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Week 6 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, It’s FINE | Fantasy Football 2022 - Ep. 1309

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Papa Josh flexes fifteen pounds through crackling old bones

The opening cuts to the live three-person producer row, where Papa Josh raises an arm. The desk first mistakes the movement for pulling a train or 18-wheeler horn, then acknowledges the bicep, says he curls fifteen pounds, and immediately ruins the compliment by claiming his old bones can be heard cracking.

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FootClan Friday awards Nadine Rossbach $100

The year-round Friday supporter ritual selects Nadine Rossbach for a $100 FantasyChamps gift card and thanks her for supporting the show through join-the-foot membership.

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FINE changes diagnosis with every inflection

Raheem Mostert's claim that he is fine arrives in quotation marks. The hosts decide the word needs capitals, demonstrate an ominous 'I'm fine' and a genuinely reassuring one, and say air quotes make the statement sound like the injured player performed the punctuation himself.

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Andy plays dad and returns with a clean ankle X-ray

Andy thanks Mike and Jason for covering the prior episode, explains that he had to play dad for his eleven-year-old, and says the X-rays showed no broken ankle. The desk first checks whether the staff believed he was really the father, then resumes the Rhamondre debate and teases him for losing his start-of-the-week pick while away.

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Al's Romandre entry loses the nickname sweepstakes

After Andy reluctantly chooses Steven's Season over the prior alternatives, Al enters the Rhamondre Stevenson sweepstakes from the live booth. He tries Romandre, Remandre, and Romandre again; the desk keeps correcting the delivery, rejects it amid too many existing man puns, reports that listeners preferred Steven's Season, and says Josh will not be asked.

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The Dump Truck drop gains one second per visit

Leonard Fournette is introduced as the Dump Truck after a ten-catch game, and the familiar musical cue plays. The hosts predict that the soundboard clip will become one second longer every time until the entire song eventually arrives.

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DJ Dallas's profile photo melts the camera

The hosts inspect DJ Dallas's profile picture on their own screens and describe crazy eyes so intense that the camera melted, the stare touches the soul, and viewers should surrender their money. They debate whether a rat startled him, call his hands blades, and promise to tweet the image. Targeted published video never displays the photo.

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An Al-sourced Three Stooges joke explains itself

The desk imagines Kansas City's three wide receivers colliding in the middle of the field like the Three Stooges. A related cameraman joke fails to land with Jason; once its source is revealed as Al, the hosts say that explains everything.

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Mike's cruise ship pulls up outside the desert studio

The hosts interrupt Dallas-Philadelphia analysis because they report hearing a cruise ship pull up outside the studio. Mike says he planned the vessel as his ride, the desk notes how expensive it is to dock one in the desert, hears it again, and wishes Mike luck on his journey. Video remains on the ordinary desk and shows no ship or nautical graphic.

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Papa Josh takes Pollard over Taysom despite fanboy status

Tony Pollard is compared with Taysom Hill as a boom-or-nothing flex. The desk asks Papa Josh to break the tie, warns against consulting the Taysom Hill fanboy, and Josh directly chooses Pollard anyway.

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Andy completes Fantasy Faceoff as four-fingered Cartoon Man

Andy loses the prior Fantasy Faceoff to Mike by two points, while Jason's winning lineup came from his League of Record starters. Al is described shuffling eagerly in Deucers Alley and is asked to spin. The visible produced Wheel lands on the blue CARTOON MAN wedge. Andy removes his cap, installs enormous ears, pulls on huge white gloves with three fingers and a thumb each, cannot use the keyboard or mouse pad, drinks awkwardly from a red cup, asks Mike to close the segment, and remains in costume through the episode goodbye.

