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Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire: Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster (Ep. 1756)
In this episode of the Fantasy Football Podcast, hosts Joey P, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Derek Brown dive into the must-have waiver wire pickups for Week 6 of the NFL season. They discuss key injuries, sta...
Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire: Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster (Ep. 1756)
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It's me, Joey P, Joe P. Zepina.
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And it's time to look ahead to the waiver wire
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for week six in the NFL.
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And of course, week five brought a whole host
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of running back injuries and issues
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and a lot of running backs were picked up.
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Some of them were picked up and played against me
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by Derek Brown, Rico Doudel.
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Look at those.
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You see this?
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I want you to read between the lines
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between these fingers, right here, buddy?
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Right here, pal.
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Ridiculous.
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201 years, brushing Rico Doudel.
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Blame flex league for that.
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Blame flex league.
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They let me get in for three bucks.
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No one can.
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No one can.
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All right.
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Anyway, Pat Fitzmore is Derek Brown joining us here
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to help pick up whatever's left on the waiver wire.
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And there are some things.
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It's not the heaviest by week this week.
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So that is good news.
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But Pat, we keep on losing running backs
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and an alarming rate.
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And Pat, I don't, you know, there's one
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of the all-time great films of our generation.
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A little movie called Basekipal.
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And I remember there's a great line where he says,
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if you guys keep ripping on me,
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I don't know, like 20 or 30 more times,
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I swear, I'm gonna walk out.
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I'm just not gonna hang out with you guys anymore.
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And I feel like that's pretty much the
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remandry Stevenson thing about fumbling.
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You know what?
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If you fumble like, I don't know, 20 or 30 more times,
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your job might be in jeopardy.
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You get that sense maybe 20 or 30 more?
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Yeah, that was kind of it.
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And the Chris Collins worth was just sort of openly
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talking about how my variable had said,
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like, yeah, he's maybe getting close
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to being in jeopardy of losing time or whatever
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and lost another fumble.
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And it didn't seem to matter.
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There he was scoring touch-hounds later in the game.
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Touch-hounds, it probably should have got a Drake May,
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but that's the right.
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I'm not gonna complain about last night.
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I don't very happy with that.
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I'm very happy right there.
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And look, we've got nobody undefeated Pat
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and only one winless team here, the Jets.
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So the parodies really setting in here.
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I was gonna say, is this the earliest,
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the 72 Miami Dolphins have had their champagne toast?
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Like after week five and there are no undefeated teams,
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that seems like it's a good call.
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That's a good call, honestly.
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For there to be no undefeated teams.
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And who is the best team right?
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Like everyone looks flawed.
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2005, week five.
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That's the earliest.
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So like the same time.
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The word is high?
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Yeah.
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Wow.
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20 years ago.
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Yeah, that is crazy to think about.
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I mean, it's crazy in one way.
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But it's a, you're right.
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Like who is the best team?
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Like, I don't know.
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There's a part of me that's starting to wonder
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if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the best team
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might be honest with you.
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Like I kind of feel like the bucks are pretty good.
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I don't know.
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No, not Baker.
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We'll see.
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Baker Mayfields, baby.
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All right.
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It's time everybody for the waiver wire pickup of the week.
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And before you at me,
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don't because again,
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site to site,
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roster percentages are different.
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So I know Michael Carter was added in a lot of leagues.
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I know in sleeper,
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he is 59% rostered already.
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But once again, in Yahoo,
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he is just 39% rostered.
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And Michael Carter had a pretty darn good day.
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Michael Carter was the guy you wanted the goal line.
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He had the touchdown there.
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He had five receptions on five targets too.
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He got the job done.
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Pat, let's talk about what you saw
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from that backfield of the Arizona Cardinals there
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where Michael Carter went out and did his thing.
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And Amari DiMarcato has not learned the lessons
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that the Colts have tried to teach us.
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Oh, baby.
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No, the lessons of Malachi Corley have not been picked up
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by Amari DiMarcato.
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So we weren't sure how this was going to shake out Joe
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because DiMarcato had been active
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in playing for the Cardinals all year.
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And Carter had not.
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He was on the practice squad to start the season.
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But there were some indications that maybe Carter
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would just slide directly into trade bence
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and starting roll his early down roll.
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And they would keep DiMarcato sort of as the passing down
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back and then pitch in on early downs.
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And that's pretty much right what happens.
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Like Carter sort of gave the game away
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in an interview in the lead up to that game
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where he sort of let it drop that he was going to be the starter.
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Won a playing 57.4% of the offensive snaps.
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As you mentioned, Joe, Team High 18 carries.
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Not that efficient or explosive 51 yards
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in a touchdown along run of seven yards.
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But Carter also led the Arizona running backs in pass routes.
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So even more of those than DiMarcato
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and had those five catches for 22 yards to add a little PPR value.
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And like you said, DiMarcato just did himself no favors
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by lolly gagging at the end of what should have been a 72 yard
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touchdown run and then dropping the ball
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even before a defender could catch up to him
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and punch it out for him.
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It just voluntarily gave it up and blew a chance
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to salt away a game that the Cardinals basically
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would have had in hand.
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So you wonder if that's going to affect DiMarcato's playing time.
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I know I just saw a little video clip of Jonathan Ganon blistering
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DiMarcato on the sidelines after that.
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So right now Carter does look like a pretty appealing edition.
