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1:30This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. What a play!
1:34It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races, and he stays on his feet.
1:39Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
1:42Welcome to the show. Congratulations to you Drake May managers.
1:45Not so much to you A.J. Brown managers. We'll talk about Chicago 29 and New England 24.
1:50And we've got six NFC home games to get to today.
1:54Dallas at Philadelphia on Monday night. Yeah, I'm sure we're all pumped for that one.
1:59Green Bay at Detroit. Tampa Bay at Carolina. Denver at Arizona.
2:02Colts are at the Vikings. And San Francisco is at Atlanta.
2:05Did the game of the week live up to the game of the week?
2:10Yes, you did a great job. Oh, okay. And I knew that Ramondre Stevenson was going to get his numbers on one big catch.
2:17Like, everybody saw that coming, right? Like, one big catch where he weaves around a defense and defenders are inexplicably running away from him.
2:25It's, yeah, easy. Yeah, we saw Dave notified me watching the tape of Malik Muhammad, cornerback for the Bears.
2:31I don't know what he was doing. I think he turned as Ramondre Stevenson.
2:35He ran away from Ramondre Stevenson. He did the exact opposite thing that you're supposed to do as a defender.
2:41He would be a terrible firefighter. So, Ramondre was at the 20-yard line, basically, on his 48-yard touchdown catch at the end of the half.
2:49And the guy, he just turns his back and starts running the other direction, Malik Muhammad.
2:54I think he thought that Ramondre might lateral it across the field.
2:58I thought he thought that he was cutting it back.
3:01So, there was probably a legitimate reason for him running away from him.
3:05I'm just making fun. But if you go back and watch it, it's funny.
3:10It's weird. And it's not the reason. It's not the sole reason why Ramondre scored.
3:14Nope. But he probably could have made the tackle if he had kept going.
3:19Could have slowed him down and maybe made the tackle and kept him out of the end zone.
3:24What are your other takeaways from this game? Let's talk about A.J.
3:28Brown because I'm sure people who started him are upset with the numbers.
3:32And people who drafted him had high expectations. I watched his routes this morning already.
3:37I thought he still showed some burst, still had some quickness in his routes.
3:41I don't see the speed anymore. We really haven't seen it for a while.
3:46And I don't know if it's old age or just injuries catching up with him.
3:50Remember, he's coming back from a high ankle sprain.
3:53We know that players, when they have the high ankle sprain, aren't necessarily the same every single time.
3:59I mean, he's an example of that. Jeremiah Love is an example of that.
4:03And maybe Ashton Gentry is too. And so I think you do have to lower expectations for A.J.
4:09Brown moving forward. And if we see that he's slowing down and he's not the same type of guy, and maybe he
4:16hasn't been for a while, Patriots see it too.
4:18And so there could be some games coming up where they don't have to throw that much.
4:24And those are going to be weeks where you don't feel good starting A.J.
4:28Brown. It's going to be the shootouts when you'll go back to A.J.
4:32Brown. And just cross your fingers that volume will carry him.
4:36I think I'll have no choice but to go back to A.J.
4:39Brown basically every week. I can't sit here and compare his speed from years ago, but I still think he looks fast enough.
4:47I don't think he looks slow personally. No, I didn't say slow.
4:50No, right. I said he's – So he may not be what he once was.
4:55Fair. That's what I think is fair. I wonder – because I thought he looked better.
5:00I watched this tape too. I thought he looked better last week than last night.
5:05I'm just wondering if maybe the short week coming off a full workload and the high ankle spank.
5:10And also – Yeah. I was just going to say maybe the long layoff after the short week will help him.
5:17Yeah. And I know that like I think they've got Miami next.
5:21Yeah. And then Green Bay, Detroit. I don't know if I'm going to feel great starting on them, but those games against Green Bay, Detroit.
5:29Yeah. Buffalo they've got later this year. And Jamie, one other thing – Someone's asking if Christian Gonzalez covered A.J.
5:35Brown last night. He did that. One other thing is like look at the Bears.
5:39And I think I brought this up on the Wednesday preview that we did.
5:44Like they have faced a pretty much elite number one wide receiver most weeks.
5:48And they've done pretty damn well against Tedderola McMillan, Garrett Wilson, Justin Jefferson, Drake London.
5:53One more I'm forgetting. A.J. – Devontae Smith, A.J.
5:56Brown. Now Brown was much – was worse. But the Bears, maybe we just need to look at them and say they're
6:03not a layup for number one receivers. But what are your takeaways here?
6:07For A.J. Brown or the game? Yeah, for anything you want.
6:10Well, I mean look, obviously it was disappointing for A.J.
6:13Brown. But I think the fun thing is the other side of the ball really is just like the Bears offense is
6:20back to being what we hoped it was going to be with the main pieces doing exceptional things.
6:26And so Luther Burden and Colston Loveland are – I know Burden was big plays, but still you've got to be excited about the numbers.
6:34And Loveland getting hyper-targeted and doing the thing that he did against a really good team that defends tight ends.
6:40And DeAndre Swift being the lead rusher by a lot – by significant margin.
6:44And so Odunze will come around. He'll have some games.
6:47He's not going to be somebody you can start consistently, but that was a tough cover for him last night.
6:54And I thought he still made some plays. It's just fun.
6:57It's a really fun offense to be a part of and have players attached to.
7:02And Caleb Williams looks awesome right now. Back-to-back 300-yard game is for Caleb Williams.
7:06Caleb was started in 68% of leagues. He had five carries for 18 yards, which was encouraging.
7:11Obviously, you want more yards, but the fact that he was able to run, looked pretty fast in that one play late in the game.
7:19I don't know. Just good to see some explosion back in his legs.
7:23DeAndre Swift played over 80% of the snaps. He has three straight games with 17.3 or more PPR fantasy points, but so much of it is touchdowns.
7:32That's good. We like touchdowns. I'd like to see him get more than 44 yards on 16 carries, but whatever.
7:38And, okay, that's the – are we just – The A dot for Caleb Williams was higher?
7:43Had to have been, right? I mean, I'll double check.
7:46I thought maybe you had that information. No, I didn't look at that today.
7:51Give me 30 seconds, but I'm assuming it was significantly higher from where it was last week.
7:56And that's really good. So, Colson Loveland, how many tight ends would you take over him the rest of the season now?
8:03Bowers, McBride, likely. That's probably it. Kittle, maybe if there's no Mike Evans for a while.
8:088.7 A dot for Caleb Williams. Yeah, Colson's right back in there.
8:12And the one thing that we've now seen over the last two weeks for Chicago is some concentration on Burden and Loveland as far as targets go.
8:20And so, Khalif Raymond was fun while it lasted.
8:23Romo Dunze has his role on the perimeter, and he made a great catch last night.
8:28The one he had to turn back for, it was a tight window throw.
8:32That was great. But I feel like those are the two, and that's how we had it pegged coming out of the preseason.
8:40Those are the two that I think we can reliably count on from game to game.
8:45And the other thing I would mention is, and Jamie, you've said this a lot.
8:49When you view Brock Bowers, you don't view him as a traditional tight end.
8:54I think you call him a wide receiver, and I'm not going to get into that.
8:59But I almost think that we have to say that about Loveland, too, is that he's just not your typical tight end.
9:06And he's much more of a receiving downfield type of tight end.
9:09And the receiving average doesn't reflect that, but that's something he can do.
9:13And so, therefore, when you look at the matchups for tight ends, I don't know if it's necessarily appropriate to apply them
9:20to Loveland the same way you wouldn't apply them to Bowers.
9:24And by the way, the worst news that came out of yesterday was a serious knee injury for Cole Komet.
9:30We don't know. It looked serious, they said. We all saw it.
9:34Yeah, Ben Johnson said it didn't look good, I believe.
9:37So, hopefully, he's okay. We'll wait for that. There were a couple of other injuries, but don't worry about that.
9:43Ramondre Stevenson, only six carries, but he had the five catches.
9:47He had a 48-yard touchdown run. Does anybody have faith in Ramondre Stevenson moving forward?
9:51This will be our last note on this game.
9:54Do you have faith? I think you treat him how you drafted him, which was a low-end, number-two, high-end flex type player.
10:01And teams on a bye, injuries, you'll be happy to start him.
10:05When everybody's fully healthy on your roster, you'll have a decision to make probably with him versus somebody else.
10:11But, look, these are the type of players, we go through this every year, where they don't get enough work or they don't do this.
10:19They don't do that. And then they get you 15 fantasy points or 12 fantasy points, whatever it is.
10:24He's finding a way to be productive. And I think that's just kind of what the end result is.
10:30It's not going to look pretty all the time.
10:33But he's still the – I would still view him, not from a talent standpoint, from a production standpoint, the best running back on this team.
10:41And this is still going to be an offense that moves the ball well and is productive more times than not.
10:48So I'm not going to – I don't want to overvalue him if everybody's healthy on that team.
10:54If there's ever a Henderson absence like we thought going into week six and we got overexcited about Ramondre, like then he'll
11:00be top 15 caliber player at least going into the week.
11:04He's just – he's going to have to score touchdowns and be involved in the passing game.
11:09And it seems like he's going to continue to do that.
11:13Right. That's been his role all along. That was the reason why I was encouraged to start him.
11:18But it's as a number two fantasy running back.
11:21It's not as anything more than that. And yesterday it was 70% of the snaps about every single third down snaps, half of the snaps inside the 10.
11:30They didn't really get down there very much. You got lucky if you started him.
11:35But I think that he's got that role, the high value touch role on lock.
11:39And I got the sense – I don't know if you guys got the sense – but at some point in the
11:46second quarter, I almost felt like the Patriots realized, what are we doing?
11:50By rotating in Kiner for a drive and Travion.
11:53Travion had work on their first drive. Let's just go back to Ramondre.
