Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Starts of the Week + Week 11 Breakdown, Over the Bottom! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/14

Episode Date: November 14, 2024

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It's football time. It's defense time. I mean, it's a 48 point over under, Mike. I know. It could work out. Oh, yeah. It should. You just seem so, you know.

I just think that they win. It's like it's predetermined. Like you just think it's gonna be sad. That's, I mean, that's kind of how we speak about things on this show. No, I know. We're predetermining what's gonna happen. I just think that- So you're pretty sure it'll be a defensive battle?

I think the defenses are very, very good. So. Okay, no Latimore. We did find that out. We thought maybe he'd be back out there or out there for the first time for Washington. Yoo-hoo! If it ends up not being a defensive battle and it's just points glory then hey, that's good You're welcome. Yeah, buddy. No, that's right. You talked it out of I jinxed it Yeah, if it happens, it's cuz I said it was gonna happen if it doesn't happen. It's cuz I jinxed it. Okay win win win

What do you call that Mike? The main character. Main character syndrome. Yeah. Welcome into the fantasy football of Jason Moore, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway, Deucer's Alley. Full house. Full house. Everybody there right this moment. Papa Josh, the Falcon, Al Borland over there we've got starts of the week today we've got the fantasy forecast we got the parlay partay one of us yeah it's me and so we got some I think I think we're on our way to triple crown this week by the way I do too I've never thought that before I know I'm on the way to a crown, so.

You can check out the Ultimate Dashboard bonus weekly episodes of the show, the community over at JoinTheFoot.com. Let's jump right into the news. News and notes from around the league presented by USAA Insurance. Well, Brian Robinson Jr. will be part of that defensive battle tonight. Remove from the injury report, we'll play. Practiced in full, which is a great sign. Again, very tough Eagles defense. I've seen a lot of questions. I've had people DMing like, oh man, do I play Brian Robinson Jr.? I'm a little

bit hesitant. He's been awesome this year, a touchdown machine when he's active, but I am hesitant with how good Eckler's been coming off of a hamstring issue, missing the last two games, tough matchup. It might just be a little bit more of a split. I think if you don't get the touchdown tonight, you'll be disappointed in Brian Robinson. It's not to say you need to bench him, but if I'm close, you know, a tiebreaker for me, I would go elsewhere, even though he's on Thursday night. Aaron Jones, limited in practice. DK Metcalfe practiced in full.

Let's go. Najee Harris didn't practice on Wednesday. Does that concern you after him leaving early at all? It would be a little bit more extra concern. If Najee's gonna take a Wednesday off normally, I don't care. But because he was hurt in the game, it's... you gotta pay attention. T. Higgins. Limited. Oh! Well, okay.

Is that good? Yeah! Alright. For T. Higgins, that's fantastic. I saw a report come out that they don't expect T T Higgins to be on the team next year. So breaking news Okay, I mean they they could have moved him at the deadline they didn't Could have gotten something for him, but they are still in it. So the the Bengals

George Kittle did not practice on Wednesday hamstring singles. George Kittle did not practice on Wednesday. Hamstring. Hopefully he's going to be okay. He has just been so dominant. I don't think enough credit has been given to George Kittle's season so far. We've talked up how good Brock Bowers has been as a rookie sensation, but Kittle's just gone somehow a little bit under the radar for how good he's been. I feel like we've given him tons of credit. Really?

Mike, I think we've given him credit. I think we have, but what Jason is saying is just that he's dominating. Yeah. He is absolutely crushing for. He doesn't have one bad week. The whole year, he doesn't have a down, he doesn't even have like an average week.

He's just dominating the entire season every single week. You see it changing? I do not see it changing, no. The hamstring would do that, but otherwise. Yeah, I mean, he's played through a lot of injuries. I think that Christian McCaffrey makes this offense better. Ayuk being gone. I mean, we have enough data on Kittle being dominant

when either Ayuk or Debo are outside. I think it just continues. So some context, he is currently averaging 14.9 half point PPR, or half point points per game, not half point PPR, that's way too many things. But he's at 14.9, last year's number one tight end on the year, it was Sam Laporte at 11.5. Exactly. That's what I'm saying. He is a difference maker right now.

He is, he's scoring a ton of touchdowns. Yeah, I think he's- He's on pace for 15. He's already at the second highest touchdown total of his career. The Bills, despite being favored, they are missing Dalton Kincaid, didn't practice on Wednesday.

Amari Cooper limited, Kion Coleman already ruled out. So, Monitor, you know, I was really hoping that Kinkade could have been a bye week fill-in for me this week and instead he got hurt and he's just had a disappointing year. He has. And Isaiah Pacheco unlikely to play this week. I think that game is going to be a real disappointment.

That, I mean, I hope I'm wrong. You know to be a real disappointment. I mean I hope I'm wrong. You know the Buffalo Chiefs. I mean that's a game of the week type of matchup. I can't wait to see it. But I'm just saying for fantasy. I think it will be a disappointment. The defenses are both playing well. Offense is still banged up. So. The news about Pacheco being unlikely to play. It's more of the fact that we are asking the questions. Hey is Pacheco being unlikely to play. Like it's more of the fact that we are asking the questions, hey is Pacheco gonna play this week? So we've been mentioning that he seems like he's gonna be back shortly so if he's on the waiver wire I would be scooping him up. That was today's news and notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at usaa.com slash insurance. Music

Starts of the week. Now Mike, you said that starts of the week this week was a little bit more difficult for you to kind of hone in on a player. Absolutely. Because with the starts, you know, sometimes we do the, well this is a great player and I'm saying I think that he could be number one on the week or we're looking at you know middle tier players who have great matchups that we're trying to say this is a player we're giving you confidence that uh that the opportunity is right there for that player this week is just weird with all the bye weeks and what the matchups are it's difficult to find find those lower mid options where you're like, oh man, I think he's in a great spot this week.