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And you know, they've got a playable matchup against the Colts
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in week six.
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So I think if you've got a vacancy at running back in Carter's
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available in your league, you should definitely go hard after him.
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Debro, the lessons of Malachi Corley
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is it a new Disney Channel show or be a new Netflix show
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about an Amish guy who takes revenge when someone steals his barn?
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It feels like a partnership opportunity.
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Are they going to have a crossover of 80 Mitchell like
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are they too close over?
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Yeah, crossover opportunity.
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Adonai Mitchell is definitely a character.
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Adonai Mitchell is definitely a character in the Amish one.
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Just say like yeah, you know, all right.
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So let's get your take on Michael Carter,
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what you saw yesterday.
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Debro, what do you think about that backfield here in his performance?
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I mean, the performance was an amazing,
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but he was basically Arizona's Rashad White
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and that'll play all day man.
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He played like patty was talking about.
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He was the clear lead back.
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He's the RB8 right now in PPR scoring for the week.
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So 23 touches almost all the goal I am work
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and he's getting pass game utility
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plus the Colts can't stop the run.
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Yeah, he's gonna be a top 24 running back this week.
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So plug and play flex, RB2 moving forward.
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De Mercado pulling his best 80 Mitchell didn't help his case.
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I mean, didn't help De Mercado's case either.
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And so do we see Carter play 70% of the snaps?
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75% of the snaps moving forward.
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If that's the case of De Mercado's in the dog house.
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Yeah, Carter needs to be picked up and played.
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Yeah, it was such a weird week last week too
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because we come on, we do the show here, right?
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We have the Monday night games and then you have all of a sudden
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the Bucky news and Benson news and like all this like
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there's like the slow drip of injuries,
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Chuba Hubbard news and then like, you know,
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we're looking around and we're saying,
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what the hell is going on here?
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You know, like all of a sudden they just every day
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we lost it, we're every hour.
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It seemed like we were losing another running back scenario
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and we've got more that we lost this week.
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We're gonna get to those and we are gonna get to get
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to get some guys less rostered.
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So let's start with that conversation too.
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Because I think the big topic on everybody's brain
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is going to be now that are Maureen Hampton's
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in a walking boot, how serious is this injury?
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Is it just a, you know,
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oh, he's wearing the walking boot now
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just to stabilize everything is gonna be all right.
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But typically the walking boot is not a good sign.
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So that means you got two free squares in that back
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though, you got Hassan Haskins,
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left in the charges backfield and come on, he by now.
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Now, Haskins has a history with Harball at Michigan.
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So to me, that would be the guy,
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quote unquote that I would lean towards of these two.
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Both these guys are, you know, 99% available, right?
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They are free squares everywhere, right?
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So, but deep, bro, let's say you want to try to get ahead
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of the game here a little bit.
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Do you have a lean here?
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I don't think any of us would know exactly how this would
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split up, but it feels to me at least like Haskins would be
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the guy that you would want, especially like for the
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goal line carries, but what are your thoughts?
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Yeah, I think that it's Haskins for me.
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And it's more just, I mean, he's a big back.
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He's probably gonna have the goal line role.
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Vidal has already shown that, you know,
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we saw, also what he didn't do last year.
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And so I don't think that he's gonna just
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drives to prominence now.
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But I put in waivers for both these guys,
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like just kind of spraying the board,
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two to three dollar bids for both of them,
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whoever you get, and if we're wrong with this situation,
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because again, we also, what happened with Arizona,
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like part of the fantasy community was like,
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oh, it's a Marriedie Mercado, and it was all Michael Carter.
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So we could be wrong with this situation.
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So I think you put in like not men bids,
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but close to it for both these guys, whoever you get,
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you get, but if I got to pick a favorite out of it,
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it's Haskins, and it's gross guys.
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But if Amore and Hampton misses the next two weeks,
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the schedule is fantastic.
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I mean, that was my point, too.
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Just the touchdown on the city's colds.
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Yeah, next two weeks.
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So, I mean, those are great matchups.
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And it feels like typically speaking, right?
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I mean, when they use the words like,
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the official words where he could miss some time.
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All right, that's at least a week here, Pat.
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So if we're looking for streaming running backs,
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obviously, you know, right now,
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when we're looking at the buy weeks,
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you got Houston and Minnesota,
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so no Jordan Mason, you lose job,
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you lose Woody Marks.
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So those are the RVs you're kind of, you know, out of luck with.
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But do you have any, you know,
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like here of these charger guys
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considering the upcoming schedule
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and how aggressive do you want to be on them with your fab?
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I mean, Deeper is saying, look,
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a couple bucks, that's not go crazy,
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but that might not be an option for some people
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the way the running back rooms have gone after week five.
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Right, and these two players are widely available on waivers.
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I think Vidal is maybe 1% rostered
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in Haskins' 0% rostered in Yahoo,
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or maybe it's vice versa, I can't remember.
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The only problem is I think this is going to be a split.
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And we saw both of these guys play 14 snaps yesterday
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behind O'Maring Hampton.
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And I do tend to agree that Haskins is first in line.
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He was the guy who broke camp with the team
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and made the opening day roster.
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Does have that history with Harbaugh ran for 1300 plus yards
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and 20 touchdowns in his final college season at Michigan.
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But then again, I can't remember
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what Haskins exact 40 time was at the combine is,
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but I want to say it was like in the 4.65 to 4.7 orange,
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like that sundial.
