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Week 9 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire, Start/Sit Decisions & Week 8 Lessons · Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast

• 0:02
  Speaker 2: Whoa, what's going on?
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Look, week eight reminded us why fantasy football is about preparation.
• 0:09
  Speaker 2: Injuries are changing situation.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: Week nine, we're going to prepare to pivot to make
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: some moves to keep the momentum and get some dubs.
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: Whoa, what's going on? It's your boy T-Will.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: Look, I'm here for another episode of the Hustle Sports
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: Fantasy Podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Today is the football edition. We live, baby.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: Look, it is a lot going on in these first
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  Speaker 1: eight weeks, bro. Now we in that home stretch to
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  Speaker 1: try to make a playoff push. We need the most
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  Speaker 1: does we ever gonna need going forward. Look, I'm here
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  Speaker 1: to let y'all, I'm here to you know, help us
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  Speaker 1: get to the finish line, man. We looking back at
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  Speaker 1: week eight, we got a few things that we going
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  Speaker 1: to discuss today.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about what I learned in week eight.
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  Speaker 1: That's going to help push us to get dubs in
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: week nine.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously we're going to do the injury recap. You know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean? I got hustlers pickup. You know what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying? That's the wave of gyms.
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  Speaker 1: I got risk of the benching calls.
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  Speaker 2: That's the start sit segment. And then as always, Give you.
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  Speaker 1: My Hustlers Energy Lock Pick of the Week. I get
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  Speaker 1: somebody who I'm locking the lock, throwing away the key with.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody who I'm willing to guarantee, and no Charles Barkley,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to have a big day. Then we close
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  Speaker 1: out with a fantasy community debate.
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  Speaker 2: We get up out of here.
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  Speaker 1: But before we do all that, make sure y'all tap
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  Speaker 1: in on X at Hustle Sportsnet, Instagram at The Hustle
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  Speaker 1: hound in Hustle Sports on TikTok as well. Look, let's
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: go and get into it, baby. This is what I
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: learned from week eight, and I ain't going to lie.
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: This was a heartbreaking lesson. Quarterback insurance is not optional. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I got Lamar Jackson. He sat, obviously, the last three,
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  Speaker 1: four weeks with the ankle injury. I do got Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Shuck from my Saints. I always got a point of
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  Speaker 1: mine from my Saints. They were on a bye last week.
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  Speaker 1: Lamar come back just in time. I'm thinking this is
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  Speaker 1: going to be the perfect, perfect segue back to Lamar.
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  Speaker 1: He get hurt the very first snap of the game,
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  Speaker 1: very first play of the game. Thumb injury and scored zero,
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  Speaker 1: goose egg. So what that tells me, you the guy that's,
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: you know, just trust your starting quarterback and you only
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  Speaker 1: get what you need doing that bye, that's cool. What
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  Speaker 1: this week showed me, and I always kind of felt
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  Speaker 1: like this, which is why I had a second back up,
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  Speaker 1: But the fact that it happened that quickly, bro, that
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  Speaker 1: was a heartbreaker. That was a crusher because I was
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: finally starting to get healthy. He gets hurt the first
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  Speaker 1: play of the game. So, look, in one quarterback leagues, bro,
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  Speaker 1: don't wait until Sunday to find a replacement. Have your
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  Speaker 1: replacement on the roster because by this point of the season,
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  Speaker 1: everybody done scooped up who they wanted. You probably ain't
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  Speaker 1: going to find a good option or a reliable option.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say that.
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  Speaker 1: You probably is going to be troublesome to.
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  Speaker 2: Find a reliable option at this point in the season.
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  Speaker 1: Look, the waiver wire, that's lesson number one about the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, the waiver wire is about contingency, not.
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  Speaker 2: Just the high score, man. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Look, James Cook had an in-game concussion. He did come back.
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  Speaker 1: Ray Davis could get some more burn.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Temporary starter, a streamer can
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  Speaker 2: help you get dubs. Don't be like me. Be bullheaded.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want a guy because you know he's not
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  Speaker 1: a long-term option. Sometimes that is exactly the guy you need,
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  Speaker 1: and that's going to help you get a dub because
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: you already know why we're here.
• 4:02
  Speaker 2: We're here to get dubs, baby. Nothing more, nothing less.
