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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, It's Tuesday, October thirty, first, twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Happy Halloween, and welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

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Speaker 1: It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant joined by Michael F. Floria.

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Speaker 1: We got a fund one today, folks. We're gonna make

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Speaker 1: some big time predictions for the second half of the

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Speaker 1: fantasy season. Plus, our pal Matt o'conne is going to

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Speaker 1: drop by with his top waiver wire targets for the week.

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Speaker 1: Let's kick it off though by looking at our fantasy

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Speaker 1: crystal Ball, shake up, the magic eight ball, whatever you have,

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Speaker 1: mix some predictions for the back half of the season. Now,

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Speaker 1: last week, if you watched the Stardum Sidham Show, you

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Speaker 1: saw us do our first half awards. Now we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do some second half predictions. We got four different categories

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Speaker 1: to keep an eye on, the first being breakouts. Who

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Speaker 1: is your second half breakout?

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Speaker 2: The player that I thought was gonna be a second

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Speaker 2: half breakout coming into the season, I'm sticking with Jamison Williams.

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Speaker 2: He's been using these first couple of games to kind

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Speaker 2: of get back into rhythm and shake off some rusts

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Speaker 2: and just you know, be there with his teammates. But

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Speaker 2: the schedule is why I love Jamison Williams. Look boom

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Speaker 2: or bust. I get it, He's going to catch a

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Speaker 2: long touchdown or he's not. But the Lions have a

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Speaker 2: bunch of home games still to come, and their road

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Speaker 2: games are largely in Dome Stadium, so you don't have

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Speaker 2: to worry about whether and then he gets the Chargers,

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Speaker 2: the Bears, the Packers, the Saints, the Bears again, the Broncos,

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Speaker 2: the Vikings. A lot of very favorable matchups coming up.

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Speaker 2: So again, the floor is always going to be safe

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Speaker 2: with the kind of player that Williams is, but the

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Speaker 2: upside is sky high and someone that I think you

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Speaker 2: want on your roster.

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Speaker 1: I know the Lions hoping that Jamison Williams starts to

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Speaker 1: break out in the second half. I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: a tight end because we're always desirous of more tight ends,

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Speaker 1: and it's Jake Ferguson of the Dallas Cowboys had a

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Speaker 1: very nice game in this past week against the Rams.

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Speaker 1: Gave you forty seven yards in a touchdown. I know

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Speaker 1: that doesn't seem like a lot, but he's a tight

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Speaker 1: end we've been waiting for Ferguson to really get going

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Speaker 1: because he's out there running a ton of routes. He's

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Speaker 1: getting looks in the offense. We mentioned that Dak seems

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Speaker 1: like he's turning a corner. They're starting to spread the

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Speaker 1: ball around, and I think Jake Ferguson is going to

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Speaker 1: be the beneficiary of a lot of that. He's got

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Speaker 1: a very favorable schedule, one of the most favorable tight

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Speaker 1: end schedules the rest of the way. So I think

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Speaker 1: Jake Ferguson is really set to do some big things.

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Speaker 1: So if you got him, get ready to start him.

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Speaker 1: If he's out there, she'd probably go get him. So

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Speaker 1: that's the guy who's gonna break out. Who's the guy

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Speaker 1: who's going to fade away in the second half? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know I fade away exactly.

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Speaker 2: But Saquon Barkley is a player that I would be

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Speaker 2: trying to sell right now. He just had forty touches

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Speaker 2: this past week. Sell that high because it gets the Raiders,

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Speaker 2: but then the Cowboys, the Commanders, the Patriots who are tough,

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Speaker 2: the Saints he gets later in the year, the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: The second hardest running back schedule down the stretch. Now

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Speaker 2: with both of his quarterbacks banged up right now, probably

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Speaker 2: going to see a lot a lot of stacked boxes

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Speaker 2: and the Giants are quickly falling out of it. Saquon

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Speaker 2: is on a one year deal. He's looking to get

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Speaker 2: paid once again after the season, So wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 2: if he kind of won, if it's just everything stacks

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Speaker 2: against him for him to be highly productive. And two

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Speaker 2: if maybe he decides like, hey, I don't want to

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Speaker 2: put my body on the line for all of this,

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Speaker 2: so maybe I'll dial back to touches a little bit

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Speaker 2: or something like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean like that the Giants had what like

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Speaker 1: nine passing yards I think on Sunday that was rough

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Speaker 1: RAI Moster. It sort of fits in that category as well.

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Speaker 1: What helps Mostert is that I think the Dolphins are

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Speaker 1: going to keep scoring points until That always means he's

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Speaker 1: got an opportunity. But the schedule does not do him

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Speaker 1: that the production overall has depth. Now he's still fighting

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Speaker 1: the end zone and that's definitely helping. But I always

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Speaker 1: like to say touchdowns are fickle beasts. On top of that,

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Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson is back, We've seen Savon Achman get some opportunities,

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Speaker 1: and not forget Davon ah Chan is going to be

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Speaker 1: it's been awesome. He's still one of the top fantasy

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Speaker 1: running backs in terms of the overall points that he scored.