So it's just a weird week overall for matchups. Well, who did you settle on for quarterback? So I'm going with my stream of the week. I'm going with Russell Wilson. He gets to play the Baltimore Ravens, which that's a great matchup. It's whatever QB is playing against them and Russ is playing well if you're not paying attention to the Steelers Russell Wilson is playing well it's funny to dunk on him because he's such a weirdo he's Mr. Unlimited got the dangerous sandwiches all of those things

but he's been a top 10 QB in two of three weeks the the yards per attempt it is where we need it it's got the big potential and it's just the Ravens they're pass funnel 31st and schedule adjusted points to the quarterback yeah unlimited diarrhea yeah I mean look a guy who's sharing that type of content he's a weird guy but it's I like I am I'll be honest I saw I'm I'm this morning I'm making my DraftKings lineup for tomorrow's episode and I'm staring down Russell Wilson There's like how do you know he's a good value, but then I'm like but the problem with that is then I'm relying on Russell

Yes, I Get it. I went with I'm going with Justin Herbert on Sunday night football against Cincinnati I love that the passing attack for the Chargers It's it's you know trickled up and up over the last few weeks, getting Quinton Johnston back. And the truth is, you know that Cincinnati can score. I mean, this game has been bet up to the second highest total of the week,

and Cincinnati is 28 in schedule adjusted fancy points to the quarterback position. So I think Herbert is a really good start and it's rare that we've been able to say that. I've actually thought a lot about this Chargers team with hardball and what the weapons that they had their defense has been very good. This team feels like they are two superstars away from a Super Bowl. That's the way it feels to me. Like if they had, you know, you think about how San Francisco has just been so disciplined on both sides of the ball, they have a BOSA on one side,

they've got a D-Bow on the other, or a CMC. It just feels like the Chargers are missing that one. They got a BOSA. They do have a BOSA. They do have a BOSA. They do have a BOSA, but they're missing that one special offensive weapon on, because I think Herbert is

a Super Bowl winning quarterback. I just feel like they're missing that, they're missing their chase, their Jefferson, their CMC, their Jameer Gibbs, whatever it is. Yeah, maybe it's Ash and Gionti. We'll see. Yeah, no, I like that play. I came into the dock to make that my start of the week.

I love the matchup. But since he was taken, I went with CJ Stroud, who has been a massive disappointment so far on the season. They're in Dallas, don't worry. I know it's usually a controlled environment except for that sun, but it's Monday night football. Oh. So the sun should be.

Wait, where's the moon gonna be? Yeah. I'll tell you who knows where the moon is right now. Jerry Jones. Oh, so the Sun should wait where's the moon gonna be? Yeah, I'll tell you who knows where the moon is right now Jerry Jones Joe he knows you can tell where the moon is a year in advance moon man But you know he hasn't been a quarterback once a week for However, he hasn't had Nico Collins since that time and this is really about Nico Collins who is currently I believe our Consensus wide receiver five on the week like there's no doubt If you got him you're playing him.

His splits through two years without Nico Collins are so telling. 19 games with Nico, he's averaging 21 fantasy points a game, six games without. He's down to 16 fantasy points per game. And if you look at Dallas' defense, it's really falling apart. I know they've got Micah Parsons back, it's home game. Hopefully that just means that their offense can kind of keep up with the Texans a little bit, which might be difficult, but they are 31st in schedule adjusted fantasy points, 31st in explosive pass rates since week six. So I like CJ Stroud.

I think I would be happy to start him this week. All right. At the running back position, I have Kareem Hunt. I'm with Jason that the Buffalo Chiefs game could be just an all out brawl here on the, like who can score the most points where it might be tough. But Kareem Hunt is one of the guys who I actually feel really, really confident in. And we got one more week at least of him. Since he's taken over in week five, he ranks number one in touches per game.

Like this, it's so wild. They have just fully trusted him. They've turned everything over to him and then talking about the matchup, the Bills 31st and schedule adjusted points to running back, 31st and explosive rush rate allowed, 30th and adjusted yards before contact. Like this is a team you can run on and Kareem Hunt like I said over 24 touches a game. I think he's a it's such a good spot.

Well his former running mate Nick Chubb is who I'm going with at running back. It was a hesitant selection this week but I'm trying to find somebody that's not just that auto start and facing New Orleans, the fact he got a bye week after three games of 14, 18 and 16 opportunities, he's due for a return to form type of game and you're playing the Saints who allow the six most rushing yards per game.

I think the way you win this ball game is that balance, not giving the ball to Jameis too much. This is a good matchup for Nick Chubb, so I think you can start him RB2 with RB1 upside. Would you start him over Brian Robinson tonight? Yeah, yeah I would, I would. I think that with Robinson coming back, the workload could be somewhat down and Philly being so good. I would do that.

It's the first week that I have any type of confidence playing him. Yeah. At running back, I'm going with Josh Jacobs against Chicago. Very, very similar to your Kareem Hunt pick, which I love. You're facing a defense that is very good at shutting down quarterbacks and wide receivers. Where you beat them is in the running game. That's the leakiest part of the Chicago defense, is the running game. Their 22nd schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to running backs, 29th in yards per carry allowed at 4.8.

And you've got the fifth most yards per game in the NFL with Josh Jacobs. So I think Josh Jacobs, who's averaging 20 opportunities a game, is going to be needed to beat Chicago. He's been looking good. We're just waiting on more touchdowns. He's actually been pretty, pretty darn good on a per-touch basis, and if a touchdown comes this week in Chicago, it should be good. The Packers, I mean, you know, coming off the buy, I expect them to look really good at wide receiver We talked about him on the difference maker show on Tuesday is John Jennings

11 targets last week when he's on the field Like Brock Purdy just goes to him at 26 percent targets per route run 2.84 yards per route run That like this is elite stuff averaging 71 receiving yards per game the matchup is great this is the I think this is kind of the last time before the before the weekend if you want to try and get Joanne Jennings who I really do believe is a a strong flex play for the remainder of the season you're gonna have to do it now because well I mean trade deadlines are coming up for sure but it's like I'm gonna wait

one more game I think the price is gonna go up if you wait. Well I'm gonna take the maybe you know the shot at the number one overall player of the week or at least top five guy George Pickens yeah George Pickens no teams given up more fantasy points to the wide receiver position than Baltimore over the last five weeks. This is a divisional battle. I think it'll be a back and forth affair. Both of these defenses are,

they're good, but they're not gonna shut you out, type of defenses. I mean, we saw some of the battles that the Steelers defense had with Denver this year and I just think this is a very exciting fun game. Pickens is always a big play away from a big game but now you've got this matchup that makes it really really easy. Baltimore just, they're dead last in like every metric against wide receivers.

The matchup's good, the trajectory for Pickens is great. The addition of Mike Williams only helps. I like Pickens this week. Pickens is why I'm willing to start Russ. I know the matchup is there for Russ, but if you didn't have a player like Pickens, it would feel far sketchier. But I think that George is just, he's about to take off. Yeah, and it's not every week that you know that Pittsburgh's gonna have to throw a lot. But Baltimore's gonna score.

