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Friday, October 25th, Jason Moore, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway, the fantasy footballers.We had a Thursday night football game.We've got news.We've got the forecast.We've got matchups.We've got the wheel of shame.We've got a lot going on.
And I just want to say. right here at the top.I saw nothing.
You saw, I saw the end of the game, the end of the game.
I expect nothing.Then big ref.
I want to, let me give you my perspective of this.The player should sell this thing on the field.If you can't overcome a little tiny twist of the head, you aren't a football player NFL style.We don't mess up.We're the refs.
And that sounds that sounds pretty big ref over there.I you know Mike yesterday you came in and you gave us a real good it's football time because you knew it was going to be great.
Honestly we really did have an awesome 58 minutes of awesome football.
Well, look, I appreciate what Kevin O'Connell did at the end of the game.And if you're not familiar with how the game ended, the Rams were ahead by eight points.
The Vikings got the ball back late with under two minutes to go, backed up near their own end zone.There was an egregious face mask that took place in the end zone that somehow every referee was blocked from seeing.
There were only What, three or four people in the entire world who didn't see it?
One of them was looking straight forward towards it?In their defense, it happened far away from where the ball was.Like two and a half feet.Yeah. So look, the face mask took place.It was not called.It turned into a safety.The game was over.
Kevin O'Connell came out and I think did what a head coach should do in this situation, didn't dwell on it, said, you know, we're not going to just focus on one call.
The game went, you had whatever, 58 more minutes that you could have put yourself in a better position.You never want, I mean, that's the line, right?You never want to be in the spot where one play, one penalty costs you the game.
Well, you don't want to be the head coach where you just lost the game and now you're going to lose money because you come out and tell the truth about what the refs did.
They were not able to.I mean, they came down and they look like the most perfect offense ever.This has been the Vikings, by the way.I believe Sam Darnold's over 80% completion in the first quarter this year.
The script, like every coach has got the script, you know. to start the game.And Kevin O'Connell scripts are real hot.They're like, nice.
Um, but you can't script the whole game.We've learned that you can only script a quarter.
That's all you could do.You run out of ink.Defenses obviously make adjustments.The first four drives of the game were touchdowns.It was awesome, but we're burying the lead here.Fellas, the lead story of this game Puka's back, baby!
Oh, I hope you played him.But listen, a lot of people out there had Puka.They weren't sure.There were reports of he'll be limited, and maybe you didn't play him.You should not be unhappy.You should not be sad.
He got away with an injury-free game where he showed he is that dude, and the win gives you a little bit of peace over the Stafford-Darnold trade not happening, which is probably the biggest Puka fear I had.
Yeah, it doesn't seem realistic for that to happen when, you know, they did acknowledge teams have called about Cooper cup. But this team rattled off a ton of wins at the end of last year.Now they've got their pieces back.Yeah, this is great news.
Even their punt returner was really good running the football in this game.
I believe he's on page 24.He got his job back at the end.I don't know if you saw that.
He got to return one of the late punts.
Yeah.I think it was like the last.It's a high leverage.Wasn't the final punt.High leverage situation.Yeah.Kyron's pretty good.
No Blake Corham, but he's decent.
So great game.Uh, Kyron was great.Aaron Jones didn't get into the end zone.He was efficient, but he was not, uh, he did not have a big fantasy day.
No, but he was the workhorse.
This was, which has been the case.Now, if you look at Chandler's, his, his snap counts, they've been in nothing.
Yeah.But this one was 46 to two.
Yeah.Ty Chandler is like straight up insurance.
What's the tool song, Jay?
Oh yeah.What is that?Is that 46 and 2?Is it?Yeah.I was like, that's the song.
Justin Jefferson was 8 for 115, did not find the end zone.Puka 7 for 106.Cooper Cup did score 5 for 51.He looked like he was kind of, ironically, the one that got off to the slowest return.
Just didn't quite look like himself.Puka played 32% of snaps. Well, and you said this yesterday when the news report was breaking that he's going to play a limited allotment, which he did 32%.
You said verbatim the plays that he plays, they're going to go to him because that's when he's on the field, they're just going to design plays for him, take advantage of it, and then get them off the field.They did.
DeMarcus Robinson scored twice on two catches, uh, just to, you know, if you're, if you're mad about anything, just be mad about DeMarcus Robinson. Yeah, because this is the one time you wouldn't have played DeMarcus Robinson.
You would have tried to play him all these weeks.You didn't have other receivers.He finally gives you two touchdowns.
You know what's ironic about this?I think this is actually the offense that is best for DeMarcus Robinson.DeMarcus Robinson is not an insurance-wide receiver.He proved that.
When these two guys went down, he can't step up and be a one for an NFL offense. I drafted a lot of best ball shares of DeMarcus Robinson coming into this year based upon what he did at the second half of last year when they had Puka and Cup Healthy.
He was around, you know, the defenses are focused on those two guys.Yeah.And DeMarcus Robinson could be a great three here.So going forward, you know, a DFS play or... Deeper leagues.
a deep league where you just, you know, I've seen people have the tweets where it's like, no, I'm in a deep league.I got to get people who are not rostered, who I could throw in a lineup for a start.
I think going forward to Marcus Robinson might actually be that better with Puka and Cooper than he was when he was, you know, quote unquote, the one.It is Friday.
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Calvin Ridley remains sidelined on Thursday.Whoops.That is not good.
I mean, we hope that the Wednesday mispractice was a veteran day of rest when you completely do not practice on a Thursday with a foot injury, which I believe Calvin Ridley has dealt with a foot injury in the past.It's a little bit scary.
Um, I know he, he was your second half sleeper, but that I don't remember that. That's good.Yeah, this is concerning to me.I mean, I think most people probably weren't starting Ridley, maybe with Hopkins being traded out.
They're like, okay, I can start him.
I would pump the brakes on Ridley if he's actually got a- Ridley has masonitis.
Yeah.Okay.That's fair.I mean, but you're going to have levititis when he comes back.
At least he'll throw it down the field.
I, I'm looking to see if we have any practice support updates for today on Calvin Ridley.Cause they don't have the under Hopkins, by the way, they can't like borrow him for one more week.
Now that Ridley is going to be out, not that their passing game can work, but I'm like, I'm certain I searched for Calvin Ridley.Right.And I'm getting the top tweets.And I don't like that.
The third one is quote, I can't believe Andy Holloway doubled down on Calvin Ridley.This will either be the biggest fantasy comeback or bust of all time. Again, you didn't have to do it.Right.That is true, Mr. Dell.
Travis Etienne, limited again on Thursday, hamstring injury.My position on Travis Etienne is prove it on the field before you are going to prove it in my lineup.
Yeah they've said he's a game time decision.I doubt he plays.I really do.I think they're going to with with how well Bigsby has been playing.I mean I don't have any inside information.
