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Speaker 1: Wow, what is Welcome to another edition of the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man named g Marcus Grants.

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Speaker 1: Still fully vaccinated and boosted and still dodging variants like

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Speaker 1: Neo in the matrix. But we we finally put Week

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Speaker 1: fifteen to bed. Just the time to wake up four

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Speaker 1: week sixteen, so we will dive into that. It's the

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Speaker 1: next round of the fantasy playoffs. Congratulations to all of

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Speaker 1: those of you who made it on through. Meanwhile, we're

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Speaker 1: joined by producer Justin and the Specialist, a cast of

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Speaker 1: dozens that help us put on this show, and joined

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Speaker 1: on screen as always by Michael f Florio. Uh this,

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Speaker 1: I was gonna saying this is like the longest week ever,

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Speaker 1: but I feel like we we had these last year.

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Speaker 1: We actually had Wednesday games last year, so technically last

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Speaker 1: week was not the longest week ever. It just felt

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Speaker 1: like it. Yeah, it definitely did it. I mean, congratulations

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Speaker 1: to those of you who are still playing. I had

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Speaker 1: a couple of teams bounced this week, Marcus, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know, it's it stinks, but I'm like, at least,

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Speaker 1: you know, like I we had football, you know, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, I'm trying to be optimistic about it. I know,

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Speaker 1: I completely understand that the other part of it is

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Speaker 1: there is, you know, as much as you don't want

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Speaker 1: to lose in the playoffs, there's sort of that that

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Speaker 1: small joy in being able to just click one more,

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Speaker 1: one more team off the list, off the registry, Like

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Speaker 1: I I bookmark all my leagues and so I can

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Speaker 1: just take one more bookmark off. Uh, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit nicer at least it clutter. It

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Speaker 1: clears up some of the clutter on my my navigation

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Speaker 1: bar a little bit. So, uh, we got played to

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Speaker 1: talk about on the show today. We are one step

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Speaker 1: from championship week. Should Doc be on your bench? We

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Speaker 1: do our best to keep you updated on who's available

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Speaker 1: and who's matt with the ever shifting COVID landscape across

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Speaker 1: the league, and we're gonna preview every single game on

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Speaker 1: the weekend slate. So let's get started, as we always do,

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Speaker 1: with some fantasy headlines, and we will start in Tampa.

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Speaker 1: Was a rough game for the Buccaneers on Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: Not only did they lose to the Saints nine to nothing,

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Speaker 1: but they did lose some key pieces throughout the game. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette went down with a knee injury. He's being

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Speaker 1: called week to week. We'll probably talk about that a

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Speaker 1: little bit later on the show. Mike Evans also left

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Speaker 1: the game with a hamstring injury. He's sort of being

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Speaker 1: monitored day to day right now for the Buccaneers. But

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Speaker 1: the big one, Chris Godwin tore in a c L

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Speaker 1: the season, which means he's no longer available to the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers or to you in fantasy. So this sort of

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Speaker 1: comes right on the heels of Bruce Arians kind of

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Speaker 1: is it easy as saying, if you have Chris Godwin

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Speaker 1: go out and did you try to find Antonio Brown? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: If Antonio Brown was dropped, and he was dropped in

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Speaker 1: I think you if he's out there, he is the

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Speaker 1: if he's not out there and you're looking for a

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Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be Antonio Brown season. I

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Speaker 1: Perriman was kind of leading them when they were healthy.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think it's a situation where if Mike

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Speaker 1: be Antonio Brown and someone else, but it's definitely Antonio

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Speaker 1: Brown season. And you gotta love that they were considering

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Speaker 1: cutting him and then they were just like, no, no,

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Speaker 1: I think Bruce arians had this attitude of hey man,

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Speaker 1: And that seems to be where the Buccaneers are right now.

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Speaker 1: this week. Uh. Some confusion in Los Angeles surrounding Austin Ekeler.

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Speaker 1: At first he was placed on the COVID nineteen reserve list.

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Speaker 1: Then it turns out that that was a false report

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Speaker 1: fantasy managers need him, The Chargers need him. He knows

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Speaker 1: together on this one. UM. Equally big news out of

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, Travis Kelsey has been placed on the COVID

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Speaker 1: nineteen reserve list as well. This comes on the heel

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Speaker 1: But I mean, are there places potentially on the waiver

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Speaker 1: Uh talk about Travis Kelsey being on the COVID nineteen list.

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill also placed on the COVID nineteen reserved list

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Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, so there is a chance that Patrick

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Speaker 1: Cole Beasley placed on the COVID nineteen reserve list. And

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Speaker 1: the idea was he was gonna be set and forget

428
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Speaker 1: it that you put him in your lineup and you

429
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Speaker 1: left him there outside of a buyer or possibly injury. Um.

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Speaker 1: But now here we are in week sixteen in a

431
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Speaker 1: situation where you gotta have a win, and we're talking

432
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Speaker 1: about maybe putting him on the bench, And it really

433
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Speaker 1: does depend on who you else you have. I think

434
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Speaker 1: you're very much looking at the matchups. But also keep

435
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Speaker 1: in mind, do you have somebody has the ceiling of

436
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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott? Do you have somebody that has the weapons

437
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Speaker 1: around him? You know, like you're not gonna find too

438
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Speaker 1: many teams that have a trio of receivers like Marie Cooper,

439
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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallup. And so that's something to

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Speaker 1: keep in mind. But uh, you know where once it

441
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Speaker 1: seemed like a slam dunk where you know, if if

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Speaker 1: we had asked this question in September, people would have

443
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Speaker 1: laughed at us and probably unsubscribed to the show. But

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Speaker 1: now here we are in December, uh, and we're having

445
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Speaker 1: this conversation. We are having it for real because the

446
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Speaker 1: idea of just automatically blindly starting your studs has gone

447
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Speaker 1: out the window because we've got, you know what, fourteen

448
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,360
Speaker 1: fifteen games of data uh to to kind of lean

449
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Speaker 1: back on. At least the recent data for Dak Prescott

450
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,000
Speaker 1: has not been particularly great. UH. Mentioned at the top

451
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Speaker 1: of the show the injuries in Tampa Bay. One of

452
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Speaker 1: them is to Leonard four. Nett suffered a knee injury

453
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Speaker 1: in the loss to the Saints on Sunday night, so

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Speaker 1: that is going to keep him out at least for

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Speaker 1: the next few weeks. So that pushes Ronald Jones to

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Speaker 1: the front of the line. We know Keyshawn Vaughan is

457
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Speaker 1: still there. By the way, the Buccaneers signed Levian Bell,

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Speaker 1: which really feels like a break glass in case of

459
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Speaker 1: emergency sort of situation for Bruce Arians. I don't think

460
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Speaker 1: that's gonna really uh move the needle for fantasy types,

461
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Speaker 1: but you know, it's fun to talk about it. Look,

462
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Speaker 1: Levian Bell is back in Tampa Bay. Is so Joe

463
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Speaker 1: Johnson is back in the NBA, like we're just bringing

464
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Speaker 1: all We're just bringing all the flashbacks back right now

465
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Speaker 1: across professional sports. Um, but Ronald Jones gonna get a

466
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Speaker 1: plenty of opportunity as the lead running back in Tampa.

