WEBVTT - Week 14 Diamonds and Fugazis, Late Season Ethics, and more! 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:05.920 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:14.760 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:17.480 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:21.799 speeds and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:26.280 that site. Bu on the microphone. You know that I'm 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:37.920 one of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:40.640 It's your boytone Martinez, A K eight speeds ak to 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.919 spitting Statistician, and you are listening live to the Fantasy 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:49.199 Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.520 Big shout out. If you're listening live on I Heart 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.480 Radio on tune In Radio, if you're listening live or 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:59.000 downloading on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network app, or if 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.040 you're listening and watching live on the Fantasy Sports Network 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.160 live YouTube stream. We got a big show for you 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:09.319 on a Wednesday, as usual. I got my man Chris 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.880 Animals dropping it on it right there. Keeping it's so 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.240 hot that we sweat steam. We are here to help 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.880 you win your leagues and win that cash. And I 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.839 gotta say big shout out to the hashtag stats over 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:26.000 beat Cipher. I have had literally almost a dozen messages 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.880 on Twitter and the last couple of days people showing 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.920 me that they are in fact making the playoffs, they 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.920 are in fact getting their bys, they are in fact 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.360 winning that cash, and all the kind words here for 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:42.319 the stats Overbeat, Cipher, Fantasy Freestyle, the Spitting Statistician, and 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.919 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. So let's keep it going. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.800 We now look ahead to week fourteen. I'm gonna give 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.520 you some spotlight games, some diamonds in the rough, and 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.720 some fool gaze these guys you need to forget about. 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:57.720 I'm also I'm gonna ask you a couple of questions, 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:01.920 like ethical questions in fantasy football, Like, for example, is 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.200 it all right to tank in certain situations? Is it 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.760 all right to pick up guys on the waiver wire 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.800 just to block your opponent? For example, let's say the 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.920 guy you're playing in the playoffs this week, or Gal, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:19.600 has you know Rob Gronkowski at tight end? Has zach 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.880 Ertz at tight end? Are you picking up who you 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.600 think is their best possible replacement just to block them. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.080 We're gonna get into that a little bit later on, 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.160 and as always, we will open up the phone lines 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.399 and take your calls. The number two call is eight 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.239 four four, eight, four, three, six, eight, seven nine. I 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.480 also gotta pull question up on Twitter, as we always 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.200 do at spitting Speeds if you want to follow us, 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:43.960 if you want to be down with the stats, overbeat 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.320 Cipher as well. The question I have there is not 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.359 a three way tie in the a f C West. 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.359 You got the Los Angeles Chargers, you got the Oakland Raiders, 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.520 and you got the Kansas City Chiefs. Who do you 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.520 think is gonna win that division? And are they actually 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.600 a contender in the a f C with other heavyweights 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:02.840 like the Steelers and the Pats or maybe even the 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.639 Jags coming out of the a f C South. How 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.480 long is that you know division win? Or A lot 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.160 of people at the beginning of the season was saying 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.400 that the a f C West could get three teams 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.600 in the playoffs, and the Broncos were one of them 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.239 at that point. Do you still feel that way? Who 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.639 do you think will win the a f C West? 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.639 That is our poll question today. I'm gonna actually do 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.239 a little bit of a reset of my playoff picks. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:26.720 I'll tell you what I said at the beginning of 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.239 the season, I'll tell you what I think now as well, 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.480 and we'll also get people set up and ready for 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.680 a week fourteen, whether it is your first playoff week 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.200 or your last week or the regular season. I got 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.520 your coverage. You know what it is. It should boy, 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.160 Dame Martinez. We're gonna help you blow up like a 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:46.040 Samsung seven. Come all right back, all right, because we're 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.880 gonna get into this with practice reports. Some very interesting 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.040 ones are in New Orleans. You know, we're gonna do 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.240 big things as we always do here on the Fantasy 0:03:54.280 --> 0:04:01.560 Sports Radio Network. Hey, I'm Frank Stanfel, and here is 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.760 Greg Sussman of the Fantasy Football Best Friends Forever. What 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.360 can you tell me about the d k MS Big 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.200 Game Challenge. All you need to do is answer four 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.560 tribute questions correctly, and you are going to the Big 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.400 Game in Minnesota on Febuary fourth. How do we get involved? 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.000 Keep listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network every day 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.040 and find out what we're playing. The showtime changes to 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.279 make sure you're always locking loading and you can be 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:20.800 into you because make sure you listen to the Fantasy 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.080 Sports Radio Network every day up until the Big Game, 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.719 because we're trying to get away tickets for you in Minnesota. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:27.800 It's a big Game Trivia Challenge sponsored by d k 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:43.040 MS only on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.599 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.719 Radio Network. It's your boy, Dame Martinez holding you down. 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:52.800 On a Wednesday, a lot of holiday parties continue to 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.360 make it happen over here at Studio thirty four. If 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.680 you want to have your holiday parton over here at 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.360 Rock and Riley Studio thirty four, let him know put 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.039 in a good word. Say yo speeds. The spitting statistician 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.640 told me I could have my holiday party over here, 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.000 and uh, you know maybe uh, I'll have a drink 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.360 with you. You know it'll be cool. All right, let's 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.040 keep it moving here. Wednesday, as I always tell you, 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.280 it's a big day for practice reports. Uh it's the baseline, 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.760 to be quite honest. Sometimes you get people that are 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.039 missing practice but they're just managing their reps. But it 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:23.400 does set the baseline to see if they go from 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.000 not practicing to a limited practice or from limited to 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.040 full or two d n P. So this starts the trend. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:30.839 So let me give it to you guys right now. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.359 Tyrod Taylor did not practice with that knee injury. Remember 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.760 he was carded off last week against the Pats. I 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.640 do not expect him to go. It could be Nate 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.839 Peterman under center. What does that do for a guy 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.920 like Shady McCoy in your playoff week? Adrian Peterson did 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.680 not practice again for the Arizona Cardinals. He's still dealing 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.280 with that neck injury. Sterling Shepherd did not practice, this 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.080 time with a hamstring injury. You know, I don't know 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.680 if you guys. Remember there was an artist named Callise 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.119 and she had a song called my Neck, My Back. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.520 And that's what I think about with Sterling Shepherd right now, 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.880 because it's been his hamstring, his ankle, his migraines. If 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.640 it's not one thing, it is another with Sterling Shepherd. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.960 But he did not practice today. Joe Mixon did not 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.719 practice today. Remember you got banged up on Monday Night football. 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.320 He is still in the concussion protocol. So is zach 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.799 Ertz the tight end in Philadelphia. Let me tell you something, 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:27.080 Giovanni Bernard great plug in play filling low price on DFS. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:28.479 You may hear that name when I give out my 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:32.560 DFS lineup on Friday. And as it relates to zach Ertz, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.800 if he doesn't go this week. Trey Burton is a 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.560 guy that they like in Philadelphia and in limited action 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.640 has performed relatively well. So if you are stuck, maybe 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.919 you're not as stuck. I did, however, give you some 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.320 waiver wire ads on yesterday's show, and I told you 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.200 I like Steven Anderson on the Houston Texans. If you 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.359 need a tight end filling, let's say you have Zach Ertz. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.760 Let's say you have Rob Gronkowski in your playoffs this week. 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.480 And here's this is very interesting. Mark Ingram did not 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.120 practice again for the second day in a row. The 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.520 New Orleans Saints kick off Week fourteen on Thursday Night 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:09.120 Football tomorrow. Mark Ingram practiced in a limited basis on Monday, 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:13.400 then did not practice yesterday and today. With that toe injury, 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.440 that could be very interesting. And wow, if you liked 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:20.840 Alvin Kamara before, imagine what he could be now without 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:25.240 mark Ingram potentially suiting up for the Saints. Calvin Benjamin 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.760 practiced on a limited basis. He's coming back from that 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.800 knee injury. This is his first practice in three weeks, 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.800 so maybe he will get out there. Doug Martin returned 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:37.400 to practice as well. Remember he was in the concussion protocol. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.360 He was on a limited basis. But here's the thing 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.320 that really muddies the waters there in Tampa Bay. You know, 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.520 we talked about pop Quiz Jocquiz Rodgers. Then we heard 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.240 that Peyton Barb would start and he looked good, right, 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.240 So he was a big ad on waiver wires. But 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.600 I told you guys yesterday, I like Peyton Barber only 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.960 if Doug Martin was not back. Now you add Doug 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.560 Martin to the mix, and you have a three headed committee. 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:04.240 Charles sims In passing downs as well. I fade the 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.640 Tampa Bay running back situation at this point. And Matthew 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.920 Stafford for the Lions. They say his hand is not broken, 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.440 it's just swelling right now. But quote unquote, he is 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:17.000 not out of the woods. Jest yet. Jake Ruddick their backup. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:22.920 Who Jake Ruddick, their backup? Who Jake Ruddick their backup 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:26.720 is getting snaps in practice? His hand is not broken, Stafford, 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.400 But they're saying, with the swelling and all that it's 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.800 likely a grip issue and if he can't grip the ball, 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.480 he won't be able to throw the ball. Also, practicing. 