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Week 15 Studs & Week 16 Prep, Waiver Gems, & Championship Energy Locks | Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast · Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Well what's going on? Welcome back to the Hustlers. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: we're back with another episode of the Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast. Well,
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  Speaker 1: y'all already know you sleep, you beat. I'm your host,
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  Speaker 1: T will listen. Week fifteen was unpredictable, blowouts, comebacks, some
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  Speaker 1: fantasy heartbreakers that straight up ended some people season that
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  Speaker 1: they wasn't expecting. You know what I mean. They probably
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  Speaker 1: had a big lead going into Monday and lost. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: we got a pack show today. We focused on the
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  Speaker 1: top performers, the injury recap, you know, the waiver wire, scoop,
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  Speaker 1: our Hustlers pick up risk it a bench, it under
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  Speaker 1: the shell, lock pick our Hustle's Energy lock pick of
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  Speaker 1: the week, league shoutouts, my fantasy league shoutouts. Then we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna end with a fantasy community debate, you know the
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  Speaker 1: questions that I've been seeing on the internet. Before we
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  Speaker 1: get into it, follow us on Instagram and Facebook, at
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  Speaker 1: Let's go all get into it. Top fIF top performance
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  Speaker 1: from week fifteen. You know what I mean This These
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  Speaker 1: are guys who went crazy. One of them who kind
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  Speaker 1: of surprised we know he good, but he straight up
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  Speaker 1: care this week. That first guy is Travis Ety running
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  Speaker 1: back from the Jaguars. The boy had twelve cares, thirty
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  Speaker 1: two rush yards, three catches for seventy three yards, and
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  Speaker 1: three receiving todies going crazy, went crazy, did this thing
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  Speaker 1: against the Jets. You know, ETN, we know he good,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we just want to see the consistency.
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  Speaker 1: And hey, yes Sunday is he showed why he wanted
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  Speaker 1: your top dog. So shout out the ETN. Next up
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  Speaker 1: my dog, pook In, the cool wide receiver from the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: Boy had twenty seven point nine Fantasy points, nine catches,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty one yards, two rushers eight yards. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: one thing I drafted Pooka this year. He was my
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  Speaker 1: first pick. One thing I love about Pooker is he
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  Speaker 1: one of them ones. His floor is crazy high. He
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  Speaker 1: have big numbers and don't have any touchdowns like casing points.
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  Speaker 1: Sunday twenty seven point nine points with no tuddies. Boy
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  Speaker 1: had nine catches one hundred and eighty one yards. That's insane.
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  Speaker 1: That is insane. So anytime you got somebody who could
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  Speaker 1: do that without scoring, if they score, that's a backbreaker
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  Speaker 1: right there. But hey, Pooka and the cool Hey, he
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  Speaker 1: been a dog since he been in so there's no
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  Speaker 1: surprise he was the top receiver this week. Next up,
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  Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. We've been waiting on this guy, you know,
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the season on a couple of episodes before,
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  Speaker 1: I said I ain't trust Trevor Lawrence. But he shut
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  Speaker 1: me up with his place. Sunday boy had forty four
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  Speaker 1: point three Fantasy points, three hundred and thirty yards, five touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: passing touchdowns, then he had a fifty one. He had
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  Speaker 1: fifty one rush yards and then a Russian touchdown. So
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  Speaker 1: he just was going crazy Sunday, you know what I mean. So,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, I know earlier in the year, I
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  Speaker 1: was saying I ain't trust Trevor Lawrence. I think now
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  Speaker 1: we at the point of the season. Jacksonville legit, they legit.
