Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey is officially questionable for Sunday. Don't panic, don't Benjamin.
Speaker 1: Fantasy Kyle Shanahan says McCaffrey should be good to go
Speaker 1: against the Buck, So what kind of impact could he
Speaker 1: make out of the gate. We will tell you the
Speaker 1: latest from Santa Clara. Another week, another totally ridiculous Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson highlight reel, and once again it'll be playing over
Speaker 1: and over in the Bengals Nightmares. Our guy Baldy's gonna
Speaker 1: be here, as is camp Wolf, to help us break
Speaker 1: down how the Ravens keep flying. Also, it is Week
Speaker 1: ten and that means Adam Rank is here with his
Speaker 1: top ten fantasy starts.
Speaker 2: Spoiler alert. If you played against Jamar Chase last night,
Speaker 2: you already lost.
Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside Ian Rappaport and Judy Batista.
Speaker 2: I am Tom Pelisero.
Speaker 1: What a way to kick off Week ten last night
Speaker 1: unless you're a Bengals fan. But for everybody else, what
Speaker 1: a game, What a way to get us for. We've
Speaker 1: got so many more awesome matchups coming up to on Sunday.
Speaker 1: We've got the Commanders going up against the Steelers. We
Speaker 1: got Sunday Night football with the Lions and the Texans,
Speaker 1: and we've got an NFC East showdown in his Cowboys
Speaker 1: Eagles in Dallas, where the news does not get any
Speaker 1: better right now for the health of Dak Prescott, Stephen Jones,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys executive vice president, fulfilling the daily obligation by
Speaker 1: law that someone from the Cowboys needs to be on
Speaker 1: the radio locally at all times, joining a show called
Speaker 1: g Bag Nation and saying in part is probably no
Speaker 1: way he's back in the four week timeframe, So we
Speaker 1: will put him on IR. We'll have that roster spot
Speaker 1: to use in terms of the next four weeks and
Speaker 1: go from there. Obviously a tough, tough situation, Jones continued,
Speaker 1: losing him for a period of time.
Speaker 2: We're gonna do it's in the best interest to Dak.
Speaker 1: And right now now, I don't think anyone knows whether
Speaker 1: four weeks, six weeks, or the season.
Speaker 3: Ian.
Speaker 1: We know that this was something that was much more
Speaker 1: significant than anybody really even expected coming out of Sunday.
Speaker 2: They knew that.
Speaker 1: Off the MRI, they're gathering more information, and obviously the
Speaker 1: information right now is not very good.
Speaker 4: No, not very good.
Speaker 3: Now there's a couple of reasons why a player such
Speaker 3: as Dak Prescott would get a second opinion or a
Speaker 3: third opinion, or give it, send scans to an expert
Speaker 3: and have him just kind of read it. Let me
Speaker 3: know what you think. The reason is they do not know.
Speaker 3: And really what we're talking about here, Tom, is is
Speaker 3: it going to be bad, which it already is, or
Speaker 3: is it going to be really really bad, which would
Speaker 3: mean Dak Prescott having surgery and likely being out for
Speaker 3: the season. And I would say being out for the
Speaker 3: season is already a possibility because I know how to
Speaker 3: read a calendar a lot of times.
Speaker 4: Not all the time, but a lot of times.
Speaker 3: If Dak Prescott is going to be out four weeks,
Speaker 3: and he is Stephen Jordenes said he's going to be
Speaker 3: put on ir, then that takes him let's see today
Speaker 3: is No.
Speaker 5: Or eighth.
Speaker 3: That takes him to early December. If he's out six weeks,
Speaker 3: it takes you to the middle of December. That is
Speaker 3: almost to the end of the season. And unless Cooper
Speaker 3: Rush is going to be Dak Prescott or the Cooper
Speaker 3: Rush from twenty twenty two, then the Cowboys may be
Speaker 3: out of it by then. And then there's no way
Speaker 3: you're going to bring back Dak Prescott anyway. So really
Speaker 3: what we're talking about here, Judy, is is it.
Speaker 4: Going to be bad or really really bad?
Speaker 3: And then are we going to see the Cowboys star
Speaker 3: quarterback for the rest of the season. I know Stephen
Speaker 3: Jones said they're doing what's best for Dak. My understanding
Speaker 3: is there's really not any choice here. It's not like
Speaker 3: he wants to play, and they're like, it's a bad
Speaker 3: injury and he's not going to play for a while.
Speaker 6: Well, this feels inevitable, and it's really felt inevitable since
Speaker 6: earlier in the week when it was clear that this
Speaker 6: was going to be worse than a short term, you know,
Speaker 6: just a few week kind of the injury. I mean,
Speaker 6: you're right, the calendar dictates where we are. If it's
Speaker 6: a six week injury, you're already close to the end
Speaker 6: of the season. And let's be real about this. The
Speaker 6: season is already starting to slip away, and unless again
Speaker 6: Cooper Rush goes in there and turns the entire season
Speaker 6: upside down, it is probably going to continue to slip
Speaker 6: slowly away. And so then why would you ever push
Speaker 6: to get Dak Prescott back on the field. When Stephen
Speaker 6: Jones said we've got to do what's best for Dak Prescott,
Speaker 6: that means that even though Dak Prescott surely wants to
Speaker 6: play and is surely trying to figure out a way
Speaker 6: to play and maybe even looking for a doctor who
Speaker 6: would say that he has a chance to play, they've
Speaker 6: got to be careful and they have to protect him
Speaker 6: from himself. And certainly, if we get into mid December
Speaker 6: and he is still not on the field and the
Speaker 6: season is really out of reach, you got to think
Speaker 6: we are not going to see Dak Prescott for the
Speaker 6: rest of the way.
Speaker 1: Cowboys are three and five and they get set to
Speaker 1: host the six and two Eagles. Dallas is zero to
Speaker 1: three at home this season for so many different reasons.
Speaker 1: This is a massive, massive game, and it is going
Speaker 1: to be Cooper Rush under center for now and de
Speaker 1: foreseeable future. Forty nine Ers fans know a thing or
Speaker 1: two about moving injury timelines. Christian McCaffrey, who wasn't participating
Speaker 1: in training camp. It was supposed to be okay by
Speaker 1: week one, then he had pain. We still haven't seen him,
Speaker 1: but it seems like we are headed toward Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: being on the field at last Sunday against the Bucks.
Speaker 1: Let's see if the Bay Area media can nail this
Speaker 1: down with Kyle shanning it, with Christian being questionable, is
Speaker 1: that a situation where you can't list him you have
Speaker 1: to listen his questionable.
Speaker 7: Yeah, take him off IR or whatever it is tomorrow
Speaker 7: and then he'll be good to go. So, unless something
Speaker 7: crazy happens on this plane ride, he should be good
Speaker 7: to go tomorrow once it gets off IR.
Speaker 2: The old Christian in practice this week?
Speaker 8: Yeah, Yeah, I hit a good week.
