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Week 8 & Mid-Season Rankings · The Fantasy Spot Podcast

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This is what's great about sports. This is what the greatest thing about sports is.
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You play to win the game. There's a lot of
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hello, but it's gonna be all right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Cause me and my clique, we don't give a fuck.
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Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. Welcome back to
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the Fantasy Spot podcast. This is your boy, B,
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the notorious int. And I got a big,
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big pod for you guys today.
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Let's. Let's cut the music, Cut the music. We got a lot to get into
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today. Look, guys, seven weeks in, seven more to go before we
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hit the playoffs. So we're at the halfway point, right? And I really want to
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take a second to kind of see where we're at. Like where.
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Where are our teams at from preseason to
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now? So we're going to do some mid season rankings.
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I'm going to do my recap really quickly, right? We're going to jump into my
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recap and then we're going to do some preseason, right, some midseason rankings. We're going
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to talk about what teams have moved, right, where, who. Who's moved up,
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who moved down, why do I have who,
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you know, certain teams in certain places, we're going to go through that and then
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we're going to get into the matchups after that. So big pot, big pod.
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Sit tight, stay with me. We got a lot to get into,
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so before we do that, let's hit the rewind.
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Marty, you've got to come back with me.
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Where? Back to the future. All right,
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so I'm ice cold right now. I am. I am on fire.
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Last week I was five and one, guys. Yeah.
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Yeah, I called it on just about every matchup. The only one I
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missed. The only one I missed. I tried to call Hot Tua over
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sofa. I did not get that in the upset. But let's.
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Let's hand out some winners really quickly. We got Master of My Domain takes
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out Master My domain takes out Big Knicks
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chase my tank over JJ and my game of the week,
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Northsiders over Miami Vice. That was an easy win for Northsiders.
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The Canadian gets draft class in my stinker of
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the week. Team takeover takes out the ints in
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my lock of the week. I hate it. I hated calling the lock against the
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ints. But, you know, you call him like you see him and ha To a
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H to a Falls to sofa in my upset of the week. So sofa
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survives the upset. Give it up to your boy.
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And we're we're going to talk a little bit, we're going to talk a little
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bit about Sofa later on in the pod when we get to my, my midseason
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rankings but man has he been on fire. And he puts together I think
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a fourth straight, fourth straight win with a massive win,
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145 points over a hawk to a. So you gotta
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be thinking Sofa's gotta be somewhere right in my top five.
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Maybe, maybe. You know what, let's stop talking
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about it. Let's be about it. Let's get into
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these rankings. I don't have a drop for. We're just going to jump right into
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it guys. We're going to start off at number 12
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and move up the rankings. I think everyone knows, right? I think everyone knows
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the draft class comes in at my number 12 spot
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on the mid season rankings. Dropping two spots, right?
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I had him at number 10 in my preseason ranking. He dropped two spots
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to number 12 in my midsee rankings at a record
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of 02. Draft class is 07. Draft class is winless,
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winless on the season, averaging just 75 points
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per game. Look, we already talked about draft class. He's got a couple pieces on
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this roster with Caleb Williams and, and Fernando Mendoza,
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but he has a long way to go. We won't spend a whole lot
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of time on the 12th spot. Coming in at number 11,
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Miami Vice, my preseason number 11,
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my current number 11 with a record of 2 and 5.
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You think Miami Vice might not be his season?
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Not much change on the season. And that receiving group,
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right? I look at that receiving group on that Miami Ross VI roster, it's underperformed
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and the quarterback situation has been really concerning.
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He just traded Aaron Rodgers to Northsiders. That leaves him
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Sam Darnold and I just don't know if there's enough pieces
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in that, in that quarterback room. He adds Justin Fields
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as I think a long shot, speculative ad. I just need to see a whole
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lot more from Miami Vice before we can move him up my rankings.
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Coming in at number 10, Big Knicks
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Energy down three spots. Preseason number seven now
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coming in at number 10. This roster steal, right, like this roster still
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has some useful quarterback depth with Justin Herbert
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and Bo Nicks. So you like that which is why he's out of the basement.
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But man, he's got guys like Trey Tucker and Parker Washington in
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those wide receiver rankings. Two guys that I respect but just not enough to
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get big Knicks to points and move him up my rankings. He's averaging
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only 110 points per game and he's taken
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six, count him, six straight losses since his Week 1
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win. I don't know what else to do with big Knicks, but he's not moving
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past number 10 on my rankings.
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Coming out of week seven at number nine,
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give it up for your boy,
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Notorious Intorius.
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Int has moved up three spots. My preseason 12.