11:57And Ramondre rewarded them to a degree. He rewarded them in the passing game.
12:01His rushing sunk. And they gave up on that pretty quickly.
12:05But I think that he's got his role locked up.
12:08And we can count on it. They also had the offensive line issues.
12:12So running the ball is going to be tough.
12:15And they're going to continue to because Vera Tucker was put on IR.
12:19And they were already on a third string right guard.
12:22So that's going to be a little bit of a factor moving forward.
12:26Yeah. Played 70% of the snaps basically, Ramondre Stevenson.
12:29All right. Last thing on this game. Here's your screenshot.
12:32If you look at the 15-yard line, the right hash mark, that is cornerback Malik Muhammad running away from Ramondre Stevenson, who is at the 19-yard line.
12:41Very puzzling moment there. But he's been really good for them.
12:44And he got hurt in this game actually late.
12:47So hopefully he can come back for week eight.
12:50Wow. We're going to be in week eight next week.
12:53All right. That's it for Thursday Night Football. Na-na-na-na-na-na.
12:56Yeah. Sunday morning. Oh, wow. I'm going to be honest with you all.
13:00Sam, maybe you can help me. I don't know.
13:02Are we back to noon? Or is it going still 1230?
13:061330 on Sunday? That's a great question. Fire it over to Schaefer and let's see where we go.
13:12But I do know that we're 830 to 930 a.m.
13:15Sunday morning. YouTube.com. 830 to 930 a.m. Eastern. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today.
13:19Don't just go to YouTube. You won't find it there.
13:22YouTube.com slash fantasy football today, though. You will find it.
13:25There are a few other videos on YouTube. Not CRs.
13:28But anyway. Are all your clothes intact today? I was laughing all day yesterday.
13:32That was one of the funniest things we've ever done.
13:36I was crying. Not laughing. Crying. Oh, man. Yeah.
13:38I addressed it with you off air. That's it.
13:41As long as the people... I can't wait. 1030?
13:441030 is going to be a lot of fun.
13:47Oh, yeah. Mailbag? Yeah. But join us Sunday morning, 830 to 930.
13:51And then either 12 to 1 or 1230 to 1, we'll let you know ASAP.
13:55But we're having a great time. You all are doing a great job with your questions there.
14:01News and notes. Looks like Baker Mayfield. Are you guys ranking Baker?
14:04Yes, we are. Okay. Looks like he's going to play.
14:08And Lamar Jackson. Are you ranking him yet? No.
14:10Yeah. Let's see what the injury report says Friday.
14:13Let's see if he practices again on Friday. I think three limited practice and a questionable tag might lead us into ranking him.
14:20But we just... Let's wait and see. Sportsline has given him projections.
14:24So if you're looking at your league pages on CBS...
14:27There was somebody that is definitely out that Sportsline was giving projections to also.
14:32So I'm not sure if that's... Well, they weren't up until yesterday.
14:35Oh, that I did not know. Yeah. And they love the Ravens over there on Sportsline.
14:40Well, yeah. It's a huge game against the Bengals.
14:43So I'm sure they're going to want him back.
14:46Meanwhile, the Raiders face the Rams. And Mike Washington Jr.
14:49Missed practice yesterday. So you might feel more comfortable with Ashton Gent.
14:53I mean, probably going to start him anyway. But Ashton Gent, if Mike Washington Jr.
14:58Doesn't play. We'll keep an eye on that. Saquon Bartley is expected to play.
15:02Brees Hall got a limited practice in yesterday. Are you ranking him yet?
15:06No, but I have contingency plans for the start of the week.
15:10So we'll maybe update in the column by the end of the day.
15:14What are the contingency plans? I'll just switch it to Woody Marks.
15:18Ah, that's a good one. Because David Montgomery is not expected to play.
15:22And Jeremiah Love is not expected to play. And I think we talked about that game yesterday.
15:27Yeah. So first of all, let's say Brees Hall does play.
15:30Would he be a top 24 running back against the Dolphins?
15:34Definitely. Yeah, and in the case of Braylon Allen, I think he's still a high-end flex.
15:39You know, we haven't seen a lot of two backs have success against Miami.
15:43If you recall, almost every Dolphins game early in the season, I kept saying, oh, yeah, this backup will do well.
15:50Or that backup will do well. You know, hey, Emmitt Johnson would be a good flex.
15:55Or this, you know, Kalen Black, I think it was the back-to-back weeks of 49ers and Chiefs.
16:00I was like, oh, Kalen Black will be a flex and Emmitt Johnson will be a flex.
16:05And it didn't work out. Then we get to the week five game, and the backup running back was the best running
16:12back when Samajay P right now performed Chase Brown.
16:15So who knows which running back will have success against the Dolphins.
16:19I would still consider Braylon Allen a flex if you are stuck this week.
16:23But I would start pre-sall over him if you have both.
16:27Come to think of it, the reason why P Ryan had at least an efficient game against Miami was because the Bengals
16:34found themselves just like running him downhill out of shotgun.
16:37And physical runner, powerful runner. If I had to classify Braylon Allen as those things, I think that would be the truth.
16:44And so if that's what it takes to run on Miami, then Allen would get some good efficiency at bare minimum.
16:50So I like the flex call on Braylon Allen.
16:53Would you play Ali Gordon or Brees Hall? I might lean Ali because I just think he's going to have the volume in his favor.
17:01Yeah, I don't disagree with the volume, but I think the matchup is just so much easier for any of the Jets running backs.
17:08Would you start both of them over Ali? No, I think it's going to be a volume issue for one of them.
17:15And I would assume if they're going to play Braylon Hall, they're going to play Braylon Hall.
17:21So I would probably think it's going to be in the neighborhood of 15 total touches for Braylon Hall.
17:27And that's usually what Ali Gordon's been getting anyway.
17:29We've got more injuries to get to here. But with Jeremiah Love not expected to play, which Cardinals running back are you ranking higher?
17:37Algier. Still Algier, but they're back-to-back. Yes. Got a question here.
17:40Bam Knight or Tyrone Tracy in PPR? I'd gamble on Tracy there.
17:44Me too. Interesting. I don't think I'd go with Bam, but okay.
17:48Sean Tucker practiced in full. Jordan Mason should be back this week.
17:52Jonah Coleman is practicing. All right. Puka Nakua left practice with a calf injury.
17:56Unbelievable. Jamie, what do we think here? First of all, you have to make alternate plans.
18:01If you have Stafford, should we be adding Kanata Mumfield or anyone else?
18:05What the heck is going on here? So I saw just before we went on the air that Ian Rappaport said it's a minor calf injury.
18:13So hopefully that's just, you know, hey, I tweaked something and put you in a bubble wrap and go sit down.
18:20But we have to keep an eye on what the practice report is today.
18:24So if he gets in a limited session, he'll be fine.
18:28If it's no practice, then he should panic. It's not a bad idea to pick up Mumfield regardless of Puka's injury because no Damonte Adams.
18:35So I think you're just looking at it. If you're desperate, the tight ends are still in consideration with Thigby and Parkinson.
18:42That's the order I would rank them. Mumfield is going to be a desperation play no matter what.
18:48But I would guess it would be Jordan Whittington that's going to benefit the most if Puka's out if they're missing everybody.
18:55So it would be Whittington kind of in Puka's role and Mumfield in Adams' role or vice versa.
19:00Or Tutu Atwell gets more play. I don't know.
19:03I wouldn't want to trust a Rams receiver, but I'd want to roster Mumfield at this point just to see what happens.
19:10I'd be way more excited about Tyler Higby if Puka's out because Higby has been running downfield routes.
19:16Jamie, you talked about this on our show yesterday on Sports Network.
19:19I would imagine that his target volume, which has been kind of low to begin with, his target share, would increase considerably
19:26as an intermediate area target for Matthew Stafford, whereas Parkinson's much more of a short area guy.
19:32So that would be the pivot I would make.
19:34I don't know if I can trust anybody else other than Higby and then Parkinson if Puka's out.
19:40All right. And yes, Adam, I'm sorry. You asked about Stafford.
19:44You should absolutely plan to replace Stafford if there's no Puka.
19:47Emeka Puka right now not looking like he's going to be able to play still in the concussion protocol.
19:53Brian Schottenheimer, coach of the Cowboys, he called out George Pickens.
19:56He said he needs to block better. I'd love to see him get motivated here.
20:01Dontavian Wicks and Devontae Smith and Dallas Goddard, they all missed practice for the Eagles.
20:06That was their first practice of the week, though, so I assume those guys are going to play.
20:11Rasheed Rice probably not going to play at this point.
20:15Dalton Schultz got in a limited session, which was encouraging.
20:18Brock Bowers practiced in full, and Tyler Warren missed practice.
20:21Giants got a good practice report yesterday with their two offensive tackles being limited.
20:25The Eagles got Landon Dickerson and their center Drew Kendall as limited.
20:29That's good news for them. And on defense, both safeties are going to be out for the Texans.
20:35The Giants got some of the—I talked about the Giants' injuries in the secondary.
20:39Those two guys were limited, but they're both in the concussion protocol, Javon Holland and Greg Newsome.
20:44The Rams are super beat up on defense with Nate Landman and Trent McDuffie missing practice and two defensive linemen out already.
20:51So those are some of the ones we're keeping an eye on.
20:55We're going to take a break. One question for each game for the six NFC home games we're talking about today.
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24:33One question for each game. Dallas is at Philadelphia.
24:35Dave, are there any tough calls in this game?
24:38I might be in the minority here. I'm a little nervous about Dak Prescott.
24:43It's not just each of his last four games.
24:45It's five of six games this year where he's been under 21 fantasy points in six point.
24:51I'm looking at his numbers now. The one game he had where he was awesome was against the Commanders.
24:57And he had a modest ADOT. He tried a lot of deeper throws in that game.
25:02He started the year actually trying a lot of deep throws.
