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Speaker 1: Wow, what is Welcome to another edition of the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grants,

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Speaker 1: fully vaccinated, still dodging variants like Neo and the matrix.

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Speaker 1: You know, the whole deal, YadA YadA, YadA. Ah. Well,

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Speaker 1: I know it is still summer in most of the

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Speaker 1: country and most of the northern hemisphere, but for us

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Speaker 1: it's fall. It is officially fall. We are through two

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Speaker 1: weeks of the preseason. We got one more week left,

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Speaker 1: and we're a couple of weeks away from the regular

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Speaker 1: season starting. By the way, welcome to the show. Probably

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Speaker 1: should have said that earlier. We got producer justin alongside.

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Speaker 1: And I'm so excited because the band is back together.

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Speaker 1: Michael F. Florio has come back from his extended wanderings

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Speaker 1: through the wilderness uh and is now back with us

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Speaker 1: twice a week through the rest of the season. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Florio it is. It's wonderful to have the band back together. Man,

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Speaker 1: how have you been in the last I take a

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Speaker 1: couple of months of time. I've talked to you since then,

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Speaker 1: But the last couple months, as you've been on this show,

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Speaker 1: I've been good. I'm super excited to be back. The

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Speaker 1: long summer is over. Um, I've been doing a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff to kill Tim Marcus. I've played a lot

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Speaker 1: of Madden recently. I've played more basketball the last couple

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Speaker 1: of months and probably the last few years. But uh,

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Speaker 1: I'm happy to be back and just talking some football.

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Speaker 1: This is what I love to do. So just just

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Speaker 1: happy to the band is back together. Like you said, Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: it's great. I know you've been doing You've been still

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Speaker 1: doing the serious x M stuff. So I'm I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: yanking you away from Scott Engele. I know he's the king,

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Speaker 1: he's been doing it for a long time. But Scott,

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Speaker 1: you'll be fine. Uh. We're bringing Florio back into the

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Speaker 1: fold here. Um, so uh, plenty stuff to talk about.

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Speaker 1: Although you and I spent the you know, five or

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Speaker 1: ten minutes before we started this show, uh, talking about

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Speaker 1: baseball and the Mets and the Dodgers and the like. Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't think you really want to talk about that

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Speaker 1: right now. They're just going in very different directions. It's

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Speaker 1: much more enjoyable to be a Dodger fan right now.

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Speaker 1: You know. It's weird because like I know, like think

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Speaker 1: we talked about this back in the spring like things,

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Speaker 1: we're looking up for the Mets, and it just suddenly

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Speaker 1: they became the Mets again. They realized, hey, we cannot

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Speaker 1: have good things happen to That's kind of what happened. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: all right, I guess speaking of not being able to

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Speaker 1: have good things happen to them, that leads us to

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Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, who played on Monday night their second

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Speaker 1: preseason game, this one against the New Orleans Saints. On

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Speaker 1: the scoreboard, it was a narrow loss. One Uh, if

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Speaker 1: you watched any part of the game, it certainly did

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Speaker 1: not feel that close. But the biggest news maybe coming

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Speaker 1: out of that is that rookie running back Travis e

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Speaker 1: t N suffered a list frank injury. He was seen

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Speaker 1: on a walking boot at the end of the night.

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Speaker 1: Was in quite a bit of pain apparently. So my

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Speaker 1: question to you is not so much about James Robinson,

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Speaker 1: because obviously that's going to be the pivot for everybody

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Speaker 1: now that Etn is out for who knows how long, um,

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Speaker 1: But the question becomes, then, whither Carlos Hide? Do you

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Speaker 1: do you have any interest? Do you dare take any

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Speaker 1: shots at Carlos Hide? Now that it looks like sort

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Speaker 1: of a two man backfield for the foreseeable future. I

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Speaker 1: think Carlos Hide is gonna have a role. Um. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's been in each of the preseason games. He has

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Speaker 1: been the second running back to come into the game,

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Speaker 1: ahead of Travis e t N And in fact, he

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Speaker 1: has two targets this preseason. James Robinson doesn't have any,

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Speaker 1: which is a little concerning there. Um. But I'll say

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Speaker 1: I don't anticipate myself drafting much Carlos Hide. Maybe in

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Speaker 1: deeper leagues or as the James Robinson handcuffed, but outside

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Speaker 1: of that, I don't think he gets enough work to

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Speaker 1: be like a flex option on a weekly basis. And

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Speaker 1: this is a team that, well, I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: try to run the ball more than they did last year.

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Speaker 1: I still expect them to pass a lot because they're

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Speaker 1: I I'm with you that I don't really have the

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Speaker 1: stomach to try and draft Carlos Hide and a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of spots. But you you brought up an interesting point,

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Speaker 1: and it's something you and I talked about, was that

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Speaker 1: the fact that you mentioned he was the second running

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Speaker 1: N Um. After Etn got hurt, we saw a lot

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Speaker 1: been under the belief this whole offseason that urban Meyer

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Speaker 1: was basically throwing up smoke screens when he said Carlos

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Speaker 1: didn't really believe it, but he has sort of operated

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Speaker 1: that way in the preseason. Now obviously it's down to

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Speaker 1: kind of two guys there. Um, I'm still sort of,

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Speaker 1: you know, waving the flag for James Robinson like I

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Speaker 1: a three headed rotation. We'll never know that, not not

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Speaker 1: anytime soon, um, but I'm starting to kind of wonder.