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Now he comes in at number nine. Yes, his record is two and
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five, but he has some young talent beginning
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to emerge on this roster. Matthew golden, wide receiver 9.
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Ted McMillan, wide receiver 17. Luther Burden,
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wide receiver 19. You add that to some really
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smart running backs like B. Shaw Tutin and Quinon
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Judkins, and I like. I like the. The core,
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right, the core roster that this notorious INT team
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is building. But that quarterback situation. That quarterback situation
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still remains a major limitation for ints.
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Cam Ward, Deshaun Watson proving less than reliable,
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less than reliable for this INT team. I like what he's
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building, but I don't think he's all the way there. So that gets INT to
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the number nine spot. Coming in. Coming in at
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number eight is Northsiders, just a spot above
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int. You hate to see it by preseason number nine.
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Currently number eight Northsiders finds himself moving
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up one spot in my rankings with a record of four and three.
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And I'm not saying he's. I think he's right there,
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guys. I think he's right there. 4 and 3. Northsiders has
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quietly, guys, quietly made a legitimate push for a
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playoff contention. You know, he beat
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Master and. And. And Miami in consecutive
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weeks, right? He's got guys like brock Purdy and C.J.
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stroud, and he's developed a respectable quarterback room. Now going out
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to get Aaron Ro Rogers making some interesting moves.
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I like to see Northsiders try to fight,
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trying to stay in his. He's looking at his roster, he's looking at his record,
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and he's saying, I think I might be able to do something.
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Northsiders is interesting. The trade could do something to add
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depth to this roster. My biggest concern, though, is that he's
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currently averaging just 123 points per game.
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That's not enough, guys. It's not enough to get it done,
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not in this league. When you look at some of the playoff
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contenders, I like the direction that north shatters is moving,
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but I can't put him past number eight in my preseason rankings
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coming in or my midseason rankings. Coming in at number
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seven is JJ and Associates.
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Ooh. Down five spots by preseason
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number two. Now coming in at number seven with a record of four
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and three. So Similar, right. Similar to Northsiders. A lot of these four and
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three teams in the middle of the pack. JJ entered the season with elite
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quarterback play from Jaylen Herz and Jaylen
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Daniels. But now Jaylen Herz is injured, out for
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the season. Jaden. Jaden Daniels is looking strong, but he's
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also really questionable with that elbow. Now he's relying on
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guys like Tanner McKee to be to be a quarterback piece for
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him in this roster. So we've kind of lost the crux of why we live,
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why we really love J.J. in the beginning of the season with these
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two really strong quarterbacks. But he's not all the way out, right.
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He's at 7 for a reason. That's because he's got guys like neighbors,
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Drake, London, DeVonta Smith, Lad McKinney,
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Lad Monkey like great, great receiving talent in the middle
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of that roster. If he can get healthy, right? Injuries have really held him
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down, but he can get healthy with. With Devonta Smith and lad McConkey.
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I'm not putting anything past JJ. He's averaging 126 points,
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which is why I mean 123 points, approximately the same amount of points
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that Northsiders is averaging week over week. Right. So it's
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why I can't really separate him. But I do like that wide receivers,
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those wide receivers better than DK Metcalf,
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Roman Du, George Kittle. That's who North Ladders has. I like JJ's
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wide receivers a little better. So he's got slightly better talent.
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I'm going to put him in at number seven. But that's not good news for
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jj. Down five spots, he sits in at number seven.
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And my mid season rankings coming in,
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coming in at number five is Ha Tua
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also down five spots. My preseason champion,
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my preseason big boy sitting in the big boy chair at number one
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is now currently at number six with a record of three and
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four. You know guys, Hawk to a. When I was doing these rankings,
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when I was doing these rankings, Hawk to it was the most difficult team
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to rank. It was our preseason favorite because he had Josh Allen
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and Lamar Jackson in that. You know, you look at that JJ combo.
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Haktua had the most potent quarterback combo
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in the league. But that's changed, right? Yes, Josh Allen
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is currently QB1 on the season, but Jackson just can't
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get healthy. And as long as he's not healthy, I can't rely on
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Hawk Tua to put up the points that he needs to put up to
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be dominant week over week. Now he's Got some excellent,
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excellent running backs on his team. Josh Jacobs, Chase Brown,
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Aaron Jones, Tony Pollard. But like again, not terribly
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reliable. Josh Jacobs has been out most of the season, so we don't really know
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what Josh Jacobs is this season. I think we're going to find out in week
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eight, so we'll see. Wait till we get the matchups to see how I feel
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about HA2 and some of these running backs. Chase Brown has been a
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nothing Parker all season long. Aaron Jones has a, has a
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Jordan Mason problem and Tony Pollard is on the tight,
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so stop it. Right? And so like when we went into the season,
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we thought he had some really strong pieces at some really key positions.
