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Fantasy Fumble - Episode 35 (Week 14, 2024) · Sports Minds Fantasy Football

• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: What is going on, Sports Minds?
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's your boy MJ coming at you with another episode of the Fantasy Fumble.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: I hope you're all doing excellent today, folks, because you know we are, it is football playoff season, and boy, let me tell you, this is my favorite time of the year because I get to see the looks on my opponents' faces when my team just takes off, right?
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, how you doing today, Joe?
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I'm doing great.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um, my my teams are looking pretty good going into the playoffs.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: There's two where I'm locked in, two where I am battling.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um but it it looks good just based on my on my matchups coming up, but you know you can never be too careful.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_01: You know, some some people come up whether they're three and nine or you know, three and ten and and surprise you, but locked in and two, battling in two others, completely out of two others.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: But uh altogether, I'm doing great.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I can't say I'm in that many playoffs, but uh I'm in two or uh making sure I secure a higher seed in two, and and one of them I'm battling for a spot, but I'm going against the top scorer of the league.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: And man, this guy's outscored the league by 600 points.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: He also happens to have Saquon and Derrick Henry on the same team, so you know that having the two top backs.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_01: Did he trade for that or were those just the first two picks somehow?
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: Those were his first two picks.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, he got lucky there.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he did.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: He did.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: I actually have a really good running back team there, but you know, it's one of those times where I just joined a league and people don't trade, so it's just you know what you start with is what you end with, and that's not fancy football.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: That's just not nearly as fun, man.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: You know, like there's no risks involved, there's no fun, there's no thrill.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: That's the way I run my leagues.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: I want you degenerates to get your boost of adrenaline because there's nothing more fun than kicking ass on Sunday.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_01: Man, it's so fun to just rifle out a few trades just to test the waters.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_01: I remember when you sent a group text and said, anyone want to trade just for the hell of it?
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I feel that way sometimes.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_01: Like, let's just shake things up.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_01: Let me let me make some moves.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: Exactly, man.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: And that's what fancy's about, brother.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Good job, man.
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: Keeping it up.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sure some of those um, you know, players, luckily, we've avoided the injury Armageddon, right?
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: That has been this year, which we'll get into.
• 2:45
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• 2:48
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• 2:49
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• 2:54
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• 3:00
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• 3:28
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• 3:42
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• 3:52
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back, ballers.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_01: Now let's get into some news and notes.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_01: Unfortunately, as everyone knows, Christian McCaffrey is on IR again.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_01: And so is his backup, Jordan Mason.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_01: So if you did handcuff Christian McCaffrey with Jordan Mason, you're in a pickle right there, unless you grabbed Gorendo off the waiver wire.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_01: Now, Austin Eckler, he's also going on IR after a head and neck injury.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_01: Trevor Lawrence was placed on IR after a bad concussion.
• 4:33
  SPEAKER_01: If you saw that hit, it was brutal.
• 4:35
  SPEAKER_01: And Taysom Hill, unfortunately, he was really uh looking good the last few weeks.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_01: He suffered a torn ACL and is out for the rest of the season.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_01: And Dallas Goddard, he may go on IR too, so keep an eye on that.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_01: And uh also in the news, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Deontay Johnson has been suspended for one game for conduct detrimental to the team.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_01: Not exactly sure what that is, didn't get any details.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but he also has four fantasy points over the last six weeks, so who cares?
• 5:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um, Josh Allen became the first quarterback in league history to run for a touchdown, throw for a touchdown, and catch a touchdown in the same game, week 13 against the San Francisco 49ers.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_00: That was a fun game.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, watching that, it was a snow game.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_01: I love the snow games, man.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_01: I they're just so fun to watch, and and it, and as we've said, it's not good for fantasy, but I love it.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_00: You know, and and we were having a conversation about this off-screen.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: This I had a 12-leg parlay for running backs this whole weekend, right?
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: And it was to go over the yardage for all of them.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: And the last I hit 10 out of 12.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: The last two were CMC and James Cook to hit over 60 and 65.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Well, as you all know, he pretty much what happened to his knee.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_00: You know, his knee blew out at 57 and at 58 yards, and he lost five more.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: So I ended up losing that.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_00: James Cook hit on his parlay, but obviously the fact that CMC didn't come back, all he needed was seven yards to get me back in into the money, man.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_00: So that was that'd have been a big one, man.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_01: And I and I told Manny, keep it at like six teams.
