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  Speaker 1: It's time to set your lineup with the Dream Team.
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  Speaker 2: Here's Jim Zoki and John Halpin.
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  Speaker 1: All right, time for the Panthers to get back to work.
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  Speaker 1: We never stopped. We were directing the bi-weekly podcast, and
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  Speaker 1: now we're back for the edition heading into the road
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  Speaker 1: game at the Philadelphia Eagles. And, John, if you've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Panthers star players on your offensive side,
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  Speaker 1: and there are a couple of them, you're hoping they're
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  Speaker 1: not rusty and they were working hard and not just
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  Speaker 1: doing TV and picking college games and doing all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Bryce Young is everywhere, isn't he? I mean, it's great. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, they earned a week off and lots of pats
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  Speaker 3: on the back and appearances and things because this offense
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  Speaker 3: has been fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: And Bryce Young still among the league leaders. Now he's
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  Speaker 1: had the bye week, so maybe not in total yards,
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  Speaker 1: but yards per game. He's right up there. Obviously had
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  Speaker 1: nine touchdowns prior to that. And we talked last week,
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  Speaker 1: you know, T-Mac, what an incredible performance. We don't know
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  Speaker 1: today about Jalen Coker. You would think things are trending
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  Speaker 1: in a positive way, the way they're talking, that Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Coker would play. But we don't expect 14 catches, 192 yards,
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  Speaker 1: and two touchdowns, I guess, from TMAC again this week.
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  Speaker 2: No, we don't.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, with the over-under at 39.5 in this game,
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  Speaker 3: we probably expect a more modest performance across the board.
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  Speaker 3: With that said, with Coker coming back, you've got two
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  Speaker 3: fantasy receivers here that can play well so far this season.
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  Speaker 3: Ted Roe, McMillan, wide receiver, 9 in fantasy. Jalen Coker,
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  Speaker 3: wide receiver, 11. That's in points per game because they've
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  Speaker 3: had the bye week. But everybody, I mean, Chuba's been great.
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  Speaker 3: Bryce has been great. T-Mac and Coker have been great.
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  Speaker 3: This is just fantasy goodness everywhere for the Panthers.
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  Speaker 1: And, yeah, Chuba, you mentioned. I mean, he's really looking
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  Speaker 1: like an RB1 once again. I mean, he's taken the load.
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  Speaker 1: We thought heading in a few weeks ago it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be him and Jonathan Brooks. And then we even thought, well,
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  Speaker 1: maybe it's going to be Dylan stealing some things. But
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  Speaker 1: it's like he has really become the workhorse.
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  Speaker 2: He really has.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: So far, the only backs ahead of him, look at this, Gibbs,
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  Speaker 3: Kenneth Walker, Bijan, Derrick Henry, Kyron Williams, Jonathan Taylor. Those
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  Speaker 3: are the only fantasy running backs that have more points
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  Speaker 3: per game than Chuba. He's really stepped up. Since four
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago, we were at tandem stage, and now we're
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  Speaker 3: at Chuba workhorse stage, and he has just really stepped up.
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  Speaker 1: So we're not playing the most explosive offense this week.
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  Speaker 1: Is the Panthers' defense a factor as far as streaming
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  Speaker 1: a defense this week?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think so. just because of how banged up
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  Speaker 3: they are. I don't know that I can go that far.
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  Speaker 3: And part of me is looking at this game, it's
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  Speaker 3: almost like, I hate to say this, but it's the
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  Speaker 3: movable force meets, what is that? The immovable force meets the,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what object. I'm losing my train of
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  Speaker 3: thought here. But it's kind of the opposite because the
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  Speaker 3: Panthers defense has been very permissive and the Eagles offense
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  Speaker 3: has been very bad. So what's going to win out?
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  Speaker 3: I think the Eagles will probably But they might be
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  Speaker 3: in the 20s somewhere. They won't be good, but the Panthers' defense.
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  Speaker 3: It's weird because the Panthers have the cornerbacks out, but
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  Speaker 3: the Eagles might not have Devontae Smith again. And their
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  Speaker 3: receiving core is kind of meh.