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Speaker 1: The other part is Floria. Watching the Jaguars the first

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Speaker 1: two weeks, My one takeaway is that offense looks hard

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Speaker 1: I look, the Saints have some players on defense. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to take anything away from them, but it

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Speaker 1: just looks really difficult. And so all this sort of

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Speaker 1: intrigue I think we had with you know, the Chennaults

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Speaker 1: it's so lost right now? Yeah, especially when I tell

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Speaker 1: you that my most drafted quarterback this year's Trevor Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: So far, I'm a little bit worried. I have a

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Speaker 1: ton of Marvin Jones. I don't see myself shying away

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Speaker 1: from Jones just because he's pretty cheap. You could get

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Speaker 1: him in like the ninth or tenth round, and I

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Speaker 1: think that he very well could leave this team in

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Speaker 1: receiving yards and touchdowns this year. I don't think that

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Speaker 1: concern right now is the blocking for Trevor Lawrence. Like, yes,

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Speaker 1: I get that, especially up front. The Saints defense is

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Speaker 1: Lawrence did show flashes, right, like he had that one

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Speaker 1: it's puts him at a higher risk of getting hurt.

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Speaker 1: And if he gets hurt, we know this offense is

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Speaker 1: just going to crash. We saw last year what it

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Speaker 1: I will admit that optimism has been lowered after watching

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Speaker 1: the first two preseason games. Yeah, I'm sort of feeling

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Speaker 1: the same way. My only hope is that we'll see guys.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Marvin Jones and the draft value being relatively cheap. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Levisca Chenult, I would accept. I expect that,

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Speaker 1: you know, his a DP is going to drop a

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Speaker 1: wonder if people are gonna just generally kind of shy

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Speaker 1: hands off, in which case I'll take the discount on

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Speaker 1: James Robinson if it comes. Uh in the next couple

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Speaker 1: No, no no I'm not. I'm not thinking he's he will

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Speaker 1: be the Jaguars RB one, but now fantasy he's he's

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Speaker 1: I know people were saying that, like you know, anybody

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Speaker 1: guess that's the thought going out there. Maybe I was,

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Speaker 1: but I just never believed that he was going away

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Speaker 1: in this offense. I thought I didn't share time, But

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Speaker 1: that's it to give you credit, Marcus, you were the

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Speaker 1: first per like backing like December of January. It was

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Speaker 1: I think you were the person saying, like everything went

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Speaker 1: right for James Robinson this year. He's not going to

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Speaker 1: I mean he there was no competition last year. There

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Speaker 1: I said, I didn't think they were going to go

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Speaker 1: out and draft one of the three best running backs class.

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Speaker 1: I didn't present that happening, but I thought there was

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Speaker 1: that's why I always felt okay drafting Robinson where I did,

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Speaker 1: because it sort of looks like the way I thought

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Speaker 1: In Chicago, we have been waiting with bated breath to

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Speaker 1: see what Matt Naggy was going to do with his

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Speaker 1: quarterback spot. Of course, everybody wants to see Justin Fields.

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Speaker 1: He is, you know, the new local hero there in

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Speaker 1: the Windy City. And Mattnegie because he wants to crush

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Speaker 1: the hopes and dreams of Bears fans everywhere has said

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Speaker 1: that Adye Dalton is gonna be his starter in week one.

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Speaker 1: Um to his credit, he has sort of been holding

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Speaker 1: it's that he doesn't want to run his rookie out

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Speaker 1: there against Aaron Donald and the Rams in week one,

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Speaker 1: especially after seeing Justin Fields take a wicked shot over

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Speaker 1: the weekend, Maybe that the really sort of solidified that.

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Speaker 1: But I think we're all agreed that at some point

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields is going to start. How long do you

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Speaker 1: think it will be? And and does that affect when

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Speaker 1: and how you're drafting him? Yeah, I'm drafting Justin Fields

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Speaker 1: is a if I miss out on the elite quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: I tend to grab, you know, like a lower nd

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Speaker 1: QB one and then a high upside QB two. And

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields is like him to a tongue about lower

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Speaker 1: trade lance. Uh, those are kind of like the high

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Speaker 1: upside two, So you can put Trevor Lawrence in there

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Speaker 1: if he doesn't go as a QB one. Those are

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Speaker 1: the guys that I'm kind of chasing as my second quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I continue for months. I I know It's a popular thought,

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Speaker 1: but I continue to think Week two against the Bengals

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Speaker 1: is when Justin Fields makes his first start, I think

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Speaker 1: you kind of hit the nail on the head. I

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Speaker 1: think Justin Fields missing that free rusher and taking that

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Speaker 1: absolute shot was all that Naggie had to see to

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Speaker 1: be like, yeah, I don't want that shot coming from

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, the biggest dude in the NFL. I don't

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Speaker 1: want him ending Justin Field's career before it even starts.

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Speaker 1: So I think though that this could be like a

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Speaker 1: of the team. If they want to stand there and

430
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Speaker 1: pretend to be leaders and talk about what they want

431
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Speaker 1: to do to help the team, this is it. This

432
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,239
Speaker 1: is sitting down and getting a shot that you know

433
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Speaker 1: millions of people have already gotten in the name of

434
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Speaker 1: general safety and trying to help people around them. If

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Speaker 1: you aren't willing to help the other fifty semi guys

436
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Speaker 1: in your locker room, then you do have to sort

437
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 1: of wonder about these guys commitment to the team. Uh.

