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NFL 2025 | Week 11 "Tent Talk" | Updates, News & Injuries | Banter with the Boys - Gridiron Updates · Banter with the Boys

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  laced up let's go it's time for better with the
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  boys welcome back to banter with the boys gridiron
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  updates this is going to be our tent talk episode
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  oh yeah i forgot i'll have to remember that So
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  let's just not waste any time here, Rob. Let's
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  talk some football, get some nicotine in the
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  old lip, and let's get her going. A little lip
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  cushy? Yeah, a little lip pillow. So I'm your
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  host, Smelty. Obviously, this is the other host,
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  Rob. Roberto. If you've been here before, Roberto.
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  And then Kev, getting everything done for us
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  behind the camera, as always. So without further
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  ado, these are the injuries I have. If I miss
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  anything, Rob, let me know. Okay. But quarterback.
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  Joe Burrow, his practice window opens up. He
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  may be back around Thanksgiving. That game against,
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  what was it, the Ravens on the 27th, I believe.
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  I mean, is that the return of Joe Burrow? We'll
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  see. Since he's sitting at three and six. So,
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  I mean, again, if they can pull a couple out
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  at least or at least win one of the next two.
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  You know, at least helps. Yeah, it totally does.
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  We'll see. And, again, the Steelers not playing
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  well, and the Ravens got a good win this weekend.
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  So who knows? Let's see. Quarterback, New York
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  Giants. Jackson Dart enters the concussion protocol.
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  Probably not playing this weekend. Buffalo with
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  a slew of them here. Dalton Kincaid is kind of
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  week to week right now with a hamstring -free
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  fantasy people tight end. Defensive end, A .J.
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  Epineza did not play. this weekend. He was out
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  due to concussion, so we'll see if he's able
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  to come back. They were also without Shaq Thompson,
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  their linebacker. He also did not play because
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  of a hamstring. Right now, those two guys, Epineza
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  and Thompson, may not be back for this weekend
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  either. Your best ability is your availability
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  at this point in the season. Let's see, receiver
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  for the Los Angeles Rams. We touched on him last
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  episode. Devontae Adams has an oblique injury,
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  which does seem severe. So right now his return
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  is TBD. There is not a lot going out there or
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  not a lot of information out there regarding
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  that. Another one that's kind of... low -key
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  and very vague detail -wise is Romeo Dobbs, receiver
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  for the Green Bay Packers. It just keeps everywhere.
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  It just says, quote, chest injury. So that cannot
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  be good. It's very vague on any detail. Did you
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  get a golden injury out of there somewhere? I
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  didn't see why he was out. It just says he is
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  out. Let me just quick skim here. Emotional damage.
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  Let me just see here. Oh, well, I'm not a subscriber
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  to Packers Wire, so I'm unable to read this one.
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  So that's okay. We'll move on. Nobody cares.
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  And then just C .J. Stroud and Jayden Daniels
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  probably both still out this weekend as well.
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  Yeah, the Texans need a bag. Actually, Mel's
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  played okay this last week. I did not watch that
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  game. Yeah, I was kind of just over it. Yeah,
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  I did see it looks like Alexander Jair stepping
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  away from football. Yeah, 28 years old. He's
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  not fully saying he's retiring. Allegedly, he's
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  contemplating retirement. Yeah, we can head right
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  into the news because that's kind of it for injuries.
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  Did we talk about Travis Hunter? No, he's done
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  for the season as of today, right? Yes. What
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  was it? It was a knee thing? Yes, yes. Missing
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  the remainder of the season. That sucks. That's
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  tough luck for that guy. He was having a nice
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  little promising season. That might be who I'm
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  looking for this weekend at the card show. Some
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  Travis Hunter. His price might have just dropped
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  because of his knee. Unfortunately, that's how
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  the market works. It's messed up. But I'm banking
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  on it. He's going to be a stud next year coming
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  back. It's all positive. Scataboo? Scataboo is
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  another one. Yeah. Right? Ooh, maybe I got to
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  throw a card minute into Tent Talk. There we
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  go. Anyway. The card minute followed up by the
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  fantasy minute. Yeah, just a couple minutes.
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  You know what I mean? All right. Anyway. The
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  only other news that I saw was D -tackle for
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  Washington. Daron Payne suspended one game for
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  punching Aminrah St. Brown. Did you see that
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  play? I did. I did. So he's going to miss the
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  Madrid game. That kind of blows. Hopefully they
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  don't let him travel. Make him sit at home. Maybe
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  don't punch the opposing player. I mean, come
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  on. And he's a veteran. There was a few plays
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  the veterans were making mistakes for that Redskins
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  team. Is that just frustration? They're just
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  falling apart over there. Falling apart right
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  now. Falling apart in Washington right now. Frustration.
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  They're swinging. Calls for what's -his -name
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  to get fired. Oh, really? Why am I blanking on
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  that? What's their coach's name? Backwards Hat.
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  Yeah. Why am I blanking on that? Yeah, Quinn.
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  Thank you. Calls already for Quinn to get fired,
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  I think, is kind of wild. That's every fan base.
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  I mean, I've heard KOC was supposed to get fired
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  this year after he left Wentz in, per Wentz's
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  request. Yeah. Any other news that you know of
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  for the NFL? Not a lot going on right now. Just
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  those injuries. I mean, other than rest in peace,
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  Mr. Keeneland from Cowboys. Keeland, sorry. Keeland?