So I, you know, again, I think that connection should be good. For wide receiver start of the week, I'm taking Andy's Undertaker, my guy, back from the dead, Calvin Ridley, versus Minnesota. I like that. Yeah, since DeAndre Hopkins was traded, 34% team target market share, 44% of the teams receiving yards. Both marks are number one in the NFL

over that span. In Minnesota, hard to run on, easy to throw on. They are seeing the second highest opponent pass rate for that reason at 66%. They rank 28th and schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to wide receivers so the matchup is there, the targets are there, everything is lining up at home for Calvin Ridley to be good against Minnesota. And the tight end starts, these are where it's tough to find someone where you're like, oh man, I'll put on the underpants, I feel good about it, but it's just Tucker Kraft from the Green Bay Packers, gets the matchup against Chicago,

the tight end is the position that you can beat them should you be throwing. And he's just, he's been a touchdown machine. Jordan Love likes to get his touchdowns through the air. And look, he actually, talking about Tucker Kraft, he only trails Brock Bowers in terms of yak this season at the tight end position. So it's good player. Yeah, he's probably in a good spot to score another touchdown.

Yeah, you're looking for that spot start option this week. And so I want to give you some confidence that you can throw out John New Smith this week. If you've got Kate Otton on by, Trey McBride on by. John New Smith plays Las Vegas 29th against tight ends over the last five weeks, sorry, since week five, John New Smith, six targets, five receptions, 52 receiving yards a game. He even got it done last week,

was about an inch from a touchdown on a big play. Very good after the catch, and you got word that now Hunter Henry's banged up, and how much confidence do you have in Jake Ferguson with Cooper Rush? And you know, like all of these peripheral backup options are feeling a little bit worse right now, along with the bye weeks, so I think John Yoo is a play.

And for me, this week is Hock-a-lees, Hock-a-lees, TJ Hoggiton at Tennessee. Well, yeah, I mean, why would you not be? Last week, nine targets, eight for 72 on just 46% of snaps He was targeted on 32% of his routes run and over the last three weeks you look at the Titans defense They've seen 25 plus percent of their opponents targets going to the tight end position You had Sam Laporta with his six for 41 and one game against him You had hunter Henry go seven for 56.

Even Will Disley caught five balls last week against the Titans. So you've got a guy that's getting more and more involved, very necessary to the offense and the matchup that is good. He's our Titan six right now. On the week I'd start him ahead of guys like Evan Ingram, Kyle Pitts, Sam Laporta. I think it's a good matchup and he's a good player.

I'm just curious, have you been able to move him yet in league of record? I have a couple trade offers sitting there waiting for me to hit accept or not. They just need a little value boost. I'm not giving him away. He's really good. All right, we will go ahead and take a quick break and then we'll jump into the podcast. This episode is brought to you by Dyson On Track. Dyson On Track headphones offer best-in-class noise cancellation and an enhanced sound

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it's time for fantasy forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook Good work producers. Never done that before. I'm sure you have. No I have a lot. So yeah the Packers and the Bears. DraftKings Sportsbook Line Green Bay minus five and a half over under just 40 points. It gives Chicago just 17 and a half. No more Shane Waldron but you know the problems are not going to be fixed overnight with Chicago's offense. Taking a ton of sacks, kind of a disinterested DJ Moore, an over the hill Keenan Allen, and a inconsistent Roma dunze. The shameful lack of usage of Cole Comet who seemed to unlock the offense for three weeks and then suddenly disappeared. You know, Matt Eberfluss could be gone if they lose this game at home against Green

Bay, a division rival, and they, you know, they dropped a four and six. It is, do you expect them to have a resurgent performance just because of the shift at offensive coordinator or is this going to be more of a Jets situation? Well, I mean, so I don't know the data on offensive coordinators being let go. We have seen, we did the research and saw that when head coaches are replaced, the week one bump, the first week,

is actually really successful. They see the Saints. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And then after that week, it all goes to crap, just like the team that needed to fire their head coach, how you would expect them to perform. With the offensive coordinator being that the game is at home, I think you could see a little bit of an offensive bump here from the Bears. That would be very exciting, but...

It'd be nice if it was a better matchup than Green Bay. Yeah, I mean, the truth truth is you're hoping that the Bears have a great offensive performance Not for the Bears side of the ball But for the Packers side of the ball because I can't imagine right now you have the confidence to start many Bears You can start Deandre Swift. He's been involved the you know, and at the running back position you need him But DJ more Roma Dunes, Akeen and Allen, Cole Comet, Caleb Williams, I don't know how you start them you just you just hope they do enough where the guys that you do

want to start over on the Packers side of the ball you know have to keep going you know you love what you saw from Jaden Reed. That's why you like Josh Jacobs though right? Yes exactly. The game script and look so embarrassing for Chicago last week against New England at home scoring three points. That was that's just that's unimaginable. It makes you very not confident even. Swift has kind of returned to earth a little bit after his upshot but you're right the opportunity should be there but beyond that I wouldn't have confidence with anybody. Yeah so when it comes to the Packers,

obviously you're going to start Josh Jacobs. The question at wide receiver, I think most people are starting Jaden Reed this week. You got enough bye weeks where he's pretty much locked in. But what are you doing with, are you willing to take a shot on a Christian Watson, Dantavian Wicks, Romeo Dobbs? I'm OK with Dobbs because the targets are there.

I'm not expecting, in week six and week seven where he was a top 15 play, I don't expect that, but he should see six or more targets, and you just hope he scores. Yeah. And what about Jordan Love? Yeah, Jordan Love. Are you starting him here because right now the Bears schedule adjusted on the season.

They're number two against quarterbacks. They don't give up a lot in the passing game. Coming off the buy, I'm gonna, you know, it always depends on your options. But Banker Mayfield's on bye this week, Kyler Murray's on bye this week. Yeah, I know you start Bryce Young in all your leagues. He's on bye this week.

Of course. Yeah, your stream options, like, it's do you have faith in Bo Nix or Russell Wilson, or do you just want to play Jordan Love? So it's not an easy decision. Did I say banker, Mayfield? Is that what you said, banker? That's what I heard, yeah.