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Speaker 1: But I do think the opportunities, combined with the schedule

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Speaker 1: back half of the season. Let's talk about some bounce

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Speaker 1: back guys who didn't have the great first half but

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Speaker 2: If you've watched Fantasy Live at all this year, we

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Speaker 2: do a segment where we say players to trade for,

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Speaker 2: and I think three times I've said to trade for

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Speaker 2: T Higgins and I'm saying it again. Try to get

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Speaker 2: T Higgins right now. I think he's gonna bounce back

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Speaker 2: with a big second half. First, the schedule is so favorable,

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Speaker 2: the fifth best wide receiver one. He gets the Bills

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Speaker 2: next week. Later in the year, he gets the Steelers twice,

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Speaker 2: he gets the Jags, the Colts, the Vikings, and then

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Speaker 2: he ends the year and I know the Chiefs are

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Speaker 2: a tough matchup on paper. He ends the year in

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Speaker 2: a game against the Chiefs, which could be an absolute

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Speaker 2: shootout game. He looked healthy yesterday. I know it was

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Speaker 2: kind of more of a floor game for a healthy

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Speaker 2: T Higgins, but him and Joe Burrow are healthy again,

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Speaker 2: and that's the reason why we were taking this guy

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Speaker 2: in the third round of drafts. I know the first

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Speaker 2: for him, but I think he gets right and pays

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Speaker 2: back in a big way in the second half. So

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Speaker 2: try to trade for him now if you can.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Bengals offense on Sunday look like the Bengals

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Speaker 1: offense we've been expecting to see all year long. Speaking

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Speaker 1: of offenses looking pretty good and wide receivers who are

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Speaker 1: ready to bounce back DeVonta Smith, and it's been a

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Speaker 1: disappointing or frustrating start to the season for Smith, partially

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Speaker 1: because AJ Brown is doing so much work on the

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Speaker 1: on some opportunities, dropped some passes that would have helped

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Speaker 1: come to life in Week nine in that game against

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Speaker 1: the Commanders, ninety nine yards and a touchdown. The schedule

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Speaker 1: is very favorable, and I just think at some point

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Speaker 1: the Eagles are going to start getting more guys involved. Yes,

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Speaker 1: AJ Brown will continue to make big plays because that's

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Speaker 1: just what he does, but Skinny Batman is also going

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Speaker 1: to live to fight another day alongside Batman in this offense.

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Speaker 1: So I know a lot of people have been frustrated

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Speaker 1: with Davonta Smith asking what they should do. Keep starting

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Speaker 1: All Right, our last category here the rookie to watch

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Speaker 1: and yours, I think is maybe the most obvious answer

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Speaker 1: that could.

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Speaker 2: Be Dalton kin Cad. I've been bullish on him since

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Speaker 2: the draft. I know you have as well, Marcus. It

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Speaker 2: took a little bit for him to get going out

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Speaker 2: of the gate, third best tight end schedule down the

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Speaker 2: stretch and looking like a potential I said the other day,

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Speaker 2: league altering player, and if any waiver wire guy broke

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Speaker 2: it out to be a league winner, I think it's him.

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Speaker 2: I'm standing by that this kid could change your fantasy

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Speaker 1: So Dalton Kinkaid on one side. For me, it's Will

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Speaker 1: Levis at some point maybe Best Foods or Helmans, depending

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Speaker 1: on what side of the country you live. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: give this kid a sponsorship because he looked great. I

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Speaker 1: think he gets the starting job in Tennessee and the

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Speaker 1: fact that he wants to push the ball downfield. Throw

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Speaker 1: these yellow shots to DeAndre Hopkins. Only going to help

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Speaker 1: what we do in fantasy and gotta help the outlook overall.

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Speaker 1: So we've seen a lot of rookies have good starts

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Speaker 1: half of the season. We are not done yet. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna dive into the way. Matt o'catto will join us

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Speaker 1: and talk about some guys you should be picking up,

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Speaker 1: maybe starting, or least stashing going forward. That is next

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Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Let's get some of

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Speaker 1: the top waiver wire targets for Week nine are pal

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Speaker 1: Maatt o'cottas put together his list for the week, Quarterbacks, Kyler,

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Speaker 1: Murray Baker, Mayfield, Sam Hawl and the Mayonnaise eating Will

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Speaker 1: Levis at running back, Cam Akers A Mari de Murcatto

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Speaker 1: back in our Lives, Chuba Hubbard doing things down in Carolina,

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Speaker 1: and it's time for you to buy a bus pass

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Speaker 1: and get on the Gus bus with Gus Edwards moving

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Speaker 1: over to the pass catchers at wide receiver keeps saying

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Speaker 1: it go get Josh Downs, kJ Osbourne, Tank Dell back

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Speaker 1: after the bye, the Mario Douglas getting some run in

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Speaker 1: New England, Jackson Smith and Jigba coming alive in Seattle,

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Speaker 1: Quintin Johnston, especially with Josh Palmer leaving on Sunday night

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Speaker 1: with an injury at tight end, Taysom Hill, Trey McBride,

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Speaker 1: Logan Thomas and Fergalous Jake Ferguson now welcoming in. The

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Speaker 1: man who writes our start or our waiver wire, Colum

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Speaker 1: I should say I got the wrong show in my head.