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  Speaker 1: You could trust Trevor Lawrence in Fantasy we got two
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  Speaker 1: weeks left. He could prepare you to a dub that's
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  Speaker 1: for sure. That is for sure, So don't sleep on him.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts singing tight end for
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons. The boy had forty five point six fantasy points,
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  Speaker 1: had eleven catches, one sixty six and three tens. And
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  Speaker 1: he did that Thursday. That seemed like forever ago, but
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  Speaker 1: he just went insane, went nuclear, and he was the
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  Speaker 1: top scoring tight end. Hey, I know I'm keep it
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  Speaker 1: to one person in perposition, but I had to shout
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  Speaker 1: Trey McBride out. Now. I drafted Trey McBride two seasons ago,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four season. He helped me get to the playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: so hey, he always favorable to me. That's one of
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  Speaker 1: my dogs. Boy had thirty seven point four fantasy points,
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  Speaker 1: twelve catchers, one hundred and thirty four yards, two todys
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  Speaker 1: going crazy. He'll staple though, he always do that. And
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  Speaker 1: then the top scoring defense was the Chicago Bears. They
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  Speaker 1: had eighteen fantasy points, they only allowed three points. They
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  Speaker 1: got three picks and five sacks. So yeah, the top
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  Speaker 1: performers went crazy this week. And it's a great time
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  Speaker 1: to go crazy because his playoff season. We're trying to hey,
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  Speaker 1: do or die? Do or die win to go home?
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  Speaker 1: Another So another top performer, Surprise used to spike. Now
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  Speaker 1: he was my surprise. You used to spike last week,
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  Speaker 1: So I'm surprised that he's able to keep it going
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  Speaker 1: two weeks in a row, giving his pass, given his
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  Speaker 1: whole season, you know what I mean. He been trending
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  Speaker 1: up with the last six weeks though, but he had
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  Speaker 1: eleven rushes seventy one yards in a tudy and that's
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  Speaker 1: Blake Corn running back for the Rams. His snapshat jumped
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  Speaker 1: to forty six percent, and that's actually what the most
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  Speaker 1: surprising thing I saw. He only played thirty percent of
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  Speaker 1: the snaps in week fourteen, but in week fifteen jumped
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  Speaker 1: up to forty six percent of the snaps. And McVeigh
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  Speaker 1: has been very transparent about trying to preserve kin Rives
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  Speaker 1: for their playoff run. So while they trying to preserve
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  Speaker 1: Kinen Williams with their playoff RN, maybe you could scoop
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  Speaker 1: Blake Coral for your playoff run. So that was the
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  Speaker 1: top performers. And then you know the surprise use of spikes,
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  Speaker 1: those you know staples in the league guys. You know
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna help care matchups. So you know, before I
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  Speaker 1: jump into this next segment, I'd always like the lead
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  Speaker 1: with this. I always like to start off with remembering
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  Speaker 1: that these athletes are people you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they they do this. I mean we benefit from the
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  Speaker 1: entertainment of it, entertainment of it, but you know, injuries
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  Speaker 1: are part of the game, and we always hate to
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  Speaker 1: see this. So we pray for a safe, healthy recovery
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  Speaker 1: for these players and they can get close to one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent as possible because we hate to see it.
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  Speaker 1: But like I said, unfortunately, it's part of the game.
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  Speaker 1: So first up was Pat Mahonmes touring ACL, Michael Parsons
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  Speaker 1: touring ACL. Both of them out for the year. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Mahomes had a great start to the year, kind of
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  Speaker 1: you know, being a little up and down here recently,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, you hate to see that. The Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: dynasty it took a hit. It took a hit with
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  Speaker 1: that Michael Parsons. I know the Packers were super excited
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  Speaker 1: about getting him this season in the trade, and it
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  Speaker 1: looked like he brought some life to them. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: what that means for their playoff run. It kind of
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  Speaker 1: looked like they probably are similar teams they were as
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  Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty fourth season, So we'll see. But
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  Speaker 1: prayers up to Michael Parsons and Pat Mahonmes. Davante Adams
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  Speaker 1: hamstring injury. I saw where he is a game time
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  Speaker 1: decision for Thursday against Seattle. However, I've also seen some
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  Speaker 1: stuff that he could be weak to week, So who
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  Speaker 1: knows they coming off of they going into a game
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  Speaker 1: Thursday on a short week, I don't know if they
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  Speaker 1: would be They need this game, so it sucks to
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  Speaker 1: be in that position because they're playing the Seahawks. They
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  Speaker 1: need this game to wrap up the division. But do
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  Speaker 1: you want to risk Davonte Adams anymore than you have
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  Speaker 1: to when you can? You know you're competing for a
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  Speaker 1: super Bowl. Christian Watson he heard his chest and I
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  Speaker 1: saw something It could be ribs. I didn't see anything
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  Speaker 1: official of ribs, but chess injury. Ramadonza had a foot injury.
