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Speaker 1: the fans. Paul Charchi in welcome you a championship edition

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Speaker 1: of Fantasy Football Weekly. If you are listening now, it

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Speaker 1: means you are two of ten, or two of twelve,

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Speaker 1: or two of fourteen or two of twenty people left

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Speaker 1: in your league. Congratulate you think there's nobody listening that

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Speaker 1: is out, No, because you because you're better, and you

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Speaker 1: give up although you could play daily fantish or you're

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Speaker 1: playing fall that works. Yes, maybe they're just last two weeks,

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Speaker 1: last two weeks. Don't Are we doing the auction game

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Speaker 1: into the playoffs? I believe so, I think A right,

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Speaker 1: we wouldn't. Yeah, I hope so. Uh, you want to

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Speaker 1: get the auction game in while you can, though it

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Speaker 1: runs through the NFL season, So you want to do that? Uh.

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Speaker 1: My co host today Brian Johnson, Scott Fish, Good morning, morning,

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. Let's put a bow on this baby. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's unwrap some championship gifts. So let's unwrap some hardware

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Speaker 1: for our listeners Championship week. You know who won't be, uh,

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Speaker 1: who won't be helping out our fantasy owners, Todd Gurley.

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Speaker 1: It's he might, but he might not, and you're not

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Speaker 1: gonna know. And here's the the really bad part with

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Speaker 1: So now the problem is for to put this in

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Speaker 1: decisions by twelve o'clock noon, not knowing in all probability

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Speaker 1: if Todd Gurley is going to play against the worst

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Speaker 1: run defense in the NFL. And that magnet that that

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Speaker 1: all gets magnified by the fact that there's not a

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Speaker 1: lot of clarity behind Todd Gurley where the team has

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Speaker 1: been I think trying to mask their true plans for

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Speaker 1: what they what they want to do if Todd Gurley

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Speaker 1: can't go. So let's start the show, and we've got

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Speaker 1: sixteen matchups to do it. There's no Thursday game. We

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Speaker 1: gotta get through every matchup. We gotta take calls, Ben, Chris, Matt, Tommy,

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Speaker 1: Ellie and Greg. We already have got full phone money.

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Speaker 1: We have a lot to get to. But let's talk

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Speaker 1: about Girly because this is so important to so many people.

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Speaker 1: I believe if you have another viable starter in the

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Speaker 1: noon games, you can't start Girly obviously. If you've got

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Speaker 1: wait and find out if Gurley's in or not. And

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Speaker 1: if you do, put Girley in your flex, not in

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Speaker 1: your running backs. Yeah, very great, it's a great point.

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Speaker 1: Put him in your flex. You could x in a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver if you needed to, So don't be a

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Speaker 1: end warm. Yes, even if doesn't play, he's probably better

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Speaker 1: than most head ends here. Well that is that that

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Speaker 1: So you guys with me that, given what we know

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Speaker 1: know anymore because I think they're playing coy, you can't

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Speaker 1: start Todd Todd Gurley based on on on what it

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Speaker 1: looks like right now. If you have another quasi startable

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Speaker 1: all right, so let's play it one step deeper. Now

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Speaker 1: you are a John Kelly owner and you've got to

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Speaker 1: Do you try John Kelly? Now? I think this is

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Speaker 1: I think this is a far more difficult decision. Here's why.

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Speaker 1: Even if Gurley goes, Kelly's still going to have a role.

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Speaker 1: Eight different back up runners had Fantasy significant games backups

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Speaker 1: here to Baker Mayfield, but I don't love Landry or callaway.

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Speaker 1: do you man, he's so inconsistent Goose Just two weeks

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Speaker 1: Antonio Callaway is a boom or bust, all or nothing guy.

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Speaker 1: And it feels like against Cincinnati, this could this could be.

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Speaker 1: Antonio Callaway? Thank you? Maybe I just don't have the

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Speaker 1: but he's expected to play with ribbon hip injuries obvious

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Speaker 1: he sits, that's the only reason. Calvin Ridley or Mohammed's

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Speaker 1: Of the year, Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson, Scott Fish.

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Speaker 1: I like Darwin and what I think is going to

424
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Speaker 1: be a decently high scoring game. I mean they they've

425
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Speaker 1: allowed the fourth most receptions and fourth fifth most yards

426
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Speaker 1: to tight ends this year. Remember da Marius Thomas when

427
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,200
Speaker 1: he was a guy, Yeah, and he's a thing now.

428
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,200
Speaker 1: He's fresh off a six catch, eight target performance, both

429
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Speaker 1: of those career highs with his new team the Texans.

430
00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,879
Speaker 1: Kiki Cutie's out, He's going to continue to get a

431
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Speaker 1: lot of volume. And he goes up against an Eagle

432
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Speaker 1: secondary that is dead last in yards and dead last

433
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Speaker 1: in receptions allowed to wide receivers, and they just ruled

434
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Speaker 1: out starting cornerback Sydney Jones with a hamstring problem. What

435
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:30,080
Speaker 1: meager resources Philadelphia has will be pushed to DeAndre Hopkins

436
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Speaker 1: side of the field. So it's gonna be primo matchups

437
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Speaker 1: all game long. For to Marius Thomas, I really like

438
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Speaker 1: him this week. That's a I think that is a

439
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: very strong take a chance on me, play a little

440
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:49,360
Speaker 1: bit of house house cleaning. I failed to mention Philip

441
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 1: Rivers entirely in my in my in my breakdown of

442
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: the Chargers, and maybe it's because I wanted to forget

443
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 1: because it is not a friendly matchup at all. Now.

444
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 1: Rivers has to touchdowns in every game and multiple touchdowns

445
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: in every game but one. But this is the toughest

446
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: matchup of his year. He faces the NFL's best past defense.

447
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: He's got to do it with a hobbled Keenan Allen

448
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,680
Speaker 1: and Baltimore completely shut down Jamis Winston last week four

449
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: of the fat past five opposing corner of court start over.

450
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 1: Four of the past five opposing quarterbacks have failed to

451
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: top even two hundred eleven passing yards against the Ravens.

452
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: A C grade on Philip Rivers um the waiver wire

453
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,639
Speaker 1: may be more helpful to you than what Philip Rivers

454
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Speaker 1: is going to produce. We haven't talked about some of

455
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Speaker 1: these guys, but we will. With the big name quarterbacks, Rivers, Brady, Breeze,

456
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Speaker 1: Oh it's bad. It's I've never recalled the scarier Championship

457
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,160
Speaker 1: week with the big name quarterbacks like this. Totally agree.

458
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,960
Speaker 1: Brady's Brady right now is at seventeen, Rivers is at fifteen,

459
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,920
Speaker 1: Breeze is a thirteen, Rogers is at eleven. It's you know, none,

460
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Speaker 1: none of those guys inside the top ten. And these

461
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 1: are the guys you thought you'd start every week and

462
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: never have to think wise about. Yeah, it's it's a

463
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,160
Speaker 1: weird week where guys like car and Keenaman Prescott, I'm

464
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 1: actually considering with or above some of those guys exactly.

465
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Speaker 1: Let's let's work in one more matchup into the segment,

466
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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay taking on Dallas Scott and I don't like

467
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Speaker 1: any any players for Tampa Bay in this matchup, and

468
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Speaker 1: I think Mike Evans is the only startable player. What

469
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: do you got that? That's pretty much where I am

470
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: because Brad is so touchdown dependent given the tight end

471
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Speaker 1: waste Land probably gave. I gave him a C grade,

472
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Speaker 1: but he's so dependent on that. Barbara, I also gave

473
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Speaker 1: a C grade, but I really considered benching. It's only

474
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,400
Speaker 1: because he always he gets fifteen touches every day game

475
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: and he's scored in like four of the last five,

476
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Speaker 1: so he actually runs hard from that offense. He does

477
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys having allowed to runner over sixty five yards

478
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Speaker 1: since Week seven, So it is it's a C grade

479
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,159
Speaker 1: on volume and hope for a touchdown and barely. But

480
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: you're you're right about everything else. I have Winston on

481
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: the bench. The Cowboys since that Saints game, are just

482
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: crushing quarterbacks. And Mike Evans he leads the NFL and

483
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 1: hunrew yard receiving games, and he's right now on a

484
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 1: career high ACE with eighteen yards per carry, which is

485
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: per catch, which is which gives him. I gave him

486
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Speaker 1: a low B grade. Honestly, it is a homecoming game.

487
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Speaker 1: I believe from Mike Evans. Correct. I believe he's a

488
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Speaker 1: Texas guy. He went to Texas Tech. M yeah, he

489
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Speaker 1: went to A and M wait, I'm really thinking about that.

490
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: I think he did. Yeah, that's right, because he was

491
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Speaker 1: Manzell's he was bailing out Johnny Manzel, making Manzel look

492
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Speaker 1: like an NFL caliber quarterback. On the other side the Cowboys,

493
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Speaker 1: I gave Dak Prescott a B grade. He was my takeom.

494
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Speaker 1: By the way, I didn't mention this every quarterback on

495
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Speaker 1: the road to face to face the box twenty plus

496
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Speaker 1: fantasy points, every single one on the road. Uh Amari

497
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: Cooper I gave a B grade because that um, he

498
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 1: crushed it for He's crushed at the four out of

499
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Speaker 1: the five weeks since during the Cowboys and disappeared last week.

500
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,640
Speaker 1: I know that it was a tough game and not

501
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: his fault. Though the Colts have only allowed one top

502
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Speaker 1: twelve performance from a wide receiver all year, so Mari

503
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 1: was gonna get, you know, a little ding that week.

504
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: But but since during the Howboys, he's been awesome. UM.

505
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 1: Of the eleven receivers that had seven or more targets

506
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay this year, nine had seventy five yards

507
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: and more in sixth scored. I gotta be grade on him.

508
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 1: Already talked about Jarwin is gonna take a chance on me?

509
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: Guy and Zeke I have is my number one running

510
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: back this week? I think it's a clear cut obvious

511
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Speaker 1: A yeah, that's all. We'll take a break when we

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Speaker 1: come back. Buffalo taking on New England. This is such

513
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: a tricky matchup for the Patriots. Suddenly without Josh Gordon

514
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Speaker 1: will tell you who you can trust and who you

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Speaker 1: Pregame what. Yeah, weird, very weird. Let's let's jump into

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Speaker 1: a couple of matchups and Buffalo taking on New England.

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Speaker 1: We know the Buffalo sides is a little more obvious

544
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Speaker 1: Patriots side. I can't wait to hear what you have

545
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: to say, Brian, because this is a nasty matchup. I

546
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: like kind of like the Buffalo side better in general.

547
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,160
Speaker 1: Starting with Robert Foster Fish's boy uh nine plus yards

548
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: and four of his last five games over the last

549
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: four weeks, he's averaging it insane twenty four yards per catch,

550
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: which is by far and away first among wide receivers

551
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 1: with double digit catches during that span. Uh, he's getting

552
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: a B from me. I like him in this matchup

553
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: a lot. Not like Zay Jones. He has struggled since

554
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: moving to the outside. He's on the bench. But I

555
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: do like Isaiah McKenzie as might take a chance of

556
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 1: me wide receiver might play a little running back in

557
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: this game because they're all banged up. Uh. Speaking of Shady,

558
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: McCoy says he's gonna play. Can't do it. He's on

559
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: the bench and making matters where for of him. Josh

560
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: Allen has thrown to his running backs just eleven times

561
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: in the last four games. So uh, the PPR aspect

562
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: is not there for Shady. So he didn't get you

563
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: to the championship, so you're not gonna play him in

564
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: the championship. As for Josh Allen. He's gotten a lot

565
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: of people to the championship and highest scoring fantasy quarterback

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Speaker 1: for the sense he returned from injury four weeks ago.

567
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: Nobody's outscard Josh Allen over the last four weeks QB one.

