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

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Speaker 1: by Draft Games. 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 Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: Ski masking and socially distancing, win and where necessary. And

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Speaker 1: we are in two week fifteen. We've had one game

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Speaker 1: in the books. We will talk about that one, interesting

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Speaker 1: ones between the Chargers and the Raiders from Las Vegas

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Speaker 1: last night. Michael left Florio will join us, as he

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Speaker 1: always does on a Friday, will break that game down.

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Speaker 1: I'll ask him the big questions of the week, including

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson versus Mitchell Trubisky, and a whole lot of

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Speaker 1: other things. Plus we will talk to our resident nerd

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Speaker 1: and ask him about some of the best single game

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Speaker 1: fantasy playoff performances. That should be an interesting list of

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Speaker 1: names for that one. So we got plenty to do

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Speaker 1: on this Friday show. But before we do any of that,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to our faithful producers. Seen youre Edward L. Murphy,

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Speaker 1: Esquire and Murphy. Normally, I have a question for you

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Speaker 1: every every week or every day that we do this show.

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Speaker 1: But I know you have you have a big announcement today,

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Speaker 1: so I will stand back and kind of, you know,

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Speaker 1: let you announce your news. Yeah. Thanks, Uh yeah, this

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Speaker 1: is my my last NFL Fantasy Football podcast. Unfortunately I've

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Speaker 1: another place. But um, but let me just say, like

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Speaker 1: all over the network and um, it's just it's just

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Speaker 1: been amazing to see how it's uh it's transformed and

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Speaker 1: can't speak high enough about. I mean, it's just been awesome,

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Speaker 1: So an a plus time and to you, especially markets

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Speaker 1: like all the memories you've had, whether it's from Combine

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Speaker 1: Fall studio. I can't say enough good things. So I

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Speaker 1: really I appreciate my time here and thank you and

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Speaker 1: everyone else for everything they've done for me. You know what,

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Speaker 1: those lines, you have been one of the studying presences

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Speaker 1: here and I certainly I appreciate you being here and

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Speaker 1: all the work you've put in here. And you have

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Speaker 1: been as big a creative part of this show as anybody.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about us not having tweets and promotions,

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Speaker 1: on this show. So I I wish you the best.

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Speaker 1: We're we're sad that that you're not gonna be here

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Speaker 1: for us going forward, but I know that whatever you do,

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Speaker 1: And and you know, like like Florida and I said

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Speaker 1: for food recommendations if nothing else. Uh, So I guess

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Speaker 1: that I wish you the best. Tell check we said hello,

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Speaker 1: uh and and good luck man with whatever you're gonna do.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. I appreciate that. And yes, I

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Speaker 1: a part of this and help build this awesome thing.

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Speaker 1: And even with with me gone, what you guys have

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Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see you where it keeps leading

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Speaker 1: to cool. Hey, well, I appreciate it. Uh, I mean

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Speaker 1: that and just a little bit. But first let's dive

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Speaker 1: into some fantasy headlines here, starting with one uh that

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Speaker 1: you don't want the Chiefs to start preparing for Drew

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Speaker 1: Florida a kind of tough matchup. So would you consider

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Speaker 1: I definitely am. I think Alvin Kamara is the biggest

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Speaker 1: But then I do think all of the pass catchers

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Speaker 1: he is going to throw that quick slant to Michael Thomas,

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Speaker 1: So anybody who has survived this first off, if you've

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Speaker 1: And anybody who has survived this long with Alvin Camara,

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Speaker 1: back in what is likely your playoffs semi finals. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: especially because I think you you might have been wavering

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Speaker 1: It happened at the worst possible time. But that's part

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Speaker 1: of the reason that really, at its base, uh, at

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Speaker 1: it's very core element, fantasy football is always going to

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Speaker 1: be a little bit of gambling. So there is the

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Speaker 1: one thing I would say to the Keenan managers, Marcus

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Speaker 1: is you're probably not playing in Week fifteen without Keenan anyway.

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Speaker 1: So he got you here, very true, very very true.

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Speaker 1: Plus you know what, there's still some other games have

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Speaker 1: to be played. Who knows, who knows what happens. Somebody

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Speaker 1: out there is going to get through the Week sixteen

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Speaker 1: with Keenan Allen on their roster. Why can't it be

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Speaker 1: you elsewhere? Darren Waller another fantastic games I mentioned nine

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Speaker 1: for a buck, fifty and a touchdown. I asked Adam

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Speaker 1: Rank this on Wednesday, and I want to get your

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Speaker 1: thoughts on it is Darren Waller, Are we or should

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Speaker 1: we start to talk about him among the elite fantasy

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Speaker 1: tight ends. Has he reached that plateau quite yet? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: For me, he has like every week. When I do

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Speaker 1: the rankings, I started Travis Kelsey Darren Waller matchup speed

447
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Speaker 1: damned like they are just that good. And we could

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Speaker 1: say the Raiders don't have a wide receiver one they do.

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Speaker 1: He just plays tight end like that good production each week.

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Speaker 1: Last night, thirty fantasy points two weeks, three weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: now at this point forty five Fantasy points. That was

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Speaker 1: the most a tight end had scored since two thousand two,

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Speaker 1: and Shannon Sharp scored just over forty five Fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: And then you look at his other games, like he

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Speaker 1: routinely gives you fifteen seventeen, twenty one, Like he's a

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Speaker 1: couple of games in single digits this year, Like, yes,

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Speaker 1: this guy. Next season, I think Travis Kelsey is the

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Speaker 1: unquestioned tight end one, but I think after that the

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Speaker 1: discussion then will be Darren Waller, Risch George Kittle as

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Speaker 1: the second tight end off the board. I came into

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Speaker 1: this season saying that Darren Waller was going to regress

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Speaker 1: that that the Raiders went out and they added a

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Speaker 1: bunch of pass catchers. They went and drafted Henry Ruggs,

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Speaker 1: they drafted Brian Edwards, who we've seen very little of

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Speaker 1: this year, they drafted Lynn Bowden, who wasn't even a

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Speaker 1: Raider anymore. But I really thought with all of these

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Speaker 1: guys coming in that that meant the Raiders would spread

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Speaker 1: the football around. Now, because of circumstances, in part, that

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Speaker 1: hasn't happened, but also because Waller has been really good,

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Speaker 1: still getting a ton of catch up, still finding his

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Speaker 1: way into the end zone. And I do think we're

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Speaker 1: gonna start talking about him is being maybe the second

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Speaker 1: or third tight end off the board. I don't think

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Speaker 1: he's going to have these questions. I don't think he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have these doubts following him next season, in part

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Speaker 1: because of his ability, in part because it just seems

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Speaker 1: like a John Druden offense is tailored towards getting his

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Speaker 1: tight end involved and and seeing how they're splitting him out,

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Speaker 1: why they're trying to get him in matchups on on

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Speaker 1: corners and he is beating them down the field. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's reason to believe that that this thing is gonna

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Speaker 1: last for a couple of years, that Darren Waller is

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Speaker 1: not a flash in the pan, that he is a

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Speaker 1: talented player who is here to stay. And so hey,

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Speaker 1: I say it, everything every year, the more tight ends

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Speaker 1: we can get the merrier. So welcome to the club there,

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Speaker 1: and Waller, We're glad to have you. Uh. Lastly, they

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Speaker 1: threw to him on third down and not the fullback. Why,

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Speaker 1: alec Ingle, do you have a chance to win the game?