Speaker 1: Not sure Kyle's beard was that gray when Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: first missed the game here. It's been a long time Ian,
Speaker 1: it seems though, barring some type of, like you said,
Speaker 1: a setback on the trip here, we're gonna see Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: But what virgin and how much of Christian McCaffrey are
Speaker 1: we going to see out of the gate?
Speaker 3: Well, first of all, you know, we sort of joked
Speaker 3: about Matt Lafour hating more than maybe anything in the
Speaker 3: entire world, answering injury questions about Jordan Love. I think
Speaker 3: we've now found a worthy adversary. I'm not sure that
Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan hates anything more than having to answer questions
Speaker 3: about Christian McCaffrey's health for like two months.
Speaker 8: In a row.
Speaker 4: Good news, we're basically there.
Speaker 3: That might be the last time, hopefully, fingers crossed, we
Speaker 3: have to talk about Christian McCaffrey's health, because it does
Speaker 3: seem like he's going to play, barring some sort of
Speaker 3: high knee incident on the plane.
Speaker 4: All Russell Wilson, he's playing.
Speaker 3: That said, Judy, the landscape of Christian McCaffrey has changed
Speaker 3: dramatically since he went out. He was the belcow when
Speaker 3: he went out, he was the best player on their team,
Speaker 3: and he was the guy who had twenty to twenty
Speaker 3: five touches a game because he is that good, and
Speaker 3: he was also really the only answer at running back.
Speaker 9: That is not the case anymore.
Speaker 3: Jordan Mason came on became one of the best runners
Speaker 3: in football just based on his production. They now can
Speaker 3: spell McCaffrey, They now can pull them off the field.
Speaker 3: They say, you know what, if we want to give
Speaker 3: them twelve touches, that's fine because we have someone else
Speaker 3: who can do it, not as well, but kind of
Speaker 3: almost as well. It is a much better healthier situation
Speaker 3: for McCaffrey and for the forty nine ers. It's not
Speaker 3: like great for your fantasy team, but I'm not sure
Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan cares that much about that anyway.
Speaker 6: It is a great situation for the forty nine ers,
Speaker 6: and a big part of the reason why it's a
Speaker 6: great situation for the forty nine ers is because they
Speaker 6: did exactly what they had to do.
Speaker 10: While they had all of these injuries piling.
Speaker 6: Up, especially McCaffrey's, they stayed afloat, they stayed in range.
Speaker 6: They did not drop so far out of the NFC
Speaker 6: West picture that none of this matters. They're in range.
Speaker 6: They did lose two division games, so they've got some
Speaker 6: catching up to do, but it's all in front of them.
Speaker 6: They've still got division games ahead of them. They are
Speaker 6: clearly in the NFC playoff mix and they are in
Speaker 6: the NFC West mix, So everything lined up. As as
Speaker 6: rough as the first half of the season has been
Speaker 6: in some ways for the forty nine ers and as
Speaker 6: atypical as it has been, and they certainly haven't looked
Speaker 6: like themselves with all of the injuries, they did everything
Speaker 6: they could possibly do, and they are in as good
Speaker 6: a position as they could possibly have hoped for with
Speaker 6: all of these injuries now going into.
Speaker 10: The second half of the season, and again, the fact.
Speaker 6: That they don't have to lean as heavily on McCaffrey
Speaker 6: as they have in the past is just a bonus.
Speaker 10: They're in a great spot right now.
Speaker 1: As Ian said, of the forty nine ers are equipped
Speaker 1: to spell McCaffrey. Hopefully the equipment staff can also spell
Speaker 1: McCaffrey since for the first time since twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: they got to stitch that name on a jersey. He
Speaker 1: will be out there in Tampa on the other side
Speaker 1: of the equation. The Buccaneers quarterback alsmissed a lot of
Speaker 1: practice time this week, Baker Mayfield dealing with a toe injury,
Speaker 1: but was back on the practice field today.
Speaker 2: No injury designation. Ian he's ready to roll. Yeah, he's
Speaker 2: good to go.
Speaker 3: And that's what he told reporters earlier the week, basically
Speaker 3: saying I'll be good to go. But what we're starting
Speaker 3: to get to tom is we're starting to get to
Speaker 3: the point of the season where players are really banged up.
Speaker 3: And so what the Bucks did and I think what
Speaker 3: we're seeing A lot of teams do pulled back this week,
Speaker 3: did a little bit of a walk through, kind of
Speaker 3: took Baker Mayfield off the field just to let him
Speaker 3: kind of rest and ease up. He's going to be fine,
Speaker 3: but the teams are going to be in it for
Speaker 3: the long haul. Need to make sure more than anything
Speaker 3: else their guys are healthy.
Speaker 9: Give them a little bit of a breather.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence dealing with an injury to
Speaker 1: his left his non throwing shoulder. Ian Rappaport reported and
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson more or less confirmed today it's trending against
Speaker 1: Lawrence being.
Speaker 2: Out there, which will be Mac Jones in line to get.
Speaker 1: The start, although as they are wont to do the
Speaker 1: Jaguars officially Judy listed Trevor Lawrence as questionable for this
Speaker 1: game against the Vikings.
Speaker 10: Well, I want to.
Speaker 6: Try to look on the bright side of this. This
Speaker 6: is an incredible opportunity for mac Jones to revive his career.
Speaker 6: Don't forget we first thought that he might be the
Speaker 6: franchise quarterback at the New England Patriots and then things backslid.
Speaker 10: This is a great chance for him. Good luck to him.
Speaker 6: Having said that, it's really bad for Trevor Lawrence, and
Speaker 6: the ramifications for the team as a whole are really tough.
Speaker 6: It's a two win team, the schedule is difficult. If
Speaker 6: Trevor Lawrence is not on the field, and if mac
Speaker 6: Jones cannot win some of these games, this season is
Speaker 6: going to continue going downhill, and certainly there are going
Speaker 6: to be big decisions to be made about the team
Speaker 6: as a whole at the end of the season.
Speaker 1: We'll say a look at some of the other key
Speaker 1: injuries around the NFL. Will Levis finally back from that
Speaker 1: right shoulder injury. He's off. The report will start on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Drake London, the Falcons receiver, officially questionable with that hip
Speaker 1: injury suffered last week. Michael Pittman Junior has been battling.
Speaker 1: He's out this week, so has Juju Smith. Schuster has
Speaker 1: now missed a few games with the hamstring. Michael Parsons
Speaker 1: some good news for the Cowboys, listed with an ankle.
Speaker 1: He was limited all week in practice, but Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: sounded optimistic. Meanwhile, Marshawn Lattimore, the big trade deadline acquisition
Speaker 1: for the Commanders was dealing with a hamstring injury coming in.
Speaker 1: He is a fish out. They got a short week
Speaker 1: before they face the Eagles. They're hopeful he'll be on
Speaker 1: the field for that. Joe Burrow Lamar Jackson kicking off
Speaker 1: Week ten in style. Let's fast forward to the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: because well, there's enough that happened in the final two
Speaker 1: minutes to tide us over here.
