WEBVTT - Week 8 Spotlights, TNF Preview & more! 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:05.760 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:14.600 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.720 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned into the speeds 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:21.799 and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up next on that 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.400 sifer on the microphone. You know that I'm one of 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:34.599 the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. It's 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.560 boy Dane Martinez, a k A. Speeds ak to spitting 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:42.080 statistician and you are listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.199 right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.199 As always, big shout out to everybody listening on I 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:53.120 Heart Radio, listening live on tune In Radio, watching live 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.040 on the Fantasy Sports YouTube stream. We have a big 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.760 show for you on a Thursday, Week eight of the 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.480 NFL season kicks off tonight with the Baltimore Ravens and 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:07.760 the Miami Dolphins. A lot of people wonder who is 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:11.000 gonna produce in this game where the over under is 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.360 thirty seven and a half. We have a backup quarterback 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:18.280 in Miami. It sounds like the entire Ravens offense is 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.520 listed as questionable with the game time decision. I'm gonna 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:26.080 tell you who you can play tonight from this matchup. 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.880 It's not many players, Okay, maybe a defense or two. 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.280 We'll get into that a little bit later on for 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.640 my Thursday Night football preview. Also listen World Series game 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:40.600 to last night Instant Classic. Let me tell you something. 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:44.360 As the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers seven 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:48.240 to six in eleven innings. This was a game where 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.800 there were more home runs than non home run hits. 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.000 The Dodgers had one hit all game that was not 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:58.720 a home run. And this year we talked about the 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:03.320 three true outcomes. That was never more in place. Then 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.600 last night they said a World Series record for strikeouts 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.079 combined with nineteen, a World Series record for home runs 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.160 in a game with eight, and there was really, I mean, 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.880 so many weird things happened. Also, remember, um, you know, 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.360 we had a pickoff attempt that hit an umpire, We 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.600 had a we had a flyball short hop and hit 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:24.919 a guy's bill of his cap or else that came. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.520 Could have been very different. But the World Series is 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:32.360 tied at one as we head back down to Houston tomorrow. 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:37.720 Also breaking news today, Joe Girardi is out as Yankees manager. 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.120 As you guys, all know. I am, of course, Hey 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.080 Yankees fans, why tip my hat to Joe Girardi. I 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:44.920 think he got him through some of the lean years, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.440 helped develop this new core. And I think that if 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.280 and when in the following decade, or maybe even in 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.639 this decade, when the Yankees doing fact get number twenty eight, 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.880 I for one am gonna remember the contributions and the 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:02.079 development of Joe Girardi. Also, here's what we're gonna do. Okay, 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.200 I'm gonna give you my preview not only of Thursday 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.760 Night Football, but of a couple of other spotlight games 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.160 that I think are very important in Week eight. And 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.320 I'm gonna bring up something that is very important moving 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.000 forward in the season, in the betting season and in 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.880 the fantasy season. Something you don't have to deal with 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:20.560 in the first month or month at a half of 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.200 the season, but you really need to consider moving forward. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.400 I'm gonna let you know what that is. I'm gonna 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.120 let you know who to play on Thursday Night Football. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.440 And yesterday I ended the show talk about how we 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.959 put the fun un functional Sports Radio, talked about the 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.000 Venice Marathon. Hopefully there's time because I want to get 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.000 into what happened there in that marathon in Italy. A 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.680 little home cooking we're gonna talk about, and as always, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.480 later on in the show, we're gonna open up the 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.440 phone lines at eight four four eight four three six 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.880 eight seven nine. 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When I want to do is go 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.440 around the league, give you some practice reports, give you 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.240 some news and notes, and then I'm gonna give you 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:21.880 my preview for tonight Ravens and Dolphins. Get it going 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.520 in about an hour and we'll see if there's actually 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.200 any points scored. The overunder for this game is thirty 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.400 seven and a half, and I'll tell you where I'm 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.000 going a little bit later on in the show. We 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.080 got the poll question up as always on Twitter, follow 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.720 me ats bitten speeds. We're gonna find out, isn't it 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.640 you know? Ravens minus three, Dolphins plus three over or under. 