The Shrewdness boys break down Week 2 in the NFL from a Guillotine Fantasy perspective and look ahead to Week 3. Shrewdness Sleepers, Spuds and Gambling picks included!!!
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for another exciting episode of
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The Shrewdness. Welcome, welcome one and all.
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We have an incredibly packed week of football to discuss here
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in this episode. It's going to be a very, very
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informative and entertaining hour.
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And way less monotone than this, I hope.
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Good Lord please stay tuned in. I don't know where we at this
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Twilight Zone speaker from. This is my This is my Twilight
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Zone intro. Your radio voice.
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You're about to enter the shrewdness zone.
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Yes, woo, I like that tie in. That works All right, well,
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shrewdness, welcome to this week's show.
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We have just finished week two. Well, actually we have one more
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half of ours. We're just in the middle of the
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Chargers Raiders game. Like we'll check the stats later
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and we'll keep the game on in the background.
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We want to give you guys the content so we can get you in
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there and get your bids in tomorrow night.
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We'll have this out by the time you need it so you can get some
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advice for your pickups, but let's go first see how the
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shrewdness is doing in our Geo leagues.
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So our listener league, as we know from last week, I'm out,
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but fortunately I have two leagues, so I'm still fully
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formed. Cap all body parts attached in
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the other league doing just fine.
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But just fine. Yep.
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So Week 2 went well, just like Week 1 did.
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We're all good. But what's interesting, and I
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think it's in our listener league too, is the Chopped
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player has Josh Allen on it. So Josh Allen's going to be the
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the Creme de la Creme pick up for both leagues.
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And he kind of let you down if you have, if you're Josh Allen
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owner. So after his monstrosity Week 1
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where he just carried you across the line, dead bodies and all,
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he walked over the corpses to bring you to Week 2, Week 2, he
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just kind of sat back in a beach chair and had a Margarita and
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said, hey, James Cook, you do this week, which James Cook did.
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If you had him, you're safe, right?
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All by himself. So with a little bit of that,
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gents, how did your weeks go? Who did well for you?
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Who's struggle bust and how are you looking this week?
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Prove I I topped 100 points again.
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I was happy with that. Safe by a mile, and despite JJ
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McCarthy laying an egg, the Minnesota game Zay Flowers has
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been a pleasant surprise for my team both weeks so far.
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So he's he's done a nice job. Zay flowers zay.
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Flowers is got a great. Yeah, doing awesome.
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And Tillman too. Tillman was like a super late
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round pick for me, Cedric Tillman for the Cleveland and I
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think he's had some time both weeks.
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Yeah, he was a shrewdness sleeper.
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Week one came through for you? Yep, that's right.
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Kept him in there. Good.
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Jason, how about you? Those two white outs are
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carrying me right now. I mean, I'm advancing, so that's
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all you have to do. Not laugh, right?
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So I'm not like I'm not excited about my team at this point.
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I mean, I will say this, you know, Trey McBride is what I
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thought he was. He's super consistent.
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He's awesome. Kick butt every every week.
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Yep. I got a shockingly really good
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game out of Ramandre Stevenson. Yeah, out of nowhere, that guy
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we crossed. Him off, he had 21 points last
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week. I was shocked by that in the.
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Biggest one had a. Lot of disappointing players
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thus far so I'm not not loving where I am right now.
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But Stevenson what was absolutely mind blowing is 5 for
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88 receiving. Like he tried this monster catch
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for 60 or 79 or something stupid, right?
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Like how's that? Not Trivia and Henderson, but
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what is Big Man? City like right for the screen
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pass or something? Yep.
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It was, it was, you know, he showed he had a little something
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left of the tank. But, you know, I've had a few
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disappointments too. I, I, I drafted RJ Harvey.
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Pretty disappointing. Yeah.
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Isaiah Pacheco's pretty disappointing.
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Yeah. We'll talk about some of those
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guys here coming up. So I think what I wanted to
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start off 1st for our listeners, we're going to do more the Geo,
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we're going to front load the Geo, then we'll talk about our
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kind of reflections on the week. But we're going to start off
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with our sleepers. So our shrewdness sleepers,
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sleepers, sleepers, sleeper this first week, in week one, we got
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you one out of three this week we did really well for you.
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And so here's our criteria again.
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So if you're new to the show, what we're trying to do is these
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guys are less than 25% owned and we're trying to get you the
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magic 7 points. These are usually like your flex
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spots or if you got an injury, we're trying to get you to the
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level that if they all did that your for your flex spots, you'd
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probably be all right. We don't have any twos or threes
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in there that can kill you. So last week's criteria is 25%
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and needed seven points. Pruitt, he gave us Britain.
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Strange, he is projected for 7.28 and got you 4.7, so it did
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not hit. So cruise for first miss of the
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year. That's all right.
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Were you still batting 50%? All right, Chisholm, he gave you
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the kingpin. So if you started Wandale
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Robinson, who was less than 25% on last week, probably for the
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final week, he's going to be that percentage.
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He gave you a 28.2 points in that shootout in Dallas where
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they just everybody gets 500 yards, everybody gets 12 catches
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in 150. So 1 real right at the.
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Game. Yeah, 28.2 points.
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If you accidentally picked him up and threw him in your flex,
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congratulations, you moved on. Probably topped your point.
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It's your league and points this.
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Absolutely. And then I gave you Theo Johnson
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in the same game. So after his dud in Week 1 where
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everybody was doubting was he going to be doing anything, he
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still came through with 7.4 points and that's a hit.
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We got another hit. So two out of three meeting our
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super low ownership and a minimum score of seven points.
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This week though, gentlemen, we are up in the ante.
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We're moving into Week 3. Well, not going to tell you what
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to do, but telling you what to do, you need to listen up.
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All right, it does get harder. Hard does get, you know, we up
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the criteria as the season goes because by the time you get to
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Week 13, everybody on your team should score way more than 7
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points. Yeah.
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Right and. Otherwise, your team is not real
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good. You're already chopped.
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But for week 3, we're upping it to 7 1/2 target points.
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The Max owned is 30% and again, we got two teams will be chopped
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now yet more players in the pool, good players are getting
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redistributed across the teams and we're going to go to Pruitt
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to start us off get back on track.
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Who are you going with Pruitt for your.
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Shrewdness. Sleeper.
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Sleeper. This week.
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All right, so Miami's been kind of a train wreck.
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Buffalo hosts them this week. I like Joshua Palmer versus
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Miami this week. He's he's only 20 something
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percent owned, 23% I think it was and projected to have 8.8
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points. I think he'll get there.
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He's had surprisingly high number of targets thus far.
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So a couple long catches, I don't know.
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Probably 3 to 4 catches and 50 yards will get you there pretty
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easily. Are you saying that the 26th
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rank Miami Dolphins defense does not put fear into your heart?
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My so my only hesitation is that James Cook is just going to run
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all over these guys again and Josh and Josh Allen won't need
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to throw the ball and. It's going to be a true Biscuits
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game again. Yeah, that is the problem with
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Josh Allen is he creates a lot of opportunities for his backup
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to play the fourth quarter. Yeah, McDermott likes to pull
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Josh Allen out if they're up a lot of points.
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Which is excessively smart. Well, you could.
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You could, yes, if, if trends hold, Miami has given up 33
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points in each game. So if there's a way to bet the
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exacto on 33 for Buffalo, maybe that's a it's a good bet.
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That's the Rolling Rock. Isn't that the number in the
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Rolling Rock bottles back in the day?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right, 33.
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Consider Consider Joshua Palmer versus Miami this week.
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I like it. I like it.
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Usher in the sleeper. All right, Chisholm, hook us up
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with the next one. Who else is going to hit going?
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Old school, baby, we're going. Old school.
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We're going against that awesome Cincinnati defense.
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Which? Continues to not get better.
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Year to year which there's no depressed, not impressed
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continues to depress. Yes, it continues to depress.
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They give up 280 yards passing per game.
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So I am going to go with less than 30% owned Adam Thielen, the
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old school, the old warrior. Say.
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I'm going to say we're going to go since whence is getting the
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start? It's going to be old soul to old
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soul, yes, and he's going to go to old reliable target and
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Thielen is the man. He's going to get 7 1/2 points
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and he's owned by less than 30. So get Thielen.
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Drop him in I. Like it?
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How about you? Mr. Dexter.
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So I am going to go to New England again.
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So we've talked about New England on a couple different
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portions of the show in the past couple weeks.
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I still like New England. I think they're a good team.
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And Week 1 surprise, Keyshawn Booty came back to earth in a
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huge way last week. Think he had, what do you have
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here? One catch for 16 yards, he turns
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that right back around. Keyshawn Booty is going to come
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deliver against this depressive, not impressive Pittsburgh D that
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everybody thought would be awesome.
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Everybody thought it'd be a great defense.
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They're terrible. Good God, they're not very good
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at all. This Pittsburgh D is terrible.
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So New England gets to host them this week.
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But Tomlin and Vrabel more old school.
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But I think Keyshawn Booty gets his.
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I think he's going to go double digit points for you.
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I like Keyshawn booty. He's still getting the targets.
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He's had the one catch last week.
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So Keyshawn Booty, take him to the bank.
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So we have Kayshon Booty. Josh Palmer and Adam Thielen are
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our three shrewdness sleepers of the week.
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All right, Jess, let's let's head down to our shrewdness
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spuds, the duds, the ones that just don't count on them because
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they're just not going to do real well.
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So our criteria count. On them, but don't.
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Exactly. If you have another option, oh I
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don't know, like on the waiver wire that you can pick up and
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off someone else's team, right, right.
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That's probably the only time you're benching these guys.
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Poach and start. Yeah, poach and start.
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But if you are starting one of these guys, this is who we we
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don't see a good match up for them.
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So last week again, we're accountable.
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We hit one out of three, which is what our standard, it's what
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we're trying to do because these guys are hard.
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These are starters, man. These are often times first 3 or
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4 round picks. These are the ones you count on
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to get you double digit points. And these are kind of tricky at
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first, but the ones we did last week, so Chiz, he gave us Tyree
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Kill who recently facing court process for DV.
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He loves getting in trouble. Every week he gets in trouble,
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he does great. So unfortunately for our pick,
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but great for Tyree Kill. Good for you.
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Tyree Kill owners are super happy to include my brother 16.9
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points. So Tyree Kill delivered a pretty
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good game and frankly Tua looked way better too.
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So the entire Miami offense was not just pure inept.
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I think Tua got over 300 yards and a couple touchdowns.
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So Tyree kill, good game. I gave us Kenneth Walker to 3rd
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because I don't know why I thought Pittsburgh's defence
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would suddenly be good. They are just bad.
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So one week I was like Nope, not going to go and follow that
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overreaction. The defence is going to play at
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home against the West Coast team.
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Seattle has came in and beat them.
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They just came in and beat him. So Kenneth Walker had a really
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good game over 100 yards, got the touchdown at the end.
