1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: Wow, yeah, what is Welcome to another edition of the 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. It's been your man, NAMG Marcus 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Grand alongside the Fantasy Hall of Famer Michael Fabriano and 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: the Fantasy Viper Graham Barfield. Um. I don't even know 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: how to introduced this show today. I saw a joper 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: over the weekend. Yeah, so did I. Uh, you know 7 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: what it is. I'm saying it is worth it, but 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: the story is sort of predictable whatever, but it is 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: worth it to watch Joakin Phoenix do his thing for 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: two hours. Man, he was phenomenal. Watching him do do 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: that for two hours, it was amazing. Uh. You know 12 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: I had questions at the end. There were parts of 13 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: it that you know, I wasn't quite on board with. 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: But whatever it was. It like I said, just if 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: you want to just watch an actor like at the 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: top of his game do his thing, like, it is 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: worth it to watch Joakin his his uh, his mannerism 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: is like just the way he cared himself throughout the film. 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: What what they asked him to do throughout the film. 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it is a very difficult, difficult job and 21 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: he uh, he definitely took it his own way. And 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: and made his own and made his own path with Jokers. 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: Zazzy Beats is one of my celebrity crushes, so watching 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,639 Speaker 1: her was pretty good. Um is he now your Joker 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: or is it still Heath Ledger? I don't know. I 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: mean I think it was we are we tossing whoever? Yeah? 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: I mean yeah. I think it was just so different 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: from from all the other iterations of Jokers. I think 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: that's what made it so. I think kind of like 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: its own standalone Lane. I think you should definitely check 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: it out. The one you know, I will. I couldn't 32 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: do it this weekend because we had Matthew, so I 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: went and saw Adam's family. Oh all right, which is good. No, 34 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: I still want to see that too. The one thing 35 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: I will say about Joker, and this is not a spoiler. 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: Um and and in every iteration of the Batman origin 37 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: story and the Joker origin story, the one thing that 38 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: no writer or filmmaker has plausibly explained to me is 39 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: why a billionaire is dragging his wife and young son 40 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: through a dark out of Gotham City at night? Like, 41 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: how how is this happening? You don't have a driver 42 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: just waiting outside the theater for you to like get 43 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: in the car and driver. I don't understand it. It's 44 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: a fair point. Um, well, I mean in the Batman 45 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: Begins movie, it was because they play that they were 46 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: watching Scared Bruce, so they went out a backway door. 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,839 Speaker 1: But to your point, like right, you know, I don't 48 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: know get your driver ready. We know you have one. 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: You're a billionaire. Okay, anyway, we have to talk about 50 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: on this show today we will wrap up week six. Uh. 51 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: For some odd reason, don't ask me why. I was 52 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: in a queen's sort of mood. So it has maybe 53 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: a bohemian wraps and you kind of feel to it. Well, 54 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: you know whatever, Just roll with it. It's fine. Um. 55 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: Talks of waiver wire and stuff as well. But before 56 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: we do all of that, go behind the glass and 57 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: talk to our faithful producer, Senor Edward L. Murphy, Esquire 58 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: and Murph. What's up id you guys talking a little 59 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: bit before about juju? Uh? And I you can make 60 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: fun of me for this when I made a trade 61 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: with my main league and I moved Mike Evans and O. J. 62 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: Howard because I was just sick of the bucks. I've 63 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: got somebody to take O J. Howard if you don't, yeah, 64 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: if you're brilliant, I didn't have I don't have God 65 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: with it. I would just sick of like which week 66 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: is it is gonna be for Evan's gonna get get 67 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: zero points? So a guy in the bottom of the 68 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: league had Juju and he had Chris Herndon, who I 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: thought I was gonna come back from injury. So I 70 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: was like, that's a that's a perfect you know, two 71 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: for two and obviously Juju have that game last night 72 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: and I think Evans had like nine for like six 73 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: or something. Good game. Am I am I that you 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: can you guys and tell me, am I that dumb 75 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: for making a move like that. I know it makes 76 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: it SI like my my reaction to that. As always, 77 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: as long as your thought processes sound, as long as 78 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: you have a logical reason for doing it, then you 79 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: know that's fine. Like you never really know when they 80 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: when they kicked the game off, how things are gonna go. 81 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: So I understand the logic. It totally makes sense. Uh, 82 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: you just got burned? Is Juju? Like? Is this what's 83 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: going on? Is it because of no Big band or 84 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: is it no no Antonio Brown? I mean like you're 85 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: you're going, you're going. And remember, I mean the last 86 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: few games he wasn't put on huge numbers, but he 87 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: was giving you what thirteen plus. It's a third string 88 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: quarterback who dumping the ball off to his running back. 89 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he doesn't have a lot of confidence in 90 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. There is not going to put him 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: in a position where he's throwing the ball deep or 92 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: forcing into coverage. Well, it's in my head now that 93 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: he like, I think he is a true one. But 94 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 1: I'm like, is he suffering because he doesn't have a 95 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: B taken away defenders? Or is it because he doesn't 96 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: have band who's throwing the ball over the field? Like, 97 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: I don't know which it really is. Right last night specifically, 98 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: I mean I just only had to throw it like 99 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: twenty times. You know what? What the hell happened to 100 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: the charge? Oh? I mean I was all over their 101 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: defense and I stream their Yeah, same here. But you 102 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: guys must have not watched much Chargers football. No, no, 103 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: no, no no, I'm just joking, but I mean, like home 104 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: game it was, but there was a lot of Steelers 105 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: fans there. Damage Dave damage Check had posted something on 106 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: Twitter and it was like, this is in the Los 107 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: Angeles but I mean it's a third string quarterback on 108 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: your home field. All of the Chargers games just find 109 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: different ways to be miseramman, Uh they do. It's the 110 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: are our friend of the program and generally fun. Guy 111 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: Pat Doherty Rhodo Pat on Twitter you may know him. 112 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: He had a sweet last night that says, how is 113 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: every Chargers game the exact same? And Keenan Allen quote 114 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: sweeted it and said I'm paraphrasing here. Stuff. He didn't 115 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: say stuff stuff sad. So even the Chargers players, you know, 116 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: you know who's said anybody who's had Keenan all in 117 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: the last three weeks. He went from target monster to 118 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: where the hell are you? He will get to that. 119 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, plenty to talk about. We'll talk some juju 120 00:05:48,480 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: as well, but in the meantime, let's do some news. 121 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: We will start with the Rams. Todd Gurley, who missed 122 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: Sunday's game against the forty nine with a quad injury, 123 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: reportedly has a chance to return this week. I mean, 124 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: obviously that's that's good, right, favs. I mean, we want 125 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: Gurly back on the field, and obviously, like not just 126 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: for Girly's sake. But look, I'm not waiting too much 127 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: into this. Running backs don't matter thing, but it's undeniable 128 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: that the Rams are a better, more complete offense when 129 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: he is on the field. Girly coming back, it helps 130 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: Jared Goff, it helps Robert Wood, it helps all these 131 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: guys when he's back on the field. And I mean 132 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: part of it yesterday was the Niers defense, Folks, is 133 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: for real. It's great. That defense is nasty good. Marcus 134 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: Grant is holding back the enthusiasm because I guess I 135 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: could see it beyond the start. Wants to start yelling 136 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: and screaming and bringing back the days of Joe Montana 137 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 1: and Steve Young, all the glory days and Dwight Clark 138 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: and uh those tremendous forty Niners defenses. But if you're 139 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: forty now his fan unlike Cowboys fans, and you've got 140 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: a lot to be optimistic about right now. And so 141 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: that was part of the reason why that offense didn't 142 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: get off yesterday at all. I think another reason is 143 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: Jared Goff. I don't know who the quarterback of the 144 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,239 Speaker 1: Rams is right now, but it's not the same dude 145 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: who we saw last season, it's just not Robert Woods 146 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: didn't score fewer than what was it. I mean, he 147 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,239 Speaker 1: basically had double digit points in almost every game last season. 