438
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: And then just as a side note, it does impact

439
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,919
Speaker 1: us for fantasy, that's probably the least of it right now. Um,

440
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,440
Speaker 1: but it is a thing that you know, it is

441
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Speaker 1: starting to become bothersome. And now as you see some

442
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Speaker 1: big name guys potentially impacted by this, I feel like

443
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Speaker 1: it's a thing that you know we're gonna have to

444
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Speaker 1: reckon with. But more than that, just just get the

445
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,199
Speaker 1: damn shot man. I completely agree. But to put the

446
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Speaker 1: fantasy has been on it, like we've already had it,

447
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,959
Speaker 1: Like Gabriel Davis and Cole Beasley now are out for

448
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,040
Speaker 1: five days that this was in the season, they would

449
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,400
Speaker 1: be missing the game that week. We've already seen Kirk

450
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Speaker 1: Cousins and the entire Vikings quarterback room miss a preseason

451
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 1: game because of this. We've seen Now we're hearing that

452
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 1: the Patriots are annoyed at cam Newton because of this,

453
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Speaker 1: Like and we had heard coaches say, like, yes, there

454
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Speaker 1: is an advantage to be having a vaccinated player over

455
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Speaker 1: an unvaccinated players, so that could help impact the roster decisions.

456
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Speaker 1: I know no superstar player is going to be left

457
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Speaker 1: off the roster because they're not vaccinated, but yeah, I

458
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Speaker 1: think I think it's hard to quantify, but I'll say this,

459
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: like use it as a tiebreaker at the very least,

460
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Speaker 1: Like if you're drafting at QB two and you're debating

461
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Speaker 1: between Kirk Cousins and someone else, that could be what

462
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Speaker 1: pushes you into in the direction of someone else. Yeah. Uh,

463
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Speaker 1: And my left thing on this is, uh Jerry Jones

464
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Speaker 1: Uh was quoted on a radio interview, but uh, you

465
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Speaker 1: know he says, look the common good that takes over

466
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Speaker 1: m arm waving here, that that has everything to do

467
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Speaker 1: with the way I look at our team, the Cowboys,

468
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Speaker 1: the way I look at our society. We have got

469
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Speaker 1: to check eye at the door and go forward with

470
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Speaker 1: we Your Dallas Cowboys are doing that. So um man, Jared,

471
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Speaker 1: you know, I know Jerry has about his bottom line

472
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Speaker 1: a lot of times, but this this helps everybody. I

473
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Speaker 1: can't wait for the Hard Knocks episode where they're just

474
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Speaker 1: all getting the shot right, just guys lining up and

475
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Speaker 1: sitting down in the arm. That'll be uh riveting television.

476
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Speaker 1: Last thing on this Patriots state. Who do you think

477
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,360
Speaker 1: is gonna be the starter week one? Um? Before this

478
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Speaker 1: whole COVID thing, and let's say that it's not a

479
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: big thing. I think Cam Newton starts week one, um,

480
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,879
Speaker 1: but I think Mac Jones makes more starts this year.

481
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 1: I think Cam Newton gets one more shots to keep

482
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Speaker 1: the you know, see what he could do with them.

483
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Speaker 1: But I don't think this is a Patriots team that

484
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Speaker 1: you know. I expect them to compete for a playoff spot,

485
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Speaker 1: but like I think they will go through some rough stretches.

486
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Speaker 1: Can did look better in preseason week two, I will

487
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Speaker 1: give him that, but if he looks at anything like

488
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: last year, I think they turned to mac Jones. Yeah,

489
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Speaker 1: I feel like, you know this, once upon a time,

490
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Speaker 1: this might have been Cam's job to lose. I don't.

491
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Speaker 1: I don't think that anymore. I think this is a real,

492
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Speaker 1: real competition between him and mac Jones. And I'm curious

493
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Speaker 1: to see how this this turns out. All right, that

494
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,080
Speaker 1: was along reel or mirage. Didn't expect it to go

495
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: that long, but Okay, under the next one, Uh, we're

496
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Speaker 1: onto Cincinnati. Uh, Jamaar Chase could possibly lose snaps to

497
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: audent tape that the drops have been a real story

498
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 1: for Jamar Chase the first couple of weeks. But do

499
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Speaker 1: you think it's bad enough that maybe he becomes a

500
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: second string receiver in Cincinnati. I think this is a mirage.

501
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 1: And look all credit. I know you had Ian Horowitz

502
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,200
Speaker 1: on recently. Um, he loves audent Tate and so credits him.

503
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: But Audentate is a preseason baller, Like every year he

504
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: goes out in preseason and puts up numbers, makes catches

505
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,360
Speaker 1: that have us our jaws dropping, and then he kind

506
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,880
Speaker 1: of just fades away in the regular season. Not saying

507
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,119
Speaker 1: that's fair to Audentate, but they went out and they

508
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 1: drafted Jamaar Chase fifth overall over Uh, you know, offensive lineman,

509
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,680
Speaker 1: which they needed to address. There's the connection there with

510
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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. Plus, this is a Bengals team that, yes,

511
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,560
Speaker 1: they have a lot of fun, exciting pieces, but I

512
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Speaker 1: don't expect them to compete this year. And I think

513
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 1: realistically they themselves are looking like, hey, maybe next year

514
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 1: could be the year where we could take the joke.

