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Speaker 1: Wow. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to a special edition of the NFL Fantasy Football

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Speaker 1: Show presented by Draft Kings. It's made your man, MG.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. Still masking and socially distancing when and where necessary.

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Speaker 1: And we're with you on a Thursday, which is not

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Speaker 1: normally our bag. We're usually Monday, Wednesday Friday show. But

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Speaker 1: tomorrow is Christmas. So first all, Merry Christmas to uh

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Speaker 1: to everybody out there. But we will be taking a

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Speaker 1: break on Friday NFL game, so we're gonna sit and

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Speaker 1: watch those games along with the rest of you. So

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Speaker 1: we we get you all of your Championship Week information

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Speaker 1: to you a day early college our early holiday gift

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Speaker 1: to all of you out there. So I'll be joined

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Speaker 1: by Michael f Florio. In just a little bit, we

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Speaker 1: will talk about some of the big questions for the Friday,

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Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday games, will have our best value picks

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Speaker 1: for those of you playing daily fantasy. Of course, we

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Speaker 1: will open a pack of Panini trading cars as well

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Speaker 1: and talk about who we find inside of those. We

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Speaker 1: have plenty to do and more on this show today,

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Speaker 1: and so as we always are on a Friday, but

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Speaker 1: now on a Thursday, we are joined by our pal,

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Speaker 1: Michael f. Florio, And I know we we always talk

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Speaker 1: about the great things we accomplished in fantasy, but I

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Speaker 1: think at some point we have to sort of acknowledge

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Speaker 1: our screw ups too. And you and I are playing

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Speaker 1: against each other, uh in in the toilet Bowl, uh

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Speaker 1: In in a pros versus Joe's Dynasty League. I don't

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Speaker 1: know about your team. My team went south when I

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Speaker 1: had three major injuries to say, Kwon Courtland Sutton and

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Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin, and then Russell Wilson fell apart and the

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Speaker 1: down the stretch. So it's just a bad year all

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Speaker 1: around with a good team. Uh That was my excuse.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what what happened with pter squad this year.

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Speaker 1: Um My squad kind of went downhill when I did

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Speaker 1: way too many drafts in Quarantine and that was one

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Speaker 1: of them. I I did a lot because how can

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Speaker 1: on and stuff and it just seems awesome. And then

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Speaker 1: come this season, I was like, I have so many

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Speaker 1: teams to manage here. That team got off to a

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Speaker 1: slow start, so uh, I kind of paid a little

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Speaker 1: bit more attention to leagues. I was doing better then,

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Speaker 1: but now I'm in the toilet bowls, so that's what

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Speaker 1: I get, right, So just it just goes to show

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Speaker 1: for all of you out there, even those who do

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Speaker 1: some things that go sideways. It it happens to the

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Speaker 1: best of us. So I guess best of luck to

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Speaker 1: us in this game. For whatever it's worth. I would

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Speaker 1: say I feel better about this team going forward as

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Speaker 1: long as everybody stays healthy next year. So all right,

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Speaker 1: let's turn and look at some fantasy headlines. Really just

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Speaker 1: other things to get you on this show, but certainly

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Speaker 1: an important one for Championship week. Julio Jones, who's missed

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Speaker 1: a nagging injury. He is reportedly a game time decision

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Speaker 1: we've seen this before with Julio, or or he's sitting

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Speaker 1: If he plays, do you start him this week? Uh?

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Speaker 1: So all right, let's turn our attention to some of

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Speaker 1: the weekend games. There are four games before Sunday, starting

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Speaker 1: Amazon Prime Video. So uh, plenty of football for you

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Speaker 1: even before we get to Sunday. So let's start though

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Speaker 1: with our big questions for Week sixteen, Part one. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and let's look at this Vikings Saints game, which will

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Speaker 1: last few weeks. Drew Brees coming back certainly helped this

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Speaker 1: expect to see maximum Chimera for our fantasy lineups on Friday.

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Speaker 1: I think so, like I think him, it's a good matchup.

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Speaker 1: But even more than that, it's Drew Brees is back

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees this year, Marcus, he's averaging twenty six and

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Speaker 1: Godwin in the league last week, Marcus. And besides that

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Speaker 1: down with this ship, right Like I I was big

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Speaker 1: don't know if I can advocate that, but it's something

429
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Speaker 1: that I've I've been going back and forth on all week.

430
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Speaker 1: So one of the leagues where I do have Russ,

431
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,240
Speaker 1: I am playing in the third place game this week,

432
00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,040
Speaker 1: just just lost out for the championships. I'm playing in

433
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Speaker 1: the third place game and I have Russ. I picked

434
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:50,240
Speaker 1: up Rubisky, and I am really sweating, like what do

435
00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,359
Speaker 1: I do here? Do I go with Mitch Drobinsky against

436
00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,919
Speaker 1: the Jaguars versus Russell Wilson, who, for the most part

437
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,439
Speaker 1: is carried my team all year? I mean, as I

438
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Speaker 1: sit here and talk to you in this very moment,

439
00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,800
Speaker 1: I'm actually leaning towards starting Trubisky against Jacksonville. So I

440
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 1: don't think it's I certainly don't think it's crazy for

441
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,440
Speaker 1: you to jump through Whiskey over Wilson in your rankings.

442
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 1: I don't think it's necessarily crazy, especially with the Vikings

443
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,240
Speaker 1: on tap to move Drew Brees up and even to

444
00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,720
Speaker 1: against the Raiders, especially after two I had a pretty

445
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,879
Speaker 1: good game against Belichick and the Patriots last week, scoring

446
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 1: a couple of rushing touchdowns. I don't think either of

447
00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,440
Speaker 1: those or any of those are are necessarily crazy ideas,

448
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,119
Speaker 1: but I will tell you that personally, I am struggling

449
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 1: with this Wilson versus Trubisky dilemma, and like I said,

450
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,080
Speaker 1: right now, it might be Mitch getting the call in

451
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,000
Speaker 1: my lineup this week. That's I never thought I'd be

452
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 1: saying those words, but that's where we are. I took

453
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,160
Speaker 1: some some heat, I guess on Twitter you could say

454
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Speaker 1: this week, because I had Tyler Lockett as a player,

455
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: you can drop. And I don't think it's that like

456
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 1: out there, the whole Seattle offense has been getting dragged

457
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,360
Speaker 1: down the last few games. Like I lost any where.

