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Speaker 1: Today an NFL Fantasy Live the Packers Falcons Monday. That

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Speaker 1: matchup was nothing short of a fantasy point frenzy. See

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Speaker 1: which superstars surprised us most and what it means for

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Speaker 1: Week four, team will tell you who's set the rebound

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Speaker 1: this week with a vengeance and all it takes is

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Speaker 1: one great waiver wire pick up to give you the

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Speaker 1: felt Fantasy Live starts now. Wow. Welcome to NFL Fantasy Live,

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Speaker 1: the official fantasy football show of the NFL. Matt money

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Speaker 1: Smith here with the Admiral akbar Aja bi Emila. We

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Speaker 1: We have big news out of Cleveland. Uh there to

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Speaker 1: what could be big news? Like bron James is already back,

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Speaker 1: so it's gotta be Johnny Manziel. There we go, Johnny Manziel.

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Speaker 1: The Browns are turning to rookie. Johnny Manziel is they're

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Speaker 1: to NFL networking in Rappabor. Fox Sports first reported the news.

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Speaker 1: Brown's current now former started Brian Lawyer, eight interceptions over

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Speaker 1: Do you dare slide Johnny football into your starting line

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Speaker 1: in the show, but for more NFL news, let's get

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Speaker 1: it over to NFL dot Com Fantasy editor Marcus Grant.

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Speaker 1: Thank you money. We start with some serious news developing

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Speaker 1: What a way to end Week fourteen and for many

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Speaker 1: Hi Molly, how's it going? One week's talk? Where I

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Speaker 1: the year. I feel that was directed at me. And

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Speaker 1: since we're gonna talking to keep it all about me,

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Speaker 1: somebody who's on my team in our NFL fantasy lively

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Speaker 1: joke Bell, what are we looking for this week? I

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Speaker 1: join Bell? He is the one guy who is in

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Speaker 1: the most consistent in the Detroit and backfield. And plus

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Speaker 1: if he can get lucky touches like that, I'm all

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Speaker 1: for it. But Reggie Bush has struggled. He has been

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Speaker 1: banged up as well. The o ritic was a non

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Speaker 1: factor last week. Joined Bell has four touchstant to see

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Speaker 1: that in the last two games. He's starting to break

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Speaker 1: loose and he's got another good matchup against the Vikings

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Speaker 1: run defense that struggled this year. I love that matchup

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Speaker 1: going up against the Viking, so I will make sure

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Speaker 1: that he is on my team. Marcus, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: The column is called Fantasy Breakdown. Make sure you're checking out.

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Speaker 1: We talked about Dolph Longgren, we talk about Tommy Morrison,

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Speaker 1: all the great Rocky villains and fighters. All Right, the

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Speaker 1: holiday season is in full swing. We hear an NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Live are in a giving mood, So up next

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Speaker 1: we're giving out our latest list of top waiver wire

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Speaker 1: targets for week fifteen. Stay tuned, it's time to hit

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Speaker 1: the waiver wire. Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by bos Matt Money Smith. Here, Marcus Grant, Adam Rank Akbara,

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Speaker 1: Bi Emilia it is not too late to focus on

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Speaker 1: players available on your waiver wire. People. Yes, it's the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but you can still improve that roster. Ackbar Get has

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Speaker 1: started well. You know since last year, I've been talking

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Speaker 1: about Latavius Murray. I'm huge on them. We know that

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Speaker 1: they had a big win, the Oakland Raiders against the

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Speaker 1: San Francisco forty Niners, and I think that success had

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Speaker 1: a lot to do with this man, Latavius Murray. His

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Speaker 1: ability to run the ball. He's a hard runner, going

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Speaker 1: back to his time at UCF when he was just

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Speaker 1: pounding the rock down there in Florida. But I think

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Speaker 1: that can carry over against the Kansas City Chiefs, and

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Speaker 1: that we know that they give up the sixth most

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Speaker 1: points to running back running backs right now, Ottavius Murray

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Speaker 1: strong style, I think this works for you if you

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Speaker 1: have a deficiency at the running back position in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Now you used to plural there. You're not big on

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, You're big on Lottavia's Murray, right, I'm big

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Speaker 1: and just want to make Marcus Charles Johnson wide receiver. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Charles Johnson has become a thing in the last few weeks.