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Speaker 1: But uh, you know, what are your expectations for him?

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Speaker 1: Do we like the matchup? How? How are we feeling

469
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Speaker 1: about him this week? Yeah, the Panthers are a little

470
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Speaker 1: bit of a tough matchup against the run, but it's

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Speaker 1: not enough to scare me off of Ronald Jones. Like

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Speaker 1: he is in my top twenty running back, So I

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Speaker 1: think if you get him off the waiver wire, you

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Speaker 1: start him either as JARB two or your flex, and

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Speaker 1: I might even be bumping him up a little bit Marcus.

476
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Speaker 1: Right now at eighteen. Ahead of him is Antonio Gibson

477
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Speaker 1: who got banged up last night, a Zeke Elliott who

478
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Speaker 1: I've been be low on, and then the Broncos running

479
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Speaker 1: backs and Clyde Edwards, Hilaiers. So like, I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: bumping up Ronald Jones a little bit now, but uh,

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Speaker 1: I haven't decided just how far yet, But that means

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Speaker 1: he is firmly inside my top twenty running back, So

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Speaker 1: I think if you pick him up up the waiver

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Speaker 1: while are you just starting this week? Let me let

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Speaker 1: me correct myself real quick. I said a knee injury,

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Speaker 1: for looking Fournett's a hamstring injury that has him out

487
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Speaker 1: right now. So either way the result is the same. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I still think, you know, literally, I think Ronald Jones

489
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Speaker 1: is worthy of at least a flex opportunity depending on

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Speaker 1: who else you have on your roster, just because we

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Speaker 1: do like the volume and it is a banged up offense.

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Speaker 1: Jones had a lot of bursts. He's a guy who can,

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Speaker 1: you know, rip off chunks of yardage even if he

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Speaker 1: doesn't get involved in the passing game. And that's part

495
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Speaker 1: of what made for Net so productive this year is

496
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Speaker 1: that he was catching the football from Tom Brady. I

497
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Speaker 1: don't think you can expect quite that from Ronald Jones,

498
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Speaker 1: but I do think he's is certainly worth gonna getting

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Speaker 1: some run. I mean, look, as I mentioned someone out

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Speaker 1: there on the internet, and I'm sure more than one

501
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Speaker 1: someone is talking about starting Ronald Jones over Sae Kwon

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Speaker 1: Barkley because we like the offense, we like the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Uh and right now he seems to have a higher

504
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Speaker 1: ceiling and maybe even a safer floor than say Kwon

505
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Speaker 1: Barkley does. Right now, So if you got yeah, I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: I I don't hear it is like we're saying this

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Speaker 1: and for you it wasn't even a debate. It was

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Speaker 1: some starting Ronald Jones. Um, So if you got him,

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Speaker 1: I think you're plugging him in the lineup this week

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Speaker 1: against the Carolina Panthers. All right, we are starting our

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Speaker 1: game previews right now. Everything is still slotted between Thursday

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Speaker 1: and Monday. And let's hope keeping our fingers crossed and

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Speaker 1: everything stays that way, uh, and that we don't get

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Speaker 1: pushed into Tuesday or possibly even Wednesday this week. So

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Speaker 1: let's start on Thursday Night football, a huge game the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners against the Titans, which I guess creates an

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Speaker 1: unofficial rivalry between me and producer Justin for the week. Um.

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Speaker 1: You see that game of course on NFL Network on

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Speaker 1: Fox and streaming on Ammas on Prime Video. I just

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Speaker 1: want to make sure I get all the company lines

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Speaker 1: in there. Please remember this, uh later later on, Um,

522
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Speaker 1: A J. Brown is back. He at least returned to practice.

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Speaker 1: He could suit up and play for this game against

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Speaker 1: the forty Niners this week. But you know, hey, man,

525
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Speaker 1: it's it's been a while. Even when he's been on

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Speaker 1: the field, really has underwhelmed this year. Does that play

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Speaker 1: into your thinking at all when it comes to fantasy

528
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Speaker 1: for this game a bit? Uh? My? My thinking is

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Speaker 1: beware of all Titans, and you see there A J.

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Speaker 1: Brown has been struggling as of late. I will say though,

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Speaker 1: if A J. Brown returns, I'm I'm very tempted to

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Speaker 1: get him back into my starting lineup. I think I

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Speaker 1: would use him, But the rest of the Titans I'm

534
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Speaker 1: not that interested in. I mean, it's such a like

535
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Speaker 1: low floor, low ceiling type of quarterback as of late,

536
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Speaker 1: you're really hoping for a finger roll a rushing touchdown

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Speaker 1: out of him. Uh the last few weeks deonce foreman

538
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Speaker 1: is the running back that I trust the most there,

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Speaker 1: But they like to get all three involved and the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners have been tough on the ground, so that

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Speaker 1: makes for me in a little bit less appealing. And

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Speaker 1: then outside of A J. Brown, there's no pass catcher

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Speaker 1: none whatsoever that I want to get in my starting

544
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Speaker 1: lineup in week Week sixteen where it's do or die,

545
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Speaker 1: So for me, it's really a J. Brown or bust

546
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: when it comes to the Titans. Injuries have bitten this

547
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: team so badly. You know. Obviously Derrick Henry is the

548
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: big one being on injured reserve, but Julio Jones struggling

549
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,399
Speaker 1: to stay healthy at all this year. A J. Brown

550
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 1: missing time this year. Uh, injuries really have wrecked this team.

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Speaker 1: Yet here they are still hanging around very much in

552
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Speaker 1: line for a solid playoff position. Uh, you know, certainly

553
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Speaker 1: gonna win what is not a great division in the

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Speaker 1: a f C South, or at least could I should

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Speaker 1: I shouldn't say certainly, but you know very much could

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Speaker 1: win the division down there. So um. But yeah, this

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Speaker 1: this seems like a tough draw to to start any

558
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Speaker 1: Titans in this one at all against what has been

559
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Speaker 1: a surging forty niner team over the last few weeks.

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Speaker 1: A couple of Saturday games on Christmas Day. It's a

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Speaker 1: busy sports day on Christmas, but got games on NFL

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Speaker 1: Network first, the Browns and the Packers. That one kicks

563
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Speaker 1: off at four thirty Eastern. You can see that on Fox,

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network and streaming on Amazon Prime Video. I

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Speaker 1: will say this, start your stars in this one and

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Speaker 1: really nobody else. So that means on the Cleveland side,

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00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: probably just Nick Chubb. On the Green Bay side, you're

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Speaker 1: talking about Aaron Rodgers and Davontae Adams, maybe Aaron Jones,

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Speaker 1: and that's kind of it. These defenses have been pretty good.