458
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,880
Speaker 1: I was the best team all year by single digits,

459
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,680
Speaker 1: and I had Chris Carson and Tyler Lockett scoring single

460
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,840
Speaker 1: digits for me last week, and like that was just

461
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,679
Speaker 1: not expected in a really in a better matchup than this.

462
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,199
Speaker 1: The Rams are the hardest match up to quarterbacks, and

463
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: they've really had a lot of success against Russell Wilson

464
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: in his career. Of Tyler Lockett's scoring has come in

465
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Speaker 1: two games he had a thirty seven point game. He

466
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Speaker 1: had a fifty three point game after that. He has

467
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Speaker 1: been pretty pedestrian. Um. You know, so I I I

468
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: don't really have a problem with that. I know that again.

469
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Speaker 1: I always talk about muscle memory, right, and muscle memory

470
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Speaker 1: says it's Tyler Lockett, right, the ceiling is high, like

471
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,639
Speaker 1: why would you drop him? But there's really been nothing

472
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Speaker 1: outside of those two games, uh, that make you believe

473
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Speaker 1: that that he is a lock to golay and put

474
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Speaker 1: up a big fantasy total for you, which, by the way,

475
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 1: off track here, where are we drafting Tyler Lockett next year?

476
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,160
Speaker 1: Because because we know where the ceiling is? But because

477
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Speaker 1: I don't want to ride the roller coaster. I mean,

478
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Speaker 1: if let's say he's on the board in the fourth round,

479
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Speaker 1: are you pulling the trigger on that? Probably not. No,

480
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 1: I am prob and I'm someone who the last like

481
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 1: I had Tyler Lockett ranked very highly the last two

482
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Speaker 1: years because I I just thought that him and Rusts

483
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: were the most efficient combo in the league. But now

484
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: with DK there, that is just like DK is the

485
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: top five wide receiver, And it feels like any time

486
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 1: at all that Russell Wilson gets any type of pressure,

487
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 1: like his eyes just gravitate towards d K and he

488
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,640
Speaker 1: just like throws it up. And I feel like Lockett

489
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 1: is kind of what he is this year, like a

490
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: little bit boom or bust, And I'm probably gonna have

491
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Speaker 1: him as a wide receiver three ranks next season. Yeah.

492
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Speaker 1: I just feel like in the fourth round, they're gonna

493
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Speaker 1: be a lot of guys out there that you're gonna

494
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 1: feel a lot more confident in on a week tweet

495
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: basis rather than the peaks and valleys for for Tyler Lockett. Uh.

496
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Speaker 1: We talked about Julio Jones in the first segment of

497
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Speaker 1: the show, and you referenced the Keenan Allen situation from

498
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Speaker 1: last week. Um, that has been I think a sore

499
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 1: spot in Fantasy Twitter because I know a lot of

500
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: people were tweeting angrily. Um, which side note, Uh, stop tweeting,

501
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: Stop tweeting angry things at play. It's just just don't

502
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: I know. It just feels like a lot more players

503
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: are starting to snap back, which means that basically they're

504
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: they're tired of taking abuse from people over their fake

505
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 1: football teams. Um. You know, and when I tweeted the

506
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 1: same I got some of that, you know, definitely on

507
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 1: a smaller scale, but I definitely heard from a lot

508
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 1: of people who told me I was full of crap.

509
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: Um back at you. So anyway, that brings us back

510
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Speaker 1: to Keenan Allen. Last week, you know, went out and said,

511
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,040
Speaker 1: don't sit me. Obviously did not have a very good

512
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Speaker 1: game at all. It looked like he sort of aggravated

513
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: the injury again. Um but this week, uh, you know,

514
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 1: it looks like a pretty good matchup on paper against

515
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Speaker 1: the Broncos. It's not bad. Are we back on the

516
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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen train? Are we okay with him in Week sixteen? Yes,

517
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Speaker 1: for the most part, unless you have, like I have

518
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,160
Speaker 1: him as my wide receiver thirteen this week because I'm

519
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 1: practicing a little bit of caution after what happened last week. Um,

520
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: but unless you have you know, two or three, depending

521
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Speaker 1: on how many wide receivers you have to start of

522
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Speaker 1: the top tw elvol high receivers, then yes, I would

523
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Speaker 1: be playing Keenan Allen. Um. Last week was the first

524
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Speaker 1: week all year. I was pretty happy to not have

525
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Speaker 1: a whole lot of Keenan Allen because I was kicking

526
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Speaker 1: myself all year for avoiding him because what I thought

527
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor effects would be on him. But yeah, and

528
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: a good matchup against Denver. I know Denver on paper

529
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 1: isn't like the greatest matchup, but they can be had

530
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Speaker 1: like we saw last week with with Stefon Diggs and

531
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen just went out and did against his defense.

532
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Speaker 1: And I think Herbert and Keenan Allen are capable of

533
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Speaker 1: putting up not maybe not you know, close to forty

534
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 1: points and and twenty five points, but could they each

535
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Speaker 1: have twenty five points or something like that or twenty points? Yes,

536
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,199
Speaker 1: I think they both can in this game. So I

537
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Speaker 1: would go with Keenan Allen. If I was able to

538
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Speaker 1: survive the week fifteen to backle I I would agree.

539
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 1: I think you know, for me, bygones are bygones. And

540
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: if I made it this far, um look, chances are

541
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Speaker 1: if you have Keenan Allen, you you wouldn't have gotten

542
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 1: this far in the first place without Keenan Allen because

543
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Speaker 1: of what he has done this year. So I'm okay

544
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Speaker 1: with putting him back in my line up. Hopefully the

545
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: week since we last saw him on a field has

546
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: has helped things out. He's a little bit healthier and

547
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: ready to go, and I think he's back to he'll

548
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: be back to being the guy that has been so

549
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: great all season long, So I don't have any hesitation

550
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,679
Speaker 1: of putting him in my lineup now. A group of

551
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: guys that I do have some hesitations about are the

552
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Um the last three weeks. Obviously they are.

553
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: They have lost three in a row after starting eleven

554
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 1: and oh and the offense has been pretty miserable. The

555
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,199
Speaker 1: passing games specifically has been pretty miserable. I'm starting to

556
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: hear the W word with beIN Roethlisberger washed. Um. It

557
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,399
Speaker 1: just hasn't been great and the receivers have certainly taken

558
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,440
Speaker 1: a hit because of it. Um, Are there any Steelers?

559
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,399
Speaker 1: I mean mentioned the fact that the running game, you know,

560
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,960
Speaker 1: has been fairly inconsistent. I know Benny Snell had a

561
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: decent game last week, but it's been pretty inconsistent. Are

562
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: there any Steelers did you feel confident in starting this week?