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  Speaker 1: And they don't have any running backs. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: We're still in the discovery phase of what is the
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  Speaker 1: injury situation there. I know he didn't practice yesterday. Saquon
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  Speaker 1: Barkley did not. It's a hamstring injury. And those are
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  Speaker 1: always a little bit different because they tend to lean
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  Speaker 1: on the side of giving it more time to have
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  Speaker 1: a setback.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And the weird thing there is, you know, Barkley got
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  Speaker 3: hurt two weeks ago. And as soon as he went out,
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  Speaker 3: Tank Bixby came in and he got hurt. Now he's
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  Speaker 3: on injury reserve. And then Will Shipley played last week
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  Speaker 3: and he got hurt and he's out for a few weeks.
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  Speaker 3: And now they're down to Damian Pierce, who they kind
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  Speaker 3: of grabbed off the street. And, you know, he had
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  Speaker 3: 11 carries for 14 yards against the Jags. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he's kind of, you know, next man up. And we
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  Speaker 3: like to chase volume at running back. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Damian Pierce hasn't carried more than 40 times in three years.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't know how much you can really expect
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  Speaker 3: from it. I think it's a reach to expect a
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  Speaker 3: lot from him, even if you think the Panthers might
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  Speaker 3: struggle on defense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And Jalen Hurts is running, but not as much
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  Speaker 1: as he used to run. So he's not a big factor.
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  Speaker 1: Devontae Smith, you mentioned. We will see about his injuries there.
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  Speaker 1: I did get back. He was sitting on my bench
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  Speaker 1: because he was hurt. Dallas Goddard, and they got him
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  Speaker 1: involved quickly last week. It wasn't huge numbers, but somebody's
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  Speaker 1: got to be the guy, and Dallas Goddard, certainly as
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  Speaker 1: far as tight ends go, is probably a pretty good play, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Dallas Goddard got some catches last week. He missed
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  Speaker 3: a couple of games, and last week he bounced back
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  Speaker 3: a bit. I think he's probably the only receiver I'd
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  Speaker 3: play unless I was in some sort of bi-week or
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  Speaker 3: injury week pinch. Devontae Smith is out. Do you want
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  Speaker 3: to play Dontavian Wicks?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 3: Darius Cooper, he's got He's caught some touchdowns in the
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  Speaker 3: last couple of games, but he's got five catches in
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  Speaker 3: two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I want to go for any of
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  Speaker 2: these Eagles receivers.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so teams that are not playing and players
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  Speaker 1: on those teams not playing are the Bengals, the Lions,
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  Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and Vikings. So kind of a potpourri of
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  Speaker 1: some really good teams and a really bad one, the Dolphins,
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  Speaker 1: because the Bengals, Lions, and Vikings supply a lot of
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  Speaker 1: fantasy points. Probably not so much the Miami Dolphins anyone's
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  Speaker 1: going to worry about.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, awful.
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  Speaker 3: I was hoping for Malik Willis in the beginning of
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  Speaker 3: the season, but, and then HN got hurt. It's just
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  Speaker 3: a disaster down there. That's a, that offense is just,
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  Speaker 3: you just stay away. It's too bad that you just
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  Speaker 3: got to take a team and just cross them off
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  Speaker 3: the board and fantasy altogether.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So Lamar Jackson, we don't know, but it
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  Speaker 1: sounds like there's at least some encouraging signs that he
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  Speaker 1: could play against Cleveland this week because he tries to
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  Speaker 1: come back with an ankle injury.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he didn't practice Wednesday.
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  Speaker 3: The coaching staff says they're hopeful, and that's hard to say.
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  Speaker 3: We're doing this Thursday morning, so there's not a lot
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  Speaker 3: we can tell from there. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: wait and see, unfortunately. Hopefully, Lamar will get back.
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  Speaker 1: Caleb Williams, I don't know. Is he expected to come
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  Speaker 1: back this week? I mean, it's been a month, so
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  Speaker 1: you'd think it'd be about that time.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he practiced fully on Wednesday, so he should be
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  Speaker 3: ready to roll this week against the Falcons. I have
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  Speaker 3: good news for All those people who bet on the
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  Speaker 3: Bears leading the history of football and scoring.
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  Speaker 1: DJ Moore with a shoulder injury. Still seeing what's going
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  Speaker 1: on with him. I made the mistake of picking up
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  Speaker 1: Keon Coleman last week. Thank God he got a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: I think I would have gotten like one point if
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  Speaker 1: he hadn't scored that touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was quite a game.
