September 1, 2017 • 44 mins
Dane Matinez opens the show talking about the biggest news and notes as he reflects back on the NFL Preseason. Dane goes over some of his fantasy tight end fugazi's that you should avoid in drafts, including Jordan Reed, Greg Olsen and Delanie Walker. #FNTSY #NFL #JordanReed #TightEnd #Fugazi #LavarBall #JordanReed #GregOlsen #DelanieWalker #Titans #Patriots #TravisKelce
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kind of like the end of summer. You know, we
got Labor Day weekend coming in. I hope everybody has
a great holiday weekend firing up the grills for maybe
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Sweat got a great show for you. Okay. The preseason
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ended yesterday, you know, so I'm gonna give you some
of my biggest takeaways from the entire preseason. We have
been talking about tight ends for the last couple of days,
so I've got my tight end fo gazes. Okay, a
couple of guys in the top five of tight ends
that I think you need to avoid. I told you
some diamonds in the rough at that position earlier in
the week. Guys that I like like Austin Hooper, Guys
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that I like like Hunter Henry. Guys even deeper that
I like like Austin Seferian Jenkins and George Kittle. Well,
I'm giving you the inverse right now tonight. It is
about who you need to avoid at the tight end position.
I'm also gonna give you a couple of defenses, okay,
because listen, I don't think you need to draft defense
until your second to last or the last pick overall.
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And I'm gonna give you some defenses that are outside
of the top ten as far as rankings go, that
I think could be valuable streaming options and interesting defenses
to hold for real. Chunks of the season, so I
think that is very important. What I'm also going to
do as we put the fun in functional sports Radio,
I am gonna recap a couple of shows that have
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been going on. One on HBO is Hard Knocks as
they profile the Tampa Bay Bucks. There's also been the
debut of another show on Facebook and it is called
Ball in the Family, following LaVar, Lonzo, Lamello and LiAngelo
and now even the sixteen year old is getting paid
branding a new shoe. We will get into that a
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little bit later on, and you know, of course, we
will take your calls as well. We're he got some
people lining up to Hollywright speeds and spitting statistician you
can to at eight four four eight four three six
eight seven nine. We also got a pull question up.
Who do you think will be the tight end? Fo
Gazey the tight end you think we need to forget about?
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My options are Greg Olsen, Jordan read the usually injured
Jordan read what about Delaney Walker on that exotic smash
mouth team that has some new weapons around it. We'll
get into these tight ends, We'll get into your calls,
will get into defenses and also some takeaways from the
preseason injuries, position battles, all that and more when we
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It's your boy, Speeds, the spitting statustician, holding you down,
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dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle right here
on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We've been talking about
tight ends over the last couple of days. I'm gonna
give you my tight end gazzes. The guys you need
to forget about. We're gonna give you some news and notes. Listen.
It's around cut down day here in the NFL. There's
some trades that have happened. There's some surprise cuts. We're
gonna get into all of those and the fantasy impacts.
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But the phone lines are also open right now at
eight four four eight four three eight seven nine. And
it sounds like we got a couple of callers a Bovona.
The first one is Joe in Long Island. He's got
a question about Mr Murray. Let's bring him onto the
Fantasy Freestyle. What's going on? Man? And what's going on?
I got, I got offered. I got Keevin Coleman and
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Mike Thomas. But the Marco Murray and Eric Decker I
had Murray and Decker. Listen. Michael Thomas is far superior
to Eric Decker. Okay, so that is very interesting. And
you said it was Tevin Coleman was the other back Keevin,
I've been getting Tevin Coleman. I'd be given up to
Marco Murray. Yeah, listen, I gotta tell you I think
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the gap of Michael Thomas down to Eric Decker is
bigger then the gap of Debarco Murray to Tevin Coleman.
So to me, it sounds like the Tevin Coleman and
Michael Thomas side of that deal wins out. I don't
know if you also heard there is news today that
Ted Ginn Jr. Another wide excuse me that um Willie
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sneed another wide receiver on the Saints, is gonna be
suspended for the first three games. That could even be
more for Michael Thomas. I don't know, and thank you
for the call, man. I don't know. You know if
you trade away DeMarco Murray as what presumably was your
RB one, where that leaves you in the running back
I don't know the rest of your roster, and we
don't have time to get into every single player, but
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I will tell you I believe the gap between DeMarco
Murray and Tevin Coleman is not as big as the
gap between Michael Thomas and Eric Decker. So I like
the Michael Thomas and Tevin Coleman side of that deal.
We got another caller. It looks like we got uh
who is this cliff In Boston talking about the tight ends.
We've been talking about the tight ends in terms of
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diamonds a couple of days earlier. This week, we're gonna
get into food gay is a little bit as well.
Let's get this tight end question from Cliff in Boston. Hey, Cliff,
you're dropping stats over beats with the spitting statistician. You're
on the fantasy freestyle. What's up? What's going on? Man? Hey,
I got a big question for you. Originally I was
gonna ask about, you know, the tight end position. But
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what I really wanted to ask you, I'm thinking six
right now. In one of my drafts coming up on Tuesday.
Who would you say is an ideal pick at that
sixth spot? Okay? Sure, at the sixth spot. Okay, here's
the thing in my mind. And and and to be honest, Uh, Clifford,
the PPR or not of this league matters, Okay, because
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here's my thing. It's six. You're not gonna get one
of the complete true elite studs at running back. You're
not gonna get David Johnson. You're not gonna get Levan Bell.
After that, though, there are a couple of locked and
loaded elite wide receivers that I think you can take
right Antonio Brown on, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham or Mike Evans.