563
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: And that's about it? And I know a couple of

564
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: weeks ago he was benched with the jobs He's still

565
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: finished with seven targets in that game, which if I'm

566
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 1: remembering correctly, tied for the team lead. Uh, he is

567
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: just Big Ben's favorite target right now. And I think

568
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: part of it, Like there's so much I'm sure you've

569
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: seen it, Marcus, there's a whole bunch of stuff going

570
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: around Fantasy Twitter, like Deontay Johnson really isn't this good?

571
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 1: And Juju is better and James Washington and Clay Pool

572
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 1: are better, I don't care. And Big Ben's elbow is

573
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: preventing him from being able to throw down field and

574
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 1: it's it's hurting Chase, Claypool and Juju, but it's helping

575
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson. Then Deontay Johnson is the one that I'm

576
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: most interested in for fantasy because I don't care about

577
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 1: real life talent or who you think is the most talented.

578
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: I care about fantasy production. And that is what Deonce

579
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 1: Johnson is giving us each week, and that that's it.

580
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: Like there's no one else. And I know we said

581
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: the W word. I very much don't think Ben is

582
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 1: that W word. I don't think he can throw down

583
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: field anymore. I'm hoping that, you know, next year they

584
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 1: bring in someone like James Winston, like that would be

585
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 1: a lot of fun with all of these pieces but yeah,

586
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,879
Speaker 1: it's the Yancey and that's about it for me. With

587
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: this Pittsburgh offense right now, I think there's an interesting

588
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:10,479
Speaker 1: offseason discussion to be had about real life talent versus

589
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 1: fantasy production, because I do think that that's an interesting,

590
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 1: interesting dynamic, right and because people are going around and

591
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 1: around on you know, is Deonte Johnson hashtag good and

592
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: people are trying to pull out stats. You know. Ian

593
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,280
Speaker 1: Hartett's who we had on the show recently. It was

594
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,479
Speaker 1: he tweeted that, you know, He's like, I can't find

595
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 1: any stats to actually prove that Deonte Johnson is good.

596
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 1: But I watch him and all the things he does

597
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: tells me that he's good. So maybe we just you know,

598
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: throw out the stats and we don't worry about that.

599
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: And I think that's that's what has people going back

600
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: to to Deonte, is that, um, the the production when

601
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: everything is right has been there. Uh. And maybe I

602
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: sort of you know, look, I I admit to sometimes

603
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: being a homer and maybe, but maybe some of it

604
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: is I look at Juju and I see he's really talented. Uh.

605
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: And also, you know, we we went to school on

606
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: the same camp. Is not at the same time. But

607
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: you know, and and that's what kind of makes me

608
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 1: not completely want to give up on him. Um, but

609
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: it has been a slog the last few weeks. If

610
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: you have been starting really any of your Steelers, um

611
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: and so I I would be hard pressed to throw

612
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: Juju in a lineup, even Chase Claypool at this point,

613
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: because I mean, you want to talk about wide variants

614
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: between his ceiling and his floor. That has been the

615
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 1: case there. And so if you're starting Claypool, you're hoping

616
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: he scores a touchdown because that that really is it.

617
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: And it's interesting to see what will happen with their

618
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: offense next year. UM. I said. I said in the

619
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: offseason that Ben Roethlisberger being healthy was going to be

620
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: the key to Juju being revived. And I don't know

621
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Speaker 1: if it's that Ben is not completely healthy, um. If

622
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: if it is that he's just hit the end of

623
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: the line here, I don't know. But it hasn't worked

624
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: out the way I thought it would be. And I'm

625
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see what the Steelers decided to do

626
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: in the offseason at the quarterback spot. UM. The US, Yeah,

627
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,479
Speaker 1: they have a young, talented pieces, but there's only so

628
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: long you can kind of watch this team sort of

629
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: flow flail around without you know, making some some serious

630
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: moves and trying to get them back to being a

631
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: super Bowl caliber team. Who who would have thought Philip

632
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 1: Rivers would be the last QB from that class standing? Right?

633
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: That's wild. I feels just plugging away there in Indianapolis

634
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: the right. I mean, he's he's not playing badly, he's

635
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: not spectacular, but he's not killing the Colts either, So

636
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: that's it's wild man. Life comes at you fast. Um,

637
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: last one here. So after what we saw with the

638
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: Browns against the Giants, uh, and after what we saw

639
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: more specifically for me, with the Jets against the Rams

640
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: getting their first win of the season. Um, does that

641
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Speaker 1: make you nervous about streaming any Browns? We've been talking

642
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Speaker 1: about this for a week, Like stream your Browns are

643
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: playing the Jets in Week sixteen, This is like, you know,

644
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: this is a cheap code to a championship. And then

645
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: the Jets rose up and smack the Rams in Los Angeles? Like,

646
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: does any of us you saw last week make you

647
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: worry about this week? Maybe a tad because it is

648
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: a new defensive coordinator there for the Jets. So maybe

649
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: that last week was the start of something new. But

650
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: I think last week has more to do with Jared

651
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: Goff in the Rams offense than it does with the

652
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: Jets defense. Like I can't after one game come out

653
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: and and say like, oh, well, this Jets defense, they're

654
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: gonna shut everyone down, especially because like Golf struggled, but

655
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 1: like can Makers, I know, he got hurt and he

656
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: didn't really play well, but like Robert Woods put up

657
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: some fantasy points as well. So I you'll see in

658
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: the next block that I'm still gonna be streaming some Browns,

659
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: especially because when it comes to the giant side of things,

660
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: like the Giants, I don't think we we've spoken about

661
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 1: it on this show before, Marcus. I don't think they

662
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: get enough credit. Like they're top five defense against the

663
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: past right now, at least in terms of fantasy points.

664
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Speaker 1: A lot of quarterbacks, and like I think people still

665
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: view them as almost a good match up because they're

666
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: not the best team, but their defense is pretty legit. Yeah,

667
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Speaker 1: I have really started, you know, going away from the

668
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: Giants defense the last few weeks because the matchup has

669
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: not been as easy as we wanted it to be,

670
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: Like we thought it was early in the season, so

671
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Speaker 1: that that's when I'm fading, and I'm with you. I'm

672
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: not gonna say the Jets are gonna let down, like

673
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Speaker 1: you know, because the other they won one game, yes,

674
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: and I know everybody, especially New York Jets fans, were

675
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: wringing their hands about losing the number one pick or

676
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:26,719
Speaker 1: what have you. Look, players don't tank, coaches don't tank. Now,

677
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: front offices might make it difficult for YouTube win football games,

678
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: but coaches and players want to go out there and win.

