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Speaker 1: Wow yah. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented

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Speaker 1: by Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show

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Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings. It's me your man named G.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. Still masking and socially distancing, win and where necessary.

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Speaker 1: And we are in the beginning of Week eleven. We've

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Speaker 1: got a whole slew of games to get to. Michael

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Speaker 1: f Florio will join us as he always does on

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Speaker 1: a Friday, to talk about that. We will look at

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Speaker 1: our best value fantasy daily picks of the week. Will

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Speaker 1: also ask our resident nerd Matt Okada about undrafted rookie

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Speaker 1: free agents, James Robinson's of the world a little bit

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Speaker 1: of love. This week, we have plenty to talk about,

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Speaker 1: including Thursday night football game, which maybe wasn't what we

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Speaker 1: thought it would be, but that's an interesting things to

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Speaker 1: talk about that as well. But before we do any

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Speaker 1: of that, we'll talk to our faithful producer, Senior Edward L.

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Speaker 1: Murphy Esquire and Murphy we we I know, we talk

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Speaker 1: a lot about food before the show starts, and I

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Speaker 1: know in Floria we're kind of talking some stuff. I

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Speaker 1: just want to know, especially now that it looks like

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Speaker 1: curfews are coming, that we're probably gonna have to order

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Speaker 1: more food, you know, order out or what have you?

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Speaker 1: Any any new spots that you found in the l

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Speaker 1: A metro area worth talking about. Well, I don't know

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Speaker 1: about new, but definitely the one that actually we just

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Speaker 1: mentioned to you guys before is this place Bondwi in Hollywood.

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Speaker 1: And it's has like a Georgian dish called catcher Puri,

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Speaker 1: which is something I would never ever guess that I

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Speaker 1: would be eating. But it's like a pizza almost, as

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Speaker 1: and like some kind of cheese sauce in the middle

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Speaker 1: of just good bread, and I um, it was like

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Speaker 1: life changing. And now, like people don't talk about Georgian food,

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Speaker 1: and I would put that dish against anything I've ever had.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a huge barbecue guy, but this is

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Speaker 1: just as good. I'm down to try, Like I always

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Speaker 1: feel like it's great to sort of try, not just

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Speaker 1: regions that you would never think because I certainly would

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Speaker 1: never have thought to try Georgian food. I would say that,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of my favorite restaurants in l A.

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Speaker 1: And I know this is pretty much l A centric talk,

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Speaker 1: but uh, there's there's a Himalayan place in Culver City, uh,

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Speaker 1: has become a favorite place of mine. If you like

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Speaker 1: Indian food, it's a very similar kind of style or

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Speaker 1: And I guess that applies to everybody wherever you live.

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Speaker 1: Try something new, try something you never had pretty good exactly,

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Speaker 1: get out of your bubble, go try new stuff. There's

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Speaker 1: stuff that's gonna change your life. It's it's that good.

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Speaker 1: And we are very lucky to be in l A

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Speaker 1: with like some awesome places from every region of the world,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. And if you try something you don't like it,

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Speaker 1: All right, let's turn our attention to our friend Michael f. Florio,

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Speaker 1: who joins us every Friday on this show in Florio.

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Speaker 1: I know that you are on the lookout always for

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Speaker 1: for good spots to eat, new spots to eat, especially

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Speaker 1: being relatively new to southern California. Have have you found

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Speaker 1: thanks to both of you two, you guys have sent

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Speaker 1: me places. I was writing all of those places down,

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Speaker 1: like the Himalay and my fiance loves Indian food, so

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Speaker 1: Turtle from Entourage. Okay, normally we start with the t

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Speaker 1: one that has sent ripples through fantasy Twitter. This morning,

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Speaker 1: the Saints have announced that Taysom Hill is going to

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Speaker 1: be Jamis Winston starting. Certainly Tayson was going to play,

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Speaker 1: now that it looks like Taysom Hill is getting the start,

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Speaker 1: how much does this change your outlook for the Saints

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Speaker 1: pass catchers in this game? It changes it a whole

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Speaker 1: excited to see what seamp Payton may do with this offense,

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Speaker 1: given he has a quarterback that you can now trust

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Speaker 1: Now I'm expecting the exact opposite. I'm expecting a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of running. I expect Taysom Hill to have a

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Speaker 1: really asking him to throw down the fielder into tight windows.

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Speaker 1: This guy has eighteen career attempts in the NFL. He

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Speaker 1: wasn't a good pastor at college and Marcus. I wish

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Speaker 1: I could take credit for this, but at Roger tweeted

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Speaker 1: the show by UM researcher Ben uh Nick Williams Great Stack.

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Speaker 1: Taysom Hill is older than brock Osweidler, who retired after

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Speaker 1: an eight year NFL career, but he has a few

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Speaker 1: fifty five fewer past attempts than Jake Luton, who made

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Speaker 1: That's the thing, you know, I guess if there's somebody

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Speaker 1: and we have seen if there's anything Taysom Hill seems

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Speaker 1: But certainly if you were thinking about starting, you know,

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Speaker 1: but can he give us, you know, a hundred and

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Speaker 1: close to something like eight hundred rushing yards. I think

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Speaker 1: fift team. But then someone tweeted me and they were like,

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Speaker 1: you have him right ahead of Brady? Can I really

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Speaker 1: trust him over Tom Brady? And I was going back

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Speaker 1: and forth like, there is the chance that he struggles,

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Speaker 1: don't really know which on Paynton here. So I'm thinking

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Speaker 1: now I'm going to lower him a little bit more

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Speaker 1: do think his upside is someone that you can trust

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Speaker 1: The rushing floor sort of gives him at least a

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Speaker 1: be hard to figure out how to rank him. And look,

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Speaker 1: you to play him at tight end, which if you

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Speaker 1: was worried until he caught this touchdown right here, which

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Speaker 1: was he was so open he could have signaled for

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Speaker 1: a fair catch if he really wanted to. But uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't think we learned a whole lot other than

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be Drake on the ground and Edmonds is

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Speaker 1: going to get mixed in as well. This has turned

