

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Speaker 1: great catch, catch