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Speaker 1: We are back. I am Dale Lally. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: It is time for the Fantasy Football Focus will buzz

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Speaker 1: through some of the injury reports. There's definitely some scary ones.

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Speaker 1: I hating Hurst back at practice for the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: They could use him, especially with the situation at right tackle.

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Speaker 1: Good point, good point. You might have more twelve personnel,

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Speaker 1: Laoe Collins out around the block. You're playing the Bills. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel practice today. It looks like he's going to

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Speaker 1: get back on the field. James Conner with an illness,

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Speaker 1: did not practice on Thursday. Oh, probably fine, But anytime

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Speaker 1: right here Connor practice alarm bells? Uh to a they

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Speaker 1: start shutting guys down to though maybe yeah to A

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Speaker 1: did not practice getting today. It's gonna be Kitty Bridgewater

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Speaker 1: against the Patriots, who were missing Rumanderie Stevenson was limited today.

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Speaker 1: Tykwon Thornton who offense. Yeah, I mean, although Harris might

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Speaker 1: be back, um Yeah, Tykwon Thornton was limited as well.

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Speaker 1: Hunter Henry was limited. Davante Parker did not practice for

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. There nicked up Damien Harris did not practice today.

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Speaker 1: Need some of these skill guys to play, Yeah, they need.

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Speaker 1: If you're a Steelers fan, you want the Patriots to

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Speaker 1: win this week. Yeah, Stevenson's key, but even Parker would

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Speaker 1: be nice, you know. I mean, somebody that can win

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Speaker 1: jump balls and contested catches. Bud Duprie goes on injured

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Speaker 1: reserve with the chest injury. He's done. He has done

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Speaker 1: for the year. They're playing nobody tonight. Yeah. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know he was okay, twenty two games for the Tennessee Titans,

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Speaker 1: but dupri has seven sacks. Yeah, and he's been horrible.

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Speaker 1: He's just not living up to the contract. Do you

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Speaker 1: wonder if he's been a lot? Yeah, right right. They

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Speaker 1: also placed Ryan Tanney Hill on injured reserve. Done. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I really hope they don't make the playoffs. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. Alvin Kamara, this one now, the analyst, this

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Speaker 1: as personal and quadriceps did not practice on the day yesterday.

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Speaker 1: It was just personal. Today, it's okay personally, his quadriceps

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Speaker 1: Is there something going on with that No, that got

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Speaker 1: pushed after the season. After the season, but okay, that's

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna pop up now all of a sudden. Chris

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Speaker 1: and Lave also limited for them. That's brutal. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: he hasn't played enough for them. A J. Brown was

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Speaker 1: limited Thursday again. I think he was limited yesterday as well.

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Speaker 1: But I think Hurts practiced. Yeah, I mean, beating the

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Speaker 1: Saints really helps them because you claim everybody and you

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Speaker 1: kill the Saints and help their your draft stuff because

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Speaker 1: their first round pick. So I wonder if they'll push

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Speaker 1: I think I would. Dante Pettis downgraded too, did not

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Speaker 1: you know Pringles, okay, Equinomius st. Brown was limited, Chase

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're all that upset about losing games

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Speaker 1: They might they might probably get two, yeah, but they

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Speaker 1: doesn't really well, someone might give you a ton for one,

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Speaker 1: they might you might get you might get a ton

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Speaker 1: just take Anderson or Carter. Yeah, it's a good spot

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Speaker 1: to be in, right. The Chargers designated Joey Bosa to return. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: not sure that they should be. Yeah, Brandon Cooks did

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Speaker 1: Pollard will not play to Yeah, Willis will not start

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Speaker 1: an illness. Has been really quietly he has. This should

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Speaker 1: looks like Hassan hank At Haskins will be the number

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Speaker 1: for tonight, Matt Tonight. This one. This might be a

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe over to Honky Tonkin on second? Is

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Speaker 1: mean I get it. Are you gonna get enough points

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Speaker 1: All right, So it's in the flex spots. C D

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Speaker 1: drop down to eleven four. Dak Prescott is ten six, okay,

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Speaker 1: good is left? Chig? You could still get uh Ezekiel Elliot,

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Speaker 1: Like that gets a Scholtz in the captain's chair? That

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Speaker 1: on Michael Gallup and the captain's share. Well, that would

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Speaker 1: get a Dalton Schultz and the captain's share. The Titans

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Speaker 1: are twenty ninth against opposing tight ends. Why don't we

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Speaker 1: flex Shultz because I think Dobbs scores more points than

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