• 6:20
  SPEAKER_01: You're going crazy with these 12 team parlays, just keep it at six, four, five, six.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_01: That's cool.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: Shit, man.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: I was between eight and ten, so I need to start being smarter about that, right?
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_00: Six.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, then you're gonna hit, you're gonna be six to eight.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_01: Now to get into the injuries real quick, aside from all those people that are on injured reserve, did not practice today at running back.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_01: Brees Hall, Zemir White, Bucky Irving, DeAndre Swift, and Roshan Johnson.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_01: Keep in mind, DeAndre Swift and Roshan on the same team.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_01: Wide receivers, Mike Evans, Darnell Mooney, Cedric Tillman, DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, same team, and Tyreek Hill.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: At tight end, as I previously mentioned, Dallas Goddard.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_01: And then at quarterback, aside from Trevor Lawrence, who's on IR, we're all good at quarterback.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_01: So we've had a few good weeks of quarterback up until that hit on Trevor Lawrence this week.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um, definitely a lot of question marks.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_00: This is crucial time, too.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's playoff time, right?
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: Making that push, trying to cement your place or get in there on the door knocking, right?
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_00: You're outside of the door looking in.
• 7:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um so I totally get that.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_00: The only player that you can pretty much pick up this week is Isaiah Garendo.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_00: You mentioned him earlier.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_00: Uh he's by default, he's gonna be the top guy.
• 7:39
  SPEAKER_00: You might even want to handcuff him with the backup.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I saw him on the waiver wire, no one really touched him.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_00: So for anybody that's still in the in the game, uh they're the other backup sign from the practice squad was uh Patrick Taylor Jr.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_00: So he's he's gonna be the second running back on the death chart.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think they're gonna give Grendo a full, full workload.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe Patrick Taylor can carve himself out a roll.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: But regardless, hedge your bets, get him if you have Grendo.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, not a bad call.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_01: Now let's get into our hot matchups.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_00: Now, on for the hot matchups of the week.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_00: You know, this is gonna be a really fun game.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_00: We get to lead off the week with this game.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be the Lions versus Green Bay.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_00: Two really great teams going at it, two juggernauts.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: Um, it's gonna be at Green Bay.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, no, no, no, it's in in Detroit, so it's gonna be in Indone.
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_00: So uh that's gonna be a fun game, you know.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: No artificial conditions.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_00: It is gonna be cold, I'm sure, a little bit.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, it'd be cool if we got another snow game, as we were just talking about.
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_00: Cool for us, but hopefully, you know, not good for long term, right?
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: Fantasy injuries.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'd hate the, you know, especially for people that have Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs, man.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_00: That is the best running back tandem in the league.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: It's not even close.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, making history together, man.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_01: I love those guys.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they they have 18 rushing touchdowns over the season, you know, between the two of them.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's amazing, you know, and and and I honestly uh going back to that side, they also have Imon Rossi and Brown who you know has had a couple good games, but he hasn't really had his blow-up games yet.
• 9:37
  SPEAKER_00: So he's somebody that you know we could see finally hit his stride near the end of the year because they've kept him healthy, which you know it's good.
• 9:44
  SPEAKER_00: He always gets banged up and plays through the injuries, but uh it's better to see him as healthy, you know, going through the season.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but because didn't he have like a bruised rib or like a fractured rib last year or something like that?
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_01: Dude, that's that's something I actually hadn't given it too much thought until you mentioned it.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, he was banged up all last year.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_01: He was doing really well, but he was you know at a questionable tag going into like every week, so that's a good point.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_01: They've kept him healthy, almost entirely healthy.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_01: Like he's had a questionable tag a couple times, but yeah, last year it was constant.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, definitely.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_00: He's um so he's gonna be looking good.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: Laporta, let's see which one shows up.
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_00: Will they use him?
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_00: Will they not use him?
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_00: Who knows?
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but on the green base side, you cannot pass up on Josh Jacobs.
• 10:30
  SPEAKER_00: Man, that guy is gonna be he's just a a bowling ball, just rolling down, just knocking people over, man.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_00: He's always going forward when he's making contact.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, there's a uh I am bullish on Tucker Kraft this week, too.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think his they have his over-under at like 35 yards.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: I think you know, he he actually had some talk this week about you know, remembering Kirby Joseph for tearing the ACLs.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_00: Remember, I told you the one player from Detroit uh tore two ACLs last year was TJ Hawkinson, and it was uh the one from the Rams, uh Tyler Higbee.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, Higbee.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_01: And he's practicing again.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's starting, yeah, and they're not gonna have relevance besides Hawkinson, but the both players had their knee ACLs tore by a low hit by Kirby Joseph.