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Speaker 1: into a it's a running back committee basically. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna see both of these guys

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Speaker 1: used equally going forward. I mean, I think here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: I think if we felt like this was going to

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Speaker 1: be this way at the beginning of the year, I

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Speaker 1: don't think we'd feel so bad about Kenyan Drake. But

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Speaker 1: the way they used Drake last year, where he was

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Speaker 1: playing eight five percent of the snaps on a weekly basis,

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Speaker 1: he was dominating the touches. That's what led certainly me

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Speaker 1: and I think a lot of other people to believe

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Speaker 1: that a big year was coming for Kenyan Drake. If

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Speaker 1: if what we saw last year was kind of a

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Speaker 1: fifty fifty split where you know, you sort of had,

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Speaker 1: let's just say, for comparisons, like maybe a Joe Mixon

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Speaker 1: Joe Bernard type situation there, right, I think that's what

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Speaker 1: we would have expected, and what we've seen out of

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Speaker 1: Drake wouldn't be so heartbreaking. But you know, here we are,

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Speaker 1: eleven weeks in. I think we've settled into something, and

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Speaker 1: I think this is kind of what we can expect

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Speaker 1: from Cardinals going forward. If so, can you just readjust

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Speaker 1: your expectations. I know you've probably spent a high draft

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Speaker 1: pick on Kenyan Drake and you didn't do that to

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Speaker 1: get an RB two. But this is where we are now.

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Speaker 1: So just a handful of weeks left in the regular season,

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Speaker 1: I think we adjust, uh, and we make the most

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Speaker 1: of it going forward, all right, well, going forward from here.

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Speaker 1: slash salute time to look at some of our big

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Speaker 1: questions as we head fully into Week eleven and uh

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Speaker 1: first one, we talked about the Lions in the running

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Speaker 1: back situation with DeAndre Swift in the concussion protocol, but

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Speaker 1: there are more injuries of notes around the Lions offense.

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Speaker 1: One of them is to the quarterback Matt Stafford, who

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Speaker 1: is dealing with some thumb issues. The other to Kenny Golladay,

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Speaker 1: who has a hit issue. Now. He practiced earlier in

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Speaker 1: the week, did not practice on Friday, So I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's just kind of spread this out. You've got Stafford

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Speaker 1: dealing with a thumb injury, probably playing at less than

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Speaker 1: a hundred percent. We may or may not have Kenny

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Speaker 1: Golladay in the lineup. How are we feeling about those

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Speaker 1: those Lions pass catchers and what, on paper is a

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Speaker 1: pretty tough matchup against Carolina. Yeah, it's a pretty tough matchup.

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Speaker 1: And the quarterback isn't healthy, your top water receiver, we're

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Speaker 1: not sure if he's going to be able to go.

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Speaker 1: I think then if Kenny Golladay is active, I think

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Speaker 1: you you still start him. I think he becomes more

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Speaker 1: though of a like boomer Bus type play because he's

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Speaker 1: banged up and his quarterback is banged up. And then

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Speaker 1: after that Marvin Jones, Danny Amendola, those guys, I I

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Speaker 1: would use them maybe as water boomer Bus water receiver

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Speaker 1: three year flex option, but I'd probably be trying to

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Speaker 1: get away. I think this is a game where the

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Speaker 1: Lions are going to try to run the ball a

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Speaker 1: whole lot, and they're missing pieces on They're missing maybe

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Speaker 1: Swift and Goladay, and they banged up Stafford. This could

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Speaker 1: be a game where they don't put up a lot

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Speaker 1: of points or yards at all. This game looked semi interesting.

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Speaker 1: I thought earlier in the week, I thought you had

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Speaker 1: some some good matchups fantasy wise to exploit on both sides.

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Speaker 1: But it just feels like the guys that could do

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Speaker 1: that the best may not be there. I could probably

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Speaker 1: make a case for starting t J. Hawkinson because he

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Speaker 1: will probably want to set up some easy throws for

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Speaker 1: your quarterback, you know, knowing that that it may be

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Speaker 1: tough for him to get the ball down field. But uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Marvin Jones, it was like it feels like

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Speaker 1: sort of chasing the points after the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks where he's played well, so that one sort of

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Speaker 1: worries me a little bit. But I you know, I

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Speaker 1: do think, like you said, if Gola Day plays, I

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Speaker 1: would be hard pressed to sit him, because again, it's

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Speaker 1: one of those where you look at your roster and

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Speaker 1: do you have a lot of better options there? And

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Speaker 1: you probably don't. So Colla is the one guy that

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Speaker 1: I feel like I could probably trust regardless of the situation.

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Speaker 1: Beyond that, Uh, it's it's sort of sketchy, I think

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Speaker 1: for me. On the other side of that game, Teddy

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Speaker 1: Bridgewater looks like he is unlikely to start. He's dealing

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Speaker 1: with a knee injury, and I know he's sort of

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Speaker 1: tried to work it out, but it doesn't look like

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to go against the Lions. So now,

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Speaker 1: how are you feeling if it you know, if it

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Speaker 1: ends up being say P J. Walker or Will Greer?

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about Robby Anderson and the rest

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Speaker 1: of those past catchers in Carolina not nearly as good

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Speaker 1: like Teddy. I had hope earlier in the week when

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Speaker 1: he got in that limited practice and it sounded like

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Speaker 1: he was gonna play, But now it really sounds like

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Speaker 1: he is not, and even with Teddy healthy, these wide

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Speaker 1: receivers here, like early on in the year, Robbie Anderson

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Speaker 1: was looking like it must start each week, but he

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Speaker 1: has really come back down to earth. Dj Moore, I

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Speaker 1: know he had a good game last week, and every

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Speaker 1: time he has a good game, Fantasy Twitter loves to

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Speaker 1: highlight how talented he is and how good he is,

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Speaker 1: But for fantasy purposes, he's a Boom or bus Wade

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Speaker 1: receiver three. In my opinion, he is single digit Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points in half his games this year, So I think again,

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Speaker 1: and with this being a game that the lines are