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Sundial, Patty.
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Exactly.
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And so he's not really going to be able
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to conduct much business outside on the edges.
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So if you want to attack that part of the fields,
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I think Camani Vidal is your guy.
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Vidal also has the better pass catching history.
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And look, Camani Vidal is Troy University's
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all-time leading runner.
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I know things didn't really pan out for him last year
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and there were a lot of people including me
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who really liked him and just were,
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you know, it was unrequited love for Camani Vidal.
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Both of you guys always like downstairs.
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So I believe in second chances
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and we see second acts happen all the time.
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Look at Sam Darnold dealing and dealing
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with Baker Mayfield yesterday.
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So maybe we see Vidal come to life a little bit,
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but I tend to agree with D-Bro,
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like I just don't think because of the ambiguity
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and how this backfield is going to be split,
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that you can really make a big spend on either guy.
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I think it's probably best to try to keep it in the 5%.
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Haskins ran a 4-5 7-40 just in place.
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Oh, faster than I thought.
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I'm not sure I thought it was over 4-6.
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So, all right.
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Apologies to Hassan.
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Well, I mean, it was pretty close to 4-6.
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It's almost as close as you can get to 4-6
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before being 4-6.
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All right, let's talk about another guy who has yet to play
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Bershart Smith who we've heard a lot of rumors
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that we're going to get him the ball more.
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Now we'll see on Monday night if that happens.
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And just for clarity, we talked about this guy last week
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to add him to get ahead of things
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because it's so much better to slip somebody
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in the way we're wired there for a buck or two
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and have on your roster.
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And then if they hit, you've saved yourself a lot of fat.
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Now, obviously, as recording this,
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whenever you're listening to it,
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you might have missed that opportunity.
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So we don't know what the performance is.
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We don't know what the health is coming out
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of Monday night football,
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but let's just talk about him theoretically right now.
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Bershart Smith, we all still think that he's a guy
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that I think you should be adding into your rosters,
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even if it's another quiet night.
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Just because Biceco's look very mid,
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Kareem Hunt has looked old.
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And every time Smith touches the football pad,
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it feels like he's got a little juice.
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He's got a little bit of explosiveness in there.
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And I think that's something that this team needs
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at this point too, as they've continued to turn this corner here
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before this matchup with the Jags tonight.
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Yeah, Bershart Smith does have sub four, four speed.
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I think he was a four, three, nine guy.
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Dual run catchability had 1,659 yards from Scrimmage
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and 18 touchdowns in his final college season at SMU.
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Maybe he can give the chiefs backfield the electricity
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it's been missing because right now,
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Isaiah Pacheco's averaging four yards per carry
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has not had a run of more than 12 yards.
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The season hasn't rushed for more than 45 yards
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in any game and his backfield,
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Platoon partner, Kareem Hunt's 3.2 yards per carry,
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long run of 11 yards.
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So this backfield could definitely use more juice
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and there has been a little bit of chatter
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about Smith possibly getting more work in the weeks to come.
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And just for the record, his 40 times, 439.
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So there you go, the 439 for Bershart.
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He's a deep bro, real quick, your thoughts on Smith.
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Obviously we all know anything that happened tonight
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in the game could be good, could be bad,
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could be nothing, could be injured.
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But again, in theory, when this show comes out,
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hopefully Monday afternoon here, people get a jump.
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But if he's still out there, stash him, right?
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Just in case he has that big game
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because look at what happened with he marks two weeks ago, right?
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You know, you said stash him.
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If you didn't listen, you end up costing yourself some fab.
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So I feel like this is another one of those situations
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where like let's just get ahead of the curve.
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If it doesn't work out, okay, cool.
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You've still got a guy here in the next couple weeks
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that could have a lot of value.
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He's got the most juice in the backfield.
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He's the most talented guy on that roster
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as far as the running backroom.
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Like there's gonna come a moment with Andy Reed,
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they got to do something about this backfield,
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whether it's, I don't think they go out and trade for somebody.
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So if that's not the case, Bashar Smith wheels up.
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Like the floor in his role moving forward
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could be Jirat McHennon.
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The ceiling is that he's the next Pacheco.
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Both of those outcomes could easily happen this year.
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Either way, you're looking at a guy
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that could turn into a PPR Flex machine
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on a past first offense
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or he becomes a stable RB2.
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Why is that not an upside swing?
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You're taking an every roster that you got.
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All right, let's talk about two running backs here again
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that are kind of now thrust into backup roles
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but a little bit more prominent
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because the guys who are getting hurt ahead of them.
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So Isaiah Davis of the New York Jets,
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roster in 13% of leagues, Sean Tucker,
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obviously got elevated because you know,
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of the situation here with Bucky Irving,
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but Rashad White was clearly the guy
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that you wanted them in fantasy.
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He is 17% roster, D-Bro.
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Any interest in rostering either of these two guys here
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going forward again, just speculating,
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Breeze Hall had some more fumble issues.
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That's not great.
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I don't know if that's gonna make a pivot Isaiah Davis
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necessarily and Sean Tucker again,
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I think would take another injury or some other issue here
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where you have Rashad White going down
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for him to really be fantasy relevant.
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But any interest in just buying these guys' insurance?
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Absolutely, Isaiah Davis needs to be rostered
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in every single league.