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So I was pretty close to hitting this one until that 20 yard run
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at the end. So he ended up with 18.8 points
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and missed that one. But Pruitt delivered for us,
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made sure we're not going to get shut out.
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So he gave us A.J. Brown against Kansas City and
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A.J. Brown there we go.
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Got off a line, 5 catches, like that's pretty good, 27 yards,
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yeah. For everything deep.
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Threat everything. Was highly contested and yeah,
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just 4 yards at a time type stuff.
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Yeah, right. Anything.
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Anything down the field is getting broken up.
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That's. It So those were our three.
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Last week we hit one out of three for you and he only did
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7.7 points like I said. But this week we're going to
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give you 3 more spuds just to give caution.
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So put caution on these. So I want to start off a
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Chisholm. Go ahead and give us your spud
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of this week. It's a surprising 1.
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I don't know if you might, you might miss this one too.
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I have. Not been good at these, so I
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figured why not, you know, keep risking.
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So, I mean, I, I am not sold on the Detroit Lions this year.
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I think just something. How's Chicago?
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Come on now, They scored. 52 points.
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I'm not sold on them. I saw what Green Bay did to them
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and they looked quite pedestrian.
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And I mean, Green Bay has got a good defense and they're much
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approved for sure. But I mean, this was a team that
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everybody said this is their window.
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This is they're going. They're going.
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I expect them to be able to stay within two touchdowns, do better
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than within two touchdowns at Green Bay.
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Division rival. They didn't.
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And in that game, Jamir Gibbs is completely shut down.
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He was 9 for 19. He's going up against the Ravens
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defense that I think has significantly underperformed
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what they are. They they should be much better
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than how they performed. If you look at the sum of their
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parts and you look at who's on that squad, they should do a lot
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better than they are now. The first game they played
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Buffalo, understandable at Buffalo, kind of hard to stop
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them. Second game, they gave up
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seventeen to Cleveland. That's not great.
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They could be better than that against Cleveland.
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But they did get better and I think they're going to continue
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to get better. And I think their linebackers
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are going to take this challenge on big time.
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And I think they're going to key on Jameer Gibbs and make
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somebody else beat him. Jameer Gibbs, he's projected to
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get 16 points, and I'm saying he's going to get less than 8.
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So he's definitely not getting the end zone, I don't think.
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And he's going to get shut down by Patrick Queen in the
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linebacking crew. No hit for Jameer Gibbs, boy.
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That's a tough one because he catches so stupid balls.
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That one's hard. I think he'd go 4 for 40 just
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catching and get 0 rushing yards.
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You'd still be right, but you'd still miss.
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Right, but it's a highly risky pick it.
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Is and I. Believe it is a Monday night
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game. Yes, Monday night game.
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Yep. So most of you out there, I'm
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not telling you to bench Jamir Gibbs, but maybe he might
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underperform the 16 1/2. But if I.
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Hit this one, man. I'm a savant.
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You're a. Legend.
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You're a legend. All right, put dog.
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Who we got for you. Well, you're over.
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Two, but who's counting? That's right.
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That's right. No A.
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More realistic pick, I think is in that same Miami Buffalo game.
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I'm, I think that's going to be a, a giant blowout or just a
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kind of a laugher of a game. I'm going with as my shrewdness,
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bud. For Week 3, I'm taking Jalen
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Waddle. He's projected to have 12 1/2
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points at Buffalo. I think Buffalo controls the
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clock and scores a lot of points and doesn't give Miami many room
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to throw. I think he's going to have a
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tough time getting to 8 points. I think they're going to have to
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throw short to a chain and then maybe some Tyreke stuff.
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But down the field I don't see it happening a lot.
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And my. Devil's advocate is that they're
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going to play prevent the wind defense in the third and fourth
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quarter when they're already up and just get those sloppy,
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stupid underneath ones. I think this might be a lopsided
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game, even though throughout their history of this rivalry,
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Miami. 'S usually.
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Sneakily been very competitive, yeah.
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They've managed to keep it close surprisingly against buff low
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somehow like like jizz said, they did perform a lot better
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this week offensively. So yeah who knows.
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I Jaylen Waddle just has been very inconsistent over the last
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couple years. I like.
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That pick, it's the one I almost took.
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I I'm with you on it, all right. So I am going to go so we have
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Jameer Gibbs and Jaylen Waddle so far.
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I'm going to give the listeners for their spud Breece Hall
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running back jets at Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay's Rushdie is for real
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Week one. They held Bijon Robinson to 24
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yards, Tyler AL's year 24 yards this week, Nick Chubb and he had
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a 25 yard touchdown run at the end of that game and finished
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with 46. So they locked down.
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No one's even gotten above 47 yards yet as a individual.
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So Breece Hall, I think they're going to keep him out of the end
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zone. And I also think Tyrod Taylor
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LED Jets offense is not going to be getting a lead where they're
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going to be running down everything.
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I mean, he might run some, but Breece Hall, I don't know if
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he's getting to that 14 point mark.
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I believe he will be well under that.
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I just don't see it happening. So Breece Hall is my spud of the
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week at Tampa this week. So to sum up, we got Jameer
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Gibbs, Jalen Waddle and Breece Hall.
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Oh, 95% owned for sure. And we think they're going to
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get closer to the eight points than they are to their targeted
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projections. All right, gentlemen, let's do.
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The kind of fun part that we also like is our gambling picks,
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which we also keep accountability on.
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So last week we gave you Green Bay -3 1/2 for Pruitt Cha Ching
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bank it. We gave you Cincinnati -3 1/2
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cha ching. You're welcome.
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Thank you Jake Browning for getting in.
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And we gave you New England Plus 1 1/2 cha ching.
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So that's a three banger baby. We got all of them.
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That's right. So we got the trifecta.
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We're buying a yacht. So we're on the pontoon all
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weekend enjoying our winnings. So that's a three-year.
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So we have hopefully you. Part Hopefully you parlayed that
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baby. Yep.
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So individual and parley, we are now 5 out of 6 to open the
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season. So our locks doing all right,
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doing all right, that's right. So this week we want to keep the
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winning going. We want to keep the winning
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going. I'm going to head over to Prue.
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Tell us the first one that's going to hit this week.
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All right. I've been super impressed with
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the Atlanta Falcons. I know you guys both picked them
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to win the South this year. I'm starting to be a believer,
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although Tampa Bay has also looked pretty good.
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They have. So the the two of them are
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easily the front runners, I think anyway.
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I I like their match up. This week I'm going with Atlanta
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-4 1/2 and I can't even remember who they're playing.
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But doesn't matter. Doesn't matter tell you.
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One thing, I'll tell you one thing, so that other team
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doesn't that other team doesn't stand a chance, whoever they
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are. I think it's.
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I think it's Atlanta. Is at Carolina, so depending on
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your deal, so the site we're at, it says -5 1/2, so they might
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already be sliding up. Oh, that's going to be a A.
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Tough one. If they go to 5 1/2.
00:19:57
Are you still on board with that, Pruitt?
00:19:59
I don't want to put you on the spot to see if the one point.
00:20:01
I mean, Carolina is pretty bad. It should be.
00:20:03
I think I'm. Still, I'm good up to 6.
00:20:06
OK, sounds good. I wouldn't.
00:20:09
I wouldn't go more than -6 all. Right, so hot lanta -4 half or
00:20:13
five and a half. All right, Chisholm, who are you
00:20:16
going to go with this week? I mean.
00:20:18
I know we talked about Pittsburgh's defense being
00:20:20
really bad, but Mike Tomlin is still a defense first coach and
00:20:26
he's playing New England with Mike Vrabel, who's a defense
00:20:30
first coach. And these two guys just for
00:20:34
giggles, Bay punt on 3rd down both of them.
00:20:37
So I do not like the 44 1/2 for them to reach.
00:20:43
So I'm going to go under 44 1/2. Pittsburgh, New England, we're
00:20:47
going to get an old school, ram it down your throat, see who can
00:20:52
survive the beatings after four quarters game.
00:20:57
I think, I think this could easy be like a 17 to 1017 to 7 type
00:21:02
game. OK.
00:21:05
And like I'm, I'm, I'm not even thinking we're approaching 44
00:21:09
1/2. So we're locking 44 1/2.
00:21:12
OK, so it sounds like you believe Vermandre Stevenson's
00:21:14
going to come back to form and suck again for?
00:21:17
Sure. I think that neither of these
00:21:20
guys, neither of these teams have great offenses.
00:21:24
They have serviceable offenses and I think both of these
00:21:28
coaches are going to go conservative.
00:21:29
Could. Be all right.
00:21:30
I like it. Pittsburgh, New England, under
00:21:32
44 1/2. All right, so I'm going to go.
00:21:34
Point of order. Yes, point of order, order
00:21:36
order. FanDuel still has the Falcons at
00:21:39
-4 1/2. Grab it.
00:21:41
Now grab it. Now scoop.
00:21:42
Scoop, we're going to go put our picks in right the second, all
00:21:45
right. And the third pick we're going
00:21:47
to put in as part of our tease it up, parlay it up and put them
00:21:51
all together. I'm going to run in some
00:21:53
stinkiness. It's a squishy stepping on used
00:21:57
diapers and hoping it. What was that squishiness?
00:22:01
So we're going to the backup bowl game.
00:22:02
So Cincinnati is travelling to Minnesota.
00:22:05
Big Browning is going to be lighting up under center because
00:22:08
Joe Burrow is out for months with a toe injury.
00:22:11
And on the other side, so JJ McCarthy suffered an ankle
00:22:14
sprain. He is ruled out for this week.
00:22:17
So Carson Wentz will be under center.
00:22:19
And we had to look it up. It's been Four Seasons since
00:22:22
Carson Wentz has been a starter in this league.
00:22:25
I know, I cannot believe that it's, it's nuts, but Carson
00:22:29
Wentz hasn't really been playing much and I'm still think he's
00:22:33
going to be better with JJ McCarthy showed the other night.
00:22:36
I mean, just bad, right? How can you not throw it to wide
00:22:39
open people and read the defense?
00:22:42
So I think Carson Wentz and Jake Browning, 2 experienced veterans
00:22:46
who know how to play, I think they get over that 41 1/2 mark
00:22:50
and I think that's just too low right now.
00:22:52
I think it's probably going to keep climbing during this week.
00:22:54
So I'm going to try and lock it in ASAP.
00:22:56
But Cincinnati, Minnesota over 41 1/2 at the bank to take it to
00:23:00
the bank. So again, recap.
00:23:02
Atlanta -4 1/2 Cincinnati, Minnesota over 41 1/2 points
00:23:07
scored. And then Chisholm's taken as
00:23:09
defensive minded. Pittsburgh, New England under
00:23:11
44.5. Lock them up by a yacht.
00:23:14
Let's do this thing. That's right.
00:23:15
That's right. All right.
00:23:17
So let's move on to some more guillotine specific fun.
00:23:20
And this is one we got to kind of hit on.
00:23:23
So injuries, there are some huge names out.