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Those are my top four kind of wide receivers. You've
got Levy on Bell and David Johnson. When you're sitting
at six. To me, whichever one of those six is
still available, that's where I'm going. And let me tell you,
I didn't know the format of your league. If it
is a PPR league, I am that much more happy
to get my wide receiver right away because I can
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find some pass catching backs later on, some third down backs,
some pass catching backs that in a PPR format I'd
be very happy about. Okay, if it's standard, it's a
little bit different, but I think you're gonna wind up
with one of these elite wide receivers. I think it's
gonna be wind up being like Odell Beckham or Mike Evans.
So thank you for the call. Again. That was Cliff
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in Boston. Hey, it sounds uh we got another call.
It sounds like we got Blake in Dallas. He wants
to know about the Saints backfield and specifically mark ingram
Uh Blake in Dallas. Your dry up and stats over beach,
which your boys speeds and spitting statistician on the Fantasy Freestyle.
What's going on, Blake? Okay, so um, I'm wondering who
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started flex week one, and I've got a Kiss Rogers
marked Ingram, Joe Mixon, and Jonathan Stewart. Okay, here's the thing.
If you have Jack Quiz Rogers on your roster, right,
you have him pretty much for the first three weeks
when you think Doug Martin is going to be suspended, right,
so in the first three weeks, my man pop Quiz
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Jocquiz Rogers. He is going to be the lead dog
for Tampa. If you went and got him, it's because
you wanted to play him for the first three weeks
of the season. I know they're playing Miami. They've got
in Dominican Sioux in the middle of that line, but
they like Jock Quiz Rogers. I think some of the
other guys you mentioned, guys like Jonathan Stewart. I want
to wait and see how the Panthers are gonna play this.
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Are they gonna give Christian McCaffrey a lot of looks
or not? You mentioned Joe Mixon. You know that's a
crowded backfield as well, with guys like you know, Jeremy
Hill and Gio Bernard. Because Doug Martin is serving that suspension,
I think Pop Quiz Jocquins Rodgers in that Battle of
Florida against the Miami Dolphins could be an interesting start,
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especially in weeks one through three when Doug Martin is
on the sidelines. All right, Chris, it looks like those
are all the callers for now, So let me keep
it moving here on the cipher in the fantasy freestyle
and give him some news and notes. Because listen, this
is cut down day. There's been some trades. Let's get
into it. First of all, Bengals wide receiver John Ross,
he of the four point two to forty time at
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the combine, He's gonna be out a couple of weeks
with a knee injury. Okay, I think this means even
more opportunity, even more focused for a J. Green in
that offense. When we start talking DFS next week, I
like a J. Green in my DFS line up even
more share for him. With John Ross out, levy On
Bell has reported to Pittsburgh Steelers camp. He's got a
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one year, twelve million dollar deal as predicted, he said
he was gonna come in right when he did on
September first. He is my number one overall pick in
all of fantasy football this year. I think he is
a true stud. I would even pick him over David Johnson. Okay,
you may have heard earlier in the week that Matt
Forte is on the trade block for the New York Jets.
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He's going ahead and saying that the rumors of his
trade are quote unquote fake news. He says that he's
spoken to the g M Mike mccagnet that they are
not going to trade him. I'm gonna tell you the truth.
It's probably because they can't find a trade partner for
for him, because he's got a four million dollar contract.
I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up being a
cut casualty at the very end, as rosslers go from
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nine d all the way down to fifty three. Is
this weekend to clear a room and to continue the
tanking process for the New York Jets, they have traded
Pro Bowl defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson to the Seattle Seahawks,
making the Seattle defense even that much more scary. With
the truth, stud Indians here yere. Now they're getting Mr
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Curse back. Remember the Jets need some hope help at
wide out. They're also getting a second round pick to
help with their tanking efforts. The forty Niners, in a
surprise cut and cut down day, they cut quarterback Matt Barkley. Okay,
they're gonna be going with the rookie C. J. Bethard
instead as the backup to Brian Hoyer. Listen, I think
Matt Barkley is viable. He might pick on latch On
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somewhere soon. Remember, in Indianapolis, we don't know how long
they're gonna be going with Scott Tolzine. In Baltimore, they
don't know about Joe Flacco's back. And in Jacksonville, remember
there is still boordal Service, who is listed at the
top of the depth chart. You may have heard me
say it earlier in the show. Saints wide receiver Willie Snead,
who is currently wide receiver thirty two a legitimate wide
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three on the Saints with Drew Brees. He's gonna be
suspended for the first three games of the season because
of a d u I that he got in the
off season. I think this makes Ted Finn Jr. Really,
Ted Ginje your viable. Maybe in DFS in Week one,
remember a Monday Night they go up with Adrian Peterson
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to take on his former team, the Minnesota Vikings. That
is the first game of a double header on Monday
Night football. Martavis Bryant has been reinstated by the NFL. Listen,
it's gonna be big Ben lev Bell, Martavis Bryant and
Antonio Brown. That combination has only been together for eleven
times in their careers. I think if they all play
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sixteen games this year, watch out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They might have the best offense in all of football.
And there are reports I told you this. I told
you guys. There are reports that the Cleveland Browns have
cut brock Osweiler. He once was the seventy two million
dollar noos around the Houston Texans. They made that in
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like a salary dump kind of trade in the off season,
and they have in fact cut brock Osweiler. Listen, there's
still like between Matt Barkley now brock Osweiler. They're still
Colin Kaepernick out there. Teams like the Colts, like the Jaguars,
like the Ravens. They may be in the market for
another quarterback. You know. In the preseason, it was also
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interesting to see some of these rookie quarterbacks. You know,
Deshaun Kaiser is gonna start for Cleveland. You know about
Trebinsky and Watson who flashed early on. But keep an
eye on these two. Patty Mahomes in Kansas City, I
don't know if he's gonna be the backup all year.
You know, Alex Smith, we know what he can do.