679
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Speaker 1: So I'm not saying that the Jets are gonna have

680
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: a letdown, but I do think that they sort of

681
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: caught lightning in a bottle last week, and I don't

682
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: know if they can replicate that performance. So I would

683
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: still feel okay, uh you know about streaming the Browns defense.

684
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: Certainly if I'm if I'm in a two QB league

685
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,239
Speaker 1: playing Baker Mayfield this week, uh you know, maybe even

686
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: looking at say Jarvis Landry or Richard Higgins, I still

687
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: feel okay about that. Nick Chubb, you're starting, I think

688
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: in any circumstance, I don't I don't really care what

689
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: it is you're starting. Nick Chubbs so uh, you know,

690
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: last week was interesting. I think it threw a little

691
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Speaker 1: bit of a wrinkle maybe into the conversation. But I

692
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: still am okay with going with the Cleveland Browns in

693
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Speaker 1: pretty much any situation this week against the Jets as

694
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Speaker 1: a as as a Bills fan that grew up in

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Speaker 1: New York during the Rex Ryan era, I guess you

696
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: can call it. I rejoiced in the Jets win quite

697
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: a lot last week. I kind of I could think,

698
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: so uh, And look, I go back to every time

699
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: I say this song, I say it on Twitter now

700
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 1: just to rile people up. But you know what, if

701
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Speaker 1: we would just abolish the draft, you wouldn't have to

702
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: fret over your team winning games, right if we just

703
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: made it so then you know, college players went into

704
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: a free agent pool when the season is over one.

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Speaker 1: I think it'd be a lot more interesting to talk

706
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Speaker 1: about because we could, you know, the same way we

707
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 1: get hyped up over free agency for veteran players, we

708
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: could do that about like, hey, who's got the best

709
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: offer for Trevor Lawrence? Where are you gonna go? Um?

710
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: I think it'd be fun and also, like you could

711
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: actually just cheer for your team to win and you

712
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't have to worry about, you know, freaking out because

713
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: the Jets uh screwed up and got a victory in

714
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Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Um, but you know whatever, that's uh, that's

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Speaker 1: future Marcus thinking. So we'll talk about it's sign for

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Speaker 1: best Value presented by Draft Kings, where every week we

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Speaker 1: help you beat the most bang for your fantasy buck.

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Speaker 1: And we're not gonna stop just because it's Week sixteen.

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Speaker 1: You know some of you are still out there playing.

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Speaker 1: So as we start at the quarterback spot, Michael left Florio,

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Speaker 1: what is the biggest value you saw this week from

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Yeah, I said it earlier. I was gonna

723
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Speaker 1: be talking up some Browns in this segment, and and

724
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: that's exactly where I'm going. At the quarterback position. Baker

725
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 1: Mayfield is sixty one, which isn't super cheap, but there

726
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: is a lot of quarterbacks that are more expensive than

727
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Speaker 1: him in this big slate. And why I like Baker

728
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: so much is since Week eleven, he is the QB four,

729
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: averaging nearly twenty five Fantasy points per game. He does

730
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Speaker 1: not have a game in that stretch with less than eighteen,

731
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: but he has two over twenty nine so as safe floor,

732
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: high ceiling. And then it's the Jets man. Since Week eight,

733
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Speaker 1: they're allowing the most fantasy points per game to quarter backs,

734
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: and they've allowed a top eight quarterback every single week,

735
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Speaker 1: but last week to Jared Goff, and I think that

736
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 1: was more about Jared Goff and the Rams. Uh So,

737
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: I'm willing to attest the Jets defense again this week

738
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Speaker 1: and go with Baker Mayfield here. I like that definitely.

739
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: I mean, we've we've been talking about this for weeks.

740
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: For this moment um, I'm gonna go with Mitchell Rubinsky

741
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: and and we talked about it earlier in the show.

742
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: How I'm having a personal dilemma of Russ Wilson versus

743
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: Mitch Trabinsky, but certainly in in daily fantasy, I would

744
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: have no qualms about throwing him in a lineup, especially

745
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,760
Speaker 1: a fifty seven hundred against the Jaguars, who, again, teams

746
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: don't or players don't tank, coaches don't tank, but the

747
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 1: Jaguars just aren't a good football team, especially defensively. You

748
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 1: can see that on the screen there. Twenty eight in

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Speaker 1: the league in uh AN allowing passing yards per game

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Speaker 1: this season. So Trabinsky has had some nice matchups, and

751
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: for the most part, he has taken advantage of them.

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00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 1: I think this is another situation where you can expect

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00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: Mitch to go out and it kind of ball for you,

754
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: especially if you're playing in a daily lineup over two

755
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,479
Speaker 1: running backs. Who's your value your value pick for the week.

756
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: I'm going with Miles Gaskin here, who was just activated

757
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: off the COVID reserve list, and because he had been inactive,

758
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: he really has just one game in the last like

759
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: five weeks or even maybe even longer, like because he

760
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: was on i R, came back, played a game, and

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00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: then landed on the COVID list and miss two. I

762
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: don't think his salary has quite caught up with him yet.

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Speaker 1: Fifty three hundred uh savan Achmed actually cost more than him,

764
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: and I'm expecting Gaskin to come in and be the

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00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: starter again, and that typically means you know, he's gonna

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00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: see over twenty touches because that was the workload for

767
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: him before he had to miss time. The only fear

768
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: I have is that Acumen has played well enough to

769
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: kind of eat into that workload. But at fifty three hundred,

770
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: in a great match up against the raiders who are

771
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: in the top five and fantasy points and touchdowns allowed

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00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: to running backs, I think he is worth taking that risk.

773
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: This is where I would take the risk on gask

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Speaker 1: And I would think if I'm playing in a more

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Speaker 1: season long league, I don't want to risk it just because,

776
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: like you said, I don't know what they're gonna do

777
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Speaker 1: with both Gaskin and Acumen. They've been a one back

778
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: offense for most of the year, but that was before

779
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: they realized what they had, uh In savan akhmt. For me,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to Leonard Fournett, who looks like

781
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: he's going to be the starter the The Buccaneers say

782
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: they don't expect Ronald Jones to play this week, and

783
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: the matchup is fantastic against the Lions. Four net, I

784
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: know you you mentioned that he knocked you out in

785
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Speaker 1: one playoff with a couple of short touchdown runs where

786
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: he just barely cracked the plane, but uh, you know

787
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: they count. So I do think he's gonna get more

788
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: opportunity this week. He's gonna get a lot of touches

789
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: back there. So this is a definite smash opportunity for

790
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: Leonard four nett In this game against Detroit. Speaking of

791
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,240
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, that's where you're looking for your value

792
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: wide receiver this week. Huh Yeah, I'm I'm rolling with

793
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones Jr. Here. And the thing I like about

794
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones is that the volume has been really consistent.