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson with the little floater into the end zone.
Speaker 1: That's a touchdown, puts the Ravens back up thirty five
Speaker 1: twenty eight. Bengals were right back down the field. Officially,
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow to Jamar Chase. That was the one thousand,
Speaker 1: seven and fifty six completion of the night. This one
Speaker 1: for a touchdown and they're gonna go for two. Chase
Speaker 1: his top left. Burrow only looks right and he's looking
Speaker 1: for Tanner Hudson on a pivot route. It's incomplete. There
Speaker 1: were about three different flags that could have been thrown there.
Speaker 1: None of them were thrown. That is a w for
Speaker 1: the Ravens and maybe the most painful loss yet for
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase and the Bengals. Our Cameron Wolf
Speaker 1: was there, Our Brian Baldinger was also watching that game.
Speaker 1: As we bring them into the conversation here, Cameron, just
Speaker 1: tell me what you saw last night with Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: once again in the clutch, delivering for a Ravens.
Speaker 2: Team that looks as tough as anybody.
Speaker 11: Right now, Tom Lamar was lamarvelous as he's been for
Speaker 11: much of the year. He's well on his way to
Speaker 11: his third MVP. And I want to just give you
Speaker 11: some perspective from Ravens players.
Speaker 8: I talked to.
Speaker 11: Marlon Humphrey said he's carrying us right now. Mark Andrews said,
Speaker 11: no one is playing the game might be him.
Speaker 8: He is.
Speaker 11: He is one of one and when number eight leading
Speaker 11: us is never over and there was really one play.
Speaker 11: Mark Andrews said that divine. How much better Lamar is
Speaker 11: as a passer. He said on his touchdown play, Mark
Speaker 11: Andrews improvise, he went deep on a mess route, took
Speaker 11: the high route. Lamar saw it immediately and through that touchdown.
Speaker 11: He said that development as a passer is what makes
Speaker 11: him a more complete player. And he said this is
Speaker 11: the best Lamar has ever beat Ben. And you look
Speaker 11: at his stats, twenty four touchdowns to two interceptions. He's
Speaker 11: on his way to career highs and touchdowns, yards, pretty
Speaker 11: much every category, and that makes the Ravens more.
Speaker 9: Complete as a team.
Speaker 11: He's nineteen to five in primetime, second all time just
Speaker 11: to Steve Young with ten plus totches, so he's been
Speaker 11: an incredible player. But the Ravens locker room was one
Speaker 11: that was different from me. They had a great win,
Speaker 11: but a lot of the locker room was dejected. They
Speaker 11: did not feel like they played up to their standard
Speaker 11: on the defensive side of the ball. It was more
Speaker 11: relief than celebration. And Marlon Humphrey, I think summed it
Speaker 11: up saying, we're the little brothers of the offense right now,
Speaker 11: so we got to get it together.
Speaker 9: But we're glad we have the MVP on our side.
Speaker 8: You know.
Speaker 12: I'm glad I agree with everything you just said, Cam,
Speaker 12: and I'm glad you brought up Marlon Humphrey because he
Speaker 12: changed the whole game. In the third quarter was seven
Speaker 12: minutes ago. Cincinnati is totally in control of the game.
Speaker 12: They're up twenty one to seven. It's second and five.
Speaker 12: They run Chase Brown in the middle of the line
Speaker 12: and there's Marlon Humphrey just ripping that lawnmower accord and
Speaker 12: pulling that ball right out of his hands, and rokwand
Speaker 12: Smith reecovers and the Ravens would go down to score
Speaker 12: in five plays from there, and then they score on
Speaker 12: four straight possessions. But that played right there by Marlon Humphrey.
Speaker 12: He's the veteran back there. He's saying we got to
Speaker 12: play better. Well, he put it on himself to play better,
Speaker 12: and that changed the game because if Chase Brown doesn't
Speaker 12: get that ballroomed down, it's third and one. The time
Speaker 12: is ticking right there. Cincinnati possesses the ball, they get
Speaker 12: the first down more time and Baltimore doesn't get that
Speaker 12: short field and maybe that first touchdown that led to
Speaker 12: three more straight touchdowns in a row. And so credit
Speaker 12: Marlon Humphrey. We're really turning that momentum around in that game.
Speaker 1: I said going into that game yesterday here on the
Speaker 1: Insiders that if the Bengals found a way to win,
Speaker 1: we'd all be sitting back. And yes there's overreactions in
Speaker 1: national TV games, but it was going to feel like,
Speaker 1: is this the best team in the AFC North. I
Speaker 1: still can walked away from that game going Ravens find
Speaker 1: a way to get it done to the clutch.
Speaker 2: There's something to be said for that.
Speaker 1: The Bengals had some bad losses, but if this team
Speaker 1: can find their way into the playoffs, they can be dangerous.
Speaker 2: The problem is the margin fera now is about that slim.
Speaker 11: Yeah, the Bengals find a way to put up big numbers.
Speaker 11: We saw what Joe Burrow Jamar Chase did. Man, it's incredible.
Speaker 11: Joe mar Chase puts up numbers unlike any other against
Speaker 11: the Ravens. But I want to take you to a
Speaker 11: scene after the game because I watched this. Joe Burrow
Speaker 11: walked off the field after shaking Lamar Jackson's hands. He
Speaker 11: was angry, he was visibly frustrated, and when he got
Speaker 11: to the locker room, he sat at his locker for
Speaker 11: about five minutes with his eyes closed, just kind of
Speaker 11: soaking it all in. And then he got to the
Speaker 11: press conference, and he had every opportunity to maybe take
Speaker 11: a shot at the officials for maybe a missed call
Speaker 11: or two, and he said, no, I'm not expecting to
Speaker 11: get any of those calls.
Speaker 9: We've got to be better.
Speaker 11: And I think the Bengals feel like they still I
Speaker 11: hope because of the mentality of Joe Burrow.
Speaker 9: This is a team that's really struggled defensively.
Speaker 11: I think Jamar Chase said it best saying, I don't
Speaker 11: think it's possible. I didn't think it was possible for
Speaker 11: me and Joe to play this well and for us
Speaker 11: to lose. But they are running out of time. They're
Speaker 11: four and six, and they've probably got to win five
Speaker 11: or six out of the last seven to make this
Speaker 11: push into the playoffs.
Speaker 12: Yeah, you know Ken the four and six, and you know,
Speaker 12: Joe Burrow is throwing more touchdown passes than any other
Speaker 12: quarterback in the league. And Jamar Chase would win the
Speaker 12: triple Crown if it ended right now with reception yards touchdowns.
Speaker 2: But they aren't playing great together.
Speaker 8: But it's more than that.