Remember how he got, you know, surpassed by Colin Kaepernick
back a few few years ago. I wouldn't be surprised
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if the Kansas City Chiefs do the same thing with
Patty Mahomes. He is a great dynasty stach. Same could
be said for Nate Peterman in Buffalo. Okay, they don't
like Tyrod Taylor. Tyrod Taylor is still in the concussion protocol.
Keep an eye on Peterman in Buffalo. But I gotta
tell you one team that I thought one the preseason.
I was high on them when I did my previews.
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The Philadelphia Eagles looked really good in preseason. Lane Johnson
back on that offensive line, Carson Wentz three touchdowns, no interceptions,
alson Jeffrey healthy, that defense, getting Ronald Darby, the first
draft pick, Derek Barnett looking good. I like the Philadelphia Eagles.
They were my diamond in the rough call and nothing
this preseason changes my mind. When we come back here
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on the Fantasy Freestyle, we go into tight end for Gaze.
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Dane Martinez Speeds the spitting statistician right here, holding you down,
dropping stats over beats. That is Chrits Bovona taking good
care of you on the ones and twos, keeping it
so hot, that Ruth sweat Steve, we got a little
big l coming back after break Listen. It is the
holiday weekend, the end of summer. A lot of people
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are getting hot and bothered, and you can by calling
eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine.
We gotta pull question up right now on Twitter. We
want to ask you who do you think is your
tight end? The fool getting easy, the tight end that
you need to forget about. We got hundreds of votes already.
The options I put out there for you are Greg Olsen,
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who's going at tight end three, Jordan Reed who's going
as tight end four, and we've also got Delaney Walker
who's going at tight end nine. We also got a
couple of people that have commented about some other examples
of some other nominations. We also got a caller on
the line right now. It says like we've got John
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he wants to talk about some Detroit Lions and Jim
Bob Cooder. I think Stafford is you know, it's it's interesting.
A lot of people used to ask like is they
is he an elite quarterback or not? Right? And I
think that's a false premise. No, he's not one of
the top five quarterbacks in the NFL. But is he
worth getting paid. I think he is. I think any
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of the top fifteen or top half quarterbacks in the
NFL are worth it because what is the alternative. This
guy is entering his age twenty nine season. They're putting
weapons around him. And for the year and a half
that hey, he has been healthy and with my man
Jim Bob Cooder as his offensive coordinator, he has shown
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that he has been very strong. He was an m
VP candidate for the first few weeks of the season
last year before the thumb injuries. So I think that
Matthew Stafford is on the way up. As though his
name was French Montana. I like Stafford, and I think
he deserves the kind of contract, not because he's an
elite quarterback, but it's all timing when your contract comes
up in the NFL, if you are a quarterback who
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is not a problem on your team, I mean, clearly,
he's got nothing better to do. Let's keep it moving though.
You know what is important? That are the tight end
fool gazes that I'm about to give you, Because if
you're a serious fantasy player, you need to worry about
what is going on in fantasy at the tight end position.
There are a couple of tight ends that are real
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high in the rankings right now. I'm talking tight ends
three and four that I actually think are fool gazy.
Let me give you the first one. Okay, Jordan Reed
is going right now as tight end four. He's going
as number fifty overall. That's basically like a fifth round
draft pick. If I'm going to spend on a tight
end in the fifth round, I am not gonna go
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with someone that is an injury risk. Jordan Read is
pretty much the analogy. It's like, it's pretty much the
the Andrew Luck of tight ends. Okay, Um, if I'm
gonna spend for a tight end, I'm gonna get something
that's more stable. I don't want to invest in a
tight end at that level and then all of a sudden,
have him be doubtful every week, have him have an
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ankle injury, a foot thing to worry about, being competing
with Vernon Davis. I listen, this guy is played in
twelve games, eleven games, nine games. He is definitely injury prone.
I think, similar to quarterback, there's so many other kind
of options. I'll wait and get myself, Hunter, Henry, I'll
wait and get myself Eric Ebron, who liked the caller
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and Detroit mentioned he should know about Eric Ebron. Right,
I'd rather Eric Ebron than a guy like Jordan Reid.
So to me, Jordan Reed is not worth the price.
So to me, he is a fantasy full gaze. Forget
about him. All right, there's another tight end I want
to give you even higher in the rankings. I'm talking
Greg Olsen. Greg Olsen right now is going as tight
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and in three he's going as number forty eight overall.
That's the back end of the fourth round in twelve
team drafts. I think Greg Olsen this year is a
fool gazy Okay, I love Greg Olsen. I think Greg
Olsen has been solid production for a long time. Here's
the thing. The Carolina Panthers are changing their offense this year. Okay.
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They are trying to get the ball out of Cam
Newton's hands a little bit quicker, because, like I said,
and like John and Detroit needs to know hashtag, all
quarterbacks matter, even Cam Newton. So they are trying to
protect him by getting the ball out a little bit quicker.
That means no more five seven step drops to Greg
Olsen chucking it. They're gonna try and hit you know,
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Christian McCaffrey. They're gonna try and hit Curtis Samuel, They're
gonna try and hit Benjamin on slant routes. Okay. I
think that means that greg Old will not be like
Cam's eyes focused on him. Also, greg Olsen is entering
his age. I think thirty two season, this is not
the place where people ascend. He was tight end to
last year. Eighty catches over a thousand yards and he
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had a hundred and twenty nine targets, that second most
in the NFL among tight ends. I think there's going
to be regression there. That's why I think Greg Olsen
at the back of the fourth round, beginning of the
fifth round is not going to return that value. He
is a tight end, all right. Here's the other one
I want to talk about. I have him up in
the poll and it is Delaney Walker. Delaney Walker is
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going as tight end nine right now. That is eighty overall.
