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It's Crunch Time, Need a Win to Lock in My Playoff Spot/ Oldman Plays CFL Weekly Fantasy S03 E17 · The CFL Outsiders

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  Hey kids, and welcome back to another
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  week of Old Man Plays CFL Weekly
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  Fantasy. Yes,
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  feeling good, getting some growth
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  going here. Get my record better.
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  I would 122.1 last week which was good
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  for second in the league. Feeling good
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  about that. 16 weeks in at 4 weeks at
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  top of the league and two at 2nd. That's
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  not bad and it was enough to beat Rouge
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  adults. So this week it's against the
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  league average. I'm sitting at 9:00
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  and 7:00 right now. Haven't seen the
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  spreadsheet from the league again for a
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  bit. So I did my own math and it
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  looks like I'm at 5th. Could drop as
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  well. Could drop right down to probably
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  11th. Could climb up to first
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  theoretically. But realistically this
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  weekend I could maybe get as high as
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  third and drop down to 9th which would be
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  put me out of the playoffs and.
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  And, and, and because it's the last week
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  of the season, so fingers crossed, no
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  pressure whatsoever, but hopefully I'm in
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  the playoffs and got stuff to talk about
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  again next week. So
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  this week. Well, let's look at
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  what we got out there. The games start.
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  Toronto goes into Winnipeg defences.
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  Eh, Kelly throws an awful lot of tight
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  window, which is translation for
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  interception worthy footballs. So
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  Winnipeg maybe and they do take some
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  away. You might want to think about that.
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  Toronto while Drew Brown is in there and
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  he's known to throw some up. So it's
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  maybe if you, if what you're feeling
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  like, I don't know, running backs.
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  Toronto will have Smith and Jones going.
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  Smith gets the more carries. He's a
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  little bit cheaper, but Winnipeg's got a
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  pretty stout run defence I think. From
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  them, Winnipeg again. Will Condell use
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  Brady or not? He's been using them more
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  and more, so I might be brave enough to
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  take him because I think this is a game
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  where maybe he gets used to stay in.
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  Quarterbacks, like I said, Drew Brown
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  back up, going to be cheap, but unless
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  you think you can pick up a lot of
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  points somewhere else, I don't know that
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  I'd go there. And Kelly, well, I expect
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  he'll throw a few picks and I don't think
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  he's going to get a lot of yardage and
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  high scoring compared to regular games.
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  I'd stay away there. And then receivers,
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  Winnipeg, well, Singer took off in the
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  Labour Day classic. Came back, played
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  a bit better, more in the banjo bowl,
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  looked not bad. So maybe he's a choice.
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  Other than that I struggle. Toronto.
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  They're all get lots of targets come and
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  Unger may tell Polk is back and coaxy are
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  the big name ones. So I don't think he
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  can go wrong with any of them if you
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  want to go that way and.
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  Like I said, they're going to put the
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  ball in the air a lot. They do not run
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  going to the next game. Saskatchewan at
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  BC, this one. Could have some
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  points, some fantasy points up for
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  grabs. I don't think I'd be
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  taking either defence. The BC defence
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  is down. Well,
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  Roland Kent, junior to suspension,
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  they're down. Colden and Peters to
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  injury. They did get Robert Carter junior
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  back in, starting him at a corner, but
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  they're going to be shuffling it around
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  out there a lot. And on the Saskatchewan
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  side, Edward is out at the strong side
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  halfback. So if Sales falls inside, Bird
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  just moves over there. Belle,
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  the rookie, gets his start at wide side
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  corner and they're down there. Starting
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  Sam, linebacker from the last few games
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  at Antwon Brooks junior is back in. He
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  played, made a lot of tackles, but also
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  made mistakes. So neither of those
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  defences I have a lot of faith in. There
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  could be busts. This could be a high
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  scoring game. I'd be staying away from
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  the defences. But quarterbacks, either
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  Nathan or Trevor, whoever you're feeling
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  for it, Nathan's at home. That may help.
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  He won't be fighting the crowd noise.
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  Don't forget these teams. Saskatchewan
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  narrowly won early in the season BC1,
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  quite handily about four weeks ago.
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  So there's that. Running backs. Now
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  Horvath will get a lot of the carries.
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  That Saskatchewan Ren defence is very
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  stout. But Horvath can also pick up the
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  short yardage touchdowns. So he might
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  break a long one or two, I don't know.
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  He'll probably get, I would assume at
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  least one short yardage touchdown. But
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  he's also at 14K highest cost running
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  back in the game right now, so maybe not.
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  And AJ Alette is back, but I don't.
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  BC run defence is very stout so I'll stay
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  away from there.
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  Receivers on the BC side, Hatcher and
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  Mcinnis are still under 15K, but they're
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  underperforming still a little bit for
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  what they're historically can do. They're
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  getting a lot more production out of the
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  low end, so I'd be looking to Katoi
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  or Jackson. They're both lower priced
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  receivers and I think they'll get a lot
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  of action in this.
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  On the Saskatchewan side, Keenan Schaefer
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  Baker is back. He gets a lot of catches
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  a lot a lot of targets, catches a lot
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  of them and has great yak yards. So if
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  it was his second or third game back, I'd
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  probably go there. His first game back
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  might be some rust. And the other thing
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  you can count on is Keyshawn Johnsons
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  going to get probably double digit
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  targets again and catches the majority of
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  them. Not as flashy as Schaefer Baker,
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  but he's the. One of the four or
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  five receivers in the league over 1000
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  yards, so I think he's a safe bet,
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  especially now that they have some
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  support back in at the other receiver
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  positions. Think I'd like it
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  going that way. Weeb is in and will as
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  a low price option might be very good and
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  Dale Duncan Busby has gone up in price
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  and I think he'll see less targets with
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  Schaefer Baker back in there. They got a
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  void there and then Ottawa hosts Calgary,
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  well 3840 last week. So I don't know you
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  want to take either of these defences.