148 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: He had nothing yesterday, even Cooper Cup was held in jail. 149 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,239 Speaker 1: Just hats off to them. They their defense is just awesome. 150 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Nominal job wrecking the Rams passing game yesterday. I mean, 151 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: Jared Goff through for seventy bottomed out hard yesterday, and 152 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: I think, I think this is what we're starting to 153 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: see look like Girly coming back. Sure, I thought Darrell 154 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: Henderson and Malcolm Brown did phenomenal job yesterday in their 155 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: renting game. I thought both of them looked pretty good. 156 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: Um Goff right now, to me, that's the biggest prob 157 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: him in this offense. He is so limited on his 158 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: when when the play breaks down or there's nothing there, 159 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: Golf rarely makes plays on his own. He does not 160 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: extend plays, and when he's asked to get outside of structure. 161 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: Right now, he is just he's just brutal. Now we've now, 162 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: we've seen it. You know this this is the you know, 163 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: this is the m oh this is how to beat 164 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: the Rams right now, and look at his numbers. This 165 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: is confusing golf at the line of scrimmage and taking 166 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: away his first reads in making him make plays outside 167 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: of structure. You can't do it. Yeah, I mean we're 168 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: six games in. Golf has had eighteen or more points twice. 169 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: One of those games he rushed for a touchdown, which 170 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: is which is out of the ordinary, and then the 171 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: other game me through the ball sixty eight times. The 172 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: good news is he's got the Falcons this week, right, 173 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: right game, but hopefully from from and hey, I can 174 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: start golf with at least some level of confidence, and 175 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: I can start Robert Woods every week to nineteen. Both 176 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: of those players now, even Brandon Cooks matchup based starters. 177 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's sort of where we are. By the way, 178 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: the I guess one side note on this, uh, the 179 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: first rushing touchdown of the season, scored against the forty 180 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: niners was by Robert Woods. Weird, weird, but okay, things 181 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: we thought we would know, I thought we would never say, so, yes, 182 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: I guess there was that part of it. Um, But yeah, 183 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: the as as fabs mentioned the next game against the 184 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: Falcons on the road in Atlanta next week, so you know, 185 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: we'll see what what happens with this often. Yeah, you know, 186 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: it's a weird day when Tyler Higgbee is the Rams 187 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: leading receiver. Yeah, they just could not do anything vertically 188 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: in this passing game at all. And it is because 189 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: off just I mean, well, and you talked about seventy 190 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: eight yards they're right, um, but yeah, I think he 191 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: had for the last couple of drives. I think going 192 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: about to about six five, six minutes into the fourth quarter. 193 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 1: Left in the fourth quarter, I should say he was 194 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: at thirty. So like more than half of those yards 195 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: came with the Rams sort of in desperation. Is goth 196 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: is not the same He's shook right now. I mean 197 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: there was a play where Generald Effort at the end 198 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: of the season, at the end of that game was 199 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: still twenty seven and Everett was streaking wide opening he 200 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: just straight up missed him, just missed them. Also, keep 201 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: in mind that the Niners defense has got Washington next week, 202 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: so it's not the Patriots defense. But this Niners defense 203 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: is impressive. And if you're looking for a defense and 204 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: they're on the waiver wire somehow, and they might be 205 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: I mean some competitive leagues, they might be, go out 206 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: and grab them. This week against Case Kingdom and that Redskins. 207 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: I would say do it just because I took a 208 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: early look and there aren't a lot of great streaming 209 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: defense options. A lot of the best matchups are with 210 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: defenses that are The Niners are owned in sixty leagues 211 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: on NFL dot Com. So there there, like the second 212 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: or third week in a row, we have not had 213 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: any good streamers. Yeah, it's it's Panthers d hit hard 214 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: Titans defense. Panthers. Panthers were a big hit boy. Jameis 215 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: went back to bad James this. Yeah. Ye. Other news, 216 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: Mari Cooper left the game on Sunday against the Jets 217 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: in the first quarter. He just had one catch for 218 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: three yards in that game. He has a thigh bruise. 219 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: Early indications well, actually there's no real early indications of 220 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: how long it's going to be. The Cowboys believe it. 221 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: It's not really serious, so they don't expect him to 222 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: miss any extended time. Uh, but he could miss sometime, 223 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: I guess. As the point there, and in facts it 224 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: comes in. They're playing the Eagles next week after what's 225 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: the fun Diggs did to him? Mean, this seemed like 226 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: an easy start for a Mari Cooper and he might 227 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: not be there this week. Just trying to depress me, 228 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: you know. I mean it's bad enough that the Cowboys 229 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: just lost to the Jets. I might get a different 230 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: team with Sam Donald, but I mean it's the Jets. 231 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: I mean that was depressing. Um, So Michael Gallup becomes 232 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: a must start if Cooper is out next week, all 233 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: though Gallup has sort of gotten at that point now 234 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: and um, Tavon Austin, anybody off the waiver wire four 235 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: teams on a by deeper league Cowboys didn't know? Yeah, 236 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: they didn't have played of the offensive snaps yesterday. Yeah, 237 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: they didn't have Randall Cobb. Yep, that's what I'm Yeah, 238 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: I mean, if Cobb is out again, Tavon Austin, I'm 239 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: just I'm just throwing it out there, you know, if 240 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: you're in a deep league. But and you know, more 241 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: disappointing to his Dak Right now, this offense is just 242 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: in shambles. I mean, Collins is out, Tyred Smith is out. 243 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: We've seen them have massive splits without tyr Tyrn Smith, 244 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: and now Dak is down his favorite target. Hopefully Cooper 245 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: gets back this week. Yeah, I mean he still had 246 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: eighteen points, but I didn't have a touchdown pass you know, 247 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: rush for a touchdown, thankfully for fantasy owners who were 248 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: actually started in. But I mean keep tabs on the 249 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: status of Cooper this week and Randall Cobb as well, 250 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: because this is a good matchup for the for the 251 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: passing game, right. Yeah. The concerned I have long term 252 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: here is Cooper was dealing with an He's been dealing 253 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: like an ankle issue over year, and now he's popped 254 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: up with this thigh, which we know can be like 255 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: I mean, it can be a week, a couple of 256 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: weeks injury, right right, So yeah, I mean keep an 257 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: eye on that because, like I said, the cow was 258 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: to this point haven't said a ton about how long 259 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: is it going to keep him out, but it definitely 260 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: wants to watch. Uh really awful news. Will this Lee 261 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: leave to have torn his achilles? The Seahawks did come 262 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: from behind to get a win against the Cleveland Browns, 263 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: but this Lee left that game fairly early. I mean, 264 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: someone tweeted to me last week Graham and I agree 265 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: that Fantasy Tighten is a dystopian hellscape right now, and 266 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: one of the few safe outposts that we seem to 267 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: have there is now gone to us. Yeah, I know 268 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: we got Hunter Henry back, and we'll talk about that 269 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: a little bit later. But uh, this this is big man, 270 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: because well this Lee had turned into a nice play 271 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: every week he he did, and and you know he 272 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: was super involved in close when Seattle Seahawks got into 273 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: the red zone, he we could rely on him getting 274 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: consistent red zone targets. And now the Seahawks are going 275 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: to try and fill that void with with Luke Wilson 276 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: and Jacob pollist or um. So good luck with that. Yeah, 277 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: we can we cannot rely on to see buck title. 