Speaker 12: And so they got two games against Pittsburgh, They've got
Speaker 12: a game against Cleveland. Those division games in the second
Speaker 12: half of the season sometimes count almost as much as two.
Speaker 12: There's still hope because they still could put up thirty
Speaker 12: points on anybody they play, and then it's the question
Speaker 12: can the defense do their job and hold the score
Speaker 12: down and start stacking some wins.
Speaker 4: It's still possible it's not too late.
Speaker 12: When you got Joe Burrow playing like he is right now,
Speaker 12: you have a quarterback play, receiver play. They're gonna get
Speaker 12: T Higgins back. There's still gonna be a dynamic offense.
Speaker 12: They're still gonna win some games. Can they win enough
Speaker 12: to qualify for the postseason right now?
Speaker 1: Hopefully the rest of the Week ten lives up to
Speaker 1: that game, fellas, thank you very much, talk to you again.
Speaker 2: Shortly here.
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes suffered what once again looked like a really
Speaker 1: bad injury, but the guys basically gumby last week.
Speaker 2: He's going to be back. We'll be out there this
Speaker 2: week for a.
Speaker 1: Divisional game against the Broncos, team that really could use
Speaker 1: win over the Chiefs. We'll talk about it next on
Speaker 1: The Insiders.
Speaker 6: It's an old school AFC West matchup. Look at that
Speaker 6: Broncos Chiefs Sunday afternoon, and it's actually got meaning. But
Speaker 6: it's not too early to say playoff implications because right now,
Speaker 6: the Denver Broncos would be the seventh seed in the AFC,
Speaker 6: so they would be in as a wild card, and
Speaker 6: of course the Chiefs are the last remaining undefeated team,
Speaker 6: and there's Jeffrey Chidia, our Undefeated correspondent. Jeffrey, let's talk
Speaker 6: about this because we all saw Patrick Mahomes sort of
Speaker 6: writing in pain there a little bit with the ankle injury.
Speaker 6: Andy Reid though, said he's got loose ankles. I don't
Speaker 6: really know what that means. But how do we think
Speaker 6: this ankle injury is going to affect him this weekend?
Speaker 13: Yeah, a lot of heart scot when that happened, Judy,
Speaker 13: But it looks pretty good. You know, he was able
Speaker 13: to practice all week, said he was sore after that game,
Speaker 13: and the real question here is how does he respond
Speaker 13: after a short week? You know, Patrick Mahomes is a
Speaker 13: history of reaggravating ankle injuries. He did it back in
Speaker 13: twenty nineteen, did it obviously in the championship season in
Speaker 13: twenty twenty two.
Speaker 9: But he's a tough guy.
Speaker 13: He knows how to play through these things, and he
Speaker 13: knows he's going to take on a defense in Denver
Speaker 13: is pretty tough. He talked about just how this team's
Speaker 13: got a great pass rush. Patrick Hutann and Riley mos
Speaker 13: are two of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. One
Speaker 13: of the best cornerback tennents in the NFL and they
Speaker 13: have to be ready for this. And so yes, he
Speaker 13: will be hurting a little bit, but he's going to
Speaker 13: be out there giving it his best shot as he
Speaker 13: always does.
Speaker 6: All Right, this is bo Nicks's first time facing Spags's defense,
Speaker 6: and we all know that many more experienced quarterbacks than
Speaker 6: bon Knicks have struggled against Spags' defense. So what's the
Speaker 6: key for bo Nicks to get through this?
Speaker 13: Well, he said the key for him is to score points,
Speaker 13: not just try to move the football and take care
Speaker 13: of the football. He said that this team, in order
Speaker 13: to beat the Chiefs, you've got to put up points
Speaker 13: because this is the team in Kansas City that is
Speaker 13: tremendous when it comes to one score games, tight games,
Speaker 13: knowing what it takes to win.
Speaker 8: So bot Nicks.
Speaker 13: Realizes he's going to see a lot of interesting stuff.
Speaker 13: And Sean Payton did say that this team with the
Speaker 13: shell coverages and they're going to press their receivers and
Speaker 13: get after it and the blitz packages, he knows that
Speaker 13: he's going to see a lot of stuff. But he
Speaker 13: also said he's not going to be afraid of this.
Speaker 13: This is what he came to this league to play for,
Speaker 13: and he's going to give it his best shot.
Speaker 6: Love that this game is relevant again, Jeffrey Chidia, thank you.
Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live. Tom Pilicero,
Speaker 1: Ian Rappipord, joined as we are every Friday night by
Speaker 1: our guy Adam Rank.
Speaker 2: All right, it's week ten. Rank.
Speaker 1: I appreciate your commitment to the numerical correlations here. We
Speaker 1: got ten the top ten starts for Week ten. Late,
Speaker 1: I mean, let's start out with some quarterbacks here.
Speaker 2: Well, it's not about the quarterback.
Speaker 14: They were just talking about a moment ago and Patrick
Speaker 14: Mahomes for the first time this season on he finally
Speaker 14: eclipsed nineteen fantasy points. And that's okay. This is not
Speaker 14: He's not been asked to do much. But I do
Speaker 14: think this is a good week to start him.
Speaker 2: With some of the.
Speaker 4: Quarterbacks on a bye.
Speaker 2: Dak Prescott is injured.
Speaker 14: I have him as a low end quarterback one this week,
Speaker 14: even though the matchup is pretty tough against the Denver Broncos,
Speaker 14: who have played him well, and then we've got Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 14: This is sort of a tough start because the New
Speaker 14: Orleans Saints have been tough on quarterbacks this season. Will
Speaker 14: when you look over the last four games, the Saints
Speaker 14: have allowed seven touchdown passes. Kirk Cousins has really started
Speaker 14: to put it together over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 14: Big reason why is his guys like Darnell Mooney have
Speaker 14: stepped up there in Atlanta.
Speaker 3: All right, high five for your five good quarterbacks. Give
Speaker 3: me some running backs.
Speaker 14: I'm gonna start with Aaron Jones, and I think the
Speaker 14: Green Bay Packers, I think they made a mistake when
Speaker 14: they let him go. Aaron Jones is such a great runner,
Speaker 14: and he's done such a great job for the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 14: This week he's got the Jacksonville Jaguars, who've allowed twelve
Speaker 14: touchdown to running backs this season, eight on the ground,
Speaker 14: four in the air. Aaron Jones is a big part
Speaker 14: of both the air and ground attacks. So you've got
Speaker 14: to start him. Sorry, Tom, don't mean to bring this
Speaker 14: up again, but Tyrone Tracy has had seventeen touches in
Speaker 14: seven consecutive games. Now he's going up against the Carolina Panthers,
Speaker 14: who've allowed the most fantasy points to running backs this season.
Speaker 2: He has a must start.