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  Speaker 3: That game looked bad in the middle of the third
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  Speaker 3: quarter and then it really picked up. But yeah, you're
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  Speaker 3: right about Keon Coleman. The thing with that team, the
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  Speaker 3: way Josh Allen is– I know we've talked about this
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  Speaker 3: every week and that you picked him in the second
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  Speaker 3: round of a draft, but with all the rushing touchdowns
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  Speaker 3: and he ran for over 100 yards and a touchdown again,
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  Speaker 3: it's weird that you see this high-powered offense and the
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  Speaker 3: receivers aren't doing a ton because the quarterback's just running everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not sustainable probably. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: long season for him trying to run that much. A.J. Brown,
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  Speaker 1: they're waiting all season for him. For those who have A.J. Brown,
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  Speaker 1: is it time? Is he going to be active this week?
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  Speaker 2: They don't know.
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  Speaker 3: They opened the window because he was on injury reserve,
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  Speaker 3: so he's got three weeks to return. But he was
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  Speaker 3: back at practice Wednesday limited, I think. They're hoping he
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  Speaker 3: gets back. I'd have a backup plan, but I'd be
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  Speaker 3: optimistic that A.J. Brown is going to be back this week.
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  Speaker 1: And then stay in the New England. Obviously, Travion Henderson
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  Speaker 1: will be out for a while. But if you got
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  Speaker 1: Ramondre Stevenson, you're in good shape there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that thing looked like it was taking a turn
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  Speaker 3: in week two or week three that Ramondre, who you
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  Speaker 3: drafted in the sixth round, was not going to go well.
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  Speaker 3: Then the last two weeks, he's got 16 touches each.
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  Speaker 3: Travion Henderson's got a high ankle sprain, so that's usually
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  Speaker 3: a four-week.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of deal. Ramondre Stevenson, arrows pointing up if you
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  Speaker 2: got him right now.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's see. Jets always have an injury. Brees Hall,
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  Speaker 1: where are we with Brees Hall?
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  Speaker 2: Brees Hall still not practicing well.
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  Speaker 3: Still Braylon Allen leading the way, getting basically every carry
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  Speaker 3: for the Jets.
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  Speaker 1: I get, I suppose, Miley's fantasy league recommendations. And at
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  Speaker 1: the top has been Woody Marks this week. Are you
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  Speaker 1: on the Woody Marks Houston train or what do you
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  Speaker 1: think about him?
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  Speaker 3: I think Woody Marks is OK. It's an opportunity thing
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  Speaker 3: over a talent thing. But Montgomery's got a groin injury.
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  Speaker 3: Doesn't sound like he's going to play. And they're playing
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  Speaker 3: the Jags in London. The Jags defense is pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: So if you have Woody Marks, if you don't start
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  Speaker 3: him this week, you're never going.
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  Speaker 2: To start him. So go with him.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So I was dumpster diving in one of
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  Speaker 1: my leagues where I think I told you we have
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  Speaker 1: one league. We have a small roster and like 12,
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  Speaker 1: 13 players. And there's more players available. And somehow I'm
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  Speaker 1: sifting through because I do it by stats. And there's
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  Speaker 1: Ladd McConkie sitting down there because he's been injured. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't really have a lot of stats. So he's kind
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  Speaker 1: of buried down there. I picked him up, of course.
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  Speaker 1: I think I might have found some gold. I would
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  Speaker 1: think if he's healthy, maybe not this week, but next week,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be at least the best player that
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers have.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it sounds like he might return this week. And
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  Speaker 3: it's weird. I think the logic behind that one, I'm
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  Speaker 3: with you. I'm going to start him in the league
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  Speaker 3: this week. I picked him in probably the third round,
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  Speaker 3: which was not great. But I look at this one
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  Speaker 3: and I just keep going, it can't stay this bad,
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  Speaker 3: can it? How did this all happen? And, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they're in the committee backfield, so Hampton's kind
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  Speaker 3: of a lost cause. But McConkie, when he was healthy
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  Speaker 3: in the first couple of weeks, was pretty clearly the
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  Speaker 3: guy in their receiving game. So once he's healthy again,
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  Speaker 3: hopefully this week, like you said, maybe more next week,
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  Speaker 3: is a guy who, and if the Chargers are going
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  Speaker 3: to keep losing, they're going to keep throwing. So you
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  Speaker 3: think McConkie's going to bounce back, hopefully have a good
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  Speaker 3: second half of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Every year I pick a player who just ruins my
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  Speaker 1: fantasy life, and this year it's been Jeremiah Love. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I got a two or three of my leagues and
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  Speaker 1: he had that one really good week. That's the thing
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  Speaker 1: that gets you feel like it was a four or
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  Speaker 1: five games in. He said like three, four clunkers and
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  Speaker 1: one really good game. But I don't know. I think
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: the clunkers are more the reality. I wonder if he's
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  Speaker 1: even completely 100 percent healthy after being hurt in the preseason,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is. It ain't working with Jeremiah Love so far.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And the quote from the coach. was a little disturbing
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  Speaker 3: on Wednesday. The quote here is, quote, we want to
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  Speaker 3: get this ankle right and do it the right way.
