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2:24So here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
2:27Let's make some trades. Buy low, sell high. Previewing Thursday night football.
2:31Can the Bucs score enough points? Can they keep up with Dallas Cowboys?
2:36We'll discuss that game, try to get to your emails at the end of the show.
2:41And fellas, we are playing our first game show of the regular season this week.
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2:53Well, that's on CBS Sports Network. I guess that's not really...
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3:01But today we're doing Fantasy Jeopardy! Oh, good. Yeah, that's very exciting.
3:06All right. Damn. You guys making trades? Putting out offers?
3:09Active on the trade market? I actually need to run something past Heath about one of my Dynasty teams.
3:16I don't know if this is the appropriate time to do it.
3:20Yes, absolutely. What is Dave trying to get away with?
3:23What's Dave trying to do now? I think I know the answer to this question.
3:28But let's say you enter a year where you've got a team that you think can compete.
3:34And you find yourself with only one win and seven losses after the first four weeks of the season.
3:41At what point do you wave the white flag and say, Okay, I'm going to tank.
3:46I'm going to come back strong next year. Stronger than ever.
3:50Is it too soon to do that when you're one and seven and you look at your opponents for the next four
3:58weeks and you go, Okay, I think I can beat these teams.
4:02I think what determines draft order is a big part of it at first.
4:07And then how many tanking teams do you have?
4:10I think part of the problem with everybody loving the 27 class so much is that in a lot of my leagues,
4:18there have been three or four teams that weren't trying from week one.
4:22And so if I don't really have a chance at a top three pick, then I'm probably going to wait a little bit longer before I start tanking.
4:32All right. I think I've got a pretty good shot at a top three pick if I tank now.
4:38All right. Including the top pick. Okay. So I have.
4:42Go ahead. Yeah. Enough about me and my dynasty team.
4:45Nobody cares. Okay. I gave a stat yesterday that I thought was so interesting on CBS Sports Network.
4:52I went back and I did some more digging.
4:55Kenneth Walker has the most rushing yards through the first four weeks of the season in at least 16 years.
5:02Okay. I looked at the 15 seasons before that and nobody had as many rushing yards as Kenneth Walker does.
5:09So I said, how far back do we have to go to find someone who actually had more rushing yards than Kenneth Walker through the first four weeks?
5:18Well, if I had just gone back one more season to 2010, I would have found Arian Foster was the last guy
5:26to rush for more yards than Kenneth Walker. He had 539.
5:30I think Walker is 537 through the first four weeks.
5:33Foster finished that year averaging 24.7 fantasy points per game, but more with catches than Walker.
5:39Walker's on pace for 2,282 rushing yards. Foster didn't quite keep up the pace.
5:44He ended up with a pace of 1,717 rushing yards.
5:47But that's it. Best start to the season in terms of rushing yards for a running back, Ken Walker, since Arian Foster in 2010.
5:55He was the number one running back that year and he scored 91 more fantasy points than RB2, who was, of course, Peyton Hillis, as we all remember.
6:05Let's do some news and notes here. Lane Johnson retiring.
6:09Really shocking. And he missed week four for personal reasons.
6:12He's retired. He's the Eagles right tackle. Hall of Fame type of career.
6:17It's that about Jalen Hurts, I believe, without Lane Johnson, right?
6:20It's over the last three seasons and includes this season.
6:24He has not had 20 fantasy points in six of 10 games without Lane Johnson.
6:29Now, keep in mind, this week, not only is he going to be without Lane Johnson, but he's also going to be without Landon Dickerson.
6:38And guard Cam Juergens is in the concussion program.
6:41I'm not sure if Juergens is playing guard or center these days.
6:45But it's ugly. Three-fifths of that starting offensive line for Philadelphia, which was supposed to be the biggest strength of their offense,
6:53now gone against the number one defense in the AFC, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
6:57And I watched Markel Bell, the right tackle. I watched his tape about half of the game.
7:03He's filled in. He's a rookie. He's six foot nine.
7:06He is from Miami. So I was very curious to see how he did.
7:11And he's fun because he will just destroy people at times.
7:15But he really struggled in pass protection. And actually, just confirming with PFF, they ranked him 71st in pass blocking out of
7:23basically 75 tackles that played some snaps in week four.
7:26So it was a problem at times. And the Rams, he's had a tough matchup against the Rams.
7:32And sometimes they would send pressure around him, and it just seemed like he didn't know what he was doing.
7:39It was the first start of the career for Markel Bell.
7:43Yeah, the bet's taken a really nasty turn in the last week or so between the Lamar Jackson injury and everything falling apart in Philadelphia.
7:52The bet is over. I know everybody's been over.
7:55It's over. People have been picking up Tyreek Hill, but you probably saw the story with his wife taking the stand and alleging the abuse against Tyreek Hill.
8:05And I do wonder if that affects if teams are going to sign him because it's pretty grotesque stuff that he's been accused of.
8:13Seattle is not signing Joe Mixon. Lamar Jackson has only an outside chance to play this week, according to Ian Rappaport.
8:20They play Sunday night at Atlanta. Jaden Daniels is on track to start this week against the Giants, according to Mike Garofalo.
8:28Two injuries that happened super late in week four that we haven't seen anything.
8:33We talked about Ramondre yesterday, and we seemed to express some optimism that he'd be fine.
8:38But I saw the video of the potential injury, and it's just one to keep in mind.
8:44Ramondre Stevenson this week against the Raiders. I think we know it would be a great opportunity for Travion, Ramondre missed time.
8:52And Chris Olave got hurt late, like one of the last plays of the game in a blowout.
8:58Did he stay in the game, though? No, I don't think so.
9:02I think he came off, and I'm pretty sure Vele caught the touchdown with Olave off the field.
9:09Not 100% on that. So Olave and Ramondre will keep an eye on.
9:13And Tampa Bay plays tomorrow night. Chase McLaughlin, their kicker, he missed practice.
9:18So if you have McLaughlin, you might want to make a switch.
9:22And Colts edge Arden Key is out three to four weeks with a hamstring injury.
9:27Niners defensive line is really banged up, but they could get edge rusher Micah Williams back this week.
9:33Lad McConkie day-to-day. Rashawn Slater, the left tackle for the Chargers, has a high ankle sprain.
9:39Right tackle Joe Ault, I think it's a neck issue for him.
9:43And safety Derwin James is week-to-week as they host the Denver Broncos this week.
9:48Let's do some fill-in-the-blank. My favorite buy low is blank.
9:51George Pickens. Garrett Wilson. Lad McConkie. Oh. Okay. I think Pickens and – give me 30 seconds on Pickens.
9:58Dave, give me 30 seconds on Wilson. And then Heath, give me 30 minutes on McConkie.
10:03Okay. Jamie? I mean, look, he's off to a bad start.
10:07We know there's so much potential for him still.
10:10You know, at some point he's going to have a big game.
10:14It could happen against the Bucs. Their defense just isn't something I think that the Cowboys will fear challenging.
10:21And hopefully they just have enough volume because of what the offense for Tampa Bay brings.