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.880 We want to see what you guys think what's the 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.640 winning par lay for tonight. But let's first go around 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.240 the league. Listen. Head coach Sean Payton of the Saint 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.200 says that that Michael Thomas knee injury is not serious. 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.920 It's not long term. Remember he did not practice yesterday. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.960 But I tell you, when the Wednesday practice reports come out, 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.800 sometimes it's just ma ttenance. Sometimes you're just giving people 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.200 a day arrest. You want to see in what direction 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.760 are they trending. Michael Thomas got in limited practice today 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.720 after a d NP yesterday. That means he is trending 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:14.320 in the right direction. Expect him to play on Sunday 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:19.800 against the Chicago Bears in Washington. Gruden says that, uh, 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.800 they're gonna play the hot hand at the X wide 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.520 receiver between Josh Dotson and Terrell Prior. As you know, 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.560 this is usually a term reserved for like a committee 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.320 running back right, like the Giants backfield. They said, oh, 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.200 if dark was the hot hand, if Gallman is the 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.720 hot hand. In Houston they say, you know, if Deonta 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.039 Foreman is the hot hand, will go with him. You 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:43.680 very rarely hear that about a wide receiver situation. Okay, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.000 but what's important to note is they pretty much said, 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.400 we're gonna go with the hot hand at the X 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.240 wide receiver. Okay, your boy Dame Martinez told you, guys, 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.440 I think with all this drama between Terrell Prior and 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.839 of course Josh Dodson, I think Jamison Crowder is set 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.279 and safe. He's at number two. They call it the 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:04.479 Y wide receiver and Ryan Grant is gonna be the 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.200 work in three wide receiver packages in the slot. Okay, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.720 he's the Z wide receiver. What this means is that 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:14.720 both Terrell Prior and Josh Dotson are gonna be you know, 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.920 lowered in expectations because it's them that are gonna be 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.600 split in time. I also have a sneaky feeling that 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:23.520 Terrell Prior is in the same doghouse as Kenny Britt 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.440 over in Baltimore and what I excuse me over in Cleveland, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:31.080 and with the trade deadline approaching, m we shall see 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.400 what happens. But for now, the company line is that 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.400 they're playing the hot hand at the ex wide receiver. 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:41.560 The Dolphins who play tonight. They are now expecting Jay 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:46.600 Cutler to return from those rips next week in week nine. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:50.160 Can you imagine that like cracking your ribs and then 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.720 being back in action like two weeks later. I don't 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.960 think so. Here's the thing, Matt Moore has an opportunity tonight, 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:01.240 in my opinion, to officially wally pip uh Jay Cutler. 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.080 If you don't get that reference to look it up. 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.400 Look it up. You know it means that Uh was 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.600 doing big things than Louke Garrett got in and continue 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.600 to streak. That stood for about ninety years, and I 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.760 think that if More plays well tonight, he could in 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:19.520 fact sees control of that job. My man, the manimal 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.360 down there in the Fantasy Sports Dungeon is also telling 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.760 me that we just got word that DeVante Parker will 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.480 be out for the Miami Dolphins, that he is not 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.680 going to go tonight. What I think that means is 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.160 that you know a lot of people who are asking 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.800 me on Twitter, what about Kenny Stills? What about Kenny Stills. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.960 You saw what Kenny Stills did last week against the Jets, 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.000 two touchdowns with no Devanta Parker there, I think he 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.440 becomes a viable play because there is no Devanta Parker. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:49.640 He was limited in practice, gave it a chance, but 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.360 as a true game time decision, it's game time and 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:56.560 the decision is no on DeVante Parker. Also, interesting news 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.000 out there in Arizona. They've been talking. I got reports 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:01.920 first with Carson Palmer that he was gonna be like 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.160 six to eight weeks. Then we heard he might try 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:07.000 to come back in four. Well, today squashed all that. 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:11.080 The Arizona Cardinals have put Carson Palmer on injury reserve. 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.280 This effectively ends his season, and to be quite honest, 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:18.520 this might end Carson Palmer's career. The guy's turning thirty eight. 