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FFWMF 26-06 Week 4 Recap · Fantasy Football With My Friends

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Speaker 1: Thank you. all right welcome into the fantasy football with
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Speaker 1: my friends podcast i'm your host ben bowman and joining
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Speaker 1: me today is uh it's nobody actually i am flying
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Speaker 1: solo on this podcast this evening nick is off uh
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Speaker 1: kissing the asses of some big executive out in california
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Speaker 1: um shout out a couple late last minute invites but
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Speaker 1: to be expected everybody's pretty busy and uh last second
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Speaker 1: podcast if it doesn't always work out so you know
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Speaker 1: what we're gonna we're gonna rock this thing solo and
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Speaker 1: uh yeah it'll be a little bit quicker um i
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Speaker 1: don't know maybe you guys can slow it down speed
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Speaker 1: it up do whatever you got to do but we
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Speaker 1: are uh we're back and uh yeah gonna just run
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Speaker 1: right through this thing so uh forgive the voice it's
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Speaker 1: a little raspy went to the panthers game sunday night
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Speaker 1: so um as with uh after every panthers home game
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Speaker 1: this year you're gonna you're gonna hear a little uh
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Speaker 1: a little sandpaper in my voice uh it's just uh
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Speaker 1: it's just the way it goes but we'll um we'll
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Speaker 1: go ahead and get right into it and i'm just
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Speaker 1: gonna i'm gonna start with uh with the matchup which
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Speaker 1: i felt like selfishly biasly was the matchup of the
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Speaker 1: week where bony the fantasy football team takes down buckshot
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Speaker 1: brandon the undefeated buckshot 187 to 94 and this was
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Speaker 1: uh This was not much of a game, man. This
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Speaker 1: was not much of a matchup. And, you know, I
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Speaker 1: was talking a little shit. Everybody was like, hey, you know,
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Speaker 1: Ben's only talking shit because he lost Justin Jefferson. He
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Speaker 1: lost Devon A. Chain. And, yeah, obviously that helped. That
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Speaker 1: helped me be confident. But the reality is we won
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Speaker 1: by basically 100 points. Those two players were not going
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Speaker 1: to make a difference when you've got the likes of
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Speaker 1: CeeDee Lamb going off for 44. Nico Collins back in
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Speaker 1: the lineup for 33. Bijan. 34 points, you know, you
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Speaker 1: get finally a nice game with a hundred yards from
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Speaker 1: Jamison Williams, um, with 102 yards could, it could even
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Speaker 1: been like one, you know, nearly 200 yards if he
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Speaker 1: didn't drop an 80 yard touchdown early on in the game. But, um,
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Speaker 1: that didn't bother me too much. It was, uh, it
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Speaker 1: was just nice to get the entirety of the squad
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Speaker 1: back out there with Nico healthy, finally get something from
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Speaker 1: Jamison Williams, you know, at least get some volume from, uh,
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Speaker 1: Colson Loveland. Who's been like the player who I would
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Speaker 1: say has really been holding us back. Um, so far
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Speaker 1: this season and Colson Loveland, a player who, you know,
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Speaker 1: we drafted with the idea that he was going to
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Speaker 1: be make it become a difference maker for our team
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Speaker 1: that just simply has not, um, you know, transpired, but
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Speaker 1: at least this week was a step in the right direction. So,
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Speaker 1: you know, the team it's anchored by Bijan Nico in
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Speaker 1: CD land. That's obviously the foundation. And then we're just
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Speaker 1: kind of looking for the rest of the guys to, uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, to chip in, um, T law, Trevor Lawrence,
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Speaker 1: not exactly a huge week statistically this week, but not
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Speaker 1: a week that kills you 15 points. We've got 11
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Speaker 1: from Cam Scadaboo. He's just not broken that big play yet,
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Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, he's not getting the goal line
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Speaker 1: touches or a bunch of work in the receiving game.
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Speaker 1: As of right now, the high-end ceiling outcome that we're
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Speaker 1: hoping for with Cam Scadaboo has not exactly transpired just yet.
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Speaker 1: So for us, he's kind of serving in that low-end
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Speaker 1: RB2 capacity, but we're okay with that for now. um
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Speaker 1: obviously the hoping at some point in time we're going
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Speaker 1: to get josh jacobs added to this lineup i'm still
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Speaker 1: confident we'll see him at some point this year i
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Speaker 1: mean if you know after what james pierce did the
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Speaker 1: the falcons defensive end that's what i keep telling tony
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Speaker 1: after after what james pierce did this offseason if he
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Speaker 1: only received an eight game suspension i really would be
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Speaker 1: shocked if josh jacobs got anything that exceeded that um
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Speaker 1: after what that guy did so um That's kind of
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Speaker 1: what we're holding out hope for. If we can just
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Speaker 1: tread water, get Josh Jacobs back in the lineup and
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Speaker 1: really solidify our RB2 spot and have Cam Scadaboo kind
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Speaker 1: of slide down into the flex, we're going to be
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Speaker 1: feeling really, really good about where we're at. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: it was an awesome week to be bony. Coming in
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Speaker 1: on the other side of this matchup, this was just
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Speaker 1: a down, brutal week for Buckshot. Going into the Sunday
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Speaker 1: night football game, Brandon had zero touchdowns in his lineup.
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Speaker 1: It was already over. Going into that Sunday night game
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Speaker 1: so much to the point that it didn't even have
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Speaker 1: to stress about Waller or JMO up against Chuba Hubbard.
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Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard, he's the only one who showed up for Brandon.
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Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard is one of the best draft picks you
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Speaker 1: could have possibly made. Chuba Hubbard is really making up. Honestly,
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Speaker 1: he was outperforming what Devon Achan was giving Brandon. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: he'd still love to have Achan, but Chuba Hubbard has
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Speaker 1: been so good that Panthers offense has leveled up. with
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Speaker 1: the play of Bryce Young, and you know, they're just
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Speaker 1: around the goal line, they're staying on the field, they're
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Speaker 1: consistently getting first downs, those are all the things that
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Speaker 1: you need to happen if you're going to be a
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Speaker 1: big-time running back in fantasy football, and then you throw
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Speaker 1: in all of the other running backs, the second and
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Speaker 1: third string running back, and Jonathan Brooks, and Travis Etienne, Etienne,
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Speaker 1: whatever you want to call them, are both hurt, it's
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Speaker 1: just really like delivering the high-end upside scenario for Brandon,
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Speaker 1: and that's the player who you know, if Brandon's going
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Speaker 1: to withstand these injuries that he's currently dealing with, it's
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Speaker 1: going to be large in part because of the season,
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Speaker 1: the Chuba Hubbard is giving him, it kind of reminds
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Speaker 1: me of the season Chuba had two years ago where
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Speaker 1: he finished as a low end RB one. And that
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Speaker 1: is very obviously in the range of outcomes, I would
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Speaker 1: say at this point. Um, but beyond that, absolutely nobody
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Speaker 1: showed up Matthew Stafford, no passing touchdowns, which obviously meant
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Speaker 1: that Devante Adams stack did not hit only 32, um,
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Speaker 1: yards for Devante Adams who did drop an end zone touchdown. Um,
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Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't the easiest catch in the world,
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Speaker 1: but it was in his hands. And, you know, when
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Speaker 1: you're a future Hall of Famer like Devontae Adams, just transparently,
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Speaker 1: that's something you would expect him to catch. Trey McBride,
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Speaker 1: seven interceptions, but only 31 yards. Makai Lemon could not
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Speaker 1: capitalize on the lack of Devontae Smith in the lineup.
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Speaker 1: Only three interceptions for 27 yards. So, yeah, it's just
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Speaker 1: really an ugly all-around performance for everyone else on Brandon's team.
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Speaker 1: I mean, his second highest scoring ever. player was the
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Speaker 1: Seahawks defense with 12 points I mean I guess he
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Speaker 1: got 12.2 for Matthew Stafford but you know really outside
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Speaker 1: of Chuba Hubbard absolutely nobody showed up for Buckshot but
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Speaker 1: he still sits at three and one he's operating from
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Speaker 1: a position of leverage and you know he should be
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Speaker 1: getting Justin Jefferson back I would expect he picked up
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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill who's the news has been I would say
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Speaker 1: improving and getting more optimistic that he's going to sign
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Speaker 1: potentially with the Chiefs So if that happens sometime soon,
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Speaker 1: that's maybe a second half of the season type guy
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Speaker 1: that Brandon has. So if Brandon were sitting at like
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Speaker 1: 2-2 or 1-3, he might be in a tougher spot.