515
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 1: When Joe Burrow is hopefully fully healthy with this whole

516
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: knee injury behind him, let Burrow and Chase and Higgins

517
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 1: all grow and developed together. I don't I don't expect

518
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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase to lose snaps at all, although I will

519
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Speaker 1: say I also have been on the side of Jamaar

520
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,240
Speaker 1: Chase is getting way overdrafted because he's going as a

521
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,919
Speaker 1: top twenty wide receiver on some sites, and at that price,

522
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 1: you're either hoping for a historic rookie season, something like

523
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Speaker 1: what Justin Jefferson did, or you're drafting him at his

524
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: absolute ceiling and he can only disappoint you. I feel

525
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Speaker 1: like the volume is what has everybody interested in Jamaar Chase,

526
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Speaker 1: just seeing how much the Bengals through the ball Last

527
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Speaker 1: year before he got hurt, Joe Burrow was averaging forty

528
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 1: attempts per game, which is just an insane number. But

529
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are expecting that's probably

530
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Speaker 1: what's going to happen this year. Um, all told, because

531
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Speaker 1: of the draft price, I don't think I have Jamaar

532
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Speaker 1: Chase in a lot of spots if at all, um,

533
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 1: I've been perfectly happy sitting back and grabbing Tyler Boyd

534
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 1: in the seventh or eighth round. Uh, and being thrilled

535
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: with that, expecting that he will probably be in the

536
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 1: neighborhood of a hundred targets. Again, he's gonna get a

537
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 1: whole lot of opportunity. Uh, and the draft price just

538
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: feels a whole lot more better on what's going to

539
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 1: be a pretty bad team. So Um, But all that said,

540
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Speaker 1: I still think Jamar Chase is going to be on

541
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Speaker 1: the field a lot. And I'm with you, I don't

542
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: I don't think that we're going to see Audent Tate

543
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,640
Speaker 1: out there as a starter. Uh. They spent the fifth

544
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Speaker 1: overall pick, and like you said, they're not going anywhere

545
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Speaker 1: this year. They sort of know that. Uh, let Chase

546
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,679
Speaker 1: get his growing pains in, let him work it out

547
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: on the field. I think that's that's probably what's gonna happen. Um,

548
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,719
Speaker 1: everybody's being coy with their starting quarterbacks, right, I mean,

549
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 1: Matt Naggie finally announced that that Andy Dalton's his guy.

550
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan has sort of been hinting around that. You know,

551
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 1: he's not ready to announce it just yet, but I

552
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,159
Speaker 1: think we all sort of agree it's probably gonna be

553
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo in Week one. And now you've got Ron

554
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 1: Rivera basically saying that, you know, it's a competition there

555
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: in Washington, where once we all thought that this was

556
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick's job, you know, just locked up. Um the

557
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: doors open a tiny crack for Taylor Heineke to maybe

558
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 1: be the Week one starter. Are you buying that at all?

559
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 1: I am not buying. He played well the other day.

560
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: I won't take that away from him. But Ryan Fitziman

561
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: the Bearded wonder. First of all, I'm a huge Fitzpatrick fans,

562
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: so maybe I'm just selfishly rooting for him, especially because

563
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: I think what he can do for Fantasy, for Terry

564
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: McLaurin and those guys is better than anything Heineke can do.

565
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: But you brought Fitzpatrick here for a reason, Like this

566
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 1: is a team last year that they showed they had

567
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 1: all the pieces in place. They just kind of need

568
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: a quarterback there, And I don't think Fitzpatrick can lift

569
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: his team to like a super Bowl, but we've seen

570
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: him go on extended stretches where he can play really well,

571
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: and they don't really need a superstar quarter back to

572
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 1: win this division. I don't think, Um, I'm just expecting

573
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 1: it to be Ryan Fitzpatrick. I think they brought him

574
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: in for a reason, although I will say Heineke if

575
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 1: anything happens to fits, like if he goes through one

576
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,239
Speaker 1: of those low points where they bench him, or if

577
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 1: he gets injured or anything. Heineke is kind of like

578
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick two point oh to me, Like he has a

579
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: strong arm. He's just gonna look downfield and throw it up.

580
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 1: He's not afraid of uh to throw an interception or

581
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: anything like that. And he's a little bit more mobile

582
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 1: than he gets credit for. So I think either way,

583
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: having a backup like that makes me less worried about

584
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: like McLaurin, because we saw last year when there was

585
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: a quarterback change, his value really took a hit. I

586
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 1: think that's maybe the key point there, right, just because

587
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: there aren't a lot of people drafting Fitzpatrick, you know,

588
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: outside of super flex or two QB leagues or anything

589
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: like that. He's just not getting that much attention in drafts.

590
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: But we all love him because of what he means

591
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: for all the pieces around it, For what he means

592
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: for Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel whenever we can get him

593
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: back on the field. Which side do you feel about

594
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas this year? Because I'm really starting to get

595
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: I'm starting to buy in a little bit on Logan

596
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 1: Thomas right now. I went from being completely like I'm

597
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: not gonna pay a price for him too, like he

598
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: used my tight end seven in rankings. I don't have

599
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: a bunch of him because I just tend to wait

600
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: on the position. But I've been on Curtis Samuel, and

601
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: the longest Curtis Samuel, the longer he is out, and

602
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 1: the more volume that we're seeing Logan Thomas get the

603
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: more that's kind of shifting a little bit for me. Yeah,

604
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: now I said I don't I don't have a lot

605
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: of Logan Thomas because I've gone the other end where

606
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: I'm just grabbing elite guys early. But uh, there're been

607
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: a couple of times where I couldn't get one of

608
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 1: those top three guys, and I felt okay about drafting

609
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas sort of in the middle to light rounds

610
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: um anyway, Fits is probably gonna be the starter Week one,

611
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: but for whatever reason, he goes Fits on us and

612
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: we see Taylor Heineke, maybe we don't have to panic

613
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: quite as much about all the other ancillary pieces around

614
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: him in the offense. Um. Alright, last real or mirage.