278 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: We can't have nice things at the tight end position 279 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: this season. I mean, if you think about it, like 280 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: Kills had two big games in a row. I mean, 281 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey has kind of been the year hurts. I mean, 282 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: we thought Arts was going to have a big game. 283 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: He didn't have. Hardly Dallas Goddard was better than him 284 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: from a fantasy perspective. Um, the tight end position is 285 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it's brutal this season unless you were lucky 286 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: enough to get a Waller or a Hooper. I mean, 287 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: but even though a lot of those guys you sort 288 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: of fell into right, like no doubt the dudes that 289 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: you drafted to be prominent parts of your starting lineup, 290 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: a lot of them are not. While there was a 291 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: last rum pick, yeah, waiver wire pick up, Whishley, Whishley, 292 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: I did that last Dishley also was a waiver wire pickup, right, 293 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: I mean, so Hooper was a late rounder. On the 294 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: flip side, George Kittles put together back to back solid games, 295 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: so maybe starting to wake up a little. Marcus is 296 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: so in. I can't wait when we are You're gonna 297 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: start breaking out this Yeah. See, no, I'm not gonna 298 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: do because I just know it's gonna get my heart 299 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: broken late in the year. So I'm not. You guys 300 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,119 Speaker 1: are gonna win the red Skins. I mean, come on, dude, 301 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: like you guys are gonna beat them up there, so 302 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna be undefeated through seven weeks. A trap Niners 303 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: in a great spot NC, I mean they really are. 304 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: I mean, right now, it's it's Saints Niners and uh, 305 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: this is this is this game is totally a trap game. 306 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: This week. Absolutely, they go on the road, they beat 307 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: up on the Rams. I do appreciate your whole reverse 308 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: jink psychology thing going on here, man, guys are gonna coplink. 309 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: I've been through this too many times. All Right, there 310 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: you go. That's pretty much everything you need to know. Alright. 311 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: Wrapping up Week six, the first thing I actually wanted 312 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: to talk about was some some quarterbacks, because there were 313 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: some some things happening at the quarterback position this past week. 314 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: The first one, uh, is Sam Donald was back, and 315 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: it's not you know, obviously Donald came in, he played well, 316 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: and he's the guy that is sort of a fringe, uh, 317 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: fringe starter I think in twelve team leagues a lot 318 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: of times. But the bigger thing is Graham having Sam 319 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: Donald back. Obviously, we saw Robby Anderson come back into 320 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: our lives, right, Jamison Crowder suddenly. I mean, Levian didn't 321 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: have a huge game, but you gotta believe this helps 322 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: him too. So now all those Jets assets that people 323 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: were just sitting on for weeks, now it's sounds like 324 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: you can break them out and actually use them definitely. 325 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: I mean Donald immediately opened up this passing offense deep downfield. 326 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: Levia Bell gets his first rushing touchdown right when Donald returns. 327 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: No surprise there either. I mean Donald on the field 328 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: obviously is going to increase the opportunities that Jets have 329 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: to score. And and overall, I thought this offense looked 330 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: really freaking good. I mean, Donald misses all this time 331 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: and and uh and probably doesn't have the same amount 332 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: of practice reps that we would normally get for him. 333 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: And you know, I get the you know, a couple 334 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: of weeks off probably helps healthwise, but still, I mean, 335 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: this offense really looked phenomenal yesterday against a good Dallas defense. 336 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: That Dallas defense is definitely not one that's um, you know, 337 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: we're not usually expecting big performances against this team. Yeah, 338 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: and and Donald is out there on the waiver wire 339 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: in a lot of leagues. And just to give you 340 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: a little heads up, the Jets have the sixth easiest 341 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: schedule among quarterbacks for the rest of the season. And 342 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: they go through a stretch where he's got Miami Giants, Redskins, Raiders, Bengals, Dolphins. Yeah, 343 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: it's up, it's a little precarious. Next week they play 344 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: the Patriots on money, then he got a roadie at Jacksonville, 345 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: and then that's when it really opens up for them. 346 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, um, so yeah, this that's good news right 347 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: uh down to Tennessee, Marcus Mariotte got benched, which, by 348 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: the way, I tweeted this yesterday too. So between Mariotta 349 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: getting benched, Jameis Winston just completely imploding over in London 350 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: with six total turnovers, five picks, one fumble. Um. I mean, 351 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: those two guys are really kind of the last vestiges 352 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: of the back draft class that are just hanging on 353 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: in this league. I mean, I know, like Trevor Simeons 354 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: still hanging around somewhere as a backup. Uh, but that 355 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: draft class is just completely washing out from the quarterbacks. 356 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: The correct answer for for Mariota versus Winston was just no, no, neither. Um. 357 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: So Mariota gets benched. Ryan's Hannehill comes in to take 358 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: over the quarterback spot, moves the ball a little bit 359 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: with with the Titans kind of near the end of 360 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: that game. Uh, now VABs the The quarterback spot in 361 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: Tennessee is sort of up in the air right now. 362 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 1: I mean, do we have a preference of which guy 363 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: makes this offense? I mean, are we just like, let's 364 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: just hand the keys to Tannehill because it can't be 365 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: any worse than it was with Mariota or what? Honestly, man, 366 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean from a fantasy perspective, I 367 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: guess I'd rather have Mariotta in there. But neither one 368 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: of these guys is going to be fantasy viable. I mean, 369 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: look at Tennessee's pass catchers since that game against Atlanta. 370 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: I mean, A. J. Brown's done next to nothing, had 371 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: that one touchdown, Corey Davis has disappeared to Lanny Walker 372 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: has and it and it stinks because he's a tight 373 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: end one in a lot of rosters because of the 374 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: thinness of that position. He's been dreadful for about three weeks. 375 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: And then when I mean Derrick Henry goes up against 376 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: the Broncos and you're thinking this is a good spot 377 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: for him to put up a big number, and he 378 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: absolutely bombs in that game. This Titan's offense is suddenly 379 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 1: well a waste land for lack of a better term. Yeah, 380 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: it's just Derrick Henry. I think every week right now, you, 381 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: I mean, I kind of think Ryan Tannehill is the 382 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: better player than Marcus Mariota. I don't know if that's 383 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: just because, like Mariota is more versatile, so maybe he 384 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: can get me some rushing yards. I just I'm not 385 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: I'm not into Tannehill, man, I don't know, I'm not 386 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: into Tannehill. I mean, who is at this point? But 387 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: like Mariota at this point, he just takes so many 388 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: sacks and he's just so limited and doesn't I mean, 389 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: Mariota is basically like a low rent Alex Smith at 390 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: this point. And that's like, I mean, that's not wrong. 