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Episode notes

Complete published-video review shows Mike, Jason, and Andy live at the main desk throughout. The standard green opening briefly contains a generic black bear, but nothing identifies it as Jay Griz; no cardboard bear, fourth host, Jay image, Jay cue, or Jay dialogue appears. No Listener League or Megalabowl detail occurs. The opening names Judge Giamatti, Al Borland, and Papa Josh, and a direct Deucers Alley shot reveals Brooks, Jeremy, and Josh at the three-person production row. Papa Josh flexes on camera, which the desk reads first as a train-horn gesture, then as fifteen-pound curls and finally crackling old bones. FootClan Friday gives Nadine Rossbach a $100 FantasyChamps gift card. The title's FINE premise becomes a language bit: the same quoted word reverses meaning with vocal inflection, while air quotes make reassurance sound ominous. Andy says his prior-day absence was spent playing dad, obtaining X-rays for his eleven-year-old, and learning the ankle was not broken. He returns to judge the Rhamondre Stevenson nickname contest. Al contributes Romandre/Remandre from the booth; the desk rejects every delivery, says too many man puns exist, accepts Steven's Season as least bad, and declines to ask Josh. Leonard Fournette's Dump Truck returns with its musical cue, which the hosts predict will grow one second at a time until it contains the whole song. The desk says DJ Dallas's intense profile photo melted its camera, reaches the soul, may feature a startled rat, and gives him blade hands; targeted video never shows the photo. Matthew Betz is explicitly the injury expert, whose Friday-afternoon Injury Blitz incorporates practice news after the morning show records. Brooks answers an off-camera T. Higgins trap check, and a later Three Stooges/cameraman joke is dismissed once its Al origin is revealed. The most film-ready tangent begins when the hosts report hearing a cruise ship outside the desert studio. Mike claims it as his expensive ride; video shows only the desk, not a ship. Papa Josh later takes Tony Pollard over Taysom Hill despite being called a Taysom fanboy. Finally, Andy's two-point Fantasy Faceoff loss to Mike requires the Wheel of Shame. The visible wheel lands on the blue CARTOON MAN wedge. Andy removes his cap, adds enormous ears and huge white four-digit gloves, struggles with his keyboard and mouse pad, drinks from a red cup, and remains punished through the close. Jason's prior Faceoff win came from betting on his League of Record starters, but no League of Record result or title is given.

Inside the episode

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On today's episode, well, there was something called a football game last night, so we break that down a lot of injury news, the rest of the matchups, and a shame that you do not want to miss at the end of the show. Make sure you subscribe to this channel, like the video, and enjoy. The Fantasy Footballer Studio is brought to you by Samsung Galaxy. Visit Samsung.com to learn more. Jason Moore and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome. Friday, October 14th, the fantasy footballers, Jason Moore, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway. Back at it, more matchups to talk about, news and notes, some depressing injuries that are changing fantasy face-off lineups today. Mm-hmm. That's sad. Even sadder, that game last night.

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It was just a Thursday night again. Just had Thursday night on Amazon. The NFL somehow put that schedule together and they're like, hey, hey, Amazon, check this out. It's really good. Give us a bazillion dollars. Somebody joked around that Amazon was the manager in the league taking all the garbage, you know, in the trades. Right. I mean, if you're Amazon, you're just so bummed out. Now, we should have a bet. Are you? We all watched it. Well, yeah. I mean. I consumed all of their commercials. But the storyline in social media is, you know, it's that you had to hold your eyes open to watch it again. And you begged for Indianapolis, Denver. Saints Cardinals next week. It should be a lot better. Should be much better. Ravens, Buccaneers after that. There we go. All right. Eagles, Texans. Texans.

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No, I'll get some Eagles on there. Let's get at least one team scoring a bunch of points. You can't. No. Falcons Panthers? Well, that one's going to be a problem. You can't know a good game without knowing what a bad game is. Thank you, Mike. Yes. That's what I tell myself on my down fantasy football weeks. But yeah, that's why obviously Mike didn't throw its football time in there. He knew what was coming. Let's just do it. When I have to enter the show, it's completely different. Yeah, you got to get your, if you're nasty in there. Yeah. The deucers are here, Judge Giamati, Al Borland. And then we have, we got Papa Josh in the back. Oh. Oh, what? On screen. Are you flexing? No, no, no, that looked like more of a, like a horn on a train. He wants it. He wants the, he wants the 18 wheeler to pull, but he's also just trying to get a little bicep going in there. Oh, there it is. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. That man curls 15 pounds. You could hear that on the podcast. Yeah, the, the.

