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Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, December fourteen, twenty two. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man,

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Speaker 1: nam G Marcus Grant, joined by Michael left Florio and

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Speaker 1: a specialist Gas of dozens that help was put on

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Speaker 1: this show each and every day, each and every week,

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Speaker 1: and here we are. We have made it to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: So congratulations to you all if you are still out

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Speaker 1: there playing, and condolences if you didn't make it this far,

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Speaker 1: then we thank you for still tuning in and hanging

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Speaker 1: out with us if you made it this far. So uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, all we gotta do is help people win championships.

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Speaker 1: No pressure though, right, none at all. And if you

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Speaker 1: guys win, you guys get the credit, and if you lose,

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Speaker 1: you blame us. That's how it works. There's there's no

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Speaker 1: risk involved for you out there, right. You can get

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Speaker 1: all the glory, you can lay off all the blame.

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Speaker 1: This is everything you want it to be. So here

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Speaker 1: we are trying to help you out and to do that,

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Speaker 1: we will have our week fifteen game previews. Will do

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Speaker 1: some heroes, some villains, some sleepers, and we'll have three

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Speaker 1: big questions for the fantasy playoffs. But let's get started

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Speaker 1: with some fantasy headlines and a big piece of unfortunate news.

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Speaker 1: Although we sort of anticipated this, Kyler Murray has a

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Speaker 1: torn a c l He will miss the remainder of

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Speaker 1: the season. That is reported by our own Ian Rapp Reports.

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Speaker 1: So what does this mean for the Cardinals offense? Cop

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Speaker 1: McCoy is going to be the quarterback for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the year. How does this impact all the guys

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Speaker 1: around him? I think it has a huge impact. I

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Speaker 1: think we'll get more James Conner than we were getting. Like,

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Speaker 1: I mean just last week alone, he had six targets,

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Speaker 1: Like he doesn't get that many. Usually he's around two

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Speaker 1: three a game. With Kyler Murray, I think more dump

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Speaker 1: offs for him DeAndre Hopkins. Earlier this year, in the

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Speaker 1: two games that Colt McCoy started, he was putting a

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Speaker 1: big fantasy numbers. He was averaging like thirteen targets per game.

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Speaker 1: I think he'll be okay. I think Marquise Brown stays

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Speaker 1: in the mix just because there's too much upside to

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Speaker 1: to completely say like drop him or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: But he's not must start. I think their secondary options

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Speaker 1: like more Tray McBride. Those guys, you can get rid

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Speaker 1: of them. I don't think Colt McCoy can sustain that

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Speaker 1: many options. I think the floor when you talk about

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Speaker 1: Hopkins and Brown and Connor, remains fairly stable. But the

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Speaker 1: ceiling definitely comes down for them with no Kyler Murray there.

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Speaker 1: And you're right, I don't want any part of ron

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Speaker 1: Dale Moore whenever he's back, or Tray McBride or anything

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Speaker 1: Cardinals because never at any point this season did they

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Speaker 1: have their full offense intact. Either they were missing Hopkins,

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Speaker 1: they're missing Brown that you know, Earths went out with

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Speaker 1: an injury. Now Kyler is out. So never at any

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Speaker 1: point this season did we see this offense with its

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Speaker 1: full capabilities. So we're gonna have to wait at least

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Speaker 1: until next year. Now we're not starting Colt McCoy, I

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Speaker 1: mean are we? I not not this week against the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: But are there other guys out there? If you lost

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and you're in the playoffs, any other options

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Speaker 1: out there that folks should maybe look at. And one

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Speaker 1: of my leagues, I I have Kyler Murray as my

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit different. But the best option was

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, who gets the Vikings this week, and I

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Speaker 1: think he's a fine pivot um. Trevor Lawrence isn't out

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Speaker 1: there really much anymore, but hopefully, if you know, maybe

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Speaker 1: you picked him up when Kylie got hurt earlier this

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Speaker 1: like Brock Purty. I think is a potential streaming option,

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Speaker 1: and if all else fails, then I guess he go

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Speaker 1: to Colt McCoy. That's yeah. I think Colt McCoy is

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Speaker 1: Ryan this week, I like pretty generally. I like Mike White.

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Speaker 1: He's got a really good playoff schedule, so he's one

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Speaker 1: you might consider if he's available out there in your leagues.

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Speaker 1: Another quarterback who's probably out there in your league's is

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Speaker 1: Desmond Ritter. He's set to start for the Falcons this

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Speaker 1: same question. One are you starting? Are you bold enough

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Speaker 1: to start Desmond Ridder? But more importantly, what does this

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Speaker 1: still a tough matchup Inner division, Uh, tough first game.

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Speaker 1: As for a rookie, I am not starting Drake London.

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Speaker 1: but the floor has still been extremely low. Now this

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Speaker 1: He could have Marshawn Laddin Moore on him. I don't

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Speaker 1: I I gotta get away from Drake London here. I

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Speaker 1: think this ends up a game where Arthur Smith just

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Speaker 1: and this just gives him more of a reason to

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Speaker 1: do that when you're bringing a rookie along in his

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Speaker 1: I would stay away from any Falcons pass catchers in

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Speaker 1: this game. And it's just me, you know, throwing more

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Speaker 1: dirt on my said Drake London preseason predictions. Sigh. I'm

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Speaker 1: there with you. I just so. I just said to

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Speaker 1: have a moment of silence for Drake London's fantasy season

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Speaker 1: because I was so excited and optimistic about it. Things

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Speaker 1: we can be excited and optimistic about our our heroes

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Speaker 1: of the week. The villains, we're not optimistic about them,

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Speaker 1: but at least our heroes we do have some hope

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Speaker 1: for them. So who is the guy who's going to

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, Drake London. I wish that's a

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Speaker 1: Drake London. Is who I thought this player would be.