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Speaker 1: They have been getting after it the last few weeks,

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Speaker 1: and so any of those kind of fringe mid range

572
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 1: guys that you know you you're only hoping for it.

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00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: Maybe you're hoping for a touchdown, You're hoping for them

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00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 1: to pop a big play. That just seems like wish

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Speaker 1: casting this week, and that's not something I think I

576
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 1: want to fool around with. You. You're not gonna sit

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00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, obviously, you're not gonna sit Nick Chubb, obviously,

578
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. You're probably not sitting based on or depending

579
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: on who else you have on your roster, so they're

580
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: probably gonna be playing for you. Beyond that, I don't

581
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: know if you see any sleepers in this game, Florio,

582
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: I was looking. I just couldn't find anybody outside of

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Speaker 1: the huge name players that I felt comfortable within this game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was in on MVS initially, but he's on the

585
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: COVID list now. So I think it's what you said.

586
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: You know, you get your big name players in the

587
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: running backs. The top receiver for for Green Bay Aaron Rodgers,

588
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: and that's it. And I'm playing Aaron Rodgers in my

589
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,199
Speaker 1: league of record, and it's a primetime game, it's a

590
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: national TV game on Christmas markets. I'm bracing for him

591
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: to drop like thirty fantasy points on me. That gets

592
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Speaker 1: us to the Colts and the Cardinals. That's an eight

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Speaker 1: fift team Eastern Times start. You can see that exclusively

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00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: on NFL Network in florial for you, what are you

595
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Speaker 1: doing in this one? I think you start Christian Kirk

596
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: in this one. He's pretty much become a must start

597
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: receiver in my opinion. Last week. I know it was

598
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: a weird game against the Detroit lines, but twelve targets,

599
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: nine catches, ninety four yards and a touchdown. He paced

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00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: the received like in every receiving set, he led them

601
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Speaker 1: across the board. And I think we're gonna continue to

602
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: get some deep shots out of him. He's gonna get

603
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: good volume there. So and like I said earlier, the

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00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: cold strength on defense has been stopping the run. They

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00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: have struggled in the secondary. So I think it's gonna

606
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: be a good end of the year really for Christian Kirk.

607
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: I think if you've been holding him, you just continue

608
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: to start him each week. Now you really are starting

609
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: to pick up some of that slack, especially with DeAndre

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00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: Hopkins down uh and out of the lineup. I do

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Speaker 1: still think there's a lot of room in the offense

612
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: for zach Ertz this week against the Colts defense that

613
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: have struggled against the tight end position. But there should

614
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,640
Speaker 1: be an interesting one, should be an entertaining game with

615
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: both these teams really fighting for their playoff spots right

616
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 1: now in the postseason. All right, it's time to talk

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Speaker 1: about TikTok, or at least time for me to talk

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Speaker 1: to you about following us on TikTok at NFL Fantasy

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Speaker 1: if you haven't done so already. I know that the

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Speaker 1: season is drawing close to an end, but that doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean you can't follow us with me. We're not gonna

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Speaker 1: try and entertain and and hopefully educate you throughout the

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Speaker 1: off season as well, because look, you know this fantasy

624
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: is no longer just a seasonal game. It is a

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Speaker 1: year round pastime. It is a year round pursuit, So well,

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Speaker 1: come follow us there. You can follow me at the

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Speaker 1: Becus grant. I plan to do some more weird things

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Speaker 1: in the off season, maybe some of them fantasy football related.

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Speaker 1: Who knows. Stick around find out all. Right, back to

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Speaker 1: the game previews the Bills and the Patriots. This is

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Speaker 1: a big one obviously for the Bills and for the

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00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: Patriots as well. But Buffalo trying to uh ease the

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Speaker 1: sting of that loss a couple of weeks ago to

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Speaker 1: New England. How do they do that and how do

635
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Speaker 1: fantasy managers capitalize? I think they're gonna do it with away.

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Speaker 1: They couldn't do it earlier this year because of the weather.

637
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna come through the passing game, and

638
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: that means that you could fire up Gabriel Davis once

639
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: again in fantasy football last week. Had seven targets, tied

640
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Speaker 1: for the second most on the Bills, five catches, eighty

641
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: five yards, and two touchdowns. He's shown that he could

642
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: be a red zone presence, a downfield option. That's what

643
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: their Bills have kind of been lacking. They haven't had

644
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: a direct replacement for John Brown in this offense this year.

645
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: I think he is their best bet. But with Cole

646
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: Beasley now out, even with Emmanuel Sanders returning to practice today,

647
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: I think Sam Enders could slide into the slot maybe,

648
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: and then we see more of Davis outside and with

649
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: you know, the Patriots are gonna be trying to take

650
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: aways to fund Diggs in the passing game, They're gonna

651
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: need someone else to step up there. I think it

652
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: will be Gabriel Davis. So I would just continue, like

653
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: if you had him last week, just keep starting him

654
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: this week. I would agree. And you pointed out earlier

655
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: in the week that they have found a nice role

656
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: for Davis is a guy who can get down the field,

657
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: make some long plays, and it seems like Josh Allen

658
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: is getting more and more trust in him all the time. So, uh, okay,

659
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 1: with no Cole Beasley, the the the play is still

660
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: opportunities is still available if you want to go with

661
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis, Ravens and the Bengals. Big big game in

662
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: the a f C North Toween a couple of teams

663
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: sitting near the top of the division. And I'll say this,

664
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Speaker 1: Originally I was gonna say to beware of Tyler Huntley

665
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: because the Bengals have been pretty good against quarterbacks. But really,

666
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: after sort of looking at it again and thinking about

667
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: it again, I have signed to change my mind and

668
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: I think Tyler Huntley has some sleeper potential. Now. Look,

669
00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: I I don't know you know how many guys are

670
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: gonna start him over potentially this week. I don't know

671
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: if you've got a Dak Prescott. I don't. I still

672
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: think you probably started Dak over Huntley. But the fact

673
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 1: that he went out and put up a huge number

674
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: against the Packer defense gives me some confidence that Huntley

675
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: can get it done for the Ravens if need be,

676
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: whether it's throwing the ball to Bark Andrews, whether it's

677
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: getting it out. He got it to Mark Keets Brown

678
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: after we were worried whether or not Hollywood was going

679
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: to be in play this week, but he was able

680
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: to get the ball out to him. Got Rashad Bateman

681
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: involved a couple of weeks ago, and on title of it,

682
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: can run can make plays with his legs. Yes, he's

683
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: not Lamar Jackson, but he's doing a pretty good Lamar

684
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: Jackson cosplay over the last couple of weeks. So just

685
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: seeing what he has done the last two weeks. Taking

686
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: over in relief against the Browns and then getting to

687
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: start against Green Bay makes me feel like he does

688
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: potentially have some some sleeper potential this week. I don't

689
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: know if you if I'm crazy now, mind you, obviously

690
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: this is if he plays like keeping eye Lamar Jackson.