00:23:27
So Joe Burrow, as I just mentioned, out for months and
00:23:31
that is probably the 4th or 5th quarterback off the board in all
00:23:33
leagues. Aaron Jones out.
00:23:36
So hamstring, I guess he's not officially out yet.
00:23:39
He's not officially out yet, but Aaron Jones hurt and hamstring,
00:23:42
it's never a good combo. Stay with the Vikings.
00:23:45
JJ McCarthy ankle out, which may not be a bad thing if you're a
00:23:49
Vikings fan. Jaden Daniels, he is
00:23:53
questionable with a knee, which is not good for a scrambling
00:23:56
running quarterback. He got Jaden, Jaden Reed, who's
00:24:00
hurt, so he's playing with a fractured foot anyway and I
00:24:03
think he just finally finished himself off with an injury, so I
00:24:06
feel. Like they should just say when
00:24:07
Jaden Reed is healthy, that'd be.
00:24:09
So he's not going to be playing anytime soon.
00:24:11
And then the big one for a lot of people is kind of second
00:24:14
running back spotter Flex Austin Eckler.
00:24:17
He's out for the year with the Achilles and everybody knew it
00:24:19
when they showed that replay and the non contact on a cut.
00:24:22
He just crumpled up. Those hurt.
00:24:24
So there's some big time injuries that have opened up
00:24:28
some spots for some starters. But I want to go first into like
00:24:32
after week one, you're like, you can't overreact, right?
00:24:35
I mean, things happen, but this everybody just calm down now.
00:24:38
Let's see what Week 2 looks like.
00:24:40
Well, now that we got two weeks in, I think it's time to start
00:24:43
having some legitimate concern over these players and then I
00:24:46
want you guys to kind of tell me who you're either truly
00:24:49
concerned about or not so much. So Brian Thomas, this was a
00:24:55
first round pick in Guillotine and if he wasn't, he was early
00:24:59
second round pick. Are you concerned with Brian
00:25:03
Thomas right now? Who is?
00:25:04
He's getting targets from Jacksonville and Trevor
00:25:07
Lawrence, but it's not turning into anything.
00:25:11
I don't even know what to say. 4 for 49, That's his best week.
00:25:15
He had one catch week 1 but he ran one in which is the only
00:25:18
thing that saved him from anything in week 1.
00:25:20
Then he has 8.9 in Week 2. Zoom, are you concerned with
00:25:25
Brian Thomas junior? So I.
00:25:28
I'm not yet. And the reason why is I think
00:25:32
he's a little bit of a victim of the new toy syndrome here.
00:25:35
Travis Hunter is the shiny new toy that everybody wants to see.
00:25:40
And I think you know, for the fans sake and ownership sake,
00:25:45
you're going to force feed him the ball a little bit more than
00:25:48
you probably should in the first several weeks of the year.
00:25:52
The the at the end of the day, if you look at what if you look
00:25:56
at what Brian Thomas junior was last year, he was a 1200 yard
00:26:02
receiver, almost 1300 yards, 10 touchdowns.
00:26:06
Like 90 some receptions. 10 touchdowns, like I got to think
00:26:12
that Trevor Lawrence eventually kind of comes back to him,
00:26:16
figures out a little better split distribution.
00:26:19
I don't think he's not getting old.
00:26:22
You know, it's not like year 2, isn't it?
00:26:24
It's year 2 for him, Maybe a little bit of sophomore slump
00:26:28
here, but I think you're probably at the bottom with him.
00:26:33
And I, I don't like trading at the bottom.
00:26:35
So I'm not I'm not out on him yet.
00:26:38
Prue, what do you think? I think.
00:26:39
We give him a couple more weeks before we completely write him
00:26:42
off, and he'll still be fine. But he's not.
00:26:47
He's trending toward not being one of the guys that you can
00:26:49
count on, you know, after a week, 9 or 10, probably, yeah.
00:26:54
That's exactly right, I. Think you can get?
00:26:56
Yeah, he's not. An in gamer right now, right?
00:26:59
No. And he could turn it around.
00:27:01
So we've said this before us about players and then they they
00:27:04
rally. So I'm also in the belief I'm
00:27:07
not going to totally panic yet. And I have him on another team.
00:27:12
And Brian Thomas, he's not getting you cut.
00:27:15
Like I said, he's getting you across the line for the 8 to 9
00:27:19
points. But man, you don't draft that
00:27:22
guy that early for 8 to 9 points a week.
00:27:24
And unfortunately, in fact, the guy in our.
00:27:27
Our league, you know, our viewer league, had Brian Thomas,
00:27:30
junior, and he's part of the reason he got cut. 13.
00:27:34
Yeah, yeah. And he, he dropped a really big
00:27:36
ball this week, too. I mean, it probably would have
00:27:39
turned into a touchdown, a critical touchdown if you're a
00:27:42
Jacksonville fan, because, man, Jacksonville has been the better
00:27:45
team two weeks in a row and they're a win, too.
00:27:47
So that's that's a tough start. All right.
00:27:49
Another big name wideout. Yeah, another big name wideout.
00:27:53
I want to talk about A.J. Brown this guy again, probably
00:27:57
not a first round pick, but right in the middle of second.
00:28:00
Probably a top 25. 20th pick overall in our league, OK.
00:28:06
So he just dropped after his one for what, 7 in week 1/5 for 27
00:28:13
against Kansas City this last weekend.
00:28:15
It's stuck in your throat a little bit.
00:28:16
A.J. Brown again, I don't know if he
00:28:18
kicked Jalen, Hurts his dog or what, but he just doesn't seem
00:28:21
to get enough targets. And again, I think he caught all
00:28:26
5 thrown to him this week or he had maybe 7 but 5 catches.
00:28:31
Are you worried if you're A.J. Brown owner?
00:28:33
Pruitt, Yes. As as a former A.J.
00:28:36
Brown owner, I stayed away this year.
00:28:39
I I've seen how Philadelphia's offense works and it focuses on
00:28:47
push, push and deep, deep balls. To Devante Smith, that's that's
00:28:51
their offense, yeah. He's not even getting them in
00:28:54
either. Well.
00:28:55
I mean, he only needs one, right?
00:28:58
Yeah, one again for 50 yards or whatever.
00:29:00
But yeah, I it's the floor is just too low for A.J.
00:29:04
Brown for me to trust him. Yeah.
00:29:07
And if I'm in week 10 or 12, Absolutely not.
00:29:13
Nobody can survive with a A2 catch performance from your top
00:29:16
wide receiver. Yeah, he.
00:29:17
May be getting another high chop league.
00:29:20
So it might be all moot point is whether you're bidding on him
00:29:22
for free agency and he's probably worth a flex spot in
00:29:27
your league. But who depending on who your
00:29:28
whiteouts are. But to spend too much on this
00:29:31
guy, Like if he's available in the league, man, I don't know if
00:29:35
you go much over 85 bucks this week on that guy.
00:29:38
And this is someone that if he's I don't know how can you trust
00:29:42
the offense after what you've seen in two weeks.
00:29:44
So isn't what you think. I mean, he'll blow up and have a
00:29:47
a great game every once in a while, you know, like 88 catches
00:29:50
and a touchdown or even 2 touchdowns or something crazy
00:29:53
and score you 20 points. But you can also take a two or a
00:29:56
four. That's right.
00:29:58
That's right. Yeah, I'm, I'm super concerned
00:30:00
about him because when you look at his last year, last year he
00:30:05
didn't even have, he didn't have two games like this back-to-back
00:30:10
ever, and really only had one game that was nearly as bad as
00:30:14
these last two. So, yeah, like I'm when I look
00:30:18
at Arthur, Juan Brown, AKAJAKA Swole, Batman, I'm staying away
00:30:26
because I don't think there's any chemistry at all between him
00:30:30
and his quarterback. I don't think is is OC has any
00:30:34
interest in putting the ball in the air unless they absolutely
00:30:38
have to and even then like on 3rd long everything's A6 yard
00:30:42
play and try to break it like it's.
00:30:44
This offense isn't exciting unless you own Saquon Barkley
00:30:48
and even Jalen Hurts or he's but for squishing in a touchdown on
00:30:53
a tush push, Right. He ran for what, 12 yards and
00:30:56
threw for? I don't even got two.
00:30:58
Yeah. Like barely over 100 No.
00:31:00
It Yeah, he barely got to 100 this last year's last week.
00:31:03
So I don't know that offense. Yeah, they're two and OI got
00:31:08
you, Philly. I hear you, wedding's.
00:31:11
Winning, Yeah. Winning's winning, but winning.
00:31:13
'S winning, but man, they they don't they don't look stacked on
00:31:17
offense and so I'm scared of of AJ right now.
00:31:22
All right, another really kind of high drafted wide out DJ
00:31:26
Moore that everybody had high expectations.
00:31:28
They can. He's going to be Amanrah St.
00:31:30
Brown of the Chicago Bears. But realizing that Caleb
00:31:33
Williams just is not Jared Goff and good it's DJ Moore.
00:31:37
So he start off 3 for 68 first week, so 9.8, then 5 for 40 six
00:31:42
9.6 again, this is probably one of your one or first or second
00:31:47
wide out and he's delivering you.
00:31:49
I don't know if we had a baseball term for war.
00:31:52
He is about at 0 right now. So wins above replacement be
00:31:56
like you could find our shrewdness sleepers each week
00:31:59
and be getting that with Wandale Robinson.
00:32:02
But DJ Moore, are you guys concerned if you have him, if
00:32:04
you're an owner, should those owners be worried that DJ Moore
00:32:08
might just be this all season? I was just.
00:32:10
Looking he went the very last pick of the third round in our
00:32:14
league, which I I think is probably not a bad value for
00:32:20
where he went still. Probably a wide receiver one or
00:32:23
two. If he end up drafting another
00:32:24
one in the first, probably. Yeah, I I could go look and see
00:32:28
who else that team. Puka was his first pick overall,
00:32:31
so that was his second wide receiver.
00:32:34
I feel better as a second, but still, yeah.
00:32:40
Yeah, I you could do worse, I think with that, with with the
00:32:45
the last pick of the third round being DJ Moore, obviously you'd
00:32:49
like more points out of him thus far not getting.
00:32:51
Any looks in the end zone either I.
00:32:53
Think no. We've talked up until now about
00:32:56
all the weapons Caleb Williams has, and he's not using his two
00:33:00
best ones right. DJ Moore is not getting enough
00:33:03
looks. Colson Loveland has been
00:33:06
underutilized. Yeah.
00:33:08
Say the least. Yeah.
00:33:11
If one catch on the season's underutilized, then yes, yeah.
00:33:14
Well, as far as even being on the field, right, you're not
00:33:18
even, he's not even getting snaps.
00:33:20
So, yeah, yeah. I mean, Colcombe is awesome.
00:33:23
But I I stayed away from DJ Moore for that reason.
00:33:27
I think the there's more than one Target in Chicago and none
00:33:35
of them are getting that many looks because that's not a
00:33:37
high-powered offense yet. I don't know.
00:33:39
Yeah, I'm worried. I would stay away.