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I can hear his bones crackling because he's so old. He just had to, you couldn't leave it at. No, I could not. At a compliment. It's Friday. Put Clan Friday. Every Friday throughout the year, we say thank you to a supporter over at join the foot.com by giving away a $100 gift card to fantasy champs. And today's winner, Nadine Rossbach. Did I say that? remotely close to correct i believe you said it 100% perfectly all right congrats nadine thank you for supporting the show rossbach yes rossbach it's kind of a cool last name yeah i like it rock the rosspoh it was it was in the back of my head too uh join the foot dot com is the community with the bonus weekly show access to foot clen hq and all of the in season tools uh you get the uh the four person starts sit tool as well

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Extra podcasts. Yeah, it's good stuff. Tons of stuff. All of our new schedule adjusted defensive ranks will be going up today for the Foot Clan. So check that out. Foot Clan HQ. We have news to talk about. But first, let's quickly reflect on yesterday's 12 to 7 slog fest. Quickly, quickly. Carson Wins couldn't even throw him for 100 passing yards. He looked awful. Took three sacks, had a 66 rating. Justin Fields made, I would say, two good passes this game. He is so bizarre because. So bizarre. Yes. So bizarre. Yeah. He was driving down the freeway in his hot, hot car. Because he looks completely inept. He has no idea how to read a defense. Yeah. And then the next drive, you're like, holy crap, that's a good quarterback.

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And then you go right back to, oh, that guy has no idea what he's doing. Great pass to Dante Pettis for the touchdown. That was the one. And I would say a great pass at the end of the game to Darnell Mooney, who it was exactly the same consequence of the Devante Adams missed catch where he didn't get his feet in because he didn't corral it early in the catch. Yep, he bobbled it. If Mooney caught, like when I was watching the replay. Yeah, you thought it was a touchdown. Because I just assumed he had gained possession at the top of that because he.

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What a vertical from Darnell Mooney going up there. Didn't corral the ball until he was not in the end zone. And so they lost. And, you know, a couple storylines that you can mention, Khalil Herbert had a huge run. But the problem there is you had a massive snap advantage to David Montgomery. You did. I mean, it was 56 to 16. Yes, yes. So you can't play Herbert as my point. You can't react to that and play Herbert. Totally. I'm not disagreeing, but I mean, if Herbert had not ripped off a 64-yard run, he would have added eight snaps or so. Yeah, I mean. They were giving him, when he was on, he was getting drives. Because after the 64-yard run, they still kept him on the field. I was shocked. Like, I really expected David Montgomery to come in.

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and closed, and they gave him a couple more carries and then got stonewalled on fourth and one. Antonio Gibson and Brian Robinson was the other story. Robinson had 17 carries for 60 yards and the late touchdown. Gibson had five carries for 35 yards, looked great on the drive they gave him. He was also returning kicks in this game, and so a lot of the storyline on Twitter was like. Trade him. Yeah, and it was, you know, You're speaking to the manders. Yes. Not into fantasy managers. No, no. Oh, no. No, because you can't trade. Right. You cannot trade Antonio Gibson for a bag of peanuts right now because he's just, he's an insurance running back who is like not liked by his team. But it's just, it's frustrating to see when he gets an opportunity, be incredible. And then just please trade him. You don't, you don't, Ron Rivera, you don't like him. Trade him. Yeah, and they can probably do that.

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You know, and Gibson's one of the few players that might be better on that second team because he does have the ability that, you know, he got in the doghouse with all these fumbles, you know, and it's clear that they don't like him. This is exactly how I thought it would play out carry-wise. It's why I played Brian Robinson against you, Mike, which I'm sure made you super happy when he got into the end zone. Yeah, the scoring a touchdown because of Valas Jones fumble, that felt a little bit bad. But you can't deny the volume. You were correct. Your process was sound that Brian Robinson, after the, you know, they were giving him the social media, well, he's going to be the starter. He was the dude. And, like, despite the offense being horrifically bad, man, that was tough to watch. Being inefficient. Brian Robinson just getting stuffed for two-yard carries, they kept going to him over and over. He's going to be the guy. Yeah, I think, I think rest of season, you're going to get 15 plus opportunities, goal lines.