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Suddenly he's looking at four consecutive losses over the past four
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weeks. Unhealthy. Lamar Jackson. I'm keeping him at six
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because he's still averaging 138 points per
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game. Six six in scoring overall on the season,
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which is why I'm putting him at six. But man, does Hawk to have a
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lot of questions to answer if, if Lamar can get healthy and
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if some of these pieces can get back in this roster like Josh Jacobs,
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a bounce back from Chase Brown, maybe Aaron Jones can hold off Jordan
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Mason or or a trade by the Minnesota Vikings if some of
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these things can fall in place. I think Josh Allen has enough with Lamar
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Jackson's carry this team at least to a playoff berth. But he's
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sure as heck not the number one guy that we thought he was.
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Down five spots Hatop to it. Coming in at number six
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on my midseason rankings. Coming in, coming in at number
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five might be one of my favorite teams so far this season.
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Canadian. The Canadian might be the most
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dangerous four win team that we've seen in the league so far.
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Jameer Gibbs, running back 1. Kyron Williams, running back 8.
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Christian McCaffrey providing some major upside coming
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out of San Francisco. You add Amon Ra and you're
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looking at a roster that the Canadian that is constantly dangerous
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week over week at that quarterback position. He has Dak,
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Trevor Lawrence and Baker Mayfield. So he's swapping quarterbacks in
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and out. He has the ability if he doesn't like Dak, if he doesn't have
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doesn't like Trevor Lawrence or of them's on by he's got a great
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starting asset and Baker Mayfield to pull off the bench and throw into the lineup.
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This roster, this Canadian roster, if it hits and it's looking like
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it's hitting, has the ability to compete with anyone in this league
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right now at 139 points per game. That's fifth in
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league scoring. Give me the Canadian guys. The Canadian
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up one spot from his preseason rankings at number five in
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my mid season rankings. Now, now, now here's where things start
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to get really, really competitive. Coming in at number
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four, another one of my favorite teams. A team who's
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been on fire. Give me the burning Couch.
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Up four spots. He was my preseason
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eight, now he's my mid season four. Nobody,
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guys, nobody has improved their standing more in my eyes
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than the Sofa. I mean he's entered the season with
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major concerns at quarterback. We talked about it at the top of the season.
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I didn't love Kirk Cousins in this roster. I thought he would
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lose his job quite quickly to Fermando Mendoza. And despite rumors,
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despite rumors that the Raiders are thinking about going away from Kirk Cousins,
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I think, I think they're going to stick with him. I think Sofa can continue
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rolling with him. You add a Joe Burrow Quarterback 5
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or I mean Quarterback 10 and Kirk Cousins is Quarterback 5
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on the season and he has a pretty potent, pretty potent quarterback
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combo. You add in Jonathan Taylor and James Cook, quarterback,
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running back four, running back nine respectively and Brock Bowers
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guys. The cheat code of fantasy football. I love Sofa,
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who's now won five straight and is averaging, get this,
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104, 42 points per game. Now my
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biggest concern, the reason why I haven't put Sofa in the top three,
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right is because he's got some trouble at his wide receiver position.
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Mike Evans is injured. Terry McLaren just went on injured reserve.
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Rashid Shahid and Jaylen Waddle are both great pieces
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but they're also dealing with injuries and really hasn't turned in the fantasy
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performances that I think Sofa needs to kind of put him into the top echelon
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of the league. So if those receivers can get healthy, I think
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Sofa can be just as dangerous as any team in this league and compete
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for a championship. So we're going to keep an eye on him. But up four
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spots from his preseason rankings. Give me Sofa, guys. Give me. So for
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my top four, coming in at number four, at number three,
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at number three is Chase. My Tank up two
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spots in the mid season rankings. My preseason five, my current midseason
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three, coming in with a record of six and one. Chase is having a
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phenomenal season, guys. The preseason concerns of Chase
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about his top heavy roster and we talked about it, there were a couple guys
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in this roster, if they hit Chase was going to be good which is why
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I had him in five, right. I just wasn't sure if he had enough depth
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in pieces at this roster to compete week over week. I thought he'd be
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more of a boom bus roster. But when you look at the guys like Drake
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May, Jordan Love, QB3 and QB4 respectively.
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JSN Wide Receiver 1 Christian Watson,
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Wide Receiver 3 Jamar Chase, Wide Receiver 14. That is
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a five pack guys. That is a five pack of, of.
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Of exceptional production week over week.
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That has made Chase my tank, extremely scary.