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He's the direct handcuffed to Breeze Hall right now
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and on a run first offense.
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And honestly, per touch wise,
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I thought Isaiah Davis should have won the RB2 role.
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I know Patty loves Braille and Allen.
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I've never been a huge fan,
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but now he's got the runway.
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He's the direct handcuffed.
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He needs to be rostered.
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He wouldn't need to pick him up.
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Pat, how about you?
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Isaiah Davis, Sean Tucker,
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any interest in these two running back
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before we go to the next guy?
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Yeah, with Braille and Allen out for two months plus,
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at least there is handcuffed value to Isaiah Davis for sure.
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And only one carry on did have three catches in week five,
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but actually played 33 snaps.
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So he was out there quite a bit.
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I don't think he has any standalone value,
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but handcuffed value, absolutely.
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Tucker, I don't know, he only played 21.3% of the snaps
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on against the Seahawks.
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The Buccaneers just pretty much used Rashad White
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as a workhorse and looked the offense was humming
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with him in there.
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They scored 38 points.
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Plus Bucky Irving might not be out too long.
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So I don't know that Tucker is worth adding.
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All right, another just quick shout out to one
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remind everybody that Christian McCaffrey
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has 130 touches already.
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And we are through five weeks of the season.
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I just want to point that out there.
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That's also 20 more than the next guy, Jonathan Taylor.
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So that's a whole game's worth basically
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that you also have.
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On top of that, Brian Robinson Jr.
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is rostered in 59% of leagues over on sleeper.
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So you could see him getting dropped a lot of places.
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Potentially, I'm sure in some other formats,
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he's even less rostered.
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I think Brian Robinson's another one of these guys too.
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It might be a good idea at some point.
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I would have thought last week on the short week,
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you would have seen a lot more of him,
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but instead it was like, no, it's all the Christian McCaffrey.
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You could possibly handle because this is such a huge game
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here for the Rams.
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So there you go.
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That was the game plan and it worked out, right?
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Eventually the 49ers worked out and they covered
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and won me money, so I'm happy with them.
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So when you're looking at Brian Robinson,
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I think this is another guy worth stash
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and just wanna throw that out there to everybody.
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Let's talk about some guys possibly worth dropping to.
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They shall tuton and then trade Benson.
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Two guys here.
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Benson's gonna be out for a while.
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With the way Carter played, Pat,
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would you just drop Benson at this point
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if you only had like one IR spot
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and you had somebody else on there
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that might be more valuable?
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Only if I had a very short bench.
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Okay.
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I think Benson is dealing with a meniscus injury
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and I know Dr. D. Pack-Chona,
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who makes regular appearances on us
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our Sunday night recap show.
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Since it's typically a five week injury
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and there's usually a pretty short ramp up period
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for players upon their return,
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typically just a week or two until they're back
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to their normal selves.
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So Benson is still gonna have value.
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You could have regrets if you drop him
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and then he's out there in week 12 getting 20 touches again.
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Okay.
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For you, Basel Tutin, I know he plays
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a little later here tonight, but obviously,
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I think everybody's still excited about him.
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Is that a guy worth dropping though at this point too
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with all these running back turnover
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where you look at a guy who might be more active
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in terms of touches going forward
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than weeks ahead, D-Bro?
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I mean, he's got a hand cuff value.
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So it just depends on your parsing through hand cuffs
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and which one you wanna prioritize.
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I mean, the talent, I mean,
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to me, it's like, do you want Basel Tutin?
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You want Isaiah Davis on the town?
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No, I'd rather Tutin.
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Okay, that was my,
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I was actually gonna be my question.
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Yeah, so that's how you'd rather have a tutor to them.
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Okay, that makes a lot of sense.
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So let's go to the wide receivers here again.
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It's a little quiet.
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It's quiet outside.
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You know, it's quiet uptown right now.
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Kendrick Boren was not quiet though.
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He had a huge monsters game 142 yards.
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You know, like Mac Jones is one of the passing leaders in the NFL
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right now and he's been a backup for part of the year.
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It's kind of crazy when you think about that.
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So deep right, let's talk about what you saw Thursday and I
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from Kendrick Boren here in that incredible performance.
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I know it was because nobody else was healthy.
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But when is anybody going to be healthy for the 49ers?
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That feels like the big question.
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I mean, that's a great question I have, Joe.
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I mean, and I don't know.
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I don't know when we see Ricky Pearson and Drawn Jennings.
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I mean, I would like to say up this upcoming week,
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but if you're to tell me the 49ers need to hold them out
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another week, I'm not going to be that surprised.
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Drawn Jennings has been banged up the entirety of the year.
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So even if Jennings doesn't come back, but Pierce all does,
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Boren is still going to be in the starting lineup
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and look at him what he did last week.
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I mean, the 22% target share,
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nobody was forecasting 142 receiving yards.
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I'm not saying that, but the thing about it,
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if both of those guys are out this week,
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Kendrick Boren is what, a wide receiver three guys,
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going up against a Buccaneer's defense
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that just got shredded by Sam Darnold.
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They were down Jamel Dean, Benjamin Morrison.
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I don't know if either one of those guys
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are back this week.
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So Boren could be in that wide receiver three flex conversation
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for this week.
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It was a huge performance by Jones,
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huge performance by Boren.
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And that's dangerous sometimes, Pat, right?
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Because we look at that and say, oh my God,
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but like we know who Kendrick Boren is.