Huh. I want to be a banker. I'd rather him be a lazer than a banker. Jordan Love has been, you has been just very good. Yes, he has. He struggled those last few games, but I credit a lot of that to the growing interest. Yeah, I mean, he left one of them early,

and then the other one was playing hurt in the rain. I love that he's coming off of the bye week, a little bit of extra rest for him. Yeah, I think he's a low end starter this week. Okay, yeah, Jayden Reed, I'd get him. Yeah, I think he's a low end starter this week. Okay. Yeah, Jayden Reed, I'd get him in there, but no, I don't have the guts to start a Wicks or a Watson. I would, yeah, I would bench those guys this week,

if possible. Tucker Craft, your start of the week at tight end, Mike. Jacksonville's two and eight, they take on the eight and one Detroit Lions. The Lions are 13 point home favorites. Opened at 12 and a half, so it's not large enough. So, DK has the over-under at 47, that gives Detroit 30 points.

So, yeah, I mean, this is one of those games where, you know, this should be the automatic survivor pool victory no matter what type of situation, and I don't expect to be surprised by it, but, you know, Mack Jones is getting the start. You don't really have confidence, like, is it possible we could literally be telling you not to start a single Jacksonville Jaguars this week? Or are you slipping Evan Ingram into that group?

Evan Ingram, his DK reception line is at five and a half, so they expect him to still see targets. It wasn't amazing last week, but it wasn't the worst thing we've ever seen. He passed five and a half last week, right? Six receptions. Yeah, but he was not good. Six for 40.

But it's not, I'm saying, you're at least getting something out of him. I don't think Evan Ingram is like a, oh man, I gotta bench him and go get one of these nasty tight ends. I mean, I would play, let's put that, I mean, I played Jonah Smith over him. I do not think Evan Ingram gets to 10 fantasy points

and half PPR. I also wouldn't play Jonah Smith over him. I was lying just now. Okay, thank you for your honesty. That's the line right about there. They're saying it's not the week for it, so he's probably in. And then ETN is match- Would you play some Hill?

Tucker Kraft? I would not. I would play Kraft. I would not play Hill. So the matchup is awful for the running backs of course, but tank bigsby bigsby got hurt in the game He was a did not practice on Wednesday So if there's ever a time where ETN should just have a huge workload and dearness Johnson was also limited on Wednesday That's the old that's the the upside here. You hope he catches four to five passes.

I wouldn't start Travis ETN if he was my only running back on my roster. The targets haven't been there. He doesn't have Trevor Lawrence. It's a Detroit defense. Yeah, I mean, anyone can end up with a pass interference call at the one, and then Travis ETN get a touchdown. But honestly, if he has three or four options

from the one yard line against this Detroit team, I'm not sure he gets Indians. Would you, he might still be on the waiver wire, who knows, but the hot name, Audrick Estime against the Falcons. Yeah, I would. Okay, what about Gus Edwards is back? For sure, he's playing Cincinnati.

Sure. Personally, I would play Gus Edwards ahead of Estim. I think that's not consensus. All right. I think Gus gets a touch on this one. What about Madison against Miami? Let's just say everybody. Okay, I didn't know it was that bad.

It just seems like very, very low odds to be happy. I agree. I mean, I would say you had low odds to be happy. I agree. I mean, I would say you had low odds to be happy with Lawrence and you're sitting here. In the last three weeks, Travis Etienne is averaging 2.9 fantasy points per game. Averaging with his high being sub five. Yeah, I mean, he's outside the top 36

at the position on the year. I know he missed a couple games. I'm not dropping him. I still think things can turn around for him specifically because he was injured, so they were working him back. Now Trevor Lawrence is not there. But he could be back. But he could come back.

The matchups get better. I think Travis Etienne has brighter days ahead. I'm not saying he's done for his career, but this week, no way. Brian Thomas is the same way for me. Brian Thomas against Detroit this week, you can put him out there as a flex, but I'm playing Juwan Jennings over him.

I'm playing T. Higgins with one less quad over him. Just being on this side, while it's you two being the ones disparaging Travis Etienne, is, guys, it feels so good. It feels so good. Yeah. I mean, do you need- It's pretty fun on this side too, man. You need peripherals.

You can't have no quarterback, no offense, and no line. The peripheral is last man standing. That's the play, that's fine. That's the play. That's fine. And I do think on the Lions side of the ball, you can play everyone. There exists a path where all of a sudden the touchdowns come early on the running game. I really do believe, and obviously the NFL is drunk sometimes and things are shockingly

unexpected, but I do think that the Lions, everyone gets a piece. drunk sometimes and things are shockingly unexpected. But I do think that the Lions, everyone gets a piece. You worry in matchups like this when there's a point spread like this, where it's going to be all running and there's going to be no passing touches. I think everyone, I'd play all of my Lions. I think they score 40 points and everyone gets a little piece. Well, Leporta you need to keep an eye on because he missed practice on Wednesday, so Laporte's shoulder could take him off of the list for you. That's why you need to look at these other pivot tight ends. And then Jameson Williams is still going to be a big play reliant, but yeah.

I mean, when you have a 30-point implied point total at home. Yeah, get in on it. Yeah, so Minnesota is seven and two. They take on the two and seven Tennessee Titans. Minnesota. Good palindrome game. Yes, Draft King Sportsbook line. Minnesota on the road minus six over under 39 and a half. That gives Tennessee a lower implied point total than Jacksonville has on the road against Detroit. Both defenses on paper are, you know, Minnesota's obviously great, Tennessee's been okay. Will Leves is going to just, he's going to look real, real bad again.

If I had a button, if I had a button, this would be my button. This would be my almost upset. Is this because you haven't liked what you've seen from Minnesota's offense over the last? The last couple weeks, Sam Donald's starting to pumpkin. Yeah, the clock is. Five interceptions.

Five interceptions in the last two weeks. And this is a good defense. The reason Tennessee is losing games is not because of their Defense their defenses is pretty good It's kept them in games and then will love us has found a way to gift the other Offense the ball in great field position and so I I think it'll be a little bit more of a struggle Zero touchdown will love us last week. Yeah, that's I or zero. Sorry zero interception will love us. Oh, whoa Yeah, that's... Or zero, sorry, zero interception with Levis. Whoa. Yeah?