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Speaker 1: It's Garrett Wilson. I thought like Drake London would win

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Speaker 1: a lot of people championships this year. But Garrett Wilson

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Speaker 1: And then with Mike White as a starter, like last

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Speaker 1: he scored fourteen Fantasy points. That's his low with Mike

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Speaker 1: It's incredibly favorable, which is why I like, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: In fact, he's had a pretty good playoffs schedule. So

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Speaker 1: is your fantasy villain this week? It pains me to say,

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Speaker 1: just I don't understand why he's not getting more targets though,

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Speaker 1: He's gone five straight with a fewer than sixty receiving yards.

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Speaker 1: And that Bingal secondary has been very tough over the

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Speaker 1: So I mean, we're seeing Chris Godwin get targets. Kade

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Speaker 1: should be long touchdowns that don't happen, because there was

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Speaker 1: we start to look around the slate four week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: It's the forty Niners and the Seahawks. You can see

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Speaker 1: that of course Thursday night, eight pm Eastern on Prime Video.

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Speaker 1: You can also stream it on NFL Plus. Should make

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Speaker 1: it up. Kenneth Walker the Third was back at practice

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Speaker 1: available for this game against that tough forty Niner run defense.

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Speaker 1: But let's look at the quarterbacks here, because Geno Smith

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Speaker 1: something really about Brock. It's all about the Niners defense,

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Speaker 1: So I'm not expecting a big number from either of

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Speaker 1: over over Geno Smith. This week, let's look at some

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Speaker 1: past catchers on the forty Niners side. Who scores more points?

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Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk or George Kittle Now that there's no Deebo Samuel.

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Speaker 1: My thinking was George Kittle because last week Brock Purty

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Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett continues to be good. DK Metcalf is DK Metcalf.

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Speaker 1: How confident are you in starting them against the forty

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Speaker 1: And DK and Lockett have been so consistent, And that's

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Speaker 1: I feel sort of mid about them this week. Now.

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Speaker 1: I do think there's the possibility for a big play

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Speaker 1: this week against the defense that has been really, really good,

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Speaker 1: especially in the back half of the season. Check Out

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Speaker 1: this juicy nugget dug up by our trusted research team

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Speaker 1: about Zonovan Bam Knight actually tweeted something about Zonovan Knight

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Speaker 1: something about Bam Knights. When he's like, who's Bam Knight

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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions this week, which has been a great matchup.

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Speaker 1: So will he score more than thirteen Fantasy points this

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Speaker 1: week against Detroit? I think so. I know the Lions

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Speaker 1: that the Lions defense has been playing a little bit better,

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Speaker 1: think Bam Night can get you some double digits, maybe

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Speaker 1: just over thirteen. By the way. Saturday Football returns to

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Speaker 1: the NFL on December seventeen, and NFL Network is your

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Speaker 1: home for an exclusive triple header. The Colts take on

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Speaker 1: at four pm. Then a huge divisional showdown in prime

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Speaker 1: time as the Dolphins battle the Bills at eight pm Eastern.

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Speaker 1: It's a big time triple header all day this Saturday,

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Speaker 1: only on NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus. So

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Speaker 1: since we were talking about those games, let's talk about

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Speaker 1: those games. Looking at the Saturday games to talk about

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Speaker 1: the Colts of the Vikings, as we mentioned, one pm Eastern,

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Speaker 1: exclusively on NFL Network and on NFL Plus. And if

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Speaker 1: we're making some start sitting decisions, what's one that people

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Speaker 1: should be thinking about. I think you should be starting

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Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Jr. And I know the last time you

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Speaker 1: The Colts were getting embarrassed on National TV by the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: That was not his fault. But in games with Matt

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Speaker 1: I'm not really excited about Nick Chubb's prospects this week

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Speaker 1: you might want to be aware of Mark Andrews this

429
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Speaker 1: week because Andrews, as I've mentioned before, he's kind of

430
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Speaker 1: just been a guy recently. He's been struggling ever since

431
00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,639
Speaker 1: the injury. The target shares down, the yards are way down,

432
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,240
Speaker 1: hasn't scored a touchdown in about six weeks. It's been really,

433
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Speaker 1: really frustrating. And we look at that Ravens quarterback situation. Now,

434
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson doesn't seem like he's going to play well.

435
00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,480
Speaker 1: We'll see what was up with Tyler Huntley who suffered

436
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,720
Speaker 1: a concussion last week. It could be Anthony Brown. Right now.

437
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,920
Speaker 1: The Ravens are just trying to grind this out a

438
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,800
Speaker 1: little bit. I think they try to run the football

439
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,520
Speaker 1: and it's hard to get away from Mark Andrews because

440
00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,520
Speaker 1: you guys have that kind of ceiling. But right now

441
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,200
Speaker 1: the floor is not particularly great for him. So I

442
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,840
Speaker 1: would be very worried. Dolphins at the Bills, so I

443
00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,199
Speaker 1: know where Floria is going to be on Saturday night

444
00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,119
Speaker 1: at the a p m. Eastern. He'll be checking that

445
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,840
Speaker 1: game out on NFL Network. Are you worried about TWA

446
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,040
Speaker 1: because he's in a bit of a slump. Bad against

447
00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,320
Speaker 1: the forty Niners, looked bad against the Chargers. Now goes

448
00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,480
Speaker 1: to Buffalo where it's going to be cold and possibly

449
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,640
Speaker 1: snowing this week. Are you worried about starting him against Buffalo?