25:05And that's gone away. Most recently, his deep throw rate was 1.9%.
25:09His ADOT last week was 6.9%. And I wonder if that's starting to catch up with him statistically because he's not getting enough of those chunk plays.
25:17I don't know if I'm ready to say that Philly's defense is good.
25:21I think they're sort of mid. They've allowed multiple touchdowns to pretty much every quarterback they've gone up against.
25:27That's what keeps him in my top 12. But there are definitely some quarterbacks that I'm looking at and I think have
25:34a higher ceiling than Dak Prescott at this point just because of how Dak has played this year.
25:40All right. I think it was a stupid question on my part because I honestly feel like so many of these guys
25:47are tough calls in the Dallas-Philadelphia game, unfortunately. But that'll be the first game we get into in just a moment.
25:53Well, give us a teaser. Who are the other names that you think are tough calls?
25:58Literally every single player except CeeDee Lamb. I mean, the thing is, you're going to start them.
26:04Right. No, Javante's not. You're going to start them because you have to.
26:08But I would say they're not necessarily tough calls in my lineup, but I don't feel that confident.
26:13I don't feel that confident in Javante Smith. I don't feel that confident in the Eagles passing game.
26:19George Pickens is giving me a lot of pause.
26:22Because, you know, Dak, all the reasons you said.
26:25I think Dak will be fine. I think he's had some bad luck.
26:29I mean, three of his last four interceptions were basically tipped by his own team or CeeDee Lamb slipped on the route.
26:36You know, so I think he's probably better than his numbers.
26:39But I don't know. I mean, I'll get into it.
26:42Green Bay at Detroit. Jamie, starters at Jamison Williams.
26:45Start. Certainly in three-receiver leagues. He's not in the top 24, but this is a week where there's a lot of good wide receivers.
26:52He's coming off two very productive games in very different ways.
26:56You know, two-touchdown game in his last outing, a 100-yard game in the game before that.
27:01I think this is going to be one of the best games of the slate, and we're going to see a huge
27:08back-and-forth type of, you know, shootout that we love, a bonanza.
27:11So Jamison Williams is definitely in play in those type of performances.
27:15Too bad you already used the game of the week because this would be an easy game of the week.
27:21Yeah, it would have been fun. Tampa Bay at Carolina.
27:24Dave, can you trust anyone in the Bucs passing game?
27:28Especially with a Bucca out. So if we're working under that assumption, I would say no.
27:33Godwin would be a bye-week receiver at best. Ted Hurst would be a dart throw receiver at best.
27:38You can make the case for Kate Otten as a bye-week tight end, I suppose.
27:43But I think this is Bucky Irving, and that's it.
27:46Okay. I think we may be getting, even if a Bucca plays, a Chris Godwin super target game.
27:52There's been a lot of talk in the Tampa Bay media about what's wrong with his start of the season.
27:58And that's historically been good for Godwin when it's brought up.
28:01Yeah. Yeah. And I think if you would go back to what we said about Baker Mayfield the first three games of the year, it was Godwin's open.
28:10Just take the easy stuff. Baker Mayfield trying to throw a 60-yard touchdown on every single play.
28:15And he needs to just be disciplined and take what's available.
28:19Godwin is 71% roster. Good note, Jamie. Thank you.
28:22It's also, we should keep mentioning it. They're still down their two top corners.
28:26So this is a secondary that's very beatable. And one of the corners that they are starting is like a magnet for defensive pass interference penalties.
28:34So you know that they're going to take, Baker's definitely going to take some downfield shots against Will Lee.
28:40That's the name of the corner. Denver at Arizona.
28:43Maybe the receiver that gets those targets could actually catch them instead of drawing the flag and just end up being good for fantasy.
28:50That would be Ted Hurst first and foremost if there's no Abuka.
28:54Denver at Arizona. Michael Wilson or Jalen Waddell? Jamie.
28:57I'd go Waddell. I'd just take a chance on the matchup here.
29:01I think Wilson is going to get his opportunities.
29:04I mean, seven targets each of the last two games.
29:07It's been very frustrating. He's got eight catches in those two games.
29:10He's been under 70 total yards in those two games.
29:14Like it's under 90 total yards, excuse me. It's been frustrating without Marvin Harrison.
29:18You would expect that this was the formula for success last year and it just hasn't worked.
29:23So maybe it does. But then even without Patrick Sertan, it's still a tough matchup.
29:28And I just think this is going to be a game where Waddell has an opportunity to break out because it's a
29:35much easier opponent than what the Broncos have faced each of the last two weeks.
29:40Okay. Dave, just go to you on the Colts game.
29:43Indianapolis at Minnesota. How do you approach the Vikings running backs?
29:46With trepidation. I would imagine the split will be around 50-50.
29:50When they played in week one, the workload split was pretty close.
29:53There was a slight nod toward Jones as their third down back.
29:57They both had the same amount of snaps inside the 10.
30:01I feel like the fresh legs for Jordan Mason is enough to give him a nod.
30:06Whereas Aaron Jones, did I read that he's been playing through an MCL injury?
30:10Yes. Sprained MCL in week two. Yeah. So I'm much more interested in starting.
30:14I shouldn't say much more. I'm interested in starting Mason ahead of Jones.
30:18But they're both in that low-end number two, high-end non-PPR flex range.
30:22Yeah. I read that on ESPN yesterday. And it was like, oh, of course he's been playing.
30:27He hurt his knee in week two, I think.
30:30And Jones has been playing with a sprained MCL week two or three.
30:34They did just come off their bye. So hopefully that helps him.
30:38But would you start a Minnesota running back or Michael Wilson or Jalen Waddell?
30:42I think I'd go the receivers. Jamie? Uh, Jones, Waddell, Wilson, Mason.
30:46Last game is San Francisco at Atlanta. Starter sit Kyle Pitts.
30:50Jamie, the 49ers, their fourth best against tight ends.
30:52But they really haven't faced anyone. I mean, McBride had 75 yards.
30:56Chico Conqua was good last week. So I don't really look at that.
31:00Starter sit Pitts. Let's start him. I mean, you know, he's getting going the last two weeks.
31:06It's, I still think, you know, I've said it from the beginning that I think this is going to be a high-scoring game.
31:13Even though San Francisco is banged up offensively, that they'll put up points.
31:17And that was kind of the formula for success last week for Pennix.
31:21A season-high 33 pass attempts. The game before that, they went to overtime.
31:25He threw 32 passes. So as long as you're getting volume from Pennix, that's going to benefit everybody.
31:31And Pitts is kind of, I think, Pitts, Pennix, Stefanski, they're all kind of figuring out what the tight end role in Stefanski's offense is supposed to be.
31:39Obviously, Stefanski knows that. But you get my point.
31:42It's like, you know, hey, let's make things easy for Pennix and Pitts to connect.
31:47And it's working. And so three touchdowns the last two games.
31:50Like, don't ignore when a talented player is starting to produce.
31:54Kyle Pitts or Tucker Craft? Pitts. So I would go Kraft just based on the matchup.
31:59Kraft actually has played well two of his last three games as well.
32:03I know Brian Branch is going to return. But I still don't think this Lions defense is going to solve their tight
32:10end woes, especially facing a multifaceted offense like Detroit.
32:13So I have them back-to-back, six and seven. Okay.
32:15And Dave has them back-to-back, too. Kyle Pitts, seven.
32:18Tucker Craft, eight. So both Jamie and Dave have Pitts, seventh.
32:22Heath has him, 14th right now. And just because it's our last game.
32:26And we won't get to that for a while.
32:28How do you rank Brock Purdy this week? After Mike Evans went out, Brock Purdy in the second half, he threw a
32:3535-yard completion on his first pass to George Kittle.
32:38And after that, he was three of six for 15 yards and was sacked twice.
32:43So where do you, Dave, where do you rank Purdy this week?
32:47I rank Purdy sixth. I still think that he deserves the nod and fantasy starts for how good he's been, how accurate he's been.
32:54And I'm always going to give the benefit of the doubt to Kyle Shanahan to come up with ways to make do
33:01with his offense, even if he doesn't have one or two of his star players.
33:06Still has Kittle. Still has CMC. Those guys will get targeted.
33:09Christian Kirk could end up being five targets, and that can help Brock Purdy out a little bit too.
33:15Purdy might even take off and run a little bit.
33:18And we know that the St. Atlanta secondary is vulnerable.
33:21So I'm still starting him as of now. Not a top five quarterback, but top ten.
33:26I think to Dave's point, the best example was the Mac Jones games last year.
33:31Yeah. No Kittle. The Debo was, I think, a factor in those games, if I'm not mistaken.
33:36No, he wasn't on the team. He wasn't on the team.
33:40He was in Washington. Because Kendrick Bourne had like two 150-yard games or something.
33:44Right. It was. He just was making do. But that was Mac Jones with nothing, and he was producing at a very high level.
33:52McCaffrey was extremely involved in the passing game. And so, like Dave said, they'll get production somewhere here.
33:57It's a little bit different, like to go back to your first question.
34:01If Stafford doesn't have his guys, it's much tougher to trust him.
34:05Not that the offense won't still work, but it's just a little bit more touch and go, I think.
34:11As long as at least one of the guys are there being Kittle, you want to factor in McCaffrey as well.
34:18That's certainly part of it. But I think there's still enough faith, or at least I have enough faith in Purdy to
34:25still start him and not really have to make a move.
34:28Now, if you are concerned, they do have their bye next week.
34:32So you might want to start just planning ahead your quarterback anyway.
34:36Purdy or Goff from the chat? Goff. Goff. Purdy or Murray from the chat?
34:40Purdy. Brock Purdy. I'm going to add Christian Kirk or Devon Vele from the chat.
34:45I have Vele higher. I would go Kirk. And I'm going to ask you this now, and we'll get into the games in a moment.