00:33:42
Yeah, Chism, he bidding on this guy when he shows up on the
00:33:44
Chopped list, DJ Moore. And if So, what do you think
00:33:48
he's worth? I made a decision after this
00:33:52
last week. Jerry Rice could be on the
00:33:55
Chicago Bears and I am not bidding for him.
00:33:57
This is how little I think of their quarterback and I am not
00:34:01
getting. I am not putting any any.
00:34:05
You can have Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson on that team.
00:34:11
I'm not doing it. He's not good at playing
00:34:13
quarterback. He's not good at it at all and
00:34:17
he's not getting better. He's like, if I had seen any
00:34:20
kind of progression out of this kid, I mean, I was a hater.
00:34:23
I'll admit it. I was a hater.
00:34:24
Him coming in, I didn't like him coming in.
00:34:26
I don't like his leadership style.
00:34:27
Was sounds like it is. I was, but I've become, I am so
00:34:34
confirmed in my bias at this point because like just watching
00:34:38
him play, it's just awkward. Everything is forced and
00:34:41
mechanical and ugly and nothing is fluid and natural.
00:34:46
I mean, at least in college he did some natural stuff.
00:34:48
He looks like a guy who is trying to process a billion
00:34:51
things and isn't doing any of them well.
00:34:54
So he's like check down, check down like.
00:34:57
Which is working for Roma Doonsay right now because he's
00:34:59
running the shorter route. Yes, it is Rome.
00:35:02
Is the only guy that has been worth anything.
00:35:04
But I can't even trust Rome because I don't know when he
00:35:08
Caleb, you know, just totally hemorrhages and can't even get
00:35:11
it to him. So I just I'm so scared.
00:35:15
I don't think it matters who's on that team.
00:35:17
I'm not I'm not picking him up. I don't know.
00:35:19
I know I'm extreme probably, but what are you thinking?
00:35:22
No. I, I'm, I'm fine with him and
00:35:25
he's going to be better than most people's flexes, but he's
00:35:28
he, I don't know how much better he is than most people's number
00:35:30
2, if any. And I'm concerned because
00:35:33
getting 0, he's just not getting targeted enough times period.
00:35:38
And it seems like the check downs are being more.
00:35:40
In fact, I'd feel so much more confident with the Bears that
00:35:44
they came up with an injury just like they would JJ McCarthy.
00:35:47
And if Caleb Williams ankle suddenly taped up and he's out
00:35:49
for a week, right? Tyson Baigenton, yeah, I believe
00:35:52
in. I think he would make this
00:35:54
offense really good immediately. I think he's the best
00:35:57
quarterback on the roster and he's not getting the play.
00:36:00
I would do that. I would be, I'd be out on DJ
00:36:02
Moore if you get imagine because 5 targets and six targets for
00:36:07
your one. Yeah.
00:36:10
And he's the one that's like running all the he's the safety
00:36:13
blanket routes. He's the Amanrah St.
00:36:14
Brown, he's running those same routes.
00:36:16
It's just unbelievable that two each in a row he has an Eclipse
00:36:20
5 catch and even if he catches. Every one of his targets, it's
00:36:23
like, yes, it's. Not enough and frankly they are
00:36:26
punting a lot and not having too many sustained drives.
00:36:29
Maybe that would help us target if you actually can we get that
00:36:31
punter. Is there any way for us to get
00:36:33
their punter on a fantasy team? Yeah.
00:36:36
All right, so that's some white outs I want to hit on a couple
00:36:38
running backs that have been concerned.
00:36:40
Let's kind of do a a yes no on what you think on them.
00:36:43
So you said you're RJ Harvey owner Chisholm.
00:36:46
RJ Harvey I am concerned about because JK Dobbins is exactly
00:36:50
what I don't know I thought at the beginning of the season,
00:36:52
which while I was nervous about RJ Harvey, no defined role,
00:36:56
super talented. Got it.
00:36:58
And JJJK Dobbins will probably get hurt eventually, but until
00:37:01
then, here's what he's done. 5 for 8:00 and 1:16 this last
00:37:07
week. 5 rushes, 8 yards, one catch for 16.
00:37:10
But for him getting that really long catch for rush and week
00:37:14
one, that would have been A50 yarder.
00:37:17
Yeah. But much past that, he he
00:37:20
hasn't. There's no opportunity.
00:37:22
So Sean Payton's doing kind of what we thought he would do not
00:37:25
play him. I don't know if he's startable
00:37:27
right now in Gio, Like he might get you cut next week with two
00:37:31
points. So are you starting him again
00:37:33
next week? Are you going to pick up a fan
00:37:35
sleeper? I'm panicked right now.
00:37:38
Like I, I counted on a split in this backfield.
00:37:42
I was expecting a split and I thought, hey, with a split and
00:37:46
this team and his opportunities and his ability, I feel pretty
00:37:50
good about it. But like he's not getting a
00:37:52
split and you know, you get 5 carries, like that's not a
00:37:56
startable proposition. I can't start a dude who's
00:37:59
getting 5 carries, so I'm going to have to pull somebody off the
00:38:04
bone pile this week because and and I suggest if you have RJ
00:38:08
Harvey, you do the same. Now.
00:38:10
I'm not going to get rid of RJ Harvey yet.
00:38:12
That's not. What I said he's got, you got to
00:38:13
wait him out. You got to wait him out, though.
00:38:15
I just don't think you start a bowl at this moment, even in a
00:38:18
flat spot like he makes me nervous either. 2:00 to 4:00,
00:38:22
so. Running backs drafted after RJ
00:38:25
Harvey in our league, probably. JK Diamonds.
00:38:29
Warren, Jordan. Mason, Nick.
00:38:31
Chubb, JK. Dobbins, Travis.
00:38:34
ECN Jack, Zach Charminine. Can I?
00:38:37
Trade for any of those people right now 'cause.
00:38:40
Probably for some of your fans. That I I could have.
00:38:43
I could have used. Two rounds later was Javonte
00:38:46
Williams. Yeah, I'm still I'm not.
00:38:50
Whatever. Not sold.
00:38:51
On Javon, some I don't believe in.
00:38:52
Definitely. He's so.
00:38:54
Definitely put up more numbers, but let's go.
00:38:56
To another one that's kind of concerning and it it kind of
00:38:58
hurts because he's a chief, Isaiah Pacheco, who many people
00:39:02
had as their RB2 or their top flex.
00:39:05
Holy crap, he's terrible. He's like.
00:39:08
Yeah. I don't know why we've gone.
00:39:11
That's another guy I have on my team, yeah.
00:39:13
So Kareem Hunt is getting more carries and frankly looks a
00:39:17
little bit better, if I'm being dead honest.
00:39:20
Yeah, it's hard. To angry Run 5 * A game the
00:39:23
Chiefs. Run best up the middle between
00:39:26
the yeah, between the tackles. Kareem Hunt just got more beef
00:39:30
like he can. He's got another whatever, 2030
00:39:32
lbs on Pacheco. And yeah, just provides a little
00:39:36
more pop up there. Pacheco.
00:39:37
Out carried him 10 times to 8, but he only had 22 yards on
00:39:42
those 10 carries, which I know Philly is a stout D.
00:39:45
And unfortunately for us, Jaylen Carter didn't spit on Patrick
00:39:50
Mahomes get kicked out of the game.
00:39:52
So we actually had to play against him and he's really
00:39:54
good. But still, you'd like to think
00:39:57
they could find something. Pacheco usually can run through
00:40:00
that stuff, but that's two bad games. 5 for 25 and 10 for 22 is
00:40:05
his first two weeks. Yeah.
00:40:07
We talked, I mean, we've talked before about the Chiefs and
00:40:09
their improved offensive line. I think that results in Andy
00:40:13
Reid's tendency to throw more, which is going to mean less
00:40:16
carries overall for anybody. And now that you're splitting
00:40:19
carries between twos, you know above average running backs.
00:40:24
I'll say average running backs. Yeah, I.
00:40:27
Yeah, I just don't see him getting the the load that he's
00:40:30
used to in the past and having the big explosive, you know,
00:40:34
four or five catches and then another 50 yards or 60 yards
00:40:37
rushing so. I'm going to get a little home
00:40:39
rise on this one. I own him and I'm very
00:40:42
concerned. But I do like the fact that he
00:40:44
went from 5 to 10 rushes. So I think they recognized it
00:40:48
was ludicrous what they did in Brazil, only giving him 5
00:40:51
carries. That was dumb.
00:40:53
I agree with that. And then he.
00:40:55
And then he ran up against Philly, which is not a good team
00:40:59
to run up against when you're going to try to get your running
00:41:01
game on track. So this is the break or break
00:41:04
week for me. I'm I'm slotting him in the
00:41:06
lineup because they're playing the Giants.
00:41:09
And if he has another turd burger of an outing against the
00:41:14
Giants, I'm pushing the panic button.
00:41:16
But yeah, this should be a get right week for the running game
00:41:20
playing the Giants. Should be at home against the
00:41:23
Giants. Should be right.
00:41:24
Agree. All right, I'm going to go to
00:41:26
another one that's concerning for me on the running backs.
00:41:28
So I own him couple different leagues, Trevion Henderson.
00:41:33
And after Week 1, it kind of looked promising.
00:41:35
And all the articles you read, everything you heard from
00:41:39
everybody that's with the team writes on it.
00:41:43
Expect Trevion Henderson to get more carries as we go into Week
00:41:46
2 and into the season. Just kidding, That's all fake
00:41:50
news. So Ramondre Stevenson 11 for 54
00:41:54
shit. I mean Antonio Gibbs 5 for 27
00:41:57
and then Travion 3 for 10. What?
00:42:00
How on earth did he get down to third fiddle rushing and then he
00:42:05
still caught 3 ball or two balls 2 for 30 and get six the first
00:42:09
game. So he's still being targeted.
00:42:13
Boy, that is not. Good getting 6.
00:42:15
Points because he's most people's RB and especially in
00:42:19
Gil because you had to get him around the 50 pick range, give
00:42:24
or take. So Trevion Henderson I am
00:42:26
worried about and I shouldn't because he's so much more
00:42:31
talented, but for whatever reason he took a back seat in
00:42:34
Week 2. You wouldn't think that Miami
00:42:37
would be like, oh, I'm worried about Miami.
00:42:39
I don't know if Trevion can handle that.
00:42:41
That's very weird. But what do you guys think about
00:42:43
Trevion Henderson? I mean, I know you've got
00:42:45
Stevenson and we're happy to see that, but there's no way you
00:42:48
expected that. Zero way.
00:42:51
I was super happy to see it. You know, I thought it was odd.
00:42:54
It's honestly one of the things that's making me wonder is if
00:42:58
he's crossways of the coaches, either from a performance or
00:43:04
he's just not getting something. So yeah, you know, he either may
00:43:08
not be absorbing the playbook or the blocking schemes as much as
00:43:12
they had hoped at this point, or, or his attitude's a problem.