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  Speaker 2: Like, you know what?
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  Speaker 3: That makes me think he's not playing this week and that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they're going to use other people. They're playing
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  Speaker 3: the Rams, which is going to be a tough game anyway.
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  Speaker 3: But if you have Jeremiah Love, I think you got
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  Speaker 3: to think for week six, you're going to need a
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  Speaker 3: backup plan.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm putting him on my bench. For those of
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  Speaker 1: you who are not, that means you'll get 200 points
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: because when I bench somebody like that is when they
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  Speaker 1: go off that particular week. I also have Prince John Judkins.
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  Speaker 1: I've used him off and on. I haven't used him.
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  Speaker 1: I've used him less than I have on the bench
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  Speaker 1: than I have actually put him out there for points.
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  Speaker 1: But that Browns offense is still not great. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's a talented kid, but he's always fighting an injury
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  Speaker 1: or two. And I just don't have much faith in
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: Quinshawn Jenkins this week. Do you?
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  Speaker 2: I don't either.
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  Speaker 3: We don't know what his injury status is. They're saying
• 10:53
  Speaker 3: he's day-to-day. He's got an ankle injury. And if you
• 10:55
  Speaker 3: look at his game log, I mean, he's something like
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  Speaker 3: the 25th running back in fantasy right now, which doesn't
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  Speaker 3: sound terrible. But he's got, let's say, 42. He's had
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  Speaker 3: 73 carries in five games. And only one game has
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  Speaker 3: he averaged more than 3.1 to carry. He's got one touchdown. Like,
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  Speaker 3: it's just the offense is bad. I know they were
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  Speaker 3: a nice little story for the first few weeks, and
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  Speaker 3: maybe they still will be a bit. But like you said,
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  Speaker 3: the offense is not that good. And Judkins is going
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  Speaker 3: to be kind of a plotter for you, even though
• 11:24
  Speaker 3: he's not a plotter in real life necessarily. He's going
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  Speaker 3: to be kind of a so-so guy that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: maybe I start him this week. I can start him
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  Speaker 3: in a bye. He's not going to really do a
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  Speaker 3: heck of a lot for you in most cases.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think offensive line is an issue and quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: so it's just not great. All right, let's see who's
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  Speaker 1: out there on the free agent waiver wire. What do
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  Speaker 1: you got at quarterback this week for somebody looking for
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  Speaker 1: a quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: Jameis, baby.
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  Speaker 3: Jameis Winston, 12% rostered on Yahoo, so you can get him.