568
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: Like he just said um on paper. The Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Patriots don't give up a ton to rushing quarterbacks. But

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Speaker 1: the five true comparable rushing quarterbacks they faced the Shawn Watson,

571
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: Blake Portles, Patrick Mahomes, Marcus Mariotta, and Mitch Dubisky combined

572
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 1: for carries and a hundred eighty six yards. That's about

573
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: still only like, yeah, like eight carries and I don't know,

574
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: like forty yards, but if you get one touchdown. But right,

575
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: but if each each of those got Trubisky had six carries,

576
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: if he gets seven to eight carries, Allen will do

577
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: stuff with his legs. Everyone says, you know, belloffs to

578
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: take that away. I would play Josh Allen over Tom

579
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Speaker 1: Brady in this game. But so I'm giving Allen a B. Now,

580
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: speaking of the Patriots, we can start with Brady. I

581
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: can't give him to see uh three four yards and

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00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,719
Speaker 1: zero touchdowns in the week eight. Uh matchup between these

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Speaker 1: two teams, and that was on forty five pass attempts.

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Speaker 1: Since then, Buffalo is yielding under twenty six pass attempts

585
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Speaker 1: per game. And here the touchdown totals since then in

586
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Speaker 1: each game one zero, one, three to Ryan Tannehills somehow

587
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Speaker 1: one one. They've given up zero or one touchdowns the

588
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: Bills have in ten of the last twelve. You're looking

589
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Speaker 1: at in all probability zero or one to Brady, who,

590
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: by the way, terrible. It's track record. It's the Bills

591
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: is bad. It's not like you think you go dominate

592
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: the Bills every time they met and he doesn't. It's

593
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: weird can saying how good record is. Yeah, that's true.

594
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, Brady gets a soft sea here. Uh not

595
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Speaker 1: a slam dunk start by any means. I can't fall

596
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: at you for starting them, but I would honestly look elsewhere. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Gronk, I'm gonna give him a b even

598
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: though he's looked pretty old lately. But that's based on

599
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: the talent pool in the tight end. Waste Land historically

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Speaker 1: has destroyed Buffalo. Being a Buffalo native and all but

601
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: just had three catches for forty three yards in the

602
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: first meeting. I just referenced uh. Since then, no tight

603
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: end as top forty three yards, grons forty three yards

604
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: and on the whole season, fifty five yards is the

605
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: most yards opposing. It's a bad game for Gronk. He

606
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Speaker 1: gets to be uh, Julian Edelman safe be here with her.

607
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: Without Josh Gordon, he was gonna get a be He's

608
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: a lot for at least eight targets in this game.

609
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Speaker 1: And the Bills have surrendered four wide receivers four wide

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Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over the last three and Edelman had nine

611
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Speaker 1: for one of four in the first meeting, So he's

612
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: a safe play. Chris Hogan is not. I'm not going there,

613
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: even with Josh Gordon no longer on the team. Just no, oh,

614
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: I gotta talk runn backs with quick. Sony Michelle has

615
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: disappointing down the stretch, yet hasn't topped sixty three yards

616
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: or scored in the last three weeks. James Devlin and

617
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: Rex burkhead clearly culture threats. The Bills are ranked nine

618
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: against the run by Football Outsiders and since Week eight,

619
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Speaker 1: only one opposing running back has top sixty yards, but

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Speaker 1: they have given up the second most rushing touchdowns. They've

621
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 1: even up three in the past two games. But again

622
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: you can't count on those going to the you can't.

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Speaker 1: So he's he's a very soft Sea as well, and

624
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: so is James White in PPR. He's clearly a bench

625
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: in standard. Uh. New England is nine in one when

626
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: White gets at least nine touches, and he does better

627
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,959
Speaker 1: at home, So there's hope here. He's the only one

628
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: who had any success against Buffalo practically as a running back.

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00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: Ten catches for seventy nine yards and he ran a

630
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: touchdown in in the first week. Figure, but do not

631
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: expect that to happen again. Uh, he's a cn PPR

632
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,760
Speaker 1: at best. Yeah, that's it for James White. Let's go

633
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: to Washington, Tennessee and this will not take long. The

634
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: whole Washington passing games on the bench behind Josh Johnson.

635
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: No elaboration required there. Let's go to Adrian Peterson. I've

636
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: got the softest of Sea grades on him. Tennessee is

637
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: completely shut. They completely shut down Leonard four Nette and

638
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: say Kwon Barkley and back to back weeks. That's it.

639
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I could really just stop there. They have

640
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: in recent recent history, though giving up big games of

641
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller and Isaiah Crowwell, so you know, maybe there's

642
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: an angle for Peterson if there's one touchdown to be had,

643
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: he's the probable guy. But I can't even tell you

644
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: there's one touchdown coming from this Washington offense. So the

645
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: softest of Sea grades on Adrian, I hope you don't

646
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 1: have to use him. Let's go to the Tennessee side,

647
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: where Derrick Henry is locked in as an A. The

648
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: Redskins have been trampled by opposing running backs lately. Over

649
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: their last five games, they're giving up over five yards

650
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: per carry, and big volume backs like Lamar Miller and

651
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott and Sae Kwon Barkley have averaged one d

652
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: twenty six rushing yards alone over that span. Derrick Henry's

653
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: the definition of volume lately at with fifty touches the

654
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,719
Speaker 1: last two games. So an A grade for Derrick Henry,

655
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: a B grade for Corey Davis. The Redskins secondary didn't

656
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: allow a touchdown to Jacksonville's receivers last week, but they

657
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: gave up because Jacksonville doesn't can't pass. But they gave

658
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 1: up a ridiculous seven scores to wide receivers in the

659
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: three prior games. Uh, Corey Davis primarily lines up on

660
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: the left side of the field, where he'll face cornerback

661
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,959
Speaker 1: Fabian Moreau, who they was. So he was terrible as

662
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: a slot corners, they're trying him on the outside. He's

663
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: bad there too. He's surrendered at least one hundred yards

664
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: and two of his last six outings in his coverage.

665
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: That's not good. So Cory Davis gets a B and

666
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota was might take a chance on me quarterback.

667
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: Let's squeeze in another matchup, maybe even two. Their their

668
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: brisk like this one, and it might be Jacksonville taking

669
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 1: on Miami. There's no Jacksonville players outside of Leonard four

670
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: Net right, Yeah, normally we go side to side like

671
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: Jacksonville in Miami. I'm just gonna say the Jacksonville and

672
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: Miami passing games are all on the bench. For all

673
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 1: of them. Kessler's averaging a hundred forty nine yards per game,

674
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: and the Jacksonville defense is number one against wide receivers

675
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: and held seven quarterbacks under two hundred this year. They're

676
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 1: all on the bench. So let's go to the running backs.

677
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 1: What do you think about four next. He's been bad,

678
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: he's and it's such a good match out. He is

679
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: completely off the injury report now after after dealing with

680
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: his twenty seventh lower leg injury. Since during the league,

681
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 1: the Dolphins surrending the second most rush attempts, the third

682
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: most rushing yards, and a running back has topped ten

683
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: total yards against the Miami Dolphins nine times this season,

684
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: so nine times. I have a B grade on Leonard

685
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: four nett uh. And then on the other side, Kitlin

686
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,879
Speaker 1: Blage the Belage Barrage coming, as they like to joke,

687
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: I have a C grade on him. It's a top

688
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,359
Speaker 1: five d against fantasy running backs. But the Jags, they

689
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: are just not tackling. They've given up. You could see

690
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: it in that there's so much quit and I honestly

691
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,280
Speaker 1: think Bellage is gonna take all of those Gore twelve

692
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,760
Speaker 1: to fifteen carries and maybe then some. It's volume, energy,

693
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: EGS team that's given up. I'm giving him a C grade.

694
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: This is the first game in NFL history without an

695
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 1: over under, I believe, just kidding, big, don't even bother.

696
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: It's actually the lowest of the week at thirty eight

697
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: point five. Alright, final matchup of this segment, Houston taking

698
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia. I already gave you to Marrius Thomas is

699
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 1: might take a chance, I mean wide receiver. I like

700
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: this passing game. What do you think about Deshaun Watson,

701
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: Brian Well. Volume has been the issue with Lotson when

702
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: it comes to pass it. But Philly is getting passed

703
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: on copiously, copiously, great words. So Watson just simply he

704
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: gets a B. He's got d T or take a

705
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 1: chance to me wide receiver of course. Deane Hopkins, who

706
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: gets an A. I don't care if they roll quadruple

707
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: coverage on Hopkins. He's a slam dunk start, of course.

708
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: And Lamar Miller burned a lot of people last week,

709
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: me being one of them. Not not his fault, but

710
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: uh appears he will return from that ankle injury in

711
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: a very very meaty matchup, so you have, let's hope,

712
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: so he has a game time decision, he's questionable. I

713
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: definitely wanna you want to monitor that, and I grab

714
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: Alfred Blue if you can. But whoever gets the start

715
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: gets to be Uh. The Eagles have loud the most

716
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 1: fantasy points are running backs for the last six weeks,

717
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: giving up nearly one eighty yards two touchdowns per game

718
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 1: to the position. So if now I think the best

719
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: case scenario is for fantasy at least Lamar Millard is

720
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,479
Speaker 1: inactive and then Alfred Blue just houses all that work

721
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: and he turns into potentially a top ten running back

722
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: in that scenario, yep, I agree. But I bet you

723
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,280
Speaker 1: Miller plays in this game, and it's gonna muddy those waters.

724
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: But if if he goes, I think you gotta you

725
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: gotta give Miller at least the flexi level play uh

726
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: over to Philly. Not a ton to say I got

727
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 1: Josh Adams on the bench. Houston allows only sixty six

728
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game on three point two yards per

729
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: carried to oppose backs, and Wendell Smallwood was way too

730
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: much of a factor last week. So Josh Adams cannot

731
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: be trusted. Zach Ertz can definitely be trusted. He's an

732
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: obvious a and this is a great matchup for him.

733
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 1: Houston has allowed tight end touchdowns and seven of their

734
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: last eight and UH over eighty yards per game during

735
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: that span to the to the position, So you gotta

736
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: love Zach Or It's even without Carson Wentz and uh

737
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: alshon Jeffrey last week's wide receiver one uh number ones

738
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: that fared well against Houston, as evidence by my take

739
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: a chance on me wide receiver last week, Robby Anderson.

740
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: Can we get that peak? Oh? I was, I was

741
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: already headed that way alright, So alexand Jeffrey, I'm gonna

742
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,760
Speaker 1: give an a. H He and Nick Foles make sweet

743
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: music together. So I'm giving Jeffrey the A. But you're not.

744
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: You're not starting Golden Tate in the championship week. And

745
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: I'm still not going with Nick Foles, even though I

746
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: like he can be. I'll get foals to see, just

747
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: because I love Arts and Jeffrey so much. This week

748
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: he gotta like fold a little bit. I'll give him

749
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: a see. I agree with that, and but that's more

750
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: of like two quarterback play take a chance on the

751
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: type of play. Yeah, I don't think anybody needs to

752
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 1: start falls now champiship week unless you're in that quarterback flex.

753
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: But a very nice daily option as well. Yes, that

754
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: is true where you'd want to play, not the other famble.

755
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: Hello Ellie, Hello, thank you for calling in. How can

756
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 1: we help you? Okay, So I'm in a championship around

757
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 1: with my uncle, Big Bad Chad, and I have two

758
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: questions regarding my quarterback. In my tight end. From my quarterback,

759
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,240
Speaker 1: I could start Jack Attack Prescott or Russell the Mussell Wilson,

760
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: or I could pick up Jared dot Off. What should

761
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: I do if she needs to be on the show? Now,

762
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: I know you need your own show. I think I

763
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: love it. I have Wilson easily the highest of those three. Yeah,

764
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: he's my number two quarterback this week. We love Russell Wilson,

765
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: Big Bad Chad's going down, great chief snatch up. Okay.

766
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: For my tight end, I could do of Ingram or

767
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: jim jim Graham. What do you recommend that I love?