391 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: That's where we're at, that's where we're with him. I mean, 392 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: it's just it least Tannehill hasn't had the opportunity to start, 393 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: and I guess he's like the mystery box. But I 394 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: think that I think I think that's probably the bigger 395 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: point here, right, is that at this point we've seen 396 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: all we need to see out of Marcus Mary exactly. 397 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: We know what he is, right, and so like, I 398 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: don't know, let's let's try something else, right, And I 399 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: think that's sort of the point here. I mean, so 400 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, as somebody who took some late 401 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: round shots at A J. Brown in a couple of leagues, like, 402 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: you know, let's let's see what Tannehill do. Maybe I 403 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: think that's ultimately what's gonna happen right now. I think 404 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: so too. I I don't I don't know that that. 405 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: Uh Tannehill is sort of going to fall behind Mariotta 406 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: at least for the next week. Why not. I mean 407 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: that offense is dreadful right now, so make a switch 408 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: and see if you can get a spark. And uh, 409 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: they get to play the same Chargers who couldn't stop 410 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: Devlin Hodges. So so there's that part. Uh. The other 411 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: big quarterback news from the week, Ryan Fitzpatrick ended up 412 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: coming into the game in what many people were calling 413 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: the toilet Bowl between Miami and Washington. He took over 414 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: for Josh Rosen in the fourth quarter, actually moved the 415 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: Dolphins got him. Look, they had a two point conversion 416 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: opportunity with a chance to win. Just clanked it. Um 417 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: and that was kind of the end of that. Now, 418 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: after the game, Brian Flores says that Josh Rosen is 419 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: still the starter, and from a developmental standpoint for a 420 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: team that's not going anywhere, uh, that makes sense. But 421 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: in terms of trying to I don't know, get keep 422 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: guys like Preston Williams relevant, keep Devonte Parker going again, Um, 423 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe maybe do we want fits magic. 424 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: I'd rather I'd rather from a fantasy standpoint, I'd rather 425 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: have Fitzpatrick. I I agree to, but at this point 426 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: I really just don't even know if it matters too much. 427 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: Josh Josh Rosen yesterday barely through the ball past the 428 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. His air yards per past attempt yesterday 429 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: was to two yards. That was it. That's not good. 430 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: How do you do that? I mean he just dumped 431 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: off to Mark Walling and drink all these guys. Speaking 432 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: of Drake, it's over, man, Is it time to just 433 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: cut him? It's over. He's the I mean, four teams 434 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: off by mcgeddon, you know, coming around the corner caught him. League. 435 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: I think you could probably cut him sensingly. You definitely 436 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: get rid of him. I mean, he's just he's basically 437 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: just a roster clock. It happened. I mean, he was 438 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: a top twenty running back last season and now not 439 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: that into you know, my goodness, Kenyan Drake is talented. 440 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: It's just the Dolphins are in full on evaluation. But 441 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: you know, Mark Walton got the majority of the work 442 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: and that started start started the game, got a lot 443 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: of work in the first quarter. Kaitlin Blage was getting 444 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: the work down near the goal line. He got a 445 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 1: couple of goal lines. That's a little end around. I mean, 446 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: you want to talk about just an absolute trash bag 447 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: a backfield committee in Miami thank you for nothing. I mean, 448 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: it's yeah. And here's the I think Drake actually had 449 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: the most touch and he had six team touches, had 450 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: seventy yards um. But the fact that, you know, while 451 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: he was having a fairly decent day, that they still 452 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: wouldn't just load him up with opportunities says that they're 453 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: not gonna the Dolphins. They're just their their touchdown expectation 454 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: every single week. Is like like basically now when it 455 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: dude is that talented and teams still won't use him 456 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: in a bigger role. Something behind the scenes, there's something 457 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: there's all right there. I'm wondering if there's something else 458 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: about Kenyan Drake that we just don't know about and 459 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: it's just not working out. But alright, so fits magic 460 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: probably not going to see the field except in emergency. 461 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: He's sort of the you know, great glass in case 462 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: of emergency. We're trying to point here is why is why? 463 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: Is my know? Miami came out and said this past 464 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: week that We're going to start stick with Rosen He's 465 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: our starter, and then you know, immediately in the middle 466 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: of the third quarter, you're in a somewhat competitive game, 467 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: you pull him, right, Okay, yeah, I mean, as somebody 468 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: mentioned on Twitter, it's like, I mean, it's not exactly 469 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: as if this this tanking thing has been completely well 470 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: thought out. So you are all right, So this is 471 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: where I somehow lapsed into bohemian raps. And while I 472 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: was running this, writing this rundown yesterday, guys that I 473 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: looked at who had big weeks. We've had maybe a 474 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: couple of big weeks in a row, um, and you're wondering, 475 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: is this is this the real life? Is this actually 476 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: going to be what we expect from these guys, or 477 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: you know, is it just kind of a smoke screen. 478 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: The first one is Kyler Murray, who you know, to 479 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: this point in the season had sort of been he'd 480 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: been okay, he hadn't necessarily been gangbusters, but he certainly 481 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: hadn't been a disaster. I mean, he's given you sixteen 482 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 1: points in every single game, but the last two weeks 483 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: against Cincinnati twenty eight against a bad Falcons defense, and 484 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: next week he's on the road against the Giants. Um, 485 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: I mean, fans, I know you were not that you 486 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: were alone, but you loved Kyler Murray coming into this season. 487 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: I mean, has he started to turn the corners. He's 488 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: still kind of a matchup based now I think he's 489 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: starting to turn the corner. Man. I mean, you look 490 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: at the numbers that this kid's putting up plus and 491 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: two straight games. Got the Giants, as you mentioned, then 492 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: he's got the Saints. That Saints defense. Now, I mean 493 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: I get it that, like the numbers look like it's 494 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: a favorable matchup, it's not. It's not. And then he's 495 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: got the Niners, but he's got Tampa Bay. He's got 496 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: Niners in two of three weeks from week nine to eleven. 497 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: So that's gonna be a spot where you're probably gonna 498 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: be looking at fade him. But every week, I just 499 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: feel like he's getting better and better. And you know, 500 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: like I said, I mean, Patrick Mahomes is the only 501 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: quarterback who's basically not a matchup based option. You're gonna 502 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: play the matchups with just about every quarterback and the 503 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: league at this point. But um, I like the confidence. 504 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: I like that he's looking downfield a little bit more. 505 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: He's giving you, you know, thirty four rushing yards per game. 506 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: This is why I liked Kyler Murray. This is the 507 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: two things here. I think Murray's finally hitting his ceiling. 508 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: We saw in the first two games only have three 509 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: cars in both games. But now they're starting to get him, 510 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: involve him more design plays as a runner, and he's 511 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: starting to scramble and get outside of the pocket more, 512 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: which is fantastic. And also Arizona is kicking so much. 513 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: They get the ball inside, they get the ball inside 514 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: of the ten fifteen yard line a ton, and they 515 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: just have not been able to convert a lot of 516 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: those opportunities into touchdowns. And once that starts, aggressing back 517 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: towards touchdowns over field goals. And maybe Cliff Kingsburn needs 518 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: to be a little more aggressive with the play calling. 