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  Speaker 3: He's playing home against the Saints, the over-under 45.5, so
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  Speaker 3: there should be some points. His last two games, he's
• 11:59
  Speaker 3: been playing in the rain for three weeks, okay? And
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  Speaker 3: I'm not making Jamie's excuses. I'm going to go through
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  Speaker 3: the warts in a minute. Last two games, 576 yards,
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  Speaker 3: six touchdowns. Look, last week, he did fumble. He had
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  Speaker 3: an interception bounce off a guy's chest. He's going to
• 12:15
  Speaker 3: throw his interceptions, which we've talked about before. In fantasy,
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  Speaker 3: that's okay as long as the yards come. After the
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  Speaker 3: way they played in the second half last week, John
• 12:24
  Speaker 3: Harbaugh did say things like, you know, maybe we'll play
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  Speaker 3: him in the shotgun more. He didn't say that exactly,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, they were talking about changing things up
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  Speaker 3: because the Giants would love to be a power running team. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: they don't run the ball well and they have a
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  Speaker 3: couple of good receivers and neighbors and Isaiah likely is
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  Speaker 3: playing really well. They're going to let James throw, I think.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, there's going to be disasters. And in real life,
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  Speaker 3: he's probably going to throw a pick six. That's going
• 12:45
  Speaker 3: to drive me crazy. But for fantasy, if you're looking
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  Speaker 3: to pick up somebody to replace this week, Jared Goff,
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  Speaker 3: Joe Burrow, maybe Lamar Jackson, if he's out, James could
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  Speaker 3: be the guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you brought up Isaiah Likely. He had an amazing
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  Speaker 1: day for the team I was playing last week, which
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say it was Tom Sorensen in that league,
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  Speaker 1: the famous Charlotte Observer, former writer. And he beat me,
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  Speaker 1: final score in this percentage type league, he beat me
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  Speaker 1: 124.25 to 124.05. If I had literally gotten another two
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards out of Derrick Henry, or if Isaiah Likely
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  Speaker 1: is the one that comes to mind because he had
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  Speaker 1: like 33 points for him, doesn't have the most amazing
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  Speaker 1: tight end day of the season by anybody. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: those are the ones that haunt you, John.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Like, like the Isaiah likely play where he fumbled when
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  Speaker 3: he crossed the goal line.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and they knocked it. You're thinking, Oh, if he.
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  Speaker 3: Only fumbled two inches earlier, I would have won.
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  Speaker 2: It's just, yeah, it drives you crazy.
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  Speaker 1: And Derek Henry, if you're watching that game, he was
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  Speaker 1: like at the half yard line when his forearm hit
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  Speaker 1: the ground, when he was like lunging for the opening
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  Speaker 1: touchdown on Sunday football. So anyways, it's, it's what it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be played. It's enough. You're going to have,
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  Speaker 1: both sides of that. Running backs, again, we caution, they're
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  Speaker 1: not going to be great because everyone's got any running
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  Speaker 1: back we can play, but who might be out there
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  Speaker 1: as a weak pickup this week to just kind of
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: get you a couple points if nothing else.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, this is definitely a mediocre group here. Tyler Algier
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: on the Cardinals, he's 40% roster now. He's playing at
• 14:10
  Speaker 3: the Rams. I mentioned Jeremiah Love. This is assuming that
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: Jeremiah Love's out. And even if he's limited and, you know,
• 14:16
  Speaker 3: gets a low carry count last week, Algier could get
• 14:19
  Speaker 3: a dozen carries. Like, I mean, They're going to play
• 14:21
  Speaker 3: in the Rams. They're probably going to be losing by
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: a lot. But I think Algier still is like a,
• 14:26
  Speaker 3: as pickups go, if you have Jameer Gibbs on a
• 14:28
  Speaker 3: bye or Brees Hall still out or Chase Brown on
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: a bye, Algier could be a guy. Another one could
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: be Kendrick Miller on the Saints. He's playing against the Giants.
• 14:35
  Speaker 3: They're not fantastic against the run. Another one, Kendrick Miller's
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: not that good, but a chance still out. Kamara was
• 14:42
  Speaker 3: banged up last week. I don't know what his status
• 14:44
  Speaker 3: is for this week, but Kendrick Miller, he was 10
• 14:47
  Speaker 3: for 30 and one last week. You're like, eh, I
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: can give it a try if he's going to get
• 14:50
  Speaker 3: 10 carries.
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Albuquerque is just old, and that's why he's injured.
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: Wide receivers. What's out there wide receiver-wise for people needing
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: a receiver for this week?
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: A couple of decent options.
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: Again, you've got some really good receivers out on by.
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: Chase Higgins, Amon Ross St. Brown, Justin Jefferson. So there's
• 15:07
  Speaker 3: a lot of holes to fill for people.
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: Keenan Allen, maybe.
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: He missed week four, but in weeks three and five,
• 15:13
  Speaker 3: He was 11 for 108-1 on 18 targets.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: That's a lot of targets. He's available in about 60%
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: of Yahoo!
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: Leagues.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: Maybe Kendrick Bourne.
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: In his first game on the Cardinals after Marvin Harrison's departure,
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: he was 5 for 70 on 8 targets, and Bourne's
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: available in 85% of the leagues. He's a decent receiver.