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.960 I believe in December will he come back for a 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.839 team that is not necessarily primed to contend in my 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.440 humble opinion, when you have the Seahawks in that division 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.160 and you have the Rams also ascending. I also want 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.000 to tell you in practice today, Manny Sanders did not 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.000 practice with that ankle injury. Looks like it's trending in 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.320 a bad direction for him. I don't know that he 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.640 is going to be ready. I believe they have the 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.560 Chiefs on Monday Night Football. That means you might be 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.360 able to fire up Benny Fowler as a kind of 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:51.000 boom or bust option opposite to Marius Thomas. Here's some 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.920 guys that were limited in practice may get the questionable 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.160 tag tomorrow after we slapped the tags on people getting 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.880 ready for Week eight. Danny m in Dola is apparently 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:04.000 dealing with an hyper extended knee. He's gonna be a 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.960 true game time decision as the Patriots take on the 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:11.440 Los Angeles Chargers. Jonathan Stewart also is limited in practice. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.520 He's got a toe injury, and that was a new 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.160 injury that just popped up on the injury report. You know, 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.200 if you listen to spitting speeds. I've said it before, 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.040 I don't like people getting added to the injury report 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.080 on a Thursday or a Friday. That means something new happened, 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.080 and I would watch out for Jonathan Stewart. But to 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:30.080 be quite honest, Jonathan Stewart's play is what I'm worried about. 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.319 He has been gaze for the last couple of weeks, 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.360 so his play is actually a bigger concern than that 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:39.079 toe injury for me. And also, Matt Forte popped up 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:43.320 as a limited participant this after being apparently fine and 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.840 back with a knee. That is a downgrade for Matt Forte. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.320 Keep an eye on him in the Jets backfield. It 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.720 could be time to fire up my man. Boom boom, 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.560 bilal pal pal. We also have some practice. Here are 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:58.360 some people who were practicing. Devin Functious is pracracticing in 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:02.000 full with that hamstring. I like Devon Funcius, I like 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.000 Cam Newton, I like all the Panthers. This week in 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.319 a matchup against that bad Tampa Bay Past secondary. I 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:12.680 believe they are twenty six maybe in the league against 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.040 the past. So this could be a week for Cam 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.360 Newton and Devin Funchs has been a viable option for him, 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.080 and good matchups for Carolina and the other one. This 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:26.360 is the big one, my man, Stephen. Can you Diggs? 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.200 Not only did he make the team flight across the 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:33.080 pond for that London game, but he practiced in full today. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.240 That is something that Diggs has not done in about 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.920 two weeks. Okay, so things are looking up. Maybe Stefon 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.480 Diggs gets back into the mix and gains the Cleveland 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:46.920 Browns this week. Honestly though, I'd set them this week, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:48.840 and I don't mean about fantasy. I mean if I 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:50.959 was the Minnesota Vikings, I would see him this week 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.800 because you gotta figure that they can beat the Cleveland 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.240 Browns even without step On Diggs. They've got the London 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.959 game and then they have the buy in week nine. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:04.280 I've seen Stefon Diggs try to play through this injury 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:08.680 before and he was far less effective. If I'm the 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.480 Minnesota Vikings, if I'm Mike Zimmer, I'm saying, you know, 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.480 Stefan sit this one out. We think we could beat 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.880 the Browns without you. Let's give you another two full 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.839 weeks to get healthy for the stretch run as they 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.120 look to contend in the NFC North. Ken you digs 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.240 it all right, Let's keep it going here on the 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.520 fantasy Freestyle, I gotta give you my preview for Thursday 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:31.000 night football. Ravens are three point favorites at home. But 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.000 here's the number to look at. The total for this 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:38.240 game is thirty seven and a half. That means Vegas 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.200 doesn't expect many points to be scored. I also don't 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.800 expect many points to be scored. We're talking about two 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.200 teams that I have not believed in their offense. This 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.640 Ravens offense is blunt, guts trash. I've been saying that 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.319 for a long time. Flacco won a game with something 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.480 like eight completions earlier in the year. You got Jeremy 0:12:55.520 --> 0:13:00.000 Macklin questionable, you got Bent Watson questionable, you got um 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.520 who else do we got? We got Mike Wallace questionable, 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.320 you got Brochard Perriman questionable. What all that means to me? 