795
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Speaker 1: Like this guy in three of his last four games,

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00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: his twelve targets and at D I mean that that's

797
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: a pretty good price for a guy who is seeing

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00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 1: that sort of volume and his upside. I know it's

799
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: been kind of one week good, one week bad, but

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00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 1: he has top twenty five Fantasy points in two of

801
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: his last three games. And then the Bucks have allowed

802
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: the most fantasy points per game to wide receivers since

803
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: Week eight, including the most catches yards per game and

804
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: the second most touchdowns too wide receivers. So I think

805
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: with the volume in the matchup being really good here

806
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 1: in the salary being pretty low, that Marvin Jones is

807
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: a really good value this week. Definitely like that one.

808
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: I I bumped up a couple of Bucks in salary

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00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 1: and went with Emmanuel Sanders fifty two hundred. We talked

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00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: about Drew Brees being back in his impact on that

811
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: Saints offense. Michael Thomas still not available for New Orleans.

812
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: And even though the matchup uh actual actually is really good.

813
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: I was flashing back to last week, but the matchup

814
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 1: was really good against the Vikings, So that has a

815
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: lot to do with it this week. So I do

816
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: think you're gonna see a lot of balls headed in

817
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: the direction of Manuel Sanders Um. I think the Saints

818
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: can score a good amount of points in this game,

819
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Speaker 1: and I think Sanders is gonna have a lot to

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Speaker 1: do with with what happens for that one. All right,

821
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: back to the tight end spot that we have so

822
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 1: much fun trying to predict each and every week. Who

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Speaker 1: is your value pick there? Yeah, I'm going a little

824
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: bit lower here, but sticking with the Cleveland Browns, Austin

825
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,959
Speaker 1: Hooper is just thirty five hundred and he is coming

826
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Speaker 1: off a career a season high game, I should say,

827
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,280
Speaker 1: of fifteen point one fantasy points. He has a touchdown

828
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: in two of his last three games. But this is

829
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: all about the matchup here. The Jets have allowed the

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Speaker 1: most fantasy points, the most yards per game, and the

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Speaker 1: most touchdowns two tight ends this year. They've just been

832
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: especially the last couple of weeks. They've been really hurt

833
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: by the position. So I'm gonna ride with the match

834
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Speaker 1: up here and go with Austin Hooper. But I like

835
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Speaker 1: your pick a lot here to markets, I went more.

836
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: You know, it's not quite as low cost as Austin Hooper.

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00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: I went with Logan Thomas, and you know, he has

838
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: been quietly very good over the last few weeks. And

839
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Speaker 1: I know it's forty nine hundred, so it's not made

840
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: necessarily a bargain basement value, but uh, ten or more

841
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: fantasy points and four the last five games. Certainly it

842
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: is a passing game that, regardless of who the quarterback is,

843
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: has pretty much run through three players. It's been McLaurin,

844
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 1: it's been j D. Mckissic, and it's been Logan Thomas.

845
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 1: And on top of that, the Carolina Panthers have struggled

846
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 1: against the tight end position quite a bit this year,

847
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 1: especially over the last month or so when their secondary

848
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: has really started to have some breakdowns. So, um, I

849
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,399
Speaker 1: wouldn't mind. He's certainly at the top end tight end,

850
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: but um, you know, I definitely wouldn't mind plugging him

851
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: in there and trying to see what else I can

852
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 1: fit around him. Uh. Defense. I thought there were some

853
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: good defensive values this week. Which one did you? Did

854
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 1: you choose? I debated the one that I know you're

855
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: gonna talk about, but I went in a different direction.

856
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 1: I went with the Chargers here only because of the matchup.

857
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,919
Speaker 1: Like Denver has allowed a league high two point one

858
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: giveaways per game, and when you're streaming defenses, you look

859
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 1: for sacks and turnovers, and we know that Drew lock

860
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 1: is really turnover prone. Uh And Denver since we two

861
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 1: has also allowed a top twelve defense nine times, which

862
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: is a very high number. Uh. So I think that

863
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: you can get a couple of turnovers, get a couple

864
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: of sacks here, maybe they take one back for a touchdown.

865
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: That's what you're hoping for for the really big day.

866
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 1: But I think the Chargers has come with such a

867
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: safe floor, like I think they can safely give you

868
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: double digit points against the Bronchos this week. I tweeted

869
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: last week that Drew lots ability to turn the football

870
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 1: over is Daniel jones e in. Um, I'm gonna go

871
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 1: with the Arizona Cardinals this week against the forty niners. Uh.

872
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 1: You know, I definitely felt that way when I thought

873
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: Nick Mullins is going to be the starter, but even C. J.

874
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: Bethard back there gives me a level of confidence. The

875
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: Niners have been just turnover prone to the extreme the

876
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: last few weeks. They have given up the number one

877
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: defense in back to back weeks. Shoutout to Matt Okada

878
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 1: for for bringing that to my attention. It was Washington

879
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. Last week they gave up

880
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 1: the number one scoring defense to the Dallas Cowboys, which

881
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: that to me signals that there is a problem on

882
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,800
Speaker 1: that offense. So even though I don't necessarily expect that

883
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: at the Cardinals, maybe the number one defense this week,

884
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 1: I think they can score some points. They have really

885
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,439
Speaker 1: been getting after quarterbacks. We saw the Hassan Reddick five

886
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 1: sack game a couple of weeks ago. Even for all

887
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: the great things Jalen Hurts did against the Cardinals, they

888
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: sacked him six times. So uh, they can't get after

889
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: the quarterback a little bit. So that will definitely help.

890
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: And I liked them especially at thirty three hundred. This

891
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: week should be a really nice value play for you.