615
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: It wasn't all that long ago that there was a

616
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth in Indianapolis and

617
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: in fantasy circles because Carson Wentz was dealing with an

618
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: injury that was going to keep him out in that

619
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: handy sum of five to twelve weeks, which I still

620
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 1: can't quite wrap my head around. But anyway, Uh, it

621
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: appears that things are on the up and up in

622
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: Indianapolis and Wentz is back working out with the team.

623
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: People are surprised at how his progress has been, and

624
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: there's talk that he could be the starter in week one.

625
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: Real or mirage, We're gonna see Carson Wentz under center

626
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: for the Colts when they start the regular season. I'm saying, real,

627
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: I this is. The Colts have been very optimistic since

628
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: Wentz and Nelson had the same weird foot injury one

629
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: day apart. It was such a strange occurrence, but since

630
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: then they've been They've been saying, like, hey, five weeks

631
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: we expected to be on the shorter end of that,

632
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: maybe miss a couple of games, but they never really

633
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,719
Speaker 1: said that his season or even much of his season

634
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: was in jeopardy. He's back auf there on the practice field.

635
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: I know this is the last week of preseason and

636
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: it feels like the season is right around the corner.

637
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: But we still have two and a half weeks to

638
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: go for Carson Wentz to get acclimated, so I think

639
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: he'll be out there. I'm not too interested in Wentz

640
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: himself for fantasy, but I think obviously Wentz being out

641
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: there rather than their backups helps Michael Pittman, It helps

642
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell, t Y Hilton if if you're going deep

643
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: on on them, um, and I really think it helps

644
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: Shonson Taylor as well. I Yeah, I came into this

645
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: offseason sort of believing that Wentz could be resurrected, going

646
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: to Indianapolis behind that offensive line with Frank reich Um.

647
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: More than anything, though, it did give me confidence about

648
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman. It even you know, talking to Eric Moody, Uh,

649
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: he sort of pumped me up about t Y Hilton

650
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: even a little bit. Um, you know, again, not outside

651
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: the very late rounds, but enough to sort of believe

652
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: that t Y Hilton might have one last little bit

653
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: of something there. I haven't quite gotten back on the

654
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: Winz train, uh with all these reports, but it does

655
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: make me feel a little bit better about as you

656
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: mentioned the wide receivers about Jonathan Taylor. UM, and you

657
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: know kind of kind of makes me think, Okay, maybe

658
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: there's something here that we thought about back in the

659
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: in the spring and early part of the summer that

660
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: leads me to a running back edition of Higher or Lower.

661
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: The last time we had you on this show, it

662
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: was near the end of May. UM, and look, I

663
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: know how you feel about certain guys, So I put

664
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,719
Speaker 1: together a list of five running backs to get your

665
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: thoughts on where you are on these guys now versus

666
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: where you were, say a couple of months ago. And

667
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: the first one is the aforementioned Jonathan Taylor because from

668
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: the jump, I mean, you have been all about Taylor

669
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 1: early in the first round. I feel like his a

670
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: DP has fluctuated all throughout the summer, especially on the

671
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz News. So as we sit here on August

672
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: doing this show, how do you feel about Jonathan Taylor

673
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: versus where you were, say a couple of months ago,

674
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: so Verse a couple months ago, I'm kind of the same,

675
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: But Verst a couple of weeks ago, I'm definitely higher.

676
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: Like when the Wentz and Nelson injury news came out,

677
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: I was like, even me a bullets. Jonathan Taylor, UH

678
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: supporter was like, all right, I can't take him in

679
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: the middle of the first round. Maybe you know, back

680
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: end of the first round is fine, but like sixth

681
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: overall was a little bit tough to justify. Um, I'm

682
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: back now, Like, I'll take him fifth, sixth overall again

683
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: because I think that the old line being healthy, like

684
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: Kelly has also returned to practice, so like that is huge.

685
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: And I think with Carson Wentz dealing with this foot injury,

686
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: what it could lead to is him running a little

687
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: bit less because that's a part of Wentz his game

688
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: that wasn't a part of Philip Rivers game, right, Like

689
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: he'll feel that pressure and he's not afraid to roll

690
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: out scramble a little bit. But with that this foot injury,

691
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: now maybe his first thought instead of rolling out is hey,

692
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: where's my running back? Let me just jump it off

693
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: real quick. Um. So I think that Jonathan Taylor could

694
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: still see a good amount ofvolume. I think he will

695
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: see a lot of volume, but I think he could

696
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: be utilized more in the passing in then his detractors

697
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 1: want to give him credit for. And just on the ground,

698
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,760
Speaker 1: He's running behind one of the best old lines in football,

699
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 1: and I think he's one of the best pure runners

700
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: in football. So I'm very bullish on Jonathan Taylor. Still. Yeah, yeah,

701
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't worry about Jonathan Taylor's pass catching

702
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: ability anymore. I thought I felt like we learned last

703
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: year that he can do that and it. You know,

704
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: it was the thing that I always said, just because

705
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: you've never seen a guy do something doesn't mean he

706
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: can't do it. He didn't do it at Wisconsin because

707
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: that's just not how their offense was, But I felt

708
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: like he did a very good job of it. My

709
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: I guess only real worry is I just don't know

710
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,799
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do with the running backs behind him.

711
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: You know, what what happens with Niheim Hines? Um. You know,

712
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: is Marlon Mack fully healthy and do they try to

713
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: work him in? You know, I was reminded recently that

714
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: we had Jordan Wilkins games last year and people freaked

715
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,280
Speaker 1: out for that sort of thing. So that's the only

716
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: reason I have any real concern about Jonathan Taylor. Otherwise,

717
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,120
Speaker 1: the volume is going to be there, and I do

718
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: think a late first round a DP is it is

719
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: pretty reasonable, uh, for for Jonathan Taylor, all things considered.