768
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: I love these uh these nicknames. Oh it's it was

769
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: more Jimmy Graham. Yeah, Jimmy Graham's giving us nothing. And

770
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: you know the you know, the broken thumb hasn't helped

771
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: him catch any better either. You're in Wisconsin, you know

772
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: all about the troubles that you're having with Jimmy Graham

773
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: over there. Yes, Jimmy, jim Jimmy Ellie, thank you for

774
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: calling in. Don't be a stranger. We'll talk to you

775
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: next year. Okay, okay, Steal, thank you. Yeah, she's a

776
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: poet and she knows it. I like it. Matt, say

777
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: good morning guys. See before I get to my two questions,

778
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: because it's not lightening around. Thanks for another great season.

779
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: Thank you, Matt. Saturday, Next Saturday. I always feel that

780
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: void and that first Saturday when you guys out there

781
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 1: and I'm already looking forward to mid August. Outstanding. Thank

782
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: you very much. Oh you bet guy. Um luck for

783
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan my first question. Okay, I've got him three

784
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: and four. I love him. I lean luck just because

785
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: I think the Panthers are probably gonna struggle to score

786
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: this one. I'm gonna lean luck. Why does that help?

787
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: Why does that hurt Ryan? If? I don't know. If

788
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 1: Ryan's the volumes will be there, I don't know. I

789
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: feel more of a runfriendly script for the Falcons of

790
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,959
Speaker 1: this game, where the Giants could still manage to score more.

791
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm just gonna lean look. I just

792
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: like look more in this one. I have luck in

793
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: there now, so I'll keep it that way. Okay, next one, um, Okay,

794
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: if I have to sit girly, I've got mixing along

795
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: with him, Tariko and is my flex if I gotta

796
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,839
Speaker 1: sit Girly. Mike Kelly is available, I believe, or I

797
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: could throw mark Ingram in there. So I think I'm okay,

798
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: you're lucky. Go ahead. I'm starting to lean toward towards

799
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 1: benching Girly. So what do you guys think? I was

800
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: just gonna say you're lucky that besides mixing, all of

801
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: those are late games, so you don't have to decide

802
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 1: till the You know, that's a huge advantage. Go get

803
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: Kelly right the second. I was gonna say, get Kelly,

804
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: because if Gurley doesn't go and you're gonna probably maybe

805
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: know at that game time decision, Kelly might be the

806
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 1: guy to play and it's not a good matchup for Ingram.

807
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 1: We'll get to that later. But know Ingram is not

808
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: in this discussion. I'm mixing and co are oh yeah,

809
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: without but I think you go get Girly and you're

810
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: playing over alright, go get killed playing over Girly. What

811
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: luck that Ingram? You know Cohen and Kelly games? No kidding,

812
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: thank you appreciate it. Yeah, we're gonna work in one

813
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: more call. We're doing. We're consider we have sixteen matchups

814
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: to get there. We're doing great. I love that. On time,

815
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: I mean, hello, Ben, credit me, Hey guys from work.

816
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas everyone, you guys, thank you appreciate it. I'm

817
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: gonna do this and if I have more time, I'll

818
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: ask the actual question. Give me a scenario, because you

819
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: guys are the gods of fancy football. Scenario is this

820
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: week four team, the commissioner is still in the playoffs.

821
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,320
Speaker 1: The other guy, the other owner, offers me this trade,

822
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:51,280
Speaker 1: offers me three Cohen for Tyler Boyd. I wait twenty

823
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: four hours. This is Wednesday. I accepted. Thursday nights games play.

824
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: Friday comes along again. Commissioner in the playoff decides to say, hey, guys,

825
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: my bill of rights were set. The trade deadline was

826
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: set for week twelve, so no clusion. And then he

827
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: reverses the trade, doesn't call me and lets things go.

828
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: What's your guys? Overall two cents on that, Well, the

829
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: trade deadline was twelve and you made a week fifteen

830
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: trade right. System allowed it. Basically, it's the system allowed it,

831
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: but the rules. Yeah. I think he did the right

832
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 1: thing to do it. He just should have communicated it better. Yeah,

833
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: yeahst better. Yeah, that's why I wasn't too much a

834
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: stickler on it. But but I just wanted to kind

835
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: of get it. It is a bad beat. It sucks. Yeah,

836
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: it's it's unfortunate, but yeah, it's you shouldn't let the

837
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 1: fact that he didn't have a there was a wonky

838
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: setting that, you know, stop you stop you guys from

839
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: playing away. Everybody's agreed to play. Yeah, I was all right, guys,

840
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: all right, what else you got? Alright? Really quick? I

841
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 1: need two of four, one of which has to be

842
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: a receiver. So I think it's Robbie Anderson or Calvin Ridley. Okay,

843
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: that's what I thought. My flex Kalen Bellas or Damian Williams,

844
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: Wiam Williams non PPR both Still are you guys? Are awesome?

845
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,359
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate, good luck, Bye bye. Um, we'll take

846
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 1: a break when we come back. Lots more matchups to

847
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 1: get to and three hot questions. Can you go? Three?

848
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: And O find out when we return for our number

849
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: two of Championship Week Fantasy Football Weekly. This is Fantasy

850
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:55,919
Speaker 1: Football Weekly presented by Devannies on the San Tim had

851
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: to Twitter follower Jeff Brumfield who alert to me that

852
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller has been ruled out and I had not

853
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,239
Speaker 1: seen that. That news came down overnight and I had

854
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 1: not seen it yet, and I've seen it anywhere else,

855
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,240
Speaker 1: but you know, doing going through Twitter, it's it's legit.

856
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: He's not traveling with the team. Lamar Miller's out, Alfred

857
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,799
Speaker 1: Blue launches up the rankings, and I I think if

858
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: you were to put a letter grade on Alfred Blue,

859
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: it's probably in a grade considering the opportunity against the

860
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: Philadelphia run defense that has been brutal for six weeks.

861
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: To quote Will Ferrell in old school, you're my boy Blue,

862
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: You're my boy Blue. Um, he needed the money we need.

863
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to make a sizeable adjustment on Alfred

864
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 1: Blue right now. But he will probably move into top twelve,

865
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: top twelve ish territory at the running back position phase

866
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 1: on the opportunity. See, there's there's really a lot of

867
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: this goes back to do the opposite, right, you know,

868
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: And a lot of good running backs had good years.

869
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: You know, say Kwon Barkley had a really nice year

870
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: and he was consistent all season. Zeke was good all year.

871
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: But you know, sooner or later, most running backs end

872
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: up doing this to you. And there's gonna be a

873
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: team with Alfred Blue, Damian Williams, and John Kelly. That

874
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 1: win there is and by Jamal Williams or Elijah McGuire. Right,

875
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 1: that's the guy you're talking about. It's unbelievable. Hot question

876
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: number one. Who should be pick number one on your

877
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: cheat sheet when we do our first show next year

878
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 1: on auguste, Brian, there's some steam. We've been talking tight ends.

879
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: I know Harrison said he's taken Kelsey one oh one.

880
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,279
Speaker 1: I kind of like that, but not enough over the

881
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: big running backs. It's got to be a running back

882
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,439
Speaker 1: to me, and it's three guys, comes down three guys.

883
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:53,439
Speaker 1: It's Girly, McCaffrey and Barkley. But and I don't really

884
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: know right now. I don't know, but I'm just in

885
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: the history of the show, nobody's ever said, well, I

886
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know right I know between those three,

887
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go with McCaffrey just because he's going

888
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,839
Speaker 1: to break the receiving reception record for running backs. And

889
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: he's not only top five running back, he's a top

890
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,240
Speaker 1: twelve wide receiver if you just use his receiving numbers.

891
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 1: And Barkley's close but there is Odell Beckham. There is

892
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: some competition on that team for touches, not a ton

893
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: on Carolina outside DJ more. So I'm gonna take CMC

894
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 1: one dot zero one. Do you like that you're Kamara

895
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 1: this year? And yeah, I see that. Uh, just for

896
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,439
Speaker 1: the listeners, McCaffrey is eight away with two games left

897
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: to break the reception record. Um, I will always say

898
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: Kawan Barkley because mostly because it's tough to go Gurley

899
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: three years in a row. That's just really tough to do.

900
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 1: Just board him. No, it's just no. If Gurley ends

901
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 1: up repeating as Fantasy champ here um, that'll be the

902
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: first time it's happened two years in a row since

903
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: before one. It's just really rare. And see to see

904
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: a third I just don't know that I can see it.

905
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: And he's he gets less touches than Zeke and then

906
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: Barkley and guys like that, so it's it's a lot

907
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: of touchdowns. So I went Barkley, who has been top

908
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: thirteen in all but two weeks, had a top thirteen

909
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: performance in all but two weeks. He's twenty two. He's

910
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: failed the top a hundred plus total yards just twice um,

911
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: and the Rams offensive line oldest in the NFL. So

912
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,720
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Barkley. What the heck? Uh? Needless

913
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,880
Speaker 1: to say, I'm not someone who demands that running backs

914
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: be taken with the first overall pick, but it's a

915
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: running back and it's Sae Kwon Barkley. Sa Kwan has

916
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:37,320
Speaker 1: the most upside next season since LaDainian Tomlinson, who posted

917
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: that transcendental fantasy season in two thousand six when he

918
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: had two thousand, three hundred total yards and thirty one

919
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: touchdowns and two passing By the way we got that's

920
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,680
Speaker 1: a great point and two passing touchdowns that year. Um.

921
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: Barkley has that kind of upside in his game. And

922
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,040
Speaker 1: here's why. He's got the agility of Barry Sanders in

923
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 1: Paris and I've never casually made for any other running back.

924
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: He has that level of agility. He has the receiving

925
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: ability of a Thurman Thomas he had or a Marshall Falk.

926
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: He has the explosiveness of an Eric Dickerson. Say Kwan

927
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 1: Barkley is the most complete running back this league has

928
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: seen since LaDainian Tomlinson, and he gives you that crazy,

929
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: bonkers upside that nobody else can touch. Now, if you

930
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 1: look ahead to next year, one way or another, that

931
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: offensive line is gonna get better. It's probably the worst

932
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Probably gonna get better, god, I hope so.

933
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: And one way or another, his quarterback, whether it's Manning

934
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: or somebody else, probably gets better by default because Manning

935
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: has been about as bad as any starting quarterback in

936
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:51,240
Speaker 1: the NFL, and Barkley has still been awesome for fantasy owners.

937
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 1: He doesn't get to play the Falcons in Bucks twice

938
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: like McCaffrey doesn't. Well, but you know that was this

939
00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: year's Falcons and Bucks. Who knows next year? Right? Um?

940
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: You know, even though Pat Schermer frustrated some of us

941
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 1: with Barkley's usage at various points this year, He's still

942
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: already touched the ball three hundred times this season, So

943
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: you sage is not going to be a problem. Sherman's

944
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,800
Speaker 1: a very good offensive mind, say Kwon Barkley should be

945
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: the first pick on your cheat sheets when we're doing

946
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: our shows next year. Hot question number two on next

947
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: August cheat sheet. You see a theme here? Who should

948
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: be higher? Juju Smith, Schuster or Antonio brown Man. This

949
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: is tough because Antonio Brown scores like crazy. But I'm

950
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: maybe it's just the dynasty mindset coming in, But I'm

951
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: gonna lean Juju here. Uh He's he's had a hundred

952
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: yards and or a type stone in seventeen twenty eight

953
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: games and through the first two years, he's fourth in

954
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: receiving yards in the first two years of his career,

955
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:59,879
Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL history receiving yards, averaging nearly eight

956
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 1: per game. Uh. Man, I like his upside and his potential,

957
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: and Antonio Brown is coming up on thirty here, so

958
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: give me Juju. Yeah, we've had the mentality where you

959
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,520
Speaker 1: want to be a year early before a guy falls off, right,

960
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown might not fall off next year, but he's

961
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,720
Speaker 1: getting to that point where he's getting old. And Juju

962
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 1: really closed the gap this year. And uh, I'd rather

963
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 1: be off a guy you're early and be wrong rather

964
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: than go and you know, invest the first round pick,

965
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,400
Speaker 1: second round pick on a thirty old wide receiver. So

966
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go with the younger guy, and I

967
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:33,959
Speaker 1: go Juju as well. I want to crackt he's thirty.