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Speaker 1: But sitting at 3-1, he's got the opportunity to bide
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Speaker 1: his time, try and get a couple wins. And then
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Speaker 1: if he chooses, he can probably by the time he
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Speaker 1: would need to, some teams may be willing to look
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Speaker 1: towards next season in which Brandon can cash in on
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Speaker 1: that draft capital. So it's a tough win, Brandon. You
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Speaker 1: ran into the bony buzzsaw. this week it happens to
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Speaker 1: everybody at some point in time but keep your head
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Speaker 1: up moving on to the next matchup the og co-managers
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Speaker 1: fringe will get a badly needed dub a season saving
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Speaker 1: dub 182 to 95 and this wasn't only a win
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Speaker 1: this was a confidence restoring win that these guys had
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Speaker 1: i mean You know, to finally get Puka Nakua back
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Speaker 1: and to get the 30-point game that they needed, a
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Speaker 1: 40-point game from Kyron Williams, three touchdowns from Javante Williams.
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Speaker 1: He stole CeeDee Lamb's touchdowns. You know, you get, I
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Speaker 1: would say, a low-end game from Josh Allen, 21 points.
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Speaker 1: You know, and then a nice, you know, Thursday night
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Speaker 1: game from Quinshot Judkins, 25 points. They just kind of
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Speaker 1: had it going this week, and they were due. They
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Speaker 1: had some really awful luck, some bad injury luck. You know,
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Speaker 1: things not go their way. earlier on in this season.
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Speaker 1: So this was a huge win to get cause Owen
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Speaker 1: for these guys are probably, um, making some really, really
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Speaker 1: tough decisions with their team. But now at one and three,
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Speaker 1: getting that big gigantic win for their confidence, um, should
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Speaker 1: be huge for them. And it's going to give them
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Speaker 1: an opportunity to stay in this thing. They, they spent
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Speaker 1: the 43 fab on Ollie Gordon and didn't even end
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Speaker 1: up playing him. They had Woody marks, Kalief Raymond, those
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Speaker 1: types of players in the lineup. I guess they had
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Speaker 1: to play Kalief Raymond because Pukunuku was the only wide
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Speaker 1: receiver and, they put out there, but yeah, I mean,
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Speaker 1: these guys, you know, even with the way Ollie Gordon looked,
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Speaker 1: you know, we'll see if that continues, but yeah, I mean, obviously,
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Speaker 1: it's an optimistic, certainly an optimistic first game for him,
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Speaker 1: and I highly, highly suspect he will be in their
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Speaker 1: lineup this week, so big win for those guys. Jumping
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Speaker 1: on to the other side of this matchup, this was
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Speaker 1: not Will's best week, not at all, really scrolling through,
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Speaker 1: it was just Ashton Gentry Who showed up for him?
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Speaker 1: Really sucks with the Saquon Barkley injury. It was like
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Speaker 1: right in the beginning of the game, you know, pulls
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Speaker 1: up lame and grabbing the back of his leg. We've
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Speaker 1: all seen that injury a billion times. It was very
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Speaker 1: obvious that he pulled his hamstring right in that moment.
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Speaker 1: Now considering week to week, so not only is Will
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Speaker 1: going to miss out on Saquon Barkley here for the
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Speaker 1: near future, also left him with 2.4 points in his lineup.
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Speaker 1: Obviously not that it would have made difference in the
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Speaker 1: way this matchup ended up going, but certainly just a
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Speaker 1: little knife twist, and yeah, now Will's got some difficulties,
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Speaker 1: I would say, to navigate, you know, he didn't necessarily
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Speaker 1: have the backup with Saquon either, nobody really did, I mean,
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Speaker 1: you know, I have Saquon in the Big Money League,
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Speaker 1: and I had Tank Bigsby, but that doesn't matter, because
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Speaker 1: he got hurt, and is now on injury reserve too,
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Speaker 1: so we'll see who the big winner is by the
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Speaker 1: time this podcast comes out for the services of Will Shipley,
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Speaker 1: but Yeah, that sucks big time for Will to lose
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Speaker 1: him in a season that's already been a little bit up,
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Speaker 1: a little bit down. Last week, two weeks ago, when
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Speaker 1: he was playing Boney, he got the Monster Canyon City game.
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Speaker 1: This week, he gets the Goose. Zero receptions on four targets.
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Speaker 1: That entire Jets offense was awful. I think the stat
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Speaker 1: I heard today was they had 32 plays on offense
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Speaker 1: to the Bears' 89 plays. That is quite the dramatic
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Speaker 1: difference and honestly insane. It's impossible to put up fantasy
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Speaker 1: points when that happens, but just really looking through the
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Speaker 1: rest of the lineup, George Pickens, he had a monster reception,
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Speaker 1: but that's pretty much all he had, 75 yards with
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Speaker 1: two receptions. Good for 9.5 points. Tyler Shuck didn't necessarily
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Speaker 1: have a huge statistical night, 286 yards, one touchdown. Nothing
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Speaker 1: really on the ground. Luther Burden, 11 points. Matthew Golden,
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Speaker 1: 11 points. Scored a touchdown, but only had three receptions
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Speaker 1: for 21 yards. So just kind of a floor week
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Speaker 1: for Will's lineup. Now he's got to navigate this Saquon
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Speaker 1: Barkley injury, so not exactly good. The best spot for
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Speaker 1: my man Will to be in. Moving on to the
10:51
Speaker 1: next matchup, we have got Lowsaw improving to 2-2, taking
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Speaker 1: down the undefeated doormat. I mean Kyle Comidot, 191-91. Both
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Speaker 1: Brandon and Kyle, who have been sneering the whole league
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Speaker 1: for both of their 3-0 starts, finally had their comeback
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Speaker 1: down to Earth Week. Neither one of them. getting into
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Speaker 1: the triple digis this week. But on LoSaw's side, I mean,
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Speaker 1: he's got Kenneth Walker. He just, he continues to be amazing.
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Speaker 1: He wasn't doing anything and then suddenly rips off two
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Speaker 1: touchdown runs on back-to-back carries in that game, 38 points.
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Speaker 1: He's just been so insanely solid. And then obviously LoSaw
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Speaker 1: has the Tedaro McMillan game, the career Tedaro McMillan game,
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Speaker 1: 14 receptions, 192 yards, two touchdowns, saw that game. in
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Speaker 1: the flesh, I mean, he was just insane, he was everywhere, they,
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Speaker 1: they honestly, they just kept spamming him, it was like mad, um,
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Speaker 1: just over and over and over again to T-Mac, and, uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's just awesome to see these, it's kind
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Speaker 1: of been an up and down start for T-Mac, there's
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Speaker 1: been chatters, Coker, the better wide receiver, you know, he
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Speaker 1: got his opportunity under the bright lights of Sunday night
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Speaker 1: football to show, you know, why he was the eighth
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Speaker 1: overall draft pick in the 2025 draft, and, um, yeah,
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Speaker 1: he had a monster career game in front of everybody. So,
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Speaker 1: you know, between the 48 points there, the 38, he
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Speaker 1: gets from, uh, from, uh, Kenneth Walker, you know, then
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Speaker 1: he gets, uh, 31 points from the, from the flex
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Speaker 1: start from the, from the pinch start of, uh, of
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Speaker 1: Emmanuel Wilson, which looked like that was going to be
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Speaker 1: a short term thing earlier today with, uh, Joe Mixon, um,
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Speaker 1: you know, reported to sign there. And then apparently he
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Speaker 1: failed his physical and there's not going to be a,
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Speaker 1: a Joe Mixon signing. Um, if that remains to be
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Speaker 1: true and they do not add another, like, I would
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Speaker 1: say big-name running back, I think you're going to have,
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Speaker 1: you know, probably three or so weeks of, you know,
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Speaker 1: solid Emmanuel Wilson, you know, flex, low-end RB2 type upside because,
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Speaker 1: you know, I know they got Charbonnet coming back, but,
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Speaker 1: you know, I would expect that to be a slow
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Speaker 1: return to play coming off that ACL surgery. So, I
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Speaker 1: do think Losaw's going to get a few more weeks. And,
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Speaker 1: you know, Losaw, he would have put up over 200
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Speaker 1: if Lamar Jackson played in the second half of that
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Speaker 1: football game. Sounds like he's got a pretty significant ankle
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Speaker 1: sprain and he's going to miss some time. So Losaw
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Speaker 1: is going to be looking for a quarterback on the
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Speaker 1: waiver wire this coming week. Will be interesting to see
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Speaker 1: what he does there. If there's one thing our waiver
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Speaker 1: wire has plenty of, though, it's quarterbacks. And so he
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Speaker 1: should be able to figure that out. I'd say like
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Speaker 1: the concerning parts of Losaw's team, you know, it's RB2,
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Speaker 1: David Montgomery after scoring three touchdowns. Week one has done
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Speaker 1: absolutely nothing since then. Five points, nine points, six points.