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He's been around the league for a while.
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He's been on multiple teams.
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It's a system though.
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The 49ers system, you know,
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can yield a lot of good fantasy points.
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So how do you approach him with Fat Budge at this week, Pat?
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Because I know this is probably one of the more complex ones
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we're going to ask ourselves this day.
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It certainly depends on need.
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And the more urgent the need,
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I think the more you should be willing to spend.
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Because like if you need him to play this week,
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against the Buccaneers as DeBrow said,
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it's a pretty promising looking matchup.
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I think he might be worth going up to 8, 9, 10,
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something like that.
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And maybe there's a chance Boren could have some sustained value
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because really Ricky Purcell and Juan Jennings
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have not been fully healthy for a while.
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Like we are getting these whack-a-mole injuries
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to the 49ers pass catchers.
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And we have to throw George Kiddell in there too,
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who's working his way back from the hamstring thing.
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Boren has been a useful player for a really long time.
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He just hasn't been good enough to be a leading man long term.
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But maybe Boren is good enough to produce
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leading man results short term if he's cast into a leading role.
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Kind of like the John C. Riley of Wide Receivers Show.
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Like John C. Riley was this terrific character actor
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who always elevated the movies he was in.
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It's true.
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But then he got a leading role in Hard 8.
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Have you ever seen that movie?
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No, sure.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Finally recommended.
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And you realize that John C. Riley could be a leading man
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when called upon.
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So maybe Kendrick Boren is the John C. Riley of Wide Receivers.
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Don't touch my drum set.
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That's my John C. Riley.
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That's the best thing I got there.
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It's like, I'm sure I saw Frank Kelly endow
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as I was going to do a John C. Riley imitation.
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I'm like, oh, the two things you put together.
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And it was like, oh my God, see all this a Randy Newman.
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You can't take Randy Newman.
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He just make it like Kermit the Frog
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and you can put him together at the same time.
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And he was like, that's really funny.
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Like that's how he is.
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Like that's totally John C. Riley or 100% right.
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Kendrick Boren, by the way, 15% rostered on sleepers.
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So a lot of people kicking themselves.
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There's a knife or not picking them up and streaming him.
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I'm sure, especially as more injuries started to unleash
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themselves on Friday and Saturday.
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Let's talk about Tori Horton.
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30% of his receptions this year, you got nine of them
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have gone for touchdowns.
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Could have been even more.
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He dropped one last week.
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So I know it's tough to chase touchdowns here.
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But Pat Tori Horton is a guy that Sam Darnel's looking
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for in the red zone every single week.
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So in standard leagues, especially, he's got a lot of value
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and a lot of potential there to give you some points.
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He is also only 15% rostered.
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What stands before him and more playing time?
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Still just Cooper Cup, who is not the Cooper Cup of old.
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So I'm still kind of surprised, especially this week
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where there were so many injuries
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and so many teams on by with so many guys missing
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that this roster percentage didn't jump up at all
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for Tori Horton, basically.
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So what do you make a Tori Horton going forward to?
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Is there room for him to grow in the weeks ahead
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and start being more of the other outside guy
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and getting more time?
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Or is he just pretty much this red zone threat for Seattle?
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There is room for him to grow in the years ahead.
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And I like Tori Horton as a dynasty asset.
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But he only played in about half the snaps
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in Seattle's game against the Buccaneers.
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Only ran about half as many routes as Jackson, Smith,
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and Jig Bun, Cooper Cup.
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So yeah, it's just not enough of a role
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for anyone to add him and ever feel good
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about putting Tori Horton in your starting lineup.
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Plus we're seeing all the sudden
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Sam Darnold getting the tight ends really involved,
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especially AJ Barnard, but also a little bit
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of a Elijah Royo too.
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So right now I just, I think Tori Horton
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might be the Nick Westbrook Akine of 2025.
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Oh!
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Yeah, and like I just, I don't wanna chase that.
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I don't want to chase a ton of Jones.
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So much better.
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Oh, much more for sure.
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And like has a bright future and could turn into something
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much greater than he is now,
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but this just isn't short term production.
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I wanna chase.
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All right, how about you, Debra?
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You wanna chase the, like it's short term production,
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but man, every week it's production.
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I'm smarter right now.
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Dude, that is literally what I had written down,
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like Pat's reading off my sheet.
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I was gonna make the the NWI comparison here
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and Pat already made it for me, baby.
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Well, now I'm annoying that year
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because everyone keeps saying it can't sustain it,
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they kept doing it for another 10 weeks.
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So you know what?
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Like honestly, if that's what he is this year
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and he's got more talent
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and it's only Cooper Cup stopping him,
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then maybe the answer should be, yeah, you know what?
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For a buck or two stash him on your roster
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and see what happens over time.
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People need to be stashing him
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only for the contingent upside.
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Like, would scares me about Seattle
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and Pat outlay this out.
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I mean Horton has not been a full-time player
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and he's really been relying upon not volume
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but just touchdowns,
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but it's the contingent upside
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if Cooper Cup were to go down
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and that's what I think is most appealing about Horton.
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If you know the thing about Seattle,
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like if they were,
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they do not want to throw the ball at all
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unless they are forced to,
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but Sam Darnold's per drop-act metrics
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are fantastic this year.
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So if they, if anything happened
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they get defensive injuries or Cooper Cup goes down.