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.160 You know who's the last man standing? It's Buck Allen. Okay, 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.439 I think Buck Allen could be in line for an 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.360 interesting night. I think he's gonna get some production in 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.839 the Run game because Alice Collins is part of it, 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:20.800 but he doesn't have a he doesn't have a lock 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.440 on that job. I think Buck Allen get you a 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:25.840 little bit of love in the Run game. But you 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.400 know Joe Flacco is gonna check it down to Buck 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:32.520 Allen a ton especially if Wallace and Macklyn or Watson 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.000 don't go. I think Buck Allen can get you eight 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.880 targets tonight. I think he can get you six catches tonight, 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:42.240 especially in PPR settings. I love me some Buck Allen. 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.920 On the Dolphin side, I was gonna say this was 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.840 gonna be all Jarvis Landry all the time, right, And 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:51.600 that was because I thought I was predicting. I was 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:55.520 anticipating that uh DeVante Parker would not play. Now that 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.439 we have that official word, I even like it some more. Okay. 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.160 I think Kenny Stills is take the top off the guy. 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.760 He's the big play threat, right, He's gonna be the 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.560 one who gets maybe the sixth yard touchdown. But if 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.320 you're in a PPR setting, I love me some Jarvis Landry. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.080 I also believe that because they have the backup in 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.720 and Matt Moore, this could be a night they turned 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.280 in hand the rock to j A g I E 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:20.440 about twenty five times, okay, And there are just not 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.120 many running backs in the NFL these days that get 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:27.160 five carries a game. I like j A g I 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:28.960 E to produce. I like j A g I E 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.960 to get into the end zone as well. And here's 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.760 the thing. I told you there would be three guys 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:37.120 I like they would Jagi E, Jarvis Landry, and Buck Allen. 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.840 I told you that there are three players that I like. 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.720 You know what else I like? I like both of 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.280 these defenses. One of the things you gotta read is 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.160 the over under total for the game. And if this 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.600 tale total is that thirty seven and a half. And 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.880 right now on our poll, most people are actually betting 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.040 the under. Right now, six of our people think it's under. 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.320 So what are we talking about here, Seve and Team 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.720 fourteen game. I like both defenses. And remember two weeks 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.440 ago the Baltimore Ravens also had not one, but two 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.640 special team return touchdowns, So I think that could be 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:14.160 a viable play. Both defenses alive and give me Buck Allen. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.320 Tonight when we come back here on the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.160 I'm gonna tell you something you really need to start 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.440 considering on a week two week basis if you're gonna 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.400 try and win some cash. Dane Martinez right here on 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:26.640 the Fantasy Freestyle, come on back. I'm gonna hold you 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:33.880 down Hunter, Henry Sterling Shepherd, Michael Thomas. These three NFL 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.560 Softmores are not due to slump. They're due to break out. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.120 Just like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network in year two, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.880 things are only getting better. 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We gotta pull question up in 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.240 right now, actually the biggest thing ist of you like 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.240 the Dolphins plus three and it to go under thirties 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.680 seven and a half percent of you like the Dolphins, 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.000 and the over of you like the Ravens and the under, 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.720 and twelve percent of you like the Ravens and the over. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.920 Here's the thing about Thursday Night Football. You know the 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.240 trend out there on the betting line as you always 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.320 want to support the home team on Thursday Night Football 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.320 because if you think about it, the road team they're 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.119 usually you know, you get an off day, usually on 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.720 a Tuesday, back at practice on a Wednesday, they have 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:15.160 to travel to the site. They don't really get their 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.160 off day, and then they gotta go right back into 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:21.560 the multiple car crash action that is an NFL game. 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:23.959 So one of the trends out there is to always 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.679 fade the road team on Monday Night Football. But I mean, 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:31.080 excuse me, on Thursday Night. But it looks like right now, 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.040 sixty eight percent of you like the Dolphins catching the 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:38.920 three points. This could be a low scoring game. Over 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.680 under is only thirty seven and a half, and three 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.600 points means a lot. If a game total is only 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.959 at thirty seven, right try to do the math and 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.800 find football scores that will be that in balance and 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.240 stay under thirty seven. You know, we're talking about fourteen 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.320 games here. We're talking about sixteen fourteen games. Here, we're 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.879 talking about ten games here. Those are tight games, and 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:04.000 in tight games three points does in fact matter. Let 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.160 me tell you about this other trend that I think 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.240 now starts to be in play because we have reached 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.600 this part of the season. Okay, you will start. You're 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:17.600 gonna start seeing in matchups teams with a dramatic difference 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.920 in rest, a rest disparity. I bring that up because 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:24.080 of Thursday night football is one of the things we say, 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:27.880 we fade the home the road team on Thursday Night football. 