Speaker 14: I mean, I wouldn't he's got to be on your roster,
Speaker 14: I'm sure, but you must start him this week against
Speaker 14: the Carolina Panthers, and then Raheem Mohster who It's an
Speaker 14: interesting call because the Rams have been pretty generous to
Speaker 14: opposing running backs over the course of the season. They've
Speaker 14: been better over the last couple of weeks. But Raheem
Speaker 14: Moster was on the field for fourteen snaps last week,
Speaker 14: get twelve touches, which he turned into eighty eight yards, which.
Speaker 2: Is highly productive.
Speaker 14: The efficiency is great, but I think when you look
Speaker 14: at the landscape right now.
Speaker 4: Raheem Moster needs to be a must start rant.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Five more starts from you, because five plus five equals ten,
Speaker 1: as Ian might say. Coming up a little bit late
Speaker 1: on in the show. Coming up after this, though, we
Speaker 1: got a guy whose job is to stop you from
Speaker 1: putting up fantasy points here, Gregorsso one of the talented
Speaker 1: young defenders on a Bills team that is rolling. What's
Speaker 1: the key to getting after Joe Flacco? Did the Bills
Speaker 1: expect We can see little Anthony Richardson on Sunday. We'll
Speaker 1: ask him next on The Insiders.
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what when the game is on the line.
Speaker 2: You guys are at your best, and that's an important trait.
Speaker 1: Right there man right keep asked read example of right
Speaker 1: there that's so good.
Speaker 2: Early comes back, hits the game winner man sixty.
Speaker 1: One yards read and Sam and the guys that are
Speaker 1: out there blocking.
Speaker 2: Heck with job.
Speaker 6: Well, they've had lots of reason for celebrations in the
Speaker 6: locker room in Buffalo this season. Look at the AFC
Speaker 6: et standings. The Bills are running away with it. Seven
Speaker 6: and two overall, three and zero perfect in the Division's
Speaker 6: closest team is the Jets. We have talked extensively about
Speaker 6: their struggles. Dolphins and Patriots bring up the rear. It's
Speaker 6: a good time to be a Buffalo Bill. And that's
Speaker 6: why we want to talk to our friend, our guest,
Speaker 6: Greg Russo, the defensive end for the Buffalo Bills. Greg,
Speaker 6: Welcome to the show. Tell us what the vibe is
Speaker 6: like in Buffalo when you have that big of lead.
Speaker 5: The vibe is good, but it's really still just taking
Speaker 5: it one game at a time, practicing, taking it one
Speaker 5: practice at a time, one lift at the time.
Speaker 8: Whatever we're doing.
Speaker 5: We try to kind of just holler our focus into
Speaker 5: just that because when you start to see the bigger
Speaker 5: picture and playoffs and all this stuff, you kind of
Speaker 5: who's focused on the task of hand, of being in
Speaker 5: the moment in practice for the game whatever it is
Speaker 5: just that week. So we kind of try to just
Speaker 5: break everything up into the smallest parts possible.
Speaker 12: Greg, You're from Miami, and I could ask you about
Speaker 12: the change and what they're doing, but I won't.
Speaker 8: I will ask you about the Dolphins.
Speaker 2: If you just beat for a second.
Speaker 12: Time this year, like since you come into this, like
Speaker 12: you've owned the Dolphins, Greg, Like, does it just seem
Speaker 12: like an automatic W two when you play up for again?
Speaker 12: I know it took a sixty one yard field goal,
Speaker 12: but you own this team right now?
Speaker 8: Yeah? Yeah, I mean yeah, but it was a hard
Speaker 8: following when you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 5: I feel like we always had those games with them
Speaker 5: when we go back and forth since I've been here,
Speaker 5: it's always it's always a big week. First ever played
Speaker 5: in divisional game, and that was a home game too,
Speaker 5: so we kind of look at that always as a
Speaker 5: muscle win, just defending our dirt being at home, and
Speaker 5: uh yeah, like I said, it's always a physical game.
Speaker 5: They did a really good job. They're running the ball
Speaker 5: and stuff like that, and I'm glad that we were
Speaker 5: able to come out the top and get the win
Speaker 5: of a tough game.
Speaker 3: Now, when we started this season, I really go all
Speaker 3: the way back to the offseason, Greg. You know, you
Speaker 3: guys lost a lot of familiar faces, a lot of
Speaker 3: big name guys that I think people were expecting a
Speaker 3: certain kind of season for Buffalo. I mean, obviously you
Speaker 3: have Josh, so you're always going to and a good infrastructure,
Speaker 3: always going to be good. But I think a lot
Speaker 3: of people thought it would be more of a transition year.
Speaker 3: Was there a point Maybe it was the opener, but
Speaker 3: where's there a point this year when you kind of
Speaker 3: realized like, all right, like we're I'm not transitioning to anything.
Speaker 9: Like we're pretty good, man.
Speaker 5: I say, training camp, being out there at Saint John
Speaker 5: Fisher and us going doing at it day and day.
Speaker 8: Our Baldy was out there. I've seen him.
Speaker 5: I've seen him once or twice just going going that
Speaker 5: out there, offense, defense, specially seams flying around, just going
Speaker 5: hard and knowing like I know, I've been here for
Speaker 5: a couple of years and knowing like the competitiveness is
Speaker 5: still there to drive the win. It's still there to
Speaker 5: the coaching staff, just the whole entire mindset and the
Speaker 5: orientation we have towards how we prepare for our job,
Speaker 5: whether it's right and sort of game. Everything stayed the
Speaker 5: same to me, and we're just trying to keep on
Speaker 5: getting better day after day and month after month and
Speaker 5: year after year.
Speaker 8: We're just trying to keep on going up.
Speaker 6: Greg, Let's talk about the season you're having. You have
Speaker 6: four and a half sacks already. You also have twenty
Speaker 6: one pressures through nine games. All of last season you
Speaker 6: had twenty five pressures. That was a career high, so
Speaker 6: you are way ahead of your pace from last season.
Speaker 6: I know you've been playing a little bit more on
Speaker 6: the left side, But what's clicking for you this season?
Speaker 5: What's working really just the guys I'm out there with
Speaker 5: coaching staff, Coach West and coach Edwards. They do a
Speaker 5: great job again be prepared and the rest of the
Speaker 5: guys prepared them. Whenever we have our rest playing together,
Speaker 5: we talk about four pus one out there, because if
Speaker 5: one guy's rushing, good and three guys aren't, or vice versas.
Speaker 5: Even if three guys have a good rush, and one
Speaker 5: person kind of isn't locked in, it could can kind.
Speaker 8: Of mess with the rush. Nobody can get home and
Speaker 8: nobody can get that pressure getting that QB hit.
Speaker 5: So really just being out there with the guys and
Speaker 5: it's being really coordinated and making sure that we're going
Speaker 5: fast and we got we got everything under control. We
Speaker 5: know there's a chip whe we're doing this, if it's
Speaker 5: hoping edges, we're doing this. It's just being tidening all
Speaker 5: that stuff. I feel like it creates success for everybody.