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Horton could be a guy we're talking about
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as a weekly flex play.
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So yeah, he's worth a pick up.
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All right, let's talk about the next guy here on a list.
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Isaiah Bond, he got a lot of targets
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and catch a lot of them
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but it was Dylan Gabriel's first snark.
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But look, Dylan Gabriel,
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you know, was competitive in that football game.
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It was a good moment.
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So I'm not so good moments.
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So what you expect from Rookie QB play.
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Tough spot too against the Vikings defense,
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but Isaiah Bond, 26% rostered.
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And I feel like this is an evolution, Derek,
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of the Cleveland Browns.
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I think they're kind of remaking themselves
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in front of our eyes very quietly.
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Fan, it looks like he could be a player.
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Judgans is absolutely a player.
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He's explosive.
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Isaiah Bond is explosive.
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I feel like all of a sudden now,
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you know, Dylan Gabriel being more mobile
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on the pocket gives them the ability
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to extend plays potentially
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and, you know, make some more dynamic athletic moments
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happen than Joe Flacco could.
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So with all that being said,
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what are your thoughts on Isaiah Bond still being out there
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in 75% of leagues?
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Is that somebody you want on your roster
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as a wide receiver for rest of season?
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And who knows?
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Maybe Jerry Judy's a guy that can get dealt at some point too
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and really open up some more space here for Isaiah Bond.
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I'm not interested in Bond as far as like full season
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upside just because I don't know how much I'll really
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want to be buying into the Cleveland Browns passing attack
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and they're often in general outside of Quintet Judgans.
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But what I will say about Isaiah Bond is,
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he's in the same area code as Kendra Bourne.
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Like if you need to flex play over the next two weeks,
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maybe three weeks,
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that's where I have more interest in Isaiah Bond
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because they're upcoming matchups are fantastic.
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Like the Pittsburgh,
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Pittsburgh Steelers second area is terrible.
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The Miami Dolphins can't stop anybody.
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The Patriots have had their own issues.
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And Bond is kind of sitting in that like 19 to 20% target range.
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So if he scores a touchdown in one of those games
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against bad secondaries,
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then he's going to be a really good flex play.
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So if you have a need because of by weeks over the next
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like two to three weeks for especially in deeper formats,
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yeah, Bond's worth a pick up.
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So Pat is Bond a guy that you like or is it like Tori Horton?
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You said this much more interesting for you
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for dynasty and then is for redraw.
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That's kind of it.
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It's hard to get excited about any of the Browns pass catchers
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when they have a third round rookie at quarterback.
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And Dylan Gabriel was decent against the Vikings on Sunday.
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I thought he acquitted himself pretty well.
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And Isaiah Bond did have twice as many targets as Jerry Judy,
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six for bond three for Judy.
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But then again, Browns tight ends out targeted Browns receivers
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13 to 10 in that game,
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which is not a great sign going forward for the Browns receivers.
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It's a good sign if you have in Joku and Fennel.
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I know that it is.
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All right, let's talk about Luke Cafer.
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You made a big splashy touchdown catch there.
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Eight percent rostered Pat again.
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He's giving a guy's kind of been on the periphery now
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for a couple of weeks.
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Now that Jaden Daniels is back,
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is he a sneaky ad this week?
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Kind of a slow burn with him.
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The only issue Joe is that he played 39% of the offensive snaps
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against the chargers on Sunday.
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And that was with Terry McClaur in out.
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So when Terry McClaur comes back,
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it's hard to see McCaffrey doing much of anything.
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So is that a pass for you to Debron on McCaffrey?
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Because I'm sure a lot of people are going to start to look at that
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and start to wonder, is this a guy worth rostering?
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And I guess the question is, is he?
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He's not.
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Sadly, he's not only because he's not
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getting enough play in time.
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Like they're splitting the role between him and Jalen Lane
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as far as getting on the field.
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And in two games, the last two games without McClaur in there,
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that's where you would expect like if LMC
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is going to play a full-time role,
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that's where we should have seen it.
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And it's just not happening.
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So I'm avoiding him.
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All right, you like playing time.
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How about a guy who is getting a lot of playing time?
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Also scored two touchdowns yesterday.
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It was also zero percent rostered about Xavier Hutchinson.
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Let's talk about him.
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I'm sure people are going to chase this.
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Now look, I know we all love Jaden Higgins.
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I get it.
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But you're talking about guys on the field,
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Hutchinson's a guy on the field.
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The Texans start to pull themselves out of their tailspin,
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a huge ass kicking performance of the Baltimore Ravens.
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By the way, did someone do a wellness check on worm?
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I don't know if anybody checked in on him, CV's okay.
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But D-Bro, let's ask this question here.
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Xavier Hutchinson, is he worth a couple bucks here?
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Is he going to be the guy in Jaden Higgins
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is going to just sit out his freshman year in the NFL?
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I just can't see this continuing for the rest of the season.
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And outside of the two touchdowns,
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Hutchinson hasn't surpassed 30 receiving yards in any game.
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I mean, I would love to sit here
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because I loved him as a prospect.
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I would love to write a bull case for Xavier Hutchinson.
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I just don't see it.
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I think eventually this has to change.
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Houston has to get their most talented guys
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and their rookies on the field.
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So Hutch, I just can't throw the fab away for.
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All right, to that point, this is their buy week.
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So Pat, is this the time to add Jalen Knowles?