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Speaker 1: so banged up on offense and so weak against the run,

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Speaker 1: I think they can just rely heavily on Mike Davis

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Speaker 1: this week. So to me, Robby Anderson and Dj Moore

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Speaker 1: are builth just you're hoping that they hate on a

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Speaker 1: long pass or something, but they're very you know, high

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Speaker 1: floor but a low floor, but high ceiling plays. I think, um,

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Speaker 1: Mike Davis is the one player here that I'm definitely starting,

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Speaker 1: and outside of that, it depends on options, which is

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Speaker 1: really encouraging because I know that for folks who have

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Speaker 1: been rolling with Mike Davis. Uh, the last few weeks,

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Speaker 1: he had that really hot start and then he sort

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Speaker 1: of came back to earth after that, which probably is

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Speaker 1: a reminder of why the Panthers, you know, keep Mike

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Speaker 1: Davis is great, but he's probably better in short and

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Speaker 1: short burst as opposed to kind of a long term option.

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Speaker 1: But this does seem like it sets up for him

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Speaker 1: to get the ball quite a bit. I also wonder

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Speaker 1: if this maybe could end up being good for Curtis Samuel,

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Speaker 1: who we've seen as that Swiss army knife. We've seen

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Speaker 1: him get the ball as a runner. You know, we

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Speaker 1: know they can throw him the football if they need to,

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Speaker 1: so so maybe this sort of injects a little bit

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Speaker 1: of juice into Curtis Samuel as well. But you know,

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Speaker 1: d J. Moore has been so up and down that

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Speaker 1: it's certainly hard to trust with a backup quarterback. Robby

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Speaker 1: Anderson after a quick start has been just okay, uh,

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Speaker 1: nothing really great. So he's another one that I would

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Speaker 1: worry about. But I think I think you're onto something

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Speaker 1: with the whole Mike Davis thing. There other wide receiver

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Speaker 1: talk here, it has not been the year we would

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Speaker 1: have expected for Marquise Hollywood Brown. Um, you know he's

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Speaker 1: he's been okay, certainly not worth what we uh what

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Speaker 1: you probably got what you spent on him in draft capital.

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Speaker 1: But he's got a good matchup this week. He has

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Speaker 1: a really good schedule bike and and that's that's the

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Speaker 1: frustrating part to me. The schedule is really good, but

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Speaker 1: I just worry about the production. How many more chances

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Speaker 1: do we give him before we just pull the plug.

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Speaker 1: I for the first time all year, Marcus, I had

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Speaker 1: him as a player you can drop if you're in

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Speaker 1: need of, you know, picking someone up off the waiver

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Speaker 1: wire to get in your lineup or anything this week,

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Speaker 1: because like you said, like like the opportunity has been there.

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Speaker 1: You see right there. Target share, he's always towards the

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Speaker 1: top of the league in targets of twenty plus eight yards.

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Speaker 1: But my issue is that's really all they've been using

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Speaker 1: him as is a deep threat, and Lamar hasn't been

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Speaker 1: able to connect with him. You're seeing here all the

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Speaker 1: times that he's getting overthrown on these deep passes. What

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Speaker 1: I was expecting coming into the year was a lot more. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I expected a lot of deep shots, but I expected

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Speaker 1: them to, you know, do some like wide receiver like

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Speaker 1: end a rounds or or get him the ball. Get

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Speaker 1: creative with him and get him the ball short safe

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Speaker 1: passes where he can then use his speed to pick

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Speaker 1: up yards after the catch. And they're simply not using

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Speaker 1: him in that role. I get it. The schedule is

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Speaker 1: great and if you are a team where you have

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Speaker 1: your starting wide receivers filled out, and like I have

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Speaker 1: a team where I'm I've already clinched the playoffs, I'm

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Speaker 1: good at starting wide receiver. I'm keeping him on the

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Speaker 1: bench just in case he comes to life and can

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Speaker 1: take advantage of this really favorable schedule. But like, if

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Speaker 1: you're someone who needs that spot because there's tons of

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Speaker 1: injuries and tons of players, I'm buy now. I do

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Speaker 1: not think you have to keep holding him. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: it's just been hard, you know. And And what you

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Speaker 1: talked about with him being a deep threat, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I I was talking to our pal and wide receiver

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Speaker 1: whisper Matt Harmon. He basically said the same thing that

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Speaker 1: they're just using him as a deep threat, that they

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Speaker 1: haven't diversified what they're using him with, not you know,

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Speaker 1: no slants, no, no screens and nothing to just get

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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands and let him make plays

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Speaker 1: and and so be because Lamar is struggling on the

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Speaker 1: deep ball. It just hasn't worked out. He hasn't had

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Speaker 1: more than sixty yards receiving in a game since Week five. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, And you look at that schedule, it's just

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Speaker 1: it's so tantalizing, right because they have the Titans this week,

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Speaker 1: then there's the Steelers, the Cowboys are on the roster

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Speaker 1: or on the schedule rather the Jaguars, the Giants in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. So it just it feels like it should

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Speaker 1: be great. But nothing I have seen about the Ravens

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Speaker 1: passing game suggests that this is going to be anything

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Speaker 1: other than the continual disappointment, uh that we have seen

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Speaker 1: all year. So, UM, I get, if you're scrambling you

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Speaker 1: want to drop him. I have no beef with that.

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Speaker 1: I also understand if if you know, like Florio, you're

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Speaker 1: holding onto him hoping that something comes to life. But

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Speaker 1: I just at this point, I'm skeptical that we're going

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Speaker 1: to see anything of any real consistent value production wise

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Speaker 1: from Marquis Brown. And that is frustrating. Speaking of frustrating,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about the Colts backfield. Um, we know Nahem Hines,

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Speaker 1: I think as a role here. In fact, he's the

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Speaker 1: guy that it seems like Fantasy Twitter as a whole

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Speaker 1: is touting in this week's game against Green Bay. But

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, Jordan Wilkins, they're still going to get some snaps.

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Speaker 1: They're still going to get some opportunities in this one.