519 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure what it is, but by and large, 520 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,040 Speaker 1: I mean Kyler Murray has been a fantastic quarterback for 521 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: Fantasy so far, and over the last two weeks, guys, 522 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: he always he's only taken one sack one. I mean, 523 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: I get the Bengals and the Falcons and they're getting 524 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: the ball out quick and those front Seven's aren't fantastic, 525 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: but the added dimension with him as a runner, I 526 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: think is really going to help protect him over the 527 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: long run, because these defenses can't just pin their ears 528 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: back and just it just blitz. What's its ability to 529 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: run and he knows when to run to like he's 530 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: actually kind of smart about it. He doesn't, you know, 531 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: he will stand in there and try to make throws. 532 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: He's not gonna just take off at the first sign 533 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: of pressure. But he also when he decides to run, 534 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: he's decisive about it and he will get out and 535 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: you know, I guess being a former baseball player, he 536 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: knows how to slide. Good for you. Uh, Stefon Diggs, 537 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: who had look, you could have expected he would have 538 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 1: a decent game against the Eagles secondary. I don't think 539 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: anybody expected the blow up game with like a buck 540 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: sixty and three touchdowns whatever it was. Honestly could have 541 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: had another one, probably could have. It's weird because he 542 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: had the huge especially in the first half. He did 543 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: a whole lot of damage. In the first half, they 544 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: started randomly dropping passes, and the second half it was 545 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: almost like his hands got tired or something. I don't know. 546 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: Um live up to that commercial from last year. No, 547 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: he's not everything seven and three touchdown. Yeah, I mean, 548 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: so one Graham, is this the time to sort of 549 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: maybe try to trade him away? Or is this like 550 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: or has has the the complaints of the wide receivers 551 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: fallen upon, you know, Willing Ears and Kirk Cousins and 552 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: they're actually gonna start throwing him the ball now. I 553 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 1: think it's a little bit of both. I think Stefon 554 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 1: Dix is probably I think pretty much everyone who has 555 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 1: had them in their in his league, your leagues this year, 556 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: you're gonna try to trade Digs away this week. But 557 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: I do think at the same time, the Vikings now 558 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: know that they cannot go into every game and just 559 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: pound the rock, try to pound the rock forty times 560 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 1: per game. Like they're gonna have to unleash Kirk Cousins 561 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: a little bit downfield. And they've had two great matchups 562 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 1: to do that, right against the Giants and Eagles, And 563 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: it honestly continues here the Lions secondary. No, Darris Slay 564 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: is a very good corner, but they get the Lions, 565 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: Redskins and Chiefs over the next three weeks. So I mean, 566 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: I think we probably saw Dick's best game of the year, 567 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: his his biggest ceiling um. But you know, the matchups 568 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks are definitely pretty ripe too. Yeah, 569 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: you know, I know that a lot of folks. It's 570 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,959 Speaker 1: funny because I do my normal Monday moaning on on Twitter, 571 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: and I'm sure Dix was to no one's surprised. I 572 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: get a lot of I've bench stuff on Diggs this week, which, look, 573 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: I get it. Um matchup was right. The match up 574 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: was right. But you know, people get scared, especially after 575 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: somebody lets you down a lot. That's the thing though, 576 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: in most leagues, in like ten or twelve team leagues, 577 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: you probably only have three spots to start digs in 578 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: to receiver spots and flex and most likely had three 579 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: better receiver plays over him potentially. Actually, uh yeah again, 580 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: one sixties seven and three touchdowns. You're not You're not 581 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: prepared for at all. Devonte Freeman has sort of come 582 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: back into our lives. I did a quick check last night. 583 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: He is on pace to set a career high in 584 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: receptions right now. He's on pace for seventy nine catches, 585 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: which would be the most he's ever had in a season. Um, 586 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: And in fact, I think, like you know, he was 587 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: a guy who was menna be a late second early 588 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: third round pick in a lot of leagues. We expected 589 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: him to do more as a runner. That hasn't really happened. Um, 590 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: but maybe this is a blessing in disguise because they're 591 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: actually using him as a pass catcher. So with most 592 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,719 Speaker 1: leagues being PPR leagues, this actually ends up maybe being 593 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: a better deal for him. I mean, you look at 594 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: his rushing totals. He hasn't had more than eighty eight 595 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: yards in a game and in four games he had 596 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: thirty or fewer. So he's making up for that lack 597 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: of success on the ground. And part of it has 598 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: to do with the fact that Atlanta's offensive line has 599 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: got question marks. They've been playing from behind and Matt 600 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: Ryan is on pace to throw the football over seven 601 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: hundred times. So being a great pass catcher as we 602 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: know DeVonta Freeman has been in his career has done 603 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: nothing but and help his value in an otherwise bad 604 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: situation for a running back. So, um, I mean, you're 605 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: looking at eighteen plus points in three straight games and 606 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: a guy who now has has gone from do I 607 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: play him to Okay, I'm on board in PPR leagues, 608 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: he's an RB two. Yeah. I think if if anybody 609 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: has benefited most from Matt Ryan's nearly you know, like 610 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: you mentioned seven hunder past attempt pace, it's Austin Hooper 611 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: and DeVonta Freeman. I mean Freeman. We've talked about a 612 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: few weeks like Falcons haven't been able to run the 613 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,959 Speaker 1: ball because they've just been trailing so much and they 614 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: get behind so quickly they can't really do too much 615 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: but throw to catch up. But Freeman, I think, has 616 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: looked like the same player and they've gotten super involved 617 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: in the past game. This past week, he really opened 618 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: up the gap between him and Edo Smith in terms 619 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: of their snapshare. That touches. Uh. He's pretty clearly their 620 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: lead guy. Now, uh, quick update this coming from Ralph 621 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,959 Speaker 1: Acciano uh in New York that the se Kwon Barkley 622 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: has a chance to play this week. I would think so. Yeah, 623 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,239 Speaker 1: Barkley and Evan Ingram have a chance to play this 624 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: week for the Giant Sterling Shepherd still a long shot 625 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: to play. Um, well, we know if we all know 626 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: if Evan's gonna play, because I look at his lineup 627 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: right exactly the whole whole tweet. Se Kwan Barkley, Wayne Gallman, 628 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: Evan Ingram, Sterling Shepherd all took part of individual drills 629 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: during the Giants light proctice. Today, Shepherd a long shot 630 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: to play Sunday. Barkley and Evan and uh Buckley and 631 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: Ingram have a chance to play, so, uh, look, one 632 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: that will definitely help Daniel Jones. But all these guys 633 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: that you know, you had to kind of make contingency 634 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: plans for last week, and I mean they're playing the Cardinals, 635 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: have an Ingram could go for a hundred fifths, could 636 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: be another potential high scoring game there on that one, uh, 637 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: last guy that re emerged back into our lives, and 638 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that this is actually real life. Hunter Henry 639 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: hundred yards a pair of touchdowns in his first game 640 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: back after sitting out with a fractured kneecap um. I mean, 641 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: obviously a hundred and two touchdowns. You're not gonna expect 642 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: that every single week. But Graham and we talked, we've 643 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: talked at nauseam about the tight end position, So like, please, 644 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: please please, can this actually be a real thing with 645 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: Hunter Henry? Yes, we needed, we need at this point, 646 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: especially losing dis Lee. Uh yeah, I mean Hunter Henry 647 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: has been Every single time we've seen Hunter Henry play 648 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: a near full time role, he has been fantastic and 649 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: and right now I think this is an opportune time 650 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: to go raid for Hunter Henry in your fantasy leagues 651 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: if you can. I know, Tighten Braham, we have a conversation. 