10:27But he's just too good to be producing at such a low level.
10:31And at some point you hope the targets will start to balance out a little bit as CeeDee Lamb just continues to dominate everything there.
10:40But, you know, again, he's healthy. He's given you a few big plays.
10:44He just hasn't given you a few big fantasy games.
10:48And those will definitely start to pile up for him.
10:51I would agree. I'm going to ask Scott Turner about that on Wednesday's reality versus fantasy.
10:57Garrett Wilson ran 18 routes in week four. Bears totally dominated that game.
11:01Jets barely had the ball. They didn't even convert a single third down.
11:06I wouldn't worry about it if you've got Garrett Wilson.
11:09But the person who has Garrett Wilson in your league might not be listening to this.
11:15And they might be nervous about what happened in week four.
11:19So make a low ball offer. Make a medium ball offer.
11:22And get a quality number two fantasy receiver on your squad while he's a little bit discounted.
11:28Heath? So I think this is the time of year that it's like with the buys starting especially.
11:35Like you've got to target those one and three and oh and four teams that have guys that aren't playing this week.
11:42You can get them at a bigger discount than you should be able to.
11:47And Ladd McConkie certainly one of those guys that is fantasy manager probably not having a good time.
11:53Ladd specifically. The big problem for him has just been not being on the field.
11:58He's played more than half of the offensive snaps once so far this season.
12:03If you look at when he's been on the field though, he's averaging 2.13 yards per route run, 10.76 yards per target.
12:11Those are both better than his career averages. So maybe he misses a couple weeks.
12:16They've got a week seven by. Maybe they take that long.
12:20Jim Harbaugh didn't or I guess the right Harbaugh didn't sound as concerned about like a long-term absence for McConkie.
12:27So I think when he gets back, the other thing is the other receivers haven't stepped up in his absence.
12:34So I think when he gets back, he's going to be peppered with targets.
12:39He's been the only good thing about this offense except for maybe Keaton Mitchell.
12:44Could be a great wide receiver too in the second half of the season.
12:48Okay. Yeah. I mean, I have other concerns about McConkie.
12:52Like his average route depth is way up. He's not playing in the slot as much as he used to.
12:59And with a team that can't protect their quarterback, I don't love that.
13:03But I mean, he's getting double teamed a ton.
13:06I totally get what you're saying. Heath. I mean, he, he, I can't get past that week one.
13:13Week one was so good. Five catches, 82 yards and a touchdown on seven targets.
13:18And he left after three quarters. So it was really encouraging stuff.
13:22But now they have like all these offensive line concerns.
13:25And the most traded player right now, we can stay on the Chargers.
13:30The most traded player is Omari and Hampton. And I just saw someone say, I traded Omari and Hampton for Luther Burden.
13:38Is that a win or a loss? Push. Yeah.
13:41It's even maybe a little bit in favor of Hampton, just because Hampton's a running back.
13:46I think, I feel like you guys would probably agree.
13:50I think Omari and Hampton has the potential to be the biggest bust in fantasy.
13:55He's up there. He was in a three-way split in week, in week four.
14:00He barely catches the ball. And I'm saying this because he was obviously a very high pick, right?
14:06A top 15-ish pick. Things look terrible right now for Omari and Hampton.
14:11I'm not really seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
14:15I didn't expect to say this at the start of the season, but I look forward to when they fire Mike McDaniel,
14:22the new play caller, features Omari and Hampton a little bit more.
14:27But it's not even just that. It's like he only runs up the middle, basically.
14:32They can't block at all. They're terrible up the middle.
14:35Keaton Mitchell looks like they want him to be some factor.
14:39And again, they're not using Hampton in the passing game.
14:42All these things could change. They could start throwing the ball at him, I guess, but I'm just not seeing a lot of encouraging things with Hampton.
14:52I saw a great joke. Dave Hyde, former South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist, said that this is Mike McDaniel's way of trying
14:59to prove that Tua was actually better than Justin Herbert.
15:03He's got to at least try and change what he's doing because he's become predictable.
15:08Because every time it's Hampton in the backfield, defenses are just stepping up to stop the run between the tackles.
15:15And almost every time they use Keaton Mitchell, it's to the edges.
15:19Either an edge run or a flare pass out into the flat.
15:23It's just too predictable. And it's shocking. It's jarring, actually, that the Chargers with Mike McDaniel is just this predictable.
15:30And so I agree. Like, he's either got to go or Jim Harbaugh has got to take over.
15:37And I did think that they got a little more run-centric toward the end of their game against Seattle.
15:43And, yeah, some penalties really helped the Chargers make that game closer than it was.
15:48But they were able to get some things done on the ground.
15:52And I was critical of Hampton going into Week 4.
15:56I thought he looked a little bit better in Week 4, even with the bad blocking.
16:02But it's a mess right now. And people are basically selling low on Amari and Hampton.
16:07And I understand why. I wouldn't give him away.
16:10Getting Luther Burden form in trade is fine. Getting someone even lower than that, like on the trade value chart, who's lower than Luther Burden?
16:19Josh Downs, Stephon Diggs, Carnell Tate. For now, I'd rather just have Hampton than those three.
16:24Okay. And Hampton, yeah. I mean, it was encouraging that they got the run game going a little bit at the end.
16:32And this week, they play a Broncos team that has really struggled against the run.
16:37So hopefully they can. Oh, my gosh. I was going to look at my Amari and Hampton team to see if I could make a trade.
16:46And I'm facing Heath. And I'm a 31-point underdog right now.
16:50What the hell? You must have a Tadaroa or a Chief.
16:54I have Kelsey. But that's not enough to. What league is that?
16:58You got Hampton. Super flex. Oh, yeah. That one turned out okay for me.
17:03That was the league where I waited forever on quarterback and took Bryce Young and CJ Stroud.
17:09Oh, I'm facing Bryce Young this week. That's good.
17:12I like that. I just put Penix. I put Penix in for him, and I'm still a 31-point favorite.
17:18All right. Well, you know, I'm 3-1. I got you, buddy.
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21:48Chuba Hubbard is four. Maybe people think he's a sell high.
21:52Let's see who you guys think is a sell high.
21:56My favorite sell high is blank. Let's go Dave, Heath, Jamie.
21:59I'll take the easy one. Alvin Kamara. Derek Henry.
22:02I'll take the easy one. Aaron Jones. That's an easy one too, yes.
22:07Yes, yes. Three running backs. Yeah, yeah. All right, so Jones is just, you know, Jordan Mason should be back pretty soon.
22:15I mean, maybe, but still, he's been awesome. He's also older.
22:18And even if, you know, Mason's still a few weeks away, another bye coming up in week seven, there's still the potential of, you know, Jones breaking down.
22:28And we don't know if Mason is even going to, you know, be the one to be the second guy there.
22:35But I think you're just looking at he's been amazing in the last three games.
22:41And if you can turn him into something great, like I would trade Aaron Jones for George Pickens personally, if I could do that.
22:49Pickens. I would trade a $5 bill for a $100 bill if I could do that.