00:43:16
I hope it's not the attitude 'cause you got a ton of talent.
00:43:18
Yeah. And I do think.
00:43:20
He should get more carries. So, but something's amiss.
00:43:23
There's no way he should be getting 3 carries in that game.
00:43:27
No, it's so new year. You know, Miami is not a great
00:43:31
defense that. Would have been really good
00:43:32
chance to get him, you know, kind of going with the offense.
00:43:36
So something's something's amiss there, I think.
00:43:39
Agree. Yeah, I think.
00:43:43
It's really puzzling to have him third in in carries there should
00:43:47
be behind Gibson. That's super puzzling.
00:43:51
I could see if they like, if they like room Andre's size or
00:43:56
something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:43:58
And he's a veteran, you know? Right.
00:44:00
So. There's they were.
00:44:01
Doing so, Pittsburgh did the same thing to Jalen Warren the
00:44:04
first game. I was super panicky the first
00:44:07
week when RB 1 is not. On the game.
00:44:10
Like what? Like.
00:44:12
Undrafted Kenneth game. I get there's some match.
00:44:15
Up stuff that maybe they thought Romander matched up better but
00:44:19
to have him behind Gibson and the number of carries is super
00:44:22
concerning I think I'm not sure what's going on but I I agree
00:44:25
with you it's something more than than on the field it's got
00:44:29
to be behind the scenes or right yeah so I get the feeling that
00:44:32
I. Get the feeling that Romandre
00:44:34
must be that dude that's like, like coach's pet, right?
00:44:38
Like he does exactly what he's supposed to do.
00:44:40
He doesn't miss any assignments. He's not explosive, but he
00:44:44
doesn't fumble. They keep the line up.
00:44:47
He's not going to fumble and like he's.
00:44:49
Going to plug along, get you 3 yards of carry and coach like
00:44:52
good job from Andre. You know, need 5 I'll get you 3.
00:44:55
You need one I'll. Get you 3.
00:44:57
I'm Ramandre Trace Stevens. Totally.
00:45:01
So hey, as we're talking. About running backs, Dex, we
00:45:04
actually have a listener question that came out on one of
00:45:07
the socials that I thought I would throw out to the crew
00:45:09
here. Let's do it.
00:45:10
OK, so this comes from at ETF Brian at WTF Brian on TikTok
00:45:18
help guys, I got JT and Aaron Jones.
00:45:22
JT I'm assuming Jonathan Taylor, I would think so.
00:45:24
Aaron Jones, but. Bucky Irving is on the.
00:45:27
Block, I might go up to $200. What do you think?
00:45:32
All right, say that. Say.
00:45:33
That again. Taylor and who else?
00:45:36
So Aaron Jones? WTF.
00:45:38
Brian has Aaron Jones, but Bucky Irving is on the block.
00:45:44
I might go up to 200. So the question is let's help,
00:45:47
Let's help. WTF, Brian out.
00:45:49
Number one, should he bid and try to get Bucky Irving and two,
00:45:54
should he what's his cap? What would you tell him he
00:45:57
should not go higher than? Of course, this is all let's
00:46:00
give you, Brian. Let's give you a little bit of
00:46:02
context. We don't know the your league,
00:46:03
we don't know where you are, all that stuff.
00:46:04
So we'll try based on what you've given us.
00:46:07
Yeah, but as long as it's a Guillo league.
00:46:09
I believe, but Irving is an end game player and he's on the
00:46:13
short list so he is catches the balls out of the back field.
00:46:16
He's the lead back for a very good Tampa offense.
00:46:20
You've got an injured running back now, the hamstring and John
00:46:23
the Taylor's awesome. He could probably carry you, but
00:46:25
John the Taylor is not the most durable guy in the world.
00:46:29
Irving is in year 2 and has shown there is no sophomore
00:46:32
slump coming. He's super consistent, super
00:46:35
high floor and gets the ball the lion's share of the time.
00:46:39
Rashad White is still there. Got it.
00:46:41
But I, I would bid on him and I know most of the, and even
00:46:46
Pruitt kind of highlighted 200 is a, is a natural kind of cap
00:46:50
early in the season because people can get hurt later.
00:46:52
And then he would have been on somebody got hurt, whatever.
00:46:55
But I mean, I've considered going a little above that to get
00:46:58
him because frankly, people in your league will.
00:47:00
I think the winning bid on him will probably be over 250
00:47:04
depending on your league. You know your league better.
00:47:05
Than us but. I know early on when there's a
00:47:08
panic button and people are bidding, people are going to
00:47:10
probably bid upwards of 300 to get Bucky Irving.
00:47:13
That's a really good player. I I'd probably be around the 200
00:47:16
range. I think that's pretty good in
00:47:18
your situation. I think that's where I would
00:47:19
probably cap out with that, yeah.
00:47:23
How about you got a week 9 by so you get him for five weeks.
00:47:29
Well, hopefully more. At least I'm.
00:47:31
Saying until he's on by. Yeah, yeah, that's, that's the
00:47:34
big hurdle I think with with big running backs like that or like
00:47:39
heavily utilized running backs like that is getting them
00:47:41
through their bye week and then they become infinitely more
00:47:44
valuable. Yeah, right.
00:47:46
I I. Still think it's worth it?
00:47:47
I think 200 is a very fair bit. I would easily do that.
00:47:52
I'm with you Dex. I don't know if you would get
00:47:54
him for that. I don't think you would.
00:47:57
I know last. Year I bid. 252 for Saquon the
00:48:04
week before. Like he was going to be on.
00:48:06
By the next week and I was like, I can go low and maybe try to
00:48:11
just stash him away for an extra week and I got him for 252.
00:48:15
Yeah. So I I don't think this early in
00:48:17
the season you're going to get Bucky for 200.
00:48:20
I think it might take two 35252, some slightly higher bid than
00:48:26
somebody else that's kind of stretching for a a solid running
00:48:29
back this early. That's it, yeah.
00:48:32
Yeah, I, I think. You got a shot if you go up to
00:48:34
250, Yeah, but. That's good with Aaron Jones.
00:48:39
He also has a bye week in week 6.
00:48:41
So you need somebody and you got to get somebody filled in,
00:48:44
right? I mean, yeah, I, I'm good up
00:48:48
upwards at the 300. Like I said, that's probably
00:48:50
what it's going to take to get them, which depends on I don't
00:48:52
know who else you need. So if we're running back, that's
00:48:55
good. He's worth getting.
00:48:56
He's an in gamer. He's someone that's worth
00:48:57
spending that money on. I like it, Yeah.
00:49:01
We don't know what his wide receiver.
00:49:02
Situation is and stuff like that if if you're in the bottom 5 go
00:49:06
harder for Bucky Irving right you need to climb out out of the
00:49:10
the bottom third of your finishes these first two weeks
00:49:13
that's right if. You're set and you're near the.
00:49:17
Top, I would, I'd tend to underbid a little bit and see if
00:49:22
somebody else happens to pop for you in the next couple weeks.
00:49:25
Yep. So thanks.
00:49:26
For the question. WTF, Ryan, I'm answering you on
00:49:30
TikTok that we just answered your question on the podcast.
00:49:32
So this will be be available probably sometime tomorrow
00:49:37
night, Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
00:49:39
So no, it'll be it'll be available tomorrow night.
00:49:41
So you can put your. Bids in for Tuesday night.
00:49:44
Yeah, that's right, Tuesday. Night I would answer him on
00:49:46
TikTok just in case. Yeah.
00:49:48
All right. All right, all right, all.
00:49:50
Right. All right, that's a good.
00:49:51
Question some other ones that I'm going to touch on, we'll
00:49:53
just kind of do a yes, no concern.
00:49:55
I'm not going to go through all of them, but if you have them,
00:49:58
are you looking for someone else right now?
00:50:00
TJ Hawkinson, SO3 catches for 15 and one for 12.
00:50:04
That's his two weeks so far. Are you scraping the barrel and
00:50:08
trying to get another one or are you going to ride TJ for one
00:50:10
more week? I'm not concerned, OK.
00:50:13
Chisholm. Neither.
00:50:15
OK, he is on the. Chopped list probably.
00:50:17
I bet he's going to be a top tenner again.
00:50:19
He's killing people right now. Evan Ingram, another tight end,
00:50:24
he's doing absolutely nothing. Basically one catch a week and
00:50:27
there are some high hopes. Camp was talking high.
00:50:29
Sean Payton was talking high about him two straight weeks.
00:50:33
I think I'm concerned. I'm probably going to the pile
00:50:35
or trying to work something of whoever's getting cut this week
00:50:38
if you didn't get cut. So if you have Evan Ingram, I'm
00:50:41
probably going there. What about you guys?
00:50:42
I think I'm also concerned. Yeah.
00:50:46
For sure get time to get a new one, start looking and.
00:50:48
Putting some bids in like yeah. And I I was high on him, but.
00:50:52
Yeah, same, David. And Joku, so two straight weeks
00:50:56
where the second tight end Herald fan and junior has
00:50:59
outperformed him and substantially at that.
00:51:01
So this is in Joku's best week 4 for 40.
00:51:04
But that's eight points, man. So if you have David and Joku,
00:51:07
are you kind of mad that someone else in your league picked up
00:51:10
Harold Fannon last week and now you've got the second tight in
00:51:13
on Cleveland? Are you looking at the waiver
00:51:15
wire? Trying to make some out on in
00:51:17
Joku I'm. Out.
00:51:19
I'm out and that's not but oh, you're out.
00:51:22
I'm out because I feel like this story has played out many Times
00:51:26
Now. Yeah, he's starting to feel a
00:51:28
lot like he's not as bad as Pitts, but he's starting to feel
00:51:31
like Pitts to me, an incredibly talented guy that just is not
00:51:35
going to work where he is. Flacco's been throwing the ball.
00:51:39
To Tillman and Bannon, Yeah, right.
00:51:43
He's just. He's not getting looks and.
00:51:45
You got to you got to have targets and we highlighted again
00:51:49
in a rookie. Preview Harold Bannon, one of
00:51:52
the best college years ever and again, it wasn't at a humongous
00:51:55
Alabama or Oregon so you didn't hear about it.
00:51:57
It was arguably the best season ever for a position player.
00:52:01
So he also was it 0 drops or something stupid like that?
00:52:05
He I don't think he dropped any balls last season either.
00:52:07
He's got he just catches it in like a lacrosse net and
00:52:12
everything just gets caught. So Harold Fannon, I would be
00:52:15
concerned. I think it's going to get more
00:52:16
and more that way. And the joke is going to be
00:52:19
second. He's going to be probably 4th
00:52:21
target on the list. All right.
00:52:23
Khalil Shakur. So he's supposed to be a safety
00:52:25
blanket for Josh Allen and last week he safety blanket you with
00:52:28
one for 12. So 2 targets, that's it.
00:52:32
And after the shootout in week 1, we're still 6 for 64 in a
00:52:35
game that has 81 points. I don't know if I'm super
00:52:39
pleased with that. Kool Shakur, man, I'm out on
00:52:42
him. I'm definitely scouring the
00:52:43
waiver wire. If he is a wide receiver in my
00:52:45
lineup and feast flex, I'm probably finding someone else.