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_00: He's always hitting kneecaps.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: So uh Tugger Kraft, who's a football maniac, I saw a story this week where he said that he remembers that he's gonna, you know, it's football, he's gonna find him, but you know, this is for his tight end brothers.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_01: So no shit.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: So that's awesome.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: It's that intangible stuff, I think, that that gives you like that positive momentum when you are gonna play some props, man.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_00: So that's why I think Tucker Kraft is gonna be a nice play.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_00: But uh outside of him, um it could be Christian Wasser, it could be Jaden Reed.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_00: I I'm not taking taking the yardage, but uh a few props that I am taking.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, it was originally 85 and a half yards for Josh Jacobs for all purpose yards.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_00: Uh now it's 90 and a half.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_00: So that's that's kind of you know, they're creeping up there.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_00: I would still take the 90 and a half because it's probably gonna be 92 by the time game kicks off tomorrow.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: Um, the other one I love, David Montgomery, all purpose yards.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: It was originally a 76.5.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_00: Uh now it's at 79.5.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: So I would take that over.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um, same thing for the other one.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_00: These are guys that I I just love and I think we should definitely look into.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_01: And also if it's a snow game, they might be running the ball a little bit more.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_01: Or even if it's just cold, man, you know.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's a dome, right?
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: It's not it, it doesn't have a roof.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Fourfield Oh, I'm sorry, they're playing at Detroit.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: Fourfield has a roof.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah, yeah.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_01: I was thinking they're playing, I was thinking they were playing in Green Bay.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: Never mind.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_00: That would that would have been fun.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, actually, maybe I could be wrong.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: No, no, no.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_01: I just checked.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_01: They are at they are at Detroit.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: They are at Detroit.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, you're right.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Dome.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: But that's all right, man.
• 13:07
  SPEAKER_00: It's uh at the end of the day, it's it's gonna be a great game, and you know, I I'm taking a lot of overs on that game.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I always bet the over.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we were talking offline.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_01: I always bet the over because it's just so hard to watch a game when you got the under, you know.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, that is fun.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you want to see points on the board.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_01: Now, for my hot matchup, yeah, that little dopamine hit.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, for my hot matchup, I've got the Bills versus the Rams.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_01: Automatic start every week with James Cook and Josh Allen.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_01: We were talking earlier about how Josh Allen made history.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_01: He has just been on fire all season.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_01: And Matt Stafford, he is a little bit banged up, but they're expecting him to play.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_01: And we've seen what those wide receivers on the Rams do when Stafford's healthy and they're healthy because we've had so many ups and downs simply due to injury.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_01: But when Puka's healthy and Cooper Cup's healthy, those guys are amazing.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_01: Demarcus Robinson has been amazing too, coming out of nowhere.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_01: And um, you know, he's a little banged up right now, too.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_01: But I mean, I feel like he's a guy, you know, DFS would be a good play.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_01: And the Rams, they're six and six right now.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_01: You know, they're they're playing to win, they have to win.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_01: So expect a huge game from Hookah, Cooper Cup.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: I feel like Kyron Williams, even though he's been a little bit down, it's mostly because of the wide receivers.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_01: He's he's still a guy you put in your lineup and are comfortable getting double digits.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_01: So I feel like Matt Stafford's actually a great start, and then obviously the wide receivers.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_01: You could roll the dice on Demarcus Robinson.
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, I mean, they they are in a must-win situation, and you know, the Bills they never take their foot off the gas pedal.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_01: So uh Khalil Shakir, he's he's a risky start, but uh, I would probably start him too.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_01: I think it's just gonna be a really high-scoring game.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's actually funny you mention him because I I like his his prop for receiving yardage for Khalil Shakir.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's 54 and a half yards.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, and uh that's actually pretty generous considering the guys had some, you know, he's had some big games here and there.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_00: Last week he didn't do anything, obviously, as a snow game, you know.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: So now being in Los Angeles, you know, in a nice open sunny field, I could see him really uh being Josh Allen's favorite target because I don't know if is Amara Cooper gonna play, you know, like is he gonna be 100%?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, nobody knows.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think so.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and then also Keon Coleman is also questionable as well.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, who's left?