Speaker 5: I also feel like team success comes first, and then
Speaker 5: all the individual stats to hits, the sacks, all that
Speaker 5: stuff comes when you just when you're stopping to run
Speaker 5: out of first down and you're able to get teams
Speaker 5: into second eleven or third and eight, then you earn
Speaker 5: opportunities to rush to pass her. You know, it's hard
Speaker 5: when you're living in that world like third and one,
Speaker 5: thirty two, thirty three.
Speaker 8: Even if you have a good passers, you can't review them.
Speaker 5: So I feel like football is really a team sport,
Speaker 5: and even when you see individual success for one person,
Speaker 5: it has a lot to do with people around him,
Speaker 5: especially up front Vielan.
Speaker 12: Greg, you're the left end unless von Miller is in
Speaker 12: the game, and then you go to the right end.
Speaker 12: Much respect to the great closer von Miller. But yeah,
Speaker 12: the question I have to you Greg about Vonn is this.
Speaker 12: I remember being at Saint John's a couple of years ago.
Speaker 12: You're still a young player, and I was asking about
Speaker 12: your development. He said, Baldi, I don't even talk to
Speaker 12: Greg about pass rush moves. And you know how to
Speaker 12: beat the guy like he knows how to do that.
Speaker 12: His thing was understanding the moment, the part of the
Speaker 12: game when you got to take the game.
Speaker 9: Over, when you got to make that play.
Speaker 12: Tell us a little bit about the influence of Vaughn
Speaker 12: and the experience he brings to that room that he's
Speaker 12: shared with you and all the young guys right now.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean really just all the little nuances he
Speaker 5: knows about pass rush, and I feel like Vonn does
Speaker 5: a really good job of making a site holding on
Speaker 5: for watching film and be like Greg, maybe your get
Speaker 5: off or whatever, your hand placing right here, Just the
Speaker 5: little things, because it's really the little things that gut
Speaker 5: that take you take you far. You're already you only
Speaker 5: have so much that you're gonna be good at. So
Speaker 5: you might be a dude lets to stab, you might
Speaker 5: be due use speed rushes, but whatever it is that
Speaker 5: you're working at, you've got to be able to hold
Speaker 5: it on like I'm doing that or my get off
Speaker 5: skinning this play. I'm keen to tackle whatever it is.
Speaker 5: I feel like Bond, He's huge in details. And another
Speaker 5: thing about von Idce and the brings our room, it's
Speaker 5: just the killer instinct and knowing, like you said, just now,
Speaker 5: like the moments of ore. It's third and eight, you
Speaker 5: know what I'm saying, it's fourth quarter, there's two minutes
Speaker 5: left or whatever it is, like we got to make
Speaker 5: a play upfront. So us just being able to hold
Speaker 5: ourselves accountable. Just the mindset he brings and really the intent.
Speaker 5: Whenever we're out at practice Bonna, he's always saying purpose
Speaker 5: and intent, or focus on just that day, or focus
Speaker 5: on just that practice, that rep, that next rap, whatever
Speaker 5: it is was, it's third down, first second down, whatever
Speaker 5: it is.
Speaker 8: We try to live in a moment and then carry
Speaker 8: that over the game day.
Speaker 5: And kind of have that don't blink mentality when the
Speaker 5: lights get right and it's money that football whatever it is,
Speaker 5: or the playoffs, just us just falling back on what
Speaker 5: we do at Saint John Fisher Ots and every day
Speaker 5: out here in practice or department.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think going into this game, if you had
Speaker 3: asked me a couple of weeks ago, we would have said, well,
Speaker 3: you know, what's it going to be like? You got
Speaker 3: to try to go get Anthony Richardson And he's basically
Speaker 3: as big as you are, and he's physically talented, and
Speaker 3: except now obviously he's been benched. Now it's Joe Flacco,
Speaker 3: completely different type of quarterback. How much does that alter
Speaker 3: what you do? And is this is this challenging or
Speaker 3: more challenging or less challenging for you?
Speaker 5: I'd say I'd say it doesn't alter too much because
Speaker 5: whoever the quarterback is, our rush plans always to getting
Speaker 5: them flustered any way possible and get hits on him
Speaker 5: and make plays make plays on the quarterback. So I
Speaker 5: mean that part of it, i'd say says the same
Speaker 5: kind of our approach as a matter who's back there.
Speaker 5: But I'd also say, when it comes to a challenge,
Speaker 5: is it lesser and more challenging? I'd say, isn't lesser
Speaker 5: more it's more just a different challenge, you know what
Speaker 5: I mean. Like certain quarterbacks they're gonna hurt you with
Speaker 5: their feet. But Joe Flacco pretty sure, He's won a
Speaker 5: super Bowl, He's won a lot of games. I've been
Speaker 5: watching Joe Flacko forever, you know what I'm saying. So
Speaker 5: it's one of those guys who can hurt you as
Speaker 5: a really good arm and you can get out of
Speaker 5: the pocket too. You know, if you're not quit in
Speaker 5: front any quarterback, you get out of pocket. So we
Speaker 5: got real tight into our stuff. He's an experienced guy.
Speaker 5: He's probably i think in the year eighteen, so he's
Speaker 5: won a lot of games. So we got to be
Speaker 5: out of and be ready to play Sunday.
Speaker 6: All right, you're halfway through the season, you've got the
Speaker 6: big lead. You already said, you know, you don't want
Speaker 6: to look too far ahead. But as a defense, what
Speaker 6: kind of goals do you have for the second half
Speaker 6: of the season.
Speaker 5: Really just try to stack performances whatever, whatever it is,
Speaker 5: whatever challenge you facing that league, whether it's a good
Speaker 5: running back, a really good quarterback, passing offense, runoffense, kind
Speaker 5: of just make them one dimensional, force them into the
Speaker 5: top of game that we want to play where we
Speaker 5: can get our pass rushing on the field and make plays.
Speaker 5: And he had the formula no matter who we play,
Speaker 5: that's really changed too much. You got to put the
Speaker 5: ball down. It's eleven on eleven, and there's a way
Speaker 5: to win football games as a way. There's a way
Speaker 5: to affect the quarterback up front, there's a way to
Speaker 5: take away the ball and deeper, whether you're punching, going
Speaker 5: for punchouts, or going for ships haacks or just even
Speaker 5: in this artist, guys, is just everything coming together.
Speaker 8: Our mindset has already changed week the week.
Speaker 5: Our mindset from Saint John Fisher is going to be the
Speaker 5: same as it is right now, and it's going to
Speaker 5: be the same thing at the end of the year.
Speaker 5: And it's going to be all about us just going
Speaker 5: out there on defense, being smart, fast, physical, and playing
Speaker 5: our ball game, playing Buffalo Bill's football.
Speaker 12: Greg, you just talked about making plays and punching out
Speaker 12: and the guy that didn't that last week is a doll.
Speaker 4: Karen Johnson like.
Speaker 12: That play turned the whole game around, and you can
Speaker 12: see bowled up his fist and he punched it out.