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  Speaker 1: Javonte Williams had a chess injury. He did return to
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  Speaker 1: that game against Minnesota. So we just monitor that situation
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  Speaker 1: to see how they how they how he practiced this
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  Speaker 1: upcoming week. R J. Harvey had ribs injury. Luther Burton
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  Speaker 1: had an ankle injury. Bam Knight had an ankle injury.
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  Speaker 1: I did see where they shut Bam Knight down. They
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  Speaker 1: added him to injury reserve. Today, so his season is
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  Speaker 1: officially over. So hey, Michael Carter trending up with Trey
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  Speaker 1: Benson out for the year, Bam Night out for the year,
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  Speaker 1: James Connor out for the year. So if you're looking
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  Speaker 1: for back at this point in the season and you're
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  Speaker 1: still alive, Michael Carter is a potential play for you.
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  Speaker 1: Ricky Piersaw he hurt his knee again. I did see
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  Speaker 1: what he may be weak to week with the Marks
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  Speaker 1: hurt the ankle, Devin Neil hamstring injury. He may be
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  Speaker 1: a game time decision comes Sunday. Devon Velay, who he was.
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned him last week, he was trending up with
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  Speaker 1: I think his usage was going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: It was a shoulder injury for him. I did see
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  Speaker 1: what he was weak the week, But it's possible that
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  Speaker 1: his season could be over given the type of injury
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  Speaker 1: he had and given the point of the season that
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  Speaker 1: it was in. So Devon Velay may be out for
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  Speaker 1: the Yeah, I haven't saw anything official yet, but just
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna keep minding that situation and I'm gonna make
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  Speaker 1: sure y'all had that information. Basil two finger injury and
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  Speaker 1: Hunter Luki concussion so, like I say, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: hate to see that. You know, injuries are part of
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  Speaker 1: the game. Uh, Like I say, we had to see it,
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  Speaker 1: and we prayed up those playoffs. You know, make a
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  Speaker 1: full recovery and be ready as soon as possible and
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent ready. Uh So, yeah, that's a wrap
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  Speaker 1: on that top performance injured recap segment. We're gonna keep
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  Speaker 1: it pushing to the hustler's pickup the wave of wide scoop,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for if you need some help going into
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  Speaker 1: the the second round of the playoffs. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: deep in the season, so we always looking for talent,
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  Speaker 1: were looking for plays that can help us get dubs.
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  Speaker 1: First up, I got Josh Downs wide receiver from the Coats.
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  Speaker 1: He is forty eight percent targeted I mean, excuse me,
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  Speaker 1: forty eight percent rostered. Still fifty two percent available in
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  Speaker 1: most ESPN leagues, so he could be available in your league.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good shot. He had five targets in Week fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: He only had three catches thirteen yards and the tuddy,
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  Speaker 1: but that was ten Fantasy points. But over the last
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  Speaker 1: four weeks, you know, that's three weeks of Danny dimes.
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  Speaker 1: Last week with Philip Rivers. He's averaging over five and
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  Speaker 1: a half targets over the last four weeks, so I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, Josh Downs is viable. They brought in
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  Speaker 1: Philip Rivers to show up their quarterback position to keep
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  Speaker 1: their playoff chances alive. I think that that means, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they gonna lean on JT. But you know, when they
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  Speaker 1: start stacking up and Darren Philip Rivers to beat them,
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  Speaker 1: Josh Downs might be right there to give you what
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  Speaker 1: you need to help you get a dug. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Josh Dawn's my first guy, My next guy. Kobe Parkerson
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  Speaker 1: tight end from the rounds eleven percent roster. He did
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  Speaker 1: play eighty six percent of the snaps though, so he
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  Speaker 1: played a great bit, you know. And the Rams used
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  Speaker 1: multiple tight ends, they used three tight ends predominantly, but
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  Speaker 1: he was the main one. He was the first guy.