720
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: That the one thing, like the thing with the running backs,

721
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: I completely agree it is a concern with Hines and

722
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: Mac looking like he never tore his achilles um. But

723
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: last year Jonathan Taylor played like the season snaps and

724
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: still finishes a top ten run back. Yeah, now, I look,

725
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: I I love what he can do. I just you know,

726
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: I want Frank right to personally email me and give

727
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:32,280
Speaker 1: me clarity every week, tell us what the snap distribute

728
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: distribution is gonna be. Yeah, he just you know, hit

729
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,879
Speaker 1: me up, Frank, you know, just you don't know, email something, call,

730
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, we'll work it out. Um. The other

731
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: guy that I know you love, love love is Austin

732
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: ekeler Um, and I feel like opinions. I feel like

733
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: the the consensus a DP on him has sort of

734
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: stayed the same. But I think the disagreement is about

735
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: the range of outcomes for Austin Ekeler, Um, I know

736
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: you are very high on him. Has your opinion changed

737
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: it all in the last few months. Know, I I

738
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: have been high on him since the start of last season,

739
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 1: and I will say it was a lot more fun

740
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: last year being an Austin Ekeler supporter when a lot

741
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: of people were off of him, compared to this year,

742
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: where like it feels like almost everyone is like, yeah,

743
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler is gonna be really good this year. It's

744
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: just not as fun. Um. But the reason I love

745
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: Eckler his last year in games where he stayed healthy

746
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert played, so take away the first game

747
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: with Torod Taylor. He averaged nearly eight targets per game

748
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: and almost seven catches per game, both would have led

749
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: the running back position, and he was giving you over

750
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 1: nineteen Fantasy points per game. That would have been the

751
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: RB six on the year, Um. And in the last

752
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: two years as a whole, he's the RB six and

753
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,399
Speaker 1: points per games. So for him to be a top

754
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: five back, he just seems to be a little bit

755
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: basically just as good as he's been And I don't

756
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: see any reason why he wouldn't. And Marcus, you just

757
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: said something that you say a lot is just because

758
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: the player hasn't done something or been asked to do something,

759
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,839
Speaker 1: doesn't mean they can't. And I am applying that rule

760
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 1: to Austin Ekeler just because they had Melvin go it

761
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: in before and last year was a weird year where

762
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: he tours hampsting early on and they didn't ask him

763
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: to be utilized near the goal line. I don't think

764
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: that means he can't be a back that is used

765
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 1: within the five yard line. Like I don't anticipate them,

766
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: you know, on an obvious first and goal at the

767
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 1: one to bring in Alston Eckler and try to hammer

768
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: that one in. But teams need they don't know what

769
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: the Chargers are gonna do when Alston ekelers out there.

770
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,399
Speaker 1: They can't stack the box really against him because he's

771
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 1: such a great route runner. So you know, if you're

772
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 1: on the four of the five, I think you could

773
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: still bring in Alstin Ekeler And I just want to

774
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 1: throw this out there. In his career, smaller sample size,

775
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: he has turned thirty seven percent of his touches inside

776
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: the five yard line into touchdowns, which is a higher

777
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: number than Nick Chubb. Josh Jacobs, Joe Mixon, se Kwon Barkley,

778
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: guys that we don't worry about at all converting those

779
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: touches into touchdowns. So I'm not saying he is going

780
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: to get these touches, and if he doesn't, I'll be worried.

781
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: But if he does, I think it is in the

782
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: realm of pole stability. I think that he can go

783
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: on a run and maybe even be the RB one,

784
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: because then you're getting Christian McCaffrey like production, a great runner,

785
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: a really good receiver, and maybe even some you know,

786
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: eight to ten touchdowns something like that. Heckler is one

787
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: of my dark horses to finish as the RB one

788
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: this season. Also, I think you just struck a blow

789
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: to the handful of Larry round Tree truthers that are

790
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: out there. Um, I don't think there are many of them,

791
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,399
Speaker 1: but I probably do exist. If you look hard enough,

792
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,439
Speaker 1: I'm sure you could probably find some somewhere out there.

793
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: Josh Kelly had a whole hive of people supporting him

794
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: last look. I admit like after the first week, week

795
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: or two of the season, I was starting to become

796
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: a believer with the way they were using him in

797
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: the way he played the most first couple of games. Um,

798
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: and then it all sort of fell apart, and I

799
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: think I think everybody sort of jumped off that bandwagon

800
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: at this point. Uh. Nagy Harris, who we obviously all

801
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: love in the draft. I feel like he has steadily

802
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 1: been moving up the a DP board as we've gone

803
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: all throughout the the off season. Um. Again, I know

804
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: you'll do you like him more now after we've seen

805
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: him in a couple of preseason games. Yeah, I do.

806
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: I'm definitely higher on him than I was two months ago.

807
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: Like giving credit where it's due. Friend of I know,

808
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: really good friend of yours. Friend of the show James

809
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: co on Draft night was saying like, he's an RB one,

810
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 1: should go at the end of the first round, and

811
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: I was like, all right, if that's the cost, I'm

812
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: probably not gonna have any Naji Harris this year. I

813
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: had more as a high end RB two. But seeing

814
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: him dominate snaps with the starters, seeing him get a

815
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,399
Speaker 1: lot of carries, and you know they're targeting him, They're

816
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: throwing him the ball. Ben Big Ben was throwing him

817
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: the ball the other day. He broke out that forty

818
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: plus yard catch. I have now moved him up. He

819
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: is a low end RB one for me. I like

820
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: him a lot more if you could get him in

821
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: round two than in round one. But I have if

822
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: like I'm on the turn like twelve thirteen, Like I

823
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: have taken him on that turn, So I've definitely increased

824
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: my uh, his ranking. And I've come around on Naji Harris.