34:52You know, a lot of people, myself included, we're in three receiver leagues, whatever.
34:57We're desperate this week. We got injuries. We've got bye weeks, all this stuff.
35:01And now we've got guys like Christian Kirk. I picked up Ted Hurst in two leagues.
35:06Who are some, who are the best replacement wide receivers right now based on developments this week?
35:11Dave? Jalen Noel is at the top of the list for me.
35:15He's been playing well the last several weeks and he's taking on the Giants now.
35:20And CJ Stroud is a quarterback. I would start ahead of Brock Purdy, even if Mike Evans plays.
35:26Stroud has been outstanding. Noel's been a big factor for it.
35:29And as of yesterday, Noel was still out there in like 60% of leagues.
35:33He would be the first name that I would go to.
35:37If we're taking upside shots, Trey Tucker would make the case.
35:40Although I think he's rostered in too many leagues.
35:43I don't think Kendrick Bourne is though. No, he's not.
35:46And if we're working under the theory that Michael Wilson is drawing doubles at a much higher rate now than he did
35:53when Marvin Harrison was on the field, that's opening things up for Kendrick Bourne.
35:57There's evidence of that in the film as well.
36:00And in a game where I think Arizona is going to need to throw short and Denver's going to force them into
36:07just getting the ball out quick, that's where Kendrick Bourne can win.
36:11So I'm not as excited about him as I would be in Jalen Noel, but that's another receiver that you might be
36:18able to find off the waiver wire and put right in your lineup.
36:22The first name that I would go to without question would be Mumfield.
36:26Just because of the absence of Adams we know is out and there is no Puka.
36:31Last time we saw him play without Puka, he had five for 93 on nine targets.
36:36He was at a touchdown. So that would be the first place I'd go.
36:40Check Malik Washington if he's available coming off his bye week if nobody picked him up and he was dropped because he's
36:47been 11 PPR points or more in three straight games.
36:50You mentioned Kirk. Obviously that's an easy one. You mentioned Ted Hurst.
36:54That's an easy one if there's no Abuka. I'm trying to think of anybody else.
36:59I think that's... Cooper's already been picked up in too many leagues, right?
37:03Who? Omar Cooper. Oh, yeah. The junior. I was like, Darius Cooper?
37:07Yeah, Omar. Darius Cooper isn't terrible either if there's no Dontavia and Wicks, but he's behind, I think, literally every name we've said.
37:14All right. Good stuff. Well, let's go to Darius Cooper.
37:17And Dallas is at Philadelphia on Monday night. Oh, Flannoy's another one.
37:21Flannoy is another one. Yes. It's very Flannoying what's going on over there with George Pickens.
37:26Dallas at Philadelphia. You're stat of the game, and this is about George Pickens.
37:30CeeDee Lamb has a career-high 31.5% target per outrun rate.
37:33It was 25.8% in 2025. And that is directly related to George Pickens not getting the targets we want, not getting the production we want.
37:41And also, George Pickens lines up at left wide receiver, outside wide receiver on the left side, 70% of his snaps.
37:48And that is where Quinion Mitchell lines up. So I don't think Quinion Mitchell is going to follow him, but if things
37:54stay the way they've been, George Pickens is going to see a lot of Quinion Mitchell.
37:59Philadelphia does allow the fourth most fantasy points to wide receivers.
38:03It's typically, it's Stefan Diggs, Antonio Williams, Jalen Coker, Kalief Raymond, Luther Burden, Puka Nakua, Parker Washington.
38:08Yes, Ted Rowe and McMillan too. But it's less the outside guys like Terry McLaurin and Romo Dunze weren't good, for example.
38:15Neither was Adams, so that was more about Adams dropping balls.
38:19So I don't know. I don't see how I can sit George Pickens.
38:23But Jamie, just speaking overall, like what I said earlier about, I'm nervous about Devontae Smith.
38:28I'm nervous about Saquon Barkley. I'm nervous about George Pickens.
38:31I'm nervous about Dallas Goddard. I'm not starting Jake Ferguson because he's been terrible.
38:35Like, even though this is Dallas and Philadelphia, I don't know.
38:39I'm not really feeling it all that much, are you?
38:42And even Dak Prescott, I feel okay with Dak.
38:45But what about you? Like, how do you feel about this game offensively?
38:49I think, you know, the game that we got from Tanner Mackie.
38:52McKee. McKee. McKee. I always pronounce it wrong. So it should help you feel a little bit better about Devontae Smith and Dallas Goddard.
39:00And I know it was a lot of volume, but you would expect if the Dallas offense shows up, then we're going
39:07to get a lot of volume again. Now, granted, it was Damian Pierce versus Saquon Barkley, so they're going to hopefully lean a little bit more on Barkley.
39:16The encouraging thing, at least for me with Barkley, is that we saw volume to the running back in the passing game last week.
39:23And that is clearly something where Barkley can win.
39:26We haven't seen it in this Philadelphia offense. Good call.
39:29Since he's been here, and I think that just kind of speaks to the two previous coordinators, there will hopefully be some
39:36of those chances this week, which, look, like you said, you have Saquon Barkley back.
39:41You're starting him unless you're just in such a great spot where you feel great about Chuba Hubbard and Jalen Warren and
39:47those type of guys start over Barkley with whoever else you may have paired Barkley with.
39:52I kind of view Barkley like a similar version of Chase Brown.
39:56Like, you're starting him, and you just got to hope that this is going to be one of those games.
40:02Devontae Smith, again, Dallas Goddard, they got targets last week.
40:06I'm going to start them against this defense. Goddard's a low-end starter.
40:09Devontae Smith's a solid number-two receiver. And the same thing with George Pickens.
40:13Like, you just, at this point, you're starting him based on the hope that this will be a shootout, the hope that
40:20this will be a game, the hope that maybe what Schottenheimer says motivated him.
40:25I'm with you on Ferguson, and then you're starting Lamb and Devontae without question.
40:29And Dave's right. You know, Dak is still a starter.
40:32He's just a low-end starter until he starts to play a little bit better.
40:37His history against Philadelphia, surprisingly, is actually amazing. You know, so he's missed a bunch of games in the last five years,
40:43but when he's played them only once has he been under 20 fantasy points.
40:48So he should have a good floor if that continues.
40:51And you're right, Adam. The interceptions have been a little fluky.
40:54The lack of production in the last two weeks has been frustrating, but he's still going to give you volume, and I think that's what counts.
41:03And to your point, last week it was almost a 16% target share for Phillies running backs from Tanner McKee.
41:09And one other thing, what's going to happen now when the Eagles get near the goal line?
41:14Yeah, it's Barkley. It's going to be Barkley now.
41:17I don't think it's going to be a tush push with Tanner.
41:21Maybe it is. You need to change a word in that question.
41:24What's going to happen now if the Eagles get near the goal line?
41:28They're playing Dallas. They're going to get near the goal line.
41:32You watched Tanner McKee. I thought he was awful.
41:35Like, awful. I mean, he can't move, and he can't throw.
41:38Other than that, he's great. I'm very nervous about it.
41:41I'm laughing because I think you're mostly correct. I'm not saying he won't be better because he made a start in Week
41:4818 last year, and I think he threw 40 passes in that game too, so maybe that's just what they do.
41:55But now they have Barkley back. Barkley's been running the ball well this year.
41:59I mean, if it's 30 passes, then we're in trouble here.
42:03But I can't get away from – I can get away from Dallas Goddard.
42:07I don't know how you – you guys have Goddard, I think, pretty high.
42:11Yeah, I like him in full PPR. Less than half a non-PPR, but I think he's an easy check down guy for McKee.
42:19And what McKee's strength is, and this isn't much of a strength for a quarterback, he can read coverage pre-snap.
42:25He can get an idea of where the best place to go with the football is, and then he'll do it.
42:31So that quick passing game, we saw it in the preseason.
42:35We saw it last week. Tanner McKee can handle that.
42:38He can throw with accuracy pretty much all the time on those short throws.
42:42It's anything long – 10 air yards downfield, the receiver's going to have to help to make those catches happen like Devontae
42:49Smith did on his big catch last week, his touchdown catch last week.
42:53I think having Saquon back there is obviously a good thing for them.
42:57I'd love to see Landon Dickerson back as well and boost that offensive line just a little.
43:03But Dallas' defense, there is no reason to be worried about them and how will they match up against Philly and could they rattle Tanner McKee?
43:11Man, they haven't been able to rattle anybody. So I think that there could be an incremental improvement for McKee and the
43:18passing game in general because of the matchup and because Dallas just hasn't been able to piece it together this year on defense.
43:25You know what could be fun? And if you have an open roster spot in Superflex or two quarterback leagues, just pick
43:32up Joe Milton and what if McKee – Oh, people have been doing that in deeper Superflex.
43:37And they turn to – I think if they feel like they can win the division, I think they're going to have to try to make a trade.
43:46I just – I can't see them winning with the quarterbacks.
43:49But listen, maybe I'm wrong. This is my evaluation of McKee.
43:53It doesn't mean I'm right. My prediction is everyone's going to see him on Monday Night Football and say the Eagles need to make a trade.
44:01But that's just – well, I hope I'm wrong.
44:04Obviously, you know I have a lot of Devontae Smith.
44:07I hope I'm wrong. But let's read some questions here.
44:10Would you start Josh Jacobs or Tanner McKee in Superflex?
44:13Read the first part. I need more help than Adam Sox.
44:16Would you start Josh Jacobs or Tanner McKee in Superflex?
44:20Tanner McKee. I think I'd go with McKee. Bucky Irving or Devontae Smith at Flex?
44:24PPR, I'd still go Smith. I think I'll go Bucky.
44:27George Pickens or Kittle or Laporta at Flex? Kittle.
44:30I bet I have Pickens ranked the highest of the three.
