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Football at Four: A Look at Eagles Fantasy Props For 2026 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's up buddy?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike, Yeah, So just a little word of promo
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  Speaker 2: looks like and then tells you what to expect based
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  Speaker 2: on what he sees. So it's fun. We finished that
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  Speaker 2: up and then today, Mike, we'll go over the fantasy
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  Speaker 2: props because I told you when we first talked about
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  Speaker 2: this for the draft, let's wait a while closer to
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  Speaker 2: training camp, and that's what we're dealing with. With hundred
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  Speaker 2: four weeks left. Now, the bookmakers now have put out
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  Speaker 2: a lot of numbers because there were a lot that
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  Speaker 2: weren't out there. Now we've got a lot. Even got
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of m kayle lemon numbers here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm looking forward to see what the what the
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  Speaker 1: numbers look like for this new offense and how they're
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  Speaker 1: setting them here. So let's start with Jalen Hurts. He's
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  Speaker 1: the guy, right, He's that on. Everybody wants to know
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  Speaker 1: how are they viewing him in this offense.
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts, by the way, for fantasy he's been so
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  Speaker 2: good because of the rushing touchdowns. The toush push pushed
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  Speaker 2: him up way up. Mike. Now, last year is interesting.
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  Speaker 2: He had a career high in touchdown passes with twenty five. Right,
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  Speaker 2: and if you're in the league where you lose in
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  Speaker 2: points for interceptions. He only had six, so he actually
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  Speaker 2: had a pretty good year. But the one thing that
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  Speaker 2: he just doesn't do because they although his pass attempts
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  Speaker 2: were off way up above twenty four because they couldn't
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  Speaker 2: run the ball more so they had to throw more,
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  Speaker 2: still only threw for thirty two hundred yards. Mike just
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  Speaker 2: over thirty two twenty four, which brings us to the
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  Speaker 2: projection from the odds makers. The over hunderd total for
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  Speaker 2: him is thirty one fifty point five. I love how
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  Speaker 2: they throw the point five in and the overs plus
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  Speaker 2: one hundred so and then the unders minus one twenty
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  Speaker 2: so they think it's clearly going to go under. So
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  Speaker 2: if you think it's going to go over, then you
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  Speaker 2: get then you get your plus territory. So I think
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  Speaker 2: it's close to Mike. They Now here's the thing. The
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  Speaker 2: other thing is without ag brand, obviously they you would think, oh,
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  Speaker 2: how's he going to throw throw over three thousand yards?
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  Speaker 2: But if the execution from Hurts is much better, he
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  Speaker 2: buys in. He's throwing the ball on time, and Sean
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  Speaker 2: is as good as egal stick, he's going to be
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  Speaker 2: that Hurts could have a career year with throwing yards,
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  Speaker 2: no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: So he could be a thirty one hundred yard thrower
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  Speaker 1: this year. What about touchdowns and you mentioned the rushing touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: I think that one's interesting though. How much are they
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  Speaker 1: going to use that touch push still? I wonder they're going.
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  Speaker 2: To use it. It's the question is how much are
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  Speaker 2: they going to use it.
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  Speaker 1: Automatic on fourth down or a goal line that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no way to know that. Syrianne made it very
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  Speaker 2: clear he was not happy with the proficiency of it
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  Speaker 2: last season. So they're going to work on it going
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  Speaker 2: into the off season. And yeah, there, we don't know
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  Speaker 2: how much they're going to use it now. The oddsmakers
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to use it. Why because they're giving
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  Speaker 2: the overrunner for Jail and Hurts in terms of rushing
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns is eight and a half last year, Ironici, what
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  Speaker 2: he have? He had eight way down, way down? They
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  Speaker 2: look Mike, they remember, now, got something happened we didn't
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  Speaker 2: think about and we'll talk more about Dallas Scott it later.
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  Speaker 2: Dallas Godder came out of know it. It'd be a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown maniac from inside the twenty. Well that took kaway
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  Speaker 2: Hurts his rushing some of Hurts his rushing touchdowns. But
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  Speaker 2: remember now they don't have aj Brown for the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: I like the over, Mike. I know only at eight
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  Speaker 2: last year, which by the way, was a career low
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  Speaker 2: since he became a starter in twenty twenty one. It
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  Speaker 2: went ten, thirteen, fifteen, fourteen, and then I dropped last
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  Speaker 2: season at eight. I like the over. The odds on
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  Speaker 2: this are for Hurts his touchdown rushing eight and a half,
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  Speaker 2: they're both. It's minus one ten over, minus one ten under.
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  Speaker 2: I like the over.
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  Speaker 1: What about his rushing yards in general? I mean, he
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  Speaker 1: seemingly has gone down on rushing attempts and everything that
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  Speaker 1: has to do with running the football. So where do
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  Speaker 1: they have this thing set? Because I feel like I'm
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  Speaker 1: the to take the under.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Mike, here, it's interesting last year. See, we have
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  Speaker 2: to understand part of why there were two things that happened.