652 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: We do need to talk. But no, I mean, how 653 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: how awesome is it? I mean he misses five you know, 654 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: basically five weeks comes right back, doesn't play a full 655 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: time role just yet, but he gets it just a 656 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: ton of targets and is basically their main you know, 657 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: their main focal point on offense. Yeah, it's the Mike Williams. 658 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: He led the charge with nine targets. Henry had eight, 659 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: you know. Uh so yeah, um, he came at the 660 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: right time, that's for sure, because the position needs some 661 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: I mean Hunter Henry when he's played over the last 662 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: couple of years, he has been like a top five 663 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: tight end and all of the efficiency metrics yards per route, 664 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: run catch rate, average depth of target. I mean they 665 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: target him so far down field for a tight end relatively, 666 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: it's he is just a ton upside and and you know, 667 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: part of the healthy part of the reason I loved 668 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: him this year was like this was also his first 669 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: year without Antonio Gates there, you know, like this was 670 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: this was his job. Uh, and then he got hurt. 671 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: So hopefully now he's back. I mean, everybody in industry 672 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: loved Hunter Henry. It's all a matter of him staying 673 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: on the field room staying on the field. So all right, 674 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: so those guys, so that was Is this the real 675 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: life now? Of course the next line is is this 676 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: just fantasy? This is where I'm mostly like trying to 677 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: hope that things get better for for these guys on 678 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: this list here, because things have not been great recently. 679 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: In the first one, I mean, we're staying on that 680 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: charger theme. We're gonna this will be charger heavy here. 681 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: Let's just say that, um, Keenan Allen, who uh I 682 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: told somebody last week that, hey, you know, I know 683 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. It wasn't great. He gave you eighteen yards. Uh, 684 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: you know, just hang with him, right, because it can't 685 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: get me worse than that, which I was right, he 686 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: had thirty three yards, so it was not worse. It 687 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: was better, not great, but better. But so now the 688 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: last three games forty eight yards against the Dolphins, eighteen 689 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: yards against the Broncos, thirty three yards against the Steelers. Um, 690 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: and its sector a guy who bawled out the first 691 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 1: three weeks. UM. I mean, I don't fabs, I don't 692 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: have an explanation for why this is happening, and I 693 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: don't know, Like I'm this is guy You're gonna keep 694 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: putting him in your lineup because the ceiling is so high. 695 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: But man, it's it's just it's it's paffling, right. This 696 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: one was a kick in the pills because the Steelers 697 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: had been awful against slot receivers and you know, we 698 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: joked about last year how they tried to cover them 699 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: with linebackers, and uh, this one hurt because the matchup 700 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: was so right for him to put up a big line. 701 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: You know, Philip Rivers targeted Allen, you know, behind Mike 702 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: Williams and Hunter Henry in this contest. And this was 703 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: a game where Keenan Allen should have put up a 704 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 1: good line. He didn't. As you mentioned, this is three 705 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: games in a row where he has put up stinkers. 706 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: You've got Tennessee up next. Their defense is pretty tough. 707 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: But I mean, I think for me, this is one 708 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: of those scenarios where I try and buy low on 709 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: him because this is this is the floor here, and 710 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: he's going to get up off that floor sooner rather 711 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: than later. So this week we can maybe right off 712 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: just as a bad game. Haven't had a chance to 713 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: go back and rewatch see what the Steelers did coverage wise. 714 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: But Week five against the Broncos got Chris Harris blare 715 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: and then week four they played they played the Dolphins, 716 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: and I mean basically they just got out of head 717 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: real quick and they didn't have to throw a ton 718 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: in the second half to to keep Keen announced floor alive. 719 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: He still had five, you know, five catches forty eight yards. 720 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: Didn't absolutely kill you that week. But yeah, the last 721 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: two weeks have just been brutal, five six and six 722 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 1: targets after seeing double digit in every single game before that. 723 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: So the schedule looking forward now though FABS mentioned that 724 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: the Titans they're on the road at Tennessee next week, 725 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 1: then they're on the road against the Bears. Then they've 726 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: got the Packers, which side note that's their next home 727 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: game and you thought, you know, the Steelers fans took 728 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: over down there in Carson until the cheese Heads get 729 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 1: their Packer fans are just as as faithful and traveled 730 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: just as well. Uh, So there could be a whole 731 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,360 Speaker 1: lot of greeting. He does have the ninth toughest schedule 732 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 1: among wide receivers. Are the Chargers do as right? Um? 733 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: So again, like this is a guy that that just 734 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,959 Speaker 1: because the ceiling is so high, you're you're probably gonna 735 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 1: put him in your lineup. But it has been a drought. 736 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: Hopefully things will get better. Uh Speaking of droughts, his 737 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: teammate Melvin Gordon, who sat out, was holding out for 738 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,720 Speaker 1: the first part of the season. This was his second 739 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: week back. Um, and I don't know, Week two was 740 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: in a whole lot better than week one for Melvin 741 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,720 Speaker 1: Gordon coming back in here, I mean Graham. I watched 742 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: them and they're they're obviously trying to force feed him 743 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: to get him going. And one it's not really working 744 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: because certainly, you know they've had their injuries along the 745 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: offensive line that's been bad. But then on top of it, 746 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: when you fall behind like they did last night, it 747 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: gets even harder to try to run the football um 748 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: and in the meantime, it's sort of sort of messing 749 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: up Austin Neckler's production as well. I mean, I don't 750 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,320 Speaker 1: know what the Chargers do. I mean, do we expect 751 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,800 Speaker 1: better things on I Melvin Gordon? Well, last night we 752 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: saw Melvin Gordon the snaps that was up from percent 753 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: the week before, and I think this is what what 754 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,760 Speaker 1: kind of we should come to expect on this Chargers 755 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: backfield is some sort of fifty five sixty split between 756 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,239 Speaker 1: these two guys. And when that happens, I mean this, 757 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: you're going to have games like this where where mel 758 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 1: Gordon takes the lead in terms of carries, but you know, 759 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 1: Ekeler was still heavily involved in passing. I saw four 760 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: targets and right now I just think on you know, 761 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: games where the Chargers struggle or get behind. Um, Melvin 762 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: Gordon is he's this is his floor now. I mean 763 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: he We're accustomed to him getting you a fifteen to 764 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: sixteen opportunities every week and he just does not have 765 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,239 Speaker 1: that same floor in years past, because honestly he doesn't. 766 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 1: I mean Austin Nikeler has deserved to take on a 767 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: bigger role. I mean absolutely he has with what he's done. 768 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 1: It's it's it's been outstanding. And now suddenly both guys 769 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: seem a little bit kind of contained with the way 770 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: this situation is, and so maybe things will get better. 771 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,720 Speaker 1: But again, we just kind of ran off the defense 772 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: as they have to face uh in the next few weeks. 