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_00: You know, Curtis Samuel and Curtis Samuel's also questionable, he's questionable as well.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, there you go, Khalil Shakir, baby.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: Take that 54 and a half.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_00: That's actually good.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I like that too.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_00: But they don't have Kyron Williams all-purpose yards yet.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_00: They have his rushing at 70, but I love for a multi-feature back like that, you gotta take the the over for the overall.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's funny.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_01: I usually lean on the all-purpose over the rushing or receiving with with the running backs.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, because I feel like if they're gonna have a big game, don't try to predict if it's through the air or on the ground, just predict they're gonna have a big game.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, exactly.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_00: And and that's how I almost won last week.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_00: But that's all right, they don't give cigars to losers, all right?
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_00: Dial that back, keep it at six teams.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_00: You don't need 12.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's ridiculous.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_00: Go big or go home, baby.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_01: Who's uh your honorable mention?
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_00: Uh honorable mention.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_00: I went ahead with uh uh uh divisional game because divisional games in this conference could go one way or the other.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Seahawks at the Cardinals.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_00: It's two really good offenses that kind of been sputtering a little bit.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um, two solid defenses as well.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_00: So I just think the offenses for both teams are better than their defense.
• 17:18
  SPEAKER_00: So I could see this being a little bit of a back and forth.
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_00: Um, although Vegas has it uh very low right now, they have all the numbers for like 44 and a half for the spread, and it's just you know, they they don't have a lot of yardage expectations for anybody.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, when your tight end has the highest yardage prediction at 64 and a half point uh yards, you know, that's got you thinking Trey McBride is the highest rated receiver in that game.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: Dude, he was he was ridiculous last week, bro.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_00: And you have uh Jackson Smith and the Jigba, you know, like that's wide receiver one there now, bro.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_00: 64 and a half yards for Jackson Smith and the Jigba.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I'll take him over.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I know Trey McBride's been hot, but you know, it you know what happens if it's Kyler Murray that's not hot, right?
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not worried about Trey McBride coming out there, I'm worried about him getting looks from from the quarterback.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: So I would I would take the JSN 64 and a half yards, and then the all-purpose yards for James Connors like 80 something, and I'd rather take the 63 and a half rush yards for Connor because he's he's gonna get his yardage on the ground.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, with Connor, he's one of those guys you you you know he's probably gonna get more on the ground.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_01: What what was it for McBride?
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_00: McBride was six at 64 and a half yards or 56.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: I'd probably take that too because I have a feeling this is gonna be a lot of throwing, yeah.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: 65 and a half for McBride and 64 and a half for Smith Najigba, and they have DK Metcalf at 58 and a half yards.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_00: I might take all three of those.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they're low, those are low yardage.
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_00: You're typically looking at I mean, 70s is for like Amon Ra and you know Puka Nakua.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_00: You're looking at 75, you know.
• 19:11
  SPEAKER_01: These teams are both battling for a playoff spot, too.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_01: I'm surprised they got the uh the over-under at you said 42.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, the overall they have it here for the game for the so for that one 44 and a half, excuse me.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_01: No, you might you that you might have said that.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, but yeah, I have a feeling that could easily go over with just those players we're talking about.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_01: And I mean, you know, don't forget about Kenneth Walker, too.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: He's gonna have I'm pretty sure he's gonna have a big day.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_00: You know, these these defenses are not anything special, they're not, and Zach Charbonnet bull vultured Kenneth Walker's touchdown this past week.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, I think he gets an end zone.
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_00: Like, because how are they gonna give it to their that rookie twice?
• 20:03
  SPEAKER_00: You know, it's it's Kenneth Walker's backfield.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_00: Pay some respect.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_01: That's that's the truth.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_01: For my honorable mention, I have the Bengals versus the Cowboys.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_01: At this point, you know, both these teams are really just playing for pride.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: But when you've got Jamar Chase in sync with Joe Burrow, those guys are lights out.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, the points just boom, shoot up, and T.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_01: Higgins as well.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_01: Expect them all to have a big day.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_01: And then with the Cowboys, I mean, we're we're let down to a degree, even though his numbers have looked pretty good.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_01: CeeDee Lamb has been somewhat disappointing this year.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_01: And I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Cooper Rush, but if this is going to be a high-scoring game, or if the Bengals get a big lead, it's just gonna lead to the Cowboys chucking the ball.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_01: But we also saw Rico Dowdle have a huge game uh a couple times over the last few weeks, and last week he looked awesome.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_01: So I expect this to be just a high-scoring game with a good amount of passing.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_01: And on the ground, you're gonna see a lot of shuffle passes, and you're gonna see, you know, uh Chase Brown doing his thing and Rico Dowdle doing his thing.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_01: And it's a Monday night football game.