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  Speaker 2: A His rushing attempts were way down. We're in twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: He had fourteen touchdowns. He also had one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty attempts last year, and he played one more game
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  Speaker 2: that he did in twenty four. In way, for your attempts,
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  Speaker 2: he only had one oh five. But the thing that's
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  Speaker 2: Mike wasn't explosive last year. As we mentioned, he only
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  Speaker 2: had the touchdowns. He only had four and twenty one
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  Speaker 2: yards on the ground. Well, the over under total for
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards is four oh five point five the over
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  Speaker 2: and the under is minus one ten.
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  Speaker 1: Feel like I'm going under, right, I'm going under on that.
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  Speaker 2: One one man. I. But here's the the other part
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  Speaker 2: is their run The run blocking was atrocious, Mike terrible.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, here's the part that I think is out
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  Speaker 1: of the mix. See if you agree designed runs for him,
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  Speaker 1: not that we saw many before. Right.
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  Speaker 2: The big question is you just mentioned the design runs.
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  Speaker 2: They were way down last season. We think they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be up. Be leased a little bit. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to take the over. I don't love it. I like it,
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  Speaker 2: but I do like the over slightly. I just feel like,
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  Speaker 2: I really I just feel like they're going to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball better this season. It hurts, it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a smaller beneficiary of it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's go to Saquon Barkley. Somebody had a questioned
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  Speaker 1: in the mailbag for Andrew yesterday about Barkley being twenty
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  Speaker 1: nine years old and how many years he's been in
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  Speaker 1: the league. Do we see his usage go down? So
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  Speaker 1: what do the numbers say?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Mike, it's a great question. You have a
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  Speaker 2: new play caller, and it would be it would we mentioned.
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  Speaker 2: I can't say how many times we're like, man, Barkley
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  Speaker 2: can't get of his own way, why don't you give
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  Speaker 2: Tank Bixby the ball a little bit more? And I do?
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  Speaker 2: I think Bixby because remember they remember he was acquired
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  Speaker 2: right he actually was after the season started. He was
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  Speaker 2: acquired in Week two from the Jaguars. So to learn
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  Speaker 2: this offense, I expect him to get a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a run for Barkley. By the way, the rushing
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  Speaker 2: yards total is only eleven hundred point five. I love
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  Speaker 2: the over, Mike, the unders minus one twenty. How could
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  Speaker 2: it be worse than last season?
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  Speaker 1: Come on, I would think the running gave it. If
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  Speaker 1: any there close to the last season.
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  Speaker 2: It's gotta be better, Mike, Come come on.
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  Speaker 1: You would almost see a complete regime change. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you can't bring the coach back again with another new
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this this offense is run based. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: Barkay last year in sixteen games, had eleven and forty yards. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: this year his over runner total is even lower, eleven
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  Speaker 2: hundred point five. You gotta love the and you're getting
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  Speaker 2: plus money, Mike.
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  Speaker 1: I like the over rushing touchdowns Barkley as he get
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  Speaker 1: you know, well, he gets kinna, sometimes affected by Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 1: whose number is eight and a half.
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  Speaker 2: Where's Barkley's well, Saquon the year before his first year
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  Speaker 2: in Philly, which is historic at thirteen rushing touchdowns, No,
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  Speaker 2: I don't with the tush push, I don't expect him
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  Speaker 2: to get double digit touchdowns now and then look is
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  Speaker 2: Dallas Garret going to light it up again in the
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  Speaker 2: red zones? That that also had something to do with it.
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  Speaker 2: This to me would be no play. The touchdowns is
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  Speaker 2: seven and a half the over, which I would lean
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  Speaker 2: towards slightly. I don't love it. I don't really like it.
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  Speaker 2: If I had to pick one, it would be over
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  Speaker 2: the overs plus one oh five the unders minus one
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  Speaker 2: twenty five?
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  Speaker 1: All right, that one. On the rushing touchdowns Saquon Barkley,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very intrigued to see if he can have a
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  Speaker 1: big touchdown year this year. I might go over on that.
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  Speaker 1: The rushing yards, I'm kind of indifferent on eleven hundred.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see, all right, divine, and I say over only
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  Speaker 1: because we'll see if they utilize the tush push as
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  Speaker 1: much just they used to in years past. You think
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  Speaker 1: they might. We'll see how that ends up going. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Davonte Smith's he's the lead dog. He's all by himself
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  Speaker 1: as the number one. What is the over under for
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  Speaker 1: his receiving yards?
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  Speaker 2: All right? So for Devonte Smith of that without having
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  Speaker 2: to share the ball with a J. Brown. They really
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  Speaker 2: don't have Kayle Lemons or Rookie. We'll get him in
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  Speaker 2: a minute. But it's interesting, despite him putting up one
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  Speaker 2: thousand and eight yards, you would think is over runner
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  Speaker 2: total be twelve hundred, it's not. It's one thousand point five.
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  Speaker 2: The over, which I love, is my strongest one. It's
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  Speaker 2: minus one twenty. The under is plus one oh five.
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  Speaker 2: So look, it's obvious you should go eleven hundred, twelve
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  Speaker 2: hundred yards. The missing targets are going to be distributed
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  Speaker 2: to Smitty more Godard a little bit, obviously, McKayle Lemon.
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  Speaker 2: That's a big one. They're finally gonna have a slot receiver.