691
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: If he's back, then this is completely uh moot. But

692
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: I don't know. I am I am my nuts for

693
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: think of Tyler Huntley at least has some viability that week.

694
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: I don't think you're crazy at all. I mean, you

695
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: put up thirties six Fantasy points in a very tough

696
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: matchup against the Packers. I have him ranked right now

697
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: as a high end QB two, and I think if

698
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: we get word that Lamar's out, I might even slot

699
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: them up a little bit higher. But Marcus real quick.

700
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: On the other side of this game, Joe Burrow today

701
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: said that the Bengals have been lucky with COVID and

702
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: stuff because there's not a whole lot to do in Cincinnati,

703
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: so they don't go out a whole bunch. So I

704
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: guess that's the one reason to feel good about your Bengals.

705
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: I guess, so all right, I mean, I guess you'd

706
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: stay hold a load upon Cincinnati chili, which uh look

707
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: for Look if you love it, good for you. I

708
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: had it. I was not a fan. That'll make FINEX.

709
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: And I'll try it with with fridge fries instead of spaghetti.

710
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: Maybe it'll make it better. I don't know the fact

711
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: that the two options are spaghetti or French fries, right Like,

712
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: I was like, i tried it with spaghetti and I

713
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: was like, I'm not really feeling this and maybe next time,

714
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: if I ever do it again, it'll be for I

715
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if that makes it better.

716
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 1: Hit me up on Twitter, tell me tell me which

717
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: one you prefer, If it's better with one or the other,

718
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: I don't know alright. Rams at the Vikings, the Rams

719
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: uh trying to stay hot, trying to see if they

720
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: can overtake the Cardinals and end up winning the NFC West.

721
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: The Vikings still kind of doing their thing as well. Um,

722
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,919
Speaker 1: what what fantasy wise are you doing for this one?

723
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: I'm starting h Van Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. And

724
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: I know yesterday they both kind of disappointed. Jefferson only

725
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: had two targets, O'Dell had three. Neither one of them

726
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: really gave you five fantasy points. It was a rough day,

727
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: partially because they were just running the ball all over

728
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: Seattle and also because, I mean, Cooper Cup is just

729
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: amazing and and he took all the passing production there.

730
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: But the Vikings have been better against the ground than

731
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: than Seattle. Seattle's weakness has been against stopping running back,

732
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,720
Speaker 1: so it makes sense that the Rams kind of played

733
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: up to that strength there. But there the Ram the

734
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,240
Speaker 1: Vikings I mean, are the opposite. Like they're better against

735
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: the run. They struggle mightily against the past and we've

736
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: seen it on national TV now multiple times in a

737
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: row with like Big Band and putting up good games

738
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: against them and justin fields putting up some good numbers

739
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: against them. So I think that both of these Rams

740
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: receivers are in play either as a wade receiver two

741
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: or three or as your flex option. And and of

742
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 1: course Cooper cup is is the water receiver one. No

743
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: questions asked. I said earlier that there aren't a lot

744
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: of teams that have a wide receiver trio that can

745
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: match Amari Cooper, Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallup. This is one.

746
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: This is one of the few teams UH that can

747
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: certainly match that with UH, with Cooper cup Odell Beckham Jr.

748
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: And h Van Jefferson. UH, Steelers and the Chiefs. Somehow

749
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh just you know, they keep finding ways to win.

750
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: It's not pretty, but they find ways to just kind of,

751
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, pull one out. Meanwhile, the Chiefs look like offensively,

752
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: maybe they're back. I mean, they put up a lot

753
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: of points against the Chargers. They put up a ton

754
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: of points a week before that against the Raiders, so

755
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: maybe the offense is back again. We'll keep an eye

756
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: on the COVID nineteen issues with Travis Kelsey and Tyreek

757
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: Hill right now in the protocol, so it's gonna be

758
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: something a monitor. But in the time I like Clyde

759
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: Edwards Laire kind of as a sleeper back. I know

760
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: I said on Monday that he's a player that I

761
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: wouldn't draft again, but it's one that was two. We're

762
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: not looking ahead right now. We're talking about the now,

763
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: and in the now, C E. H has a very

764
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 1: good opportunity against a Steeler run defense that has been

765
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 1: awful lately. Five straight weeks they have allowed a top

766
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: ten fantasy back and c H UH you know, he's

767
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: got one top ten finish this year, and maybe he

768
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: can double up and make it a second. We will see,

769
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: but I certainly think the opportunity is going to be

770
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: there against a Steeler run defense that has been just

771
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: gashed lately. This also, I think sort of applies to

772
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: Daryl Williams as well, because he has still been very

773
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: much involved in the offense. And if my homes is

774
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: without one or maybe both of his top pass catchers,

775
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: then I think you could see Darryl Williams get some

776
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: opportunities in this game. But the Steeler run deal, I

777
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: know it's it's sort of muscle memory to think that,

778
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: hey it's the Steelers, maybe we should be where, But

779
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: I really do think we can, we can take advantage

780
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,279
Speaker 1: of him. I know we've talked on Monday about about

781
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 1: Clyde Delert's draft prospects. Are we still sort of holding

782
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: to that maybe fourth round projection for next year? I

783
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: think so. But but I agree with you like two

784
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: and twenty and right now are very different beasts. So

785
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: right now I think he's very much so in play

786
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: because he could get more volume, like you said, and Marcus,

787
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm not starting him or picking him up

788
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: or anything like that in fantasy. But small part of

789
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: me is really hoping this is the Josh Gordon game.

790
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: He had a he had a touchdown what a couple

791
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, right? I think I tweeted, like you

792
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: know in one that that counts as a v helps

793
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: no one with Josh. With Josh Gordon. You know, hey, look,

794
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 1: I think I think we've all sort of agreed the

795
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: dream is over. Yeah, it's I'm glad he's I'm glad

796
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: that he seems have gotten his life together and he's

797
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: able to get back out and play. But for what

798
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: we want, uh, that ship has has long since sailed. Anyway,

799
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: we're talking starts that sits here. Of course, you can

800
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: talk starts and sits on the Start Um Sit Him

801
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 1: Show with Michael Florio, Kimmy Checks and Adam Rank. You

802
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 1: know the deal. It's on every Thursday. They go through

803
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: the list of starts and since. To get your roster

804
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: ready for the game, check out Thursdays, four pm Eastern

805
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 1: in the NFL Fantasy App, the NFL app, NFL dot com,

806
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: or the YouTube channel also available on demand. And money Guns,

807
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: because we can't forget the money Guns all right, we

808
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: brought the money guns home this week, we're still using them.

809
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, even better, So get money guns at home.

810
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: It's gonna be great when they're just fake dollar bills

811
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: flying all over your house. I'm sure. I'm sure the

812
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: wife's gonna could be fun to clean up. It's gonna

813
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: be great. Hopefully the dog doesn't eat any of them.