It just seems like if he's limited and he's a game time decision and this is a hamstring that you can re aggravate if he plays.
No, if he plays, I don't play him or Bigsby personally.Okay.Um, or, or Dearness Johnson.I'm, I'm just out on the Jaguars running backs.If he's out, I think you're going to probably end up playing Bigsby.It feels like it could be a trap.
The nice thing about Bigsby is he's good at playing the running back position.So, you know, he can make the most of the tight portion of the game.Tuatunga-Vailoa cleared concussion protocol will start in week eight versus Arizona.
Tyreek Hill was added to the injury report on Thursday, but then later declared healthy. Yeah, I mean, all this is pretty frequently healthy with Hill.Yeah.Jalen Waddle still limited on Thursday with the quad injury, but very exciting.
This is good news.A flowers returned to practice on Friday.He had missed Wednesday and Thursday.He was a Monday night football game.So when you talk about, you know, giving a guy a break, giving him an up and he hurt himself in the game.
That, but that's why I, well, I was very concerned of like, well, once he hurt his ankle, he, I, I don't know if he did anything else.He was in the game, but it was, Oh, is this, he went back in the game.
He was able to play and then it swelled up and now he's unable to play the following week, but it's at least it's good news.And if, if they plays, I'm playing him as usual.
Bucky Irving didn't practice on Wednesday or Thursday.He did warm up and we've seen him practice on Friday.We'll monitor that.Jonathan Taylor and Chris Olave joined the full practice club.Yeah.
I mean, these are two important players you need back.Chris Olave, a Yeah.
A full practice on a Thursday in concussion protocol signals that he will probably tomorrow have the in the meeting with the independent neurologist and presumably be given the green light.
That is the normal progression that almost always happens at this stage.So I would expect to have Chris Alavi and then Jonathan Taylor high ankle sprain missed the three games.We talk about a high ankle sprains are usually zero or three games missed.
He missed it fully practicing.He's back.We told you it was mild.
We have DK Metcalf not practicing Wednesday or Thursday with an MCL sprain.He was gonna try to practice today was the last thing I saw.Jaden Daniels didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday, not spotted at practice today.
I would say he is Jaden D. Yeah, the reports were- D for doubtful.Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, yes.That's the old adage that everyone knows.Yeah, it's just, it sounded exactly like doubtful.Yeah. in addition to him not being present for practice today.
Dallas, the big D. Yeah.It's the big doubtful.For sure.That's what I always think about the big D. So Jaden Daniels was not at practice.However, there were three other quarterbacks there.So he it's.
I would be blown away if he plays football this week.He's doubtful?I would say the full word.Yeah, I would say he's doubtful.
That's exactly what I would say.Deebo returned to limited practice, so did George Kittle.Sunday night, have a plan.Did not practice Wednesday or Thursday.Juwan Jennings didn't.Doubtful for this week.He's Daniels. He's, uh, yeah, Juwan D. All right.
Lad McConkey didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday.He has not looked himself at all.He had such an opportunity without, uh, Quentin out there and, and them desperately in need of help.
And he's not been, yeah, he's, he's playing through an injury, but he's clearly injured.He didn't look great.
And the fact that he's missing practice on a Thursday completely, I don't think this is a player I want to start until you see him healthy again.
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It's not a full allotment over there.We're missing one, two.I see Papa Josh.I see one, two.No, I don't.I don't see all three of them.Papa Josh, are you here?I am here.Okay.Al, I am here.
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We're taking out a big policy.We are, we are just, we are hemorrhaging product.We don't know where he is.We're not saying where he is, but we don't, you know, the betting market does have odds.
We've got the forecast.We're jumping in.It's time for fantasy forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.
You know, the big D is a different, it's a different thing for the Falcon.
You know what I mean?Honestly, growing up in the right household with our stomachs, it was the big diarrhea.And it has caused some issues.
Thank you for letting us know that.With the vernacular.
Oh, you're saying that's what you called it?Yes.The Big D?I thought you were saying that's what we experienced a lot.
No, this is 100%.If you go to my father and you say, what is the Big D?And he'll say, it's diarrhea.Of course.Of course.Without flinching.
What kind of context would one exclaim something with that phrase? Well, in my household.
How did it, how did that go?Play that out for us.You just got back from another Chipotle dinner out with the family.
And you're like, Ooh, got the big D. Okay.If my son came and asked me, I would say, please leave the room.That's what I would say.
Yesterday, we covered the Eagles, Bengals, Ravens, Browns, Titans, Lions, Cardinals, Dolphins, Jets, Patriots, Falcons, Buccaneers, Packers, and Jags.
So if you don't hear us talk about those teams, that is why you can go to yesterday's episode, listen in, get our breakdown.Eight matchups left, starting with the Indianapolis Colts, who are four and three, taking on the five and two Houston Texans.
The DraftKings Sportsbook line, Houston minus five.The over under is 46 in this game. Here we go.
What are you two laughing.We're laughing because if we were letting it go man you said Indianapolis super weird.I did.He said Indianapolis.Yeah.
And so we just gave each other a look like did he say it wrong and we both confirm that I did my did you catch it.
Never been to Indianapolis.
I have not.It's the new Francis Ford Coppola movie.No.
Houston won 29-27 in week one.This is when we saw Anthony Richardson deliver a couple of big plays.His passing prop in this game is 186.
He has the lowest adjusted completion rate, the highest off-target throw rate, the lowest catchable throw rate, and he's playing a defense that at home I'm just not encouraged by what we've seen.I know, Jason, you got rid of Anthony Richardson.
You did manage to acquire $2 of FAB to lose Anthony Richardson.
I could have just cut him to the waiver, and instead I got richer.
Yeah sure.Yeah.But look Richardson to me is not even make sense.He's not he's not an option.
I apologize.No he is not.
I hope you're super easy man.
Yeah he is an option for some.I've seen questions where you're like a quarterback to as a quarterback to look in a lot of leagues that the guys you want to play are.For instance for instance here's here's the the one Patrick Mahomes.Yeah.
Or Anthony Richardson.Mahomes for sure.Easy.Okay.How about Aaron Rodgers?Yeah, Rodgers.I'd play Rodgers.So those are both Richardson to me.And here's why.Richardson obviously has a very, very low floor.
He can go out there and score 5.1 fantasy points like he did against Chicago.
eight point eight last week, five point two the next week, nine point nine the week before.
26.1 like he did week one against the Houston Texans.He has a ceiling that a lot of these quarterbacks just don't have.
So Rogers can score 26 points.Mahomes can score 26 points.
Mahomes hasn't scored 20 points in like 20 games.I mean that that's slightly hyperbolic but I think he scored it once in the last 20 games.So this is a player who still has boom potential.I agree everything we have seen.