We're talking about in like the seventh round of your draft.
And I don't think this is a good idea. Last year,
Delaney Walker was Marcus Mariota's like security blanket, his comfort,
his warm little blanket, as though he was lyingest, you know,
and he had that little blue blanket with him all
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the time. But that is not the case anymore. Tennessee
went out in the off season and signed Derek Decker.
Tennessee went out in the off season and drafted Corey
Davis with their number five overall pick. They are building
other weapons for Delaney Walker. Delaney Walker had sixty five catches,
eight hundred yards and seven touchdowns last season. I do
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not think he is a good bet to repeat that.
Delaney Walker also getting a little long in the tooth
going into his age eighty three season. Excuse me, not
eighty three, his aged thirty three season, and I think
with too many options right there, and remember they still
like to be exotic smash mouth. I do not think
Delaney Walker repeats his performance of the last year. He's
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going as tight end nine. I think there's other guys.
Do not spend the draft capital in round seven on
Delaney Walker. I got a couple of other tight ends
that I want to give you that I think our
fu gazzes this year, okay, but they kind of fit
the same narrative. They fit the same narrative. So I
want to tell you what it is that UM I
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think about when it comes to these okay tight end
is a very hard position to learn as a rookie.
You've heard me say this before if listen to the
fantasy freestyle, and the reason is because they have to
know all of the routes that a receiver and a
pass catcher would run. They also have to know all
the blocking schemes that an offensive lineman needs to know.
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So rookie tight ends do not do well. Generally speaking,
Rookie tight ends don't really pop. I'm talking about Eric
Ebron right now, it's your four, and I finally expect
that jump rookie tight ends. I don't expect that to happen,
especially on teams that this offseason went out and signed
uh wide receivers that some could be called diva's. I'm
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talking about these wide receivers like Brandon Marshalls and John Jackson.
I'm talking about the tight ends. O J. Howard and
Evan Ingram. Both of them were early round draft picks. O. J.
Howard for the Tampa a Bucks, Evan Ingram out of
Mississippi for the New York Giants. If you look at Ingram, yeah,
he's a wide receiver, kind of a move tight end.
He's gonna take a while to be on the field
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to remember that he has those blocking um responsibilities. And
with Oldell Beckham, Brandon Marshall, Sterling Shepard, Shane Vereen in
that passing game, I don't think Evan Ingram is really
gonna return fantasy value this year. He may be decent
to spread the opportunities or to spread coverage around in
real football for the Giants, but not for fantasy. Same
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for O. J. Howard. In my opinion, you know you
got Mike Evanson's, you got DeShawn Jackson, You've got another
tight end in um Cameron break there, right, So I
think there's too many mouths to feed there. And I
don't think O. J. Howard is gonna know all the
blocking schemes as well, are they gonna really support two
tight ends there. So that's part of the reason why
I think O. J. Howard and Evan Ingram are both
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full gazey. Forget about it, Hey, Bavona, it looks like
we got one more caller out there, hoping someone that
can understand that speeds of spitting statistician is Boiqua baby,
Um it is Patrick and Dallas. He wants to talk
about some running backs. Patrick and Dallas. If you're still there,
you are on the Fantasy Freestyle dropping stats over beats
with the Boigua speeds the spitting statistician. What's up? Yeah,
(25:18):
I just wanted to ask you who I should start
at flex, Dalvin Cook or Frank Frank Gore. Okay, listen,
here's the thing. I would go Dalvin Cook and here's why.
Especially in week one, Dalvin Cook and the Vikings are
up against the Saints. That is a bad defense. Okay,
So I think Dalvin Cook is primed and ready to
be a three down back for the Minnesota Vikings. I
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like them at home Monday Night against a bad defense
in the New Orleans Saints. On the other side, you
talk about Frank Gore. Frank Gore, especially week one they
go out to Los Angeles to take on the Rams.
I think the Rams are gonna be an improved defense
with new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, and also with the
Colts in week one, there's no Andrew Look under center.
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It's gonna be Scott Tolzine. So these Rams are gonna
be focused to uh stop Frank Gore and the running game.
They're gonna try to force Scott Tolzine and the Indianapolis
Colts to beat them through the passing game. I think
the Rams are gonna load up to try to stop
Frank Gore. And so for that reason, especially in Week one,
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I love me some Dalvin Cook as a flex option.
I could see Dalvin Cook as an RB two option
as well going up against that defense of the New
Orleans Saints. Like I said right now, we gotta pull
question up. Forty eight percent of you think Jordan Reed
and his injury risk is a fantasy full gazey at
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the tight end position, say Greg Olsen, Say Delaney Walker.
When we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle, I'm gonna
tell you some other suggestions that you guys have, and
we're gonna put the Fun and Functional Sports Radio a
lot of stuff to talk about. Dan Martinez speeds a
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my show. All right, let's keep it going that we
got that pole question up right now. I told you
some other people have options on tight end fool Gazes.
One of them, Clayton trey Hand, who has been responding
to a lot of these polls that we've been doing
our diamonds and our ful gazes at Claymore's FFB on Twitter,
says that Listen, Jack Doyle could be a fool gayzey okay.
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Lux injury does not help the matters there. I remember
I've talked about how you need to fade t Y Hilton,
you need to fade Dante Moncrief Jack Doyle just the same,
also saying two years ago it was supposed to be
Fleaner's year. Last year is supposed to be Allen's, this
year is supposed to be Doyle's. Whoever goes into the
year at Indianapolis thinking that they're gonna be, you know,
Andrew Lux tight end, it doesn't always look right, So
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that way they could be a fool gaze at the
tight end position. Fantasy Field Report on Twitter has also replied,
and they're saying Cameron Bread Remember, listen, I actually think
Cameron Brady is gonna hold off O. J. Howard at
least in the beginning of the season as O J.