814
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: That's what I said. I was like, you guys want

815
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: me to shoot this money gun with Cali running around,

816
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: She's I'm still funding confetti from last year when we

817
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: popped those confetti poppers. Oh man. Anyway, Next, on the

818
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show, we saw taysothing Hills floor on

819
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: Sunday Night against the Bucks. Will he stay there? Will

820
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: you get up? In week sixteen? Try to figure it

821
00:38:49,719 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: out when we return, let's take a look at the

822
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: Jaguars and the Jets. Specifically, let's turn our attention to

823
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. He of the number one overall pick. He

824
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: the generational quarterback whose likes we hadn't seen and I

825
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: don't know how many years, but through the first fifteen

826
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: weeks of the season, he is the QB five. So

827
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: without necessarily assigning a whole lot of blame as to

828
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 1: who or why or what is the problem. Uh is

829
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: this better or worse than we expected for Trevor Lawrence.

830
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: This is way worse than I ever expected. I was.

831
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: I was a high guy on on Trevor Lawrence coming

832
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: into this year. I thought he was a top fifteen

833
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,359
Speaker 1: quarterback with potentially low nd QB one upside. I was like, look,

834
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: the Jaguars passed a lot last year. It wasn't always pretty,

835
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: but it was effective. They have good pieces around him,

836
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: and like Marvin Jones and Channault and Shark uh and

837
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: then uh, it just it never came to fruition. I

838
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: thought he would run more, especially near the goal line,

839
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 1: and it's he's throwing one touchdown past per game. Like

840
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,319
Speaker 1: I saw a stat that said, like, he is as

841
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: many passing touchdowns in his last seven games as Derrick

842
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: Henry does, and I was just like, this is awful,

843
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: Like a huge l by me, a big swing and

844
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: a miss, And I just expected a lot better. I mean,

845
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 1: I think that was for everybody though, right. I Mean,

846
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 1: you talked about the weapons that were around him, You

847
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: talked about the fact that you know they were bringing

848
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: in a coach and it seemed like would be able

849
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: to maximize his skills, and this passing game has been horrific. Uh.

850
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: John Shipley, who does great work you know covering the Jaguars,

851
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: will follow him on Twitter. Um. It's kind of compared

852
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: this to the Blame Gabber era in terms of least

853
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: the production right the you know. I think we all

854
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: concede that Trevor Lawrence is a more talented quarterback than

855
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,439
Speaker 1: Blame Gabbert is was. But in terms of what they've

856
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 1: actually put out on tape and what they put out

857
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: on the field, uh, it looks very similar. And that

858
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: is I think the most disappointing part right now, because

859
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 1: we all did expect more out of Trevor Lawrence. I

860
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: was with you, I felt like he wasn't gonna be

861
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: a QB one this year, but he was going to

862
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: be a guy that you felt like in certain matchups

863
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: you could start with confidence. Um, and that really has

864
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: not been the case at all. So I think for

865
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, the priority the off season is to bring

866
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,200
Speaker 1: in a coach who can mentor Lawrence to get him

867
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: up to speed, because this guy is supposed to be

868
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: the future of the franchise. You've pretty much wasted the

869
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 1: first year with him. You've got to get this thing

870
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: going in a hurry for fear that you end up

871
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: just sort of squandering what could be a great talent

872
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: at quarterback. Uh. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum,

873
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 1: an older guy who's kind of just not getting his shot.

874
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: It is Tastom Hill. It's the Saints this week taking

875
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: onto the Miami Dolphins. That's the Monday night football game

876
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. Last week not a great week for

877
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,320
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. They tried throwing the football twenties seven times

878
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: with him, He ran in a little bit, wasn't really successful.

879
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: Uh in either format. Was last week kind of an

880
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,320
Speaker 1: anomaly because he has been pretty good as a starter

881
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: most of the time, Or is this a warning of

882
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: things to come? I think it's a little bit of both.

883
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: I think it's a warning that, like maybe we were

884
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: getting too excited on Taysom Hill. Myself was definitely one

885
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: of those guilty parties. I had him in the top

886
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: ten last week. Um, but I don't think it was

887
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: you know, this is a sign of things to come.

888
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 1: I just think it is a sign that, like, hey,

889
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: he's not auto like an automatic twenty points. He can

890
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: disappoint because he does have a lot of flaws as

891
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: a passer, but I still have him ranked as the

892
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: QB twelve this week because of what he can do

893
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,840
Speaker 1: with his legs and that the quarterback position has some

894
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: you know, missing parts and some BANGDA players. But I

895
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: think it's a little of both, but not enough to

896
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: scare me from using Taysom Hill this week. I think

897
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: it's also a reminder of how frighteningly low his floor

898
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: can be if he's not scoring touchdowns. I mean, part

899
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: of what has kept him relevant is getting in the

900
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: end zone, whether it's as a runner or at the

901
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: occasional passing touchdown that he throws. But didn't do either

902
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: of those things on Sunday Night against the box, and

903
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: that's part of why he gave you less than ten

904
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: Fantasy points. So I think it's just something to keep

905
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,239
Speaker 1: in mind. You're never going to get, you know, a

906
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: three hundred or three hundred and fifty yard passing game

907
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: out of Taysom Maybe I shouldn't say never, but it

908
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: seems very unlikely that you're gonna get you know, three

909
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,879
Speaker 1: hundred three and fifty passing yards out of Taysom Hill.

910
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,760
Speaker 1: You could get close to a hundred rushing yards UM,

911
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: but you still need that touchdown or two in order

912
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: to make it a pretty good week. So we're keep

913
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 1: an eye on that. I gets a Dolphin defense that

914
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 1: for the most part, it's been okay this year. So

915
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens on Monday Night Football between those

916
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: two teams, and specifically with Taysom Hill. All right, back

917
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: to our game previews the Broncos and the Raiders. The

918
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: Raiders keeping their playoff hopes alive with a last second

919
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:41,479
Speaker 1: win against the Cleveland Browns on Monday afternoon. Uh now

920
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: they head back today. I guess to take onto their

921
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: long time rivals, the Broncos. What's your fantasy outlook for

922
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: this one? Avoid every pass catcher on the Denver Broncos. Look,

923
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: this is a team that isn't going to throw the

924
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: ball a whole lot any week. They like to rely

925
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: on their running game and on their defense, and we

926
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: know that the running backs are gonna get like thirty

927
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: touches a game between the two combined. That leaves not

928
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,439
Speaker 1: a whole lot of volume to go around to their

929
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: three receivers that they like to use. Their two tight

930
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: ends that they like to start using now. So for me,

931
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: I think you're looking at like an average game for

932
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 1: these guys is somewhere in the in single digits, And like, yeah,

933
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: maybe Drew Locknow gives them a little bit of a

934
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 1: higher ceiling because he's more of a downfield thrower than Teddy,

935
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: but he's also a lot less accurate and and he

936
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 1: was benched for a reason. So for me, this is

937
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: just a game where I think you start Javoncy Williams,

938
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon, and then you get away from the Denver Broncos.