22:54But if it's Aaron Jones and a good wide receiver.
22:58You're selling high on Alvin Kamara. Yeah, I know.
23:01You're trying to sell a nickel. I'd like to turn this nickel into $100 as well.
23:07People are desperate for running backs. At least with Alvin Kamara, he's got a little bit more leeway before Travis E.
23:1410 comes back. So I guess I could say that in my defense.
23:18But you can take Aaron Jones and somebody else and try and get George Pickens.
23:24That's smart thinking. Would you trade Aaron Jones for Ladd McConkie?
23:27Oh, hell yeah. Of course. I mean, you say of course.
23:31You're trading a $5 bill for a crumpled $5 bill.
23:35Here's the thing. He's playing well, right? He's running well.
23:38He has nine catches in his last two games.
23:41And he could just still be the lead back when Jordan Mason comes back.
23:46He's not going to have 20 carries. Right. He's got like an 85% rush share and a 24% target share since Jones went down.
23:54Like there's just no way this keeps up. Since.
23:58Agreed. Since Mason went down. Okay. Yeah. And by the way, he's the fifth Aaron Jones on the most traded list right behind Chuba Hubbard.
24:06Okay. So Alvin Kamara, Aaron Jones. Yeah. Yeah. Kamara scored two touchdowns.
24:10Anytime a running back like this has a good game in the fantasy stat box, you try and turn them into something.
24:18So Alvin Kamara and a receiver for George Pickens, Alvin Kamara.
24:22How about Alvin Kamara and maybe a little something for Jalen Coker, Emeka Abuka?
24:27The only thing I would say with if you have Kamara and you know what you know what it is, right?
24:34It's like a rental. So do people in your league too, but they're just desperate for running back.
24:40He had seven targets. They throw more than any team in football.
24:44He might just be, you know, a pretty solid PPR RB two for the next three games before they're by.
24:51Right. I'm not saying you shouldn't sell. I'm just saying like he.
24:55Don't give them away. I don't think. He could be useful.
24:59And I wouldn't give them away. Yeah. All right.
25:02Uh, Heath, Derek Henry. Yeah. I got to make a little stronger case for this one, obviously, but you got it.
25:10You got to get something a little better than you would get for Aaron Jones or Alvin Kamara, but he's, he is
25:17the RB four on the season once again. And I know that we've been like taking different turns at being skeptical about
25:25Derek Henry over the last three years. And he's always just awesome.
25:29I think there's some real warning signs. Um, this, we were worried about the run blocking from this Ravens offense coming into the year because they lost Linderbaum.
25:39They lost for card and now they've lost multiple offensive linemen to, injury.
25:43He's averaging 1.01 yards before contact per rush attempt by far the lowest mark since he joined the Ravens.
25:50He's still averaging 4.2 yards per carry. The defenses he's faced have collectively given up 4.3 yards per carry for the season.
25:58So they've been worse when they've not played him than they've been when they've played him.
26:03And the Falcons look like definitely the best run defense he's faced all season doing, facing that defense with Tyler Huntley, a
26:11quarterback could be a little bit gross. I don't think Derek Henry is going to be a bust the rest of the way.
26:19I think it'd be right around RB 12, but I think he's the type of guy, like if you've got some holes
26:26in your roster and you want to trade him for a running back who right now is maybe averaging three or four
26:34or five fantasy points per game, fewer than Henry is, and try to plug one of those holes by getting another player, another two players.
26:43In addition to that, Henry is the type of guy that should get you multiple starters.
26:48And I don't think he will be as good rest of season as he's been so far.
26:54Uh, what? So someone asked in the chat, trying to what running back can you trade Derek Henry for?
27:01Well, it's, it's not straight up. So it's, it's Derek Henry for Javante Williams and a starting wide receiver or Derek Henry
27:08for chase Brown and a starting wide receiver. It's, it's that, it's that type of move.
27:14Who's an interesting one is, um, is Judkins, right?
27:17Like what would you, first of all, you guys buying Judkins because been involved in the passing game.
27:23Um, Brown's offense looks a lot better than we thought.
27:27So yeah, go ahead. Good. I would say the first two guys I gave you, um, or like, I'm just adding a
27:34starting wide receiver to get an, and giving up Derek Henry.
27:38If I'm getting quench on Judkins, then I should be getting a, like, I think this guy could be a top 12 wide receiver.
27:46Yeah. Okay. And then what about Chuba Hubbard? I mean, how much worse is Chuba Hubbard than Derek Henry?
27:53Cause it honestly wouldn't surprise me if he had a better year and that's just me being high on Chuba Hubbard or high on something else.
28:02I think he's right in between the guys I gave and Judkins.
28:06Okay. Okay. So could I get Chuba Hubbard and a top 18 wide receiver or 20 wide receiver?
28:12What if it's a top 30 wide receiver with Chuba?
28:16What if it's a Buka who I think is also a good buy low, by the way, I'm not feeling that makes me want to puke.
28:25I would. Yeah. No chance you're trading for those two.
28:28Okay. What if it's Coker? Oh, that's interesting. Chuba and Coker for Derek Henry.
28:33I'd rather have the Panthers. I think it depends on how desperate you are for a receiver.
28:39And it's really hard to make a trade like that with Carolina on buy.
28:44Like, is your depth really that good that you can afford to?
28:48Well, if you're, if you're forward thinking and your team is in good spot, you could, you know, take the hit in
28:56week five and hopefully manage your way through a win still.
29:00And then you have what the hope would be is two stars moving forward.
29:04I mean, the unfortunate thing with Coker is he's got this injury track record that he's got to prove he can get over.
29:12And what happens? And I don't think it's, it's a significant factor by any stretch, but Jonathan Brooks is still going to return at some point.
29:21Has there been a Chuba and Burden? He's right around that same range as I take, uh, and I take Chuba and Burden.
29:29Okay. And you'd probably take Chuba and Coker too, but you're wincing at a Buka and that's okay.
29:36They're all like in that, like wide receiver 30 range on the trade chart.
29:41You know, I'm just saying with Chuba Hubbard, has there been a player who is, you know, increased his value more than, than Chuba Hubbard and this guy.
29:50So 23.7, 14.4, 15 and 25.9 PPR fantasy points.
29:53I'm assuming he has outscored Derek Henry, but it's probably pretty close.
29:57Well, there there's, there's three guys that are kind of in a similar situation.
30:02It's a sliding scale on what you think the backup's going to do when they're healthy, but you have Chuba Hubbard, Aaron
30:10Jones and Jalen Warren who are all performing very well in a very similar way because they're getting so much work without
30:18any, you know, capable player behind them. So what happens to Warren when Dowdle's healthy?
30:23You, you, you referenced this yesterday about Mike McDaniels, Mike McCarthy saying, um, you know, that they're going to be, you know, still sharing time.
30:31You would anticipate that with the Viking situation, the Panthers one is hard to fathom that, you know, Jonathan Brooks is taking Chuba Hubbard off the field.