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Speaker 1: You roll out, you take away three quarters of the

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Speaker 1: field and you throw it to your fullback, who even

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Speaker 1: if he catches it, I don't think he scores. I don't.

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Speaker 1: I didn't understand that at all. My play call would be,

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Speaker 1: Darren Waller, wherever, darn well, where do you feel most

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Speaker 1: comfortable catching a touchdown? Here? That's when you line up

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna throw you the ball. That's just sometimes Look,

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Speaker 1: I'm no football elogists, but sometimes it's it's simpler than

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Speaker 1: than it seems to be made out to be. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, who we were worried about what to do

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Speaker 1: with him? You know, do you start him? Does it

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Speaker 1: depend on Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. Allen and Williams played,

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Speaker 1: although neither one was a major factor in the game,

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Speaker 1: and Herbert still went out and had himself a day

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Speaker 1: and nearly twenty eight fantasy points for the rookie quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So I was thinking, I was like sketching out a list.

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Speaker 1: Let's put let's put it at QB eight in drafts

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Speaker 1: next year. Is he higher or lower than QB eight.

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Speaker 1: I think that is the perfect number for him, Marcus.

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Speaker 1: I think he is a top eight fantasy quarterback off

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Speaker 1: the ball next year, and I would very much still

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Speaker 1: be one of the people drafting him. This was the

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Speaker 1: first season I've kind of changed my approach at quarterback,

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Speaker 1: and I went from I'll just wait as long as

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Speaker 1: I can because I'll get a good quarterback, and I

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Speaker 1: started to I think there was real value in the

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Speaker 1: second tier of quarterback because Mahomes and Lamar you still

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Speaker 1: have to pay like a second or third round price forward.

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Speaker 1: But then once you got into like the fifth or

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Speaker 1: sixth round, there was Dak Russell, Wilson, Kyler Murray, Deshaun Watson,

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Speaker 1: and Josh Allen were for me, the big five quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and in that range I was willing to to take

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Speaker 1: because I thought they were head and shoulders better than

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Speaker 1: all the other remaining at least in fantasy, better than

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Speaker 1: all the remaining quarterbacks, and would give me an advantage.

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Speaker 1: I think justin Herbert slides right into that group, and

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Speaker 1: then there's still a drop off after the top eight

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Speaker 1: and the next bunch of quarterbacks. But I especially if

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Speaker 1: there is a change at play caller uh next season,

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Speaker 1: and I'm selfishly hoping we see Eric b Enemy to

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Speaker 1: go there. But if we see a chain and play

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Speaker 1: calling there, I think everyone is gonna get super excited

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Speaker 1: for Justin Herbert because they have all the pieces to

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Speaker 1: be this next great offense in the NFL. I was

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Speaker 1: putting the list together last night, and and you know,

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Speaker 1: in no particular order. You know, you've got my Homes,

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Speaker 1: You've got Lamar Jackson, You've got those guys you mentioned

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Speaker 1: sort of in that second tier, the you know Russell's that,

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Speaker 1: the Prescott's h Josh Allen. You know, Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 1: probably still ahead of Herbert, especially after what he did

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Speaker 1: this year. But I did. I settled on on two

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Speaker 1: B eight kind of being the number for for Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: The only one that I had a question about, you know,

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Speaker 1: where I slot him ahead or behind is maybe Joe

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Speaker 1: Burrow Um, but I think even that is sort of

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Speaker 1: dependent on, uh, what the Bengals do with that offensive line,

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Speaker 1: Like how how healthy. He is coming back next season

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Speaker 1: if they can protect him consistently, because that was a

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Speaker 1: big issue for him last year. But I do think

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow might be in that mix. But I think

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert has done enough, and I think the way

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Speaker 1: he bounced back yesterday without Alan and Williams suggests that

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Speaker 1: he is primed to be a certainly a top ten

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Speaker 1: but possibly a top eight quarterback off the board next season.

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Speaker 1: And uh, yeah, it has been it. Look, we went

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Speaker 1: at the start of the year from everybody saying, you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe Justin Herbert gets on the field and I don't

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Speaker 1: know what he's gonna do, And now suddenly Florida we're

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Speaker 1: talking about him as the top rookie quarterback. I did

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Speaker 1: not envision this turn of events from Justin Herbert this year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you did. No, No, I I

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Speaker 1: I did pick him up in a whole bunch of

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Speaker 1: leagues after his first like good game. But I'd be

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Speaker 1: lying if I said I expected anything like what he's

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Speaker 1: given us. Even when I was picking him up, I

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Speaker 1: was just like all right, I think, oh No. The

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Speaker 1: issue was I had a Josh Allen in a lot

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Speaker 1: of leagues and he had like Tuesday game and Herbert

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Speaker 1: was on Monday, so I added him everywhere. But I

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Speaker 1: definitely did not expect what we've gotten out of Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: It's been so much fun really for fantasy. Yeah, it's been.

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Speaker 1: It's been absolutely great. So I'm looking forward to seeing

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Speaker 1: what he does next year. I mean, I know this

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Speaker 1: year still has a couple of names up, but curious

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Speaker 1: some of our big questions for Week fifteen as we

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Speaker 1: get deep into the semifinals of most fantasy playoffs leagues.

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Speaker 1: First one, Russell Wilson had his get right game last

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Speaker 1: week against the Jets, no real surprise there. This week

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Speaker 1: gets a whole different animal when he takes on the

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Speaker 1: Washington football team. They have been pretty tough all year long.

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Speaker 1: Chase Young just destroyed the forty niner is almost single

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Speaker 1: handedly last week. So how worried should we be about

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson this week? I guess worried enough to take

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Speaker 1: him for me to take him out of the top five,

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Speaker 1: but not worried enough to take him out of the

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Speaker 1: top ten, like he is my QP seven. I think

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Speaker 1: if you have Russell Wilson, you're still starting him. I

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Speaker 1: get it. The matchup on paper is is scary, but

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is still one of the best quarterbacks in football.

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Speaker 1: And it's not like Washington. You can run all over

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Speaker 1: them and they're hard to pass. I'm like, they're also

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Speaker 1: stingy against the runs. So something's gonna have to give here, uh.

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Speaker 1: And I'll trust Russell Wilson and DK metcalf to to

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Speaker 1: still be able to put up numbers against really any

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Speaker 1: team outside maybe the Rams, who he always struggles with.