No, Minnesota's defense is very difficult to run on, but over the course of the season you have been able to pass on them. Wide receivers are fine against them, so that's why I like Calvin Ridley in this matchup, and I think that if this defense at home could turn Sam Donald over a few times. Yeah I guess I kind of get it. I mean I still think Minnesota ends up winning the game. It's an almost upset. You do like Calvin Ridley his reception line is four and a half. He's your start of the week and And Pollard, you know, Mike was kind of on top of it last week and just saying that

since Spears has been gone, you've seen that workload 74, 89, 82, 86% of the snaps. It went down to 54%. Maybe they had the ability to give him more of a rest because he's been dealing with injury. Yeah. Pollard in this matchup, it's tough sledding. Yeah, this is one where if you've got another option, you might not have a better option

than Pollard, but if you do, I would look that way. The opportunities, once Spears came back, you had Pollard getting 20 carries, 28 carries, and then this last week, nine carries with Spears back, a tough Minnesota run D. It's not, you know, you're down almost a touchdown here, as far as the DK line, so I think he is someone you've gotta take a hard look at, not just bank on what he did a month ago. One player that's been really disappointing this year, ranked at wide receiver 63.

He has. Averaging just three for 39 since the buy-in. Now you have the addition of T.J. Hawkinson. I'm talking about Jordan Addison. Like he is, he was a flashy name. He performed last year, but I think at this point, you need to move on and find better options off of the waiver wire because it's gonna be Jefferson, Hawkinson, Jones.

They're all much higher in the packing order. Even Naylor's been involved in games that Addison hasn't been involved. Are you fully moving on from Addison? Yeah, I mean, I would. There's a lot of names out there. I would rather play Ricky Pearsall. I'd rather play Quentin Johnston.

Jacoby Myers. Jacoby Myers for sure. Jerry Judy, Jalen Wadden. Ooh, that was hard, Jalen Waddle. Senator Tillman. There's a handful of names that I would much rather have than Jordan Addison. I'd actually, in this game, I'd probably rather play

Westbrook Hikine on the other side, who's actually scored in four of five weeks. He's been looked to on the goal line. He's out there almost 100% of the time. I would, I think he is a boring but somewhat productive option for fantasy players in a game where you can't run and you are going to have to throw the football all game long. Any other thoughts on this game, Mike? Other than Will Lavas already having nightmares about the blitzing of Minnesota.

There's no nightmares, man. Just mayonnaise. You're not scared of what you can't see? Yeah, I was gonna say, he does not see him in his dreams either, man. I promise, he has never seen a pass rush in his life. He just always is like, I'm on the ground again. You see that Kyler comment about-

I must have fallen over. What was that? You see Kyler's hit last week from Quincy Williams, where the helmet went flying? Oh, that was a murderous hit. So Kyler's like, he said he didn't even know what happened. He just was on the ground. And then he said he liked it.

Nice. He said it got his adrenaline going and he hadn't been hitting a while and then he played really well after that. He did, he played really well but that was a complete blindside and unlike Will Levis, Will Levis is blindsided from straight in front of him. Yes. But this was an actual blindside where the guy was coming from behind and he had no idea that someone was there because he doesn't actually have eyes on the back of his head. Will Levis does have eyes on the front of his head.

He still can't see people right in front of him. The report is true. Will Levis, it was part of his scouting report, has eyes in the front of his head. No, doesn't have eyes in the front of his head. Oh, doesn't, doesn't. I'm trying to teach the man that yes, you do. He keeps his eyes downfield too far.

He's laser focused on his wide receivers. his eyes are always 30 yards downfield and has no like I don't know the amount of bokeh on his eye lenses but he can't that is you have a peripheral vision issue he has to man he has to he's always zooming yes it's like dude no macro. There's no macro? Yeah, he's gotta take a wider. Photography jokes. Wider lens replacement. Nice bokeh joke, bro. Baltimore, seven and three, Pittsburgh, seven and two,

DK Sportsbook line Baltimore minus three, the over-under's 48. It's in Pittsburgh. I wanna know right at the top before the analysis for fantasy, who do you think wins the ball game? Baltimore, I think they're going, I think they are too much for the Steelers.

I don't, I mean it's Baltimore minus three, I guess I'm overdue. All right, all right. It's been a minute, if you can find that drop, oh here it is. Andy's almost upset of the wig. If you can find that drop. Oh, here it is. Andy's almost upset of the wig. This is, this is just, this is the kind of game Baltimore loses on the road.

Really difficult divisional game with the crowd and the pressure and teams that know each other and teams that know what Lamar knows how to do. I don't know. I think it's gonna be fun. I'm excited about this game. I know we mock Russ, but he's better for this offense. He's better for Pickens. He's better for Williams. He's better for Nagy. They're scoring 30 points a game since he became a starter. And the Ravens, you know, this is not a Ray Lewis shut you down defense. Oh no. This is a, we're gonna, like I think they can stop the run a little bit, but they'll not, Pittsburgh's not gonna stop handing it to Najee. I don't know, I think Pittsburgh has what it takes

to kind of put the pressure on Baltimore and Baltimore's had, they've had a couple close wins this year and then they've had a few losses that are like. They just fall apart in the second half. They've just been kind of outmatched and I just wonder if the pressure's on if Lamar tries to do too much and can't get it done. Well you've had Pittsburgh here scoring points with Russ. So, you know, they've got three starts, three wins,

37 points, 26 points, 28 points scored by the Steelers. So that's exciting. And I think they can score on the Ravens. The question on the other side, to me, is about Derrick Henry, because the passing defense for the Steelers has been very, very good. In four career starts, Lamar Jackson has not scored 20 fantasy points against Pittsburgh. So to kind of speak to

your almost upset. They know what to do against them a little bit. Yeah, there's a clear path here for the Baltimore Ravens to come out and be disappointing against Pittsburgh. That's why I think this comes down to Derrick Henry. Can this Steelers run defense that really is just middle of the pack? The last six weeks. Exactly.

Recently, they have not been good. They're 27th over the last six weeks against Fantasy Running Max. So that's where I mean, I got to check Vermont's weather. But if there's snow on the ground in Vermont, I think Derek Henry is the reason that Baltimore wins this game. Well, the DK rushing yard line on Derek Henry

is a very healthy 86 and a half. Yeah, that's. So they're expecting Derek Henry. They're expecting snow on the ground in Vermont. OK. I do have Kyle researching the weather report in Vermont. How do we not have a? Did you send him out there?

Do we have a? I believe he just went. We need boots on the ground. We're a company of automation, guys. How is this, how do we not have a siren go off in our office? Honestly, and this is way too late to do this, but we should have been having Vermont weather

on the back wall for a long time. Yeah, at least during all Derrick Henry games. And if you're new to the fantasy footballers and you're not sure, there has been absurd correlation between snow on the ground in Vermont and Derrick Henry's success, no matter where he's playing. It's going. Which has never been in Vermont.