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Speaker 1: He and Teddy Bridgewater seemed to have formed a connection

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Speaker 1: and we obviously are we all missed on Cordarol Patterson.

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Speaker 1: We thought this would be the year. It didn't happen.

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Speaker 1: Charles Johnson has step He's been very good. And you

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Speaker 1: see the two receiving touchdowns in the last few games,

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Speaker 1: but number could have been three. He fumbled up the

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Speaker 1: goal line last week and Jerome felt and recovered it

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Speaker 1: for a Minnesota touchdown. But regardless, Bridgewater is looking at

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Speaker 1: his direction a lot. He's big, good speed. It gets

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Speaker 1: down the field to see him taking the top off

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Speaker 1: the defense right there. He's a playmaker, no doubt. When

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Speaker 1: it comes to the waiver wire, if you can find

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Speaker 1: you a running back, boy, is that a happy day

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Speaker 1: at him rank? Yeah. Kirkwood Williams came out against the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and played very well. He took the majority of

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Speaker 1: the snaps, the majority of the touches, and even though

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Speaker 1: they've hinted at a running back by committee in Arizona,

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Speaker 1: it seems like Williams is gonna be the guy that

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Speaker 1: they're gonna lean on. The only thing, the only monkey

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Speaker 1: ranch that I gotta throw in here. They're going up

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Speaker 1: against St. Louis FC on win Are on Thursday, and

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Speaker 1: then they got Seattle the weekend. So you might want

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Speaker 1: to look at some other priorities on your waiver wire.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps what ire Ellington, you're comfortable going Kurwin Williams, are

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Speaker 1: you look at? Would be I would look at somebody

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Speaker 1: else if he's out there. A perfect transition. Akbar about

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Speaker 1: looking for Jonathan Stewarts still availabi in a whole message.

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Speaker 1: You better go, You better go get Jonathans tour right now.

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Speaker 1: Don't miss out on the opportunity, especially since they're going

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Speaker 1: up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They can't stop the run,

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Speaker 1: and they'm not going to be able to stop Jonathan Stewart.

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Speaker 1: What he did to the New Orleans Saints was a

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Speaker 1: prime example of how great not I don't want to

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Speaker 1: use the word great, that's probably overused, but how great

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Speaker 1: of an opportunity it is for you to advance in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I think he is going to have a

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Speaker 1: field day against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers like he did

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Speaker 1: against the Saints on Thursday night. Marcus, it wasn't Jazz Bryant,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't Terence Williams, was Cole Beasley. It was cold Beast,

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Speaker 1: and it's been cold Beasley for a couple of weeks now.

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Speaker 1: We even saw him in that Thanksgiving Day game. Even

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Speaker 1: though the Cowboys didn't play particularly well, Beasley was still

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Speaker 1: a part of it. This Bryant's gonna be fine. He'll

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Speaker 1: get his targets. But where Beasley steps in is the

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Speaker 1: fact that Terrence Williams has been m i a in

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Speaker 1: the Cowboy passing attack recently, and he's a guy that

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Speaker 1: I think it's been overlooked by defensive certainly, maybe he

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Speaker 1: gets a little more attention, but because he runs those

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Speaker 1: short underneath routes and has good speed once he gets

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Speaker 1: his hands on the football, there's an opportunity for him

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Speaker 1: to be maybe a third or fourth wide receiver for

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Speaker 1: you if you're in deeper league. A thinned out tight

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Speaker 1: end crop this season Adam Rain, but Jared Cook had

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Speaker 1: himself a game against the Redskins. He's been playing well

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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Sean Hill has targeted him

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Speaker 1: an awful lot, and he still continues to look for him.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy who can move the change. We always

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Speaker 1: talk about touchdowns. That's the main thing for tight ends.