939
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: I gotta say, yeah, you avoid all the past catchers,

940
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: but you're all in on on their running backs, whether

941
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams or Melvin Gordon, because both those guys have

942
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: been great pretty much all season long. The Bears at

943
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. I know Russell Wilson did not have a

944
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: good night's last night against the Los Angeles Rams, but

945
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: I still think he is very much in play this

946
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 1: week against the Chicago Bears. The Seahawks season essentially is over.

947
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: They're going to have a losing record for the first

948
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: time since eleven um, but doesn't mean they can't go

949
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 1: out and wreck somebody else's season. We hope that everything's

950
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: okay with Tyler Lockett and he can come off the

951
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen list and be available for this week. But

952
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: the Bears are just giving up yards through the air

953
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks. We saw them struggle with Kirk Cousins the

954
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: other night. Mostly we saw them struggle with Justin Jefferson,

955
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: which I guess no shame in that because pretty much

956
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,800
Speaker 1: everybody has strown with Justin Jefferson in his first two seasons.

957
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: But I do think this is an opportunity where we

958
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: can see Tyler Lockett, we can see DK Metcalf go

959
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 1: both go out and prosper I know you mentioned Generald

960
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: Everett potentially as a streaming option at the time end position.

961
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,919
Speaker 1: So while last night was awful, I think about four

962
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: points for Russell Wilson in fantasy, I think this is

963
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 1: an opportunity for him to kind of get back and

964
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: try to finish out on a strong note. Also, I

965
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: mean this could a little bit be for us, maybe

966
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: a reminder for other teams around in the league about

967
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,360
Speaker 1: where he could or about who he could be, I

968
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: should say, because you know, there's a very real conversation

969
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: about whether or not he comes back to Seattle next year,

970
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: so maybe this is also a showcase opportunity for for

971
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,880
Speaker 1: Russ himself. But I definitely think he should be in

972
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: a lot of lineups in Week sixteen. Uh Bucks at

973
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 1: the Panthers. I mean we sort of touched on this earlier,

974
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: but a B very much in play this week. Huh yeah,

975
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: just another reminder to start him. Look, no Godwin, Uh,

976
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: Mike Evans is banged up. We know he has got

977
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 1: that hamstring injury. They're saying he has a chance to play.

978
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 1: But even if he does, then a B is in

979
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 1: is the wide receiver to their top three in targets

980
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: and Evans misses. I mean, then Antonio Brown becomes like

981
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: a borderline wide receiver one. I think they're saying he

982
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: looks as good as he did before he heard his ankle.

983
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: I know you said earlier markets that him and Tom

984
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: Brody have a real connection there. We've seen it on

985
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: display time and time again, and earlier this year, a

986
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: B was bawling out before he got hurt. So just

987
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: a reminder if you stashed him, or maybe you were

988
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: lucky enough to grab him off off the waiver wire.

989
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: When if people got sick of him waiting on this

990
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 1: fake vaccine card suspension or something like that. Just get

991
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: him back in your starting lineup, you know. I mean

992
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 1: there was all that talk at the beginning of the

993
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: year about he and Tom Brady being roommates, and I'm like,

994
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 1: that's a reality show. I would love to see. I

995
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: would like to watch. I would watch an a b

996
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 1: TV twelve reality show. It's like, you know, it's like

997
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: the odd couple in real life, right, you know, I

998
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: can I can just imagine, like you know, Tom making

999
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: his avocado smoothies or whatever it is he does, while

1000
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: like you know, Antonio was like trying to film a

1001
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,240
Speaker 1: rap video in the bedroom and making too much noise

1002
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: or something like that. Like you know, I'd be his

1003
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: like iPad down or whatever, and exactly like shut up,

1004
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: I'm trying to do trying to study, you know, whatever

1005
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 1: it is. I would u I would be all on

1006
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: board with watching that. I got a handful of game

1007
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: previews just to finish this one off. By the way,

1008
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: some news that the just came down as we were

1009
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,279
Speaker 1: recording this show. Harrison Butcker has been placed on the

1010
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:55,320
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen reserve list. Uh He is reported the unvaccinated,

1011
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: So that means he will not be playing for the

1012
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: Chiefs this week. So let me if you are starting

1013
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: Bucker as a kicker in leagues that still have kickers,

1014
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: which I'm okay with thumbs up to you folks. Uh,

1015
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,359
Speaker 1: I means he's gonna be unavailable for you this week.

1016
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: So that's something to keep in mind heading towards the weekend.

1017
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: Chargers at the Texans we talked about Austin Echo at

1018
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: the top of the show. First was on the COVID list.

1019
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: Turned out that that was inaccurate. Now he is off

1020
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,000
Speaker 1: the COVID list. But I would say this, if you're

1021
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 1: looking for a deep sleeper or maybe a DFS play, uh,

1022
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,239
Speaker 1: try Rex Burkhead. We are back to hashtag Rex and

1023
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: the flex um. I know that it's it's hard talking

1024
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: about any Texans offensive players not named Brandon Cooks, but

1025
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 1: Rex Birkhead has taken over as the lead rusher in

1026
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: Matt houston offense. He is by far getting the most

1027
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 1: carries in the offense, so well ahead of David Johnson

1028
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 1: or anybody else there. And the Chargers they have not

1029
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: been good against running backs for most of the year.

1030
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 1: Now understand that you know, the floor is is stable,

1031
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: but it's kind of low. The ceiling is not super high.

1032
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:00,520
Speaker 1: You're definitely gonna need some touchdowns, uh, you know for

1033
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 1: that to to boost up a little bit. But if

1034
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: you're looking for a value play, if you're looking just

1035
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: to kind of fill out a roster and you need

1036
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:10,439
Speaker 1: maybe a flex option there, Burken has a good opportunity

1037
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 1: and is not going to cost you a whole lot,

1038
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,919
Speaker 1: not gonna eat up a ton of salary in any

1039
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 1: of your daily lineups for this one. Uh. Lions at

1040
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Jared Goff, as we mentioned, currently on the

1041
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen reserved list. We'll see if he's gonna be

1042
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: available for this one. But the Lions flying high after

1043
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:32,319
Speaker 1: their big win over Arizona. Which side do you land on?