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Speaker 1: He is not doing too well. At least he does
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Speaker 1: have Emmanuel Wilson, who we can plug into his RB2 spot.
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Speaker 1: And then you look down at the bench, you got
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Speaker 1: RJ Harvey, Brian Robinson, both guys who are getting plenty
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Speaker 1: of work. Brian Robinson, you know, he's getting enough work
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Speaker 1: to where he can be flexed. He's currently sitting at
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Speaker 1: RB19 on the season, and it's really from the last
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Speaker 1: two weeks where he scored one touchdown on Thursday Night
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Speaker 1: Football two weeks ago against the Packers, then three touchdowns.
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Speaker 1: Last night against the Saints, the way that the running
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Speaker 1: game is looking for the Falcons and Brian Robinson, he's
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Speaker 1: kind of getting like, you know, I'd say about 35%
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Speaker 1: of the groundwork over there that if the running attack
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Speaker 1: is going to continue to be, you know, one of
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Speaker 1: the most efficient in the NFL, Brian Robinson is a
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Speaker 1: low-end flex type option. So, you know, Losaw, he's got
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Speaker 1: options to kind of figure out his RB2 spot, but
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Speaker 1: David Montgomery, I think he looks a lot better on
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Speaker 1: paper than in reality. And then the only other one
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Speaker 1: to touch on, is Dalton Kincaid, who after starting the
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Speaker 1: season insanely hot, 21-22 points, has only got 3.8 and 1.7
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Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. Just hasn't been working out
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Speaker 1: quite the same as it was in those first two weeks.
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Speaker 1: So we'll see what the truth is over the course
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Speaker 1: of the season. My guess is it's probably somewhere in
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Speaker 1: the middle, between the beginning and the end. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: great week for Lozaw, honestly. Anytime you score the most
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Speaker 1: points in the entire league. And, yeah, there we go.
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Speaker 1: Jumping on to the other side of this matchup, 91
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Speaker 1: points from Kyle. All right, let's move on. No, I'm
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Speaker 1: just kidding. Kyle, he got 24 points from Alvin Kamara.
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Speaker 1: It was incredibly inefficient, but when he catch five passes
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Speaker 1: and scored two goal line touchdowns, that's going to work out.
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Speaker 1: Feels like the first time in over a year that
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Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba didn't just have a monster game,
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Speaker 1: five receptions for 76 yards for whatever reason. It just
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Speaker 1: didn't work out against the Chargers. And then DJ Moore,
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Speaker 1: he's got that AC joint sprain. not really working out
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Speaker 1: too well, obviously, with that. They probably, you know, they
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Speaker 1: got the bye coming up in two weeks. They may
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Speaker 1: want to consider, you know, maybe giving him a little
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Speaker 1: bit of a rest. I know Kyle won't want to
15:24
Speaker 1: hear that. But what's even worse for fantasy football is
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Speaker 1: this is now two out of four games where he
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Speaker 1: started and then immediately left due to this AC joint sprain.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I've had one of those. Those things are painful.
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Speaker 1: And in the sport of football, incredibly easy to re-aggravate.
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Speaker 1: So they're going to have to figure that out. A
15:41
Speaker 1: week after it felt like Jeremiah Love had finally emerged
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Speaker 1: as one of the top backs, kind of came back
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Speaker 1: down to earth, only 45% of snaps, 14 carries, only
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Speaker 1: one reception for negative 8 yards, 9 fantasy points. Then
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Speaker 1: he made a bunch of weird comments after the game
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Speaker 1: about how he's injured and workload and all this and that. So,
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Speaker 1: you know, the vibes were really, really high last week. Now,
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Speaker 1: not so much, and it's just... You know, you got
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Speaker 1: to wonder what we may get from him this season,
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Speaker 1: especially if the Cardinals aren't necessarily going to be competing
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Speaker 1: for anything of relevance, which obviously they're not. So it's
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Speaker 1: a draft pick that I think, you know, it was
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Speaker 1: the pick that Kyle had to make. I mean, even
16:19
Speaker 1: when you look back at the draft board, it's like,
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Speaker 1: who else would he have taken? But I'm not sure
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Speaker 1: he's going to get the ceiling outcome this season the
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Speaker 1: way it felt like he might. Jordan Addison, Jacoby Myers,
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Speaker 1: I mean, really none of these guys, you know, really
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Speaker 1: did anything to help Kyle I mean when you lose
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Speaker 1: by 100 there's absolutely nothing that was gonna that was
16:40
Speaker 1: gonna help him get back to where he needed to
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Speaker 1: he you know didn't have Terry McLaurin didn't have Jalen
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Speaker 1: Coker so he had to make some weird start set
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Speaker 1: decisions but obviously that was not going to make a
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Speaker 1: difference moving on to the next matchup the champ will
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Speaker 1: just not die no matter how many times we try
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Speaker 1: to bury this guy uh he continues to find a
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Speaker 1: way to uh to rise from the grave like the
17:02
Speaker 1: Undertaker maybe I don't know I don't know wrestling I'm
17:05
Speaker 1: pretty sure it's the Undertaker gift, but that is now Joey.
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Speaker 1: For the second time, securing a dub over one of
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Speaker 1: the highest rated teams in the league in Bayley, 151-138.
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Speaker 1: So the stars just very much aligned for the defending
17:20
Speaker 1: champ to get a dub this week. And it aligned
17:22
Speaker 1: for Drake May to finally maybe return to fantasy relevance
17:26
Speaker 1: after just an awful, awful, awful start to the season. 13-8,
17:30
Speaker 1: four points, finally getting back. into the good graces of
17:34
Speaker 1: fantasy managers and Patriots fans as well, to be honest.
17:37
Speaker 1: 33 points against the Bills this weekend. You know, they
17:40
Speaker 1: get a win. So it's always nice when you get
17:43
Speaker 1: the twofer, when you get the fantasy win and your
17:45
Speaker 1: team wins. Those are the best types of Sundays. But
17:48
Speaker 1: between 33 points from Drake May, starting off in London
17:52
Speaker 1: with 26 points from Jonathan Taylor, 19 from Christian McCaffrey,
17:56
Speaker 1: throwing 22 from Samuel Laporta, 18 from Debo Samuel. That
17:59
Speaker 1: was just enough this week for Codding Nola to throw in.
18:02
Speaker 1: 151 points, and set himself up with a 2-2 record,
18:08
Speaker 1: and still very, very, very much in this thing. If
18:10
Speaker 1: he can survive until he gets A.J. Brown back, if
18:13
Speaker 1: he can start getting something, some level of difference-making from
18:17
Speaker 1: Drake May, who had eight carries for 54 yards, it
18:20
Speaker 1: might just be enough. Because, you know, you look through
18:21
Speaker 1: Losos' team, obviously the star powers with CMC, with Jonathan Taylor,
18:26
Speaker 1: but he has a ton of quality, I would say,
18:28
Speaker 1: like flex-type wide receivers. you know, in Denzel Boston, who's
18:31
Speaker 1: an emerging rookie, and Josh Downs, who had a down
18:34
Speaker 1: game this week, but obviously you expect a little bit
18:37
Speaker 1: more from him. Sam Laporta, who's just in one of
18:39
Speaker 1: the best, most fruitful offenses for fantasy football. I would
18:42
Speaker 1: say things are looking a little bit better for Codignola,
18:44
Speaker 1: especially sitting at 2-2, you know, a little bit closer
18:47
Speaker 1: to A.J. Brown's return. He might, just might find a
18:50
Speaker 1: way to hang in there and push for a playoff spot.