Are we going to have this conversation every week though.Genuinely I'm not saying that as a critic.I'm just when don't we have it.We are going to see it every week because no matter what
No, not no matter what.We're going to see it every week because he is going to put up 20 plus points in one of these next two or three games.
I mean, it's just, you can't have those physical attributes, the ability to throw the ball 80 yards down the field, the ability to- Houston, Minnesota, Buffalo, New York, Detroit, New England, Denver, Tennessee.It's a bad stretch run.
This is why I was going to cut him.This is why I traded him for $2 of fab.I'm just saying there are teams that like, you're going up against a tough opponent.Your team looks like you are the big underdog.
I would throw Anthony Richardson in there for the chance of a 30 point game.That's all.That's all I'm saying.
I get that.And there's leagues.Of course you're going to play him.But like in a 12 team league where you're looking at the waiver wire and it has like legitimate options.
I would have gone in and started on this is a better shot.I would play Bo Nix.Bo Nix has been pretty good with his rushing ability.
Drake may I play Drake may
Not against the Jets.I'd put that I would go Richardson there.
So the May Drake May is where we're at.
Jonathan Taylor should be bat play him.Yeah I'm cool with that.
Other than that I can't play the wide receiver.No no you can't.If you were going to play a wide receiver your best bet might be Alec Pierce and that is a pure dart throw.You got to connect on a bomb.
I don't think you could start Pittman down OK starting Pittman.
If I have to start any of them that's the one that's who I'm starting.
The gamble with Richardson is that in four or five games, he's been 10 or fewer completions.So you have to distribute that among the options.
That that's why I would go Alec Pierce because four or five, you know, if you've got, Oh, I play Pierce too.
If you've got five completions, four of them might go to a Pittman for 40 yards, but one of them might go to Alec Pierce for a 60 yard touchdown.
Joe Mixon's played three full games this year.He's been the RB2, the RB2, and the RB3 in those three games.
He's wild.And he's looked the part.Yes, he has.He's breaking tackles.He's looking fast.He is a must start every week.He's healthy.Sorry.And so the question is just, I think, personally, I'm definitely starting Stefan Diggs.
My start of the week in takedown is not like anti-Diggs.He has earned those quick and easy targets.I'm also starting takedown on this matchup just because the Colts have a beatable defense.And I think the
The coaching staff, the Stroud himself, everyone is trying to get Tankdell involved.He hasn't looked bad to me on film other than the drops.He's dropped three really important balls.
I think what's interesting to me is I think the Texans are in a position, and this is where my view is different than you with Stroud in this game, is that the recipe to win without Nico Collins is the running game.
It's to successfully run and play defense.And I think that's the identity of this team at this point in time.Defensive head coach, the running game is dominant.And so I just don't see the need.
Now, look, if Richardson comes out and he hits two of those bombs and Stroud's in the throwing situation, I'm going to be super wrong.
Well, I think we're both actually more in sync than you think.Even though we are taking different sides on the Stroud start, I like him this week.You are right.
The end of this game, if the Texans are out to a lead, they're going to be able to rely on Joe Mixon and win.But I don't think C.J.Stroud is going to have difficulty having success in the passing game for the first half.
I think he's going to carve them up.So that's where it's like, even if you can run, you're going to pass.And when he drops back to pass, he's going to find success.
Uh, last week the Colts did win the ball game against Miami.Yeah.
They've won against Miami and Tennessee the last two weeks, 16, 10, 2017.Uh, okay.There aren't other options here in this game.New Orleans, two and five. The Chargers are three and three coming off the Monday Night Football loss to Arizona.
The DraftKings Sportsbook here.Chargers minus seven at home.Over-under is 41.I heart the Chargers defense in this game.I would love to play them because I feel like the best situation you can have for a defense is the
The fact that you won't have an opportunity to get blown out.And to me with Spencer Rattler at quarterback.
I got a snake, man. I don't think that that's a possibility.I am fine with the Chargers defense here.I am not fine.I'm not excited about players in this game.
I want to read to you six words based upon this season and the six weeks played for the Chargers.The words are, and this is the result of the game, under, under, under, under,
over under that is the success rate of the Chargers games hitting the over under the line because the way they're playing football is dirty ugly boring slow and it's been successful enough for this franchise I'd like to know what's the over under their other implied points though
24.Is there implied for this week?
I'm just saying the like, are they hitting their team team applied total?
That's are you asking whether we think they will?
No, no, no.I'm saying for Jason saying they keep hitting the under.Well, are they hitting what their point total should be?
Sure.I can look that up.That's not as easy to find out.Right.But my point is more the game script of the entire both both teams.I'm talking about the Saints and the Chargers.This was my issue with the Cardinals players last week.It was like
This just looks like it could get ugly.I want to start Chris Olave.He's the number one target here.I don't love it as much with Spencer Rattler.You're going to start Alvin Kamara.
He's the number one option in the whole offense, but it didn't work well last week with Spencer Rattler.So you're not expecting big games from either of these guys, even though you're probably going to start both of them.
That's what I'm saying is like, this is going to be, this isn't going to be a barn burner slow.Both teams are very, very slow, slowly paced.
Why?And then they both, you know, like the chargers struggle in the red zone.So they, they take up a bunch of time, they move it down the field and then they kick field goals.
They do have their favorite player back more than likely.Taysom Hill was limited Wednesday, full practice on Thursday.Uh, so I'll be, I'm not saying I'm playing Taysom Hill.
Just, I'm going to be, I'll be interested to see what does the offense look like when you have Spencer Rattler and Taysom Hill is back.
I would try personally not to play Olave.
I mean, Chris Olave has lines at 47 and a half.
Yeah, I would try not that great.I would try not to play him.I mean, this is a player that you take away the game.He was injured, right?You don't who cares, right?That game's that game's thrown out. is a player that was on with their car, right?
Like on pace for 74 receptions, 935 yards and three touchdowns.He had, um, it's just a little questionable with what we saw from Spencer Rattler.
I thought that was the worst quarterback play in a, in a full game that we've seen from anybody to go tie the locket against Buffalo.Oh yeah.Yeah.Yeah.
Yeah, I would.My point is I would try to find somebody else.I'm not saying you will, but I would try to find somebody else.
That hurts my feelings.That hurts because I can't find anyone else, Andy, and so all you're doing is insulting me.
Heck yeah.Puka and Olave.If you had had Olave, though, yesterday with the limited snaps of Puka, would you have done it?
No, I would've played Puka over Olave no matter what.I was bullish on Puka coming in, even on limited snaps.Also, to answer your question, Mike, they're 500 against their implied team total.Three times they've hit it, three times they haven't.
It's a low over under in the game anyways at 41, regardless of whether they hit it or not.Herbert's not been an option for fantasy.None of the wideouts.This is an easy game.I mean, Dobbins is the start of the week and I'm playing him.