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:31.399 But here's the thing. The rest disparity is now going 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:33.360 to start to be more and more. We have these 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.760 Thursday night games, right and then after Thursday you have 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.040 what they call like the mini by. And if you 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:40.760 win on Thursday night football and you don't have having 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.480 a ten game days until you play again, a lot 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:45.520 of people like to go with that kind of trend 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:48.840 as well. And uh, look at the rest disparity, and 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:50.720 you gotta have a lot of teams coming off by. 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.240 You did not have the bye weeks early on in 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:55.199 the season, except for, of course, the Bucks and the 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:59.440 Dolphins because of the response to Hurricane Maria. But now 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.200 this week, week eight, you have six teams coming off 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.000 a bye. Next week, week nine, you have six teams 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.119 that are gonna be on a bye. Later on in 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.200 the season, you're gonna start to see games where teams 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.200 are playing, you know, a team coming off of bye. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.520 And I think that's a big thing to note. Okay, 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.200 and it is in play in a couple of games 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.600 this week. Let me tell you where I think it 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:21.200 comes in to play the most. I think it comes 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.600 in to play the most. On Sunday Night Football, the 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:29.200 Detroit Lions are hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers. Okay, first of all, 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.639 you know, if you watch or listen to the Fantasy 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:35.119 freestyle hashtag dropping stats over beats, you know I love 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:39.200 the home dogs, all right. The Detroit Lions are at home, 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.639 getting three or three and a half points depending on 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:45.159 the shop where you look. They're getting three three and 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.600 a half points against the Pittsburgh Steelers at home, So 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.040 you know I already love the home dog. Right. Here's 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.560 the other thing, Pittsburgh they had you know they had 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:57.560 a game last week, right a physical game, a divisional 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.679 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, one of those rough, rock'am 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:03.480 sock'em kind of rivalries many people believe the best rivalry 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:06.159 in all of the NFL. Right now, what was the 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.160 Detroit Lions doing when that game was going on. They 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.440 were chilling, they were resting. They got to stay at 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:16.639 home also, so they have the bye week, are hosting 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.720 a team traveling to them, and they're a home dog. 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:22.840 I think that is a good play. Many people are 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:25.040 gonna be on Pittsburgh because all of a sudden, people 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:27.639 think that Levan Bell is carrying them and all of 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:32.040 those not me. I like Detroit in that game. I 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.520 do think, however, this is gonna be for Pittsburgh side 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:38.560 Antonio Brown and Levy on Bell. I do not necessarily 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:41.159 believe in the juju just yet. I don't know if 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:44.200 I buy juju Smith Schuster just yet. I think Pittsburgh 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:46.359 is gonna try and get it done on the backs 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:48.680 of Levan Bell and Antonio Brown. But if you're betting 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:50.800 this game, and I'm gonna talk about a little bit tomorrow, 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:52.320 when you know, I give you my home dogs and 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:55.639 the double digit lines. But this is prime because of 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:59.159 the rest disparity. Okay. Also, you got the teams with 0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:02.359 the mini by right. Check out Kansas City. They played 0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:06.840 on Thursday Night football, right last week. They get to 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:12.120 host Denver this week on Monday Night Football. So after 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:15.679 last week, they have eleven days to play. And and 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:18.840 the Denver Broncos had a road game against the Chargers 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:22.080 last week, now have another road game. I never like 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:24.880 teams with back to back road games, second road game 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.359 in a row, and they are facing a team with 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:31.400 a rest disparity. I think that helps the Kansas City 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:34.480 Chiefs as well. One of the other games I really 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:36.480 want to talk to you about real quick before we 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:38.520 open up the phone lines, and there is some room 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:40.719 on the phone lines. Okay, So hollow at me at 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:43.560 eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. 0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:45.920