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Speaker 1: But I still am starting Russell Wilson this week if

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Speaker 1: I have him, that is That's sort of my take,

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Speaker 1: and it's it is one of those things where we

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Speaker 1: talk about it all the time. Who who else are

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Speaker 1: you going to find that is going to have as

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Speaker 1: high or higher ceiling than Russell Wilson, and the answer

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Speaker 1: is probably nobody. You mean, those players are probably on

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Speaker 1: somebody else's roster. They're certainly not sitting out on the

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Speaker 1: waiver wire. So you are probably gonna start Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna take your chances against this defense. The

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Speaker 1: hope being that if he does turn the ball over,

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Speaker 1: which he has quite a bit this year, that he

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Speaker 1: figures out a way to make up for, whether it

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Speaker 1: is to throwing touchdowns that he gave Metcalf, Tyler Lockett,

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Speaker 1: whether it's actually him getting out of the pocket and

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Speaker 1: scrambling a little bit, because uh, you know, I know

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Speaker 1: that's not as much a part of his game as

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Speaker 1: it was earlier in his career, but he can still

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Speaker 1: get out and get you some rushing yards. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: that sort of softens the hardens the floor. I guess

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Speaker 1: that gives you a little more stable floor, uh this

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Speaker 1: week compared to to other weeks. But it is something

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Speaker 1: to be concerned about. I know Adam rank Is is

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Speaker 1: definitely very concerned. I know he talked about that on

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Bites his worry about Russell Wilson this week. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I keep coming back to where are you

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Speaker 1: gonna go? Who are you going to find off the

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Speaker 1: waiver wire that you feel like it is going to

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Speaker 1: give you a better opportunity overall? And I am hard

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Speaker 1: pressed to think that that person exists right now. Um,

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Speaker 1: other quarterbacks, Mitch Rubinski went out and bawled last week

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Speaker 1: and now this week he's got a good matchup. He's

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Speaker 1: on the road, but he's indoors against that Viking secondary

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Speaker 1: that has been awful all year long. How high do

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Speaker 1: you have him in your rankings? I have him as

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Speaker 1: my QB eighteen right now. I'm debating moving him up

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Speaker 1: as high as sixteen. Like it's a quarterback. It's a

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Speaker 1: good week. This week, there's fifteen guys that I feel

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Speaker 1: like I have them all right. I'm okay starting them

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Speaker 1: maybe fourteen now with Drew Brees, but after that, I

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Speaker 1: have him in a group with like Baker Mayfield, Kirk Cousins,

643
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: ru Whisky. I feel like that is the tier he

644
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: belongs in this week. Listen, he played great last week.

645
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: I experienced it firsthand because in that league where Lamar

646
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: went off for me and put up his season high.

647
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: Dr Whisky also was the super flex there and put

648
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: up his season high against me, so that wasn't a

649
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: lot of fun. It's a it's a good matchup against him, No,

650
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: but it's still Mitch dr Whisky and we saw two

651
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 1: weeks ago against the lines he failed to take advantage

652
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: of a good matchup. So I wouldn't start him ahead

653
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: of proven commodities. And I also wouldn't start him over

654
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: guys like Golf, big Bend Rivers or Tom Brady who

655
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: also have really good matchups. But after that, I think

656
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: he is very much so in the discussion, and and

657
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: he's more of a DFS or two quarterback league quarterback.

658
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 1: But I think if even those formats you can use

659
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,959
Speaker 1: him this week, absolutely two quarterback leagues, I think you're

660
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: putting him in. I mean, he was the QB six

661
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: last week after going off against the Houston Texans, which look,

662
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: I get it, it's it's Houston and that defense has

663
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: been pretty bad all year long. But you could say

664
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Speaker 1: the same about the Vikings. And and there's a really

665
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: I I can envision a world where a lot of

666
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Speaker 1: folks who you know, for one reason or another maybe

667
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 1: are unsure about their quarterback situation, and we'll ask about

668
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: starting Mitch Trubisky, and I do think you know based

669
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Speaker 1: on who you have, but depending on who it is, Uh,

670
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: this is not an awful start this week. So it's

671
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: weird that here we are at the end of the

672
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: year and we're talking about starting Mitchell Trubisky in a

673
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: playoff scenario. But uh, for you, I don't know what

674
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: else to say about it, but it is not It

675
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: is not a completely ludicrous idea that people will be

676
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: plugging in Trubisky this week against the Vikings. Um other

677
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 1: quarterback talk, Jalen Hurts, as you mentioned earlier, didn't have

678
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: a great passing game, but ran for over a hundred

679
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: yards eight team carries in that game, which is a

680
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: season high for quarterbacks. This week, he's got the Cardinals,

681
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: who now have a whole game's worth of tape on him. Um.

682
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: They also get to practice against a pretty mobile quarterback

683
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 1: every day in Kyler Murray. What do you expect from

684
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts this week? So I am taking like a

685
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: kind of high upside but still conservative approach with Hurts.

686
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: I have him as my QB twelve this week, but

687
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: I think his upside like he could finish as a

688
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: top five quarterback this week because what he can do

689
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: with his legs, Like you said, Marcus eighteen rushes for

690
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: a hundred and six yards. The only other quarterbacks I

691
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: think you could compare him to in the NFL right

692
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: now are the mar Jackson and Kylie Murray. Like who

693
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: else can go out on a given week and rush

694
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: for over a hundred yards with ease like Jalen Hurts

695
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: did last week? And he did it against the Saints

696
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,719
Speaker 1: who hadn't allowed a hundred yard rusher in fifty games

697
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: and hadn't allowed a twenty point performance in a month,

698
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: So that was such a hard test. I think he

699
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: passed it with flying colors. And if you have Jalen Hurts,

700
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: I would start him this week unless you have of

701
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: Hurts and like, you know, a proven top five or

702
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: something quarterback. But otherwise I like Hurts a lot. I

703
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: just you know, I worry that what happens if that

704
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: rushing number even gets cut in half, right, because fifty

705
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 1: yards is a pretty good game, But that is a

706
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: kind of a big drop off because I think he

707
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 1: is still developing as a as a pastor. That was

708
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: certainly one of the things that we talked to Ian

709
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: Hartetts from a pf earlier this week, and he he

710
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: pointed that out, not that it's you know, a breaking

711
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: news item. Uh, Jailing Hurts is still developing as a pastor,

712
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: so the potential of a of the running numbers not

713
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: being as good sort of worries me. But I guess, look,

714
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: if you're playing him, you are playing him for the ceiling.

715
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 1: You're playing him for what the potential is of what

716
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: he can do. Uh. And the Cardinals, surprisingly, I was

717
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: sort of surprisingly they've given up some rushing yards two quarterbacks,

718
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: although it could also be because they play in the

719
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: same division as Russell Wilson. Maybe that has uh something

720
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,439
Speaker 1: to do with it. So I I think if you're

721
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: if you're certainly in DFS, i'm playing him, um, and

722
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: you kind of have a fringe QB one situation this week,

723
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: and maybe you give him a shot. I just, uh, yeah,

724
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: I am the fantasy skeptic, so I tend to be

725
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: a little bit more conservative about those sorts of things. Um,

726
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: So I will watch him from afar and enjoy as

727
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: a fan. I think I'd be a little nervous, but

728
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: but that's just me. Don't let me, don't let me

729
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: completely influenced the way you feel about Jalen hurts Um

730
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: the Bucks. We talked about Leonard four Nett and uh

731
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: in him getting a lead role there. We have really

732
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,479
Speaker 1: struggled to forecast their wide receiver group all year long.