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Speaker 1: If he can go out and get touchdowns. The views

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Speaker 1: you see right there, he's just running straight up the

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Speaker 1: middle untouched. He could go out there and make the

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Speaker 1: huge plays, go out there and get you a couple

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Speaker 1: of points. Now, he's got Arizona again on Thursday, not Wednesday, Thursday,

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Speaker 1: and he's got a great match up against him. Arizona

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Speaker 1: has historically been pretty bad against tight ends over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of years, so somebody could go a pickoff

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Speaker 1: plug and put him into your lineup. Big news coming

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Speaker 1: down today that Johnny Football Johnny Manziel will start for

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Speaker 1: the Browns versus the Bengals in week fifteen. And we

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Speaker 1: talked about this two weeks ago after we saw Johnny

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Speaker 1: get his first I should say it not extended action,

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Speaker 1: but a first little taste of what he's capable of doing,

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Speaker 1: and a course, it led to a rushing touchdown. It's

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Speaker 1: a no brainer to pick up Johnny Football off the

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Speaker 1: waiver wire, especially if you're having quarterback issues. Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: hasn't been great as of late. Colin Kaepernick has been

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Speaker 1: an absolute disaster as of late. And you see this.

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Speaker 1: The guy came in mid fourth quarter and piled up

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Speaker 1: nine nearly ten fantasy points. Yeah, I'm I'm tempted to

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Speaker 1: go pick him up and play. You talk about Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: I think it would be fun because I gotta go

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Speaker 1: up against fabs here. I think it would be the

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Speaker 1: guy to go up his little man crush, put him

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Speaker 1: in the lineup against him and see what happens. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I like that. If it's a great opportunity to take

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Speaker 1: lightning in a bottle and use it on your roster

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Speaker 1: to get that that boost that you need on your

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Speaker 1: fantasy team, I think that's what's gonna end up happening,

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Speaker 1: and you get this big announcement, this whole big build up.

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Speaker 1: Will Johnny Manzel play. I think he will rise to

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Speaker 1: the occasion, But that doesn't mean he doesn't have his deficiencies,

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Speaker 1: and he doesn't have deficiency in this game. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying or recommend that you play him over any your

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Speaker 1: big time quarterbacks. But if you're if you're one of

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Speaker 1: those guys that can come on, come on, come on,

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Speaker 1: absolutely No, that's I'm saying, come on absolutely Also sorry rank. Also,

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Speaker 1: remember you know Josh Gordon. We say this repeatedly. The

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Speaker 1: guy was able to produce regardless of who is throwing

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Speaker 1: him the football because he is such a talented receiver.

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Speaker 1: Guess he looks a little bit heavy right now and

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Speaker 1: he's still trying to get into game shape, but he

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Speaker 1: is a capable number one for Johnny Manziel to rely

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Speaker 1: on to try to get acclimated to starting in the

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Speaker 1: NFL for the first time. Yea, I'm gonna haven't rank

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Speaker 1: pretty high this but because a lot of times, when

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Speaker 1: these quarterbacks come in and you don't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of tape on them, that's when they can exploit some

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Speaker 1: of the weaknesses. It's two weeks down the road where

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Speaker 1: it has been in trouble. When NFL Fantasy Live returns,

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Speaker 1: who will be the top fantasy quarterback in two thousand

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Speaker 1: and fifteen, Maybe Johnny Football could there be a dark

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Speaker 1: horse in the running. Find out when our experts debate

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Speaker 1: next still to come on NFL Fantasy Live. If your

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Speaker 1: fantasy star gave you a scare last Sunday, you'll need

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Speaker 1: to forgive and forget. We'll tell you which Week fourteen

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Speaker 1: under performers are bound to bounce back. Watch we break

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Speaker 1: down the matchups and scare us most in Week fifteen,

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Speaker 1: Which frightful face offs will our experts say you may

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Speaker 1: want to avoid. And if your hopes for championship glory

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Speaker 1: came crashing down this past week, why not look ahead

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Speaker 1: and the next year's draft. See which fantasy superstar we

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Speaker 1: say is deserving of the first overall pick in two

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Speaker 1: thousand fifteen. Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Life, presented by

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Speaker 1: Bos Money, Here, bar Rank and Marcus at the desk.

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Speaker 1: Remember you can always hit us up with your Twitter

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Speaker 1: questions at NFL Fantasy. A lot of big time players

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Speaker 1: put up small time numbers in Week fourteen, for many

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Speaker 1: the first week of the playoffs. And here is a

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Speaker 1: look at who let you down? Man, you und to

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Speaker 1: Marius Thomas when your fantasy I mean you go through it.

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Speaker 1: The Shaw McCoy first round pick, paid many first round,

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham first round to Marius Thomas, perhaps borderline And yeah,

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Speaker 1: so I mean that is a lot of disappointment. So

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Speaker 1: let's get into which players will greig deem themselves after

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Speaker 1: last week. Rank you are you're not too worried about

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Speaker 1: the Marius Thomas against the Chargers. I'm not worried at all.