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  Speaker 1: He had five catches seventy five yards and two teddies
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. Like I said earlier about Davonte Adams, he
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  Speaker 1: made miss Thursday. And if he does miss Thursday, that
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  Speaker 1: mean Kobe Parkerson gonna be there available, putting in work.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, eleven percent roster, so he available
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  Speaker 1: in eighty nine percent of leagues in ESPN League. So
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  Speaker 1: don't sleep on Kobe Parkerson. He'll hit a miss kind
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  Speaker 1: of guy. But I'm telling you recently he's been hitting
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  Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, doing crazy work, and he liked the target Parkerson.
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  Speaker 1: So don't sleep on Kobe Parkerson. My next guy, Jalen Cocher,
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Panthers. He three and a half
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  Speaker 1: percent roster, sixty eight percent of the snaps, four catches
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  Speaker 1: sixty yards, one teddy that would have had him fit
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  Speaker 1: sixteen points, but he did fumble, so he lost the
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  Speaker 1: two that netted him fourteen Fantasy points. Still a good day, though,
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  Speaker 1: still a good day. This one thing I do know,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being a resident of Charlotte, the Panther fans,
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  Speaker 1: they love Cocer. They excited about Cocer anytime he's available
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  Speaker 1: to play. They love what he could do and what
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  Speaker 1: he can do to help them. And I ain't gonna lie.
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  Speaker 1: I saw it, you know, watching that game against the Saints.
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  Speaker 1: Bro He get open, he make contested catches, he got
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  Speaker 1: good speed, got good size. I see why they love him.
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  Speaker 1: I see why they love him. So yeah, Jalen Cocher
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  Speaker 1: might help you like I say, three and a half
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  Speaker 1: percent roster, it means available and with ninety six and
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  Speaker 1: a half percent of the league. So don't be scared
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  Speaker 1: of him. You know, Blake, Bryce Jon excuse me, Bryce
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  Speaker 1: Jon getting better each week. You know his floy is
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  Speaker 1: really it's it's very low. But Bryce Jeng has sean
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  Speaker 1: he can play good. He could get he can get
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  Speaker 1: you the points. He can give Ryan receivers the ball.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, Jalen Cocher, don't be scared of him. You
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  Speaker 1: could trust him. Uh, Blake Korn, I ain't gonna lie this.
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned him in the Surprise you suld Spike. I
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  Speaker 1: like this. I like this. He's been looking good. He
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  Speaker 1: been looking so man, he been looking so good recently,
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  Speaker 1: Like you know, the explosiveness, the bursts, you know how
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  Speaker 1: he cared about the physicality. He a pro running back, Blake.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Blake Korn. Thirty roster, like I said earlier,
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  Speaker 1: had eleven cares. Sunday seventy one. Rush Yards had a
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  Speaker 1: tuddy uh, Like I said, McVeigh hasn't been hiding the
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  Speaker 1: fact that they want to preserve Karen for a playoff push.
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  Speaker 1: And while they're doing that, we just found out that
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  Speaker 1: Blake Korm is carving out a real role, a real role.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, Blake Korn, it's a great pickup this week
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  Speaker 1: if you need running back help. So yeah, that's the
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  Speaker 1: week fifteen Hustler's pick up. Make sure you claim early.
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  Speaker 1: We deep in the playoffs now, there's no time for regret,
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  Speaker 1: there's no time for second guessing it, you know, double
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  Speaker 1: minding this. We ain't worried about none of that. We're
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  Speaker 1: seeing the information and we trusting it. And if it
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  Speaker 1: go against you, it just go against you. But you
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  Speaker 1: as long as you got the information in front of
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  Speaker 1: you to make the best decision possible, that's all you
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  Speaker 1: could ask for. So yeah, that was the Hustler pickups,
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  Speaker 1: the wave of wire Gems. Next up is our Risk
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  Speaker 1: of the bench a segment the He's some tough start,
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  Speaker 1: six questions, some tough start siting matchups. You know what
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying. First up, bo Nicks versus the Jaguars. I
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  Speaker 1: ain't gonna lie to you. I'm benching that one. I'm
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  Speaker 1: benching that one with the quickness Jags or second in
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  Speaker 1: turnovers forced. They got twenty six on the year, They
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  Speaker 1: right behind Chicago. We see what they doing Nicks. He
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  Speaker 1: has a solid TD to interception ratio at two and
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  Speaker 1: a half. That's solid. But the Jags like the Blitz.