The Saints' defense has been the most abysmal at tackling and defending the run, Olave is a maybe to me.Like, would you genuinely, like, this is probably, okay, I'm not even gonna ask it.It's Olave.
I was gonna say, like, James Winston starting, and you've got pass catchers for Cleveland, or do you go Olave with Spencer Rattler?Like, I think it's possible that Judy and Tillman both outperform Olave.It's possible.Because of the passing volume.
Ironically, I agree with you, I would go Olave over Judy, over Tillman.But if this was a flex option, I would put Najoku ahead of Olave.
Buffalo's 5-2, they take on the 4-3 Seattle Seahawks.We will talk about that game in just a moment.Gonna take a quick break and then we'll talk Buffalo.
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All right, back to the 5-2 Bills against the 4-3 Seahawks.The NFC West is 4-3, 3-4, 3-4, 3-4.So it's been, you know, we saw the Rams get a W right back in the mix.In this game, Buffalo's three-point road favorites, the Over-Unders 46.5.
It feels like Amari Cooper is going to be a stabilizer in terms of the way we view the Buffalo offense and its week-to-week consistency.
To me, I feel like now that you have a player like Amari Cooper, we no longer have to look at every week as Josh Allen has to piece it together with a bunch of inconsistent options.It looks like, to me, that Cooper is this
foundational piece that's going to make Dalton Kincaid fit into the right slot.It's going to make Shakir fit into the right slot.Are you as optimistic about what he represents to the offense as I am?
I am.The way that Josh Allen has played in his career, he's awesome, but he loves to throw to guys that are open.He finds a guy with separation and he laser beams the ball. That's not the rest of the core.
Like Keon Coleman is like a 50-50 jump ball guy that's not getting separation.Same with the Mack truck.
You know, this is, they finally have a player who not at the line of scrimmage, like Shakir, but someone that can go 15 yards down the field, run a crisp route and find space.And then that's where- Catch it with his body.
Yeah, why is Cooper developed into a body catcher?It's easier.It's much more difficult.No, no, it's easier.You don't have to lift your arms up.
I'm saying literally, you barely, look at this, look at this, you can barely.
Oh, I see it.Now watch this.So for the listening audience, raising your arms all the way above your head to catch a ball is more work than just halfway raising them up.But yeah, I still like Cooper.
His receiving line for this game is 54 and a half receiving yards.That's a fine line for a wide receiver one.
i'm a little concerned my big question and and this is this is personal geno smith geno smith has been on fire he's been playing great he's been playing some really nice looking ball he's like a uh just a tier below the way baker mayfield's been playing baker's been completely on fire baker's been throwing the touchdowns geno's been doing everything
but the touchdowns.But they've looked very similar as far as pocket movement, quality, accuracy of passes, decision making.It's just the touchdowns have been there for Mayfield and not for Geno.
But in this game, you do have a little bit of rain projected, 12 mile an hour winds.This isn't a worry, bench receiving options, but it's not optimal conditions.And you don't know the health of DK Metcalf.So where does someone like Geno Smith
you know, sort into your quarterback rankings right now, because I've had a real difficult time with him this week.
I think you brought up the fundamental decision-making piece, which is DK Metcalfe's availability.I don't want to start Geno
leaning on just JSN and Lockett against a, a passing defense that's 10th against quarterbacks, eighth against wide receivers so far this year.
Um, it gives me hesitation because Metcalf is the, you talked about him struggling with touchdowns and Metcalf is the touchdown maker.
So I, I would be trying to make my decision based off of Metcalf.
Dak Prescott on the road against San Francisco or Gino in this matchup?
If I had to choose today, I don't feel great about Metcalf today, so I'll go.
Lineup adjusted.Well, and the schedule-wise, it's a much harder matchup for the quarterback and the wide receiver.Andy said that.And, I mean, the Seahawks are going to be getting in the zone all day, guys. in the bone zone, the bone zone.
Obviously you start getting Walker, the, the, the Bill's defense has been pretty good against quarterbacks, against wide receivers.Um, they have been terrible against running backs.This is a run funnel.So Kenneth Walker is limited with illness.
I mean, this guy's What's going on here, Kenneth?Take a multivitamin or something.
Yeah, get on some IVs.There's a lot of illness going around the NFL this past couple of weeks.
I mean, he popped up late at the end of last week with the illness, was downgraded to questionable, played.He didn't play his normal amount.He still looked awesome.And then he popped up again with the illness.It's weird.
If Metcalf misses, there's been questions about Lockett, questions about JSN.Are those guys, like, is Lockett a must-start at that point?
Not a must-start, but a fine.
Would you play either of those Seattle wide receivers over Khalil Shakir in the same game where... Yeah, I would.
If Metcalf is gone, I would play both those guys over Shakir with the addition of... What about Dobbs?
Would you play both of those guys over Dobbs against Jacksonville?
No, I expect that the Green Bay passing offense is going to go out there and go hard in the paint.So you have a much higher odds of a touchdown to me for Dobbs.I would go Dobbs.
What's the feeling on James Cook right now?I think with Ray Davis emerging, with Cook's injury, we are not living off the high of the first couple of weeks.We know he's the main guy, but have you cooled it all on James Cook and where he's headed?
I, I have not, he's, he's still is, he's still coming through.I get it.The, like this past week against Tennessee, that was the, like his worst performance also didn't get a target scoring. Yes.Yeah.I mean, he's 12 for 32 on the ground.
That's not very James Cook like, and getting no targets is also strange, but he was still, he was still close to his normal amount of snaps.So he's, he's in as regular for me.
Kenneth Walker, by the way, in this game, he is currently the RB four and points per game, just behind Saquon in the mix.
And so if you don't understand how good he's been, or you feel like maybe the manager of Kenneth Walker doesn't understand how good he's been.Oh, we know.Take advantage.
That is, that's a nice baseline to have.
Uh, Dalton Kincaid start of the week.That's an area where Seattle struggles.I really want to see this as a breakout game for Kincaid or he's going to start entering the streaming tight end category for me personally.
And then keep an eye on Keon Coleman as a compliment with Cooper because it was a big game last week for him.
Yeah, going back to Dalton Kincaid, I think Kincaid already is a streaming option where I would look if there was another good option.
If I had picked up David Njoku, I would be willing to pivot.However, for streaming candidates, you play the matchup.This is a great matchup.Even if Dalton Kincaid is a streamer, he should start in this game.
The Carolina Panthers at one in six travel to the boy.They traveled to the altitude in Denver.Oh boy.Denver is a really playing good football.Four and three Denver, 10 and a half point favorites.
That was the 10 and a half that gives Carolina 15 points.The over under is 41 and a half.The Denver defense is delicious.This game opened at minus seven and then like the Bryce young news came out and now it's 10 and a half and now Deontay is out.