00:52:49
I don't believe in him. Even against Miami this week on
00:52:51
a short week. God, it's hard for me to start
00:52:54
Khalil Shakur and feel great about myself and not think I'm
00:52:58
like God, I really hope he gets something or I'm into be in
00:53:01
trouble. I feel like I'd be thinking that
00:53:02
every single week. How about you guys?
00:53:04
I I put an under. On Keon Coleman, because I
00:53:08
thought Shakira would be more of a focus, but Buffalo's offense
00:53:12
seems to run through the tight ends.
00:53:14
Keon Coleman and mostly James Cook.
00:53:18
Yeah, that's right. Right.
00:53:19
So I I just don't. Think Josh Allen needs to throw
00:53:22
the ball down the field, or when he does, it's going to be the
00:53:25
Coleman who's kind of emerged as a more a lot reliable receiver
00:53:31
and a little bit bigger target and so forth.
00:53:34
So I, yeah, I'm a little worried about Shakur.
00:53:37
Yeah, yeah, Little Shakur's name gives.
00:53:39
Me anxiety, just when I hear it, yeah, it gives me anxiety, like
00:53:43
just the history of like not doing what you think he's going
00:53:47
to do. Yeah.
00:53:48
And he had. That's funny.
00:53:50
He's had like, I think 80 some catches last year and they're
00:53:53
the most no 80 catches you can ever get.
00:53:55
It's like they didn't add up to anything.
00:53:58
I think it's so much nothing, right?
00:54:00
His line feels like it's. Like 4 catches for 60 yards
00:54:04
every week? Yes.
00:54:06
No touchdowns at best, yeah. At best at.
00:54:09
Best, yeah. Which is 10 points.
00:54:11
That's fine, but for your number one.
00:54:14
Nervous are so. Nervous dancing, always dancing
00:54:17
in. That 6 to 12 range in points and
00:54:21
it's just like, yeah, gross. All right, I want to.
00:54:25
Go into some. Early season surprises and the
00:54:27
kind of segment like maybe it's real so Mirage week 1, but if
00:54:31
you do it two weeks in a row, like okay, maybe you are part of
00:54:34
the actual game plan every single week.
00:54:37
So Travis Etienne and he is running back one, but if you
00:54:41
recall having him last year, Tank Bigsby became that guy
00:54:45
after week one. They traded Tank Bigsby to
00:54:48
Philly and they brought up Bashel Tooten, who also looks
00:54:51
really good again in our rookie preview.
00:54:53
He looks like MJD. He's just a beast.
00:54:56
So Bashel Tooten's really good out of the backfield.
00:54:58
He's immediately got in touches, but Travis at the end, super
00:55:01
surprising. I he's way better than I thought
00:55:03
he'd because he was drafted low. I mean, he was a late.
00:55:07
Round pick because. Just how atrocious he was the
00:55:10
last really two seasons. So Travis Etienne, do you
00:55:14
believe, are you all in on Travis Etienne from what you've
00:55:17
seen first two weeks or do you think it's just a good start?
00:55:20
He's a weird one for me. I'm not.
00:55:23
Sold. Not either.
00:55:25
Yet I don't know why. It's, I mean, Jacksonville's.
00:55:27
Offense just I just can't it's hard to get excited yeah, yeah,
00:55:34
I. Don't know, I don't like it.
00:55:36
I. Feel like he's.
00:55:37
A guy that he's not a big guy and so like a big guy has to
00:55:42
just be a guy that's not big has to be like electric.
00:55:46
I feel like to be for me to get excited about him, he's he's,
00:55:50
he's good. He's just has some good plays.
00:55:54
Right, like the. One who looks electric is.
00:55:57
Is Basil Tootin. He looks electric.
00:56:00
And so I think that's going to be more of a split duty as we
00:56:02
keep going. And I don't know, right now it's
00:56:06
kind. Of turning into a split.
00:56:08
Already. So I think I I see Tooting
00:56:10
getting more carries and Etienne is going to have to make the
00:56:13
most out of everything he gets. So I don't know if I'm all in on
00:56:17
him. He's still kind of more of a
00:56:18
flex guy to me. But right now, ride the train,
00:56:21
you guys are probably getting high points when you have Travis
00:56:23
Etienne sitting in your flex. Daniel Jones, White Lamar, he is
00:56:28
off to it. Yeah, They haven't punted yet on
00:56:31
offense like the Colts haven't punted in two weeks, two games.
00:56:35
That's unbelievable. To me.
00:56:37
Because the Daniel Jones of the Giants are like, screw you,
00:56:40
Daniel Jones. All we did was punt.
00:56:43
We never got first downs when you were with us.
00:56:45
Dang it, we got rid of Saquon. And he started being awesome.
00:56:48
Got rid of Daniel Jones. And now we got the love.
00:56:51
Bus and Tyrone. Tracy, but I don't know.
00:56:55
So Daniel Jones, do you believe? Because I just read off a ton of
00:56:58
quarterback injuries. Daniel Jones is a playable
00:57:02
asset. I think Danny dives.
00:57:04
Danny dives. Vanilla Victoria.
00:57:06
Well, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones, all sorts of nicknames.
00:57:10
I love Indiana Jones. Yeah, you got to go with that.
00:57:14
So are you guys a believer? Would you start him if you had
00:57:15
to? If you're one of those other
00:57:16
quarterbacks, he got hurt. I mean, if you look at his, look
00:57:19
at his, if you look at his. Lines.
00:57:21
Listen, if you got to start, if you, you could start a lot worse
00:57:25
right now in 300 yards a touchdown in a.
00:57:28
Rushing touchdown Averaging a touchdown in.
00:57:30
Every game you could start a lot worse right now.
00:57:32
Now here's the other thing to think about.
00:57:35
This is a great sell high opportunity.
00:57:37
If you've got somebody, if this is, if Daniel Jones is your QB 2
00:57:41
and he's just sitting on the bench, sitting on the bench.
00:57:44
There's somebody out. There, that's like Daniel Jones
00:57:47
looks good. They've got Justin Fields and JJ
00:57:49
McCarthy. Right now going and totally
00:57:52
they're maybe not Josh Allen available in their league this
00:57:55
week or they don't want to spend that much.
00:57:57
That'd be someone to trade. I love, I love.
00:58:00
Selling high right now on Daniel Jones, but if you got him, I'd
00:58:02
start him. I don't have any hesitation to
00:58:04
start him, especially against Tennessee this week.
00:58:07
I mean, come on. I think so too.
00:58:09
All right, another. Sticking in the the Coltsville,
00:58:12
Tyler Warren. So he's come out hot for the
00:58:14
rookie tight ends. I mean Harold Fannon Junior's
00:58:17
one of them, Tyler Warren's the other one that's come out really
00:58:19
well. So Colston Loveland's been a dud
00:58:22
with one catch on the season. Tyler Warren's been heavily
00:58:25
involved. He's had rushes, he's had tons
00:58:27
of targets. I think he's I think he's second
00:58:30
or third on the team. So Downs and Pitts I think are
00:58:32
one and two. I think he's 3rd on the team of
00:58:34
targets. He's getting his so I feel very
00:58:37
comfortable with Tyler Warren. Are you guys comfortable with
00:58:40
this rookie starting as your tight end one go through it.
00:58:43
Yes, I am definitely I'm. Sorry, I'm trying to answer a
00:58:46
another question online while we're talking here, but I
00:58:50
shouldn't. Yeah, yeah, probably.
00:58:52
Wait, yeah, no, Tyler, Tyler Warren is the does seem legit.
00:58:57
I think they're. And he's off to a hotter start
00:59:02
than I think most. People can say they would have
00:59:05
predicted. Or whatever so.
00:59:07
Yeah, he's a big. But I I think he.
00:59:09
Sustains it. I think he keeps going.
00:59:11
I do too, if you look at what Pruitt was talking about.
00:59:14
Targets, 16 targets in two games.
00:59:17
So like, they're clearly getting in the ball and that's all you
00:59:21
can ask for. He's the exact opposite of
00:59:23
Colston Loveland right now. Like they probably are
00:59:26
equivalent talents and one is getting worked into the game
00:59:30
plan and throwing the ball a lot, The other is basically
00:59:33
invisible. Absolutely right.
00:59:36
Right. Yeah, two games, that's.
00:59:37
Exactly right. It's.
00:59:38
Brutal. All right.
00:59:39
One is I can't believe he had a game that he did so quinch on
00:59:44
Judkins just signed his contract, have to deal with some
00:59:47
legal problems like he he missed all of camp, He missed
00:59:51
everything. He couldn't practice with the
00:59:52
team, couldn't get the playbook, couldn't get anything.
00:59:54
He just shows up like days after signing.
00:59:57
He gets 10 carriers for 60 yards.
01:00:00
I'm like, huh? That's pretty good.
01:00:02
I didn't think he'd get hardly any.
01:00:04
He doesn't know the playbook yet, right?
01:00:06
Wow. If that's what he doesn't do
01:00:08
when he doesn't know the playbook, that's what he does. 3
01:00:10
catches, nothing. Yeah.
01:00:11
And three catches and Dylan Sampson immediately took a back
01:00:14
seat. Jerome Ford, who?
01:00:16
And so I feel like it's already the Quinn Shawn Judkins show,
01:00:20
which the people that draft him and judging by the numbers, he's
01:00:24
currently at 67% on at least in Yahoo, that's going to be 100%
01:00:29
after waivers run through on Tuesday.
01:00:32
And from seeing that one game, he does look pretty explosive,
01:00:37
man. He looks pretty good.
01:00:38
Just wait. Just wait till he gets the
01:00:39
playbook. Yeah, I know.
01:00:41
Just. When he gets more than 10
01:00:43
carries, I think he could be someone that might be.
01:00:46
He might be one of those Bo Jackson.
01:00:47
Stories, you know, like when Bo would show up, like in game four
01:00:51
of the NFL season because he played baseball, that they would
01:00:54
just be like, they get in the huddle and they'd be like run
01:00:56
left and he'd be like, all right, they just give him the
01:00:58
Tecmo Tecmo Bowl. Playbook like left and B, Well,
01:01:02
that's a tight end slant. Just kidding.
01:01:04
But they give him kind of the the not Marcus play and he just
01:01:07
beat it anyway. It's unreal.
01:01:10
Run to the left, run to the right.
01:01:12
It is. We're good off tackle, left off
01:01:14
tackle. Right.
01:01:15
Yeah, but I feel like if you've got Pacheco.
01:01:17
Or Trevion or some of these other running backs.
01:01:19
RJ Harvey. If Quinch on Judkins is actually
01:01:21
available, you need to put some money down on him.
01:01:23
I mean, I don't know, 200, but probably 100 and some change
01:01:27
because he looks like he's going to be a legit running man.