30:41Exactly. That's the one. He might, he might just, you know, take what's a top 10 running back and make him a
30:48top 15 guy, which is still important. Yeah, I guess so.
30:52But we don't even know when he's coming back.
30:55He's correct. The other two timetables are a little bit more certain, I guess.
31:00All right. So those are some buy lows and sell highs and just some more trade context.
31:06And yeah, Heath, uh, I was wrong. Derek Henry, about 12 more fantasy points so far than Chuba Hubbard.
31:13Adam, you have that page still open? Which one?
31:16Running back fantasy points. Where's Ashton Gentry on that list?
31:19He is six points behind, five points behind Chuba Hubbard.
31:23He's a, he's RB 10. Does it worry anybody that all of his fantasy production is coming through the air and it's not necessarily consistent?
31:31Like he had the awesome week one, two touchdowns.
31:35He had a great week for six catches and like 60 something yards.
31:39Is that a sell high? And I'm not saying that he's going to like totally fall out.
31:45Like we have to preface every sell high with this because everybody thinks, oh, you hate him, but his rushing efficiency still isn't very good.
31:54I'm not sure you had to qualify Alvin Kamara like that.
31:57But for Gentry, seriously, like if you've got Gentry, do you consider selling high on Gentry the same way you might consider selling high on Derek Henry?
32:07I'm trying to look at their schedule. What do you want to know?
32:11I think. Which teams are on it? Patriots, Bills, Rams.
32:15Yeah. I think after this week, I don't mind the schedule that much.
32:19Although he's already played the Dolphins and Saints. Yeah.
32:22Yeah. I think he's probably going to be, he's RB 10 now.
32:27I think he's probably going to be RB 15 rest of season.
32:31Yeah. The first, first game with Brock Bowers, Gentry only had three targets and I was like, oh, this is problem here.
32:38And then he had eight. So I don't know.
32:42I think he's like, I think he's just like a second round kind of player.
32:47It's just going to be a ton of work, but he said it on Sunday night show.
32:53They wanted to get Mike Washington more involved. They did early and he just, he didn't do anything.
32:59And Gentry was a lot better than Washington in week four.
33:03All right. So those are some bylaws and sell highs.
33:06Let's do some more fill in the blank here.
33:09This is from ghost Kerrigan. I should be blank about Deandre Swift.
33:13Willing to start. Nah, that doesn't make sense with a blue worm.
33:18Yeah. I'm a little worried about Deandre Swift because of the fumble and because Mononga was amazing last game.
33:24So Swift had a, if he didn't get hurt, I'd be with you.
33:29He does. He's day to day though. We're all day to day.
33:33Um, I look, he, he's not a hundred percent.
33:36So that's, that's a positive. If you're the Deandre Swift manager, I guess so.
33:41But I think, I don't think they're running away from Swift because he had a fumble.
33:46No, but maybe they give more work to Mononga.
33:49Cause the thing was Swift is that he had more, he had not had a game all year or last year.
33:57Uh, either all year or all year after Mononga became a thing with back to back, back to back games of 16 or more carries.
34:05And he had that in each of the first three games.
34:09So they were using him much differently. And now I'm just worried it'll be more of an even split.
34:16Uh, this is from free. I may blank for dropping Drake may last week.
34:21You're a knuckle beak. Fine. Ooh. Ooh. Reasonable human being.
34:24Yeah. Uh, I'm feeling regret for dropping, dropping Drake may last week.
34:28I thought you were going to say idiot moron, Adam.
34:32Well, if he had said, I'm an blank, I would have said that, but I didn't want to be grammatically incorrect from hipster doofus.
34:40It's Jalen hurts more like Jalen blank. Jalen hurts.
34:43Uh, Jalen sucks. I don't know. More like Jalen hurts your fantasy team.
34:48Yes. There you go. Wait, I'm going to hit a button and see if it's the right one.
34:54Yes. Hurts or Drake may rest of season. May.
34:57May. You guys are all right back in on Drake may.
35:01No, we had him QB two or three at the start of the year.
35:06I've got him QB 10 for this week. It's just, I, I don't know.
35:11I feel like this Jalen, the situation Jalen hurts is in currently is about as bad as any situation of it for any quarterback.
35:19And eventually AJ Brown's coming back. Patriots offensive line is already like battled through their first injury and they seem to be okay.
35:27I agree that Drake may wasn't perfect in week four, but I felt like he started to like turn the corner and gain his confidence back.
35:36And he ran. He ran. I think that's part of it.
35:40I think just, just getting out there and running around helped him play a little bit more free.
35:46He ran so far away. Bruin says blank chargers can be dropped.
35:50Uh, Mike Daniel. Two. Two chargers. Uh, which ones Herbert and Quentin Johnson.
35:55Are you, are you even speculating on Trey Harris?
35:58I've got him on a couple of benches. Me too.
36:01I'd rather have him than Quentin Johnston. Yep. If McConkie doesn't play this week against the Broncos who will be without Sertan
36:09and maybe without Riley Moss as well. Should we drop?
36:12Should we drop Johnston or hold on? I would drop Johnston.
36:16They also have a buy in week seven. Week seven.
36:20So what's that? Is it seven or eight? Well, that's a lot.
36:24Chargers are seven. Yeah. All right. Next one from Frank Parker, Washington.
36:28When are you going to feel comfortable starting Quentin Johnson?
36:31If you're not going to do it against a team that's got backups at corner, then when would it ever be?
36:39Right. They also have backups on the offensive line and it's going to be a tough game for Herbert once again.
36:46Actually, I skipped this one. The best bears wide receiver or tight end rest of season will be blank.
36:53And I mean that in terms of fantasy value, you know, like per position.
36:57Luther, Luther Burden. I agree. Burden. Khalif Raymond. Nah.
37:01You're lying. Adam hasn't realized something yet. What happened?
37:04Did you look at our waivers results? No. You dropped Khalif Raymond?
37:08We dropped Khalif Raymond. For who? Carnell Tate. Oh, I love it.
37:12That's great. Well, didn't I put in a claim for Carnell Tate?
37:16Yeah, but you had like seven different players you wanted to add dropping Brian Thomas Jr.
37:22Oh, okay. And I thought we might want more than one of those guys.
37:27Fair enough. So I upped the bid on Tate and changed Thomas to Raymond.
37:31Exciting stuff going on with Carnell Tate. We'll talk about it soon.
37:36And last one, Parker Washington is wide receiver blank rest of season.
37:40Wide receiver 15. Those are excellent guesses. And I think that sounds about right.
37:45Okay. So Washington, bad game last week. Watched the tape this morning.
37:49He was actually, when he was outside, not in the slot, he was pretty much shadowed by DJ Turner.
37:55So good job, DJ Turner, for shutting down another wide receiver.
37:59And only 23 pass attempts for Trevor Lawrence. There's one stat, though, on Parker Washington.
38:04As you think of him as a slot guy, he's a different kind of slot guy.
38:10He is fifth among, there are 51 wide receivers with 20 or more targets.
38:15He's fifth in average route depth. This is not a list that I like very much.
38:20I don't like my wide receivers to be at the top of this list.