968
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:36,399
Speaker 1: He'll be thirty one next year. Okay, Antonio Brown when

969
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,440
Speaker 1: When I crafted the question, I thought the answer was

970
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: gonna be Juju Smith Schuster, and then I started digging

971
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: into it and decided it's not um. Eight of the

972
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:48,360
Speaker 1: top ten fantasy receivers this year have something in common.

973
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: Guys of the top twenty have something in common. They're

974
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 1: not slot receivers. Slot receivers all most always struggled to

975
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:05,880
Speaker 1: consistently produce fantasy numbers and especially touchdowns. And that's the

976
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,120
Speaker 1: big difference here. Good slot receivers can turn into Jarvis

977
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 1: Landry at a moment's notice. Remember, Jarvis Landry was an

978
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: an elite scoring option just last year. Even Adam Feeling

979
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: an excellent receiver having a borderline historic season this year,

980
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: it's just wide receiver twenty three. Since the second half

981
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,000
Speaker 1: of the season, wide receiver twenty three digs his wide

982
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: receiver sixteen in that same time frame. Slot receivers aren't

983
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:37,360
Speaker 1: generally the elite guys that lead you to fantasy championships

984
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: and the are the highest scoring receivers. It's the outside receivers.

985
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,720
Speaker 1: And I think I think Antonio Brown is still there's

986
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,319
Speaker 1: no reason to suggest he falls off a cliff next

987
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 1: year at thirty one. He's got plenty of good years

988
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: left and is still an elite receivers. Also double the

989
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,400
Speaker 1: outside receivers that there are slot receivers that hurt. That

990
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 1: helps a little. I don't think the ball off. I

991
00:51:55,719 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 1: was just fully mitigating that risk. Vanni tot question number three.

992
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,280
Speaker 1: Now is the perfect time to work on twenty nineteen

993
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,360
Speaker 1: rule changes? Next year, rule changes. Well, everybody's still engage,

994
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 1: all your owners are still in a fantasy football mindset,

995
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: and the season still fresh. What's the one rule that

996
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: every league should adopt for next year? Brian? And do

997
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,800
Speaker 1: you actually have an answer this time? Yes? Alright, always

998
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,359
Speaker 1: answer right, the right answer both times. Uh. And I'll

999
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,960
Speaker 1: go three for three here saying I'm done with the

1000
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,560
Speaker 1: head to head in the semifinals. I think just say

1001
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: you're standard four teams in the semifinals. Make it short

1002
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 1: and sweet. Top two scores advance of the championship, no

1003
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: head to head in the semifinals. That or let the

1004
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 1: number one seed picked their opponent. But I let's keep

1005
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: it simple and say everyone plays each other essentially in

1006
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 1: the semifinals. Top two run four wild cards play to advance,

1007
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: Then the four two buys to wild cards play to advance.

1008
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: That's how you know how nearly all my league run.

1009
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:57,640
Speaker 1: You're done, all right? Mine is. It's simple and it's easy,

1010
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: and it's just something everybody needs to do. Is have

1011
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 1: the sixth playoffs Bobby top points or or all player,

1012
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 1: whatever you want, but the top five. I know so

1013
00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:09,279
Speaker 1: many people really love the head to head and they're

1014
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,879
Speaker 1: very passionate about that. Tough five still had to head.

1015
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,160
Speaker 1: Whatever you want there. But the last spot, get that

1016
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,920
Speaker 1: best team in. Don't don't allow a bad beat totally.

1017
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: That's all of my league's last last and last last

1018
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: spot is goes to the highest scoring team, regardless of records.

1019
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 1: Get that team should get in. Ye absolutely, Jared, just

1020
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:28,799
Speaker 1: throw something in with mine. Uh in the same vein

1021
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: of not screwing over like the best teams who get

1022
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,400
Speaker 1: you know, bouncing the playoffs one bad week. I like

1023
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,680
Speaker 1: reserving some of the prize pool for best record or

1024
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: most points like smiles don't event yeah, and then the

1025
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,200
Speaker 1: rest goes to the playoff. I'm cool with that. But

1026
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:47,080
Speaker 1: the right answer is free agent blind bidding. It's the

1027
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,279
Speaker 1: single most important thing. We're still talking about that, but

1028
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 1: we are. I know, more more than half of the

1029
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 1: league's don't use free agent blind bidding. Still, it is mandatory.

1030
00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: There's nothing more important than the equitable distribution of free

1031
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: agents throughout the season. The teams that are winning now,

1032
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 1: or the teams that are that have picked up Damian

1033
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,280
Speaker 1: Williams and Alfred Blue and are working the waiver wire,

1034
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,960
Speaker 1: the people who got Philip Lindsay early, who got George

1035
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,360
Speaker 1: Kittle off the waiver wire, these are the teams that

1036
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,920
Speaker 1: need to be rewarded. And if you can't do it

1037
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:20,719
Speaker 1: any other way than free agent blind bidding, and it's

1038
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: on wax now, you will now approve of zero dollar bids. Correct,

1039
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 1: I'm on, I'm I'm fifty one percent on zero dollar

1040
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 1: bit on it. It's it's narrow, but I'm I'm on

1041
00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:36,440
Speaker 1: it over one dollar free agent pickups. So that's a

1042
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:43,280
Speaker 1: different that's whole different story. Correct answer free agent blind bidding. Honestly,

1043
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,520
Speaker 1: I think we just gave people three good things. I

1044
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,440
Speaker 1: think not doing head to head in the playoffs is

1045
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,520
Speaker 1: freaking cowardice. That's what it is. This is some bitter

1046
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 1: owners like well, I would have beat if I were

1047
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,360
Speaker 1: in the other bracket, I would have won my game.

1048
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: Who part of the fun and drama of fantasy football

1049
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:05,320
Speaker 1: is the bad beats and the head to head matchups.

1050
00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:07,720
Speaker 1: The a f C doesn't get to play the NFC

1051
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 1: just because the a f C has got an easier,

1052
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: harder matchup. It doesn't work that way. I just like

1053
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 1: the two best teams advancing each week. Yea, It just

1054
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,160
Speaker 1: life doesn't work that way. I like the draw. I

1055
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: don't know. There's a lot of meritocracy out there. Life

1056
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 1: works that way in a lot of scales where the

1057
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: best just rises to the top. Vikings take on the

1058
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:31,759
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions and um so moving parts here, at least

1059
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: a little bit. We'll try. We'll do our best with

1060
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,600
Speaker 1: what we can and based on what we know. Uh.

1061
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 1: One of the key moving parts, Snacks Harrison, the Lions

1062
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,759
Speaker 1: run stuffing defensive lineman, may not play in this game.

1063
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:45,680
Speaker 1: He's shaping up as a game time decision. If he

1064
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:48,239
Speaker 1: doesn't go, Dalvin Cook vaults from a B to an A.

1065
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: In the time since Snacks got there, they went from

1066
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:53,799
Speaker 1: five and a half yards per carry down to four

1067
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:56,760
Speaker 1: yards per carrying. Only two backs have scored rushing touchdowns

1068
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,279
Speaker 1: since they acquired Snacks Harrison. But if he doesn't play,

1069
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,760
Speaker 1: then again, Cook goes right to an A grade, otherwise

1070
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 1: a B grade. Obviously, Dalvin Cook coming off a season

1071
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,320
Speaker 1: high nineteen carries in a lot of success in Steven

1072
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:11,399
Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski's new system. Let's go to the passing game.

1073
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: B grade on Kirk Cousins. The last four quarterbacks to

1074
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: face the Lions have averaged a very modest two U

1075
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:19,879
Speaker 1: or twenty yards in one touchdown, which is actually Kirk

1076
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 1: didn't even get to those numbers against um against the

1077
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 1: Lions last time they played, but that was without Stefan

1078
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 1: Digs in the game. Diggs makes a huge difference. He'll

1079
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 1: keep Darius Slay busy. Feeling should have a much better

1080
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:32,080
Speaker 1: game because, uh, Darius Slay won't be able to go

1081
00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:34,080
Speaker 1: on him out of the slot. So I still think

1082
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,239
Speaker 1: Kirk ittt finds his way to a decent game here.

1083
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: I've got I've got B grades on both on both

1084
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 1: Diggs and Feeling. On the dig side, he does draw

1085
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:46,920
Speaker 1: Darius Slay and that is a tough matchup. But frankly,

1086
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:48,920
Speaker 1: Diggs is better that Darius Slay. And it's not like

1087
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: Slay is absolutely He's not Patrick Peterson, He's not Xavier Rhodes.

1088
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 1: He is not a stone cold, lockdown cornerback, So you

1089
00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:00,080
Speaker 1: still start Diggs, you still start feeling. Lions did to

1090
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,000
Speaker 1: hold theland to twenty two receiving yards in the other matchup,

1091
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 1: but again that was without Digs, so they double and

1092
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,680
Speaker 1: tripled him for the whole game. He lines up against

1093
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 1: Nevin Lawson in the slot. That's a corner that has

1094
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:14,040
Speaker 1: seated five or more receptions in four of the past

1095
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:18,160
Speaker 1: six weeks. Kevin Kyle Rodolph goes to the bench. He

1096
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,760
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in eleven games and has top forty one

1097
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:22,919
Speaker 1: yards just once in his last ten. The Lions haven't

1098
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,840
Speaker 1: allowed more than forty tight end yards and they've given

1099
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:29,240
Speaker 1: up only one tight end score in the past seven weeks.

1100
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:33,680
Speaker 1: On the Lions side, the only starting grade player is

1101
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,600
Speaker 1: Zack Center, and it's in part because Lindvall Joseph may

1102
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:38,360
Speaker 1: not go. I mentioned moving parts here. He may not

1103
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:40,400
Speaker 1: go in this game. And Eric Kendricks has been ruled out.

1104
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: And that's two guys right in the middle of the

1105
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 1: Vikings defense. And here comes to the north south running

1106
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:49,680
Speaker 1: style of Egan native Zach Zentner, who's actually averaged four

1107
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:51,520
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. Not bad over the

1108
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:54,440
Speaker 1: last two weeks. He has scored in each of those games,

1109
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 1: and callin blage. Even if you take away that's seventy

1110
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: five yard touchdown, he's still average four and a half

1111
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,440
Speaker 1: yards per carry against the Vikings, so starting great of

1112
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 1: a sea on Zack Center the whole passing games on

1113
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 1: the bench, Matthew Stafford is missing his number one and

1114
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,360
Speaker 1: number two wide receivers. The Vikings are elite against the

1115
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: past anyway, and that brings us to the bench grade

1116
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:15,400
Speaker 1: on Kenny Golladay, even though it's coming off a career

1117
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 1: best outing of one forty six yards, but a lot

1118
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:20,439
Speaker 1: of that came last week because they moved him into

1119
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 1: the slot to get a better match up. The Vikings

1120
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:26,800
Speaker 1: are solid all across the board and there's nowhere to

1121
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 1: hide Kenny Golladay here. Mackenzie Alexander has been awesome over

1122
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:33,160
Speaker 1: the last really two months, and the Vikings have allowed

1123
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: just three wide receiver touchdowns in their last ten games.