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Is this the time to add Jaden Higgins
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because they're coming out of the buy?
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Could the rookies start to take over?
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Instead of chasing Hutchinson strip,
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people would be looking at stashing those guys instead.
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I wouldn't mind stashing any of those
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because if you have ample roster space,
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but you just can't expect that playing time
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is imminent for these guys.
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So it's frustrating.
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I just think probably for the foreseeable future
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Nico Collins is going to be the only fantasy viable
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wide receiver in Houston.
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All right, let's talk about whether or not these guys are viable.
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There's some rumors that CB Lam remember
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he never went on to the IR that he could actually be back next week.
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Jalen Tolberg, is he a drop for you before that even happens here
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to make some room for these guys here, Pat?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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No, no targets or one target, no targets, maybe.
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And that was with not only Lam,
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but also Kavante Tarpin out.
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So yeah, you can dump Tolberg.
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Now Malik Washington was a guy
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deep row a lot of people were chasing last week
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after the entire killing tree.
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I feel like we tried to warn people
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that might not be the best idea.
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But would you drop him if you picked him up last week?
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It depends on who you're dropping him for.
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If I'd be dropping him for say Kendrick born
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or somebody I needed to be as a flex play, yes.
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What about Bond and Horton?
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Bond, yes, because the matchups and he's getting full time
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playing Horton, it's a conversation to town
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All right, let's talk about the streamers here.
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Look, we didn't even get to the tight ends.
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There's a lot of tight ends to talk about.
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So we'll see if we can touch on some of those too.
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But before actually, before you get to the streamers,
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let's talk about the two of them
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because I know Theo Johnson, obviously two touchdown game,
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big spot there for Jackson Dart,
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with Darius Slaton maybe missing some time.
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That's a guy to be aggressive on a Mason Taylor,
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also another solid game there, getting receptions,
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Debrose favorite tight end last week,
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told everybody the Adam, it's weird, Derrick,
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but we actually had two, not one, but two tight ends.
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And a third, if you want to count Derrick and Waller,
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I know his roster percentage went way up this past week,
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but still, if you're a shallow league,
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all of a sudden, tight end became pretty good in week five.
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So how would you rank those guys' rest of season,
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Waller, Mason Taylor and Theo Johnson?
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It's Mason Taylor, then Waller and Theo Johnson,
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only because of the Constitution, the quarterbacks,
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playing time, stuff like that, town,
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like Waller had a monster game.
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And I think his route here continues to jump,
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but Mason Taylor is the guy that has lead the conversation.
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Patty, we talked about it last week,
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we talked about it in the way of our article.
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I did my best cell job and still his roster percentage
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is at 13%.
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Like at tight end, where everybody needs a tight end,
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so Pat, how would you rank those three tight ends
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in your book for the rest of the season?
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Same way, Debrose has a Taylor, Waller seconds,
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and Johnson third.
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So Taylor's the number two right in this Jets offense right now,
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period, right?
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It appears that way.
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Yeah, I mean, he has had over the last two weeks,
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21 targets and 14 catches.
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Nice, that's pretty good.
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We'll think we'll take that.
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I picked him up in our company league too last week
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because I knew the tight end.
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So go Mason Taylor, see I listed a deep, bro.
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Good things.
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All right, now let's get to the streamers here.
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Fitsy, you want to give me a streaming QBE
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for weeks six in the NFL who you want to start with?
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Bryce Young, he gets the Dallas Cowboys.
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I know Bryce Young has only topped 200 passing yards
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in one of his five starts, but the matchup is just delicious.
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Like Cowboys are giving up 304 passing yards a game,
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8.4 yards per pass attempts,
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giving up 12 touchdown passes.
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Yeah, so you're targeting the Dallas defense
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with your streaming quarterbacks if you can.
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All right, streaming QBE for weeks six, Debrose, who do you have?
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Good Lord, I don't want to say his name,
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but I want to preface this.
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Uh oh.
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With streaming quarterback is disgusting, it is gross.
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It is horrible this week.
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Like everybody 50% and under all say,
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Geno Smith, if you're going to say Geno Smith,
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I'm going to say Geno Smith.
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No, no, no, no, no, no.
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I'm not saying trouble.
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Lord, I'm not saying these are the guys.
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I'm not going to do that.
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I don't think it's going to be Geno Smith.
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I'll take, I think Kenny Picker replaces him this week.
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I do.
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It could happen.
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Well, it's possible.
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I don't think we get.
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All right, so if you're saying Geno Smith,
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you better have a second one, just in case that scenario
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I laid out happens because I think it's a real chance
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you don't get Geno Smith.
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But Patty got to the sheet before me.
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Let's just say Bryce Young.
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So we could just say Bryce Young.
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I don't really want to say Geno Smith guys.
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Just you want to make money just bet Geno Smith
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I and T's over every single week.
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It's just it's money in the bank.
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You get a Wednesday pick, you get a,
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you get a Geno pick, Parlay.
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It's beautiful.
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How do you want to make the case for Geno?
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Like it's, it's a gross case.
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I feel like I need a shower right now.
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You could start Spencer Ratler in a pinch this week
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against the Patriots maybe.
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Well, Pat, what about Mac Jones again too?
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If he should start again this week.
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I feel like in that game against Tampa,
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like I don't think Mac Jones would be a guide
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maybe over both of these that he just looks
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man, the Ford Niners are a system and Mac Jones
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fits in that system.