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And he's now what? Four games of four consecutive
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wins week over week. My biggest question now for Chase is can he continue
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to put it together? He, he had some trouble running back death with Saquon
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Barkley injured again last week. He's. He's rolling out
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guys like Woody Marks, Christian Watson.
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Can he stay healthy? Is Drake May flashing in the pan or.
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Or has he truly returned back to elite quarterback
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level? So like we still have some questions which is why I'm not putting him
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in my top two. But man, that 6:1 record doesn't
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lie. Give me Chase. Give me chasing my top three at
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number three in my mid season rankings. Coming in at
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number two. Master of my
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domain, my preseason three, my midseason two up
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one spot with a five record of five and two Master
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entered the season as one of the safest contenders. Guys,
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I just love this roster. I loved everything about it. I put him at three
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in my preseason because I just didn't know how he could fail and what is.
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What is he doing? But he's living up to the hype now, up one
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spot. This roster remains incredibly strong on
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the back of guys like Matthew Stafford, Patrick Mahomes. He has
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great quarterback stability. He adds even better running back
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stability with Derrick Henry, DeAndre Swift, Bucky Irving,
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who by the way, I wasn't a huge Bucky Irving fan coming into the season.
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I thought he was a lot of hype but. But man, has Berky Irving showed
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out. I think he might be the best running back right on this roster,
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but he has such stability across the positions. You look at that wide receiver
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position. Justin Jefferson, Garrett Wilson, George Pickens, Crystal Lave,
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such substantial depth and he adds 154
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points per game to justify this spot.
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I love the consistency. I love everything that
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Master model Main is doing. The only thing, the only reason he's
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not number one is because he's shown a little bit of up and down.
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Right. After scoring 220 points in
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week five, he followed that up with averaging only 120 points
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over the past two weeks. Right. So he's had a couple of down
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weeks, in my opinion. And so I could not put him at the tippy top
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because he just hasn't shown it to me recently. Right? He just hasn't really
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done it these last couple of weeks. So I'm waiting to see, right?
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I'm waiting to see if Master Domain can take the top spot at 5
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and 2. He's had a little, little bit of trouble, but man, he's been more
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consistent than most. I have to respect this roster. Give me Master Domain in the
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two spot on the midseason rankings. That leaves one.
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That leaves one at the top in the big boy chair.
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Give it to him. Give it up to Team Takeover.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Now, I will say that the Venetian inherited a great
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team, but he has since built an amazing team.
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Team Takeover. It was ranked fourth, guys. I put him at four,
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right? I wanted him to prove it. I wanted him to climb the
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ladder entering the season. And now, seven weeks later,
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he has taken over this league with a
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record of 6. 1. He's risen three spots since the preseason
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ranking. Team Takeover has taken over the league. Taken over
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the league with 166 points per game week over week over
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the past several weeks. He has elite running back and wide
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receiver talent all up and down this roster.
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Kenneth Walker, Bijan Robinson. Javante Williams for
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Madre. Stevenson City Lamb. Zay Flowers, Trading Bright. It will
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be a task. It will be a task to take this
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guy out. I. I challenge my top five, right?
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A challenge Master. I challenge Chase. I challenge Sofa.
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I challenge the Canadian to find a way to beat this guy who.
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Who can make the playoffs and win a championship with the likes
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of Team Takeover. He sits in the big boy chair. The target
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is on him. Go a hunting. Go a hunt.
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All right, guys, those are my top. Those are my.
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My rankings. Shout out to Team Takeover for sitting in the big boy chair at
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number one. I'm looking forward to seeing where things play out.
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We're going to do a final rankings at the end of the. Of the
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regular season, heading into the playoffs, where I decide who
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is going to win the championship. We'll see if any of you
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put together a roster, right? Find the chops to get
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it done before the season is out. All right,
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let's get into these matchups.
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This week's matchups.
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All right. All right. All right. Let's open up the undercard with JJ
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Associates coming in at 4 and 3 versus Master of
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My Domain coming in at 4 and 2. The flea flickers are calling this
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one for master at 138 to 115. And I think this.
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I agree, guys. This matchup has been pretty fascinating
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with these two teams entering the season. Right? Two teams
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entering the season at second and third in my preseason rankings.
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JJ was my preseason 2. Master was my preseason 3.
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Seven weeks later, their paths have definitely diverged.
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Master sits at 5, 2, averaging 154 points per game
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while JJ sits at 4 and 3, averaging just 123
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points per game. Per game. The difference, more than 30 points
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per week. We're not going to spend too much time. JJ gets Jaden Daniels back
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and so I have some hope for him being able to put up some points.