Deontay Johnson is out.Oh man.Good.Smart.
Patrick Sertan full practice on Thursday.
It's for the Panthers side.It is legitimately.
He doesn't even know who he has to cover now.
Where's the where's the White House.Do you want to bring up to bring up some history.No he's out in our first season playing flag football.Oh my good.You know where I'm going don't you.
No I. Like this, I swear to you.
What are you talking about?
I swear to you, I had the exact same thought of, do I bring up this story?
Yeah.What story?So in the first season of us playing flag football, which was now like, I don't know, 15 years ago.
Which was a ragtag group of guys approaching middle age who had very little to zero football experience.
Yeah.And so we go out there in the first season.Well, here's how the first season went.Towards the end of the season, we scored a touchdown.We celebrated like we won the championship.
That was our only touchdown of the year.
But we had a game where we were playing a good team and that team had a word.
I don't want to say he was he was he was emphatically letting us know that his team is way better than ours.
because he was playing basically like the safety role.And he was playing that from the crisscross applesauce position.He sat down and he played in the secondary sitting down.He sat and we couldn't score on them.It was, we were playing seven on six.
So that's certain doesn't need to cover anyone.
It popped into my head and I'm like, I don't, Do people care about this?But I thought it immediately.
Sir Tan should just try that on for size because it is a mind game and I'll tell you what, it worked.That was some great defense.We really imploded.Now, for the record, would you- Yeah, I knew this was coming.
For the record, about four or five years later as our ragtag group got it together, We did win the championship in that league.Would you get a penalty flag if you sat down.I don't think so.Considered taunting.I don't think so.
You're not you're being very inactive.Did you point or did you put the thumb up because then that's oh yeah that's a weapon.
The question on the Panthers side.Only question for me.Do you play Chuba or like the matchup.The full strength Panthers against the Broncos you're already like. I don't really want to play Chuba now.Oh man.Can you play Chuba?
I think so.You play him the way you're playing Ramondre with the confidence.
Which one of those two are you playing?Ramondre or Chuba?
I would, I would play Chuba.He's been a top 24 wide receiver, or I mean a running back in five straight games on a one and six team.So it's volume, it's passing game.I just think you, you just put them in there.
I literally have that choice in dynasty.Chuba's in my lineup.
All right.I don't like the matchup, but I mean, it's just over the course of the game.You had a parlay partay on Chuba earlier this year with four receptions.I think three of the four came on the last drive of the game.I mean, you do get garbage.
What if I told you though? Chuba in games where Bryce Young was the starting quarterback.Chuba was running back 66 and 26.
I would go back to last season, the second half, where Chuba was on a heater and that was all Bryce Young.
Yeah, it's too limited this year in those two matchups.
And he wasn't getting the work as much.I am trying very hard to bench him.Would you actually play?I've got another name for you.Personally, I would go Romandre Stevenson over Chuba, but okay.How about Raheem Mostert?
Yeah, I play him over against the Arizona Cardinals with two of their he's going to get a ton of work.
OK, what about Madison against the Chiefs?
I would play Madison, man.I think I go to there because both defenses like Madison and Chuba have both been pretty good.Surprisingly good, but Chuba is better than Madison as a player.Chuba is actually both terrible defenses or or good.
Bonics has been averaging 36 rushing yards per game.Bonics is in play this week against Carolina.You might need to just ignore the name and just play the player in the situation.Javante Mike start of the week, a rushing line at 64 and a half.
We'll take it.Great opportunity there. I do think that the ball finds Cortland Sutton this week.I'm not trying to play him, but I think Cortland Sutton is going to get back to more than zero targets.Yes.
And Troy Franklin could be a DFS dart throw or a break, you know, glass case of emergency player.He was going to be in my lineup if Puka was not playing.
Are you going to play anybody else in Carolina, like take a shot on?
No, no, no.So Thielen's out.
Absolutely not.Johnson is out.Okay.Xavier Luget's a rookie.And then we're talking about what?Jalen Coker?
I mean, Bryce Young is not set up for success in this game. This is not the one you want to get him back in on.
No, but Jatavian Sanders, DFS, dart throw.He's been limited though.He's been limited with a very interesting injury, but the last two weeks, 13 total targets, five for 49, six for 61.Yeah.I mean, I don't know.You're not having a great game.
I'm just saying like DFS.
Yep.And yeah, play your, play your Broncos and keep pounding.Yeah.Kansas city, the chiefs six and Oh, taking on the two and five Las Vegas Raiders, the draft King sports book line, Kansas city minus nine and a half on the road.
The over under is 41 and a half.Start up your cream hunts.I think Patrick Mahomes is a streamable quarterback.That's Mike.If you were bone X or Patrick Mahomes.
Oh my gosh. I think I go Bo Nix.
That's okay.Yeah.I'm not going to fight for my homes.I just think he's an option.I'd play him personally over Richardson.
Yeah, my rank, I do have, I have Bo Nix in my top 12.My Holmes is currently at 15.
I love Andy Reid's comment on DeAndre Hopkins arrival saying, you know, when they asked him whether he's going to play, he said, quote, why wait?Right?I mean, have you seen my, he should have said, have you seen my wide receiver room?
Andy Reid is a national treasure.He's delightful, but Hopkins will help.Hopkins will help move the sticks.Are you playing Hopkins immediately?Like Andy Reid? I mean, his line is 37 and a half.I don't want to.I think it'll be limited snaps.
I think it'll be, you know, we had two of these situations last week with Devante Adams and with Amari Cooper.Cooper got in the end zone.Hopkins could score.I can see Andy Reid 100% like creating some specific plays inside the 15 that are Hopkins.
Like that is, that makes sense to me.So I do think he's got a shot to score.Hopkins or Cortland Sutton.
I play Hopkins.I, at that point I would, I would play Hopkins as well.I expect the, the running game to take over for Denver at some point.Yeah.You're going to need a touchdown to be happy with Hopkins.I agree with you.
Andy Reid could design up a player too, but that's just such a limited You know it's not like Mahomes been throwing a lot of touchdowns.And so if you're trying to say the reason Cooper had a good game last week was he had a touchdown.
You know he didn't run that many snaps wasn't in that many packages.He was 4 for 66 with a touchdown was great without that touchdown you'd be like oh no.
Mahomes, yeah, I mean, he has not thrown a touchdown in two consecutive games against New Orleans and San Francisco.There's a chicken and egg factor of losing Rashi Rice and losing talent at wide receiver.
But they also know that they can hand the ball to Kream Hunt 52 times and win this game.Their defense, outstanding against the run.That's why Madison is terrifying, although his Rushing receiving combo line is 61 yards.