Howard gets himself acclimated to the NFL game. The last
one out here on Twitter, Brian five fifty at Gmail
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at Dane Golf nineteen sixty on Twitter says what about
Jimmy Graham. I gotta tell you, I think Jimmy Graham
is actually primed to have a bounce back kind of
rebreak out. Remember, he's now another year removed from that
injury with the Patel attendant, another year in the system
with Seattle with Russell Wilson. In a few weeks ago,
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we also got reports that even last year, Jimmy Graham
was kind of um nursing that injury and that they
are ready to kind of take the training wheels off
for Jimmy Graham in that Seattle offense. So I'm actually
high on Jimmy Graham. I think he once again goes
back to being a top three tight end. All right there.
One of the things I want to also give you
today before we go into Labor Day weekend, right because
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first of all, I'm gonna be off on Monday, so
everybody can enjoy their holiday at the end of the summer,
can start grilling and chilling. Right, save me some corns,
gave me some hamburgers. I'll be there. If you want
to holler at me at eight four four eight four
seven nine and tell me where your barbecue is going
to be. I'll maybe stop going by. But when we
come back on Tuesday, listen, it is week one, okay,
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So if you remember Fantasy Freestyle last year. I went
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I tell you everything about injuries. Will also be giving
you my DFS lineups. It is gonna be full on football.
I'm kind of excited tonight kind of feels like Christmas
Christmas Eve, right because we're anticipating the start of football.
When I wake up that first Sunday, it is like
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football Christmasmas to me. I'm very excited to see what
gifts I have when we get into Week one. Also,
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somebody a thousand dollars. Why can't it be you? All Right?
I told you about some defenses that I wanted to
talk about. Okay, generally speaking, you're not gonna pick a
defense early, right, You're gonna wait till your second to last,
pick your last pick of your draft to pick a defense.
So if you're in, you know, a twelve team league,
let's say eleven other people can pick their defenses. They
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can pick the top eleven defenses on the board. I'm
gonna give you four d defenses here that are outside
of that that I think a legit that I think
are gonna return top eight kind of value this season.
The first one we talked about it a little bit
before when the caller asked about front Gore. I'm talking
about the Los Angeles Rams, the Los Angeles Rams or
defense number twelve right now, and I like them. Listen. Uh.
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The new head coach out there, Sean McVeigh. One of
the smart things he did was higher wage Phillips as
his defensive coordinator. Okay, he has a history of making
defenses jump up in the rankings in the first year,
sometimes dramatically, and this Rams defense was okay to begin with.
Remember you got Aaron Donald in the middle there, one
of the best players on the defensive side of the
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ball in the entire league. And I think the new
scheme they're running is gonna be great for Mr Ogletree
puts some pressure on Remember they're also in Week one
playing Andrew luck Less Indianapolis Colts with Scott Tolzen. And
here's the other thing. Think about this division they're playing.
I personally think that the Cardinals are prime for regression,
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so that's not that bad. The forty Niners aren't gonna
scare anybody. And the Seattle Seahawks, that offensive line, you're
gonna be able to get some sacks against them as well.
That six of your games. I think the Los Angeles
Rams are are interesting defense to target. They're going right
now is defense number twelve? What about defense number thirteen?
So Jacksonville Jaguars, Okay, listen. Obviously there's bordal service and
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the problem on offense, but this defense looks decent on paper.
Remember last year they signed Malie Jackson. They drafted. Uh,
you know Miles jack and Jalen Ramsey. They have Dante
Fowler as a young kid maybe being healthy now. Now
they went out and signed a J. Bouyer in the
back end and Calais Campbell to pair with Malie Jackson
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on that front seven. I think that is pretty good.
I think their defense is decent on paper. And also
remember Jacksonville is moving now to a more They want
to copy Tennessee in that division and be exotic smashed
mouth also right, so if they're gonna be more run
for focus, if they're gonna be more time of possession,
that means less time their defense is on the field.
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And think about their division Indianapolis Colts without Andrew Luck,
they Houston Texans. They're not an offensive team. They're another
defensive based team, whether it's Tom Savage or the rookie
Deshaun Watson that gets under center. I like this Jacksonville
Jaguars the defense as one to check the matchups week
by week. You can go with Jacksonville defense number fourteen
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in the rankings right now on Fantasy pros. The Philadelphia Eagles.
I am so high on the Philadelphia Eagles. I am
higher than them that I am on this purple. Okay,
the Philadelphia Eagles at defense fourteen, I love them. They
traded for Ronald Darby right up um help out their
cornerback situation. They drafted Derek Barnett to add to that
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pass rush alongside guys like Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham.
They signed Timmy Joern again as well. That front line
is going to be stout. And here's the other thing.
Think about the rest of the division. I expect regression
from every quarterback in the NFC East outside of Philadelphia.
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Eli Manning falling off a cliff leading the league in interceptions,
Dak Prescott no way, he repeats that four interception performance,
and who knows when Zeke Elliott will or will not
be playing. And then you have the Washington football team.
Well Kirk Cousins really repeat that or is there some
regression in store for him as well? Without Pierre Garson
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and of course DeShawn Jackson, I think that division is
prime for Philadelphia. I think their defense, who was one
of the top five defenses in d v o A
last year. I think they're primed. They're ready to go
to make a big run this year. So I like
the defense of the Philadelphia Eagles. And here's the last
one that I'm gonna give you their defense seventeen right now,
and we're talking about not the San Diego but the
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Loss and Angels Chargers. I like this defense. Listen, Joey
Bosa is a stud I think Joey Bosa can get
around fourteen sacks this year, if not more, creating pressure
on that front. I like that the Chargers now have
back their number one in the back, Jason Verrette on
the side. He is a true number one lockdown corner.