Kyle says it doesn't look like snow. Also, this is a bit. This is a bit, but it's also weirdly true. If Derrick Henry has a poor game. He's also had some really great games without snow on the ground. Well, yeah. He's Derrick Henry. Whatever. game. He's also had some really great games without snowing. Well yeah, I mean he's Derrick Henry. Whatever, science and stuff. Lamar Jackson you play, Henry you play.

Zay Flowers are you back at it? Yes, Zay Flowers is an every week start. You just gotta take the lumps. Isaiah Likely was back at practice. Mark Andrews has a 17% target share over the last five weeks. Steelers middle of the pack against tight ends. Seems like it would be really difficult for you to have

A pivot if you've been playing Mark Andrews. I agree with that and I am I'm excited to see what actually happens here now that like The he was forced into a full-time role last week against Cincinnati talking about Mark Andrews because the likely was out But everything was ramping up for him So I want to see now that likely is back, does that ramp continue? Because that will be just a huge shot of confidence here to close the season.

Yeah, I will say that I've talked up T.J. Hawkinson a lot. I have Hawkinson and Andrews in a league and I am playing Andrews. All right. I'm gonna stay in. Are you really? Yeah, I'm gonna stay in the flames because I think it's kind kinda like what we talked about last week with Andrews versus Gasicki

where it's about the touchdown. I think that there's a higher likelihood of Andrews getting a touchdown than Hockenson. If he doesn't, if neither guy gets a touchdown, Hockenson probably has more targets, receptions, maybe yards. The last five weeks of Mark Andrews, tied in 4-3-10, 30 against Denver.

But if you remember the context of what happened, that was the Zay Flowers week where Flowers had two drive-ending touchdown receptions. And then the team scored 41 points against Denver, and they pulled everybody out. It was a blowout, and Mark Andrews played half the snaps and then back too tight into the following week. So we were just, you know, I don't think it's a guarantee for Andrews but we're on a really really good trajectory right now. Let me ask you this before we move on. Final question in

the game, Andy. I picked Baltimore to win. You weren't sure. Almost upset. But the line set at 48. Do you think this is more offensive or defensive? I see it right in the middle of the road. Maybe leaning offensive, honestly. So, 48 points is a lot. Yeah. So I'm not necessarily taking me over there, but I think that's right.

I think 48 points is about right. I find myself agreeing with you. That's part of what I like about Andrews, could I can see the path for this game going very large Jason would you play Jalen Warren or Travis Etienne? I? Think you've done it you've found a way to get me to say Jalen Warren Okay, good. That's where that's what I was trying to get to We'll take a break. We'll come back with some more matchups We'll take a break, we'll come back with some more matchups. The Las Vegas Raiders, 2 and 7, take on the 3 and 6 Miami Dolphins in Miami.

Miami 7 point home favorites. DK has it at 44. The over-under. The Raiders have made an about face. We had announced yesterday because the report, the report, it came out from official sources that Desmond Ritter was going to be the starter and then Vic DeFour came out and said they got cold feet and it's actually going to be Minshew.

Yeah, I mean, you should. Yeah. You don't have good options at quarterback, but Ritter shouldn't be any of the options. We went to practice and we put Ritter out there and then we were like, what are we doing? Look at this. Until Sunday, guys. It's the ultimate ruse.

Ooh, I like it. Yeah, I just. I'm sure they'll have packages for both. This is good for Brock Bowers, it's good for Jacoby Myers, whose reception line's five and a half. It's good for any hope of the Raiders scoring points. Now the Miami Dolphins defense looked really good

against the Rams. They're at home, they've got their guys back. I, you know, I feel like Miami should be able to beat up on a bad team here. That's what we should be able to get. I completely agree. We had talked about putting a pause on our belief of the Miami defense because the Miami defense, they're number one, schedule adjusted on the course of the year against quarterbacks.

Their top 10 against wide receivers and tight ends. Their passing defense has been really, really good, but we weren't sure how much of that was to a being gone. When you watched that island game against the Rams last week, their defense was outstanding. They were pressuring the Rams so much all game. You've got Ramsey in the backfield, and Kaleus Campbell seems young again at 38 years old. So I think their defense is legit. It's going to be very difficult sledding here for the Raiders. Does that make Tua a spot star for you or no?

Because he hasn't hit 20 fantasy points in 14 straight starts. He's not. Can we just give Tyreek a shot? The wild thing here. And waddle. And waddle. Chuck it. Stop going to John.

Stop going to John who Smith. Stop it. Stop. It's gross. It's disgusting. It's not efficient. It's gross. It's disgusting. It's not efficient It's okay. It's John who's fault. Okay. No John. Oh, you're doing a great job, but I want to see you doing cardio I want to see you out there drawing defenders and not getting that ball because I want the ball and waddle in Tyreex

I really like a chain in this game. I really am Hopeful that look I this is a scary terrifying. in this game. I really am hopeful that, look, this is a scary, terrifying tie re-kill game for me because his receiving line is at 67 and a half. He is dealing with the wrist injury. If he's not productive in this game, and I'm not talking eight, eight, nine points. If he doesn't score 15 points in this game, I'm worried that the injury is going to linger

through the remainder of the season. The Raiders, if their defense can do one thing, it's slow down wide receivers. Last six weeks, wide receivers are second in adjusted schedule against them right now. Look, Tyreek never has cared about those numbers before. So I want- But that DK line is like, okay, they're-

That's a lot of yards. The Sharps are taking this serious. Yeah, I mean- Well, I'm saying like, that's not a lot for Tyreek though. Is that, well, I mean, it would be after last week. Yeah. But I guess you're right, I guess you're right. I mean, when you look at last year

and what he averaged per game- Yeah, he'd be like, Kill's line is like 80 something. You're like, yeah, that makes sense for Tyreek Hill, that it's all the way down to 67. He averaged 112 yards look at last year and what he averaged per game. Yeah, he'd be like, Kill's line is like 80-something. You're like, yeah, that makes sense for Tyree Kill. That it's all the way down to 67. He averaged 112 yards a game last year. So you know what? That's a good point. The target share is just, I mean, it's not John's fault,

but they are featuring the tight end position way, way more than they ever have. I was thinking about Tyreek Hill after the last game and realizing that right now, Tyreek Hill has been, I mean, abysmal. He's played in every single game. He's the wide receiver 32. He's not even a wide receiver two.