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  Speaker 1: Number three, availability changes everyone's ceiling. A compromised quarterback like
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  Speaker 1: Lamar came into the game, and it's funny that he
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  Speaker 1: hurt the thumb because some of the talk before he
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  Speaker 1: went into the game was about he still felt some
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  Speaker 1: type of pain in that ankle. So, look, that can
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  Speaker 1: limit you. Try to stay away from it if you can.
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  Speaker 1: You got to do what you got to do. You
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  Speaker 1: know what I mean? But if you can help it,
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  Speaker 1: please go with the guy that you know is the healthiest,
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  Speaker 1: at least based on the information that we get.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Lesson number four, start sick, risk it or bench it, Karls.
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  Speaker 1: are provisional, especially at this point in the week. Today's Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: you talk about, you go throughout the rest of the week,
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  Speaker 1: injuries do happen in practice. Availability does change during the
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  Speaker 1: practice week. So, you know, from Tuesday to Saturday, stay
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  Speaker 1: locked in with the news, with what you need to
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  Speaker 1: get to help you get a dub. It can change,
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  Speaker 1: it can and it will change on you. All right,
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  Speaker 1: so that was four. That was four things I learned
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  Speaker 1: this week. So as always, if you've been tapped in
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  Speaker 1: with me, look, injury recap, I hate to see it,
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  Speaker 1: but it's always part of the game.
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  Speaker 2: I always pray that.
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  Speaker 1: These players get close to 100% as possible because at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, we are human.
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  Speaker 2: We want to live the best life we possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned Lamar. That was a personal one. That was frustrating.
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  Speaker 1: Injured on his throwing hand, too, so there was no
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  Speaker 1: chance he was coming back. They ruled him out pretty
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  Speaker 1: quickly against Buffalo. Did not return. Surgery, injury reserve has
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  Speaker 1: been reported. So if you're a Lamar Jackson manager, good luck.
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  Speaker 2: Good luck on what you're going to do.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully you got enough dubs to where you can keep
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  Speaker 1: going for the playoffs. So good luck when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to that. He will be unavailable moving forward. His backup,
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley, got hurt, sustained a turf toe injury after
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  Speaker 1: replacing Lamar. Baltimore quarterback situation is looking crazy right now, bro.
• 6:27
  Speaker 1: It is looking crazy. Try to stay away from it.
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  Speaker 2: I ain't gonna lie, though.
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  Speaker 1: The emergency guy looked a little calm to say he
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  Speaker 1: was the emergency guy.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie to you. So that was kind
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  Speaker 2: of shocking.
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  Speaker 1: James Cook, running back from the Buffalo Bills, sustained, reportedly.
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  Speaker 2: Sustained a concussion, but he did come back.
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  Speaker 1: So keep If you're a James Cook manager, keep watching
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  Speaker 1: him because that can change his availability for week nine
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  Speaker 1: as well. Stay locked in on it. Make sure you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for replacements. DJ Moore, he having a tough one.
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  Speaker 1: He was Iron Man for the NFL for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Now he can't just stay healthy for this year.
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  Speaker 2: Knee injury.
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  Speaker 1: He was in the postgame week eight injury roundup. Make
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  Speaker 1: sure you monitor him going forward, though. Jeremiah Love, another one.
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  Speaker 1: The Rook, the young bull from Arizona. He's another one.
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  Speaker 1: Can't stay healthy so far this year. Another ankle injury. Hey,
• 7:21
  Speaker 1: make sure you look out for Tyler Algier, too, because
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Love in and out the lineup is giving a
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  Speaker 1: lot more opportunity. Bam Knight got hurt, too. Bam Knight
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  Speaker 1: got hurt in that game against Dallas. So make sure
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: you tap in. Stay locked in on that. That's the
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  Speaker 1: injury recap. That's who I got for this week. It's
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: a little short this week, but, look, again, as always,
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  Speaker 1: pray that these guys get to 100% or as close
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  Speaker 1: to 100% as they possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, injuries are a part of the game.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so we got the recap out.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Now it's time to go and see how you can
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: pivot from that recap. This is the Hustlers Pickup, the
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  Speaker 1: Waverwide Scoop. Week 8 gave us some names, gave us
• 8:03
  Speaker 1: some unfortunate situations, but that created opportunity elsewhere. Luckily, this
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  Speaker 1: one ain't from an unfortunate situation. Ryan Flournoy from the
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. He's 22% rostered in ESPN leagues. Five targets
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  Speaker 1: in four of his six games this season. As you
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  Speaker 1: can see here on the graphic, in his last four,
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  Speaker 1: he got double figures in his last four games. 9.6
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  Speaker 1: fantasy points on the season average. 13.3 in his last four.