892
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: So there it is that was best values presented by

893
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: Draft Kings. It's time for best of the path presented

894
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: by Pannini Trading Cards. You know how this works. We

895
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,280
Speaker 1: break open a pack of cards. We picked three guys

896
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: that look interesting and we talked about them. So let's

897
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: get into it. The first one this week it is

898
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, who has been a fantasy favorite this year,

899
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,760
Speaker 1: certainly in the running for a Fantasy Rookie of the Year,

900
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,879
Speaker 1: maybe Waiver Wire pick up of the year. We talked

901
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: about him a week or two ago about being a

902
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: top eight quarterback next season. But drilling down two weeks sixteen,

903
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 1: where do you have him ranked? Mike Yet, top eight

904
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: is accurate because he is my QB eight this week

905
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: I have ahead of him Mahomes, Rogers, Alan Hurts, Watson, Kyler,

906
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: and Lamar. So unless you have one of those seven,

907
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,280
Speaker 1: I would be starting Justin Herbert this week. He showed

908
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: last week again bounced back, scored like twenty eight Fantasy points.

909
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: Uh And after Thursday I was like, oh, maybe I

910
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,800
Speaker 1: made the wrong decision again between him and Josh Allen. Josh,

911
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: he came through against this Denver defense that Herbert now

912
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: gets to face. I don't know if he's gonna put

913
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: up nearly forty fantasy points like Allen did, but can't

914
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: he give you, you know, twenty five again? I think so.

915
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: He had an okay game twenty one points when these

916
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: teams met back in Week eight, had a couple of

917
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,359
Speaker 1: interceptions there, But I still would feel very confident having

918
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: him in my lineup. I know I've gotten a couple

919
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:48,360
Speaker 1: of Herbert versus Hurts questions. I probably would go Jalen

920
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: Hurts over over Justin Herbert this week. But I will

921
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: tell you that is an excellent problem to have because

922
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: I don't think you can really go wrong either way. Um,

923
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: and you know, again, the sky seems to be the

924
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: limit for just than Herbert. He has exceeded I think

925
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people's expectations this year. And uh, you know,

926
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,280
Speaker 1: like I said, if you if you've got him, feel

927
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: confident starting him, put him in a lineup, stack him

928
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: with Keenan Allen if you dare, and I think you'll

929
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: you'll be feeling pretty good about yourself. Next up, Chris

930
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: Godwin and we talked about the Bucks Wide Receiver Corps

931
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 1: earlier in the show. We kind of were split on

932
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: whether it's a B or Chris Godwin. This week, but

933
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 1: spinning forward to next year. Chris Godwin one, can he

934
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: become or go back to being a wide receiver one?

935
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: And what has to happen for him to become a

936
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver one next year? I don't feel confident saying

937
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: he can um And maybe like if A B is

938
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: gone and if AB is playing next year, I would

939
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: not be surprised if he's once again back with Tampa Bay.

940
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 1: But it maybe he has to lead, maybe Gronk I,

941
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. There's just a lot of mouths to feed.

942
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,840
Speaker 1: And I was surprised Marcus when I looked into this,

943
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 1: like the Bucks this year are throwing the ball past

944
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: percentage wise at least the second in the NFL. Uh,

945
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: it's higher percentage wise than last year. They're averaging the

946
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 1: same number of past attempts per game as last season.

947
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: And my thinking when I first looked into it was like,

948
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: all right, they're probably throwing less because they have Brady

949
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: and not Winston. That is not the case. They're throwing

950
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: just as much as they did last year. It's just

951
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,920
Speaker 1: Brady hasn't been as an effective passer as Jameis Winston.

952
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: The deep ball is not there. We know Winston was

953
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: last year. One of the better deep ball throwers in football,

954
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,919
Speaker 1: and Brady has really struggled this year. And I thought, hey,

955
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: Tom Brady loved throwing to the slot and that's where

956
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin makes his money. It just hasn't been the

957
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: case this year. So I'm not sure he can get

958
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,720
Speaker 1: back to wide receiver one at least unless multiple pieces

959
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: around this offense leave. I do think Antonio Brown at

960
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 1: the very least has to not be there next year.

961
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: If Antonio Brown is there next year, then I think

962
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 1: we're back to Chris Godwin as you know, a wide

963
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: receiver three, probably just because those two really seem to

964
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: to sort of cannibalize each other. Um. I mean, I

965
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: is with you on the whole. You know, Chris Godwin's

966
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: gonna eat because Tom Brady loves his slot receivers thing.

967
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: And it felt like the first few weeks that was

968
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 1: the case, but really that that hasn't been lately because

969
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 1: he's throwing a lot to Mike Evans, He's he's getting

970
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: Brown involved, and so Godwin is just sort of kind

971
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: of there picking up whatever he can around the way.

972
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: I again, this, well, this goes back to right the

973
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: talent versus the fantasy production conversation we had a little

974
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,760
Speaker 1: bit earlier. I don't think anybody can deny how talented

975
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin is, but the production just hasn't matched it

976
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: because there are so many other places for Tampa to

977
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: go with the football, uh, and that has really sort

978
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: of put a lid on how productive he can be

979
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: week to week. By the way you talk about Tom

980
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: Brady throwing the deep ball, I find it amusing and

981
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 1: I have no, uh no stake in this this discussion anyway.

982
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: But every every week, uh, someone on Twitter will pull

983
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: out a couple of Tom Brady deep shots and proclaim

984
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 1: to the world that there's nothing wrong with Tom Brady's

985
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: deep ball. Um, I don't know. I I don't need

986
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 1: a streak of like over twenty or something like that

987
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 1: at some point. I yeah, I don't. I don't profess

988
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:09,879
Speaker 1: to be a tape grinder. Um, you know, I don't know.

989
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,839
Speaker 1: But it is an interesting battle that seems to be

990
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,760
Speaker 1: happening in football Twitter about whether or not Tom Brady

991
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: can still throw the deep ball. I'll let you guys

992
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,840
Speaker 1: have at it. You you guys can fight amongst yourselves

993
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: about that one whatever. Real quick, I was just gonna

994
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: say kudos to Mike Evans, right, Like I was very

995
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: doubtful that that Brady would thrown him like he is,

996
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: But Mike Evans has just shown that, like he is

997
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: the outfit. Like we want to talk talent here, he

998
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: is the best talent because regardless of quarterback, he is

999
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: getting it done. I remember I went into this season

1000
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,960
Speaker 1: sort of fading Mike Evans, saying I was worried about him,

1001
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,319
Speaker 1: but also saying that I was too scared to rank

1002
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: him outside of my top twelve or top fifteen. Um,

1003
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: I mean right now, he's the wide receiver seventeen, So

1004
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: I guess I would have been okay if I moved

1005
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: him out of the top fIF team. But at the

1006
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: same time, he is still the number one Bucks wide

1007
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: receiver when it comes to Fantasy scoring. So you do

1008
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: with that what you will, all right, staying in that division. Actually, uh,

1009
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 1: it is DJ More Adam Rank. I hope you were

1010
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,400
Speaker 1: listening to this part of the show because we know

1011
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: the the weird relationship you've had with DJ Moore in

1012
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 1: Fantasy this year. UM. So I know the start of

1013
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: the year, Mike, it wasn't necessarily great for DJ Moore

1014
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 1: he's picked some things up in the back half of

1015
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 1: the season, so it's made me wonder what is his

1016
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: draft value in one. So I first, if Adam Rank

1017
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,399
Speaker 1: is drafting him, then I don't think anyone is gonna

1018
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: want to draft him. Just just leave him for the

1019
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: rest of us. UM. I was excited for DJ Moore

1020
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: coming into the year. I wasn't like a you know,

1021
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: one of these people who thought DJ Moore was going

1022
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 1: to be like a the breakout wide receiver of the year.