773 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens there. All right, let's just 774 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:03,919 Speaker 1: get let's get get this juju thing out of the way. 775 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: Let's just get it out of the way here, right. Uh. Look, 776 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,080 Speaker 1: the first three weeks honestly weren't terrible for juju, right 777 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: number six, seventy eight, five eighty four eight one in 778 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: a touchdown. Since then, he did have the seven for 779 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: seventy five and a touchdown, although like one of them 780 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: was sort of like a you know, closure ese and 781 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: throw it and then he kind of turned it into 782 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: a big place sort of thing. Uh. And then this 783 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: week one catch seven yards. Um, I mean, fabs like 784 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: I want to believe some of it has to do 785 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: with the fact that they are starting a third string 786 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: quarterback and that after the buy, hopefully Mason Rudolph is 787 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: back and things get better. But it has been it 788 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: has been an absolute struggle the last look, even even 789 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: a game against Baltimore. I mean, it wasn't pretty. He 790 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: sort of got his, but it it was it was 791 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,440 Speaker 1: a slog. That's kind of what it's been for Juju. 792 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: I mean, is it is it as simple as saying, 793 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph sort of helped solve this problem. Mason Rudolph's 794 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: not helping us solve I mean, is it is it 795 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: better than having the third stringer in their Devil and Hodges? 796 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: I mean, of course, but everything that could go wrong 797 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: for Juju so far this season has gone wrong around him. Right, 798 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: You lose Roethlisberger for the season. They had a great 799 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: rapport and he was going to be Big Bend's number 800 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: one target. And then the Steelers went out and added 801 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,319 Speaker 1: Dante Moncreeve hoping that he could come in and make 802 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: an impact. They don't have a number two wide receiver. 803 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,680 Speaker 1: They don't have a reliable number two option right now, 804 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 1: um Vance McDonald has disappeared, Deante age. I mean, there's 805 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,919 Speaker 1: just there's nothing there. So defense is now even more 806 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: so can focus on stopping Smith, Schuster and the the 807 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: the Devil and Hodges situation makes it to the too. 808 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: I mean basically what I had mentioned a little bit earlier. 809 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: James Conner saw a ton at seven targets in that 810 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,680 Speaker 1: game because Hot just just just a little bit of right, 811 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,439 Speaker 1: just a little bit of dump pass. That's all he did. 812 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,319 Speaker 1: Everything was short stuff, and Juju is a guy who 813 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: can take the top off of defense, get the ball 814 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: in space, make a play. Hasn't happened for him. The 815 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,680 Speaker 1: biggest thing right now is the Steelers were the most 816 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: pass heavy team in the league last year, and Big 817 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: Big Ben was just throwing so much. This season, they 818 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: can't do that because one, obviously Big Ben's gone, but 819 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: now they've got Rudolph and Devlin Hodges who all they 820 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: can do is check down. All they do is all 821 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: they're doing is checking down to James Conner. We saw 822 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: their game plan a couple of weeks ago too, with 823 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 1: the James Conner Jalen Samuel's duo in the backfield. Obviously 824 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: can't do that anymore. But yeah, it's just a combination 825 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 1: of the Steelers not being able to to throw the 826 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,280 Speaker 1: ball as much as they did last year, and then also, 827 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,319 Speaker 1: I mean the quarterback connection is just significantly significantly worse. Yeah, 828 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't you can't throw in I mean 829 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,279 Speaker 1: even Rudolf as well, but you can't throw a guy 830 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: like Hodges in there and expect them to have some 831 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: kind of reporter with even the number one wide receiver. 832 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: It's just not gonna happen. And you know, we we 833 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,319 Speaker 1: you know, we've seen some success with like a guy 834 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,720 Speaker 1: like Ardner minshe you Kyle Allen, but you know the 835 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 1: devil and Hodges is a different his different situation. So 836 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: Juju has not seen ten targets in the game yet 837 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: this year. Not yet. Uh yeah, uh, And I don't 838 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: expect it to happen really anytime soon at this point though, 839 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,399 Speaker 1: in fact, right now, and I'm trying to go through 840 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,319 Speaker 1: and see if I can look this up. But he 841 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,360 Speaker 1: the targets are way down. Uh. And my guest, Graham, 842 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: is that the quality of the targets are also willing 843 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: to be significantly down. I don't have that information in 844 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: front of me, but it's pretty obvious to suggest that 845 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: that is the case with Juju. And I mean, if 846 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,360 Speaker 1: we had the knowledge of what was going to happen 847 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,759 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh back before it was time to do drafts, well, 848 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have taken Juju in the you know, yes, 849 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:52,120 Speaker 1: Juju Schuster would not have been round pick. He just 850 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't have. Yeah. Uh so yeah, there you go. Uh 851 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,560 Speaker 1: So we'll shift from Juju to his old college teammate 852 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,920 Speaker 1: Robert Woods, who, as I mentioned earlier, did score the 853 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,279 Speaker 1: first rushing touchdown that anyone has had against the forty 854 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,879 Speaker 1: Niner defense this year. By the way, side note, uh 855 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:08,879 Speaker 1: and I just had this. We were talking about how 856 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 1: how good the forty Niner defense has been this year, 857 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,560 Speaker 1: and of course now I closed it, but field Yates 858 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: just had a really interesting tweet about how the Niners 859 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,120 Speaker 1: have really shut down some top receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, 860 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,560 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Robert Woods, Cooper Cup and Brandon Woods. 861 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,800 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks combined against the forty Niners this season fourteen catches, 862 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,759 Speaker 1: a hundred and forty three yards in one touchdown. So 863 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: you're telling me to sit Terry McLain. So that's so, 864 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,319 Speaker 1: you know, good luck, good luck with that. Um. But 865 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,759 Speaker 1: Robert Woods, aside from you know, scoring that rushing touchdown yesterday, 866 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 1: that was it. He had four targets, no catches. Um, 867 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,080 Speaker 1: he just had the the two carries for sixteen yards 868 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: and a touchdown. And it has been you know, it 869 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,279 Speaker 1: has been up and down with him, Graham, and he 870 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,000 Speaker 1: had a good Week one, next two and three not 871 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,800 Speaker 1: so much huge Week four against the Buccaneers and then 872 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 1: since any sort of down again. I always figged coming 873 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: into the season that Cooper Cup was going to take 874 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,160 Speaker 1: a lot off Robert woods plate this year. Um, and 875 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,839 Speaker 1: I just I mean he really is as fas as mentioned, 876 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: I guess he's truly back to being a matchup based 877 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,799 Speaker 1: starter now at this point, right, Yeah, Robert Woods just 878 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,279 Speaker 1: his he's just ping ponged all over the place. He 879 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,120 Speaker 1: had a you know, fine started the season with eight 880 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,360 Speaker 1: to seventy, but then two bad games and you mentioned 881 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,440 Speaker 1: the huge blow up game against the Bucks. Obviously he 882 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: was the biggest casualty of this Jared Goff disaster game. 883 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,920 Speaker 1: I mean, Golf was under pressure on like of his 884 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,360 Speaker 1: drawbacks this past week that was pretty easily among the 885 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,839 Speaker 1: highest rates in the league this this past week. And yeah, 886 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,120 Speaker 1: I mean the Rams just once they get knocked off 887 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,600 Speaker 1: their script, and Golf gets knocked off their script, he 888 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,279 Speaker 1: can't make plays, you know, the second reaction plays, and 889 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,880 Speaker 1: it kills these receivers because you know, obviously there there, 890 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,720 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy to get free when you're facing second 891 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,120 Speaker 1: covered for five to six seconds. But if golf can't 892 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: make those plays to get outside the pocket and extend plays, 893 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't even really matter. Um, but yeah, this is 894 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,000 Speaker 1: this is the Rams offense. Now. You know, it's just 895 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,919 Speaker 1: a significantly I think significantly lower floor than than we've 896 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:06,360 Speaker 1: we've seen. So Graham is saying that, um, despite the uniform, 897 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:10,719 Speaker 1: we drafted the Bills Robert Woods this season rather than 898 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: the Ram this season. You know, I listen, man, it's 899 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:20,920 Speaker 1: it's not on him, but it's uh, maybe maybe not comparable, 900 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: but it just reminds me of like the whole you know, 901 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,120 Speaker 1: Eric Mangini when everyone was calling him man genius, when 902 