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  Speaker 1: They defense showing up and then they got a run
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  Speaker 1: game that they can control the clock. And I know
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  Speaker 1: Toton got hurt, but I think etn is good enough
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  Speaker 1: to carry them for a game to where he can
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  Speaker 1: control the clock, you know, Trevor to show he got
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  Speaker 1: running ability and for play breaks down he can extend drives.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, they you know, as long as the defense
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  Speaker 1: is getting rest and he's keeping Denver's defense on the field,
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  Speaker 1: Jags are in perfect position to force turnovers and lock
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  Speaker 1: up the Denver Broncos this weekend. So yeah, Bo Nicks,
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  Speaker 1: I am definitely benching that benching that Tony Pollard versus
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs next up. I'm a risk that I'm a
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  Speaker 1: risk that I ain't gonna lie. Picked on Tony Pollard
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  Speaker 1: a couple weeks ago when they was playing Cleveland and
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  Speaker 1: the board showed I've had twenty eight Fantasy points. Uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, he went crazy. But you know, on the
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  Speaker 1: flip side of that, Kansas City do have a stop
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  Speaker 1: running defense. They got the seventh best rush d But
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  Speaker 1: I think that mahons injury is gonna shift their urgency.
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  Speaker 1: I think with them being eliminated and Mahomes getting injured
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  Speaker 1: for the year, you know, it's people making plans, you know,
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  Speaker 1: vacation plans, spending time with their family, you know, the season,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And I'm not saying they quit, No, I
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  Speaker 1: want to be clearing that. I definitely don't think they're quitting.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think when you get a hit like that,
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  Speaker 1: like your star QB go down, it changes your mindset,
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  Speaker 1: you know. So I think that's a lot off the
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  Speaker 1: field that's coming into the game that's working against Kansas City.
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  Speaker 1: And what's working for Pollard is the fact that he
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  Speaker 1: has three teddies two hundred and sixty five yards on
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine cares in the last two games. And like
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  Speaker 1: I said, mentioned a few minutes ago, he had twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight Fantasy points against Cleveland backdoor with eighteen Fantasy points
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  Speaker 1: against San fran So right now he deep in his bag.
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  Speaker 1: And I like the risk. I like the start for
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  Speaker 1: Pollard against Kansas City. Next up Aaron Jones versus the Giants.
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  Speaker 1: I'm risking that as well, risking that as well. Giants
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  Speaker 1: ranked twenty ninth versus the run, Aaron Jones lead the
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  Speaker 1: backfield and snaps fifty eight percent of the snaps. He
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  Speaker 1: only as sixty five total yards last week. But if
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  Speaker 1: you got sixty five and you score, you're looking at
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  Speaker 1: twelve and a half. You know you got seventy you score,
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at thirteen, So you're looking at a solid day.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Jones been the number one back in Minnesota all season.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody else has done anything to challenge that. I did
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  Speaker 1: see some CJ. Ham usage in that Dallas game, but
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  Speaker 1: I looked up he only had that one care and
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  Speaker 1: that was that netted the touchdown. So I mean he
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  Speaker 1: may still go line work. I don't know. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think so one care in the whole game don't really
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  Speaker 1: scare me off of Aaron Jones. So yeah, I'm a
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  Speaker 1: risk Aaron Jones against the Giants. I like that matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, Terry McLaurin versus the Eagles. Hey, I'm definitely
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  Speaker 1: bitching manching that benching, that benching, that benching. That Philly
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  Speaker 1: has the tenth rank pass defense. Mccornon only had fok
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  Speaker 1: targets last week. He's too volatile. I think he too
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  Speaker 1: up and down. You know, he did have a good day,
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  Speaker 1: he did have fifteen Fantasy points, but on four targets,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: canny repeat that. And now they just announced that they
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: shutting down Jay and Daiels for the year. So Mario,
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: there is this quarterback going forward. Now Mariota have seoan
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: signs to get he can get whoever the ball. However,
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: if he can only get four targets, you know, to McLaurin,
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: does that mean he repeated fifteen point Fantasy today? I
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: don't know. I ain't willing to risk it. I ain't
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: willing to risk it to find out though, So yeah,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: I'm benching that Darren Waller tight end for the Dolphins
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: versus the Bengals. I am risking that now. I had
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: Waller earlier in the year. I was able to stream
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: him for a few weeks before he got hurt, and
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: he helped me get some dubs. So I appreciate you,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Darren Waller. Mission has covered. We appreciate your services. So yeah,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: I'm risking that. The Bengals ranked twenty eighth in past