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But Tanner McKee might hold this entire roster back.
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Meanwhile, Master has an excellent lineup. He has Justin
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Jefferson, Garrett Wilson. JJ might be dangerous, but Master
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has the better roster. Give me Master by
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domain to improve the 6 and 2 and assert dominance
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in week 8. All right,
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rounding out the undercard is Hawk Tua coming in at 3 and 4 versus the
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notorious ints coming in at 2 and 5.
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The monkeys over Flea Flicker calling this for hot and I think I'm going
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to give it to him. Look guys, this might be, this might be the win.
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Hawk needs to get things back on track. He's been desperate after
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a zero and slide over the past four weeks. He finally,
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he just finally might get Lamar Jackson back. But either way,
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Josh Allen seems like the massive advantage in this
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matchup. I love the improved running back roster
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of that INT room, but hot guys, Hawk just has all his
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pieces returning back to the lineup. Josh Jacobs is Jer,
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A.J. brown is there. Lamar Jackson might be there.
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I'd like the cut of T. Higgins jib. I think
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Hawk is going to have plenty, plenty to get right. Give me
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Hawk to a taking out ints and stopping the bleeding
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in week 8. On to
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the main event. And when I saw draft class coming
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in at 07 and Miami Vice coming in at 2.
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5, I thought one thing.
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Stinker of the week. Yeah, there's no doubt,
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there's no doubt. This matchup was all. Was, was not going
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to be my stinker of the week. Draft class is Projected for only 76
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points. Miami Vice is projected for only 80 points. Look, look,
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there is actually a world where draft class gets his first win
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this week. In fact, I'm thinking about it guys. I mean he's got,
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he's got some sneaky snorts here. He's got Caleb Williams, right,
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who put up 23 points in week six,
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30 points in week seven. Now he goes on the road.
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He Goes on the road to Seattle, second against fantasy
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quarterbacks. You don't love that, but, man, Bam Knight's in this roster.
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I love Bam Knight taking over duties at the running back position in
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Arizona, albeit Love is returning back to that roster. But Maine,
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they're going to Dallas, 22nd against fantasy running backs.
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And it feels like. It feels like Arizona is going to be looking for a
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way to slowly work Love back into this roster. Right.
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Love's talking about it's the longest year of his life. He's a rookie, he's dealing
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with injuries maybe, and Bams look good. In fact, he's looked
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good in Tyler Algier the last two weeks. Bam. Having not put up a
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whole lot of points. But I think. I think there's a world where Bam Knight
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falls into the end zone. You add this to some other
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interesting starts and I'm. I'm gonna call it, guys. There's a
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guy named Antonio Williams on this roster.
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I am very, very sneaky, sir. You kind of just snuck up
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on me there, man. I fear you're underestimating the sneakiness,
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sir. Sneaky snort of the week. Yeah.
26:37
There is no doubt, there is no doubt in my mind that
26:42
Antonio Williams is a smash. Sneaky snark of
26:46
the week. Get this, guys, he's coming off the buy, going home against
26:51
Philly, 31st against fantasy wide receivers. There's a Stefon
26:55
Diggs there who's over the heel, right? There's no Terry McLaurin.
26:59
He is their third round pick rookie.
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He's extremely talented. He's quick, he's got great
27:07
hands and he's got a great quarterback throwing him the ball. There is
27:11
a world where Antonio Williams gets like, I don't
27:15
know, like 10 targets, you know,
27:19
eight receptions, you know, 100 yards in a
27:23
tuddy, right? There is some breakout. There is
27:27
some breakout potential on this draft class roster.
27:31
And I think it starts with Antonio Williams. You add a
27:35
Keon Coleman and Dalton Kincaid start going
27:40
home against Baltimore, who is happily
27:44
giving up points in the air. And suddenly there's some pieces on
27:48
this draft class roster that I love to
27:52
see. And you look across that field, right? You look across that field.
27:56
Miami Vice is basically punted the season away,
27:59
right? There's no quarterback here at all.
28:02
Oh, wait, there's Sam Darnold. Okay, so he's got Sam Darnold can't
28:07
start Justin Fields. He's got Jordan Mason in
28:11
this roster. He's got to get somebody not name Alvin Kamara
28:15
into the running back position. He's Starting Malik Washington at
28:20
wide receiver. Just Chuba Hubbard's here. That's cute. I like
28:24
that. But like J.K. dobbins, that's cute. Eight points last
28:28
week, so. And now he's going to, you know, home against Kansas City. You know
28:31
what, guys? I'm. I'm doing it. I'm doing it.
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Yeah, we're calling it our only one.