38:25The top 10 right now in average route depth, Jamison Williams, Romo Dunze, Mac Hollins, Cortland Sutton, Parker Washington, Garrett Wilson.
38:32Wilson kind of skewed more by one game, whereas Washington's been more consistently high average route depth.
38:38Jordan Addison, George Pickens, Dontavian Wicks, Denzel Boston. It's not like the worst thing in the world, but it's not my favorite thing.
38:46So it's a little surprising to see Parker Washington on that list.
38:50And it is a little bit concerning that Trevor Lawrence is averaging 26 pass attempts per game.
38:56Yeah. Yeah. Like that's, that's not exactly an ideal environment unless you were getting a 30% target share.
39:03He probably was getting fairly close to that right before week four.
39:07Maybe not. Yeah. Well, let's see. He had six.
39:10That sounds about right. I don't know. Six, 12 and five targets in three games.
39:15First three games. All right. Fun, fun thing for you to watch tonight as the Yankees get eliminated is NFL play action on Paramount Plus.
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39:48Let me know what you think. Tampa Bay is at Dallas.
39:52Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Nah. He smashed the mic.
39:56All right. Tampa Bay at Dallas. So the bucks, you know, we're hopeful for George Pickens, but it's worth noting.
40:03They're giving up the fourth fewest fantasy points to wide receivers.
40:07They see the third fewest wide receiver targets per game, the bucks, and they see the eighth most tight end targets per game.
40:15They've been bad against tight ends, but good against Jamar Chase.
40:19Jamar Chase had 12 yards. T Higgins had 59 yards.
40:22Denzel Boston had a big game. Jordan Addison had a big game.
40:26Matthew Golden had 21 yards. Christian Watson had 47 yards.
40:30Golden did catch a touchdown. So I don't really know what to make of it.
40:35But Heath, is this game even worth discussing? It was the easiest game to preview in the world.
40:41Yeah. I mean, I think if people are considering like, do I want to start George Pickens?
40:47I don't think we should just scoff at that.
40:50I understand why you're feeling that way. We're going to start him.
40:55We're going to start lamb. We're going to start deck.
40:58We're going to start Javante. Bucky is the only Tampa Bay player that we're going to start.
41:04And I feel a little bit gross about it just because the targets disappeared with Jalen Daniels.
41:10But you're going to start him. There's not enough running backs to not start him.
41:15We could start on Bucky Irving because not only did the targets disappear, but Sean Tucker appeared and stole the stinking goal line touchdown.
41:23That was their first team rush attempt inside the five-yard lane, which tells you so many things about this offense right now.
41:31They've had one rush attempt for the season inside the five-yard lane.
41:35I don't feel super. Which is one more than Bucky has in the last 18 months.
41:41Would you start Omarian Hampton or Bucky Irving? I have Bucky higher, but I feel kind of gross about it.
41:48Would you start Bucky? I'm not sure who you put ahead of Bucky.
41:52Actually, maybe you can make the case for Hampton because he's going up against Denver.
41:57And because it's... I mean, they both have fairly easy matchups.
42:01Yeah, that's true. Well, Dallas' run defense isn't that bad.
42:05No. The only thing they've been really good at is limiting explosive plays.
42:09All right. Well... Denver gives up plenty of those.
42:12Four yards per carry. They were bad week one against the Giants, but since then they've been pretty solid.
42:19They held Derrick Henry to 26 carries, 89 yards, and he did have two touchdowns.
42:24The Houston running backs were terrible last week. Yeah.
42:27So... Yeah. How about... How about Emmanuel Wilson or Bucky Irving?
42:31Wilson. I've got Bucky. I've got Wilson. Quinchon Judkins.
42:34Oh, I'm the high guy on Bucky. I've got to move Bucky down.
42:39Ugh. Judkins. Judkins at the Jets. I have Judkins over Bucky.
42:42All right. Braylon Allen against the Browns or Bucky?
42:46We found the guy. I'd rather have Bucky. I'd still go Bucky.
42:50I'm going Braylon Allen. I think, like, he has every running back touch for the Jets since Brees Hall got hurt.
42:57And the only reason he wasn't good last week for fantasy purposes is because the team ran 33 offensive plays.
43:04They might run double that this week. Yeah. All right.
43:07How about the ever-difficult-to-start Jameson? It's funny you say that, though, because they're playing a better defense this week.
43:14They are, but no one runs 33 plays. Jameson Williams at Arizona or Bucky Irving?
43:19J-Mo. Bucky. J-Mo or George Pickens? Pickens. Pickens. Neighbors or Pickens?
43:23Neighbors. Pickens. Packers wide receiver or Pickens? Watson, Pickens, Golden.
43:26That's the Watson-Golden Pickens. All right. Pickens is 18th for Jamie, 11th for Dave, 13th for Heath.
43:32I might have Golden ahead of Pickens. You have, yep, Golden 17th, Pickens 18th.
43:37All right. So that's Jake Ferguson. Starter's it, Dave?
43:40Wouldn't want to start him. Wouldn't want to be a...
43:44Okay. I know you wouldn't want to start him, but the Bucs really kind of stink against tight ends.
43:50I don't know if that matters to you. He's a touchdown or bust tight end.
43:56Well outside the top 12. Well, not well outside the top 12.
44:00Like, I'd rather start Higby. For now, I've got Hawkinson ahead of him.
44:04For now, I've got Kosicki ahead of him. Harold Fannin is an easy start ahead of him.
44:10Just anybody that could get in the neighborhood of four catches with a semblance of touchdown upside should go ahead of Ferguson.
44:18What a crap week at quarterback. But, you know, Dak, it's not like the matchup is bad or anything like that, but
44:25are you just concerned at all about him not having to throw much?
44:30And, you know, everybody's got him top five. Jamie, you have him second.
44:34So I guess there's not a ton of concern about him.
44:38No, I don't. You don't have him second? No.
44:41Oh, you do. Where do you have him? Oh, wait.
44:45Fourth, I believe. Oh, I hit refresh. Now you have him fourth.
44:49Heath, Heath fourth, Dave fifth, Jamie fourth. So the guys they would start over Dak are Josh Allen, Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff,
44:57and like Dave has Burrow, and that's it. Okay.
45:00Well, does anybody want to talk about Dak or just?
45:03I think if you've got him, you're starting him.
45:06He's one of the safest plays this week. Yeah.
45:09Just hope the Bucs can keep up their end of the bargain.
45:14Is there anyone else on the Bucs? Like Kate Otten's getting six targets most weeks.
45:19Five to six targets. There's not a pass catcher you could start with confidence from Tampa Barrett.
45:25There you go. No. Who's the best one? I mean, look, if you want to go based on the one-game sample size, it's Godwin.
45:33You got you nine PPR points, 9.1. Abuka still has the most upside, but he's just been so disappointing right now.
45:40So they're at best number three receivers. I have Abuka the highest, but neither of them are in my top 40 wide receivers.
45:48Do we have some questions? All right. Dak or Trevor Lawrence?