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00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: So leaving Hines out of the equation, if you had

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Speaker 1: to pick between Taylor and Wilkins, which one are you

645
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Speaker 1: going with this week? Yeah? Maybe it's just because I

646
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: am a sucker for Jonathan Taylor. I liked him coming

647
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: into the year, I liked him coming off the by

648
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: and each time I I go back for more, I

649
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: just get let down. And I don't know why I

650
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Speaker 1: keep going back for more. But here I am saying

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor once again. Uh, last week it was the

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Speaker 1: Heem Hans Show, but we did see Taylor play of

653
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: the snaps to Wilkins twenty. It was seven carries for Taylor,

654
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: eight for Wilkins, two targets Taylor, one for Wilkins, so

655
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: they basically split the same amount of work. But I

656
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: do just think that if Jonathan Taylor. They seem to

657
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: give him shots early on in Tames and then he

658
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: somehow messes it up and gets taken off the field.

659
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: If he can take advantage of a good matchup, I

660
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: think that Frank Reich and the Colts will showcase the

661
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: rookie a little bit. I have no confidence in him.

662
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: Don't don't take this as me saying like you should

663
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Speaker 1: start him. But I do think Marcus that, like like

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Speaker 1: you said, Fantasy Twitter is is hyping up the hem Haynes.

665
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: It is a really good matchup, and last week Fantasy

666
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Speaker 1: Twitter kind of washed their hands with Jonathan Taylor. Doesn't

667
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: this feel like bat will be the week now that

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor shows some life and sucks everyone back in.

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Speaker 1: It absolutely does. And that's why I'm afraid that, Look,

670
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Speaker 1: I'm writing with John, with Jordan Wilkins and this one,

671
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: but I am afraid that that Taylor does come to

672
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Speaker 1: life this week. And I'm with you, I don't have

673
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Speaker 1: extreme confidence in either one of these guys. I just

674
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Speaker 1: and maybe maybe this is recency bias talking, because I

675
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: was a big Jonathan Taylor fan coming out of Wisconsin.

676
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, I know that the debate was

677
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: between he and DeAndre Swift for the best overall prospect,

678
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Speaker 1: and I was on the Taylor's side of that. So

679
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: far it hasn't worked out after you know, not quite

680
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: one full season. I will say that, you know, recently,

681
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: it looks like Wilkins has been the more efficient, that

682
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: the better runner than Jonathan Taylor. But I will also

683
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: admit to the fact that, uh, you know, it's not

684
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: like he has been light years better. I mean, neither

685
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: one of these guys has been great, which is why

686
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: we saw nihem Hind step in and get so many

687
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: opportunities last week. So, uh, it could it could turn

688
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: either way, I say Wilkins this week, it could very

689
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: easily be Taylor if he you know, protects the football,

690
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: if he hits a couple of holes and has a

691
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: couple of nice runs. This is a week for one

692
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: of these guys to sort of get healthy because you know,

693
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: the Packer run defense has been lacking and especially near

694
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: the gold line and given up eleven rushing touchdowns, which

695
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: is among the highest in the league. So there's a

696
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: chance for one or both of these guys to really

697
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: excel this week. We'll see who it is. I mean,

698
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: we could be talking about this next week, and it

699
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: was neither and it was still the Nihem Hind Show,

700
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Speaker 1: So who really knows. If you want more stuff like this,

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Speaker 1: of course you can check out myself, Michael left Florial

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Speaker 1: at NFL dot com, on the NFL apps, and at

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Speaker 1: YouTube dot com slash NFL Fantasy Football. And it's on

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Speaker 1: YouTube you can find Florio usually answering as many questions

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Speaker 1: as he possibly can up until about fifteen minutes or

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Speaker 1: so before kickoff. It's time for Best Value, presented by

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Speaker 1: the show, we talked about the big news out of

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Speaker 1: New Orleans and Florio, I know you said you had

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Speaker 1: to sort of make some changes in some of your

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Speaker 1: season long lineups because of that, and I would imagine

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Speaker 1: you had to sort of make similar pivots in some

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Speaker 1: of your daily lineups as well. Yeah, I had to

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Speaker 1: make a whole bunch of pivots this morning when the

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Speaker 1: Saints announced that Taysom Hill will be starting, and one

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Speaker 1: of which was here for the DFS value. I was

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Speaker 1: all set to talk about Winston and a great matchup,

725
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Speaker 1: but instead I'm gonna go with Taysom Hill here. He

726
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: cost less than five thousand dollars, and anytime I think

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Speaker 1: you could get a starting quarterback for this cheap, especially

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Speaker 1: one that I know there's risk involved with Taysom Hill,

729
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: but like you've seen right there, he can run and

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Speaker 1: that's a lot there's a lot of value to that

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Speaker 1: in fantasy football, especially that they use him near the

732
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: goal line as well sometimes. So I think that just

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Speaker 1: such a cheap price, it allows you to get a

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00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: lot of higher end options at other positions that he's

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Speaker 1: worth taking a shot on, especially in like a tournament contest.

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Speaker 1: This is I think the time because obviously the the

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Speaker 1: salary hasn't caught up to what potential Taysom Hill might

738
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Speaker 1: have this week fantasy wise, so this is certainly a

739
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,800
Speaker 1: great spot to get him at. I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: Alex Smith, who made his return to starting last week

741
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: and through for nearly four hundred yards. The only drawback

742
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: was that he didn't have a touchdown. I think he

743
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 1: has at least one touchdown in this game against the Bengals.