450
00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,720
Speaker 1: I am, I am, I'm not. So it goes two ways.

451
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,560
Speaker 1: One I'm not super afraid of like the Bills secondary

452
00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 1: completely shutting him down. The other thing I think that's

453
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,959
Speaker 1: kind of in his favor is the last two weeks

454
00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,119
Speaker 1: teams have been playing a lot more man coverage and

455
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,240
Speaker 1: like being like, all right, beat us. You've been killing

456
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,240
Speaker 1: us in zone, beat us now in man and and

457
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,919
Speaker 1: they've been struggling the Bills secondary that was one of

458
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,679
Speaker 1: the most zone run heavy in the league. So I'm

459
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,840
Speaker 1: curious to see how they match up there. The one

460
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 1: thing that shout out to researcher Joel Smith in two

461
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,280
Speaker 1: career games that are under forty five degrees for two

462
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Speaker 1: a tongue of valoa, one touchdown, four interceptions, and right

463
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Speaker 1: now it's projected to be below thirty degrees, and Joel

464
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Speaker 1: even he did his digging. Man, he looked in college

465
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Speaker 1: and high school and he was like, I found two games. Well,

466
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Speaker 1: I mean he's from Hawaii, right, so like I can't

467
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Speaker 1: I can't imagine he played in some cold weather game

468
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Speaker 1: while he was there, and then he went to school

469
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Speaker 1: at Alabama, So I don't think he played in too

470
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,280
Speaker 1: many games that were colts. What's gonna be very interesting anything?

471
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,199
Speaker 1: I would say this, I'm worried about him as well.

472
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,879
Speaker 1: I just think between the slump, the defenses, and the

473
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Speaker 1: fact that the schedule makers have done the bill of

474
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins no favors and two games in California then

475
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000
Speaker 1: a short week to go to Buffalo and play, that's

476
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,800
Speaker 1: just a lot to ask. So I would be very

477
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,159
Speaker 1: concerned about two as well. Anything else of note for

478
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Speaker 1: this one, Yeah, I'm very concerned about Gabe Davis, who

479
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: has not looked like the Boomer bust, not even the

480
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,399
Speaker 1: boot like, it's just been pure bust as of late. Um,

481
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,440
Speaker 1: he's averaging nine point six Fantasy points per game since

482
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:16,879
Speaker 1: the Bills Week seven bye week, only twice topped double figures. Um.

483
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 1: There's some murmurs going around that maybe his ankle injury

484
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,919
Speaker 1: is worse than has been led on, but that that

485
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 1: besides the point, he just hasn't been very productive. And

486
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Speaker 1: then the Dolphins right now, they're in the bottom ten

487
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: in passer rating on passes of at least ten plus

488
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: air yards and eighty eight percent of his yards this

489
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 1: season have come on passes of more than ten air yards.

490
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 1: So with the potentially being bad weather as well, I

491
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,840
Speaker 1: see a lot of reasons to get away from Gabe

492
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 1: Davis and not many really to get him in. Here's

493
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: my bold prediction. I think Gave Davis has a good

494
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: game this week. I feel like I feel like seeing

495
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 1: Mike Williams get down field against the Dolphins last week.

496
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 1: It's so five stadium. Uh, it won't be a lot.

497
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,680
Speaker 1: It won't be a lot, a ton of targets or

498
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 1: a ton of catches. I just have this feeling that

499
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: Gave Davis is going to hit a big play this week. Um,

500
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 1: it's always always in the car. It's always in the cars, right.

501
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: If he hits on it, he could win you his week.

502
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: And if it doesn't happen, then I'm just gonna forget

503
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: that I ever said this. Uh, let's get to some

504
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 1: of the games that are on Sunday, though, the Falcons

505
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 1: and the Saints, we talked about Desmond Ritter getting the

506
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 1: start for Atlanta in this one. I think this is

507
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 1: a week you can have some confidence in Alvin Kamara,

508
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 1: and we haven't been able to say that a lot,

509
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: especially in recent weeks. But I go back to the

510
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 1: Falcons still struggling as a run defense, and I don't

511
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 1: know how excited I am about any of the other

512
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: past catcher is really in this offense. Atlanta secondary hasn't

513
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 1: been bad, So while I would start Crysalve, I'm a

514
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 1: little bit worried about him. I do think this is

515
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,159
Speaker 1: an opportunity for New Orleans to sort of load up

516
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara with touches, whether it's on the ground, whether

517
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,919
Speaker 1: it is some short dump off passes to get him

518
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 1: involved in that passing game a little bit. But I

519
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,719
Speaker 1: think this is a week that we can finally believe

520
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: that Alvin Kamara is going to give you a good

521
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: number after really just being one of the huge letdowns

522
00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: in fantasy this season. Steelers and the Panthers, and I

523
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: believe I heard that right now, it's the Carolina Panthers

524
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: that control their own destiny. That's how they win out,

525
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: they can actually win the NFC South, which is crazy

526
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 1: mind bottling to me. Uh anything else though that we

527
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: should note in this game. I think we're doing Tom

528
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: Brady a little dirty there because I think if the

529
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: Bucks went out, they also can like they play each other,

530
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,640
Speaker 1: so it whoever wins that game is gonna win the division.

531
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Speaker 1: But I wrote Deontay Johnson as a sleeper, and I

532
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,880
Speaker 1: agree with it. The thing I have to amend, though,

533
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,680
Speaker 1: is I originally said if Kenny Pickett sits. Now there's

534
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: chatter that maybe Mason Rudolph could even throw his hat

535
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Speaker 1: in the room. So I'm gonna say Deontay Johnson is

536
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Speaker 1: a sleeper if Mitch Trubisky starts for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

537
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 1: because in the four games this year where Trubisky has

538
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 1: played the majority of the snaps for the Steelers, Deontay

539
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 1: Johnson's low game is twelve and a half Fantasy points,

540
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Speaker 1: and every game that Kenny Pickett has played the majority

541
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: of the snaps, his high game is eleven Fantasy points.