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Reason to be happy there. They have a fourth place schedule,
do the Chargers because they lost a lot of tight
gamings last year, finished in last in that division, So
a favorable schedule. And think about this. Also, the Denver
Broncos with their experiment with Trevor Simeon, I don't know
that doesn't scare me. Alex Smith, we know that that's
a game manager kind of team. The other offenses outside
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of Oakland in this division, they don't share scare me
at either. So I like the Los Angeles Chargers. And
remember we had ni Con yesterday out there in l
A with Pro Angle media. He was saying that they
got a chance to have an interesting little home field
advantage in that new stadium they're playing with, the l
A Galaxy Stadium that they're paying and intimate setting only
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thirty thousand. Those are some defenses to check out and remember.
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how you can do it. Some of the things you
need to think about, like the regression candidates in the division,
the division matchups, the time of possession. Like I said,
with the Jaguars, they're looking now to move the ball
on the ground with time of possession less time on
the field for the defense. Another reason I like them.
The other thing you need to do right now is
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been real arrogant lately. They've been in kind of like
Gronk you mode with a couple of things they've done
this offseason. I'm gonna tell you why it's building bad karma,
why Julian Edelman may have been the beneficiary. It's all
about karma. Joe and Detroit needs to know about that.
The Patriots need to know about that. We're dropping stats
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tonight on the Fantasy Freestyle. But that is okay. I
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we got. You know, we got another call Frankie Queens.
We're gonna let him on because we've been talking about
tight ends, diamonds and full gaze. He's he's got a
tight end. Question. What's going on? Frank my New York
City head right here, you're on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's up, dude?
So my league twelve team halfpoint tpr. I'm picking from
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the sixth so I picked up shady first pick. I
get a guy second round eighteen overall, so that's nice value.
In the third round, I ran into kind of a
tricky scenario. Um, I had Zeke was still on the board.
And this was earlier in the week before the news
came out that it mentioned maybe the U uh maybe dropped,
So I didn't know that. So I had Kelsey at
the thirtieth pick overall, and I picked him headed Zeke.
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Now you figure out didn't get a wide receiver right there.
So later in the draft I picked up Digs, I
picked up Devon Day, I picked up Mark Tavis, I
got t J. Anderson later, Um, so what do you
think about that? I mean, I know, I know I
heard you earlier that you were against picking Zeke two
as well. I was worried about living him during the playoffs.
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And I also think, yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead, go ahead, Symon,
Yeah yeah. And and and also I like Kelsey's upside
this year, especially with touchdowns. I mean, you've got a
lot of balls. Last year only had all four tds,
and that offense doesn't have a lot of weapons, and
he's very consistent, hasn't missed games. So I mean, I
mean a lot of people tell me they didn't like
that pick, but I still feel pretty confident with it,
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especially with the guys that I got after Yeah, Listen,
I'm not mad at that either, Frank. Okay, Listen, Travis
Kelsey is my tight end number one this year because
you can't trust the injury history of Jordan Reed or
Rob Gronkowski. Remember the Chiefs also gave away Jeremy Macklin
in the offseason. They're expecting Tyreek Hill to be their
number one pass catcher, but it's really gonna be Baby
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Gronk Travis Kelsey. You talked about some other wide outs
that you had, like Davante Parker and Stefon Digs. I
liked those guys as values that you got later on.
And then obviously the top two running backs you have
are okay, You're gonna have a week to week advantage
at tight end. Listen, if Zeke slipped that far, at
some point, you do gotta pull the trigger on Zeke.
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But I'm with you, Frank. I agree that the idea
of that suspense and hanging over his head later on
in the season and it could come down we twelve
fourteen something like that, that would really hurt you in
the fantasy playoffs. You're gonna have a week to week
advantage with Travis Kelsey at tight end, we got time
for only one more caller, I believe. Do we still
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have Frank in Oklahoma? Chris? All right? Frank in Oklahoma,
You're gonna be the last call of the summer, apparently
because when we're back after La Jabor Day, I can't
wear white anymore. With shifting of football. What is your question,
Frank in Oklahoma a standard league, I'm gonna running back
for King in the standard league. I'm picking it to
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turn um. I got you Roody Nielson and Michael Thomas
staring me at the face. My question is, you know,
should I sho get those two and then focus on
running backs? Laters? Too much of a risk past umple
bell cat running back? Yeah, so you mentioned and thank
you for the call man, our last call of the summer.
Here on the Fantasy Freestyle, you talked about the idea
of the bell cow running back. If you're at the
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turn man, if you're picking like twelve and thirteen of
ten or leven, depainting on the size of your league,
you're not gonna get the bell cow running back there anyway. Okay,
The bell cows are David Johnson Levy on on bell
you know, Lashawn McCoy, maybe maybe Melvin Gordon. They're not
gonna be there anyway. It sounded like you talked about
guys like Jordy Nelson, Michael Thomas, deaz Bryant, you know,
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other true studs that will be there at that point.
You know, maybe you even get an A J. Green
at that point. I would, in fact, I like your
wide out wide eye idea. Then your next time, make
sure you get heavy running backs in the NFL is
all committee. These days, you're gonna still be able to
find some running backs. Thanks for almost all the calls,
Thanks for all the Twitter votes. I'm der boy, Dame Martinez,
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but when we come back on Tuesday, it is Are
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got Labor Day weekend coming in. I hope everybody has
a great holiday weekend firing up the grills for maybe
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Sweat got a great show for you. Okay. The preseason
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ended yesterday, you know, so I'm gonna give you some
of my biggest takeaways from the entire preseason. We have
been talking about tight ends for the last couple of days,
so I've got my tight end fo gazes. Okay, a
couple of guys in the top five of tight ends
that I think you need to avoid. I told you
some diamonds in the rough at that position earlier in
the week. Guys that I like like Austin Hooper, Guys
(01:48):
that I like like Hunter Henry. Guys even deeper that
I like like Austin Seferian Jenkins and George Kittle. Well,
I'm giving you the inverse right now tonight. It is
about who you need to avoid at the tight end position.