He is Scary and just the matchup if he if Alexander Madison were completely alone and now okay, I'm not saying Samir white is a good player at all, but Samir white is is Actually healthy again.
He was only in on 14% of the snaps There it's been kind of up and down between who's getting the the snaps and the opportunities between him and Madison Madison keeps scoring touchdowns he was Which was an impossibility last year.
He can't stop now, but so it's a mere whites return plus the defense here Madison is a He's a pretty desperate running back start Jason You said that Dalton Hincades is streaming tight in is Travis Kelsey a streaming tight in I said two good games and the rest have been disappointing
No, I think Travis Kelsey is more than a streaming tight end.You're going to start him every week.
Um, I'm not looking at the matchups, but if you are looking at the matchups, the worst team at guarding the tight end position is the Kansas city chiefs themselves.And Brock Bowers, um, obviously is, is
by most people's rankings, he's the tight end one right now going forward.He's the one that you are most assured of around 10 targets a week.He's going to catch a lot of them, get yards, he can yak.
We did see week one is ironic because week one is part of why the Kansas City Chiefs are number 32 against tight end because Isaiah likely went nuts against them.However,
They completely schemed Mark Andrews, the, you know, at that point, the presumed major offensive weapon at tight end.They took him completely out of the game.So maybe they roll some of that to Bowers, but either way, they're starting him.
All right, let's move on to a very important Sunday night football game, right?We have Jaden Daniels and the Commanders.Jaden Daniels?That's a better way to put it.
We did get an update.They pushed him today in practice.Like over? Um, and they said they will assess how he responds to the work that they did.He will be a game time decision.
So this is big Sunday night.Making your GTD.
I mean, you're Sunday night.You're so you're pivot.Wait, we have two Monday night games.Oh no, wait. What are the, what was the order that do we have?
We have Dallas and San Francisco is Sunday.That's not Sunday night.They flex the, that's where I got really.Yeah.They, we've got our dock, uh, backwards here.Okay.Um, yeah.Did they flex it back?
I thought we were told that the Bears commanders game had gotten flexed into primetime.
It was a couple of weeks ago to get an unflag.Yeah.Can you unflag.Deflect.I don't think you can deflect.Can you deflect NFL can do what it wants.Was the report wrong.
What time are these games.
Can you deflect NFL schedule.I think you can deflect by like not working out for a while.But I don't know. All right.Well let's talk about the Bears.
I mean the Bears and commanders are the after in their afternoon.
All right.I swear I did.We all Mandela affected that.
I'm going to find there's a parallel universe somewhere where that is the Sunday night football game.But anyways it's not.
So then you've got more flex.
Yeah.Which that's that's great news.If if you're waiting on Jay Daniels if you're so it was it was flex to the late afternoon it was.Oh previously an earlier game.Gotcha.
So we were right on the flex wrong on the spot.You got it. All right.
Are you playing Jaden?If Jaden is active, are you playing him or are you trying to find a streaming option?
If Jaden is active, I am playing him.Because when I look at this week's options, I think that a lot of the streaming players are mediocre to bad.The players that you would have
in consideration that have been playing well like Gino Smith and Baker Mayfield who you might be like, oh yes, I'll be fine to wait.You've got major red flags there.I would have played Darnold if that was my decision because it projected to be good.
He was my quarterback eight.Outside of that, I don't think most people are going to have, like I'm not going to Kirk Cousins and Bo Nix and those types.
I also want to really quickly just correct something I said on the show yesterday that was wrong. about Jaden Daniels.I compared him and Kyler and said they were only a point apart in points per game.
That was because off the cuff, I was looking at our stats and I didn't take out the injury game for Jaden.They're about five points apart.
Four and a half points apart.That's much better.But since they are the afternoon game, Bo Nix is in the afternoon game as well.If you're going to ride with Jaden, that would be my suggestion.
Yeah, that one is workable.
Go pick up Bo right now and
I mean, Jason, you literally took the risk on a puka knowing the upside and the upside of Jaden Daniels is tremendous.And I also, I don't believe that this team at five and two is willing to jeopardize him.
So I think if they put him out there, they think he can play the game.
Yeah.It's just the, the ribs, man, you won one sack and he could limit his running game.Yeah.It's, it's, it's dangerous, but he's been so good.
Caleb's been good as well.Caleb Williams, his passing line is 227 and a half.
That's really nice.That's what I was wowing.The 227 and a half as a passing line for the rookie coming in, that's great.
You have Swift, Moore, Allen, Odunze, and Komet.All weapons available to him now.You have a defense that struggled against wide receivers this year.Washington giving up almost 30 points to them.This is not
like you want jayden to play because you want this game to be yeah in exciting back and forth i still think it's possible with the way mariota played last week that you do get an exciting performance it's not jacksonville right chicago's not playing jacksonville again but the last
like his evasiveness opening up plays down the field.The fact Cole Komet is completely got the stranglehold on the tight end position again, which he should have from the jump.That was a mistake.
The fact that this office is, Hey, the office is coming together.I'm going to give Walden credit for what look. And Swift has been valuable for three straight weeks.Yeah.Caleb has been good.Kenan scored touchdown.DJ Moore has had good games.
This is what you wanted to see.
So the number one start sick question right now is one that you literally have your league of record team.You have Kyler Murray and you have Caleb Williams. This is a very interesting question.I know where I lean in this.They're both on the road.
They're both on the road.The matchups are Kyler's against Miami, and obviously this one is Caleb playing against the Commanders.
I could tell you who's in my lineup right now.Who do you think it is?
I think it would be Caleb.It's Caleb.I would play Caleb.I would as well.
You know, and again, contextual to your league, I also have James Conner.I don't want double exposure to the Cardinals on the road, East Coast, Miami, good defense.
What do you do, though, with the with the pass catchers?Because I think D.J.Moore is just he's in your lineup.It hasn't been great.You know, you have one really strong game.Every other game is just kind of it's for me, it's it's more in combat.
that's it's so weird of the passing line is 227 which I I think that's fine.That's fair.But where does it go.Like these are like Houdini yards just disappearing into the ether because D.J.Moore is not being Romo Doomsday has been
I mean, catastrophic for fantasy football.And Keenan has not been good either.He just caught two touchdowns last week.
If you are wanting success- Where are these yards going?I can tell you where they're going.DJ Moore and Cole Komet each have a 24% over the last two weeks of the market.So half of the team's yards- Of the yards or the targets?The yards.Yards, okay.
So the yardage is going to DJ Moore and Cole Komet. And so that's over the last two weeks, but that's the trend that we're hoping to see more of Caleb.
You throw out the beginning of the year where he was struggling, throwing for 80 yards or whatever like that.If that's what he does, then the answer is nobody.If you're looking for the answer in a positive game, it's those two players.
I agree with Andy.It's DJ Moore and Cole Komet.I'm not going to do the Alan Odunze stuff right now.