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  Speaker 1: 68% of the snaps, which firmly put him at wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver two, at least.
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  Speaker 2: For week eight.
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  Speaker 1: I think anybody with eyes know, anybody who know the
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  Speaker 1: game of football knows, he probably won't surpass George Pickens
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  Speaker 1: as long as George Pickens want to be a Cowboy. Look,
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  Speaker 1: averaging 5.7 targets over his last five weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Flournoy, as you can see, he look trustworthy. Dallas is
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  Speaker 2: going to throw the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Their defense is horrendous, which means they're going to be
• 9:00
  Speaker 1: in a lot of shootout games, which create even more
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: opportunity for Flournoy. Don't get this twisted. Don't play with it.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be scared to go get him. 22% roster, so
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  Speaker 1: he's widely available.
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  Speaker 2: Go get him.
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: Greg Dolchish from the Miami Dolphins. 1.4% roster. Yes, 1.4% roster.
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  Speaker 2: And look at his last four. Look at his last four.
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: Look, he's tight end one. 69% of the snaps in
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: week eight. 5.3 targets over his last three. with 10
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  Speaker 1: and a half fantasy points in that same stretch, that
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  Speaker 1: same average.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I know Miami is kind of hard to trust.
• 9:42
  Speaker 2: I know I saw Chris Bell named early in the season.
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  Speaker 2: It don't seem like he done much since he was
• 9:48
  Speaker 2: a hot topic. Malik Washington, pretty solid. He's pretty dependable.
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  Speaker 1: But Greg Dolch is at the tight end slot.
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  Speaker 2: If you need tight end help, like we all.
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  Speaker 1: Do, if you don't have them top dogs, Greg Dolch
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  Speaker 1: is a name you can trust.
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  Speaker 2: Lock him in. I mentioned his teammate earlier.
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned how the young bull has had an injury-plagued
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  Speaker 1: season for the Arizona Cardinals.
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  Speaker 2: Here go his teammates.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Algier, running back from the Cardinals. 45.9% roster, which
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  Speaker 1: is really not surprising. I think we saw some good
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: things from him, some flashes from him in Atlanta. But look,
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  Speaker 1: 59% of the snaps in week eight, part of that
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  Speaker 1: is because Love got hurt.
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  Speaker 2: Bam Knight got hurt in that same game.
• 10:34
  Speaker 1: But he had 36 fantasy points, though, dog. Like, that
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: is crazy. Like, 36 fantasy points is insane.
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  Speaker 2: So... I mean, again, yeah, it was against Dallas. I
• 10:49
  Speaker 2: get it.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like, it ain't nothing that
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: you probably won't. You don't know if you can trust it.
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  Speaker 1: But I will say this. 36 is hard to do.
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  Speaker 1: If you could get 36 in the game, you're more
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: than likely you're like that. Or you could be like that.
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  Speaker 1: He had 11 rushes, though. Like, check the yards per carry.
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  Speaker 1: 11 rushes for 147. Five catches for 44 yards.
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  Speaker 2: Had a passing.
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  Speaker 1: I had a receiving 30. and a rushing Teddy. Algier,
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  Speaker 1: you can trust that, especially with the injuries. I've been
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: seeing news, too, about James Conner going to probably get traded.
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  Speaker 1: So that's even more reason to go trust Algier. 45.9% roster,
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: still widely available. Still can go get him. Malik Washington
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  Speaker 1: from the Miami Dolphins. I mentioned his teammate, Greg Dodgers,
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  Speaker 1: just a few seconds ago. 38% roster, 74% of the
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  Speaker 1: snaps in week eight. Five catches, 40 yards, 130 against
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  Speaker 1: New England. He's averaging 10.2 a game in this season,
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  Speaker 1: so he's having a good season, having a decent season.