744
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: Maybe the yard is won't be quite there, but he'll

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00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: make up with it by getting the ball in the

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00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: end zone at least once or twice. Uh And at

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00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: at fifty three hundred, this does give you a lot

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00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: of flexibility to go big at some other places on

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00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: your roster. I know he's not He's not the guy

750
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: who runs, you know, quite a bit as he did

751
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 1: early in his career, But who knows. Maybe he gets

752
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: out of the pocket scrambles a couple of times to

753
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: to get you some nice rushing yards. Running back, where

754
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: you looking for your value this week? I'm gonna stick

755
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: with the with Alex Smith, but I'm gonna go with

756
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: the running back here for for Smith, I'm gonna go

757
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 1: with Antonio Gibson at fifty eight hundred. I know it's

758
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: Sunday huge value, but I think that speaking about the

759
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: running back position this week, there's slim pickings and I

760
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: really like the matchup for him the Bengals give up

761
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: a ton of rushing yards to running backs there in

762
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: the top five, and that they give up a lot

763
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: of fantasy points as well. And one thing we've seen

764
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: recently is that Alex Smith loves to dump it off

765
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: to his running act. So I think Gibson could even

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00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: get you a couple of catches, and he's clearly their

767
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 1: goal line back, so I like his opportunity of scoring

768
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: a touchdown this week as well. I like Gibson a lot.

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Speaker 1: I also like Damien Harris this week for New England.

770
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: The way he has run the football this year really

771
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: makes me think that Sony Michelle just isn't gonna have

772
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: a role whenever he's healthy and back, and I know

773
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: he can come back pretty much at any time now.

774
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,399
Speaker 1: But Harris has been very effective running the football four

775
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: games with over a hundred yards, and even the games

776
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: where he hasn't hit a hundred yards has played very

777
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: well there. The only drawback is that he hasn't scored

778
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,439
Speaker 1: a lot of touchdowns, but I think that can change

779
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: this week against the Houston Texans, who have one of

780
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: the worst run defenses in the NFL. This I think

781
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: that a lot of ways is a good week to

782
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Speaker 1: get Patriots in your lineup, whether it is Harris, Jacobe Myers,

783
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: Cam Newton, what have you. Because the Texans just are

784
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,720
Speaker 1: are really weak defensively. But I do like Damian Harris

785
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: as a value running back pick over a wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: I saw then and when you when you filled this out,

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Speaker 1: I saw this and was very very excited because I

788
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 1: think this is a nice pick at a wide receiver

789
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: this week. Thank you. That makes me feel even better

790
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Speaker 1: about it. I'm going with with Jalen Reagor here at

791
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: not a whole lot to pay for him. I think

792
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 1: you can get him as the wide receiver three and

793
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 1: then pay up for a couple of nicer options. But

794
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 1: last week I liked him a lot and he didn't

795
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: really come through. But the targets career high is seven targets.

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00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: That is trending up. He is clearly also there down

797
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: the field threat. He's so fast and can create so

798
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 1: much separation. The only issue is Ken Carson Wentz hit him.

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Speaker 1: And the Browns are a good matchup. They allow a

800
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Speaker 1: lot of fantasy points to wide receivers that I think

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00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: if you're going a little bit deeper, Jalen Reagor is

802
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: a high upside name that I like a lot. This week,

803
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: the Browns have really struggled with slot receivers as well,

804
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: and and Reagor doesn't play exclusively there. They like to

805
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: move him around. But if they can get some really

806
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: good matchups in the slot, I do think they'll take

807
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: some shots down the field. All right. So I felt

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00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 1: a lot better about this Emmanuel Sanders call before I

809
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: woke up this morning. But I do still think there

810
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,720
Speaker 1: is a path there. I we we talked about Taysom

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00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: Hill and whether or not he's going to put the

812
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: ball and throw the ball down field. But I do

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00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: think they may try to take a couple of shots

814
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: sort of medium deep, some of those intermediate throws with Sanders.

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Speaker 1: And I still like the fact that the matchup on

816
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: paper is very good. If he can get open and

817
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: they can find ways to get the football in his hands,

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00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: maybe he finds his way into the end zone. Like

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00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: I said, I felt a lot better about it when

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00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: I thought it was Jamis throwing yolo balls down the field.

821
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: But I do think there's a chance for Sanders to

822
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,840
Speaker 1: still get some targets and make some plays in this offense.

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Speaker 1: Uh we are of one mind about tight end, and

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00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: it's weird that we're talking about so many players from

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00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: the Washington football team this week. It really is we

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Speaker 1: We both like Logan Thomas and Marcus remember earlier in

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Speaker 1: the year where he had like a great matchup every

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00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: single week and we'd be like, all right, he's a

829
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: sleeper and he just didn't do anything with it. He's

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00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: made up for it as of late, and three of

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Speaker 1: his last four games he is double digit fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: And I know that doesn't sound like a whole lot,

833
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: but he that was enough for him to finish as

834
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 1: a top ten tight end in all three of those weeks.

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Speaker 1: It's the state of tight end this year. If you

836
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: can get ten fantasy points, you were probably going to

837
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: be a top ten option. And given the matchup, the

838
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: Bengals allow the second most fantasy points to tight ends,

839
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: and that he's been playing well, I think for thirty

840
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: three hundred to get a potential top ten tight end

841
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: is a really good value. I joked earlier in the

842
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: year that it felt like he was basically just getting

843
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: his steps in out there on the field, because it

844
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: seemed like the number of snaps he played it was

845
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: great the number of routes he was running seemed great,

846
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 1: but for whatever reason, they just weren't targeting him. And

847
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: that has changed the last few weeks. That makes me

848
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Speaker 1: feel a little bit better about Logan Thomas. And look,

849
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: we're at a point where if you can get say

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Speaker 1: four catches for forty yards and a touchdown, what does

851
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: that fourteen points? Basically like you could be a top

852
00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 1: five tight end in any given week. I mean there's

853
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,280
Speaker 1: gonn Me Travis Kelsey at the top, and then everybody

854
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: else sort of behind him. So I think you can

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00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: get that much out of Logan Thomas this week against

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00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: the Bengals, and again four for forty and a touchdown,

857
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,800
Speaker 1: that's probably a top five fight tight end finish, depending

858
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: on how everything works out around him. Uh. Defensively, where

859
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: are you going for your your value defense this week?

860
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: I know we like to joke that you could just

861
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: stream against the New York teams each and every week,

862
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: and you can. But another team, a sneaky team that

863
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: I think you could stream against every week is the Eagles.

864
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: They allowed nearly four sex per game, that's the most

865
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: in the league. They're allowing the third most giveaways per game,

866
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: and what I really like about them is for fantasy purposes.