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Speaker 1: The Marius Thomas will return. He will come out and

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Speaker 1: have a great game against the San Diego Chargers this weekend.

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Speaker 1: And the big thing is, I don't want to pretend

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Speaker 1: that Peyton Manning is some fantasy enthusiast who really wants

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Speaker 1: to go out and reward us with a lot of

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Speaker 1: fantasy points. But he dies, But he does. But he

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Speaker 1: does want to keep his best receivers happy. He likes

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Speaker 1: to have a little bit of a correction when somebody

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Speaker 1: like this is overlooked. And there was a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks earlier in the season where Thomas was overlooked. Then

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Speaker 1: the over correction came. I feel with the playoffs looming,

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Speaker 1: a must win it's start of a must win game

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Speaker 1: down there in San Diego, that he's gonna look for him,

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Speaker 1: especially near the red zone. The Marius Thomas will score

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Speaker 1: a touchdown this week. Don't worry about it. He'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: And you survived last week with him getting you a point,

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Speaker 1: don't worry, He'll be fine this week. You're gonna start

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Speaker 1: Alfred Morris this week, Marcus. I'm going to start Alfred

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Speaker 1: Morris this weekend. I have championed him as your playoff hero,

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Speaker 1: the guy who's gonna help lead you to a championship

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Speaker 1: in Yes, it wasn't good last week, but now I'm

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Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. Oh sorry, thanks a lot. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: but you look, last week was the one massive in

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Speaker 1: the playoff run that I was concerned about against St. Louis.

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Speaker 1: But the rest of the schedule looks good. That several weeks.

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Speaker 1: He's got the Giants, he's got the Eagles, both of

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Speaker 1: whom have been very gracious to fantasy running back. So

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Speaker 1: this is a chance for Alfred Bores, especially with so

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Speaker 1: much turmoil at the quarterback position there in Washington, for

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Speaker 1: him to get a lot of carries and a lot

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Speaker 1: of products. Well, another first rounder that disappointed it last

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Speaker 1: week could not do it against the Seattle Seahawks. I

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Speaker 1: guess that's not all that biggest surprise Marla Shawn McCoy. Well,

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Speaker 1: and I still believe in Leashawn McCoy, and I think

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Speaker 1: that the offensive line has jailed better together. You saw

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Speaker 1: what La Shawn McCoy did against the Dallas Cowboys that

642
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving weekend, gave the nineteen fantasy points. I think he's

643
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Speaker 1: gonna do that again against the Dallas Cowboys. Look, you're

644
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Speaker 1: not gonna forget what he did against the Seahawks. These

645
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Speaker 1: guys were physical, they were thumper. At times, it looked

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Speaker 1: like Lashaw McCoy didn't want to be a part of

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Speaker 1: that physical game. But I say that to say that

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys not as physical as the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: He bounces back. Well. While it is not a big

650
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Speaker 1: time name, it is somebody that has giving you a

651
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Speaker 1: big time production as of late seven point seven. That's

652
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Speaker 1: five and that's doable. That's not a bad floor. But

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Speaker 1: if you were thinking about perhaps benching La Garrett Blunt

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Speaker 1: because he's in your flex position, or maybe an RB two,

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Speaker 1: don't There's no question that in that frigid weather at Foxboro,

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Speaker 1: Mill Belichick is going to hand and Josh M Daniels

657
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: that matter, going to hand him the ball an awful lot.

658
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: He is a load to bring down. And what you

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Speaker 1: saw the Baltimore Ravens with that trio of backs really

660
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Speaker 1: a lot of Bernard Pierce and Justin Forsett what they

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Speaker 1: did to that Miami defense. I suspect La Garrett Blunt

662
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Speaker 1: will be able to do just the same. Don't be nervous.

663
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Speaker 1: He's gonna get you at least double digit points this week.

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Speaker 1: Make sure he is there in your flex position. Let's

665
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Speaker 1: keep it going. Uh, how about Josh Gordon? There a bar.

666
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon is going to redeem himself. This is Hughes

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Speaker 1: new quarterback, the new quarterback with Johnny Menzel and we've

668
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Speaker 1: talked about this. It doesn't matter who the quarterback is.