44:34Cousins or Dak? Nope, I don't. It's Kittle. It's Kittle for me too.
44:38Cousins or Dak? Dak. Kirk. Jonathan Taylor or Javante Williams?
44:41Wow. Taylor. Jonathan Taylor or who? Javante. I believe I have JT a little bit higher.
44:46Yeah. JT has a tough matchup, no doubt. They said they want to get the one game.
44:51Back to back. Top 10. But it's Taylor. Pickens.
44:54I mean, never mind. That's not what I meant.
44:57Pickens or Michael Wilson? We're going Pickens. Yes. Flannoy or Malachi Fields are going Flannoy.
45:02Flannoy. Ferguson, Parkinson, AJ Barner. Rank them. Parkinson, Ferguson, Barner.
45:05I'm with you. Flannoy or Jalen Knoll? No. Avoid the Flannoy.
45:08Dak Prescott or Bryce Young? Bryce Young. All right.
45:11Any Dallas Goddard? Let's see. Dallas Goddard or Kyle Pitts?
45:14Goddard and full PPR. Dallas Goddard or Jawan Johnson?
45:17Dallas Goddard. Got it. Goddard or Kelsey? Kelsey was healthy.
45:20Agreed. And would you start a DST in this game?
45:23No. Give me Goddard over Kelsey. Okay. Dallas or DST?
45:26No. And then I just, I think I got to talk more about Barkley here and where you have him ranked.
45:33Barkley is 13th for Jamie, 15th for Dave, and 17th for Heath.
45:37So right in the Bucky Irving range. Woody Marks or Saquon Barkley?
45:40Barkley. I have Barkley a spot higher. I might flip that.
45:44All right. So in summary, I think maybe I'm a little more nervous about this game than you guys are.
45:50But the thing is, like, these are guys that you want to start.
45:54You have to start them. I don't think you have to start Dallas Goddard.
45:58They have them top eight. But you have to start Devontae Smith.
46:02You have to start Barkley. You have to start Dak and Pickens.
46:06And, of course, I'm using the word. I don't think you have to start Dak.
46:11I'm using the word have to. It could depend on your roster.
46:14But these guys are going to be starting. You shouldn't be making roster moves that are drastic to pick up a backup court.
46:22Like, don't drop somebody to start Cousins over Dak.
46:24Yeah. And don't, you know, don't start Brandon Cooks over George Pickens or something like that.
46:29All right. Well, what if it's a dead spot on your roster and you can pick up Cousins and use him over Dak?
46:37You can. I mean, I like Dak better, so I wouldn't do that to begin with.
46:42And I would. Yeah. Go ahead. The Eagles defense just hasn't been anywhere near what it's been in the past.
46:48They're an average defense that's on the field all the time.
46:51They have three forced turnovers this year. They get almost no pressure.
46:55They have the second fewest sacks in the NFL.
46:58So it could be a good game for them, for the Cowboys.
47:02And then hopefully it is. And hopefully the Eagles have to keep pace and throw a lot.
47:07And we'll be right back. Speaking of throwing a lot, Green Bay is at Detroit when we come back.
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49:23Dave? Hi. I'm not even going to talk about the quarterbacks.
49:26They're both top three. Start them. Top two for me.
49:29Start or sit Josh Jacobs? I would consider him a number two running back.
49:34I understand that he's probably not going to get every single touch, and there could be a little bit more easing in
49:41for him than we would normally like. But think about how bad this run game is for Green Bay.
49:47And if he's practiced all week, and these coaches have seen that he looks like even 80% of his former self, and
49:53he's got fresh legs on top, and we know this Lions defense isn't that great, then I would expect him to get in the neighborhood of 15 touches.
50:02And Josh Jacobs with 15 touches against Detroit fresh legs equals a number two fantasy running back in my book.
50:08Okay. So you guys both have him, I think, in the low 20s, Josh Jacobs.
50:13So you're starting Woody Marks over Jacobs, right? Mm-hmm.
50:16Would you start Quinch on Judkins against Tennessee or at Tennessee?
50:19I'd go Jacobs. Jacobs. How about Vikings running backs?
50:22Jacobs. Jacobs in one spot ahead of Jones. Devontae Smith or Jacobs?
50:26Smith. Okay. We'll do some more Jacobs as things go on.
50:29I'm sure people are going to have a lot of questions about Jacobs, but excited to have him back.
50:35If you want to, Scott Turner and I led off reality versus fantasy with Jacobs, too, and he thinks that he's going
50:42to see a good amount of work, too. I asked him over under on 21 touches, and he said under, and I think that that's pretty fair.
50:51So you can get a little bit more insight on Jacobs by finding that show here on YouTube.
50:56It's going to be interesting to see which of their running backs are inactive.
51:01It's going to be interesting to see how much they throw the ball.
51:05They're one of the most pass-heavy teams in the NFL.
51:08They have the worst run game in football. How much of that will Josh Jacobs cure?
51:13And what's that going to mean for these receivers who have been two of the best value picks in fantasy?
51:19Of course, you're starting both of them. Tucker Craft this week we like, even though he's tight end 16 per game for
51:26the season, but he's a top eight tight end.
51:29I think I asked this. I'm very sorry, but Goddard or Craft?
51:33Goddard pits Craft for me. Craft for me. Jimmy really likes Craft.
51:36Are you worried at all about Brian Branch coming back for the Lions?
51:40It definitely makes them tougher, but still, he can't cover the whole field, and he's got a lot of guys to worry about.
51:48So, this is a bad defense in terms of stopping passing games, and so he makes them better, but Kirby Joseph's still
51:55out as well, and I still think there's going to be a...
51:58I mean, this should be the game that lights up the scoreboard.
52:02He also is working back into game shape, branches, and I'm not sure what his track record is covering tight ends.
52:09I don't know if that's his usual assignment or not.
52:12Usually, they put him in the nickel. I mean, from what I've seen, tight ends typically don't get covered by a specific player or position.
52:20They do when it's man coverage, and this is a team that plays a lot of man-to-man coverage.
52:25But even teams that play a lot of man still play more zone than man.
52:30Sure. Also, you know, what type of personnel the offense is in.
52:34If he's in line, it's not going to be like there's a guy over the top that's shadowing him.
52:40Yeah, right. For sure. Exactly. All right. Anywho, the Lions give up the most fantasy points to tight ends.
52:46They give up the third most to wide receivers.
52:48Yeah, they give up the most fantasy points to quarterbacks.
52:51So it's just obviously we like the Packers. We like the Lions.
52:55We're starting Gibbs. We're starting everyone. It's just Jameson.
52:58Jameson Williams or Josh Jacobs? Jacobs, but it's close.
53:01I have J-Mo a little bit higher. Honestly, like this is such a such an easy game to preview.
53:07You're basically starting everyone. But Jacobs and J-Mo are the tough calls here.
53:11And it is worth noting, like his target share.
53:14I mean, he's coming off a two touchdown game.
53:16He had four targets in that game. Jameson Williams.
53:19He's got a lot of downside. So I'll see if we have any J-Mo.
53:24Doesn't he doesn't get a ton of targets against his own coverage.
53:27He doesn't run a lot of routes close to the line of scrimmage.
53:32He's got his role. And unless they come out of the by changing it.
53:36And they did something like that last year. I think that you have to be at least a little bit worried.
53:42But picking pieces from this game is always a smart choice because it's high scoring.
53:47Okay, let's read some questions here. If Brees Hall plays, would you start George Pickens, Josh Jacobs, or Braylon Allen?
53:53Half PPR. Pickens. George Pickens. Christian Watson or Malik Neighbors?
53:57Oh, you got a great one. Choose between one of them?
54:00Watson. I'm taking Malik. All right, go Neighbors. All right.
54:03Pessimistic Giants fan here. Although, again, both starting safeties for the Texans are going to be out this week.
54:09I think. It's supposed to be. J-Mo. I don't know if that makes any difference for Malik.
54:14It's got to make a difference for someone. All right.
54:17J-Mo or Malik Washington? J-Mo. Crafter Laporta? Sam. Laporta.
54:20Jacobs or Adam Sox? Half PPR. They both have posted zeros all season.
54:24I'd go Jacobs or Sox. Jamie thinks it's a real question.
54:28Jordan Love or Lamar Jackson? That's a great one.
54:31I'd go Love, but that's close. I'd also go Love.
54:34J-Mo or Kraft? I'd go Kraft. I believe I have J-Mo.
54:37J-Mo or D-K Metcalf? D-K. D-K. Goff or Love and Kraft or Laporta?
54:41Love over Goff. And I'd go Lions. I'd go Love and Laporta.
54:45I'd go L's. Okay. All right. Enjoy the game, everyone.
54:48And let's go to Tampa Bay at Carolina. Fun fact.
54:51Jalen Daniels has averaged more fantasy points per game than Baker Mayfield.
54:55That's in the three starts that Daniels has averaged.
54:58That's not very fun. But your stat of the game, I think Tampa Bay has an underrated defense.
55:03Jordan Love, Dak Prescott, and Joe Burrow all had their worst or their second worst game of the season against the Bucs,
55:10who have seen the seventh most pass attempts per game in the NFL, but they're 12th best against quarterbacks.
55:16Is there any hesitation, Dave, to start Bryce Young?
55:19He's not a top five quarterback, but he's a top 10.
55:23And it's based on how much he throws and how aggressive he and the Panthers have been throwing the football.
55:29It's based on the two receivers that he has that are both awesome.
55:33They're making some numbers with their running backs and tight ends on top of that.
55:38The offensive line is healthy. I think that'll buy him an extra second against the blitz that the Bucs will bring.
55:44So I don't mind being okay with Bryce Young this week.
55:48All right. Other than that, the Panthers are pretty easy.
55:51Chuba Hubbard's a must start. Chuba Hubbard, I would say this is his toughest matchup.