867
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: They've allowed the opposing defense to finish as a top

868
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: ten fantasy defense in seven of their nine games this year.

869
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: So I know the Browns at three thousand aren't super cheap,

870
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 1: but I think you'll get nice production out of them,

871
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: and they're also not a defense that you really need

872
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: to pay high price to get. A couple of weeks

873
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: ago on Fantasy Live, I actually said the Browns might

874
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: be a nice, sneaky defense to help you get into

875
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: and through the playoffs, because they got Philly, They've got Jacksonville,

876
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: and they do have the two New York teams in

877
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: weeks fifteen and sixteen. I'm gonna go and just keep

878
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: this whole theme going in Washington with the Washington football

879
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: team defense. And we know that the Bengals want to

880
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: throw the football a lot. That has been their mo

881
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: this year, partially because they're playing from behind, but part

882
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: of the reason I like Washington this week is because

883
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 1: they are going to get pressure on the quarterback and

884
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has been hit as much as anybody. He's

885
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: been sacked thirty or two times, which I think is

886
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: the third most in the league this year, so he

887
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: has constantly faced pressure. He he did not face pressure

888
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: like this at all at L s U. And I

889
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: don't care how good you are if you continually have

890
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: guys in your face, if you were continually getting hit, uh,

891
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: it is only natural to start to want to get

892
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: the ball out quicker, to just kind of make some

893
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: throws and maybe rush yourself into some bad throws here.

894
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: So if Washington can stay in Burrow's face, as if

895
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: they can get him pressured, get him rattled a little bit,

896
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 1: not only can they get sacks, but I think there's

897
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: the opportunity for them to get some turnovers as well.

898
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: And it's definitely worth taking the shot on. There you go.

899
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: That was best Values presented by Draft Kings. Let's find

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Speaker 1: shall we. We always pull three out of a pack

902
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 1: and kind of kick it around a little bit. So

903
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: we will start talking a lot of Saints today, but

904
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: the Michael Thomas with the New Orleans Saints. But we

905
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,800
Speaker 1: didn't anticipate talking this much about the Saints when we

906
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: put this show together yesterday. But you know, sometimes things happen. Obviously,

907
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:40,280
Speaker 1: Thomas missed a good portion of this season because of injury,

908
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: but even when he's been on the field floor his

909
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: production has not been great. And maybe this week is

910
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: something of an anomaly as we figure out what happens

911
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 1: with the quarterback position, But overall, how worried should we

912
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: be about his lack of production this year? I know

913
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: it's easy to say, like, you don't be worried. He's

914
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas. This is, you know, still the Saints offense.

915
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: He's going to be okay, and I think long term

916
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: that that is the answer. But right now, in this season,

917
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: in towny twenty, I think you should be very worried.

918
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: Like if you drafted Michael Thomas, your season is probably

919
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: over already. You you got a half a game out

920
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: of him in Week one and then didn't get him

921
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 1: again until recently. And in the two games you've had them,

922
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: he's given you less than ten points and barely over

923
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: ten points. So you're not getting the wide receiver one

924
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 1: numbers that you paid for him, and now you have

925
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: to worry about Taysom Hill starting, not even James Winston.

926
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 1: So I think right now, if you have Michael Thomas in,

927
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:39,719
Speaker 1: if your season is still alive, rejoice because he had

928
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: to do something to to save it. But I'm worried

929
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,439
Speaker 1: because he is not being productive. I'm not worried about

930
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: one or anything long term, but for this year right now,

931
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: I'm worried. I'm very worried that ten catches for nine

932
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: yards for the season, that that's that, you know, that

933
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 1: was that was like a game. That was three orders

934
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,000
Speaker 1: of a game for him last year at times because

935
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: of the way they were using him. But I do

936
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 1: think that, um, maybe he has some other games that

937
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: are better. Uh, you know, maybe he has a hundred

938
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: yard game at some point. But the the idea that

939
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: you're going to see the Michael Thomas you expected when

940
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,919
Speaker 1: you spent a top five, maybe even a top three

941
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: overall pick on him, I think those expectations have sailed

942
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: at this point. Um, you know. And and it is

943
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: really a conundrum, like you feel like you can't leave

944
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: him on your bench because of what his potential is.

945
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: But at the same time, when you have him in

946
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: your starting lineup, he has been killing you so far

947
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:41,319
Speaker 1: this season, all right. Next another wide receiver, Chase Claypool

948
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and obviously he burst on the

949
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: scene earlier in the year, he had a forty point

950
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: game scored four touchdowns. But for the most part, his

951
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: production has been fairly steady and his floor has been

952
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: fairly good, and by the account of Fantasy points, he

953
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: is the highest scoring wide out in the Steelers offense.

954
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 1: Does this mean he is the wide receiver one in

955
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh though he is not in my opinion, Um, I

956
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: know he's been playing really well. I think that all

957
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: three of them are actually viable in fantasy, especially with

958
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: how much they've been passing as of late. But I

959
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: like to joke that Deontay Johnson doesn't always finish games,

960
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: but when he does, he finishes with double digit targets.

961
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: And I think that he is the wide receiver one

962
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh because it just showed like every time this

963
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: guy stays healthy and can actually finish a game, he's

964
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: going to be very productive. And again he's likely going

965
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: to be leading them in targets. So for me, I

966
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 1: have him as their wide receiver one, but I think

967
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: Claypool and Juju are battling it out for wide receiver

968
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: to there, and I think all three of them are

969
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: fantasy viable, like they're all in my top twenty four

970
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: this week. I think that is the for me. I

971
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: think maybe the bigger battle. I mean I sort of

972
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,720
Speaker 1: asked the question about him being the number one receiver.

973
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: I kind of figured it was going to be your

974
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 1: answer was going to be Deonte Johnson. Um. But I

975
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,640
Speaker 1: do think there's a real battle four number two between

976
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: Claypool and Juju, and especially because Juju has come to life.