1124
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:44,480
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay bench fish, How does that feel? Scott? Are

1125
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 1: you stinging? Are you mad? I'm just gonna cry a little,

1126
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: weep a little in the corner. We need to go

1127
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,240
Speaker 1: to break instead of me doing this. You're you're right,

1128
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:54,280
Speaker 1: we shouldn't do this on there. Let's go to break

1129
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:55,640
Speaker 1: and we'll come back to tell you if you can

1130
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: get a rebound game from se Kwon Barkley this week

1131
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:02,400
Speaker 1: against a vastly improved its defense. This is Fantasy Football

1132
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:21,400
Speaker 1: Weekly presented my Green Bell Premium on the van. Welcome

1133
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:25,320
Speaker 1: back to the show. Championship Week Fantasy Football Weekly. Hopefully

1134
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:28,280
Speaker 1: you are still alive playing for something. You've got something

1135
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: on the line. I hope that's the case. Uh Scott

1136
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 1: a quick flashback listener request for a more specific rating

1137
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,600
Speaker 1: on on Kenyan Drake. We sort of gloss store. We

1138
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 1: just went you know, we're not starting any Dolphins but

1139
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,640
Speaker 1: other than Caitlin Blage, but you want to just mentioned

1140
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 1: Drake in particular for a moment. Was it Kenyan Drake's

1141
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:51,240
Speaker 1: mom that called in and asked us question the email

1142
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:54,440
Speaker 1: or Dan Grant in that game I just gave for

1143
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:58,160
Speaker 1: Net and Bellage starting grades. I have. I have Kenyan

1144
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:01,120
Speaker 1: Drake firmly to the mid to lower end of your bench,

1145
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: right in that range, midd to low end of the benches. Okay,

1146
01:00:05,080 --> 01:00:09,440
Speaker 1: thank you. You would think that middle far out that

1147
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 1: Drake would be would make sense, and I was shocked

1148
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 1: that they just went wholeheartedly for Blage. But that's what

1149
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 1: they did last It wasn't injury related, no, So that's it.

1150
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Giants taking on the Cult. Scott.

1151
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:25,520
Speaker 1: My worry as a frequent se Kwam Barkley owner, is

1152
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 1: no Odell Beckham, no real passing threat and now the

1153
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:35,120
Speaker 1: whole Colts offense is there to take away Kwan. Maybe

1154
01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:37,800
Speaker 1: I'm nervous. It's the same guy that I just mentioned

1155
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:40,240
Speaker 1: has been a top thirteen back all but two weeks

1156
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 1: this year. Right, right? How are you benching him in

1157
01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:45,760
Speaker 1: your championship game? I don't want to. I'm still giving

1158
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,480
Speaker 1: him a low A grade. He's had eighteen touches and

1159
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 1: basically every game this year, and the Colts are Cults

1160
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,440
Speaker 1: are allowing the second most receptions and seventh most receiving

1161
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:57,000
Speaker 1: yards to running backs. Still giving him an A grade,

1162
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,240
Speaker 1: but because of O b j outs and the tough

1163
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:02,400
Speaker 1: matchup against the Cults team who has only allowed one

1164
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:05,280
Speaker 1: top twelve performance from a wide receiver this year. Uh,

1165
01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:07,720
Speaker 1: and they're good against quarterback all the whole passing game

1166
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 1: except for Ingram is on the bench. Ingram the Colts,

1167
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 1: allowing the second most receptions and most yards to tight ends.

1168
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on Ingram, but you could

1169
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: even talk me into an A. I think it's a

1170
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:19,080
Speaker 1: good matchup. But I have a B. What a dog

1171
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,960
Speaker 1: Ingram has been this year? You know he was tight

1172
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 1: end one last week? Been hurt? Yeah, I think I

1173
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 1: think he has Uh. I think the sixth most tight

1174
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,280
Speaker 1: end one weeks this season something like that, which is

1175
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,960
Speaker 1: crazy considering. But all you have to be have to

1176
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 1: have a tight end one week is top twelve. Yeah

1177
01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: that's right, so about eight points. Now, this is a

1178
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:42,720
Speaker 1: super Bowl homecoming of sorts for Eli Manning and if

1179
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 1: they bring back Mario Manning him, I like it. This

1180
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:46,800
Speaker 1: is where they wanted the last super Bowl in the

1181
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:50,600
Speaker 1: Cult stadium. Okay, this is I told Brian this this morning.

1182
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:54,160
Speaker 1: I have all major Cults players in my top ten

1183
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: of their respective positions right now. So I have an

1184
01:01:57,440 --> 01:02:00,360
Speaker 1: A grade on Andrew Luck, t Y Hilton, Eric E. Bron,

1185
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:05,080
Speaker 1: and Marlon Mack. Yeah. Ebron's got twelve touches as a

1186
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 1: tight end in this year of titends, uh and uh

1187
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 1: in the three grame. I'm not even gonna go over it.

1188
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:15,520
Speaker 1: Hebrons an A grade. Obviously you're starting him. Marlon Mack.

1189
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 1: I love this. Giants or bottom eight in nearly every

1190
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:23,240
Speaker 1: category against running backs, and Marlon Mack just torched a

1191
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: much better Dallas defense. A grade there, and with luck

1192
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,040
Speaker 1: In Hilton when Hilton plays, Look at the last six

1193
01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: weeks with with t Y Hilton, he's averaging just under

1194
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 1: ten targets, seven catches, and a hundred and twenty yards

1195
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:39,520
Speaker 1: per game over the last six Next year, is he

1196
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:41,520
Speaker 1: a top Is he gonna be in your top five

1197
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:43,760
Speaker 1: at the y t Y Hilton top five on your

1198
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:47,520
Speaker 1: cheat sheet next August? He then rolling healthy? You know

1199
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:52,840
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck a whole year healthier and that line keeping right. Yeah,

1200
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,560
Speaker 1: maybe man, he's gonna be He'll be top ten, But

1201
01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:58,120
Speaker 1: how close? How high does he climb? H He hasn't

1202
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 1: had fewer than seventy seven yards since week ate, so

1203
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:03,240
Speaker 1: a grade there and and Luck. I know that he's

1204
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 1: had a couple of duds, but this is a bounce

1205
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:09,160
Speaker 1: back place. Watson, Newton, wentz Ryandale had three hundred yard

1206
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:11,480
Speaker 1: games in our multiple touchdowns. I got an A grade, unlock.

1207
01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:14,520
Speaker 1: We should mention t why Hilton's a game time decision. No,

1208
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: he may not play in this game. There's a real

1209
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 1: and I don't and there's a real threat he may play.

1210
01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:21,960
Speaker 1: What what I've seen is that he's questionable but likely

1211
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:24,080
Speaker 1: to play, is what I've seen. But maybe that's been

1212
01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:27,720
Speaker 1: the case the last like three weeks. I think goes off. Yeah,

1213
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,640
Speaker 1: he's it's it's tricky, but so keep an eye on it. Yeah,

1214
01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:32,360
Speaker 1: you do want to keep it eye. It's an ankle injury.

1215
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 1: You do want to keep an eye on that. Yeah.

1216
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 1: And it's a Neon game, so you'll know early Green

1217
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:37,800
Speaker 1: Bay takes on the Jets. We've already talked about a

1218
01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:40,400
Speaker 1: bunch of players from this game. What do you think

1219
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 1: about Aaron Rodgers and what otherwise feels like a pretty

1220
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 1: juicy matchup against a bad secondary. But Rodgers has just

1221
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:49,720
Speaker 1: been so mad as a fantasy producer. Yeah, and he's

1222
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 1: banged up to knee groin injuries. Uh, I'm doing him.

1223
01:03:54,840 --> 01:03:58,160
Speaker 1: See honestly, almost like Donald Moore in this game, the

1224
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,120
Speaker 1: only been going for him only Josh Allen and brock Us.

1225
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:02,240
Speaker 1: While I failed through multiple touchdowns against the Jets in

1226
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 1: the last eleven games, I cannot fault you for starting

1227
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, but again, he's another big name quarterback. I

1228
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:11,520
Speaker 1: would uhhly suggest you explore other options in a better matchup,

1229
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:14,040
Speaker 1: so just to see for Rogers. Uh, Basically, the only

1230
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: guy who's got throwed to is Davante Adams, who has

1231
01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:18,600
Speaker 1: just been money in the bank all year. Only the

1232
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,280
Speaker 1: Eagles have surrendered mour yards through the air, two wide

1233
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,640
Speaker 1: receivers in the Jets, So Davante Adams automatic a Randall

1234
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:27,080
Speaker 1: Cobb listen as doubtful. I was kind of intrigued by

1235
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:30,520
Speaker 1: his prospects, but anymore, not anymore. But I'm not going

1236
01:04:30,680 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 1: to uh Marquez Valdez scantling fish say that. Other say

1237
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:39,120
Speaker 1: ESP's name for me. I can never do it right.

1238
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:43,440
Speaker 1: It's more like Equamini st bench. They're both on the bench,

1239
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:45,560
Speaker 1: and so is Jimmy Graham. I'm not trusting him in

1240
01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:49,840
Speaker 1: the championship we get all uh. Only Gronk and Eric

1241
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,520
Speaker 1: Ebron have topped forty two yards against the Jets of

1242
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:55,480
Speaker 1: this year. They're brutal on titles, and Jimmy Graham is

1243
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:58,040
Speaker 1: brutal all around. So he's on the bench, and Jamal

1244
01:04:58,040 --> 01:04:59,760
Speaker 1: Williams was might take a chance on me running back

1245
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:02,640
Speaker 1: very viable this week over the Jets. Eli McGuire was

1246
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,200
Speaker 1: here to take a chance for me running back charge,

1247
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,800
Speaker 1: I love it, I like him. You can love him

1248
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,439
Speaker 1: this week, which is said especially against the Packers, who, yeah,

1249
01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: probably packed it in. I would imagine anyway, great play

1250
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 1: this week, so is Robbie Anderson was a great play

1251
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:19,080
Speaker 1: last week, even better matchup this week. Green Bay secondary

1252
01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:22,080
Speaker 1: is very exploitable. Uh. They've allowed the second most touchdowns

1253
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:24,600
Speaker 1: of wide receivers and Robbie and Donald are really clicking

1254
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:26,480
Speaker 1: right now. And that's why Donald was might take a

1255
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:29,560
Speaker 1: chance on the quarterback and I'm not going Chris Herndon.

1256
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: He's been mentioned a lot, but hopefully you're not contemplating

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Speaker 1: starting him, even though he's a borderline top twelve tight

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01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:37,400
Speaker 1: end option this week. Uh, the Packers also tough on

1259
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:39,600
Speaker 1: tight ends. We've allowed just two scores of the decision

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Speaker 1: to the position all season. So I'm bention Herndon. In

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Speaker 1: Championship week, Chicago taking on the San Francisco forty Niners,

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01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,360
Speaker 1: and I like a bunch of Bears in this matchup

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01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:51,720
Speaker 1: a lot. Let's start with the running game or Tariko

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01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:54,960
Speaker 1: and gets an A grade forty Niners give up the

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01:05:55,040 --> 01:05:58,520
Speaker 1: fourth most receptions and ninth most receiving yards to opposing

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01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:00,760
Speaker 1: running back, so you know own will help you through

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01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: the air. Here. They allowed Chris Carson and Mike Davis

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01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:07,120
Speaker 1: to catch all fourteen of their targets last week. Who

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01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:10,479
Speaker 1: Cohen has caught twenty eight of his last thirty two

1270
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,320
Speaker 1: targets and he has scored twice over the last four games.

1271
01:06:13,560 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 1: I think he chips in with a really nice all

1272
01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:18,640
Speaker 1: around all purpose game here and an A grade Ontarikohen.

1273
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:22,240
Speaker 1: But Jordan Howard also startable. Over the last three games,

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01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 1: He's average eighteen carries per game on a solid four

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01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:27,600
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. That eighteen has been

1276
01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:29,880
Speaker 1: a magic number for running backs against the forty nine Ers,

1277
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:33,960
Speaker 1: the five backs to get eighteen carries, four of them scored,

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01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:36,160
Speaker 1: two of them found the end zone twice. So I

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01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:39,000
Speaker 1: like Jordan Howard here as well. Be grade on Jordan Howard.

1280
01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:44,280
Speaker 1: I've got a borderline A grade on Alan Robinson in

1281
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 1: this matchup. I love him here. The forty Niners just

1282
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 1: put a Kello Witherspoon on in reserve. That means they're

1283
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:55,280
Speaker 1: starting three rookies in their secondary and that was a

1284
01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:57,920
Speaker 1: group that already allowed the fifth most fantasy points to

1285
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:01,280
Speaker 1: wide receivers with three rookies starting here, the forty Niners

1286
01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:04,720
Speaker 1: have allowed the seventh have allowed seven wide receiver touchdowns

1287
01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 1: in the last three games alone. Allen Robinson is a

1288
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,160
Speaker 1: great start. He's up to wide receiver. I think I've

1289
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:13,680
Speaker 1: talked to myself into wide receiver eleven for me this week.