825
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: I you know, I did the same thing where I

826
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 1: took him at that twelve thirteen turn. Um, you know. Uh.

827
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: And again it's the weird mental thing I do where

828
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 1: I I purposely took him at thirteen instead of twelve

829
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: to say that I got him in the second round.

830
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: I know it doesn't really matter, but in my head

831
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,439
Speaker 1: it does, so that's why I do that. I will

832
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: add one spot that that matters is in keeper leagues.

833
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,439
Speaker 1: Like if you're in a keeper league, take the guy

834
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: that has the upside of being a better player next year.

835
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: Take him with that second pick on the tchurn, not

836
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 1: the first. That's that's a good point. Uh, this was

837
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: not that. But you know this is just it's fun,

838
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: exactly just my own. It's more fun to say, hey,

839
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,800
Speaker 1: if he breaks out, say I got him in a

840
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: round two. I got him in the second round. You

841
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: know somebody I was the first round pick. I got

842
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: him in around two. So that's what I did. Uh I.

843
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: I recently, uh did a TikTok where I said Myles

844
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: Gaskin was a guy that you are drafting too high. Um,

845
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,720
Speaker 1: because this came after Brian Flores made a comment that

846
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 1: they have three eyes that they want to use situationally. UM.

847
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: I didn't get a ton of push back, but there

848
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,840
Speaker 1: are a few folks that that sort of questioned that.

849
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: And then Myles gasking went out and sort of bald

850
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: in in preseason week two. So now I'm all turned

851
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 1: around about what to think about Miles Gasket. How do

852
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: you feel about Miles Gasket now versus say, end of May?

853
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 1: Very similar to you because I lowered him into like

854
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: RB three territory after that first preseason game and I

855
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: was saying, like, yeah, I do not want any part

856
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: of Miles Gascon. And then preseason week too, like not

857
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: only did he was he the starter, like he dominated

858
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: the touches early on they were throwing to him, he

859
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: scored two touchdowns. I kind of think I'm settling on

860
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 1: him where I originally had him, which is a low

861
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: end r B two that does have some more upside

862
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: like in the same range for me as like a

863
00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: Mike Davis like I have those two very close. And

864
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of where I'm going to settle

865
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: on Gasket. I think that's kind of where I am too.

866
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: Like I think after all the ups and downs in

867
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: the rounds and rounds were we probably had it right

868
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: at the beginning, um, and we just we just let

869
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 1: information overload sort of sort of cloud our judgment. I

870
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: still think we're gonna see Savanna commits sort of work

871
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: in there. We're gonna see some other guys. I know,

872
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brown right now is the smasher of fantasy dreams. Uh,

873
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: and we may we may see him get some work

874
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: in there. Um. But you know, like I said, after

875
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: Floor has made the comment about using three backs to

876
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: go out and see gas and play as well as

877
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: he did in the preseason, you know, it gave me

878
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: reason to think, uh and sort of reevaluate what I

879
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:22,399
Speaker 1: have previous a little worried that Brown is the new

880
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard, like you said, oh man, which Jordan Howard

881
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: is still on all at least as a you know

882
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: this morning, I think it last night checked, he was

883
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: still on the Eagles roster. Jordan Howard is the new

884
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard. Now. It just man, I I'm I'm curious

885
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: to see whether or not he makes it through the

886
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: entire preseason, if he ends up on the regular season roster.

887
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: But he's still there for now, so I don't know.

888
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: If he doesn't, he'll end up in like l A

889
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 1: or something like that and steal. It's like he's he's

890
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: always gonna be a thorn in someone's side. It feels like,

891
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: I mean, look, Darrell Henderson has a thumb injury. Uh

892
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: you know, I know they're saying he'll be there for

893
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: week one, But if you're Sean McVeigh, you go out

894
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: and get some insurance just to case. I'm rooting for

895
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: the Rams to bring Todd Gurley home. That's what I

896
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: want to see that time is a flat circle. That's

897
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,280
Speaker 1: Hodd Gurley comes back to Los Angeles. That'd be great,

898
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: all right. My last one here is David Montgomery, who

899
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,919
Speaker 1: has become something of a hype bunny. I think over

900
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 1: the last few weeks I think people were sort of

901
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: mad on him. Um, but I have since a steady

902
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: fantasy community drumbeat about David Montgomery and starting to draft

903
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: him a little bit higher. Have you been a part

904
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: of that or are you still just kind of man

905
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: on him. Yeah, I'm I'm definitely higher on him. It

906
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: was about a month ago, I or maybe a little

907
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,320
Speaker 1: bit over a month ago. Now I started to realize

908
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: that I was too low on Montgomery. I was holding

909
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: things against him. I expected the opposite, Like I thought

910
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: people were gonna be really hyping up Montgomery and I

911
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 1: was gonna be like no, But it was kind of

912
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: the opposite of that, Like he was going outside the

913
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: top twenty running backs or borderline top twenty running back

914
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,439
Speaker 1: and I was looking at it like, hey, I can't

915
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 1: be the guy hyping up Jonathan Taylor and what he

916
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: did at the end of the season against the very

917
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:07,760
Speaker 1: favorable schedule hold that against David moncom So, I especially

918
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: with Tarik Cohen being slow to come back, and Damian

919
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: Williams is a good back, but I don't think he

920
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 1: is the threat in the passing game that a Tarik

921
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: Cohen was. So I think Montgomery is I mean a

922
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,399
Speaker 1: naggy every chance he gets says he wants to give

923
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: this guy twenty touches a week. I have raised him.