18:53
Speaker 1: Moving on to the other side of this matchup, Just
18:57
Speaker 1: was not a ceiling week for Bailey. He was down
18:58
Speaker 1: Devontae Smith this week, who looks like he re-aggravated his
19:02
Speaker 1: hamstring strain last week. We'll see what that ends up
19:04
Speaker 1: turning into in terms of an absence for Devontae Smith.
19:09
Speaker 1: But that was obviously a pretty big loss for Bailey.
19:12
Speaker 1: And then he didn't really get major ceiling games for
19:14
Speaker 1: anybody outside of Zay Flowers, who's just been one of
19:16
Speaker 1: the best picks. In fantasy football, eight receptions for 118
19:20
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. You get another eight for 116
19:23
Speaker 1: from Chris Olave, who's just been the volume king, the
19:25
Speaker 1: yardage king, the reception king in fantasy football to date
19:29
Speaker 1: so far this year. But 20 points from Jameer Gibbs
19:31
Speaker 1: in what should have been a smash spot against the Panthers. Obviously,
19:35
Speaker 1: 20 points for a normal person is pretty good for
19:36
Speaker 1: Jameer Gibbs. You were certainly, certainly, certainly expecting more. Bailey,
19:40
Speaker 1: he did have the balls this week to start C.J. Stroud.
19:43
Speaker 1: In an optimal matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, that did
19:45
Speaker 1: work out for him. 29 points, 300 yards through the air,
19:48
Speaker 1: two touchdowns to... uh, Mr. Nico Collins. Um, you know,
19:52
Speaker 1: but beyond that seven points from Christian Watson, five from
19:55
Speaker 1: Antonio Williams, three from Kendra Miller, just ultimately was just
19:59
Speaker 1: short of being enough to secure the victory this week.
20:02
Speaker 1: So Bailey, um, despite having a really good team, it's
20:04
Speaker 1: got to navigate some injuries right now, you know, between, um,
20:08
Speaker 1: Devontae Smith and Jadarian Price. He's still working to figure
20:12
Speaker 1: out that second RB spot. I'm sure he's trying pretty
20:16
Speaker 1: hard to figure that out. We'll see. I'm wondering if
20:19
Speaker 1: Bailey's going to be a big spender on Will Shipley
20:22
Speaker 1: this week, trying to get something, anything from the RB2 position.
20:25
Speaker 1: Because right now, that is the big obvious hole in
20:28
Speaker 1: this roster. Moving into the next matchup, my co-host Nick
20:33
Speaker 1: finds a way to survive, finds a way to get
20:36
Speaker 1: a dub. against Ed who uh he just had a
20:38
Speaker 1: rough week man um there's a few things that certainly
20:41
Speaker 1: did not go his way but sitting on Nick's side
20:44
Speaker 1: I mean he got solid points from Jared Goff who
20:46
Speaker 1: had 400 yards through a passing touchdown 16 from Tony
20:49
Speaker 1: Pollard which wasn't too bad 21 from Andre Stevenson the
20:52
Speaker 1: big ones that hurt him um you know it's just
20:54
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson being on the Jets where they only have
20:57
Speaker 1: 32 plays on offense only three receptions for 27 yards
21:00
Speaker 1: then obviously Jamar Chase Goes out with a concussion in
21:02
Speaker 1: the early part of that game. But, you know, looking
21:04
Speaker 1: through the rest of the lineup, he got a great
21:06
Speaker 1: game from Brock Bowers, 20 points, six receptions, 86 and
21:09
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Michael Wilson just continues to pick up where
21:12
Speaker 1: he left off last week. And really from last season,
21:15
Speaker 1: seven receptions on 13 targets, 95 yards. He's been one
21:18
Speaker 1: of the go-to guys in that Cardinals offense. And then,
21:21
Speaker 1: you know, Amari and Hampton, 15 points. The points, I think,
21:25
Speaker 1: feels better than the game does and ultimately what Omarion
21:28
Speaker 1: Hampton represents. This is now a three-headed backfield. Omarion Hampton
21:33
Speaker 1: just happened to score a touchdown this week, but without
21:35
Speaker 1: that touchdown, it's nine carries for 45 yards and two
21:38
Speaker 1: receptions for eight yards. I think what Omarion Hampton was
21:42
Speaker 1: supposed to represent for Nick's team, that is pretty much
21:44
Speaker 1: done and gone. I would say at this point, but
21:47
Speaker 1: you know, looking down at the bench, he had 37
21:49
Speaker 1: points left on the bench from common on guy. Um,
21:51
Speaker 1: obviously didn't necessarily know that that was going to happen
21:54
Speaker 1: with 30 carries for 146 yards. I think I saw
21:57
Speaker 1: that he had a pretty, um, interesting thumb injury. I
22:00
Speaker 1: guess he looked down at his thumb and it was
22:02
Speaker 1: pointing sideways. He's like, Oh dang, this kind of hurts. Um,
22:05
Speaker 1: at least I saw his quote was something to that nature. So, um,
22:08
Speaker 1: he's obviously, he's been a good player. Um, probably should
22:11
Speaker 1: be in Nick's lineup. I would bet will be, in
22:13
Speaker 1: Nick's lineup here going forward so after starting 0-2 Nick
22:17
Speaker 1: has found a way after having the monster game last
22:20
Speaker 1: week and then scoring just enough points this week to
22:23
Speaker 1: get back to 2-2 get back to 500 and firmly
22:26
Speaker 1: put himself back in position to fight for the playoffs
22:29
Speaker 1: and get something out of this season jumping over to
22:32
Speaker 1: Edward's side this one it just stung man it hurt
22:34
Speaker 1: for Edward he didn't get gifted a a Bayshall Tootin
22:37
Speaker 1: touchdown from Trevor Lawrence this week but 31 points from
22:41
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, who had 428 yards passing despite losing Jamar
22:46
Speaker 1: Chase earlier on in the game and then losing T.
22:48
Speaker 1: Higgins at some point. 20 points from Chase Brown, who
22:51
Speaker 1: had 11 receptions on 11 targets. But the one that really,
22:54
Speaker 1: truly hurt was Rashi Rice. A goose egg pulls his
22:56
Speaker 1: hamstring in the very, very, very beginning of that game.
22:59
Speaker 1: Does not end up returning. It sounds like the reporting
23:02
Speaker 1: is saying that this isn't going to be a super
23:03
Speaker 1: long-term injury, but obviously not what you would like to see.
23:07
Speaker 1: if you're Ed, and especially when, you know, you only
23:09
Speaker 1: end up losing by 17 points, and you get a
23:12
Speaker 1: goose egg from Rashi Rice from one of your players,
23:14
Speaker 1: that's not great, and, you know, what really also hasn't
23:16
Speaker 1: been great is Emeka Abuka, it's just been another really slow,
23:21
Speaker 1: uninspiring start that basically is just picking up right where
23:24
Speaker 1: Emeka Abuka, like, finished the last two-thirds of last season,
23:27
Speaker 1: only it's really just bottoming out over this week, three
23:30
Speaker 1: points with, I think, Jalen Johnson, I don't I don't
23:34
Speaker 1: know exactly what their quarterback's name is, but it's not
23:36
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. He's an undrafted rookie free agent, and it's
23:40
Speaker 1: not going out too well. If I'm Ed, I am
23:43
Speaker 1: trying to find a way to not start a Mecca Bucca.
23:47
Speaker 1: Looking down on the bench, you've got Brock Purdy, you've
23:49
Speaker 1: got Bryce Young, Ed's obviously got Joe Burrow. Ed's got quarterbacks,
23:53
Speaker 1: and Losaw, you need some quarterbacks. If you don't find
23:58
Speaker 1: somebody you're interested in off the waiver wire, you may
24:00
Speaker 1: want to you may want to consider reaching out to Ed,
24:02
Speaker 1: because Brock Purdy has been absolute money for fantasy football
24:05
Speaker 1: right now, currently sitting at quarterback 2, I mean, he's
24:07
Speaker 1: even outperforming Joe Burrow, who Ed's got in his starting
24:11
Speaker 1: lineup right at quarterback 10 right now, so Ed is
24:15
Speaker 1: where you want to go if you're looking to upgrade
24:16
Speaker 1: your quarterback situation, you know, and then looking a little
24:19
Speaker 1: further down on the bench, he did not start Mike
24:21
Speaker 1: Evans against the Broncos, don't necessarily blame him for that,
24:23
Speaker 1: was probably worried about what ended up happening to Rashi
24:26
Speaker 1: Rice and the early re-aggravation, but Ed's still got a
24:29
Speaker 1: good team, solid team, you know, 20 points from Aaron
24:32
Speaker 1: Jones was certainly nice, um, he's just gotta hang in there, um, and, uh,
24:36
Speaker 1: find a way to stop letting these losses stack up.