733
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 1: I've been getting a lot of tweets asking about Antonio

734
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: Brown this week against the Falcons. For you, where does

735
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: the wheel of Buccaneers receivers land this week? For me,

736
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: it lands on Mike Evans. And that is kind of

737
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: me admitting a fault because early in the coming into

738
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 1: the season, I was very low on Mike Evans, and

739
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 1: then early in the year when all he was doing

740
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: was giving us like thirty yards and the touchdown, I

741
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,879
Speaker 1: kept being like, this is unsustainable. Trade him, like we

742
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: were calling him the Jordan Howard of wide receivers. But

743
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: oddly enough, ever since they signed Antonio Brown, Mike Evans

744
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: has kind of stepped up and been their number one

745
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 1: wide receiver. He leads them in targets per game, he

746
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: leads them in air yards per game, and in Fantasy

747
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: points per game. The only issue is he leads all

748
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: of them and he's not even averaging fifteen Fantasy points

749
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: per game. Chris Godwin is averaging less than ten since

750
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: they signed a B, but I do expect better numbers

751
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: out of him, And then I think a B is

752
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: also just kind of like a wide receiver three with

753
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,479
Speaker 1: a lot of upside because they will take a couple

754
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: of deep shots with him. But if I can only

755
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 1: play one, I'm going with Mike Evans this week. I'm

756
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 1: gonna I'm just gonna keep you know, hitting the electric

757
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: feeder bar. And I'm gonna go back to Chris Godwin

758
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: because he's the guy that I believed in all season long.

759
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna be another, you know, have

760
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: another top ten finish coming. Obviously, this was before there

761
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: was any thought that the Bucks were going to sign

762
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. Um, and I still just kind of keep

763
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: waiting for him to get a little bit closer back

764
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: to where he was. And maybe this is you know me,

765
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 1: you know, I need people suppose a Dictionary definition of insanity.

766
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: But I just keep sort of believing that this is

767
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: going to happen, maybe because I keep looking at Mike

768
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: Evans numbers and looking at his production and thinking, like

769
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: you said, this seems unsustainable. Uh, yet he somehow persists.

770
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: So um, I feel like against the Falcons all three

771
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 1: of those guys are startable, just because you really never

772
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: know which one is going to have the big day,

773
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: and they all have potentially high ceilings. Um, but it

774
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: just seems that it's worked out that it has been

775
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: maybe one more than the other. Uh. And we in

776
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: factor in the fact that Gronk is starting to get

777
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: more looks and is you know, cannibalizing all these guys

778
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: as well. So it has not been the fantasy bonanza

779
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,280
Speaker 1: that we anticipated it being. But again against the Falcons,

780
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: matchup is so good that it really is hard to

781
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: fade any one of those guys in that passing and

782
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 1: hopefully with no Ronald Jones and the Falcons Rundee, like

783
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 1: we said, maybe at least even more passing and multiple

784
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: of these guys can have good games. That would be

785
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: the hope we can certainly hope for that. UM. In Miami,

786
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: the Dolphin have had a number of injuries, especially in

787
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: their backfield, to the point that now this has felt

788
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: like Limboden hype week. He went out and had a

789
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: pretty good game last week. UH. And now you know,

790
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens in the backfield. You know, what,

791
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: what's up with you guys? Like Gascon and Acumen and

792
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: what have you? Are you on? Have you bought a

793
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: ticket for the Limboden hype train this week? Uh? So?

794
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: So I would only use him if jackem Grant and

795
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker and Mikasecki sit, because that's what happened last

796
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: week and they kind of started to funnel the targets

797
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: to him. If if even one of those guys are active,

798
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 1: I think that takes away some of the volume that

799
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: we're expecting from him. And again, it is a rookie

800
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:45,720
Speaker 1: quarterback starting against Bill Belichick, who he dominates rookie quarterbacks.

801
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: Look at what he did to Justin Herbert earlier this season.

802
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: I I more than likely would stay away from Linn

803
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: Boden this week. I think he's a deep league play.

804
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: He's kind of a desperation play. I am not. I

805
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: am not considering starting to at all anywhere. Because of

806
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: what you mentioned and what the Patriots did to Justin Herbert.

807
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: I would stay away from to of but I can

808
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: envision him getting the ball out of bowing a little bit.

809
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: I know there is some conundrum about what his position

810
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: eligibilities should be. I will know that for our purposes,

811
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: the Dolphins roster feed that NFL dot Com uses has

812
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: him listed as a running back. So that is why

813
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: in our game he is listed as a running back.

814
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: So you know, I've had people asking me, you know,

815
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: why isn't he listed as a wide receiver? That's it. Uh.

816
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 1: We use a specific roster feed usually you can find

817
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: it on the team website. Um, but it does have

818
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: him still listed. And it's look, it's a whole complex thing.

819
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 1: It's not the look. I can't even begin to get

820
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: into it. But I know there's the roster that's on

821
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: the page. On one page on the Dolphins website, he's

822
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. On another roster page, he's a running back.

823
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: I can't figure it out. You should email the Dolphins

824
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: and tell them to get it all straight and then

825
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: we can come back and work with you. But for now,

826
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: he's a running back. If you really are hard up

827
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 1: for starting Linn Bowden, um, god speed uh, because he's

828
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: like said, I think it the league play. But if

829
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,760
Speaker 1: we're really going to parse uh positional eligibility with Linn Bowden,

830
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 1: then maybe it's just better to find another option altogether.

831
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: This is uh, this is time Montgomery from a few years.

832
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 1: Oh man, I don't miss those days at all. I

833
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,760
Speaker 1: really thought it was gonna be over after this Haysom

834
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: Hill to Baccle. But you know, there's always one There's

835
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: always always one time for best value presented by Draft

836
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: Kings every week we try to give you the most

837
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: bang for your fantasy buck as we go through some

838
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: of the best values in daily Fantasy. So let's start

839
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: at quarterback. Where are you going for your value this week?

840
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: We spoke about him already, but I like Jalen Hurts

841
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: at hundred on DraftKings just because of what he can

842
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: do with his legs. Like we keep going back to

843
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: last week, he gave you over ten fantasy points just

844
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: on running numbers alone. What if this week he can

845
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: punch one in and find a running a rushing touchdown

846
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,919
Speaker 1: as well. I think his up side is really high,

847
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: So I like him in DFS. But I will say, Marcus,

848
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,879
Speaker 1: I strongly debated your pick and in a season long league,

849
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: I actually would play it safe and start your guy

850
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: over mind. Okay, well then my guy is at the

851
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: same price. Uh Philip Rivers. So we go from the

852
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: young to the old with Philip Rivers, who actually over

853
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: the last four weeks is the QB ten in fantasy football,

854
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: and at the start of the year never would have

855
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: imagined it when the Colts passing game was was really

856
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: nothing to speak of. But but I've said t Y

857
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: Hilton can be a league winner. Philip Rivers maybe not

858
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: a league winner, but certainly a guy who can can

859
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: get you to a fantasy championship situation. And against the

860
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: Houston Texans, it feels like a really great opportunity to

861
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: get Philip Rivers into your line up. There. Running backs,

862
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: who is your value running back for the week? This one?