Speaker 12: I'm sure you're talking about we practiced that at Saint
Speaker 12: John Fisher. But that guy in your defense is a doll.
Speaker 12: Can you just say just a nice few words about
Speaker 12: that guy because he makes.
Speaker 9: A big difference.
Speaker 5: Man, I feel like he's one of the most important
Speaker 5: pieces of our team. He's underrated. I feel like he
Speaker 5: doesn't really get the limelight that he should. But the
Speaker 5: way he could fit to run, the plays he makes,
Speaker 5: the people that he guards week after week, and the
Speaker 5: positions that our defense.
Speaker 8: Puts him in.
Speaker 5: We ask a lot of them, and he's always there
Speaker 5: to make plays, whether it's the punch out last week
Speaker 5: or the game stealing I in t versus jets On
Speaker 5: I think Monday Night football. Just he's always been making
Speaker 5: play since I've been here for four years, and I'm
Speaker 5: glad to have a teammate like It's also great.
Speaker 6: Dude, Greg, I'm told we don't have time to talk
Speaker 6: about the Hurricanes. I'm really sorry about that. You and
Speaker 6: I all have to talk on the side about it.
Speaker 6: Thanks so much for joining us with luck the rest
Speaker 6: of the way for sure.
Speaker 8: Any time you'll have a nice say, all right, man,
Speaker 8: thanks Greg?
Speaker 2: Four touchdown passes play after play?
Speaker 4: Who else?
Speaker 2: How about a forced fumble start turn the tide right there.
Speaker 2: I mean, you talk about a hit, Marlon.
Speaker 14: Humphrey, A Jon here, I got a question for you.
Speaker 2: I got a question for you, baby, I got a
Speaker 2: question for you.
Speaker 4: Who's gotta be better than us?
Speaker 1: Big win for John Arvon the Ravens last night the Bengals,
Speaker 1: Judy your biggest takeaways.
Speaker 6: My biggest takeaway was great game by both quarterbacks, but
Speaker 6: what a gut punch kind of loss for the Bengals
Speaker 6: who have now lost both times to the Ravens in
Speaker 6: just excruciating fashion. I don't know how much better Burrow
Speaker 6: and Chase can possibly play, and that has to make
Speaker 6: this so frustrating. We could talk about the mist calls
Speaker 6: on the two point conversion, but just an excruciating loss
Speaker 6: for a team that now is in absolute must win territory.
Speaker 6: They got to go six and one the rest of
Speaker 6: the way to get to ten wins.
Speaker 3: My biggest takeaway is going to the Bengals decision to
Speaker 3: go for two at the end of the game.
Speaker 4: And this is not second guessing.
Speaker 3: I'm watching in real time like everyone else, and I'm
Speaker 3: saying they need to go for two. And the reason
Speaker 3: why is you cannot give the ball back to the Ravens.
Speaker 3: And that's my biggest takeaway is the Bengals have had
Speaker 3: a good It's not like the kind of defense they
Speaker 3: usually have, but they got a good scheme, they get
Speaker 3: a good coordinator, they get some players that are good enough.
Speaker 3: This is usually a pretty good defense, and they did
Speaker 3: not have a shot to stop them. And that's kind
Speaker 3: of what I'm thinking, is like, the Ravens have gotten
Speaker 3: to a point tom where if you are facing them,
Speaker 3: you'd alter your strategy because you know that if you
Speaker 3: give Lamar Jackson back the ball, it's going to be
Speaker 3: bad for you and good for him. And it might
Speaker 3: be the kind of thing we have to watch the
Speaker 3: highlights over and over with everybody going, oh my god,
Speaker 3: can you believe what this guy just did?
Speaker 1: Week ten continues bright and early Sunday morning in Munich,
Speaker 1: while it's actually afternoon there, but it's morning here. When
Speaker 1: the Panthers take on the Giants. Now that's a poster.
Speaker 1: We love a good poster here that the statue of
Speaker 1: Liberty being mauled by a big cat is definitely a choice.
Speaker 1: But that's from the official NFL deutsch Sland account, so
Speaker 1: we will consider that to be official. Panthers out on
Speaker 1: the practice field earlier today at the FC Bayern Munich facility.
Speaker 1: Bryce Young making his third consecutive start our. Jami Eerdahl's
Speaker 1: there as well.
Speaker 15: We're about thirty six hours here from kickoff. We find
Speaker 15: ourselves in Centers Munich at Vidtersbach Plots. It's the site
Speaker 15: the Square of Panthers Fest. A lot of Panthers fans
Speaker 15: around here. You saw a representation from all other thirty
Speaker 15: one teams as well, though if you're doing jersey counting today,
Speaker 15: Panthers legends like Luke keik Lee, Thomas Davis, they were
Speaker 15: on site today as well as Panthers owners David and
Speaker 15: Nicole Tepper. They were interacting with fans. So everyone has
Speaker 15: descended on Munich. Both teams arrived on Friday. They practice
Speaker 15: trying to maintain that same cadence ahead of the game
Speaker 15: on Sunday. Both quarterbacks Daniel Jones and Bryce Young looking
Speaker 15: to build off of positive performances last week. But if
Speaker 15: you're looking at this matchup on Sunday morning, two two
Speaker 15: and seven teams, I get it. But there is optimism
Speaker 15: building with both organizations and their rookie classes. For the
Speaker 15: Panthers Xavier Legette and perhaps the first start for their
Speaker 15: running back Jonathan Brooks, And of course for the Giants,
Speaker 15: keep an eye out, as always for Malik Neighbors and
Speaker 15: their run game in Tyrone. Tracy Junior, I'll be on
Speaker 15: the sideline, Sarah Walsh, Rich Eisen.
Speaker 10: And Kurt Warner. Come Sunday morning on NFL Network.
Speaker 1: In Germany, you participate in a steinholding contest. I was
Speaker 1: unfamiliar with what this was until a couple hours ago
Speaker 1: when I was made aware of this video. That's our
Speaker 1: Steve Smith Senior judging the contest. It's Thomas Davis and
Speaker 1: Luke Keigley. Thomas Davis has overcome like five major knee injuries. Judy,
Speaker 1: I think I got him in this.
Speaker 2: What about you?
Speaker 6: How I want to know how long they hold you mean?
Speaker 6: The contest is how long can they hold us stein up?
Speaker 6: These guys are former professional football players, like hours, I
Speaker 6: would think is the answer?
Speaker 10: What's the answer?
Speaker 3: So is this like the German version of that thing
Speaker 3: where you got to put your hand on the car
Speaker 3: and if you're the last to have your hand on
Speaker 3: the car, then you win the car. And then they
Speaker 3: made this wild movie out of it and became this
Speaker 3: big thing, right. I mean, so basically what you're saying
Speaker 3: is that these guys keep their hands up, which it
Speaker 3: seems like it's going to be forever. Then they get
Speaker 3: to just drink all the beer. But it's Germany, you
Speaker 3: should be able to drink all the beer.