I'm also gonna give you a couple of defenses, okay,
because listen, I don't think you need to draft defense
until your second to last or the last pick overall.
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And I'm gonna give you some defenses that are outside
of the top ten as far as rankings go, that
I think could be valuable streaming options and interesting defenses
to hold for real. Chunks of the season, so I
think that is very important. What I'm also going to
do as we put the fun in functional sports Radio,
I am gonna recap a couple of shows that have
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been going on. One on HBO is Hard Knocks as
they profile the Tampa Bay Bucks. There's also been the
debut of another show on Facebook and it is called
Ball in the Family, following LaVar, Lonzo, Lamello and LiAngelo
and now even the sixteen year old is getting paid
branding a new shoe. We will get into that a
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little bit later on, and you know, of course, we
will take your calls as well. We're he got some
people lining up to Hollywright speeds and spitting statistician you
can to at eight four four eight four three six
eight seven nine. We also got a pull question up.
Who do you think will be the tight end? Fo
Gazey the tight end you think we need to forget about?
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My options are Greg Olsen, Jordan read the usually injured
Jordan read what about Delaney Walker on that exotic smash
mouth team that has some new weapons around it. We'll
get into these tight ends, We'll get into your calls,
will get into defenses and also some takeaways from the
preseason injuries, position battles, all that and more when we
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It's your boy, Speeds, the spitting statustician, holding you down,
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dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle right here
on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We've been talking about
tight ends over the last couple of days. I'm gonna
give you my tight end gazzes. The guys you need
to forget about. We're gonna give you some news and notes. Listen.
It's around cut down day here in the NFL. There's
some trades that have happened. There's some surprise cuts. We're
gonna get into all of those and the fantasy impacts.
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But the phone lines are also open right now at
eight four four eight four three eight seven nine. And
it sounds like we got a couple of callers a Bovona.
The first one is Joe in Long Island. He's got
a question about Mr Murray. Let's bring him onto the
Fantasy Freestyle. What's going on? Man? And what's going on?
I got, I got offered. I got Keevin Coleman and
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Mike Thomas. But the Marco Murray and Eric Decker I
had Murray and Decker. Listen. Michael Thomas is far superior
to Eric Decker. Okay, so that is very interesting. And
you said it was Tevin Coleman was the other back Keevin,
I've been getting Tevin Coleman. I'd be given up to
Marco Murray. Yeah, listen, I gotta tell you I think
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the gap of Michael Thomas down to Eric Decker is
bigger then the gap of Debarco Murray to Tevin Coleman.
So to me, it sounds like the Tevin Coleman and
Michael Thomas side of that deal wins out. I don't
know if you also heard there is news today that
Ted Ginn Jr. Another wide excuse me that um Willie
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sneed another wide receiver on the Saints, is gonna be
suspended for the first three games. That could even be
more for Michael Thomas. I don't know, and thank you
for the call, man. I don't know. You know if
you trade away DeMarco Murray as what presumably was your
RB one, where that leaves you in the running back
I don't know the rest of your roster, and we
don't have time to get into every single player, but
(06:37):
I will tell you I believe the gap between DeMarco
Murray and Tevin Coleman is not as big as the
gap between Michael Thomas and Eric Decker. So I like
the Michael Thomas and Tevin Coleman side of that deal.
We got another caller. It looks like we got uh
who is this cliff In Boston talking about the tight ends.
We've been talking about the tight ends in terms of
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diamonds a couple of days earlier. This week, we're gonna
get into food gay is a little bit as well.
Let's get this tight end question from Cliff in Boston. Hey, Cliff,
you're dropping stats over beats with the spitting statistician. You're
on the fantasy freestyle. What's up? What's going on? Man? Hey,
I got a big question for you. Originally I was
gonna ask about, you know, the tight end position. But
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what I really wanted to ask you, I'm thinking six
right now. In one of my drafts coming up on Tuesday.
Who would you say is an ideal pick at that
sixth spot? Okay? Sure, at the sixth spot. Okay, here's
the thing in my mind. And and and to be honest, Uh, Clifford,
the PPR or not of this league matters, Okay, because
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here's my thing. It's six. You're not gonna get one
of the complete true elite studs at running back. You're
not gonna get David Johnson. You're not gonna get Levan Bell.
After that, though, there are a couple of locked and
loaded elite wide receivers that I think you can take
right Antonio Brown on, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham or Mike Evans.
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Those are my top four kind of wide receivers. You've
got Levy on Bell and David Johnson. When you're sitting
at six. To me, whichever one of those six is
still available, that's where I'm going. And let me tell you,
I didn't know the format of your league. If it
is a PPR league, I am that much more happy
to get my wide receiver right away because I can
(08:24):
find some pass catching backs later on, some third down backs,
some pass catching backs that in a PPR format I'd
be very happy about. Okay, if it's standard, it's a
little bit different, but I think you're gonna wind up
with one of these elite wide receivers. I think it's
gonna be wind up being like Odell Beckham or Mike Evans.
So thank you for the call. Again. That was Cliff
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in Boston. Hey, it sounds uh we got another call.
It sounds like we got Blake in Dallas. He wants
to know about the Saints backfield and specifically mark ingram
Uh Blake in Dallas. Your dry up and stats over beach,
which your boys speeds and spitting statistician on the Fantasy Freestyle.