24:39
Speaker 1: Moving on to the last matchup, we have got Grudson
24:42
Speaker 1: over Tukas, Tukas, Tukas, Tukas, 143 to 100, um, a
24:48
Speaker 1: nice solid victory continuing in the right direction for Grudson here,
24:52
Speaker 1: 22 from, uh, from Dak Prescott, 18 from James Cook,
24:55
Speaker 1: 19 from Jalen Warren, 26, and a big game back
24:58
Speaker 1: from Malik Nabors, six receptions for 112, and a touchdown,
25:02
Speaker 1: that one was notable, because Jameis finally found a way
25:04
Speaker 1: to get on the ball, maybe it was the Arizona
25:05
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense, we'll see, but yeah, that was really a
25:11
Speaker 1: nice sight to see, and then he was very much,
25:14
Speaker 1: Gretzen was very much aided, I would say, by that
25:15
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase injury early on in the game with T. Higgins,
25:18
Speaker 1: 11 receptions for 157 yards, so You know, that was
25:22
Speaker 1: pretty awesome. And then, you know, you keep scrolling down.
25:24
Speaker 1: You got Derrick Henry, who got 20 points. Actually ended
25:27
Speaker 1: up getting negative three from the Saints. They could have
25:29
Speaker 1: just benched the Saints and had more points. But still
25:33
Speaker 1: a really awesome week. And, you know, I'm scrolling down
25:36
Speaker 1: at the bench. They had Carnell Tate and Devon and
25:38
Speaker 1: Vele on the bench. Carnell Tate, nine receptions, 145 yards,
25:43
Speaker 1: loses a fumble. But, you know, I mean, that was
25:46
Speaker 1: what they wanted to see from him. That's for sure.
25:48
Speaker 1: He's going to be somebody who they are certainly going
25:49
Speaker 1: to be looking for. to find a way to get
25:51
Speaker 1: into their lineup, I would bet, going forward. And then
25:54
Speaker 1: they've got some other nice flex options in Brian Thomas,
25:58
Speaker 1: in Vele. So, Gretzen, their team's looking good. They're 3-1.
26:04
Speaker 1: They're cruising right now. They're very much looking to reverse
26:10
Speaker 1: what happened last season, make good on it, and get
26:13
Speaker 1: back in the playoffs. And I like the way their
26:15
Speaker 1: squad's looking right now. Jumping on to the other side
26:19
Speaker 1: for Tukas Tukas. They got hit by the injury bug, and, man,
26:23
Speaker 1: it has been all downhill for these guys ever since
26:26
Speaker 1: Taylor Sloan FaceTimed me bragging about how great his team was.
26:32
Speaker 1: They lose to the Devontae Adams. Matthew Stafford stacked a
26:36
Speaker 1: buckshot that Monday night when they combined for 60, and
26:38
Speaker 1: then it's just been loss after loss ever since then.
26:41
Speaker 1: So that's why you can't ever get too high. Just
26:44
Speaker 1: call your buddies just to brag about your team. Um,
26:47
Speaker 1: I say all this knowing that there's no way Taylor's
26:49
Speaker 1: going to listen to this. Lucas, you might listen to
26:51
Speaker 1: this and you can tell Taylor to listen to this,
26:53
Speaker 1: but Taylor on his own, there's no way my man
26:56
Speaker 1: is listening to this podcast or me talk about this
26:58
Speaker 1: right now. But, um, in all seriousness, um, you know,
27:02
Speaker 1: when you lose Travis, Travis HN, you lose Bruce Hall,
27:05
Speaker 1: you lose your really two starting running backs. It just hurts.
27:07
Speaker 1: You know that. So they throw in Braylon Allen, who
27:09
Speaker 1: again on the jets, pretty tough, only, uh, 11 points,
27:12
Speaker 1: 32 plays. There's nothing you can do there. And then
27:15
Speaker 1: Ja'Cory Croskey-Merritt, eight points. You throw out Ladd McConkie, who,
27:20
Speaker 1: you know, he has a foot injury. He's just, everything
27:22
Speaker 1: on his body is injured. Leaves that game early, doesn't finish.
27:24
Speaker 1: They get a goose egg from him. They get two
27:26
Speaker 1: points from Parker Washington. They at least got something from
27:29
Speaker 1: Jalen Waldo. He scored a touchdown, but only 35 yards.
27:32
Speaker 1: Not a ceiling game from Amon Ross St. Brown. So
27:33
Speaker 1: just all in all, Rough game, rough week, you know,
27:36
Speaker 1: rough stretch for these guys after being on, you know,
27:39
Speaker 1: feeling like they're on top of the world heading into
27:41
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football in week two. It has just been
27:43
Speaker 1: nothing but bad news and bad vibes for these guys.
27:46
Speaker 1: So hopefully they can get healthy and they can find
27:49
Speaker 1: a way to get back to their winning ways. All right,
27:52
Speaker 1: let's quickly rip these power rankings. We are going to
27:56
Speaker 1: start off with the man who suffered a big injury
27:59
Speaker 1: this week. We've got Will, who... Looks like he's not
28:02
Speaker 1: going to have Saquon Barkley for the foreseeable future, and
28:04
Speaker 1: that's just pretty devastating to the lineup looking at it
28:06
Speaker 1: right now. He's got Ashton Gentry. You know, he's been
28:08
Speaker 1: up and down, overall pretty solid this season. You know,
28:11
Speaker 1: but he's got Keaton Mitchell plugged in at the RB2 spot.
28:13
Speaker 1: You got George Pickens, who he possesses that big play
28:16
Speaker 1: upside on a weekly basis, but it just really has
28:19
Speaker 1: not come through yet this season, at least the way
28:21
Speaker 1: it was last year. So there's still time for that
28:23
Speaker 1: to turn around. You know, and then from there on out,
28:26
Speaker 1: you got Stephon Diggs, Matthew Golden, Luther Burden. You know,
28:28
Speaker 1: plenty of, like, solid players, but nobody who's truly a superstar.
28:32
Speaker 1: sitting in Will's lineup right now. Not exactly the best scenario.
28:37
Speaker 1: His team really wasn't performing at an all-star level to
28:40
Speaker 1: begin with, and then you lose Saquon Barkley. Just very
28:42
Speaker 1: much takes the name value and the upside away. Good
28:46
Speaker 1: news for Will is he's sitting at 2-2. If he
28:48
Speaker 1: can get lucky a few more times, he's got an opportunity,
28:51
Speaker 1: and he does have an opportunity this week against Losaw,
28:53
Speaker 1: who's not going to have Kenneth Walker or Tedaro McMillan.
28:57
Speaker 1: Both of those guys are on bye, so if Will
28:59
Speaker 1: can find a way To figure it out this week,
29:01
Speaker 1: get lucky, get a dub, improve to 3-2. He's going
29:03
Speaker 1: to have an opportunity to hang in this thing and
29:07
Speaker 1: try to make something happen the rest of the season.
29:09
Speaker 1: Coming in at number 11, we have got the defending
29:11
Speaker 1: champ sitting at 2-2, Joey Cotignolo, who did get a
29:15
Speaker 1: big-time win this previous week. If Drake May can continue
29:19
Speaker 1: to ascend the way he had been, that's going to
29:21
Speaker 1: be huge for him to go along with what he's
29:23
Speaker 1: getting on a weekend, week-out basis from Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor.
29:28
Speaker 1: He's got the solid flex players. Ina Dunze, Josh Downs,
29:31
Speaker 1: Sam Laporta, Debo Samuel, all those guys. Certainly needs A.J.