In the games with Tua, he's been just as bad. Not, you know, nothing has gone right for him. I've seen so many trades where, you know, should I move Tyreek for this, you know, nothing has gone right for him. I've seen so many trades where, you know, should I move Tyreek for this wide receiver who's been performing? And you've gotta take a, I mean, we don't know the future. There's risk injury concerns, there's schematic concerns. There's risk risk.

Risk risk, however, I am going to bet on Tyreek Hill and so that's my official stance like I would personally be willing to even go trade for him because right now I've seen some trades where it's not costing you much if you've got a if you've got a guy that's been scoring you know people are wanting to get out of Tyreek Hill And I'm not guaranteeing that that's going to be the right move. But at the end of the year, I don't think we're going to look back and say Tyree Kill lost it

and is a seventh round pick next year because this entire season he just sucked. I think he'll get it together. He's still, like you watch him on the field, he's still lightning fast. He's still fast. But there's other fast players. I mean, Tyree Kill's success is not just field he's still lightning fast. Yeah, he's still fast. I just- But there's other fast players. I mean, Tyree Hill's success is not just because he's fast.

Yeah, I mean, I just want it on the record that, you know, it's kind of like when Mark Andrews was sucking and people were dropping him and it's just like, hold on, this is a good player. He looks good on the field. I believe in the talent. I don't think he's lost it. So that's where I am officially with Tyree. Is Rahester dead as a flex option for now? Yeah, I mean if you're getting three opportunities Last week you can't start someone that's not touching the ball. Well the Rams lost last week to the Dolphins

They are four and five they go to New England to take on the three and seven Patriots the DK Sportsbook line Rams minus four and a half on the road the over-under is forty three and a half line, Rams minus four and a half on the road, the over-under is 43 and a half. You know, the Rams games have hit the under, four or five games, their defense, it was a defensive battle against Miami. Matthew Stafford has Cooper Cut, Puka Nakua, both those guys are in your lineup, right?

I mean, is it as simple as Stafford, Kyron, Cooper, and Pucca? Yeah, it definitely is. And then on the other side, Ramandre gets tipped over into the end zone a couple times a week lately. It's not been efficient. He did jump up to 3.7 last week.

His rushing and receiving yards line from DK is 77 1 1 2. Holy, not gonna happen. His rushing and receiving yards line from DK is 77 and a half. Holy, not gonna happen. That means, yeah. That is. You don't like that. No, I do not like that. No, I do. I like that number to say that he will not get there.

Well, last. When's the last time he's gotten it? Last week was 77. Yeah, he hit 74 rushing yards against the Bears. Yeah, and three receiving yards. I'll be right back. It's one of those things where the team has so, the team has so, he's...

I'm just gonna go make sure that line is accurate and maybe do something about it. This team has so few options in the passing game and in the offensive side that they're just committed to handing the ball to him a ton. And so that's led to inefficiency. They don't have, you know, players to, to, to, you know, take away eight in the box against Ramon Ray Stevenson.

I don't think he has looked particularly bad or good or anything. I just think it's. You know, Boutte is getting the most playing time at wide receiver right now. Like if there was a player I'm picking up to start, I would play him in the same breath of DeMario Douglas. I mean, he's getting 99% of snaps. He had six targets. You got three weeks in a row with that, Andy.

This is a Mark of the Beast situation. Six, six, six targets each of the last three weeks. So yeah, I mean, you're- It's a Mark of the Boutte. You are Mark of the last three weeks. So yeah, I mean, you're- It's a mark of the bouté. You are the mark of the bouté. You're correct that he is involved. He's also getting some shots downfield. It hasn't turned into much though.

Like that's kind of the issue is you don't expect a lot of touchdowns here. Like with Westbrook Okine, he's getting in the end zone. And I just don't know how often the Patriots are going to. I think the Rams coming off a loss. A D of us play a punt play. I'm with Andy Oh, yeah, yes, it's the production is not hitting but if the other stuff are they're saying that at least it could happen If you want a DFS punt play in this game Davis Allen, yeah is he took one the job back

500 well, he never had the I mean he only had the job last year during an injury. But this is a guy who I liked for dynasty, if you listen to the off season, before they brought in Parkinson. This was a player who looked like he was going to take a year two leap into a starting role. And then you look at his snap percentages on the year, 8% of snaps, 0% of snaps, 4% of snaps.

It's just completely uninvolved. And then this last week, 80% of snaps. Colby Parkinson was not on the injury report. This was a, hey, we're just gonna move. We're gonna move. We're gonna put him at- And what happened? Six targets, five receptions.

Oh, yeah, I was gonna say they lost. Oh, sure. No, they did lose, but my- Gotta get the Colby Jack out there I don't think I'm playing Davis Allen in any kind of redraft league But if you are looking for a super cheap pump play and I am you can't 25 hundred you say 2500 no all right. Okay, so guess we know who likes 500. I know that's Usually the pump plays a tight end or 3k. Yeah, so New York City

Usually the pump plays a tight end or 3K. Yeah, so. New York City. Cleveland, two and seven. New Orleans, three and seven. Games in New Orleans. DraftKings Sportsbook Line. Cleveland minus one over under 44 and a half. Give me your gut reaction.

Who wins this game? Cleveland. I have Cleveland winning this game as well. I think the one game post-coaching change hype is over. Well, look, he instilled more of a Falcon-esque strategy. I don't know if he knew this. But before last game, he detailed how his day, his first day coaching the team,

started with him clogging the toilet in the head coach's locker room. He told people this? Yeah. That's what a real man does, Mike. He told people this? Yeah. That's what a real man does, Mike. He said he thought it was gonna be a bad day. And I'll tell you here, every time Falcon clogged the toilet,

we had a bad day, we don't got good days. Yeah, that's true. I love that. Rizzy? Rizzy's the clog in the drains, huh? I mean, that's how you Chris in a bathroom, man. This is your first time in the drains, huh? I mean, that's how you christen a bathroom, man. This is your first time in the head coach's locker room toilet, and it's like, this is my throne now.

Bro, I'll take this. You can't. Guess I've never thought about this. The head coach has his own commode? This is the first time I've ever heard of the head coach's locker room in my life. Yeah, that sounds like there's a whole locker room, but he only needs to use one locker.