55:55He's had a pretty easy schedule, but last week was also at the time his toughest matchup, and he scored 19 fantasy
56:02points against the Eagles with 120 rushing yards. We'd like to see him catch the ball two straight games with one catch,
56:09but he's still running a ton of routes. You're going to start Tedrow McMillan and Jalen Coker.
56:15They're both top 16 guys. Jamie, any interest in either Darren Waller, who actually got open for a deep ball, it was
56:21a little under thrown last week, and or Tommy Tremble, who is 4% rostered.
56:26Got to be desperate at this point for either one.
56:29I'd probably lean Tremble over Waller just based on what the targets have been the last two games, but it's close.
56:35You know, Waller's got more upside, but Tremble's a red zone threat for them.
56:40Okay. So then let's talk about Tampa Bay here, and what's your outlook for the Bucs offense?
56:45And I actually think if a Bucs, yeah, no, I think we have some interesting decisions to make, Jamie, with or without a Mecca Bucs here.
56:53What do you think? So a Bucs plays. I think he's a good number two receiver.
56:58He's gotten 25 targets in his last two games.
57:01He's got a rushing touchdown over that span. He caught a touchdown.
57:05He's doing a great job, and now I think they're getting a passing upgrade with Baker Mayfield stepping in for Daniel, so
57:12that should help him against the secondary. Bucky Irving's a must-start guy, so that's, you know, just no matter who's playing for Tampa at this point.
57:20So if there is no a Bucs, I think Godwin and Ted Hurst become viable number three receivers, as Dave alluded to before.
57:27Kate Ottens in the streaming conversation also. So just keep an eye on what the news is.
57:32If a Bucs plays, I probably would avoid everybody else unless you want to take a shot on Godwin as a number
57:39three receiver if you're desperate, because it has to be desperate at this point.
57:44He's been under 50 yards receiving every game. You have to score a touchdown.
57:48The targets have actually been decent, but you just, you know, not getting anything from him from just an explosive play touchdown potential type scenarios.
57:56So maybe that changes with some of the squeaky wheel scenario or Baker coming back, but you just can't bank on it.
58:03Okay. And yeah, I think the fact that I had to pick up Ted Hurst in two leagues yesterday was an indictment of my fantasy season.
58:11So, but look, I, Baker and him had seemed to have some type of connection and a book is a target hog.
58:18Kate Otten, by the way, Kate Otten had five or six targets in every game with Baker Mayfield.
58:23So he didn't do much with it, but you can imagine if, if someone, someone is going to be good if Baker's
58:30out, I think anyway, if a book is out.
58:33Yeah, I'm sorry. If a book is out, if a book is out and Baker's in, someone's going to be good.
58:40And Godwin, I guess would be the best bet here.
58:43Okay. Dave, anything to add on the Bucs or do you want to, should we answer some questions?
58:48Questions. Okay. Got to read this one. We'll get to that in a minute here.
58:53By the way, just facing Todd Bowles, his last four games against him, he's been over 20 fans, he's been watching all of them.
59:01Okay. Nice. And two of them came at the end of last year when Coker got going.
59:06If you recall, they didn't play each other until it was like week eight.
59:10I think it was like week 15, week 18, week 14, week 18.
59:14Something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's when Coker was healthy and playing well.
59:19And that week 18 game decided the NFC South, right?
59:22Yes. Mike Evans or Emeka Abuka rest of season?
59:25I'd go Abuka. I think you almost have to go Abuka with the injuries.
59:29Mm-hmm. If both are healthy, it's Evans, no question.
59:32I agree. Godwin or Michael Wilson? Wilson. I would go Godwin if Abuka's out.
59:37Godwin or Omar Cooper Jr.? I would go Godwin if Abuka's out.
59:40Cooper. Even if Abuka's out, Dave? Even if Abuka's out.
59:43Baker or Geno Smith? Geno. Geno, but that's close.
59:46Is Trevor H. And Chuba Hubbard's handcuff now? No.
59:49Is Gainwell droppable? Yes. Yes. Pick two. Baker Mayfield, Bo Nix, Michael Penix.
59:53Setting next. Agreed. Best matchup so far for Bo Nix.
59:56We'll talk about that game shortly. See if that means anything.
60:00It might be the best matchup for the other two also.
60:03Yeah. Well, I don't know if I'd call San Francisco a good matchup, but more pass attempts, hopefully.
60:09Yep. Bryce or Aaron Rodgers? Bryce. Bryce. Godwin or Cortland Sutton?
60:12Godwin even. I'll go with Godwin if Abuka's out.
60:15Adam is a better host than Steve Harvey and Phil Donahue.
60:19Finally. Wow. Finally that Phil Donahue is what I've been aiming for.
60:22Coker. Coker, J-Mo, Jeremy Bernard, and I'm guessing Keenan Allen.
60:25Pick two in full PPR. Coker, J-Mo, Bernard, Allen.
60:28Coker and Bernard. Yeah. Does Sam know who Phil Donahue is?
60:32Yes. Yes. Nice. Sam knows. Does Dan know? Does Dan know?
60:35I would say no. No. No way. You say no?
60:38All right. I'll go yes for our dollar bet.
60:41Okay. Excellent. All right. Loser has to wear the socks.
60:44I think that's it for this game. The only thing I would say is.
60:49What's that? You throw out the sock? No. What?
60:51I should. I should. What? I should. I will buy you some new socks.
60:56Please. Just for the love of everything. I already bought them.
60:59I bought new socks. For the love of fashion, Adam.
61:02I bought new socks yesterday. I bought new socks.
61:05Did? I will pay you back for them. I mean, what's the sentimental value behind those socks?
61:10No, I don't know why I didn't throw them out.
61:14I should have thrown. Were they like given you by your great grandpa?
61:18Honestly, man. Like I love Bomba socks. You cannot play sports in them.
61:22Almost all of my socks have some type of hole in them.
61:25It's very. It's a shame. That's why you buy athletic socks.
61:29I know. I thought they'd work. They don't. Says a guy who doesn't play sports.
61:34A couple of things on this game. Please listen to our.
61:37Now we know why you continue to lose the Dan because your socks are always bad.
61:42Yeah. Please listen to our Sunday morning show because if a book is out, there's going to be a lot to talk
61:49about with this game in terms of who could be a replacement.
61:53And Carolina's DST, they've been good like sometimes. And Tampa Bay allows the most fantasy points to DSTs.
61:58That's all I would say. Every DST except Dallas has been good against Tampa Bay.
62:03Denver is at Arizona. Denver has faced teams that currently rank second, third, 17th, fourth, 22nd, and seventh in points per game allowed.
62:10The team that ranks 17th is the Rams. The team that ranks 22nd is the Chargers.
62:15Arizona is tied with New Orleans for allowing the most points in the NFL.
62:20This is, this has been a really tough schedule for the Broncos and by far their best matchup.
62:25Jamie, did they get going this week? The Broncos offense.
62:28I hope so. I hope so. For the people that drafted Jalen Waddle.
62:32I hope so. For the people that invested something in JK Dobbins.
62:36Although it could be messy if Jonah Coleman is active.
62:39And for anybody that still has to start Bo Nix and Superflex or two quarterback leagues, you hope that this is a
62:46game that he can actually look competent and not be scared according to Ryan Fitzpatrick.
62:51So this is one of those. Okay. If I'm stuck and I have a Broncos player, maybe I pivot to it.
62:57I mean, the, the, the secondary and what they've allowed to wide receivers, it's 10 guys that have scored 12.4 PPR points or more.
63:05Wow. Like that's insane that, you know, we're, we're only six, six weeks into the season going into week seven.
63:11So hopefully there's an opportunity for Waddle here to have some success.
63:15I can't trust Cortland Sutton. So he'd be the only receiver.
63:18And then they should be playing with a lead and should give Dobbins more of an opportunity than Harvey.
63:24But we saw last week a direct snap to Harvey, you know, in, in, in a goal line opportunity and he scored.
63:31So just keep that in mind. I think Harvey's a flex.
63:35The one game where they were playing with a lead two weeks ago, Harvey was basically non-existent in the passing game, which sucked.
63:42So that's the, the only, I think concern you have with him, but Dobbins in two games, since Sean Payton has taken
63:49over play calling duty has gotten a good amount of carries and has scored in both of those games and a couple of catches as well.
63:57So I think he's a, I don't want to say safe number two receiver, but he's in that number two receiver range
64:04for really the first time in a long time.
64:07Maybe all season. And Dave, you said you'd rather have Michael Wilson than Waddle.
64:11I believe I have Wilson ranked slightly ahead of Waddle.
64:14Jamie said Waddle. Yeah, not, not by much, but I, you know, just based on matchup and we'll see it.
64:20It doesn't seem like Sertan's going to play. It doesn't seem like Cofango is going to play.
64:26So that should help the, the, the Cardinals, but Wilson has just been so frustrating.
64:30So he's still a number three receiver. You're still starting with three receiver leagues, but I agree.
64:36I think there's more upside with Waddle this week.
64:39Who's the best flex option in this game. Other than Trey McBride, you've got the Denver running backs.
64:44You've got the Cardinals running backs without Jeremiah love.
64:47You've got the receivers. We just talked about. It's the receivers.
64:50We just talked about it's Wilson hoping that he gets maybe a little bit more volume or at least catches more of
64:57his passes and doesn't just immediately stop. Maybe get some yak on top of that.
65:02It's Waddle. Jamie really laid it out. The thing that I can't trust Waddle.
65:06I've seen so much terrible play from Bo Nix and a little bit of bad from Waddle too, if we're being honest,
65:13that it just, it, it's really hard to cannonball into starting him again.
65:17I, I think the Cardinals might've learned something about their defense last week because they blitz Matthew Stafford like crazy.
65:24And it worked. That was against Matthew Stafford and the Rams and Sean McVay and Pukenikua.