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.920 Get this for the first time in a while, Chris 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.240 Hogan is practicing. Remember he's had that shoulder injury for 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.679 a while. I think this is great timing for Hogan owners, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.280 because maybe he's coming back in a week where there 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.360 is no Rob Gronkowski. I actually believe this helps out 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.560 a guy like Danny Ammon Dola. I actually believe. I 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:56.600 love what this does for Rex birkehead All right, check 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.400 this out. I got this whole question up, which six 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.679 and six team wins the a f C West right now? 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.160 And we have like over two hundred people voting so far. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.000 I just had enough for about an hour, so over 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:11.640 two thirty people voting. It is a runaway right now. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:18.360 Seventy of you think that the Los Angeles Chargers are 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.160 going to win the a f C West. I know 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.560 that makes a couple of people happy out there in 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.600 Los Angeles. And we're gonna probably talk to my guy, 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.040 Nick Levirani, who we've had on the show a few times. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.320 He's my West Coast corresponding. We talked about a couple 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.680 of times. I want to ask him a couple of things. One, 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:37.040 you know, the l A Rams, the l A Chargers 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.480 all viable for the playoffs. And also the Rams had 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.920 to cancel practice today. Remember now, there are all those 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:47.320 wildfires out there in California. Out there in UH where 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:51.240 they're practicing, it's they're saying it's raining ash. Remember earlier 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.920 in the year the Raiders had some practice concerns with 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.120 the air quality out there as well. So we're gonna 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.360 ask him, you know, if he's wearing a mask out there, 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.400 We're gonna bring him in probably tomorrow to talk a 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.920 little Chargers, a little Rams, and a little air quality 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.560 out there in California. A lot of people out there 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.360 and right now like the Los Angeles Chargers to win 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.839 the a f C West. Now, I want to tell 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.320 you I'm gonna do a little bit of a playoff 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.160 reset here at the beginning of the season. Let me 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.000 tell you something my best calls. As you know, because 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.079 I've been talking about it all season long, I had 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.480 the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game. I had 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.679 them winning the NFC East. Before the season started, everybody 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.040 was talking about Dallas. Everybody was talking about the New 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:33.160 York Giants. I, on the other hand, was telling you 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.760 I really, as a sleeper pick, loved the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.800 That was definitely something I had, right. You know who 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.720 I originally had as my Super Bowl champion coming out 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.040 of the a f C. I had the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.320 A lot of people thought, oh, Ben doesn't have it anymore. 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.920 After that game against Jacksonville, I was like, no, no, no, 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.720 look at their schedule. They're playing all their road games 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.640 and starts to open up. I like the Pittsburgh Steelers, 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:56.280 and I like the Pittsburgh Steels at the beginning of 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.959 the season to be in the Super Bowl. Not bad, 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.520 not bad. I also in the a f C West, 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.560 I told you I had the Raiders, then the Chargers, 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.800 then the Chiefs, than the Broncos. Not bad, not bad. 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.000 I also was dramatically fading, you know, the Dallas Cowboys. 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.319 I faded the Denver Broncos. I faded the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.840 I faded all of those theme teams. I don't think 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.400 will be sniffing the playoffs, but let's reset it right now. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.880 In the NFC, I think you gotta go Minnesota, you 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.800 gotta go Philadelphia. I love New Orleans what they're doing. 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.520 I told you this evolution I've been talking about with 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.920 this team This is not Drew Brees as a volume thrower. 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.360 This is now a team that is relying on their 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.920 run game and an improving defense. They're relying on their 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:42.760 run game to sustain drives and improving defense. I think 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.920 that makes them much tougher in the playoffs. And then 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.360 I I like the Rams. I think the Rams come 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.640 out of the West right now. I like what they're doing. 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.280 I like with McVeigh, I like the development of golf, 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.840 and I like that that Wade Phillips defense is getting 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.599 better and better. Okay, here's who I think of the 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.000 wild cards. I like the Carolina Panthers as a wild card. 