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  Speaker 2: How could you not like the over here?
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  Speaker 1: I like the over as well. As soon as you
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  Speaker 1: said one thousand yards, I mean thousand point five, but
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  Speaker 1: a thousand yards. I'm taking the over on Smitty there time.
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  Speaker 1: How many times does he get in the end zone?
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  Speaker 2: Well, they actually it's not out yet. But what I
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  Speaker 2: found comic, I know it is. I'm sorry that I
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  Speaker 2: was gonna look at McKayle Lemon. Yeah, this one's kind
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  Speaker 2: of skinny for skinny Batman receiving touchdowns five point five,
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  Speaker 2: the overs plus one hundred, the unders minus one twenty.
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  Speaker 2: With aj Brown on the roster twenty two through twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: he had seven, seven, eight, but only four last season.
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  Speaker 2: That's because it got her. I strongly believe he's gonna
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  Speaker 2: have six or seven. I was slightly lean towards the over. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: five and a half.
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  Speaker 1: I like the over on that one too. And Goddard
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  Speaker 1: remember had a lot of those like little pitch plays
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  Speaker 1: down in the inside of five.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the yeah, the pop pass and again Davante's is.
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  Speaker 2: The over is plus one hundred and the unders minus
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  Speaker 2: one twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Smith to lead the NFL in touchdown receptions. This is
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  Speaker 1: some long shot money.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, plus five thousand. He's just not he's not gonna
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  Speaker 2: hit double digits. I don't think. I the problem with
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  Speaker 2: him is physically because we know he plays bigger than
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  Speaker 2: his listed size, but he's obviously very thin. Great football player,
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  Speaker 2: putting up a Hall of Fame. Really career so far.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I don't see a ton of touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan Football four. Let's go to McKay Lemon, the rookie.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of year does the oddsmakers think he'll have?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I the over is this is interesting, So it's
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  Speaker 2: six hundred and fifty point five, right, I'm over. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I would lean towards slightly the over. It's the overs
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  Speaker 2: minus one of one of five. So is the under.
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  Speaker 2: It's because with if A. J. Brown was still here,
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  Speaker 2: forget it, I'd go way under. Honestly, it's like they
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  Speaker 2: haven't put out Dan Tavin Wicks's numbers out. I'm curious
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  Speaker 2: to see what that's gonna be like. Now I know
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  Speaker 2: mkay Lemon missed over two weeks of their offseason program.
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  Speaker 2: That's a little bit concerning. Just because he's from the
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  Speaker 2: Metal Reps. That's all he could get. He wasn't on
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  Speaker 2: the field. He's gonna play a ton of Mike. They're
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  Speaker 2: gonna they're gonna have him be their slot receiver. It's
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  Speaker 2: going to be close. But I do like the over.
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  Speaker 1: I like the over on that one too. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: for him to lead the NFL in touchdown catches, that
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  Speaker 1: would be bonkers.
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  Speaker 2: No way, plus twenty five thousand. Look, God could see
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  Speaker 2: four or five because he's an inside receiver. But he
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  Speaker 2: is a rookie. We have to understand that.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's do Dallas Goddard, who back again on
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  Speaker 1: another one year deal, had a big year getting into
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  Speaker 1: the end zone last year. How many times do they
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  Speaker 1: think he'll get into the end zone this year?
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  Speaker 2: Mike out of nowhere? This is how crazy his touchdown
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  Speaker 2: numbers were in play. You know, as you talked about,
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  Speaker 2: there weren't natural passes, some shovel passes and around that
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  Speaker 2: pop passes, which is technically a pass. Just listen to
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  Speaker 2: these numbers, Mike, twenty eighteen. It's only full season, four
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  Speaker 2: games five three four three three two then eleven last
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  Speaker 2: year Mike came out of nowhere. Okay, eleven out of
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  Speaker 2: his sixty catches, like you're basically talking about, just over
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  Speaker 2: every five catches he had a touchdown. That's incredible. Now
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  Speaker 2: the over unner total, I guess there. Look at his
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  Speaker 2: entire career average to get out the over under total
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  Speaker 2: is only four point five the over, which is obvious
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  Speaker 2: this minus one twenty five plus one oh five. I
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  Speaker 2: do like the over. I think that's a good one.
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  Speaker 1: All right. There you go some fun numbers there. I definitely,
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  Speaker 1: I definitely like the Mackay Lemon receiving yards. Goddard on
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  Speaker 1: the touchdowns because if Lemon's getting a lot of no,
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  Speaker 1: we can talk about touchdowns for Lemons, so Goddard maybe
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  Speaker 1: gets some in that red zone area there. This is
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  Speaker 1: a more like you see a lot of the tight
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  Speaker 1: ends from this offense craft and a lot of guys
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  Speaker 1: do well. So I'll go over on the Goddard touchdowns there.
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  Speaker 1: I'll do the over on that one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do like it. Again, understand folks. The past
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  Speaker 2: target group is to be led. It's by committee, but
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  Speaker 2: led by DeVante Smith.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Smith to me is my favorite one and minus one
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  Speaker 2: twenty the over one thousand point five.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you,