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: d Waller had eight targets versus Pittsburgh. He's getting at
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: least three targets a game and every game he's played in.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: So yeah, you know, Dann Waller, he won. He like that.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: He's been tough his entire career. He playing against the
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: league defense. They both don't have anything to play for.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: So I actually think that's probably gonna be a good
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: game to watch. I think it's gonna be They can
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: be loose, you know what I mean, just backyard football,
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: and I think Miami and Cincinnati got a chance to
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: play a backyard football game, and Darann Waller got a
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: chance to benefit from that. So let's go under the
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: radar next, you know what I mean, We're gonna keep
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: it pushing to our under the shell lock pick. You
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: know what I mean. This is this is somebody who's
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: you know, under the radar, Like I said, somebody that
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: nobody's really checking for. And at this point the season,
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: I ain't gonna lie. Dude, get kind of tough, you know,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: looking preparing for this show, it was it was getting
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: tough because people who manage they probably ain't managing them all.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: They got it, you know, they got eliminated for playoff contention.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: So it's kind of hard. It's real thing out there,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: super thin out there. But I mentioned the guy who
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: was starting over this guy earlier and Bam Knight he's
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: out for the year. With Bam Knight being out for
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: the year, my under the shell pick is Michael Carter.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: He nine percent rostered. He faces in Atlanta D that's
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: twenty fifth and rush D. They gave up eighty seven
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: reushhards to Tampa running backs last week. Carter had eighteen
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: touches ninety four to the total yards last week in
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: week fifteen, Like I say, Bam Night out for the season,
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: Carter row is about to explode. It's about to expand
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: I think you can lock that in, you know what
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: I mean, you can trust that going forward because he
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: got a good opportunity moving forward because he's the starter now.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: So you know that's my under the shell guy. Now
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: let's go and get it moving to my lot. You
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: know what I mean. This is who I'm I'm locking
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: that lock and I'm throwing away the key. And this
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: guy he's been going crazy lately, and he had a
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: slow start to the year and people panicked, you know,
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: because of the usage of Ramondre Stevenson. So and I
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: get it right, Ramondre wasn't playing that great enough to
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: keep Trayvon Henderson all the way tucked away, but he
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: got hurt. It opened the door for Trayvon and not
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: the dog is out, you know what I mean. It's out,
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: the seekers out. We know what it is. Ravens. He
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: got the Ravens this week. The Ravens are twenty fifth
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: and rush defense Henderson averaging fifteen carres ninety eight yards
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: over the last five games. He had two teddies last week.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: He got six teddies in the last five games. And
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: he just been on a burner. Nah, his yards precred
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: not that great. I ain't gonna lie to you on that.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: It's not nothing that is super crazy. But the production
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: is there. The production is there. The cat is out
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: of the bag. The Ravens allow eighteen Fantasy points per
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: game to running backs. So on top of him being
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: on the burner over the last six weeks or last
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: five weeks, he has an opportunistic matchup to where he
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: can go crazy again. And if you got him in
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: the playoffs, you're looking at a championship appear as possibly.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: So yeah, that's my understand excuse me, that's my Hustle's
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: Energy lock pick of the week. And if you rock
• 22:31
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• 22:34
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• 22:38
  Speaker 1: see who you believe in. Let's see who you trust,
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Show me who you trust. I want to see it.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: So before we get to the you know, the end
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: of the show, we got to get to this fantasy league.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Shout out. This is my fantasy league. My main league
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: got playing. This is you know, these are guys who
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: you know who put their money where their mouth is.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: These are the ones who taking it serious. So round
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: one winners in the end of given Sunday Fantasy League,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: shout out to the managers of University and Toe Drag Swag.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Y'all survived the first round and y'all advanced. Good luck
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: to y'all, as y'all already know playoffs brand clarity, So
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: make sure y'all stay shot, stay disciplined, you know what