01:01:29
Maybe Power Young. I'm putting you to sleep until
01:01:34
next. Week because they play Green Bay
01:01:37
this week. Oh, wait a minute.
01:01:38
Yeah, that's not going to be. He'll be back on the waiver wire
01:01:41
next week because whoever gets him is going to start him
01:01:44
against that Green Bay Rushdie and his 2.8 points later.
01:01:48
He'll be available next week again.
01:01:50
So be the second one that bids on him.
01:01:52
Not the first one, but that's good point.
01:01:55
And the last one, Juwan Johnson tied in for the Saints.
01:01:58
He's had two straight good weeks and I think Spitzer Radler
01:02:01
really likes throwing to him. So a lot of he's getting his.
01:02:04
Shaheed's doing fine. He got a touchdown last week,
01:02:06
which is good, but Jawan Johnson's the one that's kind of
01:02:08
standing out in that offense in Camara, but the one that's pass
01:02:12
catching Jawan Johnson. Surprising, yes.
01:02:14
Do you guys feel comfortable? With Jawan Johnson as.
01:02:16
Your tight end one, if you are having a struggle bust TJ
01:02:20
Hawkinson or Joku. I'm not saying dump those guys,
01:02:23
but maybe matchup specific in I'm in Johnson in there.
01:02:29
He's got 20 targets in two games.
01:02:31
Yes, like that's what I've seen. A nine and an 11.
01:02:35
Target game, yeah, for the Saints, like, that's
01:02:38
unbelievable high like. If you're if you're crystal.
01:02:42
Love, hey, you're, you're in danger right now because like,
01:02:46
Spencer Rattler has fallen in love with Jawan Johnson.
01:02:50
Whether he's appropriately falling in love with him or not,
01:02:54
I don't know. But the dude has, you know, 13
01:02:57
catches for he's got 13 catches, 125 yards and a touchdown.
01:03:02
So we talked backed in our I think.
01:03:04
NFL preview weeks about opportunity, right and the
01:03:09
Saints are not going to be ahead in a lot of their games so I
01:03:14
would agree and if I'm. If I'm the defensive.
01:03:17
Coordinator, I thought it's crazy though.
01:03:18
Well, yeah. That's true, but if I'm the.
01:03:21
Defensive coordinator. I'm making someone besides
01:03:24
tomorrow beat me, right? I'm keying on Tamara.
01:03:27
Absolutely. He's the guy.
01:03:28
Think Spencer. Rattler beat me.
01:03:30
And quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback,
01:03:34
is the tight end. So he's going to continue to get
01:03:37
looks I still don't like or New Orleans offense, but why not?
01:03:44
But. They're.
01:03:46
They're better than I thought they would be.
01:03:48
They're usable, which is what I didn't think they'd.
01:03:50
Be at all yes, exactly right but.
01:03:52
I agree with both of you that like.
01:03:54
I've actually been shocked by how competitive they've been.
01:03:56
They've only lost by 5:00 and 7:00, and they played good
01:03:59
people. The Saints, Cisco.
01:04:00
Yeah, Arizona, San Francisco and San Francisco went down and they
01:04:04
were on the ropes and I understand they had a lot of
01:04:06
people out, don't get me wrong, but still still should truck
01:04:10
those guys, right? No, it's it's hard to.
01:04:13
Play. In New Orleans, though, you
01:04:16
don't have to be to be the. Best tight end to catch the ball
01:04:19
5 * a game or whatever. That's right.
01:04:22
And if you continue to get 11 targets, you're going to catch
01:04:24
five of them easily. That's right.
01:04:27
All right, some backups. To Target.
01:04:28
So if you had one of those quarterbacks, there's like it's
01:04:30
starting to turn in a laundry list, especially if Jaden
01:04:33
Daniels goes out and doesn't play, you're going to need some
01:04:36
peeps. So Carson Wentz is 1.
01:04:38
I like again, we talked about him already, He's going to be
01:04:41
getting the start. I mean, anyone that remembers a
01:04:45
chunk of years ago, he was, he should have been the MVP that
01:04:48
year. He was on pace to win that award
01:04:51
and then he got hurt and didn't get the playoffs.
01:04:55
And then everybody knows the story all the way to the end.
01:04:58
He was just he got a ring still, but he was watching.
01:05:02
Carson Wentz has that talent. He was an early first round
01:05:06
pick. I think he's going to be a a
01:05:09
very usable quarterback to you, especially if you're Justin
01:05:11
Fields owner, Joe Burrow, JJ McCarthy, if that's who you're
01:05:14
starting, arson wins isn't going to be that bad.
01:05:17
I think Jake Browning, another one, is someone that could be
01:05:20
pretty good. Jess, do you feel comfortable
01:05:22
starting either of those two guys?
01:05:24
I do. I feel kind of great about it as
01:05:28
far as like who's going to be available, right?
01:05:30
You're going to have whoever's chopped off your player team.
01:05:34
Honestly, it's probably going to be Burl.
01:05:35
That's the one that's you'd be picking up.
01:05:37
He's chopped on a lot of leagues this week.
01:05:39
I bet I'll even go out on another limb here.
01:05:42
Which I can't believe I'm. Saying this because I never
01:05:45
liked this guy. But I even like Marcus Mariota
01:05:49
as a startable quarterback in Washington.
01:05:53
Daniels. Doesn't play.
01:05:54
Yeah, because. I feel like he's a much lesser
01:05:58
version of a scrambler, but he is a scrambler, Yeah.
01:06:02
I think he could get quite a few yards on the ground for you,
01:06:05
even if he has a piss poorer passing game.
01:06:08
Yep. Like I think he's very startable
01:06:10
and I think any of those guys went I have no issues with.
01:06:14
Definitely don't. I'm not afraid of starting.
01:06:18
Jake Browning. Jake Browning.
01:06:20
Because he's proven that he. Can.
01:06:22
Yeah, he can step in. And again for Jake Browning, we.
01:06:25
Were talking about I think before the show that we talked
01:06:27
about during it, but when he was starting for Joe Burrow before
01:06:31
last time he got hurt and for the season he I think he had
01:06:34
seven starts and five of those he was a top ten quarterback.
01:06:38
So and if you lucked it last week, I mean, if you're Jamar
01:06:41
Chase owner, you shouldn't really be worried.
01:06:43
You'd be more worried if you are AT Higgins owner because he just
01:06:47
looked and stared the barrel down at #1 every single time.
01:06:50
Jamar Chase got I think 16 targets last game and 14
01:06:55
catches, 100 and what, 165 yards in a tutty T Higgins was like 5
01:07:00
for 55. I'm like, well, it's not
01:07:03
horrible or whatever the heck it was, but it ain't that.
01:07:06
So I think I'd be more worried with the backups if you have the
01:07:09
second or third receivers. So same thing for Minnesota.
01:07:13
I mean, I don't think anyone's really starting Naylor, but
01:07:17
Carson Wentz is going to be feeding 18 all day, man.
01:07:19
Jets is going to be getting the looks as he should.
01:07:23
I think TJ Hawkinson is going to get a welcome back to the
01:07:26
league. He's been fantasy absent so far.
01:07:29
I think TJ Hawkinson has a really good week with Carson
01:07:32
Wentz under center this weekend. Let's go to another quarterback
01:07:36
though. Mac Jones had a good, good game.
01:07:39
I'm not going to say what a good game for San Francisco.
01:07:43
Do you trust Mac Jones for one more or is that the best we're
01:07:46
going to see? Was that the ceiling?
01:07:47
That's what I thought I'd hear. A bunch of crickets meets Mac
01:07:50
Jones. Not as exciting. 0 scrambling
01:07:53
ability actually I feel. Better about those other backups
01:07:58
I do too. Mac Jones at the bottom.
01:08:00
Of the list for me I think. Yeah, definitely not.
01:08:06
I'm less high on Carson Wentz because of his lack of mobility.
01:08:11
I'm just hiding. Justin Jefferson.
01:08:14
Yeah, yeah, I think he'll. Be fine because he's got a.
01:08:16
Great arms, but he's not going to get you any points, you know,
01:08:19
scrambling. Yeah, even though he used to.
01:08:22
Run quite a bit. He used to run quite a bit, so
01:08:25
that was part of his game. He's older.
01:08:28
Yeah. Yeah, that's.
01:08:29
True, so he's. Got to make more business
01:08:31
decisions about. The retirement plan at this
01:08:35
point, I mean, he was coaching it his son's team of couple
01:08:38
weeks ago and they were like, hey, you want a shot at this?
01:08:41
And he's like, all right, I'll do it.
01:08:43
Sure, you know. We want to come play for the
01:08:46
Cleveland. Indians.
01:08:48
Yeah. I don't know.
01:08:49
I'll have to get back to you. That's right.
01:08:53
Jordan Mason is. Now going to be the undisputed
01:08:56
running back, one of the Minnesota bunkings.
01:08:58
I think boy, is he going to get a lot of carries.
01:09:01
I think he could get AC note against Cincinnati this week
01:09:03
alone. So if you're Jordan Mason owner,
01:09:06
it sucks that Aaron Jones is out for Minnesota Vikings fans, but
01:09:10
Jordan Mason owners and fantasy are like, yes, this is exactly
01:09:14
what I wanted to have happen. He's going to be good.
01:09:17
Even Vikings fans might be that way after.
01:09:19
A week or two, right? Clearly doing.
01:09:22
Better than Aaron Jones? These first.
01:09:24
Couple games, yeah, he's got more juice, more power.
01:09:26
He's. He's really good, All right.
01:09:29
I think that is all the ones that are kind of exciting and
01:09:32
targets. Think that the totally redeemed
01:09:35
themselves list is just a couple names went throughout.
01:09:38
So everybody, there were a lot of these guys on Chopped list
01:09:41
last week. So Jamar Chase was #2 overall
01:09:44
behind Xavier Worthy on the most Chopped players last week.
01:09:48
Totally redeemed himself 14 for 165 and a touchdown 2 after
01:09:52
looking like a garbage bag. Came back with a 215 and two
01:09:56
quinch on Judkins. Came from the dumps, wasn't even
01:09:59
on a roster and probably didn't start him this week because he
01:10:01
had no clue. But going from nothing. 10
01:10:04
rushes for 61 + 3 catches. Drake May 232 touchdowns rush
01:10:10
for 30 yards and another rushing touchdown.
01:10:13
This is what I needed last week. Drake May, but whatever.
01:10:16
So Drake May looking good for his new owner.
01:10:19
Doing really well. Russell Wilson leading the
01:10:23
league in passing. I mean, this old just crusty
01:10:27
burger. Wow.
01:10:28
I mean, it took the Dallas defense to do it, but ain't
01:10:31
Malik neighbors that always helped.
01:10:32
So high. So high.
01:10:33
Yeah, so. High on Russell this this.
01:10:35
Looked I remember this last year. 38 points every year.
01:10:38
Do you remember this exact? Same thing last year in.
01:10:40
Pittsburgh when he had the really good weeks in a row.
01:10:42
Yes, pumpkin, And this was. Nothing but I.