863
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: It's kind of gross because we we've also spoke about

864
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: him as well, but it's Leonard Fournett at four day

865
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: five hundred, and my thinking was, if you can get

866
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: a starting running back at at sub five thousand back,

867
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: who can you know, hopefully give you fifteen touches this week,

868
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: maybe maybe find the end zone at forty. I think

869
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: it is a play that it allows you to get

870
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,839
Speaker 1: other higher end pieces in their lineup. Of Marcus running

871
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: back is another position where I really like your pick

872
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, I I've really kind of gotten on

873
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,759
Speaker 1: the Gus Edwards train this week, and he's in at

874
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 1: fort hundred on DraftKings. Look what I do love and

875
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 1: I know people have asked about j K. Dobbins as well.

876
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: I do think he's a pretty good option. What I'm

877
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: just most excited about is that it seems like the

878
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: Ravens I have sort of phased out mark ingram that

879
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: this is now a two headed running back attack. And

880
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: I feel like in fantasy we have learned to navigate

881
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 1: a two headed backfield. It's the three headed back fields

882
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: that become a problem, right. It is why you know,

883
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,720
Speaker 1: if if Malcolm Brown is out of the mix, for instance,

884
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, we feel much better about Cam Akers.

885
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: It's why Jonathan Taylor is a lot more popular in

886
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 1: Indie because Jordan Wilkins doesn't seem to be getting any work.

887
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: So Gus Edwards has been very explosive. He has a

888
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: nose for the end zone. Uh, and I definitely like

889
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: him against that Jacksonville defense. Um real quick. We go

890
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: back and forth on on Marquise Brown. The matchup is good.

891
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: Would you consider him anywhere daily? Season long? Anything? This week?

892
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: If he is is active in time. I do like

893
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: the matchup, but it's a he's a home run hitter

894
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: or a five point play potentially every single week because

895
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,919
Speaker 1: he's just been so up and down. But I think

896
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,320
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a week where Lamar and Edwards

897
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 1: and Dobbin's just run it all game long because jacksonvill

898
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: has struggled to stop the run all years. So I'm

899
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: expecting big rushing numbers from the Ravens this week, not

900
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: as much in the past meeting. Yeah, I should mention

901
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 1: he is on the COVID list, but if he has

902
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 1: some negative tests, he could come back and play on Sunday.

903
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: So that is something to to kind of keep an

904
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: eye on if if you were of the persuasion to

905
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: to play Marquis Brown. All right, so that does get

906
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 1: us though, to our value wide receivers. I went, I

907
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: went with this guy's quarterbacks would makes sense? And then

908
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: he plug this guy in somewhere too. Yeah, and and

909
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 1: kudos to you, Marcus. You were the first person that

910
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 1: I heard at least like kind of talking up the

911
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: resurgence of t Y Hilton. And since that point, like

912
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: since we twelve, he's the wide receiver four in fantasy

913
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 1: right now. And that that resurgence started against the Houston Texans,

914
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: a team that he has dominated in his career in

915
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 1: seventeen career games against the Texans, and that is more

916
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: than a full NFL season. He is averaging over nineteen

917
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 1: fantasy points per game. He scored twenty five against them

918
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 1: earlier this year. He's playing really, really well and this

919
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: is a Houston Texans team that just last week was

920
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: shredded by Mitch Drubisky. I think Rivers and his top

921
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: wide receiver, t Y Hilton are going to get some

922
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 1: people into the Fantasy championships this week, so why not

923
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: use him in DFS as well. I do think we

924
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: forgot about the whole t Y Hilton against the Texans

925
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: narrative a few weeks ago, and it I definitely did.

926
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: You were reminded right away in that game. I'm gonna

927
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: go Corey Davis, who a little bit more pricey, A

928
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,439
Speaker 1: fifty hundreds, certainly not gonna break the bank here. He's

929
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: had just a great season. Ryan Tannehill is playing well

930
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 1: again this year, certainly exceeding my expectations. But I like

931
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 1: what Corey Davis has offered right now over the last

932
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: four weeks. He is the wide receiver twelve. I know

933
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: he did not have a great week last week against

934
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: the Jaguars. I'm willing to sort of forget that and

935
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: and give him another shot against a Lions defense that

936
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 1: just has not had a clue all year long. We

937
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: know a J. Brown is going to ball, but a J.

938
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: Brown does not give you quite as much roster flexibility

939
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 1: with his salary. But Corey Davis I think can be

940
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 1: just as productive, uh and give you a lot more

941
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: options elsewhere on your roster. All right, tight end the

942
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: the dart throw that is tight end. Who is your

943
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,479
Speaker 1: value pick for Week fifteen? Yeah, if you're not going

944
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: with Trivis Kelsey, you should be going a lot lower

945
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 1: and on DFS the least in my opinion, And I

946
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: like er Smith Jr. This week against the Chicago Bears.

947
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 1: IRV Smith returned last week and we saw him find

948
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: the end zone. Uh, and then he finished with over

949
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: sixteen Fantasy points. He has now scored at least fifteen

950
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: in two of his last three games and double digits

951
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 1: in four of his last six. That is a pretty

952
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: safe floor. And the Bears have allowed the third most

953
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,919
Speaker 1: fantasy points per game the quarterbacks. So I like IRV

954
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: Smith this week as a more on DFS, but as

955
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: a a good value play at thirty. I'm sort of

956
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: looking forward to what happens in the off season with

957
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph and whether or not they just opened the

958
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: door fully for Irv Smith to be their main tight end.

959
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay in the division and I'm gonna go

960
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: on the other side of this very game cold commit

961
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,839
Speaker 1: for the Chicago Bears. And it's frustrating because Jimmy Graham

962
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: keeps popping up and scoring touchdowns every once in a while,

963
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: even though he's not giving you any real production. But

964
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: commit it is starting to get more snaps, starting to

965
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 1: get more targets. He's had seven targets in back to

966
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: back games for the Bears, and and you know, at

967
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: some point, I think this offense is gonna start to

968
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 1: turn and give him more opportunity. I know we never

969
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: really get excited about rookie tight ends, but the pole

970
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 1: comet is playing well right now, and I think he's

971
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 1: worth a look, especially at three thousand dollars, I think

972
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: he's definitely worth trying to slot in somewhere and seeing

973
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: what you can do around him. Finally, defenses, I thought

974
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,760
Speaker 1: there were some some pretty good matchups this week value

975
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: wise for defenses. So who did you pick. I went

976
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: with Bill Belichick, not even the Patriots defense. Like I

977
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:29,360
Speaker 1: went with Bill Belichick against a rookie quarterback because he

978
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: has had so much success Marcus. I went and looked back,

979
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: and since he's taken over the Patriots head coach in

980
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,839
Speaker 1: two thousand, he has faced twenty five rookie quarterbacks. They're

981
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: averaging nine point nine fantasy points per game against him,

982
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: Like that is so low. Only six times have they

983
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: even reached fifteen against him. So we just see that

984
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 1: he makes life really difficult for rookie quarterbacks. They held

985
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,360
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert to under five fantasy points a couple of

986
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,680
Speaker 1: weeks ago, and when you're holding a quarterback back like that,

987
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,760
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a couple turnovers, a couple of sacks.