45:52Dak. I have Dak higher. Dak. Bucky, Pollard, Emmanuel Wilson, or Will Shipley?
45:57Wilson. Yeah, Wilson. Or wait, hold on. Sorry, Heath.
46:00Emmanuel. Thank you. Cowboys or Bengals DST? Cowboys for me.
46:03Cincinnati. I have the Bengals. Javante Williams is a must start, right?
46:07Yes. Oh, yes. Very good run defense, though. The Bucs have a good run defense.
46:13So did Houston. Yeah. I know, but he ran.
46:16He didn't run well last week. That's not what he's going to do.
46:20I understand. He scored touchdowns. Yes, of course, he is a must start.
46:25I just want to point it out. It's not like this is an easy matchup.
46:30Chris Godwin, Concepcion, or Roman Wilson? Pick two. Wilson is first to that threesome for me.
46:35He is for me. Wilson, too. I think if you're in this situation, what I would probably do is wait, if you
46:43can, see the injury situations in Buffalo and Cincinnati, and if you could pick up one of Coleman, Shakir, or Dante Myers,
46:51and play that player as your second receiver. Wait, you said Shakir, Dante Myers.
46:56Who was the first guy you said? Keon Coleman.
46:59Oh. Coleman! I do have Concepcion ahead of Godwin, but again, not much confidence.
47:03The stat lines will be similar. Six for 30.
47:07I don't know. Concepcion might get more targets. Cowboys.
47:10Well, they did give two screen passes to Godwin last week, so that was cool.
47:15He had a 20. Yeah, they did for Ibuka, too.
47:18That's how he got his number. Oh, yeah. 27% target share, I think, for Godwin.
47:24Something like that. Yahoo. Anyway, the Cowboys DST. No, we're CBS.
47:2725% rostered. They have been absolutely horrible this year.
47:31At the Giants, Washington, Baltimore, at Houston. They do not have an interception.
47:35I think they will get there first, but Jamie, you're super high on them.
47:40You have them, well, you're going to tell me that I'm wrong, but as of now, you have them fourth, I think.
47:48Dave 10th. Heath 14th for the Cowboys. Jamie? I mean, the Bucs offense is atrocious.
47:53It was atrocious before Baker Mayfield got hurt, and I just don't trust Jalen Daniels.
47:58I think it's going to be an opportunity for the Dallas defense to get right.
48:03Heath, you're the low guy. 14. Well, I'm not sure that they possess the ability to get right.
48:09And 14's much, much higher than what their production would suggest.
48:13I think what Tampa Bay is going to try to do, and they did it last week, is run the ball a lot more than they throw it.
48:23So if they can do that, there won't be quite as many opportunities for Jalen Daniels to make mistakes.
48:29Okay. And then they'll be down by three touchdowns, and let's go get them.
48:34Which they have barely done this year. They have four games.
48:38There should be some turnovers here. We'll take a break, and the Bucs, by the way, give up the most fantasy points to DSTs.
48:46We'll take a break, and when we come back, we'll take one last look at the most traded list.
48:53We'll do some buy-sell-hold. I got some wide receiver stats that might interest you, and then it's fantasy jeopardy time.
49:00And if we have time, we'll get to your emails.
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51:04Livemomentus.com, promo code FFT. All right, the most traded list, Omari and Hampton.
51:08We talked about Saquon Barkley's injured. Malik Neighbors, buy, sell, hold.
51:12Bye. Hold. Hold. Hold. Chuba Hubbard, buy, sell, hold.
51:15Hold. Definitely hold. I'm buying high. You're buying high?
51:18Wow, okay. I just think he's going to be really good.
51:22You know, it's hard not to buy their offense, right?
51:26Yeah. I don't get Chuba Hubbard. I mean, look at this guy's stat sheet.
51:30It's like, oh, 4.6 yards per carry, 3.5 yards per carry next year.
51:35Like, it just, his longest run, we had one run longer than 12 yards last year, and now he's looking great.
51:42Aaron Jones. He was hurt last year. Emeka Abuka, buy, sell, hold.
51:46I mean, you can get him cheap, so buy if it's really cheap.
51:51Agreed. I'd be closer to a sell than a buy, but probably a hold.
51:56I guess we think George Pickens is a buy.
51:59Basil Tootin, buy, sell, hold. He's a buy before Thursday.
52:02You want to talk about a get-right spot, it's this game for Pickens.
52:07Yeah, again, I just, I'm worried about the game script.
52:10I think Dallas can kind of do what they want against the secondary.
52:15I'm not worried in the sense that, like, if you said a get-right game, it would be a shootout against Detroit.
52:22That's all I'm saying. I'm starting Pickens, and I'm high on Pickens.
52:26Like, I don't think there's much to worry about, but Tampa Bay with a backup quarterback, I don't know if that's...
52:34I'd start getting concerned if he gets opportunities against Tampa and just doesn't have, has another whole game.
52:40That's when I might start getting concerned. I'd get pretty concerned if CeeDee Lamb has a 50% target share and he's back, he's in the teens again.
52:49Yeah. Basil Tootin, buy, sell, hold. I was coaching third base last night, and I was holding in a Tootin for a while.
52:57I'd buy that. Hold your Tootin. You would buy that?
53:01I'd buy the story. I'd buy that JB was telling that.
53:04Yeah. It all... Yeah. Why wouldn't you just let it go?
53:08You're outside. If I was quiet, I knew it was going to be a loud one.
53:14Jeez. I would have been selling that so fast.
53:17Now feels like a good time for me to tell you all to vote for us for some type of award.
53:24There currently isn't one. And then, you know, like DJ Moore is on the most traded list.
53:30When DJ Moore is on the field, he is heavily targeted and he's hurt right now.
53:36Buy. Yeah. That's a good buy, though. And then, yeah, just really look at the Teddero, McMillan, Bryce Young, Jalen Coker, Chuba Hubbard managers.
53:44Look at the... Maybe you want to... Maybe Rasheed Rice.
53:47I don't know. That one seems like because they could sign Tyreek and he's got the injury.
53:53But take advantage of the desperate managers and the A.J.
53:57Brown manager. If the A.J. Brown manager is struggling, you know, this is a good time to make some trade offers for A.J.
54:05Brown. That manager needs to win now. Okay. Some wide receiver stats.
54:09Just a few. Carnell Tate is fourth among wide receivers in target share behind JSN, CeeDee Lamb, and number three.
54:16Do you guys remember from yesterday? Carnell Tate, CeeDee Lamb.
54:19So JSN's one in target share. CeeDee Lamb is two.
54:23Four is Carnell Tate. Tate number three is... Isn't it Zay?
54:27Michael Wilson. Zay Wilson. Is it Zay Flowers? How many targets does Zay Flowers have?
54:32Zay missed a game and team target share is showing for the season.
54:36Right, right. So that's why. You're convoluted stat. Yeah, so Carnell Tate, I think there's some encouraging things happening here and two
54:44good games in a row, two encouraging games in a row for him.
54:48This stat here, among 51 wide receivers with 20 or more targets, Mike Evans is fifth in target per out run rate.