65:29This is Bo Nix in an, in an, in an underperforming offensive line.
65:33If they do the same thing and make Bo Nix uncomfortable, you know, he's going to get the ball out super quick.
65:40You know, he's going to get sacked. You know, he's going to throw the ball away.
65:45He's been gun shy all year long. That's the reason why I have a hard time trusting Jalen Waddle.
65:50Now, if we had seen for weeks and weeks and weeks that Arizona just didn't have it with their pass rush and
65:57they couldn't get to the quarterback, even if they blitzed a lot, I'd probably feel a little bit better about Waddle.
66:04But what we saw last week is, is a factor for me.
66:08And that makes me nervous to start Waddle top 30 receiver.
66:11I'm in top 24, top 20. No way. I would actually go as the next best flex would be Dobbins just based on, you know, he's getting carries.
66:20Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to make a case here for Dobbins.
66:24First of all, he has two to three targets in four straight games.
66:28Is that great? No, but he's probably going to give you one or two catches.
66:33He's got he has played in three. The hell is this that when they've won when they've been in wins?
66:39He's got 17 or more carries in three of the four games.
66:43And then he left the other game early with an injury.
66:46I believe. Yeah. OK, I'm sorry. J.K. Dobbins has 17 to 18 carries in three of Denver's four wins in the other win.
66:53He left early with an injury and he and Jonah Coleman combined for 20 carries.
66:58So so that's so if they're four and a half point favorites.
67:02That was Jacksonville. That was Jackson. That was Jacksonville.
67:05That's fair. What happens if Coleman is active? That's yeah, that's the next thing.
67:09I mean, it hasn't mattered. It hadn't mattered up until the point where Dobbins got hurt in week two.
67:15You know, do you think Dobbins has looked bad the last two weeks?
67:19I think he's looked I think he's looked adequate given the opponents and the fact that there was no threat of a passing game.
67:27Yeah, I played the Chargers in the Seahawks. He struggled to run the ball this year.
67:32They've struggled to run the ball this year. They right.
67:35That's the better way to say it. They have definitely struggled.
67:38But no one no one fears Bo Nix right now.
67:41No one fears this passing game right now. So they're going to see loaded boxes and they're going to see, you know, defenses daring them to throw.
67:50So, you know, until that changes and Nick's challenging down the field.
67:53So, you know, the the shell is even closer.
67:56It's it just lends itself to tough scenarios for Dobbins.
67:59But this should be, you know, tried and true formula.
68:03Have a lead in the fourth quarter. Lean on your back.
68:06Rank the running backs in this game. Dobbins, Harvey, Algier, Knight.
68:09That I have it the same way. And if Coleman plays, it's Dobbins, Harvey, Algier, Knight, Coleman.
68:15Who plays? Jonah Coleman. Oh, if Coleman plays. Bam Knight was so much better than Tyler Algier last week.
68:21It's like wasn't even close. But, you know, I look, I have a I have a decision.
68:26Bam Knight or Jawan Johnson in a PPR league.
68:29And I think Jawan. Right. I have to. Right.
68:32Yes. Yeah. Yeah. But Bam Knight, I mean, look, he got he got 15 carries last week and two catches.
68:38And not only that, he actually played on third down.
68:41He split the third down role evenly with Tyler.
68:44No, he didn't. It was 10 of 15 for Algier on third down.
68:48The routes, the routes were even. Routes might have been even.
68:51And Algier had like a not quite 60 40 split in terms of snaps.
68:56Algier had an edge inside the 10. So based on just how they use these guys last week, Algier has an edge.
69:03If we're talking just how did they look last week?
69:06I mean, Knight had that long run. Maybe he's got, you know, he had fresh legs.
69:11So maybe he's got a little bit more juice than Algier at this point.
69:15It's a factor, but I feel gross starting either one.
69:18Let's read some questions here because this game has a lot of like flexi guys.
69:23Let's get flexi. With Josh Allen on a bye, would you go with Rogers, Bo Nix, Brissett or Mayfield?
69:29Yeah, we don't want to start Brissett. Put it that way.
69:32Rogers by a lot. I agree. Would you go with RJ Harvey or Ollie Gordon in PPR?
69:38Ollie, Ollie Oxenfree. Still Gordon. Coleman, Tracy or Bam Knight?
69:41I think Tracy. Why? I mean, like he's facing the Texans.
69:44I don't know. Like, I just don't get it because Bam Knight had 15 carries last week.
69:50Like Tyrone Tracy had, I don't even know, eight touches or something like that.
69:54Right. I'm going on the hope and it's hope because it's not like Bam Knight is exactly great.
70:00I'm going on the hope that Tracy gets the majority of the touches for the Giants because it's unknown right now.
70:06And I think he'll catch more passes than Bam Knight will.
70:10I agree. I agree. Adam is turning his socks into puppets and going to host a fantasy football show.
70:15Yes. Jalen Waddle. That'll be the scariest show ever.
70:18Jalen Waddle or Jeremy Bernard? Bernard. Jeremy. Will your fingers be poking out of the sock puppets eyeballs?
70:24Of course. This one is we're going to go Tucker Craft over Bam Knight.
70:28Jalen Waddle, Xavier Worthy or Jordan Mason PPR? I'd go Waddle.
70:32I'd go Worthy. I'd go Worthy if Rasheed Rice is out.
70:35Yeah. Yeah. It's contingent on Rice being out. Now, if Rice plays, Jamie's going Waddle.
70:40Dave, would you go? I'd go Waddle too. I'm going Waddle either way.
70:44Jamie's Waddling. That's what I'm – yeah, sorry. Yeah, I'm not going to – I don't want to trust Worthy against Seattle.
70:51Sorry. Waddle or Tate? I'll take Tate. Tate. RJ Harvey or Kendry Miller?
70:55Harvey. I have Harvey ahead of Miller as of now.
70:58That might flip if Coleman is activated. Broncos DST or Browns DST?
71:02Broncos. I believe I have Denver higher. I do.
71:05Algier, P. Ryan or Jonah Coleman? Algier, P. Ryan or Jonah Coleman?
71:08Algier. As of now, it's Algier. Bam Knight or Emmanuel Wilson?
71:12You'd think we're in bi-week hell with some of these questions.
71:15I'll take Wilson. We got to see what Tyler – what Charbonnet's role is going to be.
71:21That's why you got to watch on Sunday. And by the way, we're at 1230 on Sunday.
71:26When there's a football game going on, people just don't really show up.
71:30So the game will be over hopefully by 1230.
71:33But 1230 to 1. So 830 to 930 and 1230 to 1.
71:37You know, there is another show that will be on at 12.
71:40Oh, yeah. We do a Sunday pregame show. That'll also be on YouTube.
71:44That's produced by CBS Sports HQ. And we do answer fantasy questions there.
71:48Just not as many. Yeah. We'll make sure we answer a ton of your questions for that half hour.
71:54Colts are at the Vikings. What did we get, about 500 questions answered last week?
71:59That's awesome. I don't know, man. It was crazy.
72:02Colts are at the Vikings. Okay. So we've talked a lot about the Vikings running backs.
72:07How are you ranking – how are you ranking the Vikings running backs versus the Broncos running backs?
72:12Ahead of – no, not ahead of them. I think Dobbins is my favorite right now.
72:17Jones, Dobbins, Mason – no, Harvey Mason. Indeed. I've got a – you would say a Viking sandwich, Adam, because it's Dobbins, Mason, Jones, Harvey.
72:25And they're literally back to back to back to back in my RB rankings.
72:30Okay. So I think for the Colts, it's pretty much just Jonathan Taylor.
72:34But if you had to start – Keenan Allen or Michael Wilson?
72:38Wilson. But I think Keenan Allen is an easy short area target for Daniel Jones to hit.
72:43I'll go Allen or Wilson. Like, you know who else is an easy short area target?
72:48Like Devon Vele. He's had four catches for 26 yards against this team.
72:52But Malik Washington had five or six. I barely have the ball.
72:56Malik Washington had five or 67. Chris Godwin had three for 25.
72:59No Bears wide receiver had more than 43 yards.
73:02Jaden Reed had three catches for 20 yards on seven targets.
73:06The Vikings are just so good. And this could be a game – I mean, I'm going to be honest here.
73:12Over or under 150 passing yards for – that's not even a joke.
73:16For Daniel Jones, 150. I think the only way he goes over is it's in garbage time.
73:22That's what I'm saying, right? I mean, they held the guy who came in with the most pass attempts in the NFL to 96 yards.
73:29Who would – would you start Tyler Warren if he plays?
73:33Yeah. I would, but it wouldn't be with super high expectations.
73:36Would you start him over Dallas Goddard? No. No.
73:39I don't even know if the questions with him are worth answering because he hasn't practiced yet this week.
73:45All right. So then let's talk about the Vikings.
73:48Kyler Murray or – He might be 12th for me.
73:51Kyler Murray or Dak Prescott? Dak. Dak. Colts are 23rd against quarterbacks.
73:55Just gave up 28 points to Aaron Rodgers recently.
73:58So the two quarterbacks who run against them – two quarterbacks who run, who played against them, Lamar Jackson and Marcus Mariota, both had 35-plus yards.
74:06Yeah. It's just – it's a really good setup.
74:09Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray? Kyler for me, but they're back-to-back.
74:12Rodgers. Did you ask Rodgers? Yeah. Yeah, Rodgers over Murray.
74:15How about Ty? I have Rodgers well ahead of Kyler.
74:18Kyler over Chuck, too. I've got Chuck one spot ahead of Kyler.
74:22Start Jefferson. Do you guys want to start Addison or Hawkinson?
74:25No. I would prefer not to, but I'd like to roster them.
74:29They're playing Detroit next week. Yes. And, you know, it could be really good for both those guys.