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.400 And to be honest, for me, it came down to 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:08.120 Seattle or Atlanta, and I flip flop on that all 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:11.720 the time. I actually think Seattle is gonna get in 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.240 there by the skin of their chinny chin chin, just 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:17.439 because Atlanta has a tougher schedule going forward. So the 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.200 Super Bowl hangover could continue for the Super Bowl loser, 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.800 maybe not making the playoffs again. No Atlanta, no Detroit, 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.440 no Dallas for me. So those are the seeds and 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.520 in the NFC Championship Game. Now, I'll still keep my 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.440 Philadelphia Eagles who have been on all season long. But 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.480 you know who I think beats them in the NFC 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:40.760 Championship game right now? Stand up, get Kronk. I think 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:42.959 it's the New Orleans Saints. I listen, when you look 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.920 at all these other teams, Minnesota, New Orleans, Philly, the Rams, 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.640 right my other division winners, they don't have quarterbacks like 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.960 Drew Brees. I think when the going gets tough in 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.240 the playoffs, as it will in January, give me Drew 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.680 Brees up against all these other quarterbacks, the Keenoms, you know, 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:03.000 and the goths of the world. So I have the 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:08.000 New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl beating the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.720 On the a f C side, Listen, you got New England, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.480 you got Pittsburgh, right, I I telling you I think 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.720 Oakland gets in in the a f C West. I 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.880 think they um have the best matchups and are going 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.880 the right way right now. And I like Jacksonville to 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.160 win the a f C South. Give me the Chargers though, 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.360 making the playoffs, and I think it's either the Ravens 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.000 or the Tennessee Titans that get that last spot. Okay, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.440 So I think the Chiefs fall out, and I think 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:35.560 you know, either Ravens or the Chargers don't make it. 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.160 I'm gonna put my a f C Championship game. I'm 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:43.079 gonna put the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Jacksonville Jaguars. I 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.559 think the Jaguars see the Patriots and I think they 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.880 get pressure on Tom Brady and he throws a little 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.960 tissy fit in his ugs with his avocados. That's what 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.520 knocks out the Pats. And then I think in a 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.880 revenge game, the Steelers get the Jaguars at home and 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.480 in the Super Bowl fifty two. Give me. This was 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.520 my pick at the beginning of the year. I'm gonna 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.960 keep it going right now, I now have the Pittsburgh 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:11.520 Steelers over the New Orleans Saints as my modified Super 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.000 Bowl pick. And here's what I think. I'm just keep 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.640 completing the narrative, right. I think Ben then rides out 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.520 and retires. And here's the kicker of it all. I 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.840 think that after a Super Bowl championship with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.440 I think Levy on Bell, if he sees Big Ben 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:32.760 Roethlisberger walking away, I think Levy on Bell tests himself 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.560 on the open market because he doesn't want to be 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.560 part of a rebuild in Pittsburgh. If Big Ben walks away, 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:43.320 and wow, if Levian Bell could potentially be in the 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.200 open market, you will see him making a lot more 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.480 than he was hoping to get from Pittsburgh than he 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.000 was hoping to get as a franchise tag. Then he 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.480 was gonna get any other way. So that's the way 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.520 I have it breaking down. As always, you can hold 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.680 me accountable right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.920 fan to See Sports Radio Network. Alright, so check it 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.240 out when we come back. Here's what we're gonna do. 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.880 We're going to uh go into Week fourteen some of 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.960 the spotlight games. I'm gonna give you some diamonds and 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.320 full gazes, and we're gonna handle some ethical questions about 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:17.280 fantasy football that you may be seeing or contemplating in 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.840 your leagues right now towards the end of the season. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.680 It's your boy, Dave Martinez Speeds the spitting statistician, and 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.280 you're listening live right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:32.440 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Hunter, Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.200 These three NFL softmores are not due to slump. They're 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.800 due to break out, just like the Fantasy Sports Radio 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:45.040 Network in year two, things are only getting better. Make 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.960 sure listen live and tell o the app f and 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.040 t s y or Radio. It's free and it's twenty 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:55.400 four seven, the best Fantasy sports on ten. He's on 0:15:55.440 --> 0:16:12.760 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. My neck, my back, you 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.760 know what it is. That's my man, the manimal Brecker Pavona. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.560 They don't call him the best producer in the game 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.920 for nothing, blowing up like a Samsung seven. But I'll 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:23.960 tell you the troll is gonna troll out there. I 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.560 got hit up right away. Apparently that was not Callise. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.280 Callise brought her you know her milkshake, brought all the 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.920 boys to the yards. Apparently that was Kia. I got 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:37.240 my k female artists mixed up from about ten years ago. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.680 I apologize. But Sterling Shepherd, there's always something going on 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.880 with him. His neck, his back. We shall see. All right, 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.200 check this out. Here's what we're gonna do. I wanna, 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.560 you know, hop into some of the Spotlight games for 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.200 week fourteen, give you my diamonds in the rough and 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:55.440 my fantasy gazies. What we're also gonna do right now, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.240 We're gonna open up the phone lines. Okay, so the 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.680 number of call is eight four four eight four three 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.160 six eight seven nine. Let's get it popping with the 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.560 hashtag stats over beats and my cipher, you know, all 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.880 of the cipher, because we come together, we help each 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:09.840 other out, and we help you win your leagues and 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.240 win that cash. One of the games that I am 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:16.800 very interested in on Sunday as the Vikings in Carolina 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.080 to take on the Panthers. The Panthers are two and 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:25.399 a half point home underdogs, and if you listen to 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.600 the show, you know the way I feel about home underdog. 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.120 So I bring this up because, yes, listen, I went 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.399 against my own trend last week. You know, I was 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.560 telling people in picking Washington against the home dog Dallas. 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:41.359 Dallas did its thing. I was telling people about Pittsburgh 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.600 on Monday night football against the home dog Cincinnati. Pittsburgh 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.520 won the game, but they did not cover the five 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:48.840 or five and a half point spread. The home dog 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:53.919 trend continues to roam and we have another example here. Um. 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.359 First of all, it looks like Greg Olsen is going 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.760 to be back. It's at home, they're playing on grass. 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:03.280 Remember Olsen was held out for that game on turf 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.720 last week. So I think you could fire up Greg Olsen. 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.280 Remember somehow of Greg Olson still available in your league, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.200 and you have Zach Ertz or you have Rob Gronkowski, 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:13.320 that could be a very viable option. Now here's the thing. 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:19.399 Minnesota was incredibly impressive in their win last week on 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.760 the road against Atlanta. But check this out. Now, now 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.359 they go to Carolina. This is going to be the 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:31.119 Vikings third road game in a row. Remember on Thanksgiving 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.040 I believe they were at Detroit in the you know, 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:38.080 traditional game, right, so that's one. Then last week they 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.040 were at Atlanta. They got that win and that was 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.199 a great you know, that was a great game. You know, 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:48.119 they got that win. But then um, they also now 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.560 are in Carolina. That is three games in a row. 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.919 There has to be some level of fatigue for the 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:58.880 Minnesota Vikings, Okay, and I'm kind of betting on that, 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.120 if you want to know the truth, I do not. 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:06.560 I think this could be the week that case Keenum 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.480 throws lays the egg. This could be the week. Remember 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.399 the Carolina Panthers are a good defense, all right, they 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.080 are a good defense, and I think this could be 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.840 the one three game three road games in a row 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.919 a good defense. This could be where case Keenum drops 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:23.680 the egg. I know a lot of people are talking 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.639 about they love case Keenum and but I'm finding other options. 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:29.640 There was a caller yesterday's show that was asking about 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:33.040 case Keenum or Jimmy Garoppolo. I like Jimmy Garoppolo better 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.280 this week. Okay, I think case Keenum. I'm a little 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.160 bit worried about case Keenum this week. Like I said, 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.919 third road game in a row and they have a 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.440 much better defense. My diamond in this game, though, is 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.680 Christian McCaffrey. Boyd. I love Christian McCaffrey in this game. 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:50.920 You know about the Minnesota Vikings secondary right, you know 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:54.879 about Xavier Bumpy Roads Roads Closed. You know about Terrence 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.159 Newhom in The Ageless Wonder. I think they have the 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:00.119 ability to shut down a receiver like Devon fund just. 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.640 I think Christian McCaffrey is going to be the alternative 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:06.159 out of the backfield. And here's the other thing. The 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:08.720 Vikings are also good against the run. So I don't 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.120 think Jonathan Stewart really as the plotter. I don't think 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.719 he does much in this game. I think this is 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:18.320 Cam and I think this is Christian McCaffrey. Christian McCaffrey, 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:34.240 Bovona is my diamond and the Roughs. Yeah, in the 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:36.840 same vein. You know. Also the Minnesota defense kind of 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:38.760 plays it the same way. So I, once again, and 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:42.240 I've said this before, I like Jack McKinnon over Latavius Murray. 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:44.399 I've been saying that for weeks and it came true 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:47.040 last week. I hope you stick with it, my fool 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:49.120 gay Zey for this game. I'm telling you right now, 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.720 I said it before. It's Devin Funchius. Listen, Xavier Rhodes 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.719 has locked up Julio Jones. You know, he's locked up 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:59.159 much better wide receivers than Devn Funches. If you have 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:01.320 Funchies and you're gonna call me with an option of 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.400 this guy or Devon Funcious, I am fading Devon Funcious 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:08.760 against Xavier Bumpy Roads. In my opinion, Devon Funcius this 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:17.639 week is a fantasy fool gazy forgot about him wrong. 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:24.199 What means phony, that's right. I think Devin Funcius will 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:27.080 wind up being fool gaze. That means a phony. And 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.719