54:56He's behind Zay Flowers, JSN, CeeDee Lamb, and Puka Nakua.
55:00Target per out run rate is a great stat to predict wide receiver success.
55:04Yeah, go ahead. Better than your team target share stat.
55:08I didn't think it was possible for everybody to be right about Mike Evans, but so far, it's like when he's on the field, he's completely awesome.
55:17And there's a different injury every other week that he's not on the field.
55:22So, I mean, he's always playing. It's just how much, how long?
55:26He doesn't. I don't know what a full route participation rate for Evans is, but so far, he has not eclipsed 76%.
55:34And I noticed the same thing with Luther Burden.
55:37Luther Burden last week was kind of low for Burden and route participation rate was like 68%, but usually Burden's around 73, 74%.
55:45So, I went back and I looked at all of the wide receivers last year who averaged 14 or more PPR fantasy
55:53points per game and what their route participation rates were.
55:56And not for the full season, but only the games in which they actually played.
56:01And most of, almost all of, I think Puka Nakua was the only one who averaged 14 or more PPR fantasy points
56:09per game and did not have a route participation rate above 80%.
56:13You did have some guys in like the low 80s, but mostly it is 80%.
56:18And Puka had a few games where he like was kind of limited and, you know, he was often above 85%.
56:26So, when I look at Luther Burden, I see Mike Evans right now.
56:30I love what they're doing. They're not running enough routes, I think, to be great.
56:35They could be good. They could be must start in like a two and wide receiver two, you know, sense.
56:42But I don't know, unless they score a bunch of touchdowns, which Evans could, Burden probably won't.
56:48I don't know that they're running enough routes. I think that needs to be pointed out.
56:54And then the last thing is Stefan Diggs is sixth in target per route run rate.
56:59It's kind of looking a lot like last year for Diggs.
57:03Another guy, he's not running enough routes. But when he's on the field, he gets targeted.
57:09Well, think about two of the guys you mentioned, though.
57:12Their quarterbacks have been hurt. Who did I mention?
57:15You mentioned Luther Burden and you mentioned Stefan Diggs.
57:18Yeah, I don't know if that would change their route participation rates, though.
57:23Well, it'd change their production. Yeah. You know, these are things that...
57:27I'm not sure if it would change Burdens for the better or for the worse.
57:32Well, I think you get... Coaches get conservative when they have backup quarterbacks, you know.
57:37And so the Keenum game plan was a little bit more aggressive, I think, than people expected.
57:43And it worked out well for Burden, right? If I'm not mistaken.
57:47Yes. You got pushed through the end zone four yards.
57:51The Washington game plan went kaput last week when it could have been great against Indianapolis.
57:56You guys ready for some Jeopardy? Yeah, that's the Jeopardy theme song.
58:01Jeopardy is the game of the week. Might be.
58:04Forget it. I lost the theme music. All right, Fantasy Jeopardy.
58:08We have three categories. All of them are for $200, $400, and $600.
58:12I did not do a final Jeopardy question, so I'm going to ask Sam and Tom...
58:18Sam and Tom. Sam and Tom. Sam and Thomas to come up with a final Jeopardy question if they have time.
58:25If not, no big deal. Our categories today are quarterbacks...
58:28People call Thomas Tom? I've never called him that in my life.
58:32Tom! Hey, Tom. Quarterback? I just turned into a 50-year-old man.
58:36Welcome to the club. All right, quarterbacks, flexes, so that's running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends.
58:42And famous Sam's in honor of Sam, our other producer.
58:46Why not famous Toms? That's next week. Quarterbacks, flexes, and famous Sam's.
58:50Heath, I assume you won the last game, so your board is yours.
58:54Let's do famous Sam's for $200, please. The second pick in the 1984 NBA draft, he wasn't as good as the player...
59:02Jamie. Are you kidding? I said Dave before I read it.
59:06I was you, I'm sorry. I let Jamie say Dave.
59:09I thought I heard... Jamie. Hey, Tom. Dave. It's Sam Bowie.
59:13What's that? Who is Sam Bowie? Who is Sam Bowie?
59:17All right, I'll give it to you. But from now on, if I don't hear a who is, you get it wrong.
59:24All right, Dave gets the first one, Sam Bowie.
59:27What board is yours? Flexes for $200, Tom. He leads the Minnesota Vikings in receiving.
59:32Jamie. Jamie. Who is TJ Hawkinson? Correct. Very good.
59:36Board is yours. Flexes for $400. This wide receiver is second in the NFL in receiving yards, and he has the most 20-plus yard plays in the NFL.
59:45Jamie. Yeah. Who is CeeDee Lamb? Wrong buzzer sound.
59:48Second in the NFL in receiving yards and has the most...
59:52Heath. Heath. Who is Zay Flowers? Wrong buzzer sound.
59:55I get a shot, right? Yep. Who is Chris Olave?
59:59Oh, Dave. Ew. 600 points. Jamie has 200. Dave, the board is yours.
60:03What's left in the famous Sam's? 400 and 600.
60:06Famous Sam's for 600. 600? Ooh, okay. Ooh. I wish there was 600.
60:11This loyal best friend is never afraid to go on a dangerous journey.
60:15This loyal best friend is never afraid to go on a dangerous journey.
60:20Who is Samwise? Samwise Gamgee or whatever his name is.
60:23Lord of the Rings. Oh. Frodo's friend. Sam, that's a Samwise.
60:27It's a Sam. This isn't famous Samwise. You guys are lacking in your Sam knowledge.
60:32It's not a good look. Has anybody ever noticed how Sam sounds like Dan?
60:37Oh, is that a jersey thing? Might be. Maybe.
60:40Could be. The board is still yours, Dave. I'm hoping that you've got a certain left fielder is the answer to this question.
60:48Famous Sam's for 400, please. His song, Stay With Me, bears a startling resemblance to Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down.
60:56Oh. How do I? Isn't this your guy? No.
60:59No? Not Sam either. I don't know. Although he did do a cover of Sam Fender's song, 17 Going Under.
61:06And his name is? Who is Sam Smith? Stay with me.
61:10Great Chicago Bulls reporter in there. No, I won't back down.
61:13All right. We got Flexi. Found a way to work in Adam Sings.
61:18That's nice. No Sam Antonacci in there is a crime.
61:21There was actually like a settlement in that whole thing.
61:25No one cares. Flex is for 400, please. We already did that one.
61:29Flex is for 600, please. These two AFC West wide receivers lead the NFL with six end zone targets.
61:36These two AFC West. Oh, no. Wait, wait. Did I say AFC?
61:40You said AFC. These two NFC West wide receivers lead the NFL.
61:44What a terrible job. Oh, my God. NFC West wide receivers, six end zone targets lead the NFL.
61:50Oh, my God. Heath. Yeah. I'm going to get this so wrong.
61:55Who are JSN and Devante Adams? It's a good guess.
61:58Logical guess. I'm going to get shut out today.
62:01Jamie, who are JSN and Mike Evans? Who are JSN and Michael Wilson?