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_01: Everything just seems a little bit more special on Monday night, as we know.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_01: These teams are coming to play, they're gonna play hard, and I feel like this is gonna be all offense with very minimal defense.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, uh, I mean, it's one of the higher rated games of the week for the spread.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_00: It's forty nine and a half for that game.
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_00: So they don't have a lot of player props, so I can't give you any, but um, you know, if take the overall yardage on Chase Brown.
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, like you were saying, he's he's a stud.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_01: You know, take it involved in the pass game, yeah.
• 21:58
  SPEAKER_01: Take take the Overall for sure.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:02
  SPEAKER_00: But uh on the Cowboys side, who knows, right?
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_00: Who knows what's gonna happen there?
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_00: CD may play, right?
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: He's questionable.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_01: He's a little banged up.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_01: So if he doesn't play, you know, expect.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I I think Rico Dado's gonna have a big game either way.
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_01: The Bengals defense is nothing special.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_01: And and that's the same reason, you know, we were just talking about the Seahawks and the Cardinals having a big day.
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_01: Their defense is nothing to write home about.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_01: So when you've got these offensive weapons and a weak defense, yeah, I expect there just to be a lot of scoring.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: Now for a cold call.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_01: Who is your cold call, Manny?
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_00: For my cold call, I'm gonna go ahead and take the Jags versus the Titans.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_00: Uh that's just gonna be uh I mean this is a game I want to stay far away from.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: The Jags just lost Trevor Lawrence.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_00: Like they're you know, obviously Mac Jones looked good, you know, emergency star, but you know, you expect Mac Jones to return to his true form, right?
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't I don't have a lot of trust in that team, as well as the Titan side.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: You know, Calvin Ridley started off hot, but he's fell fell off in the recent weeks or most of the season, actually.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's it's been like up and down all season, yeah.
• 23:34
  SPEAKER_00: Tony Pollard ruined a lot of parlays for me last week.
• 23:37
  SPEAKER_00: I was bullish on him, so I'm not you know trusting him, and he probably will have a big day, but you know, I'm not putting him on my slips.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: So no, I think I think you're right, Pollard probably have a respectable day.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe not, maybe not crazy, but uh outside of outside of him, I mean let's see, Jags are two and ten, titans three and nine.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_01: They're barely playing for Pride at this point, and the Jaguars backfield is a total mess, too, you know.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I would say play Tony Pollard, and uh that's about it.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_01: I wouldn't I would not start Ridley if I had a better option.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: I would stay away from everybody.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_01: Um, maybe uh Evan Ingram, but again, we're not sure about the quarterback situation yet.
• 24:26
  SPEAKER_01: So I would uh turn down those expectations for him, too.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_01: Now for my cold call, I have the Saints versus the Giants.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_01: Their record is very similar to the teams we were just discussing.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_01: Saints are four and eight, Giants are two and ten.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_01: The quarterback situation there is not gonna give you confidence starting neighbors.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_01: And I feel like you know, that's probably uh a big reason that Tracy's been successful is they don't have confidence in their pass.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_01: You know, but even Tracy, you gotta expect that he's gonna have probably about 12 to 15 points, possibly you know, get closer to 20.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_01: But outside of uh Tyrone Tracy, I'm not playing anyone on the Giants with confidence, and he's more of a flex play anyway.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_01: On the Saints, everyone's injured.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: You're gonna play Alvin Kamara, and that's it.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um maybe like as a spot start, you could put in Juwan Johnson, but Taysom Hill went down last week, and you know their their receiving core.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_01: Let's just take a look real quick.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_01: Uh Chris Olave, IR, Rashid Sheet, IR.