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Speaker 1: Josh Gordon has been through this before. He's seen many

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Speaker 1: faces at the quarterback position. He's a talented young man.

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Speaker 1: Now there's been some question about his shape. Look, it

672
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: does take a little bit a little back into game shape.

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00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: Now he's not heavy, It just takes a little bit

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Speaker 1: to get into game shape. This will be his third

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Speaker 1: game back. He will be fine. He'll be playing at

676
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: an all time great Watch him put up big numbers

677
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: like he did when he came back with the two

678
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Speaker 1: one of your plus games. And you talk about his quarterback.

679
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: If you're Johnny, football, isn't the first order of business

680
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Speaker 1: to make sure you can get the ball to Joshua

681
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: did not? What do you want to show your coach? Like, Look,

682
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: I can get the ball into the hands of our

683
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: best playmaker. I will not be missing him on these routes.

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00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: I will not be overthrowing him. I will find ways

685
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 1: to get him the football, So I expect him to

686
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: have a monster. And the third thing about this is

687
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Speaker 1: chances are you went out and you stashed Josh Gordon

688
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Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks. Some people stashed him all

689
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: season long. Are you really going to sit this guy? Right?

690
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: You waiting for it for twelve weeks and now you're

691
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Speaker 1: gonna sit Josh Gordon. But I would also you know,

692
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: while we're watching that highlight reel or low light reel,

693
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: what did we see? We saw a lot of errand

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Speaker 1: throws by Brian Hoyer. I mean, the guy's got one

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00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: touchdown pass and his last twenty nine drives, he's got

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Speaker 1: six interceptions. That's why they made the switch at quarterback.

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00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: And with all that talent at Josh Gordon, you just

698
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: hope that it benefits Gordon because Manzelle will simply perform

699
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: that they gave him the opportunity Horrior he didn't produce.

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00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: It's now time for Johnny Manziel to step in there,

701
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Speaker 1: and I believe he will do well. Now. The only

702
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Speaker 1: thing that scares me when he comes to Josh Gordon's

703
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: production is his vision. Will he see ghosts and start running?

704
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Speaker 1: Because if he starts running and doing that Jenny Manzield stuff,

705
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, we'll see the production of

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Speaker 1: Josh Gordon goes down. But I'm betting on his arm.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to Jimmy Graham. You want to

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Speaker 1: talk about this somebody that was drafted high and no

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Speaker 1: r O I up to this point, or at least

710
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Speaker 1: for this last like four week period. You gotta start

711
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: him against the Bears, right, you got it? You know?

712
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Speaker 1: And I was very fortunate to advance in the fantasy

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Speaker 1: playoffs here on the show. And and it's because you know,

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Speaker 1: even though Jimmy Graham is, even though he's been off,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what we talked about. I can't remember.

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Speaker 1: Do we talk about it? Everybody? Yes? As you see

717
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Speaker 1: right there no touchdowns in three of his last four games.

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Speaker 1: But really, I look at this matchup against the Bears,

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Speaker 1: and I understand a lot of people point to the weather,

720
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Speaker 1: but you know what, I saw the Falcons go out

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Speaker 1: and prove something to me on Monday night that they

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Speaker 1: were able to go out there, deal with the weather

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Speaker 1: take advantage of Actually it was a really tough matching

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Speaker 1: for them. That Bears defense is not as good as

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Speaker 1: the pack there's at home. I'm I don't think I'm

726
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: telling tales out of school by saying that. So I

727
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: love this matchup, and again we're talking about Damarius Thomas

728
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Speaker 1: in the overcorrection. I feel that if Drew Brees wants

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Speaker 1: to advance in the playoffs and make some noise, he's

730
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Speaker 1: gotta get Jimmy Graham back on track. And I feel

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Speaker 1: that he's going to feed him in the ball an

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Speaker 1: awful lot this week. And Jimmy Graham has to give

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Speaker 1: Darius Heyward Bay his hands back. I don't know any

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Speaker 1: these fantasy stars are must start in the playoffs, but

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Speaker 1: our experts say Week fifteen matchups could be a cause

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Speaker 1: for concern for those gentlemen. Plus DeMarco Murray maybe the

743
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: top running back in Fantasy now, but should he be

744
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: the first pick in two thousand fifteen, we weigh in

745
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Speaker 1: on which back is worthy of the number one spot

746
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Speaker 1: next season. Thursday, Larry Fitzgerald and the first place Cardinals

747
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Speaker 1: take on the red hot Rams as the playoff chase

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Speaker 1: heats up. Thursday Night Football Cardinals Rams Thursday at eight

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Speaker 1: p m. Eastern Live on NFL Network. Cardinals at Rams

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Speaker 1: gets us started. Look right below that you want to

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Speaker 1: talk about fantasy production, Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, the top

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Speaker 1: two receivers in fantasy not to mention, two top eight

753
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks Matt Ryan, Ben Roethlisberger, and of course leaby On Bell.