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: He's part of the reason why, as bad as Harrison was,
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: Kendrick Bourne's not a bad receiver.
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: All right, and then tight end positions. You mentioned Tyler Tigby.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: I can never straighten up the three or four tight
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: ends of L.A.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: Of Who's healthy?
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: Who's the guy that might catch? Who's just a blocker
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: out there? So you think Higby's a decent guy?
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Parkinson's back, but Ferguson's still out. But
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: Higby last week, he was, I think, five for 83.
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: And then he got interfered. Basically, Stafford had him for
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: a touchdown over the middle in the fourth quarter. And
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: the safety tackled him and got a pass interference call.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: So they're throwing to him. I mean, 23 targets in
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: his last three games. That's pretty good. That's a good offense.
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: He's looking at Higby a lot. I mean, I know
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: he's got those two really good receivers, but Higby's factored
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: into the passing game. Like I said, I hate to
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: repeat guys from last week, but he's still only 12%
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: rostered in Yahoo. If you need a tight end, like
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: let's say Laporta's out or your tight ends kind of stink,
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: which in a lot of cases is the case.
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: I picked up Higby in the league last week. I'm
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: happy to roll him out again.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, now I got Laporta out this week in one
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: of my leagues, so definitely streaming there. What defenses are
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: good to stream this week that might be also available
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: at the same time?
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: Well, the Colts are not great, but they're playing at
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: home against Cam Ward and the Tennessee Titans. The Colts
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: have 12 sacks in five game. And I think they're
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: a decent option. And the Saints, I mentioned Jameis Winston. Look,
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: the Saints defense is not good, but Jameis Winston is
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: probably overdue for a big turnover.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: And they happen.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: They just have, it's funny. I watched the Giants game
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: with my dad and he's like, you know, he's playing great.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: And you know, he's going to throw interceptions for touchdown soon, right?
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: Like it's going to happen. So, Any time you can
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: bet on that, if you're streaming a defense, you should.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: And the Saints are the team against them this week.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: I picked up, because I needed one this week, I
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: picked up the Chiefs were available against the Chargers. Does
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: that have some juice to it, do you think?
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, the Chiefs actually have a pretty good defense. They
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: probably got dropped because it was the bye week. And,
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: you know, a team streaming defenses, so you can pick
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: them up. I think that's a good one.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: All right, so I look forward to them doing well.
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: Let's get Matt. We haven't had a question from Matt
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: in the last week or two. Matt, what you got?
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: Well, my first question is, should I go with Matthew
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: Stafford or Tyler Shuck at quarterback standard scoring?
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: Stafford's been slinging it lately. I think you'd definitely go
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: with him. I kind of like Tyler Shuck, but he
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: hasn't been running much. Let me check the game logs
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: real quick. The running hasn't been there as much as
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: we thought. Like the last two weeks, he hasn't run
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: much at all. And Stafford's really throwing a ton right now.
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: And then who's– my last question is who's somebody that
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: everybody had high expectations of?
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: They haven't met those high expectations, but you think maybe
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: down the stretch that that could come? Oh, boy.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Lad McConkie might be one. Again, I think– Yes.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: I just have a hard time believing that they're that
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: bad and that they're going to– even though they're 0-5–
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: I think they're too good for that, even with the
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: offensive line injuries and things. And I think they're going
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: to win some games. And I don't think Justin Herbert,
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: even though he might have been overrated by people like me,
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: he's not terrible. I really do think they have to
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: bounce back. And I think Ladd McConkie might be a
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: guy who you can get for pretty much nothing.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Sweet.
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Thanks, John. I was hoping the answer was going to
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: be Kyle Pitts.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: I thought we were going to get through one episode
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: without talking about it.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: No, that's why I had to throw him in at
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the end. No one mentioned Kyle Pitts sucking. All right,
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: so that is this week's edition. Good luck to the
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: Panthers in Philadelphia this week. I'll be up there. Today
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: I'm in Birmingham because I've got ECU playing UAB tonight.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: Sam Mills III, by the way, part of the coaching
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: staff of UAB, which I did not know until I
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: started prepping for this game. So I was hoping to
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: see him down on the field before the game today. But, John,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: have a great weekend, and we'll talk to you Sunday
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: on the pregame show.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Thanks, Jim.