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Go line will be all Brian Robinson if they ever get there. And that's where we're at. Anybody else that you want to talk about in this game? No, I mean, all the wide receivers. Yeah, that was 12 targets. That's the one guy I wanted to talk about was it's, it has gotten better over the last couple weeks for Darnell Mooney. I don't know that we're in the range of you're excited to start him in a 12 person league. Maybe in a 14-teamer, he's coming in as a double flex or so. But at least we are, we're trending to a better path here for Darno Mooney, and there's still a lot of football left. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Anything else, Jason? Not really. Justin Fields should just run the ball every time he snaps it. That's what I think. And he had, look, he threw 27 times. They let him throw it a little bit more. He ran more than he has been. Was okay for fantasy because of his rushing. Okay. Let's move on.

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News and notes from Around the League. Presented by USAA Insurance. Jason, what's going on with Tyler Lockett? Well, Tyler Lockett was added to the injury report Thursday with a hamstring injury. That is a bad day to be added to the injury report. Unfortunately, Thor, Thor, Thor, related. Thor? That's what the Thursday. It comes from Thor. Oh, yeah. Okay. I don't know. I was just trying to get education. Yeah. Thank you for that education, Mike. I know that both Andy and myself, we shared. We shared afterwards that Tyler Lockett was in our draft king's lineup. We had to make the pivot. And you have to make the pivot. If you have Tyler Lockett and you're going, oh, man, that that stinks. I'm sad to hear he's added. I'm still planning on hopefully playing him. No, you're not.

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No, you're not. When a player gets added on Thursday for hamstring, they ain't playing. If they had a full practice today and all the talk was good, would you feel a little bit? Yeah, I mean, if he practices in full and he comes out or they come out and say, yeah, it's not a problem. Then I'd be like, okay. But historically speaking, that means that the player is injured with a hamstring injury days before they're playing football. And, you know, when you look at that situation in Seattle, Byron Murphy. The Cardinals number one cornerback, it's been a really good run for him against number one receivers. It has. Cooper Cup didn't do a lot against Byron Murphy. A.J. Brown last week didn't do a lot against Byron Murphy. So you were really looking at Lockett as the player that was going to take advantage of this Cardinals defense in Seattle. It's been great for the second wide receivers. Yes, it has. Against Arizona. So, you know, if Lockett were to miss this game. Oh, man.

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I think in that situation, you start to glance at some tight ends with Gino Smith as options. You know, Noah Fant was not bad last week. Will Disley has been getting into the end zone, but Fant has had more volume. But yeah, Jason and I were both sad because Lockett was very inexpensive on Draft Kings. James Connor is expected to miss week six. That same game could miss additional time. Eno Benjamin still rostered in 67% of, only rostered in 67% of leagues. He is a must start this week. Pick him up. Darrell Williams will miss this game. Jonathan Ward will miss this game. They picked up two guys off the street to just have bodies there. This will be, you know, Benjamin having the vast majority of snaps, targets, routes run, carries is a great play. Yeah, I don't think those practice squad guys will be on the active roster. They're going to be Kianti Ingram and that's it. Yep. Raheim Moster returned to a limited practice on Thursday, said he's fine. Okay.

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The quote. Did he wink, though? Yeah. Or was it no wink? We do. We have the word fine in quotations. I, like, why is it in quotes? Do you feel bad? I think it needs to be in capitals. I think it becomes, I imagine it's because it's direct from the source. But the problem with that word is so much of the inflection of the voice. Yeah. I'm fine. That person's not okay. No, if you, oh, no, I'm fine. Yeah. That person's good to go. We should have had the clip. Yeah, and putting it in the quotes makes it sound like I'm fine. Like he put quotes up when he said it. Yeah, I'm fine. Well, anyways, he should play. I mean, they gave him a rest day. Yeah, it seems. Yeah, he's fine. They are one of the early games. You're going to know if you need to pivot. Keenan Allen limited on Thursday. The Chargers didn't actually practice, though. They play Monday night football. I mean, you are, unless you're like doing the Josh Palmer pivot. Is Palmer okay?