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  Speaker 1: That's somebody you can definitely trust. At least, all right, look,
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  Speaker 1: I streamed him. I don't know if it bowled. I
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: can't remember off the top if it bowled well for me,
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: but I definitely stream Malik Washington because you can trust him.
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: All right, that's a wrap on the waiver pickups, on
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: the hustlers pickups. Look, let's go get into these risk
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: it or bench it calls, start set pickups.
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  Speaker 2: Week 9. Look, we got some names on here.
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: You probably would never have heard of, but they're going
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: to be some good matchups.
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: Jonah Coleman.
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: Here goes another honorable mention when it comes to the
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: hustlers pickups. Jonah Coleman versus the Carolina Panthers. Risk this
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: with the quickness.
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  Speaker 2: Coming off 20.4 fantasy.
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  Speaker 1: Points in Week 8. RJ Harvard just went to the hour. Dobbins,
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: we know how he do, ends your history. Carolina also
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: give up the most fantasy points to opposing running backs
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: entering in week nine. And we've seen, you know, Carolina
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: get blew out and blow people out, but their defense
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: looks atrocious.
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  Speaker 2: Looks atrocious, can't stop the rain. Excuse me.
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  Speaker 1: Coleman legitimately has RB2 opportunity against Carolina. Look, sometimes the
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: opportunity matters more than the reputation.
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  Speaker 2: So I'll say this, I'll ask y'all this.
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  Speaker 1: Are you trusting the rookie with the increased workload against
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: a bad defense?
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  Speaker 2: For me, I'm risking that.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, Derrick Henry against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: I ain't going to lie. As much as it pains
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: me to say this, yeah, bench this. Bench this.
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, you know, because of the quarterback situation in Baltimore,
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  Speaker 1: and they got a short week, they played Jacksonville Thursday night.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, the quarterback situation creates too much
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  Speaker 1: uncertainty for their offense. He only got 60 scrimmage yards
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: in week eight against Buffalo, and Buffalo consistently are in shootouts.
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  Speaker 1: Luckily for them, you know, Baltimore lost their top dog
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  Speaker 1: very early.
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  Speaker 2: In that game.
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  Speaker 1: So, look, like I said, I would hate to say this,
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  Speaker 1: but I would say bench it.
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  Speaker 2: The Jaguars only gave up four rushing touchdowns through eight weeks.
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  Speaker 1: So, their defense is– You know, you can't really score
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  Speaker 1: on them like that from the rushing angle. So Henry
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  Speaker 1: named Kerry Wake. This is the thing. Are you starting
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  Speaker 1: to play based on the reputation? For me, without Lamar,
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  Speaker 1: they can just load the box and just lock their
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: Henry up. So I, like I said, I hate to
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: say this, but you got to bench him. You got
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: to bench him.
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  Speaker 2: Number three, Caleb Douglas, another Miami Dolphin. I would say
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  Speaker 2: risk this.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: You know, Detroit got one of the worst passing defenses
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: in the league. 19 targets over four healthy games for
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: Caleb Douglas. Scored 21 fantasy points in week seven. I
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: guess Detroit has allowed the fourth most fantasy points to
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: wide receivers.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, Miami, their offense, they good enough, man.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen them close in some games this year that,
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: you know, typically wouldn't have made sense.
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  Speaker 2: But they're not an easy out, bro. They're not an
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: easy out.
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  Speaker 1: Miami's offense is holding it down. Caleb Douglas, I would
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: risk that for sure. This is exactly the type of
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: player that you want to swing your week.
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  Speaker 2: And I ain't going to lie.
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  Speaker 1: If you're in a situation like me, Caleb Douglas is
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  Speaker 1: the name for you to go get.
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  Speaker 2: I risk that.
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  Speaker 1: Number four, and I've had this guy. He actually helped
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: me get a dub a couple weeks ago. Trey Tucker
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: from the Las Vegas Raiders. They play San Francisco this week.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: He's exceeded 20 fantasy points in weeks six and seven.
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: Week eight, just one target, didn't do nothing. Gave you
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: a goose egg. And I dropped him just in time.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: I thought I was going to be hurt about that,
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: but thankfully it worked out. Las Vegas leaned on the
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: Russian attack and Brock Bowers. San Francisco coming off the bye.