542
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: So his best game him with Pike it is worse

543
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,640
Speaker 1: than his worst game with Mitch Rubinsky's. So that that's

544
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: all I have like he just he plays better with Rubisky.

545
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: Obviously him and Pickett aren't on the same page. So

546
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: if we get the word, you know, Friday or whatever,

547
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 1: that it is Chrubisky starting this week and you've been

548
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: going back and forth the receiver, I think you could

549
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 1: consider Deance Johnson does Deonce getting the end zone Finally

550
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:26,840
Speaker 1: this never Yeah, this is a really bad situation, right

551
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 1: like Deonce Johnson can't score touchdowns. We might have to

552
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,360
Speaker 1: watch Mason Rudolph play. Could you imagine have a Mason

553
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,400
Speaker 1: Rudolph versus Sam Donald game? That's not exciting at all

554
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 1: at all. That's one of those games that like, if

555
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: you're watching red Zone, you'll be like, oh, yeah, I forgot,

556
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 1: Like it won't it will ever pop up on red Zone.

557
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 1: They'll show only the touchdowns and that's it. Scott Hanson

558
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,440
Speaker 1: will be apologizing to fans of the two teams for

559
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: not showing it at some point. Eagles and Bears. This

560
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 1: one actually does have a lot of fantasy intriguing it

561
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,240
Speaker 1: because you got Jalen Hurd's versus justin Fields that is

562
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: super exciting. And I also say that Miles Sanders is

563
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 1: a must start in this ball game. Sanders has done

564
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 1: very well this season against some of the worst run defenses.

565
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,919
Speaker 1: In fact, when you talk about rush defenses that are

566
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 1: ranked sixteen or lower, Sanders is averaging about a hundred

567
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: and eleven rushing yards per game. Had that huge game

568
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 1: against the Giants where he went for a buck forty four.

569
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: Now he gets the Bears defense, who have been pretty

570
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: bad against the run all season long. So look, the

571
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: Eagles will attack you where you are the weakest. So

572
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: knowing that the Bears struggle against run offenses, I think

573
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: you see a lot of Miles Sanders, and I think

574
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: you see Jalen Hurts run the ball effectively. So Sanders

575
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 1: absolutely should be in your lineup. We got more game

576
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 1: previews to come, including a pair of top notch running

577
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: backs going against each other and Derrick Henry and Austin

578
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: Eckler will dive into that and some more after the

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587
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: you know, not all that long ago, these two teams

588
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: played in a playoff game against one another where the

589
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: Texans had a lead and then the Chiefs went on

590
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 1: like a Golden State Warriors third quarter death lineup sort

591
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: of run, and that pretty much put an end to

592
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 1: the Bill O'Brien era and sent the Texans into a spiral.

593
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: Jerk McKinnon. Big game last week, a couple of receiving

594
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: touchdowns over a hundred yards through the air. What sort

595
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: of encore do you expect from him this week? Nowhere

596
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: close to what he did last week? Like that, that

597
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: is the nature of his style of play, Like there'll

598
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 1: be some big blow up weeks, and then there'll be

599
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: weeks where he gives you like six points. And I

600
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: think this will be a Pacheco game. Not only uh

601
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: do to the Texans. Obviously you can run all over them,

602
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: but I just have a sneaky feeling here, Marcus. You

603
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: could call it that the Chiefs will be playing with

604
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 1: the lead in this game, and Uh, if that's the case,

605
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: I think it'll be Pacheco grinding out the clock. I yeah,

606
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: I think Jack McKinnon is going to let you down

607
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,679
Speaker 1: this week. If you are going back to him, you

608
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 1: are very much chasing the points because so much of

609
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: this just seemed like happenstance, especially against that Broncos defense.

610
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: So I would not expect that. If if you can

611
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: get away from mckennins really out of hand, maybe we

612
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: see usc great Ronald Jones, the Texas Tesla, uh back

613
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 1: that was that was his nickname and cause of Texas Tesla. Yeah. Yeah,

614
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: he's a Tesla in the sense that he's very silent

615
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: right now. My my recommendation here is just to avoid

616
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: all Texans there. There's there's no one you can start.

617
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce now is going to be out for a

618
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: few weeks. He may be functionally gone to us in

619
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: fantasy for the rest of the season. You know, Benjamin

620
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: was released by the team. Who knows what the status

621
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: is of Brandon Cooks and or Nico Collins. I know

622
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: Chris Moore had a nice game last week, but that's

623
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: not something you can count on. You certainly aren't starting

624
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: either of the quarterbacks, whether it's Davis Mills, or Jeff Driscoll.

625
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: There's just no cause to even consider a Texans player

626
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: when the stakes means so much and you're in your

627
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,959
Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs. So just yeah, thank them for their service,

628
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: leave them on the bench. We're probably even on the

629
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: waiver wire, which is probably a better option for any

630
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: of your Texans. I found out this week that there's

631
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: some leagues out there where Jeff Driscoll is tight end eligible,

632
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: and I'm like, Tyson Hill two point us say it's

633
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 1: it's it's Taysom Hill hill Ish. That's yeah, we don't

634
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: need that in our lives. It's time for Who's Gonna Eat?