1290
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:16,640
Speaker 1: Doug Baldwin did last week to the Niners. A rob

1291
01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:19,240
Speaker 1: could duplicate that's not out of the slot, but yes,

1292
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:21,200
Speaker 1: that could be. He runs all over the field, but

1293
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 1: anyway that is story does run from all positions of

1294
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:27,280
Speaker 1: the field. He's my favorite of their receivers. You could

1295
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: because of all of those problems. I've got a C

1296
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: grade on Taylor Gabriel. Anthony Miller has been just completely

1297
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:37,360
Speaker 1: off the radar. It's not nothing for three or four weeks,

1298
01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:40,840
Speaker 1: and I mean nothing, but in a dire pitch you

1299
01:07:40,840 --> 01:07:42,400
Speaker 1: could use him, but I hope you don't have to

1300
01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:45,160
Speaker 1: go to that level. Trey Burton gets a C grade.

1301
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 1: He hasn't topped forty yards or four catches in eight

1302
01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:50,960
Speaker 1: weeks now. He did score his first touchdown in six

1303
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:54,000
Speaker 1: games last week, but the forty Niners are good up

1304
01:07:54,040 --> 01:07:56,040
Speaker 1: just one tight end touchdown in the last ten games.

1305
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:59,000
Speaker 1: It's a Again, in any other year, Trey Burton would

1306
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:01,000
Speaker 1: be a flat out bench. This year he gets he

1307
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:03,439
Speaker 1: gets a C grade and that bride leaves just Mitch

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01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: Drabinsky with a solid B grade. He hasn't uh mit

1309
01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 1: bisk He hasn't been allowed to throw more than thirty

1310
01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:11,640
Speaker 1: one passes in two months. And I don't like that

1311
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:13,920
Speaker 1: part where they're dialing back is his volume and this

1312
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:17,400
Speaker 1: there are gonna They're gonna run a lot. But the

1313
01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:20,000
Speaker 1: forty nine secondary so bad for the reasons that we

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01:08:20,040 --> 01:08:23,240
Speaker 1: already discussed. And and he's thrown one or two touchdowns

1315
01:08:23,560 --> 01:08:27,679
Speaker 1: in every game in the last two months. The Niners

1316
01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:30,040
Speaker 1: secondary all banged up. As I mentioned, they're allowing the

1317
01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 1: third most passing touchdowns over the last five games. Mitch Robinsky,

1318
01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:35,519
Speaker 1: one way or another, air or ground, will have a

1319
01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:37,200
Speaker 1: nice game, all right. Let's go to the other side.

1320
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:39,640
Speaker 1: Forty nine only a couple of guys to mention the

1321
01:08:39,720 --> 01:08:41,920
Speaker 1: running game. Matt brit is back at the helm. But

1322
01:08:42,120 --> 01:08:44,400
Speaker 1: the Bears give up the six fewest rushing attempts, the

1323
01:08:44,439 --> 01:08:47,880
Speaker 1: fourth fewest rushing yards, and the fewest rushing touchdowns per

1324
01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:51,120
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs, and he's always at risk

1325
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:53,000
Speaker 1: of failing to finish a game. I've got a C

1326
01:08:53,280 --> 01:08:55,880
Speaker 1: grade on the Niners starting running back and you don't

1327
01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:59,760
Speaker 1: want to go to the depth players at all. And then, um,

1328
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:01,280
Speaker 1: that only leaves us a couple of the guys to

1329
01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:04,679
Speaker 1: talk about. George Kettle, of course supposed to great numbers,

1330
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:07,559
Speaker 1: but the Bears have been great against tight ends. No

1331
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:12,080
Speaker 1: tight end has gone for fifty yards and none have

1332
01:09:12,160 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 1: scored in the last seven weeks. That said, the Bears

1333
01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:19,559
Speaker 1: have not faced a single top ten tight end all

1334
01:09:19,640 --> 01:09:22,400
Speaker 1: year long, and in home games. Kill has seen at

1335
01:09:22,439 --> 01:09:24,599
Speaker 1: least seven targets in five of the last of five

1336
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:27,280
Speaker 1: of the six home games, and he had a hundred

1337
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:28,800
Speaker 1: yards and a score in the game in which he

1338
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:31,320
Speaker 1: didn't see seven targets. So one way or another, Kittle

1339
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:33,519
Speaker 1: ought to get you to a good game. Here a

1340
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:37,360
Speaker 1: grade George Kittle. Last guy I'll mention Dante Pettis. Chicago

1341
01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:40,880
Speaker 1: actually as great as Chicago's defense is, they actually give

1342
01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 1: up the fifth most receptions in the six most receiving

1343
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:46,880
Speaker 1: yards to wide receivers. Pettis has has turned into the

1344
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,680
Speaker 1: go to receiver and Marquis go to and totally disappeared.

1345
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:52,280
Speaker 1: Pettis has been a consistent producer here for a month.

1346
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:55,080
Speaker 1: Touchdowns in three games, hundred yard game and the other one.

1347
01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:58,679
Speaker 1: So um he is he gets a B grade. As

1348
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:02,680
Speaker 1: they battle back, playing from behind throughout. Nick Mullins is

1349
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:06,639
Speaker 1: on the bench. All right. That wraps up this segment.

1350
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:10,360
Speaker 1: When we come back, the last segment of the year

1351
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:16,080
Speaker 1: for Fantasy Football Weekly, our championship edition. Stay tuned. This

1352
01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:30,240
Speaker 1: is Fantasy Football Weekly, the final segment of a championship

1353
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:32,360
Speaker 1: edition of Fantasy Football, the most weekly Thank you for

1354
01:10:32,439 --> 01:10:34,840
Speaker 1: joining us. I hope you are in the championship game.

1355
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 1: We have four games to get through and then we're

1356
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:38,040
Speaker 1: gonna get to Lightning Round. We'll do our best to

1357
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:39,439
Speaker 1: be brief here so we can get to as many

1358
01:10:39,479 --> 01:10:42,559
Speaker 1: of your questions as possible. We begin with the Rams

1359
01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:46,320
Speaker 1: taking on Arizona. We broke down the Todd Gurley situation

1360
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:49,200
Speaker 1: in great detail at the start of the show. If

1361
01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:51,479
Speaker 1: you miss that, go back to the podcast, which will

1362
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:54,600
Speaker 1: be posted I'm told within minutes of the end of

1363
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:58,280
Speaker 1: the show, So check out the podcast for detail on that.

1364
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:01,360
Speaker 1: So let's do let's you know, given that, let's not

1365
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:03,920
Speaker 1: repeat that whole opening part of no No, Let's so

1366
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:06,720
Speaker 1: we can take the no. Uh. John Kelly was my

1367
01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:10,160
Speaker 1: takeome guy, so obviously I like him whether Girly plays

1368
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:12,840
Speaker 1: or not. I like him because I think he'll end

1369
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:15,000
Speaker 1: the game. He'll get he'll get the touches girly if

1370
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:16,880
Speaker 1: he starts. I'm only giving him a C grade just

1371
01:11:16,920 --> 01:11:19,840
Speaker 1: because I think he could come out early. I really do.

1372
01:11:20,479 --> 01:11:22,479
Speaker 1: It's a sixteen and a half point line. I think

1373
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:25,320
Speaker 1: they could get ahead and he could just come out um.

1374
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:27,960
Speaker 1: In the passing game, I'm giving Golf a Z A

1375
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:31,280
Speaker 1: C A Z wow a CEE. As you've mentioned many

1376
01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:33,640
Speaker 1: times on this show, the dichotomy when when it's a

1377
01:11:33,720 --> 01:11:36,439
Speaker 1: running day versus a passing day, when it's a girly day.

1378
01:11:36,479 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a girly Kelly day, So

1379
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:41,920
Speaker 1: I have Golf with a C grade here. I don't

1380
01:11:41,920 --> 01:11:44,080
Speaker 1: think they're going to pass a ton against the top

1381
01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:47,879
Speaker 1: five past defense and the league's second worst run at defense,

1382
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:51,120
Speaker 1: so uh, I give him a C grade. I give

1383
01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:54,839
Speaker 1: Cooks a C grade mainly because it's a tough matchup

1384
01:11:54,840 --> 01:11:57,000
Speaker 1: with Buddha Baker, but he could always have one of

1385
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,160
Speaker 1: those big one hundred yard days. He has five of

1386
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,800
Speaker 1: them this season. He's always good for a big play.

1387
01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:05,080
Speaker 1: A C grade there, B grade for Robert Woods, who

1388
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 1: is top sixty yards in fourteen straight and he's averaging

1389
01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:10,760
Speaker 1: ten targets per game in the last four. But he

1390
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:12,719
Speaker 1: gets Patrick. No, he won't get Pat. He'll get Budda

1391
01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 1: Baker for a lot of this matchup yet tricky. Yeah, yeah,

1392
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:17,920
Speaker 1: he gets tough match up with Buddha Aker. What I think.

1393
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:19,800
Speaker 1: I said that for Cooks, but not not Cooks. It's

1394
01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:25,080
Speaker 1: Woods that gets the tough match up, right, But Peter, Yeah, exactly. Uh,

1395
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:27,240
Speaker 1: Reynolds I have on the bench. I just don't think

1396
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:28,720
Speaker 1: there's gonna be enough meat on the bones in the

1397
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:30,840
Speaker 1: passing game in this one. The only way that he's

1398
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:32,840
Speaker 1: he has a game good game here is if they

1399
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:36,000
Speaker 1: just throw away from Patrick Peterson go to Reynolds. And

1400
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:38,240
Speaker 1: and that was last week. He had twelve targets last week,

1401
01:12:38,280 --> 01:12:40,400
Speaker 1: but not even a great game on those twelve targets.

1402
01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:43,599
Speaker 1: On the other side, I've Rosen on the bench, bench

1403
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:47,760
Speaker 1: and the whole passing Honestly, I gave Fits a sea

1404
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,920
Speaker 1: because he's averaging five for sixty two over the last

1405
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:52,720
Speaker 1: few weeks. He's getting something. So in PPR leagues, I

1406
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:55,280
Speaker 1: get in the sea. But Roby Coleman is very good

1407
01:12:55,280 --> 01:12:58,839
Speaker 1: in the barely a C grade and DJ I actually

1408
01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:00,800
Speaker 1: did give a B grade too, because he's mill of

1409
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:02,680
Speaker 1: the pack against the running I think Rosen's gonna have

1410
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:04,280
Speaker 1: to dump it off to him just enough to give

1411
01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:08,639
Speaker 1: him an Okay day, that's it. Pittsburgh takes on New

1412
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 1: Orleans and a high flying shootout. Brian that there's not

1413
01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:14,439
Speaker 1: many people to bench here. I don't think they're kind

1414
01:13:14,479 --> 01:13:17,519
Speaker 1: of is well, let's talk about well, you're mentioned James Conner,

1415
01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:19,840
Speaker 1: he's been ruled out. Yeah, the Jalen Samuels show again.

1416
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:21,479
Speaker 1: But uh, I'm gonna give him a be because New

1417
01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:23,759
Speaker 1: Orleans is very tough against running backs on the ground,

1418
01:13:24,160 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 1: allowing just over fifteen carries and like fifty five yards

1419
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:30,320
Speaker 1: per game, so they are susceptible through the air running

1420
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:32,599
Speaker 1: backs and Jalen Samuels can catch the ball, So he's

1421
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:34,400
Speaker 1: You're starting Samuels if you want him this week. The

1422
01:13:34,439 --> 01:13:36,839
Speaker 1: volume is definitely gonna be there for him. Uh, speaking

1423
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:40,160
Speaker 1: of your starting is an elite run D I mean

1424
01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: this is not. He have to downgrade him in standard standard.