• 25:45
  SPEAKER_01: So MVS, you could probably start him uh as a spot start, but um yeah, outside of outside of that, I don't I don't think you're making too many moves with the with the Saints.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm staying good game to stay far away from besides the running backs.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_01: No doubt.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_01: Now let's get into our shit calls of the week.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_01: Now for my shit call, I'm gonna actually take you back to preseason because I was very, very high on Sam Laporta.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_01: I had him as my tight end one, number one, over every other tight end, and he has been a huge, huge disappointment.
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think it's entirely his fault, but even when he does get targets, it doesn't seem to turn into anything except a touchdown here or there.
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_01: And yeah, touchdowns are great, but like last week, he had like five yards and two touchdowns, you know.
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, if he's not getting touchdowns, then you're not getting numbers.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_01: It's like the opposite of Trey McBride.
• 27:00
  SPEAKER_01: Trey McBride has has had like throughout the entire season, hasn't been in the end zone, but his numbers are off the charts because he's getting insane volume and he's getting a ton of yardage.
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_01: With Laporta, it's the exact opposite.
• 27:14
  SPEAKER_01: He's not getting enough targets, even when he does get the targets.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's probably a small number compared to what we saw last year, and it has to be in an end zone.
• 27:25
  SPEAKER_01: If he's getting end zone targets, sure, like last week he had two touchdowns.
• 27:29
  SPEAKER_01: That was great, but without those two touchdowns, it was a total bust, just like we've seen so many other times.
• 27:36
  SPEAKER_01: So, my shit call was putting Sam Laporta as my number one tight end because he's probably around 20 right now.
• 27:47
  SPEAKER_00: You know, uh don't be so hard on yourself, Joe.
• 27:51
  SPEAKER_00: Tight ends suck.
• 27:53
  SPEAKER_00: We we know this, and we don't mean you suck in real life, guys.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_00: Don't get offended.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_00: What I mean is that fantasy-wise, it's such a drop off that you know it's so hard to count on you know, drafting one in the earlier rounds.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_00: So that's why we always warn you grab a tight end later, guys.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_00: There's gonna be some options available.
• 28:14
  SPEAKER_01: Most definitely.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_00: But for my shit call, I'm only going back a few weeks.
• 28:20
  SPEAKER_00: I'm going back into the season.
• 28:22
  SPEAKER_00: My shit call was you know, thinking that CD Lamb was gonna have a better year than Jamar Chase.
• 28:29
  SPEAKER_00: I traded him to you, I traded you Jamar Chase.
• 28:32
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, he's been on an absolute tear, wide receiver one, you know, and it's you know, and it's not even close right now for his average.
• 28:39
  SPEAKER_01: There well, it was a two for two, though, and you won the other side of that.
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, yeah, it balanced out.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_00: Still, for me to think that CeeDee Lamb was gonna have a better year, I I actually thought that Cowboys had a better supporting cast than the Bengals at that point in the season, right?
• 28:56
  SPEAKER_00: So it's it's crazy how teams can shift and how not being patient can hurt you.
• 29:03
  SPEAKER_00: So I guess my my uh take from it and my message to you guys are when you have a good player, you want to make sure that you're assessing that player's talent and letting them develop that chemistry because early in the season you're gonna have a lot of misses and stuff like that, miss cues.
• 29:21
  SPEAKER_00: I guess uh my shit call was uh give you know selling on some players too early, which I missed out on some good returns there, and not just with you, just trades in general.
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_00: I gave up on a few other players.
• 29:33
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I was bullish on Brees Hall, you know, and that ended up being so far, it shot me in the foot pretty good.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_01: And a perfect example of that that we've already discussed in in a few previous episodes is Chase Brown.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I was telling you a month into the season that's Zach Moss's backfield, it's not a committee, and it was a committee, and Chase Brown took over 100%.
• 29:58
  SPEAKER_01: So you gotta you if you see potential in these players, you do have to give him some time.
• 30:04
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I felt the same way about Sam Laporta too, but we've given him enough time.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 30:11
  SPEAKER_00: And I actually right now, after you talk about him, he's gonna start going off for the rest of the season.
• 30:16
  SPEAKER_01: Go up to two touchdowns again next week, yeah.
• 30:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for like a hundred yards.
• 30:19
  SPEAKER_00: Watch.
• 30:20
  SPEAKER_01: I just trade, I just traded him.
• 30:22
  SPEAKER_01: So I hope he does do well though, just on a personal level.
• 30:30
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• 30:32
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• 30:49
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