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: I'm saying, and just let your roster do the talking.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: So again, congratulations to the managers of University and Toe
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Drag Swag for getting that playoff dub. It ain't easy.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: All right here we are we at the end fantasy
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: community debate. I ain't I like this. I was intrigued
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: by these, you know we're gonna end it with a
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: few closing community debate questions. First up, do real football
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: metrics mattering fantasy playoff weeks or is it just about
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: volume and opportunity. I think real metrics matter. I look
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: at real metrics when I'm deciding on who I'm gonna
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: grab and who I'm gonna play. I use real metrics. Now,
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: volume and opportunity does matter. It does. I don't want
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: to discount there, But I think real metrics definitely matter.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: When you look at these defensive rankings, what they give
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: up to certain positions, the schemes that they run, how
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: you know how often they blitz, how much they blitz,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: how little they blitz. You know how turnover prone are
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: certain players, how turnover prone, or how defenses can force turnovers.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I do think all of that matter when you're talking
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: about picking your playoffs with fantasy. I think that makes
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: the difference on if you're in the playoffs or if
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: you miss the playoffs. And it also makes the difference
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: in if you advance in the playoffs or if you
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: get a little or you just showed up and you
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: want it done, you know, being one and done in
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: the playoffs hurt because you made it this far. You
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: work so hard, you grinding to this point. Any of
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: you lost immediately, you know, And that that happened to
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: me in twenty twenty four, and I pray that don't
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: happen to me in twenty twenty five. I'm in, I'm
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: going for the goal. That's just what it is, you know.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: So to even be in this position, you know, I'm
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: definitely thankful. I'm definitely you know, optimistic about how it's
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: gonna go down. But yes, real metrics matter when it
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: comes to selecting players waiver wise, scoops, drafts. You know,
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: type of offenses. Are they a good offense? Are they
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: a bad offense? They're a bad offense, you might want
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: to stay away from those guys, or they might be
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: your streaming guys because they can hit. They can't hit
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: on bad offenses. But if they're in a bad offense
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: and you really need them. Every year, I've had a
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: player on a bad offense and I really needed them.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: I missed the playoffs and it wasn't close. So yes,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: real metrics matter. Voluming opportunity do matter. For real metrics
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: matter just as much as well so that's my piece
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: on it. I got another one though, should you sit
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: elite players in bad matchups? How elite are we talking though?
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: You know, if we're talking top five in they position,
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: are you gonna sit that guy? No, I don't care
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: how bad the matchup is. I'm not sitting them. You
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: know we're gonna win, lose a jarw. This is my hit,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: my big dog. I'm riding that. I'm riding away until
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: the wheels fall off. So yeah, it depends on how
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: elite we're talking. We're talking next tier, you know, you're
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: talking from seven to twenty in they position rank. Well,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: then I guess we no longer talk an elite though,
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: So yeah, top five? Did you see the league players
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: some bad matchups? I would say no, but I understand
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: the people who play the numbers, who play the analytics,
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: I get it. I get it. I personally wouldn't do it,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: but I understand it. So yeah, I'm gonna go no,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna say you shouldn't. But if you, if you
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: feel different about it, tap in, let me know, give
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: me your logic on it, because I hey, listen, I
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: want to learn from everybody too, because different what I've
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: learned especially with this season. Your draft strategy don't matter
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: as long as you don't lose your draft. Whatever. If
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: you go zero back, I've seen zero back champions. I've
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: seen hero back champions. I've seen you know, hero quarterback champions.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: I've seen it all. So I don't think there's one
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: way to win a fantasy league. It's just about preference.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: So with that preference, should you see it elite players
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: and bad matchups, I'm gonna go no. So you know
• 27:56
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• 28:00
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• 28:15
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• 28:18
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• 28:21
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• 28:24
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• 28:27
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• 28:31
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