924
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: He's still in RB two for me, but I have

925
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 1: him ahead of Chris Carson. That like, those two guys

926
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: are my RB two targets because you could get him

927
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: in like the third and Carson has been going in

928
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:36,280
Speaker 1: the fourth round lately. I don't get that at all, um,

929
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: but I have them ahead of like for me, at

930
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: least ahead of like J. K. Dobbins, Josh Jacobs, Miles Sanders,

931
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,320
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So I've really warmed up on David

932
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: Montgomery and he's actually approaching my top fifteen running backs. Now, yeah,

933
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: I've I've been drafting Montgomery in a lot of spots lately.

934
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: And you know, everybody talked about that schedule at the

935
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 1: end of the year. Uh and and how one, Hey, look,

936
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 1: he took advantage of it. Right. There are plenty of

937
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: times we look at it, guy and hey, he's really

938
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,840
Speaker 1: really favorable schedule, and then they don't do anything with it.

939
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 1: So credit to Montgomery for actually taking advantage of that

940
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: schedule and then throwing the fact that, at least on paper,

941
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,240
Speaker 1: the schedule looks pretty good again this year that may change.

942
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: We may see a couple of defenses that are better

943
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: than we anticipated, but at least for now with what

944
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,720
Speaker 1: we have to go on, schedule still looks pretty good.

945
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: And as you mentioned, not Teri Cohen, we saw last

946
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 1: year Montgomery catch the ball very effectively. UM let's keep

947
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: in mind he's only going into his third season. I

948
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: know it feels like we've talked about him a lot,

949
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: like he's been around forever, like this is year three

950
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: for him. Um, so maybe we can expect him to

951
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: continue to improve and and do more work there. So

952
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 1: I'm I'm fully on board the David Montgomery train. I

953
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: think I think people made up their mind on Montgomery

954
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: after his rookie season and they just they can't get

955
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: past that, especially like you know that graphic that we

956
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: always joke around. That doesn't help. Yeah, Like I think

957
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: a lot of people were just like this guy stinks

958
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: and like they've they've kind of just have their mind

959
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: made up. Yeah. I mean I was big on him

960
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: his rookie year. There it is right on cue. I

961
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 1: love that Justin just has it. Uh, he just has

962
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: it like locked and loaded and everything. Yeah. I love

963
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 1: that the athleticism they went with this Sony Michelle, the

964
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: least athletic of those running backs. Yeah. I I was

965
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 1: a huge fan of him his rookie year, and like,

966
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 1: I don't think he was terrible. He was just like yeah,

967
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 1: and I just think, you know again, he was sort

968
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: of victim of expectations, and then last year he started

969
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: to pick it up. And now this year I think

970
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:28,720
Speaker 1: I think they're bigger and better things coming for him. Um,

971
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: real quick, got a bonus one for you, because I

972
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 1: just saw this kind of crime across my Twitter timeline.

973
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell says he is worried about DeAndre Swift's conditioning.

974
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 1: Uh as he's coming back. Um, he's been one that

975
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: I have stayed away from. I don't know if if

976
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: you have a different level of excitement about him. I

977
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: can't quite get behind it. But I don't know how

978
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 1: you feel right now. I mean, you know, last season,

979
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: I love DeAndre Swift and I was all about him,

980
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: But this year I have been avoiding him. I don't

981
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: really have much at all. I think I'm gonna have

982
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: him in the keeper league, but that's because I keep

983
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: them in like the sixth round. Um. But they're saying

984
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: not only is conditioning and not only was like injury

985
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: is a concern for him. Last year, but he's dealing

986
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: with an injury now and they're saying Week one could

987
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: be in question for him. So I don't have a

988
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 1: lot of of DeAndre Swift, but justin like this, I

989
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: have a lot of Jamal Williams. I think Jamal Williams

990
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 1: is like an RB four is a really good pick

991
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: because I think he's gonna be utilized more than we

992
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: give him credit for. And if Swift goes down, Jamal

993
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 1: Williams I think becomes an RB two right away. I

994
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:33,640
Speaker 1: have looked at DeAndre Swift and J. K. Dobbins similarly

995
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,480
Speaker 1: in the sense that I've spent more time drafting Jamal

996
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: Williams and Gus Edwards like I just I just have

997
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: I think I think both of those guys are going

998
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 1: to get pretty significant workloads. Um. As you mentioned, if

999
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: the guy in front of them goes down, then they're

1000
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 1: going to eat uh and both of them can be

1001
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 1: had anywhere from six to eight rounds later. Um. So

1002
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: that's that has sort of been my my process when

1003
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: it comes to those two top running backs in those

1004
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 1: two places. So, UM, dude, it's good to have you back.

1005
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: I'm glad that it's good to be back. It flew by.

1006
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of fun. Yeah, exactly. So

1007
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: hopefully you all enjoyed listening to it as much as

1008
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: we enjoyed putting it out, because this is gonna be

1009
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 1: our live for the next few weeks, next few months,

1010
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1011
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Speaker 1: just a a programming note. I know at some point

1012
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 1: in the near future we'll probably be moving these from

1013
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:25,319
Speaker 1: Tuesday to Thursday to Monday and Wednesday. Uh, we'll let

1014
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: you know kind of when that happens, but that's sort

1015
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:28,840
Speaker 1: of be on the lookout for that. In the meantime

1016
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Speaker 1: for us, that is it. We are done. We appreciate

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Speaker 1: you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show. You

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