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Speaker 1: Not to mention, how about that Monday night or we

755
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: just had a heck of a Monday night, or a

756
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Speaker 1: lot of fortunes shifted between the Packers and the Falcons

757
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Speaker 1: and likely to be the same when the Saints and

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Speaker 1: Bears get it going. And we welcome you back to

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live, the official fantasy football show of the NFL.

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Speaker 1: When in here with Rank and there's Akbar and Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: all the dudes. We just saw the schedule for week fifteen,

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about some matchups that scare you, things

763
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Speaker 1: you're worried about. Maybe eight players elite players that you're

764
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: a little nervous about starting well. For me, Peyton Manning,

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Speaker 1: and I know that's not a name that everybody wants

766
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: to hear, probably think that, oh, this is just a

767
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: thing that happened. But look, he's put out two bad games.

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Speaker 1: This last game against the Buffalo Bills was very, very scary,

769
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Speaker 1: and now he's going up against the San Diego Charges

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00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: and his record against the San Diego Charges, I hate

771
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: to tell you this, but doesn't do too well, especially

772
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Speaker 1: when he's playing against the Charges at their home. And

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00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: you look at over his career twenty eight touchdowns, twenty interceptions.

774
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things that you have to

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00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: be concerned about with Peyton Manning. This is a game

776
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: matchup that you may want to rethink, and it makes

777
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: me very nervous. Yeah. John Pagano, the defensive coordinator in

778
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: San Diego, always done a good job against Peyton. However,

779
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: that secondary is a bit decimated, so maybe a little

780
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: give little take there. Like you said, are you really

781
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: gonna sit Peyton? I mean, I guess if you got

782
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: Johnny Manzell and your bellyboy Marcus, you're nervous about Matthew Stafford.

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00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: I am nervous about Matthew Stafford. If I have joyke Bell,

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00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: I feel a little bit better because the Vikings have

785
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 1: really struggled to stop the run, but they've been very

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Speaker 1: good against quarterbacks and receivers. They did after the quarterback

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Speaker 1: with those guys up front, they get sacked and that

788
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: secondary is very, very good. And I worry about Stafford.

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00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: I know you they volume pass and that's part of

790
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: his appeal from a fantasy perspective, but he also throws interceptions,

791
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,399
Speaker 1: and this could be a game where he throws into

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00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,840
Speaker 1: the Purple jerseys more than you would like. You know,

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00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: there are are there are few guys maybe you start

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00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 1: in place of Matthew Stafford, but if you're forced there,

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00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: I'd be very worried about it. I am not starting

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00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace this week playing and simple I know he

797
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 1: was drafted. Is maybe a one or a wide receiver

798
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: two in a lot of leads. He has struggled as

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00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 1: of late. The big concern here is that they are

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00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: playing the Patriots at home. The Patriots are looking to

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Speaker 1: secure home field in the playoffs, and I am not

802
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 1: gonna put Ryan Tannehill up against Bill Belichick and Bill

803
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Speaker 1: Belichick led defense, especially with someone like Mike Wallace who

804
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: gets a lot of his points on deep routes developing.

805
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: So absolutely with the plant thora of rookie receivers to

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00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: choose from guys that are available. You mentioned Charles Johnson

807
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: a little early earlier on the waiver wire, I absolutely

808
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: go that route instead of Mike wall Us. A J.

809
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: Green is somebody who concerns me. This week he was

810
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: held to just twenty three receiving yards versus the Browns

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Speaker 1: of Week ten. So you look at this matchup and

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Speaker 1: you look at his history over the last couple of games,

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Speaker 1: he's really struggled against the Browns. Now, this is a

814
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: situation you talk about waiver wire guys, Do I go

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Speaker 1: pick up Dante Moncreef and start him over A J. Green.