1023
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 1: But I did think he can be a wide receiver

1024
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,279
Speaker 1: one because I think he has the talent there's that

1025
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 1: word again, but the volume wasn't there early on, but

1026
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:57,919
Speaker 1: it's really coming his way as of late. To me,

1027
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that he goes more is like a wide

1028
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,000
Speaker 1: receiver too, and like say, like the fourth round. Um.

1029
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,239
Speaker 1: But I can also see, because people love him and

1030
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: his abilities, if he gets hyped up again and starts

1031
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: getting pulled into like the third round, that is where

1032
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 1: I'll have some pause and I probably won't have a

1033
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 1: whole lot of him. But if he goes fourth rounder later,

1034
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,399
Speaker 1: I think that is the sweet spot for him. Yeah,

1035
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: I feel like he's just gonna be so hard to

1036
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 1: peg next year. Um. Yeah, both he and Robby Anderson

1037
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,839
Speaker 1: have found ways to prosper in this offense. And you're right,

1038
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,359
Speaker 1: it really does depend on where he lands. Um, you know,

1039
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys. Okay, let's let's let's let's

1040
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: go back to this though. Right, it's the fourth round.

1041
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,919
Speaker 1: You're on the board. D J Moore, Tyler Locketter boats

1042
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,800
Speaker 1: still there? Who are you more likely to draft d

1043
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: J Moore? Because I can see a path where DJ

1044
00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: Moore is his team's top target pretty much every week.

1045
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,800
Speaker 1: I cannot see with with DK Metcalf there now, I

1046
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: don't think there's any way Tyler Lockett can be that

1047
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 1: team's top target. I completely agree. Yeah, I think that

1048
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: that's probably what's going to happen next year. Um. I

1049
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: feel like the fourth round is going to be really

1050
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: interesting because we're gonna have uh a glut of wide

1051
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 1: receivers that all have you know, real high upsides. Um

1052
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 1: that that's going to be a bonanza. So if you

1053
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,040
Speaker 1: if you decide next year in your drafts to go

1054
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 1: running back heavy early on, you are going to have,

1055
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: I think a lot of riches to choose from. When

1056
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:18,719
Speaker 1: you get to the third and fourth rounds of your

1057
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 1: draft at wide receiver. All right, so there you know

1058
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: that was best of the pack presented by Panini Trading Cards.

1059
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,720
Speaker 1: Hopefully you have been rocking with us on NFL Fantasy

1060
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: Game Day all season long. We've got our season finale

1061
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,359
Speaker 1: coming up this Sunday, so if you haven't caught us,

1062
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: this is your last chance you should do so. I mean,

1063
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,799
Speaker 1: I think it's probably like living in archives somewhere. So

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Speaker 1: if for whatever reason you just want to go back

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00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,280
Speaker 1: and point laugh at what we said in like week seven,

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Speaker 1: I guess your feel you can feel free to do that.

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Speaker 1: But if you want some all new fresh information for

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Speaker 1: your championship weeks, check us out streaming on NFL dot Com,

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00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,879
Speaker 1: the NFL apps uh and at YouTube, where Michael f

1070
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: Florio is answering your questions up until about fifteen minutes

1071
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Speaker 1: before kick off. It's me, it's real, Kimmy checks, it's

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Speaker 1: Adam Rank. We start things at noon Eastern nine am Pacific,

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00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,759
Speaker 1: so I'll come join us for our last Sunday of

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00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: fun on NFL Fantasy Game Day. We have had a

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00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 1: lot of fun all season long. Talking to our resident

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00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:17,480
Speaker 1: nerd Matt Okada, he has brought us plenty of great information,

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Speaker 1: and so we wanted to hit him up one last

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00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: time in the season and asked him about some great

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Speaker 1: all time Week sixteen Fantasy performances. He broke them down

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00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: by position, So Matt take it away. Thanks Marcus, and

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Speaker 1: welcome into the final Asca Nerd of fantasy season. We've

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00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,440
Speaker 1: highlighted several fantasy playoff performances over the last few weeks,

1083
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,719
Speaker 1: and now it's time to hone in on the ship.

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00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 1: Here are the greatest Week sixteen fantasy performances by position.

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Speaker 1: At quarterback, we welcome back Aaron Rodgers and his forty

1086
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 1: three point Fantasy day against the Jets. In Mr Rogers

1087
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,279
Speaker 1: had his best Fantasy game of the year with over

1088
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: ford of seventy toby yards and or touchdowns by air

1089
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: and ground combined in a point in tribute to his

1090
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,680
Speaker 1: waning career, Our top running back performance goes to Todd

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00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 1: Gurley in seventeen, capping off one of the greatest fantasy

1092
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,320
Speaker 1: seasons in the last decade. Gurley had over a hundred

1093
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 1: yards rushing and receiving, with ten catches and two receiving

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00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,919
Speaker 1: scores to boot, scoring a career high forty nine point

1095
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:26,280
Speaker 1: six fantasy points on Christmas Eve. The greatest wide receiver

1096
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 1: performance comes from the greatest wide receiver of all time,

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00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 1: Jerry Rice in the Goat snagged fourteen catches for two

1098
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,360
Speaker 1: undred and eighty nine yards and three trips to the

1099
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: end zone. His nearly sixty Fantasy points that day remained

1100
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 1: the second most in any week in the last thirty years.