635
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,320
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636
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00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,360
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638
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: matchup Floria. Who do you think it's gonna ball out

639
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: in this one? I think you could start Trevor Lawrence

640
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: and my when I first like, because I do the

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Speaker 1: Startum Cinema, I start putting the list of names together

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Speaker 1: the Sunday prior and I was like, oh, Trevor Lawrence

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Speaker 1: This is a really tough one, probably gonna say to Sidham.

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Speaker 1: And then I was looking at it and I was like,

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Speaker 1: he's playing so well right now, and quarterback is what

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Speaker 1: quarterback is at this point that I don't think you

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Speaker 1: can get away from him. Maybe if you have another

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Speaker 1: strong option on your team, sure, but like, hey, maybe

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Speaker 1: if you have him Ergino, I'd rather take my shot

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Speaker 1: with Trevor Lawrence and Gino Smith. So given, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks have tough matchups this week, a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys that you would normally start. So I think

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence is very much still still in play. I

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Speaker 1: think you have very much played this week. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I just I'm sort of believing in the Jaguars offense.

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Speaker 1: I was scolded for that by Adam Rank on our

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Speaker 1: show earlier this week because he has been a long

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Speaker 1: time supporter of Duval. I mean, they're they're fun. They're fun.

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Speaker 1: They weren't fun for the last few years, but now

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Speaker 1: they are. And like, you know, in those moments where

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of teams like I don't see

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Speaker 1: you know, Rank hyping up the Browns right, like they

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Speaker 1: haven't been fun for a long time. Nobody talks about them.

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Speaker 1: But they've got a tough matchup this week. And I

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Speaker 1: would tell you to beware of any Lions running backs

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Speaker 1: you have on your roster. That's DeAndre Swift, that's Jamal Williams,

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Speaker 1: just because now it just seems that the usage rates

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Speaker 1: are so inconsistent. That's the first reason. Just when we

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Speaker 1: thought you could trust Swift, he had a step back

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Speaker 1: in terms of his snap right last week, they weren't

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Speaker 1: using Jamal Williams down near the end zone. You had

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Speaker 1: Justin Jackson scoring a touchdown. So it's great for the

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Speaker 1: Lions in real football because they have so many places

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Speaker 1: to go and maybe have too many mouths to feed

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Speaker 1: it's really frustrating for us, throwing the fact that the

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Speaker 1: Jets defense has been so very good that it's really

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Speaker 1: hard for me to get excited. You know, I know

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Speaker 1: Jamal Williams has carried people. I know you're excited about

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift. This is a very scary week to have

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Speaker 1: either of those guys in your lineup. Cardinals and the

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Speaker 1: Broncos started the show talking about Kyler Murray being gone

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the year. James Conner you mentioned

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Speaker 1: maybe getting some more work because of that. Will he

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Speaker 1: finish as a top ten fantasy running back this week?

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Speaker 1: I don't that he's like a slam dunk to do

695
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Speaker 1: so because of the matchup against the Broncos, But I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say I think I think he finished his top

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Speaker 1: ten and I think it'll be heavily past game influence. Like,

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Speaker 1: I think he'll get a lot of targets, similar to

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Speaker 1: how the Chiefs were targeting Jack McKinnon so much, just

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Speaker 1: because like you said that Broncos secondary is so great

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Speaker 1: at taking away pass catchers said, I think he gets

702
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Speaker 1: a lot of dump offs. I can see that happening.

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Speaker 1: I just think volume sort of wins the day for

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Speaker 1: him because he's the guy getting all the work there

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Speaker 1: and they're not gonna trust Colt McCoy to stay in

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Speaker 1: there and sling the ball downfield. The good news is

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Speaker 1: the Broncos offense isn't likely to put up a ton

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Speaker 1: of points and run away from you in this one,

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Speaker 1: so that I think that keeps James Conner very much

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Speaker 1: in play. Anything else of note for this one to

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Speaker 1: beware of Marquis Brown. Maybe you're in a position where

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Speaker 1: you can't get away from him, but if you have

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Speaker 1: other options, I would take him, Like I have Marquis

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Speaker 1: Brown in two leagues, and in both of them, like one,

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Speaker 1: I'm playing Michael Pittman Jr. Over him. I forget who

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Speaker 1: I'm playing over in the other, but I'm sitting him

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Speaker 1: in both of my leagues because last week was his

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Speaker 1: worst game of the season with Colt McCoy. And like

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Speaker 1: earlier in the year, we can hang our hat with

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Speaker 1: de Hop like, hey, he had plenty good fantasy games.

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Speaker 1: He was getting a ton of volume with Colt McCoy.

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Speaker 1: We've never seen Markus Brown and McCoy, and I think,

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Speaker 1: like it's easy to get de Hop the ball because

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Speaker 1: he's DeAndre Hopkins. He's such a big target, he is

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Speaker 1: such a big catch radius. You just gotta put the

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Speaker 1: ball in his area. Like Marky's Brown wins down Field,

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Speaker 1: I don't think Colt McCoy can get the most out

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Speaker 1: of him. And then Broncos they allowed the fewest points receivers. Also,

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Speaker 1: if you just want to add, you know, sort of

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Speaker 1: made up fake narratives, Colt McCoy went to Texas, Marcus

731
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Speaker 1: Brown went to Oklahoma. Those two schools don't like each other.

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Speaker 1: So you know, science, science, just just straight up science. Patriot,

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Speaker 1: it's at the Raiders. Once upon a time, these two

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Speaker 1: teams played in a big playoff game and Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: did a thing I don't know if you heard about it,

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Speaker 1: and it really sent these two franchises in opposite directions.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that you can start Jacobe Meyers pending

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Speaker 1: his status. He missed last week because he was in

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol, so we'll keep an eye on what his

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Speaker 1: availability is going to be this week. But if he

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Speaker 1: can go, I think he's worth a flex start in

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Speaker 1: your lineup. We know the Patriots offense has not been grated.