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That's the guy he wanted the first place
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and I, everybody laughed when I said,
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you could have a quarterback controversy
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at some point in time in San Francisco
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because Mac Jones is going to fit real well in the system
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and don't look now boys and girls.
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I mean, what's the difference between Mac Jones
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and Brock Perty besides draft capital, right?
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No, I mean, but like Perty's pretty good
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and I was, trust me, I was a big Brock Perty doubter
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early in his career and I thought he kind of picked
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on the bad defenses, but I think he's a good quarterback
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and now that's the only reason why we didn't include him
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in this week's waiver article, Joe,
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like Perty has had 10 days to rest
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because they played that Thursday night game
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or will have had 10 days to rest by the time they play again.
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So we just, yeah, there's no guarantee Mac Jones is starting.
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I don't know if I'm Kyle Shanahan,
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I'm like, oh Brock, take your time.
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Do we want you to be healthy, buddy?
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Let's take your time.
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Don't push it.
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That was an impressive,
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it's my Mac Jones.
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On the road.
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The way like he just kept having to almost drag him off the field
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because he kept taking these shots
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and he was trying to even come back for more.
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He was trying to even come off the field.
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But somebody gave him a banana.
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That was the funniest thing too.
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They catch that on social media.
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The nasty man.
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You know, you've made it
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when someone hands you a pre-peeled banana.
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But that's it.
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All right, let's get to the tight ends
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to stream this week.
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Fitsy, do I have to even ask?
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Mason Taylor.
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Here I go.
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Let's go.
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Mason Taylor gets dead.
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Match up against Denver, not super great.
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But he's the number two target in the Jets passing game.
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Yeah, 100%.
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All right, D-Bro, how about you streaming tight end
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for this week?
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I'm going to go bring Strange and it's all the match up.
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Seattle entered a week five,
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giving up the most fantasy points per game to tie it in.
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So it's just, it's playing on the match up.
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Next up, streaming defense, D-Bro, who do you have?
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I'm going to be the Packers home or here.
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Green Bay is available.
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They're only rostered in 44% of leagues.
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And they get the Cincinnati Bengals,
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the fighting Jake Browning, the pick-off machines.
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Let's go.
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All right, how about you, Fitsy streaming defense this week?
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Yeah, if you can't get the Packers,
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maybe settle for your Patriots, Joe,
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who played pretty well against Josh Allen
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in the bill's Sunday night.
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And going against Spencer Ratler,
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like, Ratler's done a good job of avoiding turnovers
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in big plays.
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You know, kept the interceptions kind of to a minimum,
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but like, it's still the science.
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Sorry to you.
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It is.
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And that defense is.
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You're not wrong, Patty.
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That defense is much different when Christian Gonzalez
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is back and healthy.
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And he saw it last night.
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When he's back, it's like this weird confidence boost
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to everybody about it.
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And they were physical last night too, which is good.
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Because I should you want them.
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You sort of sound like, it's a new unit
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with a lot of different guys.
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You know, it's a lot of free agents.
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I think it takes while for a group to jail.
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They were physical last night.
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If that carries over, that's very good too.
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And the healthy Christian Gonzalez made a big difference.
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All right.
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Let's talk about kickers because we have to.
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Fitsy, give me a kicker for this week.
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How about Chris Boswell?
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One of the things I like about Boswell as a kicker,
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like, you would think Jake Bates would be this awesome kicker
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because of how much the lion score.
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But like, Dan Campbell spits on the ground
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at the thought of kicking a field goal.
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He'll just go for it on fourth and five at the 33-yard line.
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But Mike Tomlin, like, yeah, let's kick the 50-yard field goal.
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Tomlin appreciates the value of three points.
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And something tells me in this matchup
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between the Steelers and the Browns this week,
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the value of three points is going to be significant.
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And Mike Tomlin will not mind kicking a few
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field goals with Chris Boswell.
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All right, Debro, who's the kicker for you?
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Going back to the Packers, well, it provides.
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Brand new man is scored nine or more points in three or four games.
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So I think the Packers offense is going to be able to move the ball
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at will against the Bengals.
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He won't you start us off with your top five for week six.
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Michael Carter, if he's available in your league as number one,
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Mason Taylor number two, I'll say Kenneth Gainwell,
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who's still available in more than half of Yahoo leagues coming off the buy.
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Maybe Jalen Warren is back probably is back this week.
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But Gainwell, I think maybe enhanced his role going forward
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with that excellent performance in Ireland against the Vikings
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a couple of weeks ago.
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For Shard Smith is number four.
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I think it's just a matter of time before he gets more involved
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and it might be the same for my number five Kyle Menongai coming off the buy.
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And occasionally we see rookies get a little bit of a usage surge coming off by weeks.
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And Deandre Swift just hasn't been very effective as a runner this season.
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I mentioned him at the tail end of the show.
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I said, Hey guys, don't forget you're going to sort stats
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The touchdown really masked a very ugly performance
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from Deandre Swift in that game.
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So you could see a little bit of a change in that backfield potentially.
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I was against potential, but again, Adam on the quiet.
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All right, Debro, give us your top five for week six.
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Fitsy and our handholding on a lot of these microcard or number one
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Mason Taylor to pump it up.
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Burshard Smith just was the upside with him with number two, number three gain
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will is four.
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