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00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: Our top tight end is a legitimate throwback Hall of

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00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: Famer Dave Casper of the Houston Oilers. Casper was a

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00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,440
Speaker 1: true legend of the position, as evidenced by his thirty

1104
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:55,319
Speaker 1: seven point nine Fantasy points in Week sixteen one on

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00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 1: the back of a hundred and thirty nine yards and

1106
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. And finally, our top ds. He's the Seattle Seahawks,

1107
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: but not the legion of Boom we all remember. No,

1108
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: it was the Seahawks who wrapped up three fantasy points

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00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,879
Speaker 1: against the Browns who wills thanks to six acts, three

1110
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:14,960
Speaker 1: interceptions at seven to fumble recoveries, and too defensive touchdowns.

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00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,759
Speaker 1: That's it for this week and this season of Aska Nerd.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me on these geeky journeys through history.

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00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: Good luck in your championship matchups. Merry Christmas and as

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00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: always made the fantasy points be with you. Thank you

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00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:33,760
Speaker 1: so much, Matt, Christmas to you as well. Always enjoyed,

1116
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 1: I really enjoyed, especially the last few weeks some of

1117
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:38,919
Speaker 1: these ald timers where we get the throwbacks like Dave

1118
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:43,279
Speaker 1: Casper showing up or the the old Seahawks with their

1119
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,600
Speaker 1: old jerseys showing up in some of these and seven

1120
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:53,280
Speaker 1: fumble recoveries seven seven that's insane. Also before a little

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00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: out for Todd gurley Man because um, it was great

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00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 1: watching him at his peak, and it has been hard

1123
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,799
Speaker 1: and kind of sad to watch in the last year

1124
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: or so as he's dealing with that knee and now

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00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 1: no longer the starter there in Atlanta. But as we

1126
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: look ahead to this week six team it maybe wonder um,

1127
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 1: but we know who the stars are going to be.

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00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:15,360
Speaker 1: We know who we're plugging in and feeling good about.

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00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 1: Who are who is your your potential unsung hero, maybe

1130
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: somebody that we're not uh just super gung ho about

1131
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,880
Speaker 1: that could potentially end up helping you win a championship

1132
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:29,800
Speaker 1: this week. I've picked on the Jets a lot today,

1133
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 1: So here I'm gonna go with a Jet. I'm gonna

1134
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: go with Jamison Crowder. He's been the Jets top fantasy option,

1135
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,320
Speaker 1: I would say, all year long, and he is definitely

1136
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: their top slot receiver, which really helps because the Browns

1137
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: have allowed the third most fantasy points per game two

1138
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,320
Speaker 1: slot receivers UH and Jamison Crowder. I feel like he

1139
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:50,880
Speaker 1: comes with a safe floor, but also if he finds

1140
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 1: the end zone UH and had racks up a couple

1141
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:54,760
Speaker 1: of catches, he can get you to one T plus.

1142
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: I think in this really good matchup, that's the ceiling.

1143
00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:58,759
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's what he's going to give you,

1144
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: but I think it is possible if goes out and

1145
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 1: has a pretty big day. Sam Donald and slot receivers, man,

1146
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,760
Speaker 1: they go together like chicken and waffles, without a doubt.

1147
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with something that I talked about earlier

1148
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: in the show, and that's the Cardinals defense going against

1149
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 1: the forty niners, just because San Francisco has struggled in

1150
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,840
Speaker 1: terms of protecting the football so much, and the Cardinals

1151
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:18,880
Speaker 1: can get after the quarterback and they can pick up

1152
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 1: some sacks. So I'm not gonna sit here and tell

1153
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,560
Speaker 1: you that they're gonna go out and be the number

1154
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:26,160
Speaker 1: one scoring defense this week. I'm not gonna tell you

1155
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:27,920
Speaker 1: that they're gonna go and do what the Cowboys did

1156
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 1: last week and you know, and get your fifteen points.

1157
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:31,560
Speaker 1: But I do think they can get you, you know,

1158
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: ten twelve points. Certainly, maybe if they score a touchdown,

1159
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:36,960
Speaker 1: they can get you a little bit more. And I

1160
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 1: think that's kind of what you're looking for out of

1161
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 1: a defense. You just want if you can get into

1162
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:43,800
Speaker 1: double digits, especially you're feeling really good about them, and

1163
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:45,800
Speaker 1: especially when that you can pick up off the waiver

1164
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: wire and possibly stream this week is a really good

1165
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 1: option for you. So, um, yeah, the the red Birds

1166
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:57,719
Speaker 1: at home against their you know, current roommates. Uh in

1167
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Speaker 1: week sixteen, Um, as we re wrap things up, uh.

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Speaker 1: Any any Christmas traditions, anything that you you have planned

1169
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 1: for the day tomorrow besides just you know, sitting around

1170
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: and watching football and what have you. Yeah, I feel

1171
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: like you always got to watch a little bit of

1172
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:19,319
Speaker 1: basketball on Christmas. It goes really well. Um, I'll probably watch, uh,

1173
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 1: much to my fiancee's disdain, I'll probably throw on a

1174
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: Christmas story at least once. It's always a tradition in

1175
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:27,440
Speaker 1: my family to put that on and it's on for

1176
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: twenty four hours every Christmas, so uh that and just

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00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,719
Speaker 1: looking forward to having some good food, some cookies, uh

1178
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,760
Speaker 1: and and yeah, just the enjoyable day. Yeah, I feel

1179
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 1: like you know, I know it's on twenty four hours.

1180
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 1: I never sit and watch a Christmas story at one

1181
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: point from start to finish over Christmas, but over the

1182
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:46,240
Speaker 1: course of twenty four hours, I feel like I've probably

1183
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:49,520
Speaker 1: uh seen the movie uh pretty much all the way

1184
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:51,920
Speaker 1: through at that point. So uh should be should be

1185
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,800
Speaker 1: a great day. Uh. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

1186
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,359
Speaker 1: H Merry Christmas to all you guys out there as well,

1187
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 1: especially the folks who help us put on this show,

1188
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,040
Speaker 1: who have done a lot of great work all season long.

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00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 1: We're not done. We still got a couple more shows

1190
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,640
Speaker 1: next week, but you know, I Marry Christmas everybody out

1191
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: there as well. So for us, that is it. We

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00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,840
Speaker 1: are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL

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00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show presented by Draft Kings. You know the drill.

1194
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 1: Tell two friends, Tell two friends, rate review and remember

1195
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: it's simple. Merry Christmas, and hopefully you bring home a

1196
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 1: championship this week. Be safe, take care of yourselves, wear

1197
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 1: a mask, and we'll see you on Monday. Wow. Um

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Speaker 1: wong wong, I'm coming. I'm cow co