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Speaker 1: Has that been super exciting to watch this season? But

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Speaker 1: when they are throwing the ball, he's the guy getting

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Speaker 1: most of the work. Greater secondary has had its issues,

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Speaker 1: so I think Myers is worth a start. Titans at

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. We played right over there. It's So five

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Speaker 1: Stadium on Sunday and two of the top running backs

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Speaker 1: in the league, Derrick Henry and Austin Ekeler. Which one

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Speaker 1: has more Fantasy points this week? I hate myself for

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Speaker 1: for not going with my guy, but I went with

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry just I'm trying to play the matchup here

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Speaker 1: that the Titans d line has been very good, their

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Speaker 1: secondary has been very bad. Uh So they've been limiting

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Speaker 1: running backs this season, whereas the Chargers. Even Austin Ekeler

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Speaker 1: has admitted on this show like, hey, yeah, you could

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Speaker 1: run on us. So I think to try to keep

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Speaker 1: Herbert and co. On the sidelines, we're gonna see a

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Speaker 1: ton of Derrick Henry. But I don't think there's a

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Speaker 1: wrong answer here. If you're gonna go against your guy, though,

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Speaker 1: why not go against him with Derrick Henry. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's that's that's that's a bad option. I'm actually going

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Speaker 1: to say Austin Ekeler and I the reason for me

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Speaker 1: is it's the thing we talk about so much, the

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Speaker 1: value of a target versus the value of a carry.

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Speaker 1: And we know Actor's gonna get plenty of carry, but

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Speaker 1: he's also going to be more targeted than Derrick Henry is.

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Speaker 1: So even if the yards don't match up, and I

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Speaker 1: think you're gonna see Henry with more rushing yards than Ekeler,

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Speaker 1: I think the targets sort of win the day. His

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Speaker 1: ability as a pass catcher sort of wins the day,

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Speaker 1: and he's the one that has more Fantasy points. But

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see this matchup and I just think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun to watch these two running backs

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Speaker 1: work on Sunday. Um anybody else that deserves to start

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Speaker 1: from this contest, Big Mike Williams, get get him into

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Speaker 1: your starting lineups everywhere this week, and and don't think

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Speaker 1: twice about it. He returned last week, got all six

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Speaker 1: of his targets for a hundred and sixteen yards and

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Speaker 1: a touchdown. He won downfield, he won contested catches, he

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Speaker 1: won in the red zone. That's what Mike Williams does.

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Speaker 1: So it's great to see him out there looking like

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Speaker 1: himself after that ankle injury, and then you speak of

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Speaker 1: big plays. No team has allowed more production on deep

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00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: passes this year than the Tennessee Titans. They've also allowed

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00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: the most fantasy points to wide receivers. So I think

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams, he was the top five receiver last week,

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Speaker 1: I think he has top five, maybe even higher upside

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Speaker 1: in this match. I do like his upside this week,

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00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert's starting to get hot again. It's nice

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00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,720
Speaker 1: for him to have all of his weapons back and healthy.

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00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: It's really important. Bengals at the Buccaneers Cincinnati trying to

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Speaker 1: keep things rolling, the Bucks trying to right the ship

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Joe Mixing twelve and a half twelve

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Speaker 1: point six fantasy points in Week fourteen. Does he bounce

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Speaker 1: back with a bigger number this week? I'm gonna say yes,

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Speaker 1: my my hope, at least as someone who has Joe

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Speaker 1: Mixing on some rosters. It's like it was his first

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Speaker 1: game back. P Ryan has been playing well that they

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00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: were kind of easing him back in, But I will

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Speaker 1: admit I was worried seeing p Ryan get as much

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00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: work as he did. I was worried too. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I think I think the number is gonna be about

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00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 1: the same for him this week against Tampa. You know,

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Speaker 1: just because you do wonder whether or not the Bengals

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Speaker 1: are gonna start working p Ryan in a little bit more. Uh.

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Speaker 1: They'd had a very clear, uh kind of sort of

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Speaker 1: separation of powers, if you will, um, But I do

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Speaker 1: wonder if they start to bleed into each other a

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Speaker 1: little bit more. And I think the Bucks are gonna

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Speaker 1: try to shore up that run defense after what happened

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Speaker 1: to him last week against the San Francisco forty Niners,

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Speaker 1: Giants and Commanders on Sunday Night Football. These teams played

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Speaker 1: to a tie a couple of weeks ago. What are

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Speaker 1: you looking forward to or maybe not looking forward to

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00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,240
Speaker 1: for this one? Yeah, I'm very worried about sa kuon Barkley.

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00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: He played just thirty of the snaps. Maybe that was

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Speaker 1: because the Giants were getting blown out by the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and they know they had this huge game this week,

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Speaker 1: but he's dealing with the neck injury. The Commanders are

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Speaker 1: allowing the third fewest fantasy points of running backs. Sakewon

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Speaker 1: had a good game against him a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: but man, I'm really worried. Although he's sake, won't like

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Speaker 1: would you say? Would you say him? For BAM night,

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Speaker 1: Because that's something that I'm debating in the league. I

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Speaker 1: don't have the stones to do I had. I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's a crazy argument. I just don't have the

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Speaker 1: guts to actually make that. That's the exact same position. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so I I know it's scary, but I would play

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Speaker 1: quon Rams and Packers on Monday Night Football, the Rams

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Speaker 1: coming off that surprise, come from behind win with Baker

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Speaker 1: Mayfield at quarterback, and I could live to regret these words.