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Speaker 1: It's Matt o'conna. You can check out the waiver Wire

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Speaker 1: article at NFL dot com. Slash Waiver wire makes perfect sense,

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Speaker 1: all right, Matt. We got nine. We have four teams

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Speaker 1: on a bye in week nine, the Bengals, the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: time I want to talk about is a guy who

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Speaker 1: may not play this week in Minizona. Buy but it's

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Speaker 1: time to go Stash Kyler Murray right.

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Speaker 3: It is yes, and we're maybe trending towards the possibility

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Speaker 3: of him playing this week barring some wild trade deadline hoopla,

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Speaker 3: which basically never happens. But all the reports out of

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Speaker 3: his practice participation this last week, and his performance in

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Speaker 3: those practices are all encouraging. I think this might be

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Speaker 3: your last opportunity to add him on the download, maybe

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Speaker 3: next week, but if you have that spot, slide him

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Speaker 3: in there now, because when he does come back, I

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Speaker 3: expect top tier production. This is guy who's averaged twenty

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Speaker 3: point four Fantasy points per game in his career. That

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Speaker 3: would put him in the top five QBS this season,

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Speaker 3: and a lot of that value does come from rushing

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Speaker 3: yards he averages about forty per game and rushing touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: He has twenty three and four seasons, so we will

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Speaker 3: have to monitor how mobile he is coming off the injury,

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Speaker 3: but I expect he will be fine, and by the

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Speaker 3: way he gets the Bears and the Eagles in the

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Speaker 3: fantasy playoffs, So he's really a guy you'd like to

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Speaker 3: have for the stretch.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we all play in the league together, and I've

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Speaker 2: been quarterback needy, so I've stashed Kyler Murray. I'm very

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Speaker 2: excited for his return. But there's a whole bunch of

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Speaker 2: teams now that are quarterback needy because of all the injuries,

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Speaker 2: and Sam Howe just keeps getting the job done.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're one of those guys who has Kirk

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Speaker 3: Howell is the pickup for right now, assuming Kyler doesn't play.

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Speaker 3: He had a down performance in Week seven, was more

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's I don't know how he's doing it,

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Speaker 1: deny it. He ma Riad de Mercado, right. We all

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Speaker 3: It has been. And really establish hisself this past week.

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Speaker 2: And speaking of a running back, kudos to you, Okada,

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Speaker 2: because you've been talking of Chuba Hubbard longer than anyone,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how far from it? For Sanders unfortunately, and it

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Speaker 3: like with De Marcado. His fantasy output didn't look great

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Speaker 3: me that guy, please and thank you. Listen. He averaged

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Speaker 3: averaging double digit fantasy points rest of season. Is definitely

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Speaker 1: So Tankdll got off to a really hot start this season,

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Speaker 3: It is. It's a reminder of the fact that he's available,

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Speaker 3: in this past week, again, like these two running backs

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Speaker 3: we just talked about, the fantasy output didn't look incredible.

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Speaker 3: Six fantasy points on seven opportunities. I'm largely willing to

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Speaker 3: chalk that up into a recovery week. First week back,

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Speaker 3: I said opportunities rather than targets. That's because Dell was

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Speaker 3: four games prior to his injury, he was averaging fourteen

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Speaker 2: I'm going to give a humble brag for each of us.

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Speaker 2: I've had Taysom Hill in the startum sit him the

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Speaker 2: last couple of weeks. I know you've had him in

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Speaker 2: with Jawan Johnson back this past week, it is still

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't know who knows this, but Taysom Hill is

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Speaker 3: is a positive play, both for the Saints and fantasy.

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Speaker 3: Because here's a spoiler alert. Not knowing what an offense

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Speaker 1: I mean, and people are starting to point out the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks good too. If you're not brave enough

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Speaker 3: want a more traditional tight end. Trey McBride is absolutely

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Speaker 3: Week five and Travis Kelcey in Week seven. So here's

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Speaker 1: You know what's amazing about this, Matt, is that you

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Speaker 1: know the Arizona Cardinals right now sort of looking up

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Speaker 1: amazing fact toy there, Matt. We appreciate it for everybody

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Speaker 1: out there. Go check him out on Twitter at Matt o'cata,

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Speaker 1: and you can check out the article at NFL dot

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Speaker 1: get what you need to get your win. That is it.

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Speaker 1: of the week nine slate. You know the drill. Tell

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Speaker 1: if you're looking to get beat up, dress as a

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