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I think Palmer's okay. Yeah. Unless that's the world you want to live in. Don't. You've got to just wait a week. And I don't do that. Mike has done the prime time Keenan Allen wishes and hopes and dreams and it hasn't worked out. He will tell you to play him. Yeah. So just bench him this week. Bench him no matter what and start a different player. What if he says don't play me? And then they put him in there. Are you going forward? No, I'm going to listen to him. Okay. All right. Either way. Uh, Sequin Barclay, Wondale Robinson, Cadarius, Tony.

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Tony and Kenny Gallaudet aren't going to play. Wondale could get out there. He's been limited, but you just never believe it right now until you get an active on Sunday, and you're not playing him in week one. I would completely agree, and I would completely be picking up Wondale Robinson. The opportunity there for this rookie to come in and be the target leader as soon as he's on the field is as easy a path as any player could possibly have. Yeah, the Giants right now are having to throw the ball to Darius Slayton. who they have like an Antonio Gibson style hate for. They wanted him off the roster. And they're like, all right, target him. Wow, that sounded like Dave Gettleman was back. It's me, Dave. Sequin Barclay was limited, but no concerns for Matthew Betts on this one. He'll play. Rashad Bateman sideline, also Ronnie Stanley sidelined again for the Ravens. So I don't think Bateman's going to be out there this week, and that stinks.

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Because I know a lot of people are waiting for him to get back. Yeah. And we've had incredible Lamar throughout this season, but we've had two kind of lower output games. No Bateman. No Bateman. No Bateman. No, you can feel it. When you're out there, it's like Duvernet, Andrews, and let's figure this out, Lamar. So another player not in, I don't see him on here. We need to mention him. Crystal Lave has been progressing well through the concussion protocol. In New Orleans, today will be a big day, but he was already on stage three. Three, yeah. And then the Patriots did sign Kevin Harris, a running back, a seemingly roster-based confirmation that Damien Harris will miss, but they got his brother, Kevin. Oh, I see what she did there. You know? Last name's the same, right? You were not on. They have to be siblings. You were not on the show, Andy. So I want to know where you weigh in. Yes. Remandre Seasons.

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I thought they were both so stupid. They were so stupid. So you were with me. Yeah, they were both dumb. Yeah, I completely agree. By the way, thank you guys for covering them from yesterday. I had to play dad. Yep. Had an 11-year-old with a... How'd you're doing your role? I was pretty good. I got the x-rays taken care of for the 11-year-old. Nice. Not a broken ankle. They believed it? They believed you were the dad? They did believe I was the father. And, um... Also, I just wanted to say thanks for covering for me and stealing my start of the week. My start of the week, Romandre Stevenson. Yeah, that's what I said. You've got a good one. So your vote is neither. Neither, yeah. I still like going back to the remand, like round mound of, well, I don't remember what it was now. Ramondre Stevenson. Yeah, the old Charles Barkley or maybe nothing. But he has felt now. I guess if I had to pick between the two, it would definitely be.

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Stephen's season. Okay. Yeah. So I should have just weighed in with my favorite. You should have. Sorry about demeaning you both. To get off of your lawn. Well, you started with Seasons, and it was so overwhelmingly dumb to me that the other one was washed out. And I think Stephen's season is okay. Okay. So I'm going to go with that. That was today's news and notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. Fantasy Forecast. Now, Al Borland did have another entry into the Ramandre sweepstakes here. Al, do you want to contribute this? Romandre. Oh, okay. Like a man. I don't think you said it right. Try it again. Remandre. Nope, still bad. You got to go. Romandre. That's where I messed up. The problem is Debo Samuel. No, the problem is Mandrews.