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Speaker 1: But I think cam Akers is a sleeper this week

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Speaker 1: because look as much as the Ram seed to try

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Speaker 1: to get away from cam Akers, as much as fantasy

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Speaker 1: managers have tried to get away from cam Akers, he

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Speaker 1: just keeps coming back. Sean McVeigh, I think has understood

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Speaker 1: that that he is the best running back they have

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Speaker 1: on this roster, and the Packers run defense has been awful,

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Speaker 1: so I think that sort of works in his favor.

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Speaker 1: And if Baker can look sort of like he did

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Speaker 1: last week, at least in those last couple of drives

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Speaker 1: last week, then that's something else for the Packers to

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Speaker 1: have to pay attention to him maybe open some things up,

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Speaker 1: So I'm sort of counting on that to win the day.

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you that he's still a low wind rb

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Speaker 1: to at best, but there is some life for cam

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Speaker 1: Akers after what we've seen early in the season. Of course,

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Speaker 1: the fantasy playoffs are here in most leagues. Now. We

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Speaker 1: have three big questions that can help you navigate the

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Speaker 1: fantasy postseason as best as you can. The first one,

852
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Speaker 1: who is one fantasy player you're worried will let you

853
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 1: down in the fantasy postseason, Kenneth Walker and and he

854
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: kicks off tomorrow night his Fantasy playoffs, and he gets

855
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: the hardest matchup for it, running back in the forty Niners.

856
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: Then he gets the Chiefs the week after, who aren't

857
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 1: particularly tough on running backs. But that's just a game

858
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: where you worried about maybe being more of a passing

859
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: attack for Seattle and getting games scripted out. And then

860
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: the Jets, who have been very, very tough all around

861
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 1: in weeks seventeen, so not a favorite, very favorable schedule.

862
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: He's dealing with an ankle injury, a rookie late in

863
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: the season. Just a lot that I'm worried about right now,

864
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: I'm I'm worried about him. I'm also worried about Josh Jacobs,

865
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: who has been phenomenal for most of the year, but

866
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: the schedule down the stretch makes me incredibly worried. He's

867
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: got the Patriots this week at the Steelers just on

868
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: Christmas Eve, and then on New Year's Day home against

869
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: the forty nine. Since we talked about about as bad

870
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: a matchup as you can get, and just the Raiders

871
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: offense sometimes doesn't really seem to make a lot of sense.

872
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: I mean, we saw last week Davante Adams having a

873
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: good game, they don't go to him in the second half.

874
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: You just wonder kind of what the logic and the

875
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: play calling theory is there. And so that makes me

876
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: worried about Josh Jacobs. Hard to get away from him,

877
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: but hard to get excited about what the schedule is.

878
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: Who isn't under the radar pick for Fantasy Playoff MVP.

879
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 1: This guy wasn't even a starter a month ago, so

880
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 1: he qualifies is under the radar Mike White? There we go.

881
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: Who gets the lines this week have allowed the most

882
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: Fantasy points per game to quarterbacks? Then he gets the Jaguars,

883
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 1: who Since Week six, every quarterback who's played them except

884
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 1: for Russell Wilson has been a top twelve, including Ryan

885
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 1: Tannehill last week, even though some of you were tweeting

886
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: mean things to me. Uh. And then he finishes with

887
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, who's not the best matchup in the world,

888
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: but they're also not a super scary one. Uh. They've

889
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: been kind of struggling as of late. So Mike White,

890
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: have you've been streaming quarterbacks, picked this guy up and

891
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:06,919
Speaker 1: you might just be able to roll out the rest

892
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,479
Speaker 1: of the playoffs. Amazing to think that this guy who

893
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: was the third stringer at the start of the year

894
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: could end up being a fantasy playoff winner for people.

895
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: T J. Hawkinson is that guy for me, and he

896
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: was fine when he was with the Lions. He's sort

897
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: of taking a step up since he's gotten to Minnesota.

898
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 1: Some of it is because of his play, some of

899
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: it is because the guys around him on the standings

900
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: on the leaderboard have had injuries or have just faltered

901
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: to this point in the season. But man, he's got

902
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: the Colts, the Giants, and the Packers. All three of

903
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: those are really tasty matchups, and he has the trust

904
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: of Kirk Cousins is getting a lot of opportunity, and

905
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: I think he could really ball out to end this year.

906
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: Speaking of balling out, who is a star player that

907
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: you think is gonna ball out in the postseason. I'm

908
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: gonna give you more than one. I think it's Justin Herbert,

909
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Austin, the entire Chargers offense I

910
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: think is going to go off. And I've been saying

911
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: it for a couple of weeks now that I think

912
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert is gonna make up for his early season

913
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,799
Speaker 1: woes if you were able to survive them, and it's

914
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: coming to fruition. In the last month, he's averaging over

915
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: twenty one Fantasy points per game, and now its schedule.

916
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 1: He gets the Titans this week, who could allow a

917
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: bunch of big plays the Colts and then a super

918
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: banged up Rams defense that's been giving up a bunch

919
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: of production as of late. None of those matchups scare me.

920
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: He's healthy, the playmakers around him are finally healthy. Like

921
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: last week was really I think you can make the

922
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,240
Speaker 1: case the first time since like Week one, where everyone

923
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: has been held Actually Keenan Allen got hurt coming into

924
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,479
Speaker 1: Week one, so you can make the arguments the first

925
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: time all year that every playmaker on the Charges have

926
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: been healthy. Certainly the Chargers could use it as they

927
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: make it push to try and get into the playoffs.