29:35
Speaker 1: Brown back, I'd say, to get the teeth back into
29:37
Speaker 1: this lineup. But he's scratching and clawing. man. He's figuring
29:40
Speaker 1: out a way to get wins, stack wins, stay in
29:42
Speaker 1: this thing. We'll see what he can do from here.
29:44
Speaker 1: Coming in at number 10, we have got Frangel off
29:47
Speaker 1: the backs of the season-saving victory. The monster score, getting
29:52
Speaker 1: Pukunukuwa back in the lineup, getting what they've been getting.
29:55
Speaker 1: From Kyron Williams, he is thus far, I would say,
29:59
Speaker 1: having his best, most impactful season for fantasy football. And
30:02
Speaker 1: I don't really feel like those guys paid for that
30:05
Speaker 1: type of player when they traded away Gary Wilson. So
30:07
Speaker 1: I think right now they're getting a great return on
30:10
Speaker 1: their investment. Javante Williams is finally picking it back up
30:13
Speaker 1: after he did fall into the end zone week one
30:16
Speaker 1: a couple times. But to get those three touchdowns, get
30:19
Speaker 1: five receptions this past week, 35 points against the Texas defense,
30:22
Speaker 1: supposed to be one of the best defenses in fantasy football,
30:25
Speaker 1: so if he returns to form, you know, they've got
30:28
Speaker 1: Josh Allen who can win him a week each and
30:29
Speaker 1: every week, it really does give them this nice, solid
30:32
Speaker 1: four-pack of, like, high upside players on a weekly basis,
30:36
Speaker 1: and then if they, you know, can get something from
30:38
Speaker 1: Jawan Johnson, from Romeo Dobbs, Ollie Gordon, who they got
30:40
Speaker 1: plugged into the lineup now, Quinshot Judkins, you know, they
30:44
Speaker 1: have an opportunity to recover from a devastating start, an
30:47
Speaker 1: 0-3 start, and actually get something from this season, so
30:51
Speaker 1: Their team is looking up right now. They've just got
30:53
Speaker 1: to continue on this momentum, and they've got an opportunity
30:55
Speaker 1: against Kyle this week, so we'll see what they can do.
30:57
Speaker 1: Coming in at number nine, we have got a big
31:00
Speaker 1: fall from a couple of guys who had spent a
31:03
Speaker 1: large part of this season, at least this early season,
31:06
Speaker 1: near the top of these rankings. We've got Tukas, Tukas, Tukas,
31:10
Speaker 1: who right now, they do not have a quarterback because
31:12
Speaker 1: they've got Patty Mahomes on by. Obviously, they've got Caleb
31:15
Speaker 1: Williams sitting on IR. The running backs are not in
31:17
Speaker 1: a good spot. They've got Braylon Allen and Shakori Kroski-Merritt
31:20
Speaker 1: plugged in there, but Brees Hall currently on the bench.
31:23
Speaker 1: We'll see if he ends up being back this week.
31:25
Speaker 1: Travis A. Chan is on IR. We know for certain
31:27
Speaker 1: he will not. You know, Ladd McConkie, we'll see what
31:30
Speaker 1: happens there. But after like a good first half of
31:33
Speaker 1: the season, it has just been nothing but devastation since then.
31:38
Speaker 1: And obviously the Chargers are just like the most disappointing team,
31:42
Speaker 1: I would say, in football right now. So they still
31:44
Speaker 1: got Amon Ross St. Brown. They still got Parker Washington,
31:46
Speaker 1: who Outside of this last week, he's been pretty good
31:49
Speaker 1: for fantasy. Jalen Waddell, I'll just say, is not living
31:53
Speaker 1: up to the hype right now. He's very, very, very
31:55
Speaker 1: in on Jalen Waddell. He scored a touchdown this past
31:58
Speaker 1: week to save him. But five receptions for 35 yards
32:03
Speaker 1: is not what they signed up for. And then you
32:05
Speaker 1: look at these other two games, he had two receptions
32:07
Speaker 1: for 10 yards in week three, one reception for two
32:10
Speaker 1: yards this you know, in week one. So, you know,
32:13
Speaker 1: he had the touchdown to save him this week, and
32:15
Speaker 1: then he had a good game against Jacksonville in week two.
32:17
Speaker 1: But the floor is a lot lower for a guy
32:20
Speaker 1: like Jalen Waddell than they expected. I expected he was
32:24
Speaker 1: a player I was targeting all over the place, was
32:26
Speaker 1: really wanting to get. And, yeah, just not looking so great. So, yeah,
32:30
Speaker 1: these guys got their work cut out for them. Now
32:32
Speaker 1: sitting at one and three, they've got some figuring out
32:35
Speaker 1: to do, that is for sure. Coming in at number 8,
32:38
Speaker 1: we've got the Dr. Edward Griffin. Edward, he's just been unlucky.
32:44
Speaker 1: He should have a better record than 1-3. That's just
32:47
Speaker 1: the way fantasy football goes. We'll see what he ultimately
32:50
Speaker 1: can end up doing here. He gets Brandon this week,
32:53
Speaker 1: in a week in which Brandon isn't going to have
32:55
Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard. Without Devon Achan, we'll see if he ends
32:59
Speaker 1: up getting Justin Jefferson back in the lineup. It's an
33:02
Speaker 1: opportunity for Ed to get back. onto the winning side,
33:06
Speaker 1: which he could use. And, you know, he really does
33:08
Speaker 1: have a solid team. Joe Burrow, Chase Brown, Bayshall Tootin,
33:11
Speaker 1: Mike Evans, the theoretical upside of Emeka Buka, you know,
33:15
Speaker 1: and then you've got DeAndre Swift, Aaron Jones in the flexes.
33:18
Speaker 1: So he's starting running backs in the flexes, which is
33:21
Speaker 1: generally a profitable strategy in a league like this. He
33:24
Speaker 1: has a deep team. He's got plenty of assets on
33:27
Speaker 1: this team. Um, you know, he should have a better
33:30
Speaker 1: record than he does. It's just the way it goes.
33:32
Speaker 1: If only Ed voted for median scoring, he'd be in
33:34
Speaker 1: a better spot coming in at number seven. We do
33:36
Speaker 1: have Ed's opponent, base guy, Brandon, who the lineup is
33:40
Speaker 1: looking a, uh, it's looking a little weird this week, but, um,
33:44
Speaker 1: you know, without, like I just mentioned without Shuba Hubbard, um,
33:47
Speaker 1: we'll see if he ends up getting Justin Jefferson back. Uh,
33:50
Speaker 1: I know Brandon would like to have him back. I
33:52
Speaker 1: I'll be honest. I'm skeptical. He does get him back
33:54
Speaker 1: because the Vikings have a week six by, uh, So
33:57
Speaker 1: I would think that in Week 5, you know, probably
33:59
Speaker 1: rest Justin Jefferson one more time. If he's not 100%
34:02
Speaker 1: ready to go, let him really get healthy over that
34:04
Speaker 1: Week 6 bye. You know, and then in Week 7,
34:07
Speaker 1: come back against the Indianapolis Colts. So we'll see what
34:11
Speaker 1: happens there. Brandon might have to go another week without
34:13
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson in the lineup. But, you know, with the
34:16
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford-Devante Adams stack, obviously in a game against the
34:19
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football, that is going to
34:22
Speaker 1: be such a scary game. proposition if this matchup is
34:25
Speaker 1: in striking distance for Brandon this week, but needs a
34:29
Speaker 1: much better performance from Trey McBride this week. Needs that
34:32
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, Devontae Adams stack to hit. He needs something
34:35
Speaker 1: of relevance out of Bucky Irving, who does have a
34:37
Speaker 1: nice matchup against the Cowboys on Thursday Night Football. But yeah,
34:42
Speaker 1: it was a disappointing showing from Buckshot's team in week
34:46
Speaker 1: four obviously he's got some big time injuries right now
34:48
Speaker 1: that he's got to navigate but like everybody does you
34:50
Speaker 1: know Brandon has he's had the worst most devastating injury
34:53
Speaker 1: for fantasy football thus far losing you know his player
34:56
Speaker 1: HM for the year but everybody in the league is
34:58
Speaker 1: navigating some kind of injury so I don't want to
35:01
Speaker 1: just say it's a completely unique situation to Brandon but
35:04
Speaker 1: obviously he did get the worst one but still I
35:07
Speaker 1: mean three and one he's operating from a position of
35:09
Speaker 1: leverage to see what he can do over the next
35:11
Speaker 1: few weeks Coming in at number six, we have got
35:13
Speaker 1: my opponent in the co-host showdown this week, Nick Solano,
35:18
Speaker 1: coming in at number six after the 0-2 start. Now
35:21
Speaker 1: finding himself back in a 2-2 position. The running backs
35:25
Speaker 1: are not really the strong part of his team, obviously,
35:27
Speaker 1: with Amarion Hampton, Tony Pollard, Ramondre Stevenson, three guys who
35:30
Speaker 1: don't exactly strike fear into the hearts of Boney, but
35:33
Speaker 1: he does have Jared Goff against the Cardinals. He should
35:36
Speaker 1: get a lot of yards and a lot of touchdowns
35:38
Speaker 1: in that game. He's got potentially Jamar Chase, Against the
35:42
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins this coming week. He did suffer a concussion
35:45
Speaker 1: this past week. So I'd say it's probably 50-50 if
35:48
Speaker 1: he plays. I know Nick would certainly like to have him.