62:06Oh, Dave is just crushing it today. Hey. Dave with 1,200.
62:10Heath, you need to sweep. Heath or Jamie needs to sweep quarterbacks here to get Jamie for the win.
62:16Heath for the tie. All right. I'm just going to go 200, 400, 600.
62:21Quarterbacks for 200. He leads the league in passer rating.
62:24Heath. Amy. Heath. Who is Brock Purdy? Correct. Quarterbacks for 400.
62:28He is second in the league in passer rating.
62:31Oh. Heath. Heath. Who is Bryce Young? Oh. The game is officially over now.
62:36Dave was going to win. Okay. That's incorrect. Second in the league in passer rating.
62:41Dave. Mm-hmm. Who is Trevor Lawrence? Oh, wait. The game is not over.
62:46If Jamie gets these next two, he ties Dave.
62:49Who is Tyler Shuck? Game is over. Who is Lamar Jackson?
62:53Second in the NFL in passer rating. Yes. And quarterbacks for 600.
62:57This is the amount of running backs who have as many or more rushing touchdowns as Josh Allen.
63:03Heath. Heath. What is two? Dave. Dave. What is one?
63:07Dave crushing it. Another six. It was Kenneth Walker, right?
63:10No, it's Derrick Henry. That's what I said. Derrick Henry.
63:14They both have seven rushing touchdowns. I've got one for you, Adam.
63:18Ooh, okay. This producer who's been taking care of fantasy football today for multiple years has a first name that you've known.
63:25Who is Tom? Tom. I'm going to just go.
63:29I have one for Heath. Heath. How many different problems does Adam have with his eye?
63:34What is three? Oh, nailed it. Very good. I think that should give Heath the win.
63:40I'm giving my win to Heath so he can keep his streak alive.
63:44It is really painful. It absolutely stinks. I hate this.
63:48All right. I'm going to read a few questions from my inbox here.
63:52Grade the trade from Joel. Neighbors. He's three and one.
63:56Looking forward to the future. Neighbors and Bucky Irving for AJ Brown and Bejal Tootin.
64:01No. B plus. Feels about even to me. C minus.
64:04All right. Here's a David Montgomery trade. I traded David Montgomery and RJ.
64:09Oh, no. For RJ Harvey. It's about even. B.
64:12B minus. I assume it's full PPR. Yeah. He didn't say.
64:16Michael says, I have Pickens, Burden, Terry, Nico, and Parker Washington.
64:20Should I trade any of them? Pickens, Burden, Terry, McLaurin, Nico, and Parker Washington.
64:24No. No. Should I trade any of them for a wide receiver or running back upgrade?
64:30I mean, the only sell high candidate would be Parker Washington.
64:34If you want somebody that's looking to acquire George Pickens, you can.
64:38But it's a pretty good group. You're definitely going to hang on to Nico.
64:43And I think you could ask for quite a bit if you're going to pair Pickens with Parker Washington.
64:49You can get almost any running back you want, except maybe the big three.
64:54A lot of people have been asking if anyone farted on my pillow.
64:59I have a suspect. When was the last time Nando was at your house?
65:04No, it's been a long time. Start one from Chesky.
65:07Yeah, I'm going to go fart on Adam's pillow.
65:10Don't tell anybody. Start. Ramondre Stevenson, Kyle Monongai, or David Montgomery?
65:14PPR. Ramondre, Monongai, or who? Montgomery. I think it's Ramondre.
65:17Hopefully he practices. I think it's Montgomery, but gross.
65:21Last trade question from Mike. No, I have Ramondre, too.
65:24Sorry. It's all good. What's the question here, Mike?
65:27So he has Ollie Gordon. Oh, trade Ollie Gordon for Carnell Tate.
65:31A plus. Love it. A plus. Yeah. All right, there you go.
65:35We just found a good sell high, didn't we?
65:39Who, Ollie Gordon? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's like belly button lint for...
65:43No, that's too disrespectful. I won't say that. But sure, he's absolutely a sell high after the game he had.
65:50You guys want the final Jeopardy question that Thomas came up with?
65:54Yes. Yes, yes, yes. All right. All right. In this...
65:58Hold on. Do you know the answer? I see it in my email.
66:02Okay. All right. Fine, fine, fine. In this 1999 football movie...
66:06Well, no. See, Thomas, all right. In a 1999 football movie, this fictional team plays its home games at the fictional Pro
66:14Player Stadium and features quarterback Willie Beeman. Oh. Jamie.
66:17Dave. Jamie. What is the longest yard? Not nine.
66:20No, Dave! Dave? What is any given Sunday? Any given Sunday.
66:24Incorrect. I'm going to read the question again. Because Thomas actually wrote it very poorly with two questions, and I changed it.
66:31I should be... In a 1999 football movie, this fictional team plays its home games at Pro Player Stadium.
66:38Jamie. No, he already... Yeah. Yeah, but he doesn't know it.
66:42Come on. Are you kidding? He knew it. No, he doesn't.
66:46The Miami Sharks. Yes. Way to go, Tom. No, no.
66:49Fun fact. What's the old quarterback actor, Dennis Quaid?
66:52Yeah. What was his character's name? Oh, I don't remember.
66:56I don't remember either. Tom? The old house he used in the movie?
67:00Yeah, who's? Dan Marino's. Really? Yeah, that was Marino's actual house.
67:04Oh, that's cool. That's cool. Yeah. People talk about Al Pacino as being this great coach, but he clearly put Dennis Quaid's life in jeopardy.
67:13He was horrible to him, right? Like, he had a concussion, and he convinced them to play, right?
67:19Well, that was James Woods. He was the team doctor.
67:22Oh, okay, okay. He was doing all the shady stuff, and it was a little bit more common back in 1999.
67:30I guess. It can still happen a little bit today.
67:33Pacino was the shady. He was a shady coach, too.
67:37He dipped out on the Sharks and went to Albuquerque.
67:40Well, that was... I mean, you keep hearing all of the Lions should have kept Ben Johnson.
67:46And what are the other ones? The Bucs should have kept Liam Cohen.
67:50The Miami Sharks actually did that. They kept their young offensive coordinator.
67:55Yeah, but I don't know if that was my choice.
67:58I just know they had Lawrence Taylor. And I was going to say about the concussion stuff, hindsight is 20-20, but not a lot of things are 20-20.
68:08Who was one of the receivers in the team?
68:11LL Cool J? T.O. Oh, T.O. T.O was on the team.
68:15And the only reason we remember Willie Beeman's name is because of the song.
68:19No, because Steeman Willie Beeman. Right? All right, we got to go.
68:24We'll talk to you tomorrow. I'm just going to get you to stick with Willie Beeman's call.
68:30The running back was LL Cool J. Yeah. Yeah.
68:33And actually got in a fight for real with Jamie Foxx.
68:36Really? Yeah. I don't feel like I need to see this movie again.
68:41I didn't love it so much. We'll be back tomorrow.
68:44Start or sit for the AFC home game. You'd rather see a real football movie like Jerry McCartney?
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