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  Speaker 1: They've been difficult for opposing receivers. For me, I'm benching this.
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: Two strong weeks don't guarantee a third, and we just
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: saw you had a goose egg in the third week
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  Speaker 1: off them two straight weeks. So look, the fantasy floor
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: is zero for Trey Tucker. So because the fantasy floor
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: is zero for Trey Tucker, I.
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  Speaker 2: Have to bench this.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: Look for a more dependable target with dependable volume. Number five,
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Higby from the Los Angeles Rams. They play the
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: Commanders this week. I definitely, definitely would risk this.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me. Yeah.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: From the Los Angeles Rams, Tyler Higby, I definitely would
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  Speaker 1: risk this. The Commanders, definitely defense not up to par
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  Speaker 1: for tight ends.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? The streaming potential is there.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I know he ain't really done much, but they
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: present an opportunity to explore. You know, Higby fantasy value
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: depends on the right participation and red zone environment, honestly.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: Monitor the snap share before committing it. before committing to him.
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  Speaker 2: But he is worth the risk with a favorable matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Tight end is positioned where sometimes you just got to
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: chase the opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the Rams have been banged up on the
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: passing front.
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  Speaker 1: So, Tyler Higby is a guy you can go try.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: To stream and get you a dub. So, I would
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: say risk that. All right. And then, you know, for
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: the takeaway, excuse me.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: My Hustlers Energy lockpick, that was the star sitcoms, Risk
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: of the Bitch.
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  Speaker 2: It hit me on Twitter or X. You know what
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: I'm saying?
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: If you got any questions, I help y'all with those
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: and get you some dubs. With that being said, my
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: Hustlers Energy lockpick of the week, got to go with
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: Amon Ra. Got to go with Amon Ra. He has
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: a very favorable matchup against the Dolphins. Now, the Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: are the 15th ranked passing defense, so very middle of
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: the road.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: They don't give up.
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  Speaker 1: They give up the fourth least amount of points to
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: drive receivers. So when you hear that, you probably think, okay,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: this matchup ain't really that favorable.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: However, St.
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: Brown came off eight targets, his second worst statistical game
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: at 46 yards against the best defense in the league,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: and he still managed to get 12.6 points.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: So this matchup for St. Brown against the Dolphins, I
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: love that.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: The Dolphins' defense, they've been in high-scoring games a few
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: times this season. So for me, St. Brown is my lock.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: That's who I'm locking the lock, throwing away the key with.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: Amon Ross St. Brown from the Detroit Lions.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: So look, like I said, if you rock with us
• 18:48
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• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Tag us at HustleSportsNet.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Before we get up out of here, I got one
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: question for you. Fantasy community debate. The question is, Are
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: you loyal or are you too loyal to your draft picks?
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: What matters more, talent, opportunity, or health? So it depends, right?
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: For me, you're in a good situation. Your record look good.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: You look like you're going to contend for a championship. Yeah,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: you definitely trust the draft capital. It got you here.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: You trust that.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: If you're not in a good.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Situation, If you in, let's say you're middle of the road,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: like it's week eight. Let's say instead of six and two,
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: you four and four.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: You got a couple injuries. You might need to ride
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: the hot hand. You know what I mean?
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Production opportunity it's going to matter more than the preseason expectations.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: And if you're in a bad situation like 2-6, you
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: play the matchup. Forget the narratives. You got to go
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: with who got the better opportunity. You got to go
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: for the home run to help you get dubs. You
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: got to play the numbers game. That's what it's about.
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: So it just depends on where you're at in your season.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: You're 6-2, 7-1, 8-0, 5-3.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: You might want to trust your draft picks. You middle
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: of the road, ride the high hand. If you bottom
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: of the barrel, play the numbers. You got to play
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: the opportunity. Got to help you get a dub. Look,
• 20:22
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• 20:25
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• 20:31
  Speaker 1: 2026 Season. Hey, look, today we just covered what I
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: learned in the week eight injury recap, the hustlers pick up,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: That's the waiver-wide scoop.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: You know, risk of the benching calls, that's the start, sit, calls, questions.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: And then the Hustlers Energy Lock Pick of the Week,
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: and we closed out with a fantasy debate. Look, I'm T. Will.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: I holla.