35:50
Speaker 1: And look, I'll say it. Boney would like for Nick
35:53
Speaker 1: to have Jamar Chase. Because Boney would like to beat
35:55
Speaker 1: Nick full strength. We don't want any of these excuses. Oh,
35:58
Speaker 1: I didn't have my squad. I didn't have my squad. No.
36:00
Speaker 1: We want Jamar Chase to play. And we want to
36:02
Speaker 1: beat you heads up with Jamar Chase. Got Garrett Wilson
36:05
Speaker 1: against the Browns this week. That is an interesting one.
36:08
Speaker 1: Because obviously the first week Nick had Garrett Wilson. It
36:10
Speaker 1: was great. Last week it wasn't so good. The Browns have,
36:12
Speaker 1: in my opinion, a pretty damn good defense. So it's
36:15
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see if the Jets can rebound,
36:17
Speaker 1: at least offensively, compared to what they just put up
36:20
Speaker 1: against the Bears. Then obviously Brock Bowers, at a bare minimum,
36:25
Speaker 1: one of the best two tight ends in fantasy football.
36:28
Speaker 1: I think most people would probably consider him number one.
36:30
Speaker 1: So with him, what he's been getting from Michael Wilson,
36:33
Speaker 1: he's certainly got playmakers. The pass catchers are excellent. If
36:36
Speaker 1: you throw Michael Wilson into that conversation, he's got four
36:39
Speaker 1: excellent pass catchers. the running backs leave something to be desired.
36:42
Speaker 1: That is for certain. Um, but yeah, I mean, Nick's
36:45
Speaker 1: Nick's team's in a good spot. Not seeing Kyle Manung
36:47
Speaker 1: guy in that lineup just yet. We'll see if that
36:49
Speaker 1: ends up changing. I mean, honestly, like Kyle Manung, I
36:52
Speaker 1: shouldn't give Nick advice, but I'm going to anyway, cause
36:54
Speaker 1: I just want to get in his head, but common
36:56
Speaker 1: on guy against the Packers or a Maureen Hampton against
37:00
Speaker 1: the Broncos. Hmm. That's all I'm going to say. Hmm. Um,
37:04
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and jump into the next
37:06
Speaker 1: team where we have got Kyle, the doormat after his
37:09
Speaker 1: first L of the season. Probably first of many, but
37:13
Speaker 1: it is the first one for now. Coming in here
37:15
Speaker 1: at number five. Jalen Hurts, everybody's heard around him. Saquon's hurt,
37:20
Speaker 1: Devontae Smith, both of them with a pulled hamstring. Already
37:23
Speaker 1: spoke about Jeremiah Love after it felt like he broke out.
37:25
Speaker 1: Now he, I don't know, broke back in? Is that
37:28
Speaker 1: the way to say it? Not exactly sure, but That's
37:30
Speaker 1: not exactly feeling the same way it felt at this
37:33
Speaker 1: time one week ago. You've got Alvin Kamara, who I
37:36
Speaker 1: think is going to plug that glaring hole that he's
37:39
Speaker 1: got as an RB2 spot for now. Had a statistically
37:43
Speaker 1: productive week, even if it wasn't efficient this past week,
37:46
Speaker 1: but they do get the Vikings this week, so we'll
37:48
Speaker 1: see what happens there. Jackson Smith and Jaguar, first down
37:51
Speaker 1: game in what felt like a year, but still, despite that,
37:54
Speaker 1: sitting at wide receiver number one. Overall, he's been solid.
37:57
Speaker 1: I am interested to see if DJ Moore gets out
37:59
Speaker 1: on the field this week. especially when they've got that
38:02
Speaker 1: week seven bye coming up and the AC joint sprain.
38:06
Speaker 1: It's hard. I know I just mentioned this, but it's like,
38:08
Speaker 1: what would you rather have as a fantasy manager? Would
38:11
Speaker 1: you rather have the idea of DJ Moore, or would
38:13
Speaker 1: you rather him just get healthy and then you don't
38:15
Speaker 1: keep playing him and losing him in the early part
38:18
Speaker 1: of the game as soon as he gets hit? I mean,
38:19
Speaker 1: it's just two times in four weeks that he leaves
38:21
Speaker 1: in the very beginning of the contest from re-aggravating that injury.
38:24
Speaker 1: So I do think after now it's happened a second time,
38:28
Speaker 1: the Bills are probably really going to have to consider
38:31
Speaker 1: giving him an opportunity to let that thing heal and
38:33
Speaker 1: get healthy, especially with the bye week only a couple
38:35
Speaker 1: weeks away. It is a big game against the Rams,
38:40
Speaker 1: so we'll see what ends up happening there. Then he
38:44
Speaker 1: loses Terry McLaurin, I think the day, maybe two days
38:47
Speaker 1: before the game, who pulls his hamstring in practice. Obviously,
38:49
Speaker 1: that wasn't great. We'll see if he can get Terry
38:51
Speaker 1: McLaurin back out there. Certainly won't have Jalen Coker, who
38:54
Speaker 1: was awesome for the first two weeks. He is out
38:57
Speaker 1: on bye week this week, but hopefully for Panthers fans
39:00
Speaker 1: and doormat fans alike, he comes back in week six
39:04
Speaker 1: and is ready to go. So we'll see what Cal
39:05
Speaker 1: can do from here. Don't worry, Grutzen. Did not forget
39:09
Speaker 1: about you guys this week. You are, in fact, coming
39:12
Speaker 1: in at the number four spot. I mean, your team
39:15
Speaker 1: has been solid, man, especially the way that the pass
39:18
Speaker 1: catchers are finally arriving, delivering something to you guys, Malik Neighbors, T. Higgins,
39:23
Speaker 1: to go along with your elite running back duo. of
39:25
Speaker 1: James Cook, of Derrick Henry, you know Dak Prescott throwing
39:28
Speaker 1: the ball to CeeDee Lamb over and over again has
39:30
Speaker 1: been excellent you know looking in the flexes Jalen Warren's
39:33
Speaker 1: been awesome for you guys in the early part of
39:35
Speaker 1: this year you got Trayvon Henderson who gives you kind
39:37
Speaker 1: of that big play potential so these guys definitely have
39:40
Speaker 1: options um They've got depth looking down at the bench.
39:44
Speaker 1: Carnell Tate's still not breaking into the lineup. They've got
39:46
Speaker 1: Devon Vele, Michael Pittman, Brian Thomas. They've got plenty of
39:50
Speaker 1: players in that bench range. Liking the depth on these guys.
39:56
Speaker 1: I like the top-end talent in their lineup. These guys
40:00
Speaker 1: have got to be feeling pretty good. 3-1, one of
40:02
Speaker 1: the higher projections overall. coming into week five. And, yeah,
40:06
Speaker 1: I mean, they got four studs who are producing for
40:08
Speaker 1: these guys. I know T. Higgins, he got a little
40:09
Speaker 1: bit banged up with what looks like an adductor. I
40:12
Speaker 1: don't know what an adductor is. It feels like something
40:15
Speaker 1: that's like groin-related. I don't know. Groins are hot in
40:18
Speaker 1: the street right now. I know that for certain. But
40:21
Speaker 1: hopefully that's not something long-term. It looks like it's being
40:24
Speaker 1: described as day-to-day. So we'll see if he's good to
40:26
Speaker 1: go for these guys this week. But, yeah, awesome start
40:30
Speaker 1: for Grudson. And wait for those guys to get back
40:32
Speaker 1: into it. Coming in at number three, we've got LoSaw,
40:35
Speaker 1: and this is the I don't know shit about fuck team.