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  I thought it was Neeland. Nealon, I don't know.
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  Yeah, mental health is very real, folks. A lot
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  of bad rumors going around about that whole situation,
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  too, until his family members stepped forward.
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  I can't remember who it was, his aunt or something.
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  Somebody stepped forward and cleared the air.
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  Just another example of don't spread anything.
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  Did we talk about Samuel signing with the Steelers?
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  No, he signed to the practice squad for the Steelers
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  this morning. Yeah, that was one that we thought
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  maybe was going to go to the Vikes. I mean, we
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  could have used a little help. No doubt. And
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  then Jenkins landing in the IR for the Packers.
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  Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah, so and then. I
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  think that's about it, I think. About it, huh?
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  Yeah. I got it. Fantasy -wise. I was going to
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  say, what's your fantasy minute? I mean, other
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  than Jonathan Taylor blowing up constantly. He
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  had a huge week this week. Who else had to do
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  that? I mean, okay, hold on. Jonathan Taylor
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  better be seriously considered for the MVP. But
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  will he? It's a quarterback award. We know it.
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  The problem is Matthew Stafford is doing so well.
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  He's playing outstanding right now. That's a
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  good point. We talk about it's a QB award, too.
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  But it's time. It's time. It's been, what, since
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  2012? Since a non -quarterback won the MVP award?
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  Come on. It's time. It's time. But you still
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  got... You argued it was time last year with
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  Saquon, right? And he still didn't get it. Yeah,
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  I feel like the writers are going to write, especially
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  with them snubbing Barkley last year, that I
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  think Taylor, a running back. But JT might be
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  on pace to eclipse that. You know what I mean?
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  Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. I'm all for
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  it. Whoever's the best player on the team that's
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  most valuable. Yeah, I understand the quarterback
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  has the ball in his hand the most. But even if
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  that quarterback goes down, you've got a stud
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  running back behind you. Guess what? Backup quarterback's
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  still going to hand it off to stud running back,
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  no? Yes, sir. So it's just, I don't know. I think
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  at this point, God, that's tough. because Matthew
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  Stafford is playing outstanding. You son of a
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  B. I hate that you brought him up because I was
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  not thinking about him at all. I mean, either
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  you're on something or on to something. Well,
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  we're doing a podcast, so I'm on something. On
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  to something, I meant. On the internet. Yeah,
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  yeah, on the internet, yeah. Anyway, well, is
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  that the only fantasy minute? JT going crazy.
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  I mean, just in general, like right now, it's
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  just depth. There's injuries and everyone getting
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  banged up. There's not a ton of players to pick
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  up anymore. You can find them here and there,
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  but it's really tough to get consistency out
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  of anything right now on that pickup wire. You
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  should probably go pick up Dawson Knox if you
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  don't have him already. Back up tight end to
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  Kincaid, and Knox has already been playing, so
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  he's probably already picked up. Yeah, but usually,
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  I mean, especially for tight ends, there's usually
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  a couple available, you know, that you could
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  make, like a TJ Hawkinson would be available,
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  even though he had two catches for yards last
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  week. I had him on one of my leagues. But, yeah,
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  I mean, there's always a handful, especially
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  if you're in a 10 - or 12 -team league. I mean,
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  yeah, Knox is probably within that top 20 right
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  now for fantasy projections. He's not bad. No,
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  I'm not saying he's bad, but it's just that you
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  just never know. starters out there that are
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  better. You just don't know from week to week
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  if he's going to suddenly jump into the game
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  plan as a number two option just because Kincaid's
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  out. I think Knox was there before Kincaid. Knox
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  was actually putting up some decent numbers before
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  Kincaid got there. I'd imagine he might slot
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  right in, but I don't know. I don't play fantasy
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  this year, so that's why it's not my fantasy
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  minute. That's why it's Rob's fantasy minute.
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  If you lose based on his stuff, I don't know.
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  And then A -Chan went off this weekend, too.
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  And then Seattle's defense with the two tutties.
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  Were they like consecutive drives, I think, weren't
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  they? The little fumble and scoop for the touchdown.
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  Scoop. Yeah, and I can't remember what player.
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  He scored them both on the D -lineman on it.
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  So, yeah. So, good luck. It's getting close.
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  I think we're week 10. So, most playoffs are
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  going to start here week. 13 or 14. So it's clutch
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  time. W's are very, very important depending
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  on your league. No, I forget for fantasy, does
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  the championship usually happen before the final
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  week in the regular season? Typically week 17
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  would, yeah, to avoid any setting. Okay, okay.
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  I literally haven't played fantasy in so long
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  because I just haven't. Don't have time for it.
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  Alright, well, that's it. That's Rob's Fantasy
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  Minute. I guess for Tyler's card five seconds,
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  go pick up a Barry Sanders card. I don't know.
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  Whatever. Why not? Joe Montana, get them all.
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  Just grab one. I don't know. Anyway, we'll try
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  to work a minute in there next week. We'll see
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  if we've got time. We'll have AI write you a
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  script. Yeah, right. Thanks for being here, Rob,
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  of course. But we've got one more to go. We've
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  got a lot of preview and picks to come. And if
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  you're an avid listener, I have indeed updated
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  the predictions. So you should probably listen
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  to that to see. If we know what we're talking
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  about or not, you know what I mean? Us, our guests,
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  whoever, because they send in their picks. Anyway,
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  I'm rambling now. Kev, behind the camera, always
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  getting everything done for us. Yeah, for Banter
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