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Speaker 1: I don't do that, But I've seen a lot of

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Speaker 1: questions on the social media, on the Twitter, a lot

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Speaker 1: of people who have elite options where they could have

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Speaker 1: like Dez Bryant, Josh Gordon, and a J. Green. You

820
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Speaker 1: start looking at these matchups and you're like, you know what,

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Speaker 1: A J. Green might be the odd man out if

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Speaker 1: you have some other elite options, if you've worked the

823
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Speaker 1: waiver wire really well this season, there could be a

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Speaker 1: chance that you're not playing them, but for moret most time,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna publish. Yeah, what about the rookies? What about

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Speaker 1: if you have Odell Beckham? You got no doubt. That's

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Speaker 1: That's usually some of the questions. It's never too early

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Speaker 1: to start thinking about next year's fantasy season. Up next,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna debate which qbs and running backs should come

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Speaker 1: slash now. Here's a look at your top ten fantasy

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks this season. Andrew Luck, in his third year, leading

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Speaker 1: the way, but barely about thirteen points ahead of Aaron

837
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Speaker 1: and Rogers. Peyton Manning, of course, with that prodigious production

838
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Speaker 1: last season, has it quite lived up to billion and

839
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson sneaking into the top five a sleeper for

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Speaker 1: many an expert in these parts going into the season,

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Speaker 1: As we welcome you back to NFL Fantasy Live, it's

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Speaker 1: never too early to start prepping for the two thousand

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Speaker 1: fifteen draft, A lot of people bounced out of the

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Speaker 1: playoffs can start doing their homework. Now. Uh, if you, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: had your druthers, which of those quarterbacks at the top

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Speaker 1: of that list would be your quarterback of choice to

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Speaker 1: be selected first in two thousand fifteen. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: with Thereon Rodgers. I feel over the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks he's really started to hit his stride. The consensus

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Speaker 1: among all the experts all of football seemed to be

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Speaker 1: that Rogers is the best quarterback going right now, and

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Speaker 1: you even hear conversations about him being the best of

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Speaker 1: all time. And I feel this is a guy still rising.

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Speaker 1: They've got a great team, They've got a great team

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Speaker 1: surrounding him. Always figure he's gonna be throwing there in

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Speaker 1: Green Bay, even with Eddie Lacey in there in the mix.

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Speaker 1: I actually feel that makes him better because they're dumping

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Speaker 1: the ball off to him, which has been a nice

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Speaker 1: little wrinkle that a offense. So I'm gonna go Rock.

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Speaker 1: I love the consistency of Aaron Rodgers too. I know

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Speaker 1: he missed about half of last season because of that

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Speaker 1: broken collar one, but before that he's gone four or

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Speaker 1: five years where he was a top three fantasy quarterback,

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Speaker 1: and I just I love to go at that consistency,

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Speaker 1: especially if we're talking about a first round or maybe

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Speaker 1: early second ROUNDA. Yeah, I guess my concern would be,

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Speaker 1: is Randall copp gonna be there next year? He's a

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Speaker 1: free agent. And those NFC North defenses are getting better.

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Speaker 1: Mike zimmer In with the Vikings a lot of talent there.

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Speaker 1: Detroit a very talented defense, which is why and I

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Speaker 1: believe you're in concert with me on this, Akbar, Andrew

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Speaker 1: Luck would be my choice. Angel Luck has to be

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Speaker 1: the choice. I mean, he's a young he's got he's young,

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Speaker 1: he's got the armed talent, but on top of that,

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Speaker 1: his ability to run the ball. I mean, he's the

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Speaker 1: sixth ranked Russian quarter back in the NFL. We talked

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Speaker 1: about all the other guys, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton,

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Speaker 1: all those guys, and I'm tired of Cam of excuse me,

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Speaker 1: Andrew Luck being on the back end of this conversation.

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Speaker 1: He's at the front end. And this is what defenses,

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Speaker 1: Defenses of defensive coordinators are concerned about his ability to

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Speaker 1: get out of the pocket. Escape and throw the ball

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Speaker 1: down the field. That's what makes him so good Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and Jacksonville four times a year. Plus. As we said,

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Speaker 1: he's gotten better every single season, and all those weapons

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Speaker 1: are young and getting better. You just besmirched my friends

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Speaker 1: down in that defense will be getting better. Yeah I didn't.