I agree.Terry McLaurin, what do you do if Jaden is missing in this game?Are you trying not to start him?
Yes, I am trying not to start him if he misses.Olave or Terry McLaurin?That's a great question.They're in very, very similar situations.I lean towards Olave personally.
I'm a little on the TMC side.
Yeah, I mean, I get it, but the difference maker for me is that the Chicago Bears passing defense is really, really good.And so I believe that will be harder for the backup quarterback to do work against.
However, 6 for 98 last quality of the backup quarterback is much better.Mario to greater sign Spencer Rattail.
Brian Robinson, top 24 in every game he's played, you play him.
Zachary's always Zachary's is always a, uh, break glass tight end.I mean, he, he's been a top 10 tight end three times this year.He's been not bad three other times.So yeah, we did get a Senator touchdown last week.
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All right Dallas 3 and 3 San Francisco 3 and 4.
Last last place San Francisco for me.Yes.Yes.
Let's go to the Falcon and get his thoughts on it.
Oh is that why he's not here.Is this depression.Yeah I get that.I get that last place being behind the Cardinals.Yeah that's embarrassing.
So embarrassed. No retort, oddly.Look, Dallas needs to win this ball game, but the 49ers are four and a half point home favorites.The over-under is 47.This is a very consequential game at this stage of the season for both teams.
Dallas can slip to three and four, or they can be back above 500 and on the right track.San Francisco could slip to three and five with hopes that McCaffrey comes back, already lost Diuke.I would say that Brock Purdy, he had his struggles last week.
And we know the struggles that Dallas defense has had.So, you know, Vegas has it as San Francisco minus four and a half.We're waiting on news on Debo.
We don't think while Juwan Jennings, you've got rookies and Ricky Pearsall and Jacob Cowen trying to fill in the gap, you know,
They're going to lean on the running.Yeah, this is the Jordan Mason game.His rushing line is at 80 and a half yards.That's the line that DK is setting for him.I mean, all the, like Andy said, the passing weapons are gone and the matchup.
The Cowboys, one of the worst teams against the run.If you're adjusting for schedule, they're 26th. And Mason was Mason was right back in last week.You know the it was up in the air.Is it going to be there with the shoulder.How much work.
The answer was all of it.So Mason is in with full confidence.
Dallas is running defense.I doubt they fix it over the break.
as they are coming off of the break they are getting a couple defensive players back so this is if Dallas wants to make noise make the playoffs both these teams I mean this is such an important game I do want to remind people I mentioned this tweet on Wednesday from Jamie Eisenberg but they're talking about Dak coming off of the bye
how awesome he's been in seven career games after the by Dak Prescott averages 28.1 fantasy points and he only has one outing over that span with fewer than 22.3 fantasy points.Yeah I'm fine playing Dak.
If you want, I think this one's closer than you'd think.Jalen Tolbert will be on the field for 90 plus percent of snaps in this game.I would probably play Jalen Tolbert based on the game script and the quarterback over Chris Olave.
I think that's where the names are going to get people.
That might be.I am a little concerned.I mentioned this earlier, a little bit concerned about the weather on the West Coast this week.As of now, 65% degrees, big chance of rain.Out of what?
Percent degrees out of out of out of the imperial scale But the 14 mile an hour winds are wind is really what?Has an effect on the passing game.
This is not like red alert again, but I just we're still a couple days away We don't know how it's gonna be.I You know it going to Tolbert on a on a late game where you've got to have made your decision early in the week That's a little scary for me
What are you, are there other decisions here to be made?I mean, Dak is, is not, um, other than leaning on his out of the buy, like the matchup itself is not ideal.Their implied point total is 21.Purdy's in the same game.
Both of those guys have been on waivers or streamers.Are you playing Dak over Purdy then?
We talked about Mason, Debo, if he's healthy, this might come down to a game time decision.If he's active, are you playing Debo?
I am going to play Debo if he's active.With Brandon Iyuka and Juwan Jennings off the field, they will need him.Obviously last week, the illness kept him completely out of the game and they did need him in that game.
So it's scary, but he tweeted to a kid that he's good. Well, so I just want to let that kid, but that's like a Babe Ruth.You know what I mean?
That's good.As in like, I'm not in the hospital.I'm going to die kid.Like, don't be scared.He needs his lungs to play football.
Does this mean that Ricky Pearsall should be in play against a bad Cowboys defense?
If you are, if Debo is Pearsall, yeah, he's in play.Even if Debo plays, I think so too.
I think he's, I would play Pearsall over Tolbert. You need a, like Debo, Debo has his role in this offense and with no Juwan Jennings and Iuke, I think Pearsall will get his target.
Yeah, I agree.I am for the running backs of the Dallas Cowboys as much as I want to say.Do they have any of those?As much as I want to say, let's go Dowdle. I don't know what they're gonna do.
My hope is that they went into the bye week, they went back to the film and said, why were we such big stupid dummy dumb-dumbs, and bow to the knee of Ezekiel Elliott's complaints that he's sad and not getting the ball.
I'm hoping that they see that and go, we have to go Rico Dado moving forward, but I can't say with confidence that that will happen.
His DK rushing line is only 45 and a half, so there's not a lot of confidence in success here.
Jake Ferguson, how are you feeling about him?He's been a little disappointing in the opportunity that had been presented him at least the last game.
The Cowboys have been disappointing.So as the Cowboys go, so will Jake Ferguson.
The Monday night football game, we get the Daniel Jones, New York Giants.Can we stop prime timing them?
Yeah, they should.They do not belong.They feel like they get prime time so much.Well, they're from New York.Makes sense.Big market.
No, it shouldn't make sense.
No, no, no.I'm just saying I understand the business side of it, but the play side of it is awful.
Look, the Adama Lake neighbors, that's really exciting, but what in the off season was the huge thing of... Doesn't matter.I get the Jets.
Man, I've been waiting to watch them without Saquon.
You're like, hey, Rogers is back for the Jets.Let's put them on prime time.Like, okay, I get it.
What are we doing with the giants?The nice thing for the NFL is if they put on the biggest fart fest crap show of all time, ratings are going to be fantastic.Yeah, well, I'll watch it.Exactly.They don't care.
Hustle Wilson in this game, man.Pittsburgh at home.What's over under?36 and a half.Oh, Blarf.
that is the lowest limited over under for a Monday night football game since 2010 I look the Giants defense is not did this NFL not a pushover defense and Pittsburgh is obviously going to be able to stop the Giants offense.Yeah.
So then from a from a fantasy perspective You.
I don't look.Neighbors and Pickens are going to be in lineups but I don't know if their stat lines are going to.I don't know if the box score is going to show you something special at the end of this week.
I think neighbors and Pickens will both be fine in this game because there's such a consolidation of targets to them.There's there's really no other options.