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I think the 07 draft class
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finds a way to get a win against Miami Vice
28:49
in week eight. You know what? And to be perfectly honest with you
28:53
guys, it wasn't even my notes. I just started looking at this more and
28:56
I was like, draft class should win. This draft class can get a win.
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Draft class can absolutely get a win here. Give me draft
29:04
class, guys. Give me draft class in week eight. Let's do it.
29:08
Let's go. Let's go. You know what? Clap it up, clap it
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up. I'm looking forward to this
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stinker of the week. Stinker. The mother effing week.
29:19
All right, on to the next one. You got Northsiders coming
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in at 4 and 3, taking on the Canadian at 4 and
29:27
3. Guys, I, I almost made this. I almost made
29:31
this my game in the week, but then I remember this, Northsiders. I'm like,
29:34
why would I put more size in my game of the week? That's weird,
29:36
right? But I love Canadian guys.
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Look, the monkeys are calling it for them. 135 to
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116. I love this matchup.
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And it's, it's going to be a close one. You got two teams coming in
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at four and three trying to stay above.500.
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I mean, let's just look at this matchup really quick.
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It starts at the quarterback position. And this, this is
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where that Northsiders trade becomes really important.
30:04
Like on paper, you look back at this trade, you get the alert,
30:07
you look at it, you're like, ah, this guy, this guy went and bought Aaron
30:10
Rodgers. But think about it, right? Northsiders had one of the best quarterback
30:15
combinations in the league with brock Purdy and C.J. stroud. Both were balling,
30:19
right? But unfortunately they're both from bye in week eight.
30:23
So this, this right here is a problem for Northsiders.
30:27
He goes, crap, I got one quarterback, right, that's breaking
30:31
Brian's number one rule. So I can't do that. I gotta go get me
30:34
a quarterback. So what does he do? He makes potentially a
30:38
season saving trademark. He goes and acquires
30:42
Aaron Rodgers from Miami Vice for Justin Fields
30:46
and a seventh round pick. A massive,
30:49
massive move because now he has Two starting quarterbacks.
30:53
He joins Bryce Young with Aaron Rodgers to put in his lineup for
30:58
week eight. For the simple cost of a quarterback that's not starting
31:02
anywhere in a seventh or 27th, fourth round pick, right?
31:06
That's amazing. So he goes against Aaron Rodgers, joins him with Bryce,
31:10
Bryce Young in the starting lineup and now he has an answer for,
31:15
for this quarterback situation because he looks on the other side of the side of
31:18
the field. He's facing Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence, right? And both
31:22
of these teams have, have playoff aspirations 4 and 3.
31:25
This could make or break the Northsiders season at
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the very least. He needs the points. And so he
31:34
looks at that, that Canadian roster, starting Dak Prescott and Trevor
31:38
Lawrence, QB7 and QB14 respectively. And he
31:42
says I might have an opportunity because the Canadian
31:46
has bye week issues of his own, right?
31:50
No Christian McCaffrey and no Nico Collins in that
31:54
Canadian roster. Now Canadian has to rely a lot more
31:58
on Jameer Gibbs and Kyron Williams to pick up
32:02
the slack in that roster because he's replacing them with the likes of,
32:06
you know, Keenan Allen, right? I, I,
32:09
I, I love me a little bit of Darius Cooper, the, the, the,
32:13
the, the young star and the young, the young wide receiver.
32:17
But he really needs suddenly some of these other pieces like
32:21
Cooper Cup Mark Andrews to pick up the side and I
32:25
don't know if they. Now you're looking at the North Siders
32:29
roster thinking he's replaced the hole at quarterback. Good job.
32:33
Now there's an opportunity, right? Puka Nakua projected
32:37
for 23 points in Week 8. Now he's capable
32:41
of delivering a weak winning matchup with some of these pieces.
32:45
DK Metcalf, Roma Dunze, right?
32:50
He adds, he brings back Breece hall who's
32:53
coming off of injury. He has
32:57
the ability if he wanted to. Oh no. Marvin Harrison
33:02
isn't on by. No. I thought Marvin Harrison was going to be, was going to
33:05
be in la. Alright. All right. That's saying Roma Douze is on this roster,
33:09
right? He's got some pieces down to
33:13
put up some very serious points. I wanted to come
33:16
into this matchup. I wanted to come into this matchup calling
33:21
this for a Canadian team that I just said at the top of the pot
33:24
is a role but maybe,
33:27
maybe North Siders is catching,
33:30
is catching Canadian at the right time.
33:33
I don't know even you put. Let's, let's set the quarterbacks aside
33:38
because Aaron Rodgers guys. Aaron Rodgers by the way has
33:41
been balling 30 point games in three times and
33:45
three, three different times this season. Now he gets Cleveland at home.