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Oh. There's too many man puns. Did you guys have a thought on the two dumb ones from yesterday? Yeah, they waited. Oh, they did? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Steven season. Okay. All right. And we won't ask Josh. All right. Yesterday these guys covered the 49ers, Falcons, Patriots, Jets, Packers, Jags, Colts, Vikings, Dolphins, Ravens, Giants. Now, you didn't take any more liberties and, like, throw an almost upset out there for me and just lock me into it. Not yet, but I'm planning on doing it today. Oh, even with me here. No, I threw it in for the 49ers Falcons. So good luck. Okay.

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The Cincinnati Bengals at 2 and 3 take on the New Orleans Saints who are 2 and 3. The Draft King Sportsbook line here, Cincinnati minus 2 on the road. Why not get it out of the way? Andy's almost upset of the week. I mean, the line is very close. Yeah. So if you need me to add a little something to it, I think the Saints win by more than 3 points. Let's put it that way. Okay. I don't like what's going on in Cincinnati right now. Now, they might figure it out. Like, that's the default, right? We say that about certain teams. We say that about the Rams offense. They'll figure it out. Cardinals after Hopkins, they'll figure it out. Well, the Bengals have too many good players, but we might not have one of them in this game, and it didn't look that great without T. Higgins on the field on offense. So I think Cincinnati going to New Orleans, a good defense, New Orleans getting a ton of, you know, they could probably get Winston back this week. You've got Camara back.

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Yeah, he looks like he's likely going to play. I don't know. Do you guys disagree, agree? No, I don't disagree. Yeah, this is going to be a tough match of going to a harsh environment in New Orleans. It's a difficult place to play, and the Bengals offense has been struggling. The only place I disagree on just calling the upset and saying, you know, the Saints win by three is the fact that the Saints offense is not at full strength. They haven't looked great. And the Bengals defense is fully legitimate. So while the Bengals, I mean, this is two good defenses with two struggling offenses. That's how I see this game. So then do you have a kind of lower view of these offensive pieces in this game? So not really because there's a consolidation of where the ball goes. So even when you aren't super hopeful for a barn burner, you're not going to.

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not play Jamar Chase. You're not going to not play Joe Mixon. You're not going to not play Alvin Camara. And if Chris Oliva is there, Michael Thomas and Landry won't be. 29 opportunities for Camara last week. He was great with him. He looked great. He was efficient. He was fantastic. He just got Tasum Hilled. Do you worry about Winston's return lowering his receiving volume? You know, that's been something that has been a problem at times. No, no, I don't. I think Alvin Camaro is fine. So, I mean, this is, to me, it's, while it's not the most fun game and I don't expect the biggest things, there's not a ton of questions. I would say the questionable players would be Joe Burrow. Would you, would you, are you benching Joe Burrow against the Saints? Are you? Solid, not spectacular this year. QB6, 15, 5, 11, and 8. Would you prefer Burrow or Herbert rest of season? Herbert.

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He, oh, man, I, that's very close. I guess Herbert, but not by a ton. How about this week, Joe Burrow in this matchup or Aaron Rogers against the New York Jets at home? Yeah, I, Rogers feels safer for his floor. And I mean, Andy's right, the, the lack of T. Higgins last week when he was, you know, wink, wink active. It was a really big deal. It seemed like it. Like they couldn't get, they could not get the offense going and they should have been able to in that matchup. One of the signs of a struggling offense is that you turn Hayden Hurst into a talking point on a fantasy football show. Like Tyler Higbee for the Rams. You want a sign of a struggling offense. There you go. There you go. A mediocre tied in into one of your most important targets. That is a sign that maybe you want Hayden Hurst's name never to be mentioned on this show.

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And that means you're doing things down the field. Jamar Chase is working out. So I guess I'm a little bit hesitant. I'd go Rogers in that situation. Joe Mixen, look, it's been a rubber meets the road situation for me in fantasy leagues of whether to trade for him. I have gotten to the point of clicking all the players into the trade and go to click the button. And then I've done a little double take. I'm like, I know he's a one, but is he a one this offense? Yeah. So, you know, Mixing, you're going to play Joe Mixing because you drafted him to play him and he has a ton of opportunity. But he's give it. He's notgy Harris from last year right now. Okay. It's just, he's getting along. That was a pretty good nausea. Yeah. Like volume wise, I'm saying he like Joe Mixing in efficiency and just watching him. You're like, last week was was better. But for the first month of the season, he just.