00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,600 Speaker 1: I was saying and suddenly, you know, he leads the 903 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 1: team and every and then the next season it's like 904 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:36,799 Speaker 1: and McVeigh is, uh, I mean, well, I mean he's 905 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,239 Speaker 1: I had nothing against the guy's an offensive genius. He 906 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 1: got the Rams of the Super Bowl last season. But um, well, 907 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,160 Speaker 1: here's this is one of those scenarios where it's pretty 908 00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, it's pretty obvious one season to the next 909 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,560 Speaker 1: it's change. It's also you know your move, Sean right, 910 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,520 Speaker 1: Like he came out and he sort of changed things 911 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: and he forced defenses to kind of readjust what they 912 00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: were doing. Now they have sort of adjusted now. It 913 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,840 Speaker 1: also probably doesn't help that the Rams offensive line is 914 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:03,680 Speaker 1: not the same as it was, that Todd Gurley is 915 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: not quite the same player, but teams have figured out 916 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,160 Speaker 1: how to do stuff against this Ram So now John 917 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,160 Speaker 1: your move right, Like, what what do you do in 918 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: response to that? How do you scheme with the pieces 919 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,520 Speaker 1: you have in place to make this offense? You know, 920 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: one of the biggest things too, is Jared Goff coming. 921 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,960 Speaker 1: You know, mcphigh's talking to him the whole time he's 922 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,040 Speaker 1: going to the line of scratching, and that communication gets 923 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,040 Speaker 1: cut off and the defense can adjust in the final 924 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:28,040 Speaker 1: ten fifteen seconds and Goff has not had the answers. Yeah. Well, 925 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:29,719 Speaker 1: and that was the thing, you know, talking to William 926 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,000 Speaker 1: McGinnis last year kind of late in the season, and 927 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,880 Speaker 1: he mentioned that was sort of a thing defenses were 928 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 1: starting to do, is that they would just basically disguise 929 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,399 Speaker 1: what they were doing until that final fifteen seconds. Then 930 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,440 Speaker 1: they kind of show their cards and they forced Jared 931 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,920 Speaker 1: Goff to you know, make a decision, see see what 932 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 1: you can do, and the results have not been great. 933 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,000 Speaker 1: So they haven't been all right. So that's enough of that. 934 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,160 Speaker 1: That's enough sadness. There waiver wire, which does not have 935 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:57,920 Speaker 1: a bohemian rapsody theme to it. Sorry, uh uh. Some 936 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 1: guys out there on the waiver why who may or 937 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,880 Speaker 1: may not be available in your leagues. It is certainly 938 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 1: worth checking out. The first one is Hunter Henry. Obviously 939 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,320 Speaker 1: after the big game and knowing how we all desperately 940 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,400 Speaker 1: need tight ends. I'm hearing from a lot of you 941 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,759 Speaker 1: who lost will dis lee over the weekend, so I'm 942 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,319 Speaker 1: sure there will be a rush to at least look right. 943 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,239 Speaker 1: I mean, he may not be available in your league, 944 00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:18,839 Speaker 1: but it's at least worth a check to see if 945 00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,840 Speaker 1: he's out there. To put an acclaim for Hunter Henry 946 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,600 Speaker 1: this week. A couple of jets out there, Jamison Crowder, 947 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,080 Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson who we mentioned, who are back in our 948 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,880 Speaker 1: lives now that Sam donald Spleen is apparently it's super Charged. 949 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:35,920 Speaker 1: Apparently Mono. Maybe that's his his superhero origin story, right, 950 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,560 Speaker 1: like he had Mono and now he's going to be 951 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,359 Speaker 1: like a League MVP. Sam Donald's nervous system got super 952 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,399 Speaker 1: checking super charged by having Mono. Apparently he's great now. 953 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,600 Speaker 1: So that helps Jamison Crowder and Robbie Anderson. Uh, Crowder 954 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,719 Speaker 1: out there in a ton of leagues. Anderson maybe not 955 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: so much, but again it is worth a check to 956 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,600 Speaker 1: see if he's available in your league. Speaking of tight ends, 957 00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,680 Speaker 1: Ricky Seals Jones, I know it hasn't been great, but 958 00:46:57,719 --> 00:46:59,680 Speaker 1: he has. You know, he's got a couple of touchdowns 959 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,160 Speaker 1: this year year and uh, you know, he seems to 960 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,200 Speaker 1: be one of the few people that Baker Mayfield can 961 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,040 Speaker 1: connect with on a semi regular basis. That's probably a 962 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:10,040 Speaker 1: deeper league play, as is Mark Walton, who was a 963 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,880 Speaker 1: very deep league play. As we get into the bye weeks, 964 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,960 Speaker 1: and maybe you're hurting for running backs because what the 965 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,560 Speaker 1: Steelers are off, the Browns are off, I believe the 966 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,279 Speaker 1: Panthers are offers, so, uh, you're at least lose. You're 967 00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,520 Speaker 1: losing some some big running backs though in in those 968 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,640 Speaker 1: four teams there, so you may need some help there. 969 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,920 Speaker 1: So in deeper leagues, Mark Walton is uh, I guess 970 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,080 Speaker 1: the starter, Yeah, I gotta I got a few more 971 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,520 Speaker 1: to throw it. Donald, I mean He's a must add, 972 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,919 Speaker 1: especially with what that schedule looks like. Alexander Madison needs 973 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,960 Speaker 1: to be owned in all leagues. Curtis Samuel might be 974 00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,680 Speaker 1: floating around there in some leagues. On NFL dot Com, 975 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:48,000 Speaker 1: I think he's owned in fewer than Autumn Tate Chase Edmonds. 976 00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,440 Speaker 1: Make sure that you are trying to get your handcuffs 977 00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,399 Speaker 1: now for your studs. I've I've talked about Josh Allen. Dude, 978 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,680 Speaker 1: his schedule is just a cake walk for the next 979 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:02,040 Speaker 1: five weeks. Cold Beasley could be out there. And another 980 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,600 Speaker 1: thing too, And I mentioned this every single season, but 981 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,080 Speaker 1: you guys probably know this. On NFL dot com, if 982 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,839 Speaker 1: a team is on a by, you can pick up 983 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: those players even after the games have been played, as 984 00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,200 Speaker 1: long as the player you dropped was not in your 985 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,759 Speaker 1: starting lineup. So like last night, I picked up the 986 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,600 Speaker 1: Bills defense and dropped the player that was on my bench. 987 00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,720 Speaker 1: You can go out and do that and the Bills 988 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,160 Speaker 1: are great. Play this week against Miami. I mean, same 989 00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,439 Speaker 1: thing like Josh Allen. If you had a player that's 990 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: kind of like and on your hy on your on 991 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,000 Speaker 1: your bench and maybe they had a by last week 992 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,600 Speaker 1: or you didn't start them. You can go out, make 993 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,919 Speaker 1: the move now, beat the competition to the punch. Yeah, 994 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:40,680 Speaker 1: this is another really bad week for Waiver. While I 995 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,680 Speaker 1: actually you mentioned Josh Allen, I actually think he's probably 996 00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,480 Speaker 1: the top pick up this week is a bunch of 997 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,239 Speaker 1: leagues after after through the bye week, and I think 998 00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:50,879 Speaker 1: you've talked about how easy they're scheduled. Dude, it is. 999 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,080 Speaker 1: It is an abso cake walk. I mean, and Josh Allen, 1000 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:56,640 Speaker 1: like I've I've said it on the show before that 1001 00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,960 Speaker 1: I feel like he's the new Cam Newton and I 1002 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,040 Speaker 1: really feel like he is a I who can help 1003 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,320 Speaker 1: lead a lot of Fantasy owners to a playoff birth. 1004 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:08,720 Speaker 1: I mean, he's got Miami, Bhilly Washington, all in Buffalo, 1005 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,839 Speaker 1: then you got at Cleveland and then at Miami again, 1006 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,040 Speaker 1: and then it gets tough. They got Denver in week twelve. 1007 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:18,160 Speaker 1: So then you get into a scenario where the playoff 1008 00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:21,160 Speaker 1: schedule for Fantasy is not great, but Alan can help 1009 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,680 Speaker 1: get you there. Yeah. I think that's kind of the 1010 00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:25,400 Speaker 1: bigger thing right now, Like just let him get you 1011 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:26,880 Speaker 1: there and then you can figure out which he will 1012 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,600 Speaker 1: put up the points for you, figure out what you're 1013 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,200 Speaker 1: gonna do after after that happened. So uh so there 1014 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,920 Speaker 1: we go. That is it. We are done. We appreciate 1015 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:35,879 Speaker 1: you downloading and listening. As always, you know the drill. 1016 00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,280 Speaker 1: Tell two friends to tell two friends rate review and remember, 1017 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,080 Speaker 1: according to chemistry, alcohol is a solution. We'll see you 1018 00:49:41,160 --> 00:50:08,080 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. W I don't, don't all