1425
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:45,559
Speaker 1: He's a C. Actually I should clarify that p PRB

1426
01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:50,080
Speaker 1: Standard C. It's a brutal matchup, sort of a tough

1427
01:13:50,120 --> 01:13:53,519
Speaker 1: matchup for Antonio Brown, but not really. He's obviously the

1428
01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:56,439
Speaker 1: real The real concern here is Juju, who heard his

1429
01:13:56,520 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 1: growing this week in practice game time decision. I don't

1430
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:01,960
Speaker 1: know what to tell you other than you gotta monitor this,

1431
01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:05,000
Speaker 1: and if you're banking on him, I think James Washington

1432
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 1: is the next guy. Up. Four targets in each of

1433
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:09,800
Speaker 1: the last two games of Juju is out entirely. You

1434
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:11,559
Speaker 1: will have to absorb some of those, and you know

1435
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:14,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna focus a ton on Antonio Brown. But I

1436
01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:17,519
Speaker 1: would have a better Uh. It's a late game, though,

1437
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:19,120
Speaker 1: so you're not gonna have a lot of ballback options.

1438
01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:21,800
Speaker 1: So he's one that is definitely available out there if

1439
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:24,760
Speaker 1: you're desperate. Uh. But yeah, keep you around Juju. All

1440
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:29,000
Speaker 1: I can say vans McDonald, I'm I got him on

1441
01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:32,240
Speaker 1: the bench. Uh. Even though the Saints have allowed three

1442
01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:34,280
Speaker 1: tight end scores over the last two games, allowing under

1443
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:36,439
Speaker 1: three catches and under under thirty yards per game to

1444
01:14:36,439 --> 01:14:38,639
Speaker 1: the position, I just can't trust Vans in this game.

1445
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,120
Speaker 1: And then uh big Ben, you get road Ben. But

1446
01:14:41,120 --> 01:14:42,760
Speaker 1: he's been pretty good on the road this year. The

1447
01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:46,200
Speaker 1: yard the touchdowns have been middling, one or two touchdowns

1448
01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:48,720
Speaker 1: in every road game, but the Saints are allowing two

1449
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:51,559
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game. So Ben offers a very safe

1450
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:53,720
Speaker 1: floor in the Championship week in this matchup with it,

1451
01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:57,640
Speaker 1: it's certainly still a high ceiling possibility over the Saints.

1452
01:14:57,680 --> 01:14:59,720
Speaker 1: Really not a whole lot to talk about. We'll start

1453
01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:01,840
Speaker 1: with the un Backs album. Kamara just cann give him

1454
01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:05,200
Speaker 1: a B. The Steelers have allowed only one yard rusher

1455
01:15:05,479 --> 01:15:08,080
Speaker 1: all year, and only one back has top sixty receiving

1456
01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:10,920
Speaker 1: yards overall. They give up the seventh he was rushing

1457
01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:13,040
Speaker 1: yards and the third few was receiving yards of the position.

1458
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,800
Speaker 1: So just a it's a tough matchup. He's down at

1459
01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:18,080
Speaker 1: running back thirteen for me, and and that puts mark

1460
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:21,280
Speaker 1: Ingram firmly on the bench for me. Uh yeah, what

1461
01:15:21,479 --> 01:15:24,679
Speaker 1: a disaster mark Ingram has been for his owners this year?

1462
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:29,720
Speaker 1: Holy cow, really really disappointing. He's had about three good

1463
01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:33,320
Speaker 1: games and well, he said, and of course he missed

1464
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:35,120
Speaker 1: the first four games. We said avoid him at all

1465
01:15:35,120 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 1: costs going into the year. I know I did, at

1466
01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:38,680
Speaker 1: least I'm pretty sure you did charge. But anyway, he's

1467
01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:42,599
Speaker 1: on the bench over and over to uh the receiving game.

1468
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:46,679
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas obvious A I'm not recommending other wide receiver.

1469
01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:50,320
Speaker 1: His owners wouldn't feel like it's well, well obviously and

1470
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:52,439
Speaker 1: that no touchdowns in a month of play. Hasn't it

1471
01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:55,439
Speaker 1: a hundred yards in a month of play. It's it's

1472
01:15:55,439 --> 01:15:58,840
Speaker 1: been obviously. But you're starting him, Yes, it doesn't matter

1473
01:15:58,840 --> 01:16:00,599
Speaker 1: what his great is. You have to start Michael Thomas

1474
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:02,280
Speaker 1: in this game, but you don't have to start any

1475
01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 1: other wide receiver. Tra K wants Smith is way too

1476
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:06,240
Speaker 1: much of a dark throw and we're not going anywhere

1477
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:10,400
Speaker 1: there North, Ben Watson, and Well, I'll finish with Drew Brees.

1478
01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 1: He gets a sea. Along with Tom Brady, Philip Rivers

1479
01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:18,120
Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers. Drew Brees all have gotten seas down

1480
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,719
Speaker 1: this show. Odds are if you've been banking on Breeze,

1481
01:16:20,760 --> 01:16:23,280
Speaker 1: you've been bounced from your playoffs already because he's been

1482
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:26,479
Speaker 1: absolutely brutal statistically over the last three weeks. Not an

1483
01:16:26,479 --> 01:16:29,200
Speaker 1: amazing matchup, but over the last three games. Pittsburgh is

1484
01:16:29,200 --> 01:16:31,640
Speaker 1: the line of three yards and nearly two passing touchdowns,

1485
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:34,400
Speaker 1: so you're gonna start breeze. But you might have better

1486
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,800
Speaker 1: options out there. That's all I can say. Kansas City

1487
01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:40,240
Speaker 1: takes on Seattle. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and and Travis

1488
01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 1: Kelsey are all obvious a great Mahomes is my number

1489
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:47,400
Speaker 1: one quarterback, Kelsey's my number one tight end, and I

1490
01:16:47,479 --> 01:16:50,160
Speaker 1: like to Rek Hill here as well. Even though there

1491
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:53,040
Speaker 1: there there are some matchup. There are some tricky parts

1492
01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:55,400
Speaker 1: of this matchup. But Tyree Hill lines up all over

1493
01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:57,800
Speaker 1: the field. He's probably sitting on a night's game as well.

1494
01:16:58,080 --> 01:16:59,800
Speaker 1: The only the big question, the big thing to know.

1495
01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:03,040
Speaker 1: He Spencer wears out and date well, he's doubtful, so

1496
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:05,920
Speaker 1: we assume he's not going to go. I can't remember

1497
01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:09,640
Speaker 1: the last time a doubtful player played almost never right, Uh.

1498
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:13,519
Speaker 1: Damian Williams will be your your workhorse quasi workhorse running back,

1499
01:17:13,560 --> 01:17:15,200
Speaker 1: and I've got a B grade on him, but it's

1500
01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:19,719
Speaker 1: almost an A grade. Since becoming regularly involved in Week thirteen,

1501
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:22,479
Speaker 1: Williams's average to four and half yards per carry and

1502
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:25,000
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game on the ground, but he's also

1503
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:28,360
Speaker 1: caught twelve of thirteen passes in that span, and he

1504
01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:31,600
Speaker 1: faces a Seahawks team that gives up the eighth most receptions,

1505
01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:36,639
Speaker 1: fourth most receiving yards per game. Two opposing backs other

1506
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:38,960
Speaker 1: all purpose backs like Aaron Jones and Christian McCaffrey and

1507
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook all had big games both through the air

1508
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,320
Speaker 1: and on the ground. I like Damian Williams in this one.

1509
01:17:43,560 --> 01:17:46,519
Speaker 1: Let's go to Seattle. Chris Carson is sitting on a

1510
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:49,120
Speaker 1: monster game and he's my number two ranked running back

1511
01:17:49,160 --> 01:17:52,040
Speaker 1: this week. The Kansas City Chiefs give up the sixth

1512
01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:56,400
Speaker 1: most rushing yards per game and five yards per carry

1513
01:17:56,439 --> 01:17:59,120
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs. They also give up the most

1514
01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:02,040
Speaker 1: receiving yards and the most receiving touchdowns per game to

1515
01:18:02,120 --> 01:18:05,320
Speaker 1: running backs. So a great game coming for Chris Carson.

1516
01:18:05,640 --> 01:18:08,799
Speaker 1: They're so bad here that Mike Davis gets a starting grade.

1517
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:11,920
Speaker 1: He's up at a sea here. Rashad Penny is out,

1518
01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:14,160
Speaker 1: and Davis is gonna get enough work that he could

1519
01:18:14,200 --> 01:18:16,559
Speaker 1: even chip in something meaningful as well. Let's go to

1520
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 1: the passing game. I like Russell Wilson a lot too.

1521
01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:23,040
Speaker 1: Now he's got low volume, and that has meant that

1522
01:18:23,080 --> 01:18:25,800
Speaker 1: because no team runs more than the Seahawks in he

1523
01:18:25,880 --> 01:18:29,639
Speaker 1: ranks twenty seven in passing yards amongst starting quarterbacks. Yet

1524
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,559
Speaker 1: despite that, he's throwing multiple touchdowns twelve different times, and

1525
01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:35,679
Speaker 1: the Chiefs of allowed multiple touchdown passes nine times, including

1526
01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: four straight. So you're all that together and Russell Wilson

1527
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:43,439
Speaker 1: sitting on a couple of touchdowns here, Doug Baldwin, be great.

1528
01:18:43,479 --> 01:18:45,599
Speaker 1: Be great on Russell Wilson, by the way, be great

1529
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:49,680
Speaker 1: on Doug Baldwin. Over Baldwin's last four games played, he

1530
01:18:49,760 --> 01:18:52,800
Speaker 1: has seen almost double the targets of Tyler Lockett. So

1531
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, Baldwin is always more of the go to

1532
01:18:55,080 --> 01:18:57,679
Speaker 1: receiver traditionally than lock It. Lock It is the low

1533
01:18:57,760 --> 01:19:00,840
Speaker 1: volume guy. You like the volume here for Baldwin a lot.

1534
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:05,799
Speaker 1: He goes up against strong, usually strong coverage from Kendall Fuller.

1535
01:19:06,160 --> 01:19:08,960
Speaker 1: In Fuller's last two months, he hasn't allowed any touchdowns

1536
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:11,160
Speaker 1: and only once in his coverage did he give up

1537
01:19:11,160 --> 01:19:13,439
Speaker 1: more than fifty four yards. So I don't love the

1538
01:19:13,439 --> 01:19:16,200
Speaker 1: matchup with Fuller, but I love how much volume Doug

1539
01:19:16,240 --> 01:19:19,200
Speaker 1: Baldwin's getting. He gets a B, Tyler Lockett gets a B.

1540
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:23,360
Speaker 1: The chief secondary allowing the sixth most receptions to receivers,

1541
01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:26,040
Speaker 1: and six of the last seven touchdowns they've given up

1542
01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:29,800
Speaker 1: have been to non slot receivers. That brings Tyler lock

1543
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:33,360
Speaker 1: into play here. Orlando Scandrick is the only Chief's cornerback

1544
01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:35,599
Speaker 1: who is the speed to hang with. Locket is really

1545
01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 1: really fast, but Scander Colon plays one side of the field,

1546
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:42,280
Speaker 1: so you can get a positive matchup for Tyler Lockett

1547
01:19:42,280 --> 01:19:45,639
Speaker 1: against the much slower Steven Nelson on the other side.

1548
01:19:45,840 --> 01:19:47,920
Speaker 1: So I like lock It here as well, A B

1549
01:19:48,320 --> 01:19:54,160
Speaker 1: grade for him. Final matchup, it's the do we have

1550
01:19:54,160 --> 01:19:55,519
Speaker 1: a Monday night game? I think it is a Monday

1551
01:19:56,280 --> 01:19:59,240
Speaker 1: Monday in games, Denver taking on Oakland Scott wrap it

1552
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:01,160
Speaker 1: up for US final matchup of the year. Yeah, I

1553
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,120
Speaker 1: actually like the quarterbacks in this game. I get them

1554
01:20:03,120 --> 01:20:06,320
Speaker 1: both starting grades. Let's start on Denver side. I like Keenum.