Well, I mean, it's like, you know, fancy businesses. The CEO has a private bathroom. Why, the head coach. Yeah, he should. You got to drop a dump of whiskey. You don't want to be in there playing, you know, playing battle poops with the team. But you don't usually have a locker room for one. It's also difficult.

It would be amazing. It's just a bed with one locker. That'd be great. Or there's 10 lockers, but they're all yours. You know, this is my- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Look, you don't, the problem with having your own bathroom is that there's no doubt who's the clogger.

You could have blamed somebody. But he's not a blame guy. No, he took full accountability. I like the Riz. I think this game's pretty heads up to me. I can see it go in both directions. James Winston so schizophrenic on the field. You know, you've had a pretty bad Saints defense,

but there've been a game or two where they've looked okay. Let's get to the fantasy players that matter here. The number one start-sick guy out there, coming off the buy, had been really good as the wide receiver 14-3 and 16. Senator Tillman, he's the number one name. Tillman or Juan Jennings? Tillman or Devontae Smith?

Tillman or Calvin Ridley? I like Tillman, but it's not over any of those names to me. Yeah, I agree. Tillman, you know, 12 targets, nine targets, 11 targets. Yeah, no, he's been involved. He's looked good, 81, 99, 75 yards. But the total fantasy production has really been propped up by three touchdowns in the last three games.

So whether you expect that to continue or not, I would think... Which one was the real stinky trash touchdown? That must have been week nine, where it was like... I mean, the catch was awesome, but it was like the game was over and the clock was running out and it was just, oh sweet, that's great for fancy. Yeah, I believe that was their last game. So we like Kamara, Nick Chubb, we brought him up. This is a week that you can kind of start him with some confidence because of New Orleans leaky run defense. His, did you say his line?

His rush yard line's at 58 and a half. Okay. That's all right. That's fine. We'll take that. MVS was the show last week, but I mean, can you start anybody beyond Kamara? It doesn't feel like it. You could start Taysom Hill just because of the position. I don't love this you say some hill, too

Yeah, yes, one of your own you start or say taste some hill. Mm-hmm. You can do that with almost every player Almost I'm not eating but because you can't start okay. I see what you did. This is totally gonna There's no way this could blow up in my face. dude. He's going for 20 plus fantasy points. Well, so you don't feel confident in the dart throws on that team. The thing about MVS is he matches up with what Derek Carr has done well this year. And the matchup, the last six weeks,

the Browns 25th against quarterbacks, 30th against wide receivers. So it's not it's not impossible, but remember it is it's MVS. Yeah, yeah this is a man who failed with Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, and Josh Allen. Yeah. So don't overdo it. He needed a good quarterback. Jerry Judy's been hiding back behind Cedric Tillman, but actually getting targets as well well hasn't had the performances Hasn't gotten into the end zone since week one

But desperation play maybe Jerry Judy in this match up 19 targets in the last two games You can you can certainly look his way. All right. It's time to move forward Jason. Go ahead and reach behind you We've got the oh, give me the wig. We got the Oh, yeah. Give me the wig. We've got the parley-parte. Give me the wig. And last week, Jason and I, well, we got fitted for some royal crowns. Boop, boop, boop, boop. I would say we look pretty, pretty good. You do, you do.

And last week... I look like James Cook trying to catch his targets. Last week, I was lucky enough to get Aaron Jones over 60 rushing yards despite the injury. Jason. Did you count his cart yards? No, they were not factored in. He put up probably 70 plus.

That's a long ways. I forgot he came back into the game and actually put up 88. Yeah, we thought for sure that you took the L on that. Yeah. Because he left the game injured. It was like, well, that stinks. And then he's back in and crosses the line. I thought I took an L on Alva Camaro over four and a half receptions because I was counting

them as we went along. And I was like, oh, I guess I thought I needed one more. I didn't. We crushed. Good job, Andy. Good work. And James Cook couldn't get it done. No.

Was not cooking. This week's picks, I'm going to go Calvin Ridley, 50 plus receiving yards. His numbers since DeAndre Hopkins was traded 143, 73 and 84. Hopefully I'm not ruining this man by actually focusing on him. I've just been letting him perform in the background. That's not even true. You had him as your second half sleeper. You came out in favor for him. Yeah, that's true Well, thank you for last week

What I wanted to take was Kareem hunts receiving over because of the matchup against the Denver Broncos They are one to target for receiving overs for running backs, but he had only been getting like one target a game one target Maybe two targets. He had ten targets last week And so I'm gonna take B John Robinson against Denver Broncos this week over three and a half receptions he's averaging four point one receptions per game and again Denver is the way that their defense plays you can hit them over the top in the check down with I guess what's what's it's not really over the top it's like over the bottom gonna hit him over no it's not over the bottom what are you I'm saying No, it's not over the bottom. What are you talking about?

I'm saying when you pass to the running back, you're not going over the top. No, you're checking it down. I was looking for something a little bit new, fresh. You're looking for something different? Why? Everyone knows what check. To evolve. But we know what a check down is.

To grow. But this is like the defense is coming at you. You gotta go over the bottom. You know what I mean? Like a slip screen. No! Yeah. I'm go over the bottom. You know what I mean? Bam. Like a slip screen. Yeah. I'm going over the bottom here, man.

I'm just going to try it on for size, see if it works. It's not working. It's working for me. Well, Mike, who you got? I got George Pickens at 60-plus receiving yards. It's not just me believing in Georgie Porgy this week. Andy's in. It's the start of the week.

It's the Baltimore stuff, yada, yada, yada. His actual line is under 60, so I'm taking a few bonus yards here. But we made it into the parlay. Just so that the comments aren't filled with this, Kyle has been quick to remind us that it is called throwing underneath. So over the top, you throw underneath.

You're not into that? Yeah, underneath. Check it down. No, I'm throwing over the bottom, though. But you can't throw over the top you throw underneath. You're not into that? Yeah, underneath. Check it down. No, I'm throwing over the bottom though. But you can't throw over the bottom. I think you can, man. I really, I can throw over the bottom. Well, you can, but professional quarterbacks can't. Man, Kirk Cousins is going to throw over the bottom all game. I know it. I'm going to start, every time I see one of those where the pass rush is coming, it's like, oh, over the bottom. You know those. I'm going to start every time I see one of those where the pass rush is coming. It's like all over the bottom. You know those moments when you're in the back that's over the bottom. That's into the that's too literal. All right.

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