40:39
Speaker 1: That's how I feel because I know I was absolutely
40:41
Speaker 1: dogging LoSaw early on in the season. But, I mean, look, man,
40:45
Speaker 1: if he's going to get that high-end outcome from Kenneth Walker,
40:47
Speaker 1: if he's going to get that high-end outcome from Tedaro McMillan,
40:51
Speaker 1: he's got the high-end outcome it looks like he's going
40:53
Speaker 1: to get from Drake London with Michael Penix back there.
40:55
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the foundation thing. for your team that
40:58
Speaker 1: he needs. So it's going to be interesting to see
41:00
Speaker 1: like how the rest of this lineup fills out. He's
41:02
Speaker 1: got RJ Harvey who right now, you know, he was
41:04
Speaker 1: a avoided player for many, many, many, many, many fantasy,
41:08
Speaker 1: you know, analysts over the, over the off season and
41:11
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But feels like right now he is
41:14
Speaker 1: the most productive running back in the Denver Broncos backfield.
41:19
Speaker 1: I mean, 20 points this past week, he's not doing
41:20
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount on the ground, but you know, when
41:23
Speaker 1: you open up the game log and flip over to
41:24
Speaker 1: the receiving side, which you'd argue is even more important.
41:27
Speaker 1: Week one, four receptions on four targets. Week two, six
41:30
Speaker 1: receptions on seven targets. And then this most recent week,
41:32
Speaker 1: 10 receptions on 10 targets. If that's going to happen
41:35
Speaker 1: each and every week, I mean, you can plug RJ
41:37
Speaker 1: Harvey in as like a low-end RB2, high-end RB3, no
41:40
Speaker 1: doubt about it. So that's, you know, he'll be a
41:42
Speaker 1: player for them. DK Metcalf, you know, he's getting volume.
41:45
Speaker 1: It's not exactly like great volume, but nice game this
41:48
Speaker 1: past week, 115 yards on five targets. Aaron Rodgers looked
41:52
Speaker 1: you know, pretty solid in that football game, um, against
41:54
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. He's got a quarterback injury. He's going
41:57
Speaker 1: to have to navigate with Lamar Jackson, but, um, we'll
41:59
Speaker 1: see what he can do. Uh, Alex, if I were you,
42:01
Speaker 1: I would, uh, I'd reach out to Ed. Ed's got, uh,
42:04
Speaker 1: two very, very good quarterbacks. Three, if you count Bryce Young,
42:07
Speaker 1: who is on bi-week this week, but, um, you know, he's, he's,
42:10
Speaker 1: he's got what you need. So I, if I were you,
42:12
Speaker 1: I'd try and go work something out with him. Um,
42:15
Speaker 1: but otherwise the squad's looking solid. He's going to get some,
42:17
Speaker 1: some bonus points here in the short term from Emmanuel
42:20
Speaker 1: Wilson to help keep them afloat. So, The squad is
42:24
Speaker 1: in much better shape than I gave Losaw credit for
42:27
Speaker 1: in the early part of the season. So for that,
42:29
Speaker 1: I apologize. I'll eat my humble pie. Things are certainly
42:32
Speaker 1: looking up for the two-time champ, Alex Losaw. Coming in
42:35
Speaker 1: at number two, we got Boney. Is this rigged? Absolutely.
42:38
Speaker 1: Is this biased? 100%. Is this reality? Yes. That's where
42:43
Speaker 1: we're at. And look, man, we think our team is
42:46
Speaker 1: really good. I think our three-pack of Bijan Robinson, Nico Collins,
42:50
Speaker 1: CeeDee Lamb, is as good as anybody's foundational three in
42:54
Speaker 1: this league. And then, you know, I do think that
42:56
Speaker 1: we have some, you know, players throughout here, Cam Scadaboo. Again,
43:00
Speaker 1: I mentioned that we have not seen the high end
43:02
Speaker 1: outcome we're hoping for just yet, but still optimistic. Maybe
43:06
Speaker 1: we can get that at some point this season, Trevor Lawrence,
43:09
Speaker 1: you know, he hasn't been a superstar, but he's been
43:10
Speaker 1: solid for us. Colson Loveland, hoping to get something a
43:15
Speaker 1: little bit extra out of him compared to what we've
43:17
Speaker 1: got so far. Jameson Williams, he's got that week winning upside. So,
43:20
Speaker 1: If we can get some guys back on our bench,
43:22
Speaker 1: if we can get Josh Jacobs, if we can get
43:25
Speaker 1: Jordan Mason off of IR, we like our team. We'll
43:30
Speaker 1: like our flexes a little bit more. I think that's
43:32
Speaker 1: the weak spot right now, but absolutely love the foundation
43:36
Speaker 1: of Bijan, who just looks so, so good, and CeeDee Lamb,
43:39
Speaker 1: who's just having a superstar season right now with the
43:42
Speaker 1: 44 points to the 17 receptions this past week. That
43:45
Speaker 1: was extraordinarily fun to watch, so loving the squad right now.
43:49
Speaker 1: Certainly need Um, a little bit more from the flex
43:52
Speaker 1: position and, uh, yeah, we'll go from there. Coming in
43:55
Speaker 1: at number one, we are going to still give the
43:57
Speaker 1: nod to Bailey who might get Jane Daniels back in
44:00
Speaker 1: the lineup this week. That seems to be the report.
44:02
Speaker 1: And it seems like that needs to happen with the
44:04
Speaker 1: MCL injury to Marcus Mariota. So they're probably going to
44:07
Speaker 1: have to be forced to do what they have not
44:09
Speaker 1: really done today, which is, um, you know, treat Jane
44:12
Speaker 1: Daniels very cautiously. That's kind of how they've been operating.
44:16
Speaker 1: really ever since they got him, but they don't really
44:18
Speaker 1: have a choice. If they're going to try and save
44:21
Speaker 1: their season, they have absolutely no choice but to get
44:23
Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels back in there and try and win some
44:25
Speaker 1: football games starting this week against the New York Giants.
44:29
Speaker 1: With Jameer Gibbs, Chris Olave, Christian Watson, Zay Flowers, he's
44:35
Speaker 1: got Devontae Smith down there on the bench as well.
44:38
Speaker 1: He's still got such a good pass-catching core. And then
44:41
Speaker 1: when you've got Jameer Gibbs, RB1 in fantasy, a very, very,
44:46
Speaker 1: very blue blue chip type player. You've got upside in
44:48
Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels. You've got a very reliable tight end in
44:52
Speaker 1: Tyler Warren. Bailey's team is still good, absolutely. Needs to
44:55
Speaker 1: get healthy. He knows that he needs to figure out
44:58
Speaker 1: that RB2 situation as well. So if he can do
45:00
Speaker 1: those things, he'll be just fine. But with the superstar
45:03
Speaker 1: talent he has from Chris Olave, from Jameer Gibbs, he's
45:07
Speaker 1: from Zay Flowers. He's going to be in a good
45:09
Speaker 1: spot to compete each and every week. So sitting at
45:11
Speaker 1: two and two, but still has an incredibly solid squad and, uh,
45:15
Speaker 1: good enough to get the dub, uh, the number one
45:16
Speaker 1: spot this week. All right, ladies and gents, that is
45:20
Speaker 1: it for this single person episode of the pod. I
45:23
Speaker 1: am out of breath. Did that whole thing in one
45:25
Speaker 1: breath and breathe one single time. Didn't edit any of
45:28
Speaker 1: those breaks out. Hopefully we'll have Nick back last week.
45:31
Speaker 1: Cause our schedules just haven't really aligned, um, over the
45:34
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks to get it figured out. Uh,
45:36
Speaker 1: that is just, Simply called adulthood. But hopefully we'll get
45:40
Speaker 1: Nick back on here next week. And, yeah, we'll talk
45:42
Speaker 1: to all you guys then. Listen, man.