1555
01:20:06,360 --> 01:20:08,080
Speaker 1: I know he had a bad game against them week

1556
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:10,559
Speaker 1: two when they faced but since then the Raiders have

1557
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:14,200
Speaker 1: gone on to allow the most passing touchdowns in the NFL,

1558
01:20:14,560 --> 01:20:18,800
Speaker 1: including eleven straight multiple touchdown games until Driskill screwed that

1559
01:20:18,880 --> 01:20:22,400
Speaker 1: up last week. But I I really, I really like

1560
01:20:22,479 --> 01:20:27,200
Speaker 1: Keenham this week to uh re can restart that trend. Uh.

1561
01:20:27,560 --> 01:20:30,720
Speaker 1: So for the wide receivers, I'm benching Sutton. He's just

1562
01:20:30,760 --> 01:20:33,720
Speaker 1: lost right now. He's just lost since Emmanuel Sanders went out,

1563
01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:36,680
Speaker 1: and Hamilton's and Patrick are getting the work. Hamilton's is

1564
01:20:36,680 --> 01:20:40,120
Speaker 1: getting the targets, he's getting the receptions. Um, He's had

1565
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,240
Speaker 1: at least nine targets and at least seven receptions in

1566
01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:43,760
Speaker 1: each game since he went out. I have a C

1567
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:46,439
Speaker 1: grade on Hamilton's and a C grade on Patrick, who's

1568
01:20:46,439 --> 01:20:49,559
Speaker 1: more of the big play guy, gets more yards. Uh.

1569
01:20:49,840 --> 01:20:51,720
Speaker 1: I think they're both playable at see. If I had

1570
01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:54,200
Speaker 1: to choose one, I'll choose Hamilton's if those two of

1571
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:57,400
Speaker 1: those two though, because the Raiders have allowed seven touchdowns

1572
01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:01,360
Speaker 1: to the slot in just since Week ten and Hamilton's

1573
01:21:01,720 --> 01:21:05,200
Speaker 1: that angle yep. So uh, Philip Lindsay I'm given an A.

1574
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,599
Speaker 1: The Raiders are allowing a ridiculous amount of rushing yards.

1575
01:21:08,600 --> 01:21:10,759
Speaker 1: I think it's like a hundred and twenty game something

1576
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:13,840
Speaker 1: like that. Uh, second worst in the NFL. In that case,

1577
01:21:13,880 --> 01:21:16,639
Speaker 1: I think lindsay o rebound. I know that since Sanders

1578
01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:19,880
Speaker 1: went down four carries for forty four yards, you're scared,

1579
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:23,200
Speaker 1: but but this is this is a get right game.

1580
01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:26,240
Speaker 1: On the other side, Derek Carr, I'm also given a

1581
01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:28,599
Speaker 1: C grade. He's averaging two hundred nine yards and two

1582
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:31,759
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game over the last three and the Broncos

1583
01:21:31,800 --> 01:21:34,160
Speaker 1: have allowed three hundred plus and or multiple touchdowns and

1584
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,320
Speaker 1: six of the last seven. And we're just talking off air.

1585
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,000
Speaker 1: He hasn't thrown a pick since Week five. So I

1586
01:21:39,400 --> 01:21:41,679
Speaker 1: like Derek Carr right now. I don't like his wide

1587
01:21:41,680 --> 01:21:43,800
Speaker 1: receivers though, because I don't know who to start. They're

1588
01:21:43,840 --> 01:21:46,599
Speaker 1: so they're so hit and miss. I have them all

1589
01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:48,519
Speaker 1: on the bench. Where I do like their passing game

1590
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:50,640
Speaker 1: is Jared Cook, who I give an A grade to

1591
01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:53,920
Speaker 1: the Broncos fourth worst against tight ends. Cook the fifth

1592
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:56,000
Speaker 1: best tight end on the season and kid only two

1593
01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:59,680
Speaker 1: and a half Denver Broncos team just a couple of

1594
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago. I remember, so uh, and I have the

1595
01:22:02,080 --> 01:22:03,800
Speaker 1: running backs on the bench. I don't I don't care

1596
01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:05,840
Speaker 1: how many Carr's Martin gets. I just can't start him

1597
01:22:05,840 --> 01:22:08,280
Speaker 1: in this matchup. I don't blame These teams hate each

1598
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:10,000
Speaker 1: other too, so they're gonna go at it. It's gonna

1599
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:13,720
Speaker 1: be a good game. Final Lightning Round of the year.

1600
01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:15,640
Speaker 1: We'll try to zip through as many colleges as we can,

1601
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:18,519
Speaker 1: and about the four or five minutes that we've got left,

1602
01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:24,240
Speaker 1: beginning with Patrick, thank you for your patience today. Hello Patrick, Hi,

1603
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:31,559
Speaker 1: um PPR league and we get credit for return yards?

1604
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:38,160
Speaker 1: So three Cohen or Derrick Henry. Wow, I don't know

1605
01:22:38,200 --> 01:22:41,320
Speaker 1: how much return yards Cohen gets. You can't sit Derrick

1606
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,040
Speaker 1: Henry right now. He's he's got another great matchup and

1607
01:22:44,120 --> 01:22:51,120
Speaker 1: yeah he's on fire. Tommy, Hello, Dak or Rivers? Oh

1608
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:55,880
Speaker 1: oh boy? Wow? Um, I got Dak a few spots higher.

1609
01:22:56,120 --> 01:23:00,519
Speaker 1: It's a Rivers Baltimore. Ye, Rivers is Baltimore. I'll take Dak, Bill,

1610
01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:06,599
Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fanily. Hey, thanks guys, Rivers, Rogers or Keenum.

1611
01:23:06,840 --> 01:23:10,360
Speaker 1: That's the toughest question between two players. You're breaking the

1612
01:23:10,479 --> 01:23:18,160
Speaker 1: rules in Championship week Rivers, Keenum. I think you just

1613
01:23:18,240 --> 01:23:20,240
Speaker 1: you just talked to me into clean Um you Keenum,

1614
01:23:20,240 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 1: you just talked me into Keenam James Hello, Hey, thanks guys.

1615
01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:30,639
Speaker 1: I got half point PPR for the Lindsay or do Cook. Wow,

1616
01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:34,000
Speaker 1: you really gotta pick between those two. I think it

1617
01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:36,160
Speaker 1: hinges on snaps. I was gonna say with us, Yeah,

1618
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:39,360
Speaker 1: there you go. I totally agree. If they're snackless, then

1619
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:42,479
Speaker 1: you start cooking. Who cook looks great? Right? Andrew? Hello?

1620
01:23:45,040 --> 01:23:52,680
Speaker 1: Andrew by uh between Uh, I'm sorry, I got head

1621
01:23:52,720 --> 01:23:56,000
Speaker 1: the wrong page up here. Between David Johnson or Marii

1622
01:23:56,080 --> 01:24:01,120
Speaker 1: Cooper for half point PPR higher, Okay, I think that's

1623
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:02,680
Speaker 1: going to be more of a shootout than people think.

1624
01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 1: Chris Hello, Hey, half point PPR. Corey Davis or Ken Allen.

1625
01:24:10,720 --> 01:24:13,519
Speaker 1: I'd actually go Corey Davis in this one. I'm nervous

1626
01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:16,040
Speaker 1: about Keenan Allen. I don't like that matchup at all.

1627
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:21,040
Speaker 1: And he's banged up and he's banged up. Ryan Hello. Yeah.

1628
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:25,040
Speaker 1: If Gurley doesn't go, go with Kelly or Damian Williams,

1629
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:28,400
Speaker 1: well you gotta pick. Oh, no, you don't. They're both

1630
01:24:28,439 --> 01:24:33,160
Speaker 1: like games. I go Damian Williams. I think Mark you

1631
01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:39,000
Speaker 1: are next? Two running back? Uh, Melvin Gordon, Chris Carson

1632
01:24:40,200 --> 01:24:43,839
Speaker 1: a cop opped up. It's your one question between two guys.

1633
01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:47,800
Speaker 1: Bring it down to two guys. Mark, I don't think

1634
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:52,599
Speaker 1: this has happened over here. Now it's happening, right, Damian Williams,

1635
01:24:52,640 --> 01:25:00,840
Speaker 1: Jamal william or Melvin Gordon, Bobby you are next? Stravinsky

1636
01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:07,320
Speaker 1: or Breed Rabinsky, there's our guy here. Yes, ye, Tommy,

1637
01:25:07,320 --> 01:25:13,000
Speaker 1: you're next, PPR Cavin Coleman or James Wood, Kevin Coleman

1638
01:25:14,160 --> 01:25:17,240
Speaker 1: Smith out It's yeah, it's gonna be Coleman. Fred you're

1639
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:21,719
Speaker 1: on the fan. Yes, I like to know between Philip

1640
01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:26,280
Speaker 1: rivers Um just one more cousins or should I take

1641
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:28,000
Speaker 1: up one of your take a chance on the quarterball

1642
01:25:29,240 --> 01:25:32,599
Speaker 1: because he's trying to have people trying to beat the system.

1643
01:25:32,640 --> 01:25:38,880
Speaker 1: In Championship week, John the next John, I'm gonna met

1644
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:42,080
Speaker 1: running back starts too, and then I've got Melvin Garden,

1645
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:49,080
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, Jalen Samwell or John Kelly. All right, let

1646
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:52,960
Speaker 1: me just see the idea here is as it has

1647
01:25:53,000 --> 01:25:56,960
Speaker 1: been now for five years. It's one question between two

1648
01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:59,439
Speaker 1: players so that we can get to as many callers

1649
01:25:59,439 --> 01:26:02,240
Speaker 1: as possible bowl and not try to decode your start

1650
01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:04,880
Speaker 1: three or five. That's how we do this, and that's

1651
01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:06,800
Speaker 1: how we've always done it, and I think we've now

1652
01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:09,280
Speaker 1: on our third or fourth time through. This one just

1653
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:13,679
Speaker 1: sums up the fantasy football season right this season. Trance,

1654
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:22,360
Speaker 1: please help me here, I can't. I'm sorry, Trent say

1655
01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:30,000
Speaker 1: it again. Louder League Balliage or blue. I think it's

1656
01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:39,200
Speaker 1: blue now that la Dave, You're next, Dave, I got

1657
01:26:39,200 --> 01:26:42,120
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle or you might be talking me into Outfred Blue.

1658
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:45,559
Speaker 1: I honestly think it's blue. It is. There's no James

1659
01:26:45,560 --> 01:26:50,679
Speaker 1: Devlin on the Texas. That's right, Greg, you're next, watch

1660
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:57,760
Speaker 1: Foreman getations. Yes that's you. Greg? Oh? Um, Gordon or

1661
01:26:58,240 --> 01:27:03,479
Speaker 1: drop somebody and go pick up there and a NONR Gordon. Yeah, Gordon, Yeah,

1662
01:27:03,520 --> 01:27:06,439
Speaker 1: it's Melvin Gordon. You can pick up Derek. Wait is

1663
01:27:06,439 --> 01:27:10,439
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry? Did he say Derrick Henry? Oh? I just

1664
01:27:10,479 --> 01:27:13,000
Speaker 1: tuned out after he said, you gotta go get Derrick Henry.

1665
01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:17,400
Speaker 1: I have Derrick Henry higher than Gordon. Yeah. Yeah, to

1666
01:27:17,479 --> 01:27:21,760
Speaker 1: take a defensive move if nothing else. Um. In our

1667
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:24,280
Speaker 1: final moments, I want to send a heartfelt thank to

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Speaker 1: my co host Scott, Brian and Matt for a it.

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Speaker 1: As you guys know, as ever as the listeners know,

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Speaker 1: preparing this show is not easy. These guys dedicate a

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Speaker 1: the level that you've become used to, and it is

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Speaker 1: not easy. And I'm very grateful. Thank you very much guys,

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Speaker 1: and thank you Matt Harrison as well. Are great the

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Speaker 1: opportunity it is you work incredibly hard obviously as well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that. We'll be back next August

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Speaker 1: three for the twenty five year, the silver anniversary of

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. We had a great year with everybody.

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Speaker 1: I hope you did too. Best of luck in the

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