33:49
I think he'll be fine. But like you look on the side of that
33:53
roster is put the quarterbacks aside. Is Kyron Williams and
33:57
Jameer Gibbs and Amon Ross St. Brown enough to
34:02
carry the Canadian to win in week eight. Because I have no
34:06
faith in Keenan now. I have no faith in Darius Cooper. I have absolutely
34:11
no faith in Cooper cup three points last
34:16
week. Mark Andrews three points last week. Right. In fact,
34:20
I hate to say it, he loves to see it. Give me
34:24
the Northsiders. I mean he's made a move,
34:28
he's made a statement. I'm gonna go get a win this week and
34:32
I'm gonna give it to him. Give me Northsiders in week eight.
34:36
Now in this next matchup we have big Knicks
34:40
Energy coming in at 1616 and chase my
34:43
tank coming in at 6 and 1. The monkeys
34:48
over at Flea Flicker are calling this a lock. And I agree.
34:56
Yeah, the Pod's getting long so we're not gonna spend a whole lot of time
34:59
on here. Chase, we already talked about him at the top of the pod.
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He's one of my best teams coming into the mid season rankings.
35:07
Drake May, Jordan Love, Jackson Smith and Jisma Kristen Watson,
35:11
Jamar Chase, he has elite fantasy contributors
35:15
up and down this roster. Don't talk to me about the running backs.
35:18
It will be more than enough to take out big Knicks
35:22
Energy. We won't even bother with the big Knicks roster. Give me
35:26
the lock on Chase My Tank in week eight
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in my last matchup
35:34
with Team Takeover coming in at 6 and
35:38
1 and. And so for in fuego, the Burning
35:41
Outs coming in at 6 and 2.
35:45
This is absolutely without a
35:49
doubt my game of the week.
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Now I don't want to hear it right. You want to say, oh, team Takeovers
36:04
are always in the game of the week. Well, he's the best team in the
36:06
league, right? If he plays hitters, he is a hitter. You're going to get a
36:10
hit up matchup. I mean this matchup is the game of the week. It is
36:13
not even close guys. We have the league's highest scoring team against
36:17
the team riding the longest winning streak.
36:20
This is a rock at a hard place. Something's got to give this week.
36:23
Team Takeover coming in at six and one. So for coming in it's
36:27
five and two and between them guys they've won seven
36:31
consecutive games. I could watch this matchup every
36:35
single week. Team takeovers coming off 192
36:39
points so far. The Burning Calcers won five straight after starting
36:43
02, by the way. Let's, let's just stop and say that after starting 02,
36:48
this guy didn't flinch. He goes off and rattles off five straight.
36:52
One team wants to reinforce his position in the big boy
36:56
chair. The other team wants to improve. To you guys that he
37:00
should be sitting there himself. And this is the exact type
37:05
of matchup that should be my game of the week. Let's start with
37:08
the quarterback. Sofa actually has some legitimate quarterback play,
37:12
and I know I talk some crap about these quarterbacks at the top of the
37:16
season, but Kirk Cousins coming in at number five and Joe Burrow coming in at
37:20
number 10 is absolutely respectable. Burrow is coming off of
37:24
a four, count him four, touchdown performance against Baltimore
37:28
and looks incredible, putting up massive scores week over
37:32
week. Team Takeover counters that with Jared Goff
37:36
and Kyler Murray. I mean, come on,
37:40
guys, I, I, I. Look at that. KYLER MURRAY Start 17 points.
37:45
17 points at home against Indianapolis, completing just
37:48
14 passes of 24 points. Only putting up 150
37:54
yards. Is that bad? It's not good.
37:57
No, no, it's not good.
38:00
Kyler Murray comes in at quarterback 31.
38:04
Count him 31 on the season. He tries
38:07
the whole water with Jared Goff coming at a QB6. But I think,
38:11
I think the quarterback room is where SOFR might
38:15
potentially gain an advantage in this matchup.
38:19
We go on to the running back. Sofa has an
38:22
amazing running back duo with Jonathan
38:27
Taylor coming in at running back 4. James Cook coming at 1
38:31
in running back 5. This is the combination that would make any
38:35
fantasy manager happy. Y' all take notes here, but Team Takeover.
38:39
Team Takeover ain't no slouch. I've heard me rattle off these
38:43
running backs before, and I'm gonna give him the respect where respect is due.
38:46
The Venetian has Kenneth Walker coming in at running back 2.