928
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Derrick Henry, who starts his playoff

929
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: run with a bad Charger run defense. Then he gets

930
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: the Texans, who, while improved, still a soft target, and

931
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: the Cowboys who have given up some some yards and

932
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: touchdowns on the ground, and it just seems sort of

933
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: unfair for people who have Derrick Henry on their rosters.

934
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: You have arguably the best running back in fantasy football

935
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: and in real football, and he's got the best fantasy

936
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 1: playoffs schedule too. So I'm not gonna just say crown you.

937
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: You're not just gonna walk to a fantasy title, but man,

938
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: this is gonna give you an advantage over everybody else

939
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: in your league as you go through the fantasy post season.

940
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: He averages like forty fantasy points per game against the Texans.

941
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 1: If you play him in Week sixteen, you're probably through,

942
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: probably through the next round. So just just make it

943
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,919
Speaker 1: through this week and you can probably cruise on ahead

944
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: to Championship week. You're welcome. Let's get to some of

945
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,720
Speaker 1: our top sleepers four Week fifteen. So Florio, who you got?

946
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: Za Jones who it's soon enough won't be a sleeper anymore.

947
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,760
Speaker 1: He's averaging double digits targets per game in his last month.

948
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: He's come through three of the four last weeks. The

949
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: one game he didn't he had a case of the drops.

950
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 1: But this is a game where I think the Jackson

951
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: havet to throw to keep up with the Cowboys, And

952
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: if Trayvon Digs is on Christian Kirk, that could mean

953
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: even more volume for j Jones. Very much like Za

954
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: Jones this week. I also like Paris Campbell in Indianapolis,

955
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: and our feelings about him have shifted all throughout the season.

956
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: He's on the field a ton, He's running a ton

957
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: of routes like his get shared to be higher, but

958
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 1: you know, beggers can't be Choosers. Mostly like it because

959
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: of the matchup, just because the Vikings giving up so

960
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: many points to Fantasy wide receivers and you can't just

961
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: throw it all the time. To Michael Pittmans, Paris Campbell

962
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: is in play this week. Another sleeper that you like,

963
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: John Dotson, who I think it's overlooked what he did

964
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,959
Speaker 1: in Week thirteen because they had to buy last week.

965
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,760
Speaker 1: But he had nine targets, five catches, fifty four yards

966
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: and a touchdown that is good for over sixteen Fantasy points.

967
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: And he did it against the Giants, and this week

968
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 1: he gets to play the Giants again because it's basically

969
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: a home and home for the Washington Commanders. It is.

970
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,839
Speaker 1: It's like one of those NBA home and home situations.

971
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,760
Speaker 1: I like Dotson's teammate Brian Robinson this week, and Robinson

972
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 1: had ninety six rushing yards when these teams played a

973
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, and the Giants just being dashed

974
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 1: on the ground by opposing running backs. As I mentioned earlier,

975
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: gave up a buck forty four to Miles Sanders last week.

976
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: So I think you're gonna see a lot of Brian

977
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: Robinson in a key spot for the Commanders. You had

978
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: another one for me, yeah, and this one you're gonna

979
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: see me and you talk about it, because no by

980
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,800
Speaker 1: roll about this player whatsoever. It's the most Week fifteen

981
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: sleeper you could get Daray Ogan Ba Wally who uh

982
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,280
Speaker 1: now with no Damian Pierce, there they cut Eno Benjamin

983
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: for some reason, so it's him and Rex Burke had

984
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: manning his backfield and last week Ogan ba Wally played

985
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 1: seventeen snaps compared to Rex burkeheads five. He was mixing

986
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: the past game a little bit, got to carry on

987
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,760
Speaker 1: the ground. So this is like for deep leagues only.

988
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 1: But would you consider hashtag Rex and the flex No,

989
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,479
Speaker 1: I mean both of them are just deep league players only.

990
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:34,799
Speaker 1: We will finish this up with Greg Dulcitch, who has

991
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: really been quietly one of the better fantasy tight ends,

992
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: or at least he's had more opportunities than a lot

993
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: of fantasy tight ends since coming off injured deserve to

994
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,439
Speaker 1: start the season. He since he came back in Week six,

995
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: leads the Broncos and target share and shockingly in air

996
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: yard share too. They're giving him a lot of opportunities,

997
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: and he's facing the Cardinals. You really couldn't ask for

998
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: a much better matchup than that for a fantasy tight end.

999
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,239
Speaker 1: So even if it's Brett Rippon playing this week for

1000
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,759
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, I do like Greg Dulcich to get a

1001
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,399
Speaker 1: lot of opportunities for more sleepers. You can check out

1002
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 1: my weekly column nfl dot Com slash Sleepers always kicks

1003
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: off on Thursday morning, so be on the lookout for

1004
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: it there and before we go, I know you guys

1005
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: did this on Fantasy Live on Tuesday, but I want

1006
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: to give my congratulations to Kimmy Checks and her husband

1007
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: Jason for the birth of their daughter, Wilhelmina. Kimmy, we

1008
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 1: are so happy for you and Jason. We wish nothing

1009
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 1: but the best. Enjoy those two am feeding in those

1010
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: middle of the night diaper changes. But we love you,

1011
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: we miss you. We can't wait to see you back here.

1012
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: More importantly, we can't meet wait to meet your special

1013
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: little girl. That is it. We are done. We appreciate

1014
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show. You

1015
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:40,800
Speaker 1: know the drill. Tell two friends to tell two friends

1016
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Speaker 1: rate review and remember if a stranger talks to you

1017
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Speaker 1: when you're alone, respond with you can see me. Be safe,

1018
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Speaker 1: take care of yourselves in joy Wig fifteen. Good luck

1019
00:46:48,920 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, and we'll talk to you next week. Want,

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