The running game is interesting because you've had Tyrone Tracy on a heater but Devin Singletary came back and you had a bad game even though Tyrone Tracy still had 67 percent of the snaps last week. Six for 23.Yeah.
It was, it was a very disappointing game.I don't think you could start either one of those running backs against the Steelers.Najee Harris.Yeah.
Najee, you're going to play because they're going to be ahead.They're six point favorites.If I didn't mention it on the DK sports book, his line 62 and a half.And I look, Najee's just going to get the rock and he looks good.
And I'm not one to say that.
No, you're not.That means it's real.
I would be 19 on the year right now.
Yeah.Feel and feels like 18.You know what I mean?Like, yeah, I watch.I'm like, he feels like a 17, 18.He's looking even better than he's performing.
No, this is more fun to be on the bad side of it.
I, I'm concerned for Najee.
I look, if I have them, I'm, I'm starting him as a running back too, until I see otherwise, but just projecting for this game, project the projecting this game and the future of the Steelers is a Jalen Warren statement or what?
It's just like everybody's back.
Do you think that the muse can get loose at all with Russell Wilson?He was two for 51 last week.He's only had three targets in three straight weeks.Is it a, I think the MUTH is a fine streaming option.
And so when you look at the streaming options, this is a bad matchup.It's a low over under.You've got a top six defense against tight ends in the Giants.This isn't one where I'd be like, that's the matchup.I'm playing a streamer.
More updates on Jayden Daniels.He said he felt good at practice, wants to play.Quote, it's not my decision.Something that Mike Evans would never hear.And then Todd Bowles said, Bucky Irving will play barring a setback.Oh, that's good.
So there you go.And I can't wait.
Oh, all right.Let's not do this.
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By the way, I got a lot of social media heat on my lineup from last week. it was first place without a quarterback.Just so you know, like the heat that I got that I was going to be back in the shame.Yeah, I, I was on top.
I will say this, whatever else was it, whatever my costume is, which was deserved from a bad performance.Um, it better be good because of two things.One, you've been telling people pay, just wait till Friday.
And also this morning I get in and this is the first time this has ever happened. Andy tells me, as a warning, I need to send my lineup to the deucers just in case.Well, you have a glasses issue.Okay.All right.
I mean, if we put you in any kind of mask, you may not be able to see.
Don't read too much into this.All right.Let's go.Wheel of Shame.
All right, something's going on with the eyes.Let's roll this wheel.
I saw a pizza face.Yeah, Mike, take us through it.Crap boy.The blender.Oh, Andy Reid.
Now, we have a very... Do I have a red shirt?No, bro.Oh, you don't.Oh.Here you go.We got the whole gear.You start here.
You got to get the glasses off, probably.Just for the play-by-play, there is a walrus.There's a walrus mask going on, and then Jason's got to put this hat on.
I can't see anything.Okay, put the hat on.There's no eye holes. There's the eyes are covered.Yeah.That's why we needed your lineup.Okay.
Well, you got to put the headset on though.You got to. Oh boy, Andy Reid.
I got some creative things coming.
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I hope you can use Hopkins this week.Is he going to play?I hope so, but he's not in my DraftKings lineup.Can you hear me?Yeah, we can hear you.Sort of.
Yeah, you sound great.You look great.
Can we get the, why are we not on the solo cam right now?Right now?Let me, let me walk people through what I'm seeing.
I have whatever this is.That's a nose hole.Okay.I can see one little speck.I'm looking through a keyhole here.Like a speck of light.And I'm just looking through my nose and I can see like right now.We better get into these lineups.
Right now, I see 18.1 on my screen.I don't know what it means, but that's the amount of vision I have.That's the fantasy points per game for one of your running backs.Okay, I see that now.I move to the left.All right.All right.
Look, we got to get into this.Quarterbacks, Al, who does Jason have in quarterback?
I can do this.Can you do it?I'm going to look through my nose and come out on top.I've got Jordan Love.When he talks, his jaw's moving a little bit.Jordan Love is 70. Jordan love is 7100 right now.
He's gonna throw five touchdowns this week It's like fitness face when I breathe When I breathe it's very difficult.Oh my god smell it smells like a walrus It smells like plastic nice whiskers.
I've got Jordan love to I knew you would both of you and I don't I don't live that life I know you should play cash I got Joe burrow.I got Joe burrow at 7,000 against Philadelphia at home.
Don't mind it.All right.Uh, Mr. Reed, who's that running back for you?
I've got Breeze hall and Devon a Chan Breeze hall sitting at 7,300 and a Chan at a disgustingly, uh, offensive.Can't read it.Okay.
What is something like that?You got Mike?That's correct.Uh, I have the king Henry.Oh, and 90.Was he like 9,200?8,100 for Derrick Henry.Spinning up.And my start of the week, Javante Williams at 6,000.
I knew Javante'd be in there for you.I do have Breece Hall with Jason at 7,300.And I went with one of your favorite players, Andy. Kareem Hunt.Did you just talk to yourself?
No, he's talking to Mr. Reed.You're Andy Reed right now.
Kareem Hunt is 6,300 and I'm taking him against Las Vegas.Running out that clock.Carry after carry after carry.Breeze Hall, Kareem Hunt.
There is a greater than 0% chance I pass out before I finish these lineups.Hurry up.All right.My wide receivers.I'm going with a chance teammate Tyreek Hill at 7,000.I've got Jaden Reed to stack with Jordan Love and I've got
Tim Patrick, Tim Patrick down at 3,500.
Oh, got a fireball in there.Yeah.Yeah.I'll be shocked if Andy doesn't have Tyree Kill, because the 7,000 is just- Yeah.
If you don't have Tyree Kill, you're doing it wrong.
It's absurd.My stack, I'm going with Romeo Dobbs over Jaden Reed, and then I got- He's trying to get a breath right now.Don't do that.No cheating. No.Breathing is cheating.Yeah.Yeah it is.
Mike who are you three.Who are you three.
Tyree.When I breathe hard.T. Higgins sixty five hundred.Yeah.
All right.Stop doing that.
You're going to make yourself pass.
I've got I've got A.J.Brown at eighty two hundred T. Higgins is sixty five hundred and Tim Patrick at thirty five hundred.Jason you've got to get through this line.
I will die in this man.I've got Kate on that tight end. Yeah.3,500 Javante Williams at flex.
6,000 bears defense against hopefully Mariota.
Okay.That's some overlap.I got Kate.I got Kate on.
You got to get through this.
I got the bears and my cheap play is Cedric Tillman at 3,300.
I've got Otten at 3,500 Rashad Bateman at 4,300 and the chargers defense against your Orleans tie reckless. I'm going Tyreek.I'm going surprised.Yeah.Look, we got to get through this.That was fantasy forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.
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