988
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 1: So I'm trusting Bill be here to have another good

989
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: game against a rookie quarterback. That's definitely a wise call

990
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: right there. I'm gonna go with the Dallas Cowboys, which

991
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:11,879
Speaker 1: I know seems sort of counterintuitive because on the one hand,

992
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: we have been picking on the Cowboys defense all season

993
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: long from a fantasy perspective, But Nick Mullins, I mean,

994
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: it's kind of all I have to say to that.

995
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 1: Mullins has been a turnover machine this year, and you

996
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 1: know you're looking. He's thrown from some decent yards. He's

997
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,160
Speaker 1: throwing some touchdowns as well, but he will give the

998
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 1: ball away. In fact, I believe he's got more turnovers

999
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: than touchdown passes this season. So I think if nothing else,

1000
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: the Cowboys can get a couple of takeaways, if they

1001
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: can get some pressure and maybe get some sacks as well,

1002
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: it could be a pretty good day. And um, it's

1003
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 1: definitely worth the risk of putting them in a in

1004
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: a lineup and seeing what they can do against that.

1005
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: That is Nick Mullins not better than Jimmy g because

1006
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter was pretty convinced early on that, you know,

1007
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: I know, like six weeks or so ago, there was

1008
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,439
Speaker 1: that debate, and then was a Monday night game maybe

1009
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: or Sunday night game where Mons went out and was

1010
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: awful and pretty much seemed to put that narrative to bed. Um,

1011
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,240
Speaker 1: I think forty Niners Twitter is basically decided that none

1012
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: of them are the answer, uh, and that it's time

1013
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 1: to to move on. I know that there's a good

1014
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: portion of forty Niners Twitter that is really hoping that

1015
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:24,279
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson from b y U falls in their laps

1016
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,880
Speaker 1: in the draft and they're able to kind of rebuild

1017
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: with him. Um. You know, there there are any number

1018
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: of what of answers that are floating out there, but

1019
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,319
Speaker 1: I think the consensus is that the current answer is

1020
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: not on the roster at the moment. So whatever. All right,

1021
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: that was Best Value presented by Draft Kings. Time for

1022
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: Best of the Pack presented by Pannini Trading Cards. Every

1023
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: week we break open a pack of cards and we

1024
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: talk about a few of the guys in there. So

1025
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 1: this week we will start with Kyler Murray, the quarterback

1026
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: of your Arizona Cardinals. At the start of the season,

1027
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:01,399
Speaker 1: Kyler was lights out, uh and we were talking about

1028
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: him potentially as the both fantasy and maybe even the

1029
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: NFL m v P. Second half of the season in

1030
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,840
Speaker 1: a slowed down a little bit, in part because of

1031
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 1: a shoulder injury, but maybe in part just because the

1032
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 1: schedule change or whatever. We can come up with any

1033
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: number of reasons, but the bigger question for you, Florio,

1034
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 1: is which half of the season is closer to the

1035
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:25,839
Speaker 1: real Kyler Murray. Yeah, he's definitely has faced some tough

1036
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,360
Speaker 1: opponents in recent weeks. But I am still of the

1037
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 1: mindset that the first ten weeks, for his first nine games,

1038
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 1: are is the real Kyler Murray because in that span

1039
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: he had ten rushing touchdowns in nine games. He had

1040
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: a rushing touchdown in every game boat one, and he

1041
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: had over twenty one Fantasy points in all of those games,

1042
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: and in some of them were talking like thirty eight,

1043
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,920
Speaker 1: thirty seven, twenty nine, like he had such a high ceiling.

1044
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: But in the last four weeks we've seen him get

1045
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:56,279
Speaker 1: twenty just once in every other game less than that,

1046
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,279
Speaker 1: and it's because he's not really running. He had five

1047
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:02,479
Speaker 1: rush attempt in three straight games before last week under

1048
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 1: fifty rushing yards, and all of them he would routinely

1049
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 1: give you sixties seventy. He is a hundred yard rushing

1050
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: game this year. No rushing touchdowns in the last four

1051
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,879
Speaker 1: and to me, it's all coincided with after he hurt

1052
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: his shoulder, they asked him to run less because they

1053
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 1: want to preserve him, and it makes sense to me.

1054
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: But I think the real Kyler Mary is the healthy

1055
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 1: Kyla Mary when he can just run all over you.

1056
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: That running part is such a big part of his game.

1057
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,479
Speaker 1: And you know, I said earlier in the season that

1058
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,880
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offense had basically two plays to it. It

1059
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: was Kyler scrambles, Kyla throws to DeAndre Hopkins. And the

1060
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: last month or so there has been less of the

1061
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,839
Speaker 1: Kyler scrambling part, uh and more of him just trying

1062
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: to throw it to new mildly successfully for the most part.

1063
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,520
Speaker 1: So I think that you're right what we saw earlier

1064
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: in the year is is more akin to what we

1065
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: should expect from Kyler. Um. You know. At some point, though,

1066
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: the Cardinals do have to figure out the rest of

1067
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: their wide receiving corps. Christian Kirk has been incredibly inconsistent,

1068
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:02,279
Speaker 1: and Andy Isabella. I know, he's, like, you know, a

1069
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 1: big fan or he has a lot of fans on

1070
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 1: hipster Twitter, fantasy hipster Twitter, but he just has not

1071
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,399
Speaker 1: been productive enough I think to really be a big deal. Um.

1072
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: You know, and this is probably the last we're gonna

1073
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,960
Speaker 1: see of Larry Fitzgerald once this season is over. So

1074
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,520
Speaker 1: you know, Tyler's rushing ability is great, but at some

1075
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 1: point they do have to get him some help beyond

1076
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:23,320
Speaker 1: just New Cop games in terms of throwing the football.

1077
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: If they want this offense to be a little more

1078
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: well rounded. All right, this is the next up player,

1079
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,239
Speaker 1: maybe after your own heart floor. You know it is

1080
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley of the Buffalo Bills. Uh. He came into

1081
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:40,040
Speaker 1: Week fifteen as the wide receiver twenty two, which was

1082
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: definitely a surprise to me. Uh, seventy one catches, eighty

1083
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:49,880
Speaker 1: eight yards and four touchdowns. Is this season real or

1084
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 1: is it a mirage? I mean, is this what we

1085
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: can expect from Cole Beasley, say in the next couple

1086
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: of years. I to me, I think this season is

1087
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 1: real if it's what we can expect. I think it

1088
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: depends on what the Bills do with wide receiver. But

1089
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,879
Speaker 1: if they go into next year with the same three

1090
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,239
Speaker 1: wide receivers, I very much still think that he is

1091
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,600
Speaker 1: a draftable wide receiver. He'll be a reserve round wide receiver,

1092
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: like you won't have to drift him as one of

1093
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 1: your starters. But I wrote about him last week in

1094
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 1: the Sleeper's article and I said, I don't think he's

1095
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 1: getting enough recognition because he has has been a good

1096
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: wide receiver and not good in the sense that he's

1097
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,719
Speaker 1: been good in the past, like, oh, he'll catch a

1098
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:27,640
Speaker 1: big third down catch and get you a first down

1099
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,000
Speaker 1: or something like that. But like, he's been a useful

1100
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,839
Speaker 1: Fantasy piece this year, and he gives you a safe

1101
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: floor of like nine ten Fantasy points every week, which

1102
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 1: has value, but then his ceiling is much higher. We've

1103
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: seen him top twenty five Fantasy points multiple times, and

1104
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,720
Speaker 1: it's just he is a safety blanket for Josh Allen.