1044
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: What should we be doing? I think you should be

1045
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: starting Russell Gauge and I have him ranked as like

1046
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 1: a high end wide receiver to I don't think enough

1047
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,239
Speaker 1: people realize how good Russell Gauge has been in the

1048
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: last month. He's given you double digit Fantasy points in

1049
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,919
Speaker 1: all four games, with over eighteen in three of them,

1050
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: and in two of his last three games he has

1051
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,920
Speaker 1: eleven or more targets, he's been getting more usage in

1052
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: the red zone. He is just a consistent player now

1053
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 1: that I think brings a floor of double digit fan

1054
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: see points. And he's shown us in the last couple

1055
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 1: of weeks that his upside is over twenties. So to me,

1056
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: that is a wide receiver too. And I know a

1057
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: lot of the times people overlooked players like Russell Gauge

1058
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: because of their name and the fact that they kind

1059
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 1: of disappointed early on, But he has been getting the

1060
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: job done as of late. So if you have him

1061
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: and you're still in the Fantasy playoffs, I think you

1062
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: start this guy, especially given how many receivers are just

1063
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,280
Speaker 1: out of our lineups right now. It's been very quiet

1064
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: at least, you know, we haven't talked about it, I

1065
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: know on this show, and you don't hear a lot

1066
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: of conversation about Russell Gauge. I think when you talk

1067
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: about the Falcons, you talk about Cordarrel Patterson really uh,

1068
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:36,439
Speaker 1: and maybe you talk a little bit about how Kyle

1069
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: Pitts has sort of been underwhelming, but I do have

1070
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,359
Speaker 1: some some positive thoughts about that. A little bit later

1071
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 1: on as we wrap up the show, Uh, Giants at

1072
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 1: the Eagles, and aside from us talking about Evan Ingram

1073
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 1: maybe as a deep sleeper or something like that, I

1074
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 1: think you you have to start Miles Sanders. And what

1075
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: we saw out of him last night against the Washington

1076
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 1: football team was incredibly encouraging. About a hundred and thirty

1077
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 1: rushing yards. Um, you know, lad the team in backfield snaps,

1078
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 1: led the team in backfield touches by a wide margin,

1079
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: and was incredibly effective with it. The Eagles have really

1080
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: made it a point to run the football. Shoudn't say

1081
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: by a wide margin. He actually had the eighteen carries

1082
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,920
Speaker 1: the fifteen for Jordan Howard, but you know, nearly doubled

1083
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: up on him in rushing yards. But the Eagles have

1084
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,040
Speaker 1: made it a point to be a lot more run

1085
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 1: heavy in the back part of the season, and they're

1086
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: running the ball effectively. The Giants continue to struggle pretty

1087
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 1: much in every aspect of the game right now. So

1088
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: I like Miles Sanders. I know we've sort of been

1089
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,399
Speaker 1: hot and cold with Sanders uh so far this year. Um,

1090
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, how do we feel about

1091
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 1: him now? How do we feel about him? Say? Going

1092
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 1: into I feel better about him now than I did

1093
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,400
Speaker 1: it this time yesterday, because he looked really good yesterday

1094
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,799
Speaker 1: and they got him the ball a good amount. I

1095
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:55,919
Speaker 1: know Howard had a lot of volume, but that came

1096
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 1: like later in the game. My only concern with Miles

1097
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 1: Sanders is they don't let him score touchdowns. He still

1098
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: doesn't have a touchdown in the year. When they get

1099
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 1: near the goal line, it's all Howard or Hurts. So

1100
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: I think Sanders isn't play this week, but he's more

1101
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: of an RB two for me, just because the touchdowns,

1102
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,640
Speaker 1: like if he could score, if we knew that he

1103
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 1: was like gonna get the goal on work as well,

1104
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,360
Speaker 1: then I think you could make a case for him

1105
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: as a high end RB two, maybe even a little

1106
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:25,399
Speaker 1: bit higher than that. And as for I think he's

1107
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: a player that his value could swing a lot. Like

1108
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,840
Speaker 1: if if Hurts and and Howard are all back and

1109
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: it's a similar offense, I think then that Sanders is

1110
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: like an RB two that I probably won't be too

1111
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: excited to target. But Fantasy Twitter loves him and his talent,

1112
00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 1: so I think there'll be plenty of people back in

1113
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: on Miles Sanders talk about him not scoring touchdowns and

1114
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,839
Speaker 1: it's him and Devin Singletary just sort of, you know,

1115
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: pointing at one another right now. Last one Sunday Night Football,

1116
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:56,320
Speaker 1: the football team at the Cowboys, Uh win for Dallas

1117
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 1: locks up the NFC East. We talked about Dak Prescott

1118
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,560
Speaker 1: and his ruggles. Uh what else should we be talking about?

1119
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:05,759
Speaker 1: For fantasy here This pains me to say, but I

1120
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,839
Speaker 1: think you've gotta be aware of Terry McLaurin. He just

1121
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,640
Speaker 1: hasn't been what we've wanted him to be this year.

1122
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: And I don't think it is a Terry McLaurin problem.

1123
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 1: I think it is a quarterback and inability to get

1124
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin the ball problem. But for fantasy, we don't

1125
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: care who's fault it is. We care about the production.

1126
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 1: And since Week five, he's top double digit fantasy points

1127
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 1: just three times. Twice was over twenty one. We love that.

1128
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: The other time was twelve. And he has a whole

1129
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: bunch of games with single digits mixed in, so his

1130
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 1: floor is single digits. Maybe he'll catch a long one

1131
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: or a touchdown and give you over twenty. To me,

1132
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 1: that is a Boomer bus Wade receiver. Three. He is

1133
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: outside of my top thirty wide receivers, and I don't

1134
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:49,879
Speaker 1: think he's a guy that you need to start at all.

1135
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 1: I think, if anything, he's a guy that maybe you're

1136
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,720
Speaker 1: going a little bit deeper and hoping for upside with Yeah,

1137
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,920
Speaker 1: And it really stinks so that we get to week

1138
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: sixteen and now all of a sudden we have concerned

1139
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,320
Speaker 1: about Terry McLaurin because he was one of those guys

1140
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 1: that you could just have confidence in every single week.

1141
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: But the quarterback does matter, um and right now the

1142
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:11,479
Speaker 1: quarterback is an issue in Washington all right. That gets

1143
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,280
Speaker 1: us through our game previews. It also means it's time

1144
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 1: for m v P Picks, presented by Visa Network, giving

1145
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: small businesses tools to grow, wrap up the shows we

1146
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,200
Speaker 1: always do with some sleepers. We each have a pair

1147
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:27,360
Speaker 1: of who's your first one? My first one is is

1148
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:31,720
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds for the Detroit Lions. Now, obviously Jared Golf's

1149
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 1: UH status does impact Josh Reynolds, but I think if

1150
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,880
Speaker 1: Golf is out there, Reynolds could be in your starting lineup.

1151
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: That the Falcons are a great matchup against receivers, and

1152
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 1: Reynolds has been more consistent than I think he gets

1153
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,919
Speaker 1: credit for in the last month five targets at least

1154
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:49,759
Speaker 1: in every single game. His lowest eight Fantasy points, but

1155
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 1: he has double digits and the three others scored nineteen

1156
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:55,279
Speaker 1: last week, and the Lions came out and said, like,

1157
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,320
Speaker 1: we want to take more downfield shots, and that's exactly

1158
00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:00,520
Speaker 1: what they're doing. Since they've gotten Josh Ennals, he is

1159
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:03,000
Speaker 1: at least one target of twenty plus eight yards in

1160
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,920
Speaker 1: every game since he's been a Detroit Lions and multiple

1161
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,200
Speaker 1: and some of them. So in a good matchup with

1162
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: a guy that we know is going to get some

1163
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:12,320
Speaker 1: downfield shots, I think he's in play as a sleeper.