977
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: Uh in the last month or so. It was a

978
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: rough start to the season for him, but you look

979
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,879
Speaker 1: at what he's done over the last four weeks, looking

980
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: at his his totals here, I mean last week was

981
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: twenty two. The week before thirteen seventeen, So Juju is

982
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: starting to look like the guy we thought he could

983
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 1: be when we were having our draft and we were

984
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: taking him and say the third or fourth round. The

985
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: hope was that a healthy Ben Roethlisberger would bring him

986
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: back to life. That's happened. But Chase Claypool is not

987
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,279
Speaker 1: going anywhere, guys. Uh, you know, he's still getting plenty

988
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: of targets. I think frustratingly, if you have James Conner,

989
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool has been getting a lot of looks down

990
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 1: near the goal line. They have given him. Uh, some

991
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: runs on jet sweeps. They have thrown him the football. Uh.

992
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,279
Speaker 1: That's great if you've got Claypool, not so much if

993
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,399
Speaker 1: you've got James Conner. And maybe the biggest takeaway from

994
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: this is that the Steelers are really good at evaluating

995
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: wider fever talent. Uh. And they're also good not only

996
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:04,960
Speaker 1: at evaluating it, but figuring out how to use it

997
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 1: to their best advantage because they just keep rolling guys

998
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 1: through from Mike Wallace to Antonio Brown to Juju to

999
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: Deonte Johnson to Chase Claypool. So, uh, the next time

1000
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:20,200
Speaker 1: the Steelers draft a wide receiver, let's pay attention to it.

1001
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: Maybe and maybe there's something there all right. Last point,

1002
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: Marcus um Juju is a free agent at the end

1003
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: of this year. If they let him walk, just for

1004
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,839
Speaker 1: those and keeper dynasty leagues, Claypool and Deontay's arrow could

1005
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 1: really be pointing up heading into unless they go out

1006
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 1: and they draft the next Chase Claypool. Of course, of course, right,

1007
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,800
Speaker 1: so they draft somebody else and then Chase Claypool is

1008
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: battling for targets with whoever that other person is. Also

1009
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: will be interesting to see where Juju lands because I

1010
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: still think he has a lot left in the tank,

1011
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: and if he can go to a situation where maybe

1012
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: he's not fighting for targets as much, very curious to

1013
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: see what what his upside could be. Alright, last one

1014
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 1: staying in the division, it is Sir Nicholas Chubb. He

1015
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,399
Speaker 1: of the running out of bounds at the one yard

1016
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:07,160
Speaker 1: line and breaking a lot of fantasy football hearts, but

1017
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: still a guy who is going to have I think

1018
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: a very good end of his season, which begs the question,

1019
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: what do you see as his ceiling for the rest

1020
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,319
Speaker 1: of the year. I think his ceiling is top five

1021
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 1: running back, and I thought his ceiling was that coming

1022
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 1: into this year as well. We know how good of

1023
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: a runner he is. We know the Browns want to

1024
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 1: rely on these two running backs. Like any game that

1025
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 1: the Browns don't have to throw the ball in, if

1026
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: they're playing with the lead or it's a close contested game,

1027
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,920
Speaker 1: they're going to be riding Chubb and Hunt. So I

1028
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: think both of them are fantasy viable the rest of

1029
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 1: the way. Uh. The only concern I have with Nick

1030
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:46,800
Speaker 1: Chubb is I don't think well, I think his ceiling

1031
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 1: is top five. I don't think his floor is as

1032
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 1: high as other potential top five running backs, because we've

1033
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: seen it at times where the Browns fall behind in

1034
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: our trailing, they will pull him off the field for

1035
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt to get him more going the passing game.

1036
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 1: I agree with all of that, and I do think

1037
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 1: he is he does have that top five upside. I

1038
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 1: you know, if I could ask for anything, it's that

1039
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: all the other coaches around the league look at what

1040
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 1: the Browns are doing and do that with their running

1041
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: back situations. You know, it's nice to be able to

1042
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: look at a back field and say, you know what,

1043
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: there are two guys there, and both of them are

1044
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: great starts, and they're both viable instead of us having

1045
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 1: these pull your hair out discussions about the Colts and

1046
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: Rams and Ravens and whomever else. But Nick Chubb still

1047
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: has plenty of opportunity. The Browns want to run the

1048
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: football primarily. The schedule, UH is not terrible. It's actually

1049
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 1: pretty good. I've also, you know, I talked about training

1050
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: for DeAndre Swift. I've mentioned training for Kareem Hunt as well,

1051
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: because that Brown schedule I think is very favorable down

1052
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,839
Speaker 1: the stretch. So that does bode well for Nick Chubb

1053
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,839
Speaker 1: and as long as the game script doesn't turn, there's

1054
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 1: gonna be chances for him to stay on the field

1055
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: and get plenty of touches. Okay, that was the best

1056
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 1: of the pack presented by Panini Training Cards. Time to

1057
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 1: wrap up the Friday Show, as we always do with

1058
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: a round of Ask a Nerd, we go to our

1059
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: resident nerd and friend, Matt Okada, and this week we

1060
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 1: wanted to give the James Robinson's of the world a

1061
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: little bit of love, and we asked about some of

1062
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:14,839
Speaker 1: the best fantasy seasons by undrafted rookie free agents. We'll

1063
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,320
Speaker 1: see what Matt came up with. Thanks Marcus, and welcome

1064
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: in yet again to Ask a Nerd. This week going

1065
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: a little more historical, so strapped yourselves in for at

1066
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,320
Speaker 1: least a couple names you probably haven't heard as we

1067
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: tackle the best rookie fantasy seasons by players that were

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Speaker 1: never selected in the NFL draft. First, a quick shoutout

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Speaker 1: to honorable mention James Robinson of the Dragon Bars, who

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Speaker 1: needs only eighteen Fantasy points this season to crack the

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Speaker 1: top five. With nearly half the season left, Robinson is

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Speaker 1: well on his way to one of the greatest undrafted

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Speaker 1: rookie years of all time. Now back to the list,

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Speaker 1: where we start with number five Giants receiver Bobby Johnson.