1105
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: Like Josh Allen loves to go to stefound Diggs. But

1106
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: when Josh Allen starts to feel any pressure near the line,

1107
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:51,839
Speaker 1: he's looking Cole Beasley's way and gonna get the ball

1108
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: out of his hands quickly. So I think that Cole Beasley,

1109
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: I think it's real right now. Last year I I

1110
00:53:57,840 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 1: looked at Cole Beasley as he was kind of a

1111
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: matchup Bay guy. And you know, last year on Fantasy Live,

1112
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,359
Speaker 1: I had a segment called Slots of Fun and when

1113
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 1: the matchup was right, there are a couple of times

1114
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,359
Speaker 1: I did pick Cole Beasley and he would have some

1115
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: good games. But he has been a lot more consistent

1116
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,080
Speaker 1: this year. You look at what he's done. He's got

1117
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:16,280
Speaker 1: more catches than DK Metcalf, he has more receiving yards

1118
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: than Robert Woods. I mean, these are guys that we

1119
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,479
Speaker 1: love and that we plug in each and every week,

1120
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,719
Speaker 1: and you know, depending on the category, Cole Beasley has

1121
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,360
Speaker 1: outperformed them there. Now, I'm not gonna sit here and

1122
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:29,279
Speaker 1: tell you that you're going to draft Cole Beasley over

1123
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:31,920
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf next year. You're probably not gonna draft him

1124
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,400
Speaker 1: over Robert Woods. But I do think we have reached

1125
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 1: the point where maybe he deserves a little bit more respect,

1126
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,720
Speaker 1: and you are correct. If the Bills don't do anything

1127
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 1: drastic with their wide receiver group next year, then I

1128
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: do think you're gonna see a lot more people start

1129
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: to buy in tow Cole Beasley. All right, last one

1130
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 1: to Tonga Violoa for the Miami Dolphins. Um. We have

1131
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:57,799
Speaker 1: talked a couple of times on this show about his

1132
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,399
Speaker 1: matchup this week against the Patriots. Does not see great

1133
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 1: because rookie quarterbacks against Bill Belichick is generally not a

1134
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: good deal. He's been okay, uh so far this season.

1135
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: I think he's been better the last couple of weeks.

1136
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:15,480
Speaker 1: Is he a draftable quarterback come one? I think yes,

1137
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,600
Speaker 1: but probably not by me. Like I like a quarterback

1138
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,319
Speaker 1: who can give you points with their legs and just

1139
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: has like high passing ceilings. And I don't think too

1140
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,200
Speaker 1: ah at least as of now. Like he did impress

1141
00:55:29,239 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: me last week with what he did against the Chiefs

1142
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 1: keeping up with Patrick Mahomes, but their defense had a

1143
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 1: lot to do with that as well. He's finished as

1144
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:39,319
Speaker 1: a top twelve fantasy quarterback once. He hasn't thrown three

1145
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 1: top passing touchdowns in a game at all. He hardly

1146
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: tops two fifty passing yards. So to me, I think

1147
00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:48,839
Speaker 1: that people are gonna talk themselves into tuh. I think

1148
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: because of the hype that he brings, just the presence.

1149
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:53,839
Speaker 1: His presence brings that that we've been hearing about him

1150
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: for years. I think people will get really excited about

1151
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,120
Speaker 1: him because he's a good real life quarterback. I'm just

1152
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:02,120
Speaker 1: not certain he has that, you know, like top five

1153
00:56:02,239 --> 00:56:04,960
Speaker 1: fantasy ceiling. So for me, I won't be the one

1154
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,359
Speaker 1: drafting him. If that's the case, I probably won't either.

1155
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: I think he's a guy who, you know, certainly, if

1156
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:12,360
Speaker 1: if I'm you know, if I'm a guy who drafts

1157
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,880
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks or if I'm in a two quarterback league,

1158
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:17,680
Speaker 1: maybe I take a dart throw on him and with

1159
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: one of my very last picks. But you know, if

1160
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna draft one quarterback, it's probably not going

1161
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,040
Speaker 1: to be him. So I can envision next year that

1162
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:28,920
Speaker 1: he's probably going to be off a lot of draft boards. Um,

1163
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: maybe people who are kind of swinging for the fences

1164
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:34,040
Speaker 1: and hoping for some upside, we'll take a shot at him.

1165
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:37,879
Speaker 1: But I haven't seen enough from him to warrant giving

1166
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,440
Speaker 1: him a shot. I don't think he's been terrible. I

1167
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,719
Speaker 1: think he's been just fine. Um, But I think when

1168
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:45,680
Speaker 1: you talk about the depth at quarterback, uh, and look,

1169
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:49,520
Speaker 1: let's let's let's be honest here, right next year, Joe

1170
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: Burrow is going to be back. Trevor Lawrence very well

1171
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,759
Speaker 1: could be somewhere in the National Football League. I know

1172
00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 1: Justin Fields is a guy that's getting a whole lot

1173
00:56:56,719 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: of attention, and we'll see what happens with him. So

1174
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,759
Speaker 1: they're also going to be some coming guys that people

1175
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:03,360
Speaker 1: are going to take some shots at just for the

1176
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 1: potential upside. So I think two is a nice option,

1177
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:08,799
Speaker 1: but I don't think he's going to get drafted in

1178
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 1: a ton of fantasy leagues in one all right, that

1179
00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:15,440
Speaker 1: was best of the pack presented by Panini Trading Cards.

1180
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: In case you haven't caught Fantasy Game Day this season,

1181
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: it is not too late to have another edition coming

1182
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: up for you on Sunday. You can find it at

1183
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:27,479
Speaker 1: noon Eastern nine am Pacific time on NFL dot Com,

1184
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: streaming on the NFL apps, and at YouTube as well.

1185
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: And that's square. Michael Florio is answering your questions. It's me,

1186
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: It's Florio, It's Adam Rank, it's Kimmy Checks as we

1187
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 1: take you right up until kickoff with starts, sits, and

1188
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 1: acted all the good stuff that you need to know,

1189
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,640
Speaker 1: especially for these playoff weeks. So if you haven't check

1190
00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:44,120
Speaker 1: it out, you sure to check it out. You only

1191
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: got a couple more episodes left before the season is

1192
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 1: over all right. Every week we do Ask a Nerd,

1193
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: where we talk to our resident nerd, Matt o'conna and

1194
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,200
Speaker 1: he digs into some questions that we have on our mind.

1195
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: This week, the question we are thinking about is what

1196
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: are some of the top single game Fantasy performances in

1197
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:05,720
Speaker 1: NFL history? And this is what our nerd had to say,

1198
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: Thanks Marcus. This week on askar Nerd, we're breaking down

1199
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:14,680
Speaker 1: the best single game performances in Fantasy playoff history by position.