74:35So just keep an eye on – Addison was like in the 70s in terms of his roster percentage, and Hawkinson was like in the 40s.
74:43So, you know, both could still be out there.
74:46Yep. And this would be – I mean, this is the first game where we're going to get a healthy everyone unless someone leaves with an injury.
74:54But that includes their left tackle, Christian Darasaw. But there's just – It includes both running backs.
75:00Yeah, you're right. I mean, it's amazing the injuries they've sustained, and they're undefeated.
75:04It is crazy. It's a good coach. Brian Flores has done a fantastic job in, you know, how this defense has performed.
75:11And they've managed to win some ugly games offensively.
75:14But like you said, you know, last time we saw Kyler against New Orleans, 51 rushing yards.
75:19And if he can get to his average coming into this year, which was 36, if he can get anything consistently like
75:26that, like he's going to be a really good fantasy quarterback.
75:29And so this is the first week where it starts this fun run of good schedules.
75:34So I'm excited about Kyler. Did you mention Darasaw, Adam?
75:37Yeah, I did. If you did, I missed it.
75:40Okay. Sorry. I'll say very briefly I mentioned it.
75:43All right. San Francisco at it. And just to, you know, Ken just mentioned in the chat, if for whatever reason, Will
75:50Reichert might be the best fantasy kicker. Yeah, he's been really good.
75:54All right. San Francisco's at Atlanta. I already gave the stat of the game.
75:58It was about Brock Purdy. First pass of the second half was a 35-yard completion.
76:03Then he went three for six for 15 yards and two sacks.
76:07And, you know, their pass protection just wasn't that good in the second half for whatever reason.
76:12But I'm getting upset vibes in this game. It's only a two-and-a-half point spread.
76:16I am, too. I'm getting – I like the Falcons.
76:19Like, they're not bad. I didn't like them for the first three quarters last week.
76:24The Bears did a great job of hounding Michael Penix.
76:27There were a lot of three-and-outs. Their special teams was terrible.
76:31Their defense wasn't great. But then they managed to hurry things up in the fourth quarter.
76:36And maybe there's something that can spark them. You know.
76:39And the Niners playing on Monday, flying across the country.
76:42This is usually, like, where teams are ripe for the upset.
76:45I think I'm wrong here. I think I'm wrong.
76:48I think the 49ers will be fine. They're going to get Bosa back, it seems, which is good.
76:54That would help quite a bit. If you want to hear about Brock Purdy, please rewind to one question for each game.
77:01He's top six. I think he's sixth for both of you.
77:04Start McCaffrey. We finally got a real Christian McCaffrey game.
77:07Not that he's been bad. But we finally got the nine catches and the massive usage, two touchdowns, 30.7 fantasy.
77:13They have no choice at this point. Right. Yeah.
77:16Start Kittle. And, Jamie, your thoughts real quick on the 49ers wide receivers?
77:20It does not look like Evans is going to play.
77:23Yeah, or Debo. So, I would think that you're going to see, you know, sort of this hodgepodge of Kirk and Watkins and Brandon Cooks.
77:31You know, so Kirk and Cooks can get confusing.
77:34Kirk and Brandon Cooks, you know, be involved in, you know, they'll use second and third tight end options here.
77:40And they'll probably involve Kalen Black in the passing game too.
77:44Like, there's going to be a lot of different moving parts here.
77:48So, for me, it would be Christian Kirk as the flyer based on George Kittle talking him up in the postgame last week.
77:55He's clearly got the most – I hope Brandon Cooks has the most experience.
77:59But he has, I think, the most upside of the experience guys because I think just Brandon Cooks has shot at this point.
78:06But it wouldn't be surprising if one of those guys just has a, like, four for 58 and a touchdown type of game.
78:14And that kind of boosts Brock Purdy's production and helps the 49ers.
78:17But this could easily be a two-touchdown game for Kittle and a touchdown for McCaffrey through the air.
78:23And Purdy's still fine. So, really, the only safe starts are Purdy, Kittle, and McCaffrey.
78:28Purdy, Kittle, McCaffrey. Okay. And then would you start Jahan Dotson or a 49ers wide receiver?
78:33Kirk over Dotson. He would be the only one.
78:35And Jordan Watson's not someone we're interested in. I see a question about him.
78:40We'd go with Jalen Knoll over Jordan Watson. Yeah, Watkins.
78:43Watkins. Watkins. Sorry, Jordan Watkins. It's okay. He played a ton last week.
78:47He had, like, a 91% rot rate. I think he's got three targets on the season.
78:52It might be. I don't know if he's building towards something or not, but this is a matchup where you can win with your perimeter receivers.
79:00Kirk or Mumfield? Kirk if Puka is in. Mumfield if Puka is out.
79:04I think I'd lean that way. Michael Penix or Kyler Murray?
79:08Murray. Murray. I do like Penix. I like Penix more than Mahomes this week.
79:12Oh, wow. Okay. Michael Penix or... Oh, who did we just talk about?
79:16What was the previous game? Jahan Dotson. No. Not a Mumfield.
79:20Michael Penix or... What the hell was... That was...
79:22I don't know. We had the Vikings Colts as our previous game.
79:26Baker Mayfield. I go Penix. I currently have Mayfield a couple of spots higher.
79:30Oh, Brissette. That's what I was going with. Penix or Brissette.
79:34Penix or Nix. I'll go Brissette, Penix, Nix. Penix over both of them.
79:38We talked about Kyle Pitts. You're going to start...
79:41Nix has been playing very well. Like, it's just...
79:44Mm-hmm. The volume had not been there for him.
79:46And then we finally saw it. And I think if he had stayed...
79:51Huh? It was 33 pass attempts. Yeah, well... For him, that's a lot.
79:55That's a lot. You know, so... They're going to...
79:57Maybe have to throw if they're chasing. Yeah. Only nine carries last week for Bijan.
80:02Michael Penix, I was trying to say... He averaged almost seven yards a carry.
80:06He's just... He needs more opportunities. I shouldn't say they're not running well.
80:11They didn't get many... Right. They didn't get... Which was a little confusing.
80:15And some of it had to do with how the game unfolded, obviously.
80:19No, Penix only 33 pass attempts. Turned into 29 fantasy points.
80:22He's third in the NFL in yards per attempt.
80:25He's fifth in passer rating now. Lamar Jackson, Brock Purdy, Jared Goff, Trevor Lawrence, Michael Penix Jr.
80:30That's your passing rating leaders. But this 49ers defense is pretty good.
80:34It's been tough on wide receivers. Obviously, you're starting Drake London.
80:37And we talked about Kyle Pitts. He's seventh for both of these guys.
80:42So you can start him. Heath doesn't like him as much.
80:45Has him 14th. I just want to say something about London.
80:48I said earlier in the week that I would take London over Malik Neighbors.
80:53And I want to believe that. But I'm looking at London's schedule.
80:57San Francisco is tough, not unbeatable. Tampa Bay has been pretty tough against the number ones.
81:02Cincinnati's got DJ Turner. Kansas City, then a bye, then Minnesota.
81:05This is not a sit Drake London thing. But the next six weeks are five matchups that aren't favorable and a bye week.
81:12So I don't know. I just feel like relevant information.
81:15I love the guy. I mean, I think I love everything about the...
81:19Tell hi. I don't know if I'd be fine.
81:22I think if you can get good for him, sure.
81:25But I don't know. Maybe I'm talking myself. Maybe I'm just being stupid here because he's so good.
81:31Yeah, right. You're not giving him up for nothing.
81:34And he's so heavily targeted. I mean, 10 or more targets in three or four games with Penix.
81:39Okay. That's it for the show. We have an arrest.
81:43Niners. Yeah. Anthony Richardson. Yeah. Yep. Marijuana possession. Niners DST is in play as well.
81:47They're top 12. They're usually pretty good. They struggled this year against Arizona and Denver.
81:52But Atlanta... Atlanta's bad against DSTs, but much of that was...
81:55They haven't been so bad since Penix came back.
81:58Right. I'll see if we have any questions for this game.
82:02And if you're, again, looking ahead and you want to move on from the 49ers, they're on a bye next week.
82:08Christian Kirk or Vele? Right now, currently Vele, but I would consider Kirk.
82:12It's Vele for me. Christian Kirk or Addison? Same.
82:15I think Addison has more upside. Addison or Corum?
82:18Addison. Addison. Purdy or Kyler? Brock. Purdy. Didn't we answer that one earlier with four points?
82:23Yeah, probably. All right. Thanks, guys. Great show. Good job.
82:26Have fun. Have a good weekend. Yeah, good. Mailbag in 30 minutes.
82:30What is it? I'm not even going to move.
82:33Dan, know what? Who was it? Oh, Phil Donahue.
82:35Phil Donahue. Yeah, no chance. Let's just continue this.
82:38So we got, what are the other like 80s, 90s talk show hosts that he made?
82:43Sally, Jesse, Raphael. There's no chance. Ricky Lake. There's no chance.
82:47Geraldo. Could he name anybody on The View? Yes.
82:49Right now? No. Yes. No, 100% he could. Oh, okay.
82:53I love it. Wait, wait, wait. Is Whoopi still on The View?
82:56Does he even know who Whoopi Goldberg is? Does he know who Whoopi Goldberg is?
83:01That's okay. You say no, Adam. I'll say yes.
83:04I've heard of her. I'd know her if I saw her.
83:07He definitely knows who Whoopi Goldberg is. All right.
83:10So you're waiting. I can't name anybody else on The View, but I know that Whoopi's on there.
83:16Phil Donahue, you say no, I say yes. The View, anybody in The View, you say no, I say yes.
83:22Okay. Yes. I love it. He's going to be like, wait, I know Whoopi Goldberg.
83:27I'd know her if I saw her. I'd be like, oh yeah, I know her.
83:31Yeah, yeah. All right. We'll talk to you all on the Mailbag.
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