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Speaker 1: Johnson snagged forty catches for seven yards and seven TVs

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Speaker 1: as an under a rookie in four and even went

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Speaker 1: on to win Super Bowl twenty one with the squad

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Speaker 1: two years later. Next on our list is number four

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon in eighty four with

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Speaker 1: the Oilers. His verse of seventeen NFL seasons, Moon through

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Speaker 1: for over three thousand passing yards and twelve touchdowns to

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Speaker 1: score a hundred and eighty point six Fantasy points and

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Speaker 1: become the first undrafted QBAT to break one fifty as

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Speaker 1: a rookie. As a note, the only other QBAT to

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Speaker 1: do so, ever, was Jeff Garcia. The rest of our

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Speaker 1: list is all running backs, starting with number three Clark

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Speaker 1: Gains of the Jets in nineteen seventy six, Gains racked

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Speaker 1: up seven hundred rushing yards, four hundred receiving yards, and

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Speaker 1: five TVs for a total of a hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: three point four Fantasy points. Incredibly, Gains, his four hundred

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Speaker 1: yards through the air remained the most by an undrafted

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Speaker 1: rookie running back to this day. Number two on our

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Speaker 1: list is Colts two thousand one, signing at Dominic Roads,

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Speaker 1: who stepped up in relief of superstar RB Edger and James.

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Speaker 1: When James towards a c L early in the season,

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Speaker 1: Rhodes wrapped up in undrafted a rookie record one thousand

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Speaker 1: one four rushing yards and added nine scrimmage heats plus

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Speaker 1: a kick return score and rounds of two hundred fourteen

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Speaker 1: point eight Fantasy points. He would then spend the majority

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Speaker 1: of his career backing up James and later Joseph Daie

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Speaker 1: for the Colts, And at number one, we have a

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Speaker 1: recent addition to the Hall of Undrafted Stars, Philip Lindsay,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos back total two hundred and twenty two point

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Speaker 1: eight Fantasy points in eighteen when he said the undrafted

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Speaker 1: rookie record with ten scrimmage touchdowns and added over twelve

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Speaker 1: hundred yards and thirty five receptions. That's been aska nerd

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Speaker 1: full of unheralded surprise stars. Hopefully your waiver wire editions

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Speaker 1: that can produce similar greatness in the playoff push. Until

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Speaker 1: next time, may the fantasy points be with you. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Matt always good stuff and look at for me. Anytime

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Speaker 1: there's a list with Warren Moon, it can appear on

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Speaker 1: this show. I was a huge Warign Moon fan as

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Speaker 1: a kid, so I always excited to see him getting

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Speaker 1: in there because I've never heard of I mean, Clark Gaines,

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Speaker 1: Bobby Johnson certainly was not familiar with them. But Floria

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Speaker 1: James Robinson is about eighteen points away from cracking this list.

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Speaker 1: He has been for me at least the biggest pleasant

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Speaker 1: surprise of the Fantasy season with how well he has done.

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Speaker 1: So let's let's talk about him though in terms of

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Speaker 1: of Dynasty rookies and that sort of thing. If we

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Speaker 1: were doing a rookie redraft in Dynasty, how high would

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Speaker 1: you take him? I think he has to go in

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Speaker 1: the top five right like he's on pace not to

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Speaker 1: just surpass Philip Lindsay as the highest undrafted rookie. He's

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Speaker 1: going to shatter that record if he stays healthy and

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Speaker 1: keeps up the production that he is doing right now.

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Speaker 1: I think the only other rookie running back that we

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Speaker 1: could even put in the same classes him right now

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Speaker 1: is DeAndre Swift. Like Jonathan Taylor has been a big

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Speaker 1: bus Clyde, Edwards, Hilaire. It just it hasn't happened for

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Speaker 1: him like we wanted. I think realistically it would be

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Speaker 1: between Robinson, Swift, Justin Jefferson, and T Higgins and maybe

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Speaker 1: you could throw Claypool in there. I think those would

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Speaker 1: be the top five rookies if we got to redraft

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Speaker 1: coming into these rookie Dynasty drafts. I'm just like you said,

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Speaker 1: top five. I'm even thinking maybe top three. And maybe

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Speaker 1: this is just us being a little bit too hyped

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Speaker 1: on him, but I sort of look at what they're

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Speaker 1: building in Jacksonville as well. I know they're still trying

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Speaker 1: to figure out their quarterback situation, but they've got some

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Speaker 1: good skill position players between Robinson, Channel DJ Chark, even

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Speaker 1: Keelan Cole. I think once they solved that quarterback piece,

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Speaker 1: I think this offense has the potential to really take

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Speaker 1: off down there in Jacksonville. And everything we've seen from

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Speaker 1: James Robinson suggests he could be a big part of

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Speaker 1: it going forward. But I thought that'd just be kind

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Speaker 1: of an interesting fun thought experiment considering how well he's played. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, I Philip Lindsay has been great. James

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Speaker 1: Robinson has been next level. Did you ever imagine that

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Speaker 1: we'd be talking about him as a top three fantasy

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Speaker 1: running back this year? No, And that's what he is

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Speaker 1: right now, and it is it's wild how productive he

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Speaker 1: has been. And it's funny because when Leonard Fournette was there,

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Speaker 1: I was avoiding Leonard Fournette. And I don't think Leonard

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Speaker 1: Fournette would be putting up these kinds of numbers like

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Speaker 1: I don't think if you just switched them, Leonard Fournette

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Speaker 1: would be having James Robinson production. I think James Robinson

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Speaker 1: is a good running back at the NFL level. I

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Speaker 1: really do too, and I'm very curious that I've I've

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Speaker 1: watched them here and there, but I would be curious

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Speaker 1: to sort of take a deeper dive into his season.

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Speaker 1: Once this is over, we have some more time to

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Speaker 1: kind of to dig into the film a little bit

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Speaker 1: because it's been fun. It's been absolutely fun to watch,

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Speaker 1: and this is part of the reason we watch football

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Speaker 1: and why we play fantasy football as well. So all right,

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Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

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Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by Draft Kings.

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