1164
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:15,800
Speaker 1: It's weird that the right now it's Golf and Reynolds

1165
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,399
Speaker 1: playing for the Lions, but in some way they sort

1166
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,239
Speaker 1: of played for the Rams. Last week they went out

1167
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:21,920
Speaker 1: and uh got a big win against Arizona, helping out

1168
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,799
Speaker 1: their old club. So I'm sure that folks in l

1169
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 1: A we're grateful to see that. Um My first sleeper

1170
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: is Albert Okoya Buonum, the other tight end in Denver.

1171
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,439
Speaker 1: I mean, we spent a lot of time talking about

1172
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,480
Speaker 1: Noah fans and then he's been fine. He's been sort

1173
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 1: of up and down and I know that you know

1174
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,200
Speaker 1: you said earlier to avoid all Denver pass catchers, and

1175
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: I think for the most part, you're right. This is

1176
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,879
Speaker 1: very much a deep sleeper play. Uh. You're certainly hoping

1177
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. But look, you go back to week nine,

1178
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 1: he's got a thirteen percent target shore, which is identical

1179
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 1: to Courtland Sutton. The difference is Okoya Boon him has

1180
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,720
Speaker 1: nine more catches, a hundred and forty three more receiving yards,

1181
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: and one more touchdown. The Broncos run a lot of

1182
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,360
Speaker 1: two tight end such which means he's going to be

1183
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: on the field quite a bit. Uh, and the Raiders

1184
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 1: are struggling against the tight end position. So if you

1185
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:07,319
Speaker 1: just want to kind of be contrarian, if you want

1186
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 1: to maybe try to find a value pick in DFS,

1187
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:15,840
Speaker 1: Albert oh has some deep sleeper upside in uh in

1188
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:17,880
Speaker 1: an offense and otherwise you just really kind of want

1189
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 1: to stay away from their passing game. Um, You're next

1190
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: sleeper mine is a La Kwan tread Will, And yeah,

1191
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: that's where we're at now in in the football season.

1192
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 1: But Lakwan tread Will in the last month has at

1193
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,399
Speaker 1: least five targets in all four games, and he has

1194
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:36,600
Speaker 1: somewhere between nine and twelve Fantasy points in all four

1195
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: of those, so again not a super high ceiling, but

1196
00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: more of a safe floor type of receiver that you

1197
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: can rely on volume. And hey, he gets the Jets

1198
00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: this week who have been struggling mighty lead against the

1199
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,839
Speaker 1: past to run everything as of late. So I think

1200
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: if you're in a deeper league or going for a

1201
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: cheaper DFS play something like that, tread will can give

1202
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:55,919
Speaker 1: you like a safe ten points, but maybe a little

1203
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,319
Speaker 1: bit more upside just because of the matchup. Every time

1204
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: we talked about a Jaguar, I just get a little

1205
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,360
Speaker 1: said in my heart that it's not lubisca Chenault, because

1206
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:07,280
Speaker 1: that's what's going My last one is Kyle Pitts. And

1207
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,160
Speaker 1: you want to talk about where we are here, I mean,

1208
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: I didn't think we'd be getting to the point where

1209
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:13,080
Speaker 1: we're talking about Kyle Pitts as a sleeper. He just

1210
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:14,759
Speaker 1: felt at some point like he was just gonna be

1211
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,240
Speaker 1: an every week starter. I know that, you know, coming

1212
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 1: into Tuesday's games, he was the tight end five, but

1213
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 1: I don't know that he necessarily had been playing like

1214
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 1: a top five tight end and the other part is

1215
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 1: he hasn't really lined up as much as a tight end.

1216
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: This could be in a situation where maybe the Falcons

1217
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:33,680
Speaker 1: use him as such. The Lions struggling against the position.

1218
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,520
Speaker 1: Four different tight ends have had top twelve finishes against

1219
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:40,440
Speaker 1: Detroit since week twelve. You talked about Russell Gage as

1220
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:43,160
Speaker 1: being a nice option. This week, maybe Kyle Pitts gets

1221
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:46,920
Speaker 1: into the action. We are longing for another big Kyle

1222
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 1: Pitts game. It has been a while. Uh. Maybe this

1223
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:52,880
Speaker 1: is a chance to sort of ease some of those frustrations,

1224
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 1: both for him, uh and for fantasy managers. If you

1225
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 1: know any fantasy managers out there are still you know,

1226
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: still plugging him into their lineups. Who know us, but

1227
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,600
Speaker 1: it has not been great for pits for much of

1228
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 1: the year. Um. You want more Sleepers, I write about

1229
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: them every single week. You can check it out at

1230
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:10,160
Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash Sleepers, and if you want more

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00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:13,720
Speaker 1: of just all of this stuff, can check out NFL

1232
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,360
Speaker 1: Fantasy Game Day. This week is just a two man bob.

1233
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:19,400
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00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:23,080
Speaker 1: check us out starting at noon Eastern on all the

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00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,640
Speaker 1: NFL apps and streaming on YouTube as well, so it

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00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:28,560
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00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 1: this basically, except will be in the same room, uh,

1238
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,919
Speaker 1: sitting on comfy chairs and we'll have buckets of fake

1239
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:37,720
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00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 1: be a whole thing. Come check it out. So it

1241
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,400
Speaker 1: should be fun. Um. I guess this is our last

1242
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:45,520
Speaker 1: one though before before Christmas, right we uh, you and

1243
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:48,600
Speaker 1: I are going to reconvene here before before Christmas Day,

1244
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:52,680
Speaker 1: so uh, Merry Christmas to you, Michael left Florio. Merry

1245
00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 1: Christmas to you and to your family. I hope, uh,

1246
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 1: I hope you have a great one, and I hope

1247
00:58:57,280 --> 00:59:00,800
Speaker 1: I hope we're both a little uh to be struggling

1248
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 1: on Sunday morning, because then that will mean we had

1249
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: a good Saturday. Absolutely absolutely Merry Christmas as well to

1250
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:09,800
Speaker 1: a producer, justin, producer Hythens, all the specialists who help

1251
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:12,040
Speaker 1: us put on this show. Wishing you all the best

1252
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:14,840
Speaker 1: and Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays to all of you out

1253
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 1: there who listen, who streamed this, who read what we do.

1254
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,560
Speaker 1: We certainly appreciate all of you and the best of

1255
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 1: luck to you in the Fantasy playoffs in the meantime.

1256
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:25,560
Speaker 1: For us, that is it. We are done. We appreciate

1257
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:28,000
Speaker 1: you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show. You

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00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:30,240
Speaker 1: know the drill. Tell two friends to tell two friends,

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00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:35,520
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