38:50
Bijan Robinson at running back 3. Javante Williams at running back
38:54
7. And Ramandre Stevenson, who by the way, has been struggling
38:58
to kind of find his way. They keep throwing more running backs into the room
39:01
in, in, in, in, in, in New England, but he's running back 17,
39:05
so still still a top a running back to
39:09
on the season. Guys. That is an amazing group.
39:13
And Team Takeover can start all four of these running backs.
39:17
So I'm not worried about the points that he might lose at
39:20
the quarterback position because he's definitely making up for it at the,
39:25
at the running backs position. Now on to the wide receivers.
39:29
Oh, by the way, the, the Team Takeover gets it at the
39:33
running back Right, So we got. We got Sofer taking the quarterback advantage,
39:37
Team Takeover taking the running back advantage.
39:41
The wide receivers. This is where Sofa might have his biggest problem, right?
39:45
Takeover has CD Lamb, Zake Flowers currently running.
39:48
Running wide receiver, two and five, respectively. Lamb is coming off two,
39:53
two, count them, two. Tuddy performance. And Zay Flowers
39:57
continues to just be dominant. Just elite production, y'.
40:01
All. Y' all watch. Y' all watch Zay Flowers play football.
40:04
He looks incredible. Meanwhile,
40:07
Sofa's dealing with injuries up and down that wide receiver roster.
40:11
Jalen Waddle was aggregated a chest injury in week seven.
40:15
I don't even know if he's gonna play, right? Rashid Rice is. Is just Persona
40:21
non grata with a hamstring injury, right? Mike Evans is out.
40:25
Terry McLaurin is on injured reserve. We talked about this. He has to find
40:29
someone right now. Right now, Sofa is rolling out the likes
40:33
of Makai Lemon. Man, are you crossing your fingers
40:37
there? And Jalen Waddle. He's got Jalen Waddle
40:41
in there. And then, and then. Guys, look at this. Ooh,
40:44
I hate to see it. He's rolling out two tight ends.
40:48
He's rolling out two tight ends. Look, I tell y', all, you're starting
40:52
two tightings. You're starting one. No tight ends. But. But Sofa
40:57
is starting Brock Bowers. So you know what? You know what?
41:01
Pass. I'll give a pass. Because Brock Bowers is more of a wide receiver and
41:05
K Dot is more of a true tight end. And I don't hate Kate Otten.
41:09
Don't get me wrong. Like, he's decent over in Tampa. So, like he's actually starting
41:13
one tight end. He's starting one tight end. I can say it. He's starting one
41:16
tight end because Brock Bowers, tight end four. But he's really tight
41:20
in one. In my heart, is. Is. Is really a wide receiver. The problem
41:24
is. The problem is that Team Takeover doesn't lose on the tight
41:28
end front. He has Trey McBride, right? So both are excellent
41:32
fanny side ins. Both can put up receiver level production. So I
41:37
don't know. I don't know if Sofa is going to get the edge right
41:41
there on the tight end. In fact, he does it. I don't give it to
41:44
him. I think it's a tie. I think it's a wash. So if it's a
41:47
wash and the better wide receivers are with
41:51
Team Takeover. Guys, team takeover averages 166
41:56
points per game. That's sleeping. That's what his
42:00
eyes closed. That's before he even tries. Meanwhile, sofa's only
42:04
averaging 142 points. I know the kid's on fire. I know
42:08
the Burning Couch is beyond El
42:12
Flamo, but I don't think he gets it done this week. There's just too
42:16
many pieces in this Team Takeover roster. And he's
42:21
healthy. Yeah, Kyler Murray is going to be a massive hole, but he's
42:25
at least at home against Detroit. I think he at least gets enough done to
42:29
keep his roster upright and not drag down the likes of the rest of this
42:33
roster. You give me Team Takeover, my game of the week to
42:37
get to. To. To roll all over the
42:41
Burning Couch and put out those flames in week
42:45
eight. All right, we got a lot to watch
42:49
this week, guys. We got a lot to watch this week. Is Lamar coming back?
42:54
Is. Is. Is Team Takeover going to stay at top of the
42:58
league? Is the Canadian going to fall off? I don't know,
43:02
guys. Let's go. Watch it. As always, stay frosty and
43:06
never stop fantasizing.
43:17
Me, though. You either win me or wait.
43:21
Win, win, win, win, win.
43:24
Curve everything else. Win, win, win,
43:28
win, win. These ops ain't lit, mommy. Win, win,
43:31
win, win. Start chasing that chip. Win, win,
43:35
win, win. Big j, Rocco on 10, 10, 10.
43:41
Bring friend Black tooth
43:45
out. Jump in. You might want to keep stuff I.
43:50
Win, win, win,