1200
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: Instead of our typical top five list, we've got the

1201
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:21,120
Speaker 1: number one quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, and

1202
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:26,440
Speaker 1: even fantasy defense. Without further ado, there's the list. Starting

1203
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:29,840
Speaker 1: at quarterback, the top prize goes to Aaron Rodgers in

1204
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:33,640
Speaker 1: Week sixteen eighteen, in a high scoring affair against Sam

1205
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: Donald's Jets. Rogers through for four d and forty two

1206
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:40,240
Speaker 1: yards and two t s and added thirty two yards

1207
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: and two scores on the ground for a total of

1208
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 1: forty two point nine fantasy points, representing the RBS his

1209
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: chief star Jamal Charles in Week fifteen. His fifty nine

1210
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,760
Speaker 1: and a half fantasy points in this game are actually

1211
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: the most by running back in any week thanks to

1212
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:59,960
Speaker 1: whopping eight catches, two fifteen total yards in five total touchdown.

1213
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 1: Our number one wide receiver just barely edged out Charles's

1214
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:06,640
Speaker 1: fantasy total with fifty nine point nine fantasy points in

1215
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:10,640
Speaker 1: Week sixteen nine, and it was the go himself, Jerry Rice.

1216
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: Rice had fourteen catches, two nine yards, and three t ds,

1217
00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:17,720
Speaker 1: nearly cracking sixty fantasy points for the second time in

1218
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,120
Speaker 1: his career. The top tight end is another Hall of

1219
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:24,080
Speaker 1: Famer Chargers legend Kellen Winslow with fourteen catches, a hundred

1220
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: and sixty two yards and three t ds in Week fifteen,

1221
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty three, Winslow total forty eight point two Fantasy points. Incredibly,

1222
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:33,560
Speaker 1: that's still nine points short of the all time tight

1223
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 1: end records set by Winslow himself two years earlier. And finally,

1224
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,400
Speaker 1: the one you've all been waiting for, the Dst Award,

1225
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:44,720
Speaker 1: is a tie. Both the two thousand two Texans and

1226
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:48,040
Speaker 1: the twelve Seahawks managed to post an incredible forty one

1227
00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:51,760
Speaker 1: fantasy points in their respective Week fourteen games, with Houston

1228
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: scoring three defensive TVs and Seattle racking up eight turnovers.

1229
00:59:55,640 --> 00:59:58,040
Speaker 1: Here's hoping as someone on your roster breaks on to

1230
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,400
Speaker 1: our list in your semifinal match. US until next time

1231
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:04,440
Speaker 1: I'm at Okada, and may the fantasy points be with you.

1232
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,800
Speaker 1: Thank you, Matt good stuff. As always, one of the

1233
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 1: takeaways I had from at least watching that video was

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01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: I guess back when Kellen Winslow senior play, you only

1235
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: need to get one foot in uh score a touchdown

1236
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: and look like one of those catches you only got

1237
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:21,640
Speaker 1: one foot in bounds. On the second one, I was

1238
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:23,720
Speaker 1: like that that wouldn't have been a touchdown like that.

1239
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: That doesn't count now, but it counted back then, So

1240
01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:30,320
Speaker 1: good for good for him. Great stuff is always dope

1241
01:00:30,360 --> 01:00:33,840
Speaker 1: from matt Ocado. We appreciate it. It led me to think, though,

1242
01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:36,720
Speaker 1: if you had to pick a player this week that

1243
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:41,000
Speaker 1: could single handedly get you into the Fantasy Championship, who

1244
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: would it be? For me? It is Tyreek Hill. And

1245
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:47,760
Speaker 1: remember early on in the year where we were like, yeah,

1246
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:50,960
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill is scoring touchdowns and he's given a safe production,

1247
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: but he's not really having those blow up games that

1248
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 1: was fun. Because he's nine, Tyreek Hill is averaging thirty

1249
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,280
Speaker 1: two Fantasy points per game. Vontae Adams is the closest

1250
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 1: player at twenty six, so that is a huge advantage.

1251
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:07,480
Speaker 1: And in that span he's averaging thirteen targets per game,

1252
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:10,400
Speaker 1: over a hundred and sixty eight yards per game, just

1253
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,400
Speaker 1: huge volume. And he's a touchdown machine. He has two

1254
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:16,240
Speaker 1: games all year without a touchdown. I think, uh, the

1255
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:18,640
Speaker 1: championship round markets might be a lot of Tyreek Hill

1256
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:21,320
Speaker 1: teams against the player that you're about to talk about. Yeah,

1257
01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 1: against Derrick Henry teams. I mean I have started calling

1258
01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: him Mr December because he's pretty good all year long,

1259
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 1: but he seems to save his best performances for the

1260
01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: final month of the season. He has four career two

1261
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 1: hundred yard Russian games, three of them have come in

1262
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 1: the month of December, and then on top of it,

1263
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,600
Speaker 1: this week. You can't ask for a better matchup for

1264
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:44,640
Speaker 1: a running back than this Detroit Lions defense. So I

1265
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 1: think the Lions are going to see a steady dose

1266
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 1: of Derrick Henry early and often, and especially if the

1267
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,840
Speaker 1: Titans get a lead, They're just gonna let Henry bring

1268
01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: the sledgehammer for the third and fourth quarters here and

1269
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:57,800
Speaker 1: run this thing out. So I do I wouldn't be

1270
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:00,520
Speaker 1: surprised if you see a lot of Tyreek hen Tyreek

1271
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:02,720
Speaker 1: Hill teams versus Derrick Henry teams. And if you have

1272
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 1: both of those guys somehow on your roster, uh, than

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Speaker 1: kudos to you because you were probably gonna move on

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Speaker 1: to the Fantasy Championship. Are you in line potentially to play?

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Speaker 1: Do you have I guess you still have Austin ecler

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Speaker 1: so you still have some teams left, right, so you

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Speaker 1: have a chance. Yeah, I have a couple of teams

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Speaker 1: still left. Unfortunately, in one I'm facing Tyreek Hill, so

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Speaker 1: I'm very scared about that. Um, But I have one team.

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Speaker 1: Both of these teams are my two best teams all year,

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Speaker 1: so I'm hopeful that I could still maybe pull out

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Speaker 1: a championship or two. How about you. I've got a

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Speaker 1: couple of teams where I'm still alive. I also have

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Speaker 1: a couple of teams where I'm still playing any consolation bracket, uh,

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Speaker 1: for whatever that's worth. So I still I think I

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Speaker 1: have my four or five teams total that are active

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Speaker 1: right now. So at this point, I feel like once

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Speaker 1: you get into playoffs, anything can happen. It's all sort

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Speaker 1: of a crapshoot at that point. But to still be

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Speaker 1: playing it's pretty good. So uh, congratulations all of you

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Speaker 1: out there who are still playing. Best of luck in

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Speaker 1: your matchups, And one more time before we go, a

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Speaker 1: huge thank you uh to Eddie Murphy for all the

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Speaker 1: work he has done on this show. We're gonna miss you.

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Speaker 1: I wish you the best in all of your future endeavors.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, for us, that is it. We are done.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL fantasy football

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Speaker 1: talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer. He's safe

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Speaker 1: to take care of yourselves. Were a mask and we

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Speaker 1: will see you on Monday. Wow um woll wan. I'm

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Speaker 1: co color. I'm cow color.