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Speaker 1: I didn't back position. Likely a number one overall pick

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Speaker 1: will be from this particular group to Marco Murray leading

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Speaker 1: the way. But Levian Bell, thanks to to actually three

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Speaker 1: consecutive two plus yard performances from scrimmage, has now closed

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Speaker 1: the gap to just three point four points. So if you, uh,

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Speaker 1: if well, each of you were less with the number

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Speaker 1: one overall take him a two thousand fifteen draft, which

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Speaker 1: of those running backs would you take? Marcus I Rember

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Speaker 1: with Lavian Bell? Just because I said before the season,

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Speaker 1: dual threat is kind of the buzzword now around fantasy.

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Speaker 1: Guys who can run, guys who can catch. Bell has

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Speaker 1: done plenty of that, and we've seen him really kick

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Speaker 1: things up when Garrett Blunt was letting go there in

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and landed in New England. There's so much to

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Speaker 1: do in that office, especially cause there's only two real

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Speaker 1: threats Antonio Brown and Levian Bell. Those guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: do most of the work there. Well, we gotta have

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Speaker 1: some time here now to talk about the other guys.

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Speaker 1: But I'll tell you right now, Levian Bell outstanding, very

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Speaker 1: very young, and I mean he could run it. But

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Speaker 1: I would like to make it interesting and be a contrarian.

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Speaker 1: But I gotta say leg it's I will play the

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Speaker 1: role of it's three weeks. It's three weeks, guys. Prior

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Speaker 1: to those three weeks, and we knew and we knew

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Speaker 1: these three weeks were coming. When we looked at the schedule,

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Speaker 1: we told people watching go trade for Levian Bell. The

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Speaker 1: schedule is so good. Jamal Charles doesn't week in and

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Speaker 1: week out. Look at that touched on in eight straight games.

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Speaker 1: He's got six over the previous four. We know how

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Speaker 1: important he is and Andy Reid's offense, and he is

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Speaker 1: a dual threat running back. He catches passes, especially if

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Speaker 1: you're in a PPR league. He scores with reception, he

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Speaker 1: scores while rushing. I want to go with a shirt

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Speaker 1: thing that gives me a nice high floor and has

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Speaker 1: the potential to give me that through the roof. Well,

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Speaker 1: I guess it would be through the roof ceiling. It

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Speaker 1: would have no ceiling. DeMarco Murray is the top scoring

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Speaker 1: fantasy running back right now, but he's decided to take him.

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Speaker 1: Love DeMarco Murray. Now why he's not gonna be my

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Speaker 1: number one guy? But I love him. DeMarco Murray. He's

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Speaker 1: done this. He's good. Here's the concern. I mean, is

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Speaker 1: he gonna be back in Dallas. That's my big concern.

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Speaker 1: That's briant. It's a contract year, which is good and bad.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we've seen the numbers he's put up. But if

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Speaker 1: he's not back in Dallas, that changes his circumstances dramatically.

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Speaker 1: Let's not forget that he's got a lot of wear

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Speaker 1: and tear of his body. That's that those are those

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Speaker 1: are real numbers. Now. Look, a good friend of mine,

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Speaker 1: Oza Kim, who played for the St. Louis Rand was

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Speaker 1: a part of the Greatest Show on Turf, told me,

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Speaker 1: for every year that you play in the NFL, your

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Speaker 1: body ages three years. So you add that to the

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Speaker 1: number and how old he is all of those and

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Speaker 1: he's older. What do you think you could You could

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Speaker 1: make a case that it is the best run blocking

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Speaker 1: offensive line in the NFL and if he is not there,

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Speaker 1: and again they have a lot of decisions to make

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Speaker 1: free agency. I so a lot of it will depend

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Speaker 1: on where to Marco wins up house. If you're a

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Speaker 1: fan of sports, your favorite team is signed a big

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Speaker 1: name free agent that is flamed out. As an Angels fan,

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Speaker 1: that's happened to me, everybody has happened to contract here.

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Speaker 1: Scares me. That is gonna do it for us here today,

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Speaker 1: and make sure you're tune in tomorrow for all of

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Speaker 1: Michael Fabiano's top starts and sits for Week fIF team.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you then,