01:10:45
Think I think he started like 4. And one in Pittsburgh and then
01:10:48
went like, oh, and six or something like that.
01:10:50
Yeah, he finished. Not real well.
01:10:53
The total reverse. So they brought in the backup
01:10:56
truck, the ones who went. In rear reverse.
01:11:00
This week Derrick Henry carried you to a high victory scores in
01:11:05
week 1 and I think he had 23 yards Week 2.
01:11:09
Courtland Sutton after a pretty decent Week 11 catch for six
01:11:14
yards in week two. Yeah, Keisha Booty up around 100
01:11:17
yards. Week 11 catch, 16 yards.
01:11:21
Josh Allen again, he's he's cutting both of our leagues.
01:11:24
He's on the chop team this week. So after again, just everyone
01:11:29
drafts Josh. Allen to make it through week.
01:11:31
One and not have the punishment of your league.
01:11:33
But boy, this is multiple years in a row where he's been cut.
01:11:38
He's been the cut team in the first month and Pruitt you had a
01:11:42
good reason for this. I want those other get
01:11:44
guillotine league listeners out there.
01:11:46
Why does Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson often end up being
01:11:51
available in the first six weeks, do you think?
01:11:54
And I like what you said earlier in our Patreon.
01:11:58
Yeah. So it's, I think it's.
01:12:00
It's about the teams they play for and the coaching that goes
01:12:04
into their offenses. In a lot of cases, they've.
01:12:08
Got such a solid running. Game that the quarterbacks don't
01:12:10
need to do anything or they got high-powered enough offense that
01:12:14
they play for 3/4 and then the backup comes in and you know
01:12:19
does a bunch of nothing but it's they've got such a big lead that
01:12:22
the the Josh Allen can put the headset on and you know stay on
01:12:25
the sideline or whatever it is so when they need him they do
01:12:28
really well but from. A draft strategy.
01:12:29
So if you took Josh Allen and he was your first round pick or
01:12:32
second round pick, you sacrificed.
01:12:36
Some. Extremely good talent like you
01:12:39
may have passed up on a number of people, like some top running
01:12:44
backs, some top whiteouts. I mean, you may have taken Malik
01:12:47
Neighbors and instead you're like Josh Allen.
01:12:50
Malik Neighbors, you got Josh Allen, but boy, Malik's what, 12
01:12:54
for 160? It's all it's all about the kind
01:12:58
of the drop. Off in talent at the wide
01:12:59
receiver position or running back position right if you don't
01:13:03
jump early and you don't get the guys on the top those upper tier
01:13:09
you know by the time you come all the way back around and it's
01:13:11
36 picks later yeah or whatever that's right you just you know
01:13:16
you're stuck with three or four wide receiver threes instead of
01:13:21
a a true number one that's going to get an 1112 targets a game so
01:13:25
yeah and so for those leagues out there that have.
01:13:27
Josh Allen, they're going to be on the available players this
01:13:30
week. He's an in game player here in
01:13:34
Week 3. That means you can have your in
01:13:35
game player the rest of the season if you get you play your
01:13:38
cards right. And because you didn't draft
01:13:40
him, you probably got a good wide out or a good running back
01:13:43
or you got Brock Bowers. You got one of those great tight
01:13:45
ends. Do you go all in on this guy?
01:13:47
And if so, are you just going to stick it like 200?
01:13:50
That's just not going to get him.
01:13:52
I don't I agree with you. There's one.
01:13:54
One thing that I think is worth mentioning and that is the bye
01:13:57
weeks this year, Week 7 bye week is Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo
01:14:02
Bills. Somebody's getting Lamar or
01:14:05
Josh. Week 8 Lamar and Josh are both.
01:14:08
Going to be on by week 7, one of those two almost guarantee is
01:14:13
going out that week, right? That's right.
01:14:16
That's interesting. So would you bid on him this
01:14:18
week though? And if so, I mean, it depends on
01:14:20
who your quarterback is. I know.
01:14:21
Let's say one of the ones, let's say, let's say you've got.
01:14:24
One of the ones that's out you. Don't have one and your backup
01:14:26
is just a garbage bag. Pruitt and I Pruitt and I have
01:14:30
to be. Careful here because we're in
01:14:33
the in our players league and neither of us have an in game
01:14:36
quarterback. You can just start like.
01:14:39
Hypothetically you're an elite. I'm trying to think mine's mine
01:14:42
is hurt. Now I had McCarthy.
01:14:45
Hurt. I will be bidding on a
01:14:48
quarterback this. Week I need one.
01:14:51
I didn't I only drafted one I only drafted one tight end and
01:14:55
they're both hurt. Therefore you have.
01:14:57
Therefore you have to bid on a. Quarterback, that makes sense.
01:14:59
Yes, Yeah. So I will be spending some
01:15:01
something on some. Quarterback, that makes sense.
01:15:05
I probably won't. I don't know if I can.
01:15:07
Pull the trigger, but you can't go stupid.
01:15:10
I mean, it's not. Worth sucking away like a huge
01:15:13
chunk of your fab, but you got to do a solid chunk to have a
01:15:15
chance though. I want to right?
01:15:17
I want to make. Whoever wins him, you know, earn
01:15:20
it. Yeah, actually earn it.
01:15:22
Spend a little money. I.
01:15:23
Know I I thought the same thing because I I do have I mean
01:15:27
Justin Fields is questionable this year or this week he's got
01:15:31
a concussion he's got to make it through the.
01:15:32
Protocol, right? He's got to be honest, he's a
01:15:34
little. Questionable last year, too.
01:15:36
Yeah, that three points. Sucked last week he played
01:15:39
three. And a half quarters and got
01:15:41
that. Done 4 points and then my
01:15:44
backup. Is Sam Darnold.
01:15:46
He hasn't been bad. Yeah, he's been great.
01:15:49
So. Top 10 quarterbacks?
01:15:50
I think he's averaging 15. Points a 15 points a game.
01:15:53
So, I mean, you don't need a, you don't need a quarterback,
01:15:57
Yeah. Firmly.
01:15:59
Believes you're totally fine you should just sit back right now
01:16:02
and just I I am going to enjoy I am going to.
01:16:05
Enjoy the bidding because I do think there will be a
01:16:08
significant amount for Mr. Allen this week.
01:16:12
That's right. All right.
01:16:13
Gents, that's all I got on my slate.
01:16:15
Is there anyone else you want to talk about player wise or
01:16:18
bidding strategy wise for this week?
01:16:20
So again, last week we were trying to keep the bids low.
01:16:24
If you're one of those teams that's still kind of doing just
01:16:26
fine, you don't have any of these concerns.
01:16:28
But the players we've mentioned like you're not sitting with a
01:16:31
Pacheco and Trevion Henderson backfield right now hoping for
01:16:34
the best RJ Harvey flex spot, like you may need to bid some
01:16:38
money this week on whoever got chopped.
01:16:41
But I think other than that, you guess try and ride it out if you
01:16:44
can. Yeah, exactly.
01:16:46
Right. That's totally my.
01:16:47
Strategy. I had George Kittle week 1.
01:16:49
He got hurt. I had to bid on a tight end.
01:16:52
I didn't draft a backup. Week 2, I didn't draft a backup
01:16:55
quarterback. JJ McCarthy goes down.
01:16:57
I'm bidding earlier than I wanted to, but I I secured
01:17:02
Ferguson for 21 fab dollars. That's good.
01:17:07
Yes. Yeah, good.
01:17:08
And he had a great game this week, so I got.
01:17:10
Lucky there. I need to come up with a
01:17:13
quarterback. I don't know how hard I'll go
01:17:16
after Josh Allen just because he'll be a it'll be a it'll be a
01:17:20
lot. Somebody will overbid.
01:17:21
For him, there's a paranoia. Scramble for him, he'll be but.
01:17:24
He is it. Is it?
01:17:25
Is it in Gamer? That's the thing.
01:17:28
So it is exactly you guys said like it's it's a very tough deal
01:17:33
when you have a Josh Allen come up in Week 3 because that is not
01:17:37
when you expect to Josh Allen to come up.
01:17:39
Yeah. And you remember Week 1 still.
01:17:43
Right. Yeah.
01:17:45
I'll be putting a bit in on Josh Allen.
01:17:47
I just I doubt it will be high enough to win him, but I'm
01:17:51
probably in the same boat. I'm probably.
01:17:54
In the same boat. All right, we'll keep checking
01:17:56
out the. Socials, we've been putting up
01:17:58
our gambling bets and our power parleys on there.
01:18:01
We got our shirts. Yeah, good.
01:18:04
Mine came in the mail. Today I'm pumped.
01:18:06
I'm going to wear it like 20 days in a row and see what's up.
01:18:08
It's awesome. Love it and we're going to put
01:18:10
in our new. Orders in probably.
01:18:12
Next week, right, I think we're going to be putting, yeah, we've
01:18:14
got a backlog of orders, so. Or not of orders.
01:18:17
But. Backlog of requests, we need to
01:18:20
get a second order in, yeah. So let us know.
01:18:23
On the socials. If you're interested, we
01:18:25
eventually will have an order form on our website and link to
01:18:29
the the company that does. These for us.
01:18:32
We'll get that set up. This week you can.
01:18:34
Also, we'll have all the updates on the website later this week
01:18:36
too, so you can always check that out.
01:18:38
The shrewdness, I think our first cast dot IO, yeah, I think
01:18:42
our first phone color, I think. There's a lot of people getting
01:18:45
the pink shirt. I'm in.
01:18:46
I'm in, too, man. I think it's going to look
01:18:48
balling. We got those out.
01:18:49
And Pruitt's wife, she's got it. She's sporting the pink, right?
01:18:53
Yep, right. It looks good.
01:18:55
So we might. Have to put her picture on the
01:18:58
the social to help sell the pink shirt.
01:18:59
That's that's right inaugural that's right the bottle.
01:19:02
She'll she'll love that. It'll be all good.
01:19:08
AI is amazing. We'll see what we can do.
01:19:09
But it'll be awesome. But thank you so much for
01:19:12
listening. Yeah, I did get a.
01:19:15
A thumbs up for my daughter. She saw I had it on the other
01:19:17
day and she's like, hey, I like your shirt.
01:19:19
I was like, hey, there we go. You want one?
01:19:21
She's like, yeah, sure. Yeah.
01:19:24
Sweet. I know.
01:19:24
Feel bad for me, dad. I know that's the.
01:19:27
Best is like as long as you're getting.
01:19:28
It right. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
01:19:30
all good. All right, Well, good luck this
01:19:32
week as we go into Week 3. Hopefully you got to keep your
01:19:35
head in Week 2. Be smart with your bids, but be
01:19:39
aggressive when you need to. You can't take it with you.
01:19:41
So make sure you get those players.
01:19:43
Don't just get nobody. So make sure you fill those gaps
01:19:47
and enjoy again, another great week of football coming up.
01:19:50
It's going to start with Thursday night.
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And till next week, stay shrewd. Stay shrewd.