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who I think is also in that category. So it's a close one. It's probably Shaheed. Oh, really? Because I feel more confident in Rashid at the beginning of the season. Pat Bryant is projection. He's still the wide receiver three on the team. Like the Pat Bryant can't pass Waddle. You know, like, so he has to overtake Cortland Sutton in terms of game planning. I think it's going to happen, but that's just a, I think.

Shaheed, to me, has always and will forever until he proves, he's worthless. He's just worthless. Just spike weeks. Yeah, I mean, not that he's not valuable to a team when he catches a 70-yard touchdown. That's great. But for a fantasy, unless you're in a best ball league, like, when are you ever going to be able to reliably start a player with that, you know, archetype? Yeah. I mean, I want it to be Pat Bryant. I think Pat Bryant at least has.

you know, some of the buzz and the draft capital and the youth to where it's like. I'm switching. Pat Bryant. Yeah, okay. Let's go. Some questions about the buck in the years wide receivers, which I think, I mean, that's a tough place to be. How confident are you with Abuka with the toe injury? Nick wants to know. He's back to practice, which is great. It looks like he's going to be playing week one, which is great. He did not play well through injury last year, and my confidence is low.

Did he'll succeed? That being said, he's probably someone that you have to start based on the matchup, based on where you drafted him. And I am not without hope. I'm hopeful that he has a great week one and puts everything to bed. But I have fears of the injury. I would say on my League of Record team, man, would I love to start. I'm not worried about the injury very much.

That's great. Mike, where are you? I'm in, I guess I'm in the middle. I am a bit concerned about it. Okay. A question from Instagram, flex question. Jalen Coker against Chicago, Kenneth Gainwell against Cincinnati. Hmm. The match. The Bucky Kenneth Gainwell splits are going to be interesting. Yeah, and we right now it sounds like Sean Tucker won't be there. Correct. He hasn't practiced all last week, didn't practice today.

I'd be surprised if he's there. Which is, so who gets goal line? Like, does it, do they go back to Bucky? I think Bucky will get the goal line, but I think the passing work will be Gainwell. In that matchup where the Bengals could, you know, start off strong, score a bunch of points, I believe I lean the Gainwell side. That's tough. Yeah, it is. I think I lean Coker. What's Coker's matchup?

Chicago. So it's, unless they have figured things out, then like even Bryce Young should be able to get close to 200 yards. Yeah, no, I mean, you figure both of them probably end up with near the same amount of receptions, but coquers should be far more valuable per reception. I'll switch to cocker there. Start sit question. Meet Higgins or George Salami.

meet higgins okay i just i just wanted to work that oh man uh better fantasy decisions adam wants to know from instagram do you make better fantasy decisions on the toilet or in the shower oh where have you made where have you made a better call um and would you be willing to like go to that place to make the better decision i think it's the shower and yes um

I think you don't, now the shower, you don't have the, I feel like on the toilet you've got the phone. You do. But I don't, you don't have that in the shower. I don't have my thoughts because I've got my phone. When I'm on the toilet. A lot of straining. I'm brain off. I'm just reading others and seeing other stuff. When I'm in the shower, it's my time to really think through these big issues. And also, if you say, well, you go there specifically just to think, I don't want to just go to the toilet and sit for no reason.

That's how you get hemorrhoids. All right. Instagram question from Braxton. It's a good topic, actually, platform projection-wise. I love my teams, but should I panic their projected solo for week one? No. Did you hear the part where I said week one is brutal altogether to know what to expect? But I understand the psychology. Nobody wants to see it. You want to see all green and high projections. Yes, you do. But don't worry about that. Don't worry about the post-draft grades that you're getting on these platforms. Platforms are great.

They do a very important job. They are not put it this way. At the end of your draft, if you're on ESPN, Yahoo, whatever, if they give you a great and you get a D or an F, you probably have a great team. And if you got an A, I'd worry about it. That's like the historical precedence from these platforms. Their job is not to project players while. Their job is to track the scores.

have functional organization of your leagues. And they do a great job at that. Who do you keep going back and forth on? Ezra wants to know. And I think for me, it is the Jonathan Brooks Chuba situation, where if I just see Jonathan Brooks, like, look a little bit. Has he escaped the general yet? I think he's still got General Soreness on his butt. Yeah. That guy. Yeah, you got to, I mean, you got to follow orders. Mine is, mine is. Oh, there's General. Oh, General Soreness is here in the building.

He looks also generally sore. See, there's a better one. There's a one with Jonathan Brooks himself that you didn't put up there. Oh, really? You got that one? I don't think I saw that one. Oh. It's a shame. Just an off day for you. I get it. The player that I have found myself going a little back and forth on and really more, I guess, just fourth, because I was off of this. The player I'm going forth on. The player I'm going forth on. It's Travis H. Chan Jr. artist formerly known as Travis E.T.N.

You know, it's like everything's gone well for him. Right. Camara is... Payed a ton of money. But I was really, really worried. You know, as the offseason progressed, it was like, Camara is staying a part of this team. Camara is actively involved in the passing game. Camara will be the passing downs back. And now Camara's out of the way. Some of the other backups are injured. And it seems like, you know, A. Chan Jr.'s got the...

road to himself. I'm bullish on the upside of this Kellanmore offense for the Saints. And when we were in a draft... It's a good name to bring up. When we were in a draft yesterday, our listener league draft, I just kept... I haven't been able to pull the trigger on him. I've got him in our main dynasty league, and I didn't want to double dip, but I was like, I think he's probably better than where he's going right now. And that's the first time I've thought that, like, the whole offseason. I'm starting to...

he's a late riser for me. Yeah, any other names that you want to mention? Anybody you got in mind? No, I think that's good. All right, it is almost that time. That was the mailbag presented by Paramount Plus. Paramount Plus is a streaming home to the NFL on CBS all season long. See you Sunday. Guys. Yes, sir. Football tonight. Football tomorrow. Mm-hmm. Football on Sunday. Football on Monday. Football at summertime.

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the moves we would make based off of our projections. We show you potential players on your waiver wire who you're like in week one. You know, we have maybe we have some weaker guys at the end of the bench. We're like, you know, maybe you want to stash this player. This seems like a good idea. And then especially waiver day because we come out with the waiver rankings and it really makes things just far easier because we're all in, we're all in a few too many, few too many leagues.

We get it. I'm about to draft right now in the megal bowl. And then managing your waiver wire, it can be tough to jump all over the place. Well, we have it all in one location. We can give you the moves that we think that you should make. Yeah, spot starts are in there as well. We have, you know, league-specific spot starts, so you have opportunities to find guys that you can play week-to-week. And it gets stronger as the season goes on. We gather more and more data. You know, you need a few weeks to kind of start to strengthen it all up.

You have team specific news and we sync with every platform. So that's the way to do it. I mean, it's not going to help you, Andy. No, my start, it's boring. Because you won't have any possible spot starts. No, this is a tough life I'm living. You have other leagues. Let's talk about his dynasty team, shall we? That's not. He doesn't have to make decisions there either. It's just the other side. You're talking about Matthew Golden and the Scrubs?

Is that your new team name? That's my team name if I didn't have to have a team name of Mike's butt because I finished last last year. And now my team is Mike's butt for a year. But anyways. All right. I think that is a good time to stop. But we'll be back tomorrow. We'll recap the game. Starts of the week. Matchup previews. Watch tonight for George Salami. Yeah. Hey. Goodbye.

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