Speaker 9: Anyway.
Speaker 4: I got some questions.
Speaker 1: Son David Tepper hosting a big one earlier today as well.
Speaker 2: Why can't we.
Speaker 1: Get him in the contest here time once again to
Speaker 1: go inside with NFL Fantasy Live.
Speaker 2: Our guy Adam Rank is back Rank.
Speaker 1: You were halfway through your ten must starch for Fantasy
Speaker 1: in week ten.
Speaker 2: Give me the back answer.
Speaker 14: Okay, I'm gonna go three receivers that you would normally
Speaker 14: not sit but people have questions about.
Speaker 2: And we'll start with Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 14: Now, obviously with the with the status of Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 14: in doubt for this coming weekend, people are concerned because
Speaker 14: Mac Jones. But I'll say this, Mac Jones has shown
Speaker 14: that he can play at an NFL level, and the
Speaker 14: Minnesota Vikings have allowed the second most points to wide.
Speaker 2: Receivers this season.
Speaker 14: Let's move to DJ Moore and the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 4: Now, obviously we saw the video.
Speaker 14: We saw him roll his ankle and walk to the sidelines,
Speaker 14: and people wanted to be outraged. But listen, all the
Speaker 14: Bears players have stood up and stood beside Dj Moore.
Speaker 14: The Bears have played excellent at home this season. I
Speaker 14: expect this to be a Dj Moore bounce back game
Speaker 14: against the New England Patriots. And finally, le's talk about
Speaker 14: Ceedee Lamb. Now, obviously, without Dak Prescott, people are concerned
Speaker 14: about this. However, in twenty twenty two, playing with Cooper Rush,
Speaker 14: Ceedee Lamb was still a wide receiver one and in
Speaker 14: a game where they could end up being game scripted
Speaker 14: into throwing the football a ton. Who do you think
Speaker 14: is getting all those targets? Make sure you're starting Ceedee
Speaker 14: Lamb oop? I think I know the answer to that
Speaker 14: one at Ceedee Lamb. All right, enough about receivers. That
Speaker 14: a tough year for tight ends. I got Kelsey, so
Speaker 14: I'm fine, but not so fine for other people. Give
Speaker 14: me some tight ends. Well, I'm glad that Travis Kelce
Speaker 14: is working out for you. But one player who's been
Speaker 14: playing pretty decently over the last couple of weeks Taysom Hill,
Speaker 14: and there you see right there, he's projected for ten
Speaker 14: fantasy points this week.
Speaker 4: He's a noted Falcons killer.
Speaker 14: He's done really well against the Falcons in his career.
Speaker 14: After the firing of Dennis Allen, I expect the Saints
Speaker 14: to step up this week, a little bit of juice
Speaker 14: in this team, and I expect Taysom Hill to be
Speaker 14: a great start at the tight end position. And let's
Speaker 14: talk about Dalton kin Kine, whoever everybody loves coming into
Speaker 14: drafts season in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4: Unfortunately it hasn't quite panned out.
Speaker 14: But the good news is he's been targeted at least
Speaker 14: six times in every game this season. He's running a
Speaker 14: lot of routes, he's involved in the offense. It hasn't
Speaker 14: always been there, but in a great matchup against the Colts,
Speaker 14: who have allowed the third most fantasy points the tight
Speaker 14: ends this season, you can feel comfortable starting Dalton Kin
Speaker 14: kaid rank.
Speaker 1: I tried to bid on Kate Oughton in a league.
Speaker 1: Instead I got Taysom Hill. Did I end up accidentally
Speaker 1: with the better of those two options?
Speaker 4: You ended up with a really good option.
Speaker 14: I think Kate Atton has a real opportunity to end
Speaker 14: up being the league winning like tight end one for
Speaker 14: the rest of the season because of the situation in
Speaker 14: Tampa Bay.
Speaker 2: Wow, but I think Taysom.
Speaker 14: Hill is a pretty good It's a pretty good fallback
Speaker 14: option this week.
Speaker 1: All right, A simple no would have done the trick,
Speaker 1: but we'll take the expanded version.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Rank. We will talk to you.
Speaker 1: He's got out Friday, Big dj More Day coming, according
Speaker 1: to Adam Rank, which would also mean potentially a big
Speaker 1: Caleb Williams day. Caleb also has a chance to set
Speaker 1: a record that you might not have thought about. We'll
Speaker 1: explain next on The Insiders. The NFL is proud to
Speaker 1: announce the nominees for the twenty twenty four Salute the
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Speaker 1: within the NFL family who demonstrating outstanding dedication to honoring, empowering,
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Speaker 1: slash Salute Fan Vote. A few milestones to watch as
Speaker 1: we roll into the bulk of Week ten. On Sunday,
Speaker 1: Chiefs tight End Travis Kelcey a seventy five career receiving touchdowns.
Speaker 1: With one more, he can tie Hall of Famer Tony
Speaker 1: Gonzalez for the most receiving touchdowns in Chiefs franchise history.
Speaker 1: Kelsey also already holds the record for most touchdowns while
Speaker 1: dating a massive pop star Ian.
Speaker 4: That I think that one will be unchallenged for quite
Speaker 4: a while. Anyway.
Speaker 3: Line receiver Amanad Saint Brownie's one receiving touchdown on Week
Speaker 3: tennis at the franchise record for longest single season streak
Speaker 3: of games seven with a receiving touchdown. He would break
Speaker 3: a tie with Herman Moore, who had six in nineteen
Speaker 3: ninety four, and Leon Hard who had six in nineteen
Speaker 3: fifty one.
Speaker 4: Obviously, we all remember that campaign, Judy.
Speaker 10: This is truly incredible.
Speaker 6: Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, who has nine touchdown passes so
Speaker 6: far this season, He needs just one more to set
Speaker 6: the Bears all time rookie pass touchdown record, which is
Speaker 6: currently held by Kyle Orton and Jim McMahon, who each
Speaker 6: had nine in their rookie seasons. Reminder, we are only
Speaker 6: halfway through this season.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to our producer McEnroe Francis, who has a
Speaker 1: good reason for not being here, and according to our
Speaker 1: CP Jeff Clips, why not even watching the show.
Speaker 2: He's got better things to do.
Speaker 1: It is his birthday, so happy birthday, Mac. He's under
Speaker 1: water there with let's say, Judy, that's a frightening pose.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie look at this.
Speaker 6: This is amazing. Who doesn't like I want rafting? Max
Speaker 6: A big outdoorsy guy.
Speaker 4: I got my phone. I like that you keep your phone.
Speaker 10: Out of the water there yet, Yeah, D's up board.
Speaker 3: It's always stressful to have your phone while white water rafting.
Speaker 3: You got to put it in the plastic bag. That's
Speaker 3: the only way to do it, you know.
Speaker 2: Enjoy the game, Say Monday,