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  They're not great ball Hocking defences.
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  They give up stuff. There was no sacks in
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  the game last week, so I'd stay away from
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  there. Quarterbacks, well,
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  MBT certainly went off last week. Can he
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  do it again this week? I don't see any
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  reason to think not in the nation's
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  capital. It's not like they're going to
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  suddenly have a lot more tape on him or
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  on Ottawa. So I expect he's A12K. He's a
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  good value pick and he might, I mean, he
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  put up five touchdowns last week. Will he
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  do that again this week? I don't know,
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  but it's possible. And then BA.
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  Yeah, he'll probably put some up, but
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  he's inconsistent and he's been, I don't
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  know that he's still recovered from the
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  head injury and he's got. Now
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  frankly, he's got some leg problems after
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  the last game, so I'd stay away from
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  there. Running
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  backs, whether it's Bell or Adeboye for
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  Ottawa, they don't run the ball. I
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  wouldn't worry about it. Mac Mahone. Did
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  I had a great game last week, We'll
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  probably do as well this week. So I think
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  he's maybe a lock. Then receivers for
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  Calgary. While Philpott's good, he's
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  under 15K and he gets a consistent number
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  of targets up 8 to 10.
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  If you don't want him while these Brooks
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  Jones had a big game last week, but I he
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  does that and then doesn't do much the
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  following week so I might stay away from
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  there. And on the Ottawa side, well White
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  had a huge game last week, but it was all
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  touchdowns, free catches, 3 touchdowns I
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  believe so I'm not so sure they're Hardy
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  I think is a much better choice. He gets
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  11:50 targets a game and he'll pick up.
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  You know, 6070 yards, maybe more. You got
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  a touchdown last week. I think he's a
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  good solid 1, even at the 15K that they
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  want from otherwise. Well, we've got who
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  is it? How does this work now, Eberhardt?
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  He's playing hard and looking good. You
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  might want to consider him. I don't know
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  that I'd go a lot past any of those
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  receivers. And then the last
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  game of the week. Hamilton into Edmonton?
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  Haven't seen the Hamilton depth chart
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  yet, not quite sure where to find it.
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  It's still grayed out on their old site.
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  But regardless of that, whoever's playing
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  for Hamilton, whether it's Frost or or
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  Ford, I think there's some interception.
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  Potential there and. Edmonton's
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  been a ball hawk so. I think
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  Edmonton defence is a good choice.
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  Hamilton's got a good defence but Cody
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  doesn't turn the ball over a lot. I don't
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  see them giving up sacks. I
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  think they'll get a lot of points. I'd
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  stay away from Hamilton defence. And
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  quarterbacked well. Whoever's in for
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  Hamilton will be a real bargain, but I
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  don't think I'd go there. Cody will
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  probably do well. Back in Edmonton,
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  bouncing back from Toronto. He's his
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  solid choice, but I don't know that.
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  He's as good as some others this weekend.
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  And then the running backs, well, Rankin,
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  Rankin starting to look a little better
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  again. He's so hit and miss that Hamilton
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  defence can be run against. If he gets
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  into the open field. He could have a huge
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  game. So I certainly might want to
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  consider him, but. I think some people
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  will probably even take him as captain,
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  but I'm still a little bit leery there.
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  And on the other side, Hamilton will
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  probably attempt to run the ball some. I
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  don't see them getting much.
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  Receivers from Hamilton, I would stay
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  away from Lawler and Smith. There been
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  shut down pretty consistently. Wheat
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  Peel, maybe, and Myron Mitchell's been
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  getting some balls, so there's a
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  possibility. And on the Edmonton side,
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  while Cephas has been coming up, some
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  O'Leary, Orange had a big game last week
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  in the loss and he usually gets a few
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  targets, but it's not like he's gets
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  enough to justify even the six or seven K
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  he is. And I thought about him for a
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  while, but I went away from there. And
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  then Mac has been. Solid, but
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  again, game to game the targets can go up
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  and down. Hard to say now we take all
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  that into consideration. And where do
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  we get? Well, here's where we get This is
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  my team for this week. Edmonton Elk
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  on defence. I am taking the flyer on
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  MBT with Ottawa and I'll make him my
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  captain. My running backs, Mac
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  Mahone out of Calgary and please, Tommy
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  Condell, please run the ball. First time
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  this year I'm taking Brady.
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  And then my receivers, Keyshawn Johnson.
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  For Trevor to throw to. Justin
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  Hardy for MBT to throw to.
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  And Jarius Jackson for Nathan to throw
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  to. So I think that looks good. I'm
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  left with point 2K.
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  To spend. Feeling good
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  about it, have no idea how it'll turn
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  out as every week. Wish me the best.
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  As always, these are my picks. Any you
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  want to use or any advice, do so
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  at your peril. I've been a roller coaster
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  ride this season, but my results have
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  been getting better later and later in
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  the season so I don't know if I'm
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  paying more attention or what, but there
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  it is, there it is. Hopefully
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  next week I'll be back saying woo Hoo in
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  the playoffs and not Moonsoon. Done
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  now. Oh God.
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  Hope you have a great weekend of fantasy.
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  Hope we all get to see some good
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  football. There's some promising games
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  there. It could be an exciting weekend.
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  And mostly. Just I
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  hope you have a good weekend
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  and week. Life's getting tough
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  in places lately And lately, yeah.
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  Take care of yourselves. Take care
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  of the people you love. Have a good
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  one old man, signing off.