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He has not looked great. He has not looked as explosive as you had hoped. And the offensive line is killing you. Yeah, one touchdown in five weeks for Joe Mix, and that's what you're feeling. If he scores a couple of those other weeks, he's got nice games. T. Higgins remains sideline on Thursday's practice. We mentioned it's not like, Mike, are you at this point on Friday, you've got a pretty deep team with options at wide receiver? Is this a, I'm not playing them no matter what happens the rest of this week? Unless I get a full practice today. Okay. Even if it's limited, I will probably, I have the luxury that I have some players I can put in. So I get it. You might be forced to just risk it and go with T. Higgins, but he is extremely scary because even if they say he's active, you.

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This could be an active where he's just on the sideline the whole time. That's the worry for me. I mean, we saw he was active last week and not really, you know. I can't imagine being confident. What if he says he's fine in quotes? If he's doing the air quotes, certainly bench him. But, you know, if I've got like here's a, here's a brutal name, DJ Moore. I would start DJ Moore over T. Higgins. That's kind of how far down I would go. You know, Alec Pierce even. Like these players that. You're not trying to put in your lineup, but if you've got guys that are getting targets that aren't hurt. That aren't hurt. I would play them over the guy that's hurt and might be on the sideline active for a game. Would you flex Tassum Hill over Tiggins this week if Higgins was active? Yep. Yeah. All right. So talk to me about Tassum Hill, Jason, because you already know that my arch rival sitting across the table from me. I'm going to play Tassum against it. Yeah. I mean, Tassum has a baseline of about.

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three points. He's got five guaranteed carries and you're hoping for 10 carries. But if you're talking touchdown upside, there is a really strong chance Taysam Hill gets in the end zone because he's very good at that is upside. We saw last week. So, you know, he can do things that other tight ends or other, we'll just call it players, since he's not a tight end, can't do. Only Nick Shub, Jalen Hertz, and Jamal Williams have more rushing touchdowns than Taislam Hill. What if you created a new category and he was just goal line running back? So where would you play him as a running back? No, in your goal line running back spot. Oh, okay. We just add that to fantasy football. I see. It'd be a great play. You only count. Those players, if they take a carry outside the 10, it doesn't count. It doesn't count. Lindale White wants back into the fantasy football. Who was done the Bears? Oh, that was. Yeah, I remember that from Matt Forte.

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Boy, that's on the tip of my tongue, too. Oh, man. Should have brought it up, sorry. Yeah, that's on you. That's going to bother me a lot. All right, let's take a quick break, and we'll be back with more matchups. You're going to have to find that, Jason. I'm on it. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, now three and two, take on the troubled Pittsburgh. Michael Bush. Yeah, that's the good. Thank you. Oh, whoo. I was not going to pay attention to another thing on this episode until I figured that out. Thank you. Yeah, Michael Bush. He also played for the Raiders for a while, right? I think so. Yeah. I believe that's right. The Buccaneers 3 and 2 taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers who are sitting at 1 and 4. The Draft King Sportsbook line here, Buccaneers minus 8 and a half. The overrunners 45 and a half. You know, things are looking up for Tampa Bay's offense.

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Godwin got a rest day this week, but he's healthy. Mike Evans. Wow. Playing well. Okay. I mean, I fully. I heard what you heard. Okay. All right. We all heard it. I was like Godwin got arrested. Yep. Yeah. Oh. God arrest day versus God arrested. Well, it's just the way you, the way you combine the words, it sounds like. you definitely were going to say he got arrested. And I thought you were breaking news that I had. No, not heard. It was scary to me. Godwin got arrested. I was like, I did not hear this news. That did not happen. Okay. Godwin did not get arrested. He got arrested day. Okay. Much better. Feel better? Yeah. Yeah. You know, Mike started the week, Tom Brady. Look, Pittsburgh's giving up big plays. You've got players like Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. They can take advantage.

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