What's going on, Blake? Okay, so um, I'm wondering who
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started flex week one, and I've got a Kiss Rogers
marked Ingram, Joe Mixon, and Jonathan Stewart. Okay, here's the thing.
If you have Jack Quiz Rogers on your roster, right,
you have him pretty much for the first three weeks
when you think Doug Martin is going to be suspended, right,
so in the first three weeks, my man pop Quiz
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Jocquiz Rogers. He is going to be the lead dog
for Tampa. If you went and got him, it's because
you wanted to play him for the first three weeks
of the season. I know they're playing Miami. They've got
in Dominican Sioux in the middle of that line, but
they like Jock Quiz Rogers. I think some of the
other guys you mentioned, guys like Jonathan Stewart. I want
to wait and see how the Panthers are gonna play this.
(09:52):
Are they gonna give Christian McCaffrey a lot of looks
or not? You mentioned Joe Mixon. You know that's a
crowded backfield as well, with guys like you know, Jeremy
Hill and Gio Bernard. Because Doug Martin is serving that suspension,
I think Pop Quiz Jocquins Rodgers in that Battle of
Florida against the Miami Dolphins could be an interesting start,
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especially in weeks one through three when Doug Martin is
on the sidelines. All right, Chris, it looks like those
are all the callers for now, So let me keep
it moving here on the cipher in the fantasy freestyle
and give him some news and notes. Because listen, this
is cut down day. There's been some trades. Let's get
into it. First of all, Bengals wide receiver John Ross,
he of the four point two to forty time at
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the combine, He's gonna be out a couple of weeks
with a knee injury. Okay, I think this means even
more opportunity, even more focused for a J. Green in
that offense. When we start talking DFS next week, I
like a J. Green in my DFS line up even
more share for him. With John Ross out, levy On
Bell has reported to Pittsburgh Steelers camp. He's got a
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one year, twelve million dollar deal as predicted, he said
he was gonna come in right when he did on
September first. He is my number one overall pick in
all of fantasy football this year. I think he is
a true stud. I would even pick him over David Johnson. Okay,
you may have heard earlier in the week that Matt
Forte is on the trade block for the New York Jets.
(11:18):
He's going ahead and saying that the rumors of his
trade are quote unquote fake news. He says that he's
spoken to the g M Mike mccagnet that they are
not going to trade him. I'm gonna tell you the truth.
It's probably because they can't find a trade partner for
for him, because he's got a four million dollar contract.
I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up being a
cut casualty at the very end, as rosslers go from
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nine d all the way down to fifty three. Is
this weekend to clear a room and to continue the
tanking process for the New York Jets, they have traded
Pro Bowl defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson to the Seattle Seahawks,
making the Seattle defense even that much more scary. With
the truth, stud Indians here yere. Now they're getting Mr
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Curse back. Remember the Jets need some hope help at
wide out. They're also getting a second round pick to
help with their tanking efforts. The forty Niners, in a
surprise cut and cut down day, they cut quarterback Matt Barkley. Okay,
they're gonna be going with the rookie C. J. Bethard
instead as the backup to Brian Hoyer. Listen, I think
Matt Barkley is viable. He might pick on latch On
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somewhere soon. Remember, in Indianapolis, we don't know how long
they're gonna be going with Scott Tolzine. In Baltimore, they
don't know about Joe Flacco's back. And in Jacksonville, remember
there is still boordal Service, who is listed at the
top of the depth chart. You may have heard me
say it earlier in the show. Saints wide receiver Willie Snead,
who is currently wide receiver thirty two a legitimate wide
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three on the Saints with Drew Brees. He's gonna be
suspended for the first three games of the season because
of a d u I that he got in the
off season. I think this makes Ted Finn Jr. Really,
Ted Ginje your viable. Maybe in DFS in Week one,
remember a Monday Night they go up with Adrian Peterson
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to take on his former team, the Minnesota Vikings. That
is the first game of a double header on Monday
Night football. Martavis Bryant has been reinstated by the NFL. Listen,
it's gonna be big Ben lev Bell, Martavis Bryant and
Antonio Brown. That combination has only been together for eleven
times in their careers. I think if they all play
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sixteen games this year, watch out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They might have the best offense in all of football.
And there are reports I told you this. I told
you guys. There are reports that the Cleveland Browns have
cut brock Osweiler. He once was the seventy two million
dollar noos around the Houston Texans. They made that in
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like a salary dump kind of trade in the off season,
and they have in fact cut brock Osweiler. Listen, there's
still like between Matt Barkley now brock Osweiler. They're still
Colin Kaepernick out there. Teams like the Colts, like the Jaguars,
like the Ravens. They may be in the market for
another quarterback. You know. In the preseason, it was also
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interesting to see some of these rookie quarterbacks. You know,
Deshaun Kaiser is gonna start for Cleveland. You know about
Trebinsky and Watson who flashed early on. But keep an
eye on these two. Patty Mahomes in Kansas City, I
don't know if he's gonna be the backup all year.
You know, Alex Smith, we know what he can do.
Remember how he got, you know, surpassed by Colin Kaepernick
back a few few years ago. I wouldn't be surprised
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if the Kansas City Chiefs do the same thing with
Patty Mahomes. He is a great dynasty stach. Same could
be said for Nate Peterman in Buffalo. Okay, they don't
like Tyrod Taylor. Tyrod Taylor is still in the concussion protocol.
Keep an eye on Peterman in Buffalo. But I gotta
tell you one team that I thought one the preseason.
I was high on them when I did my previews.
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The Philadelphia Eagles looked really good in preseason. Lane Johnson
back on that offensive line, Carson Wentz three touchdowns, no interceptions,
alson Jeffrey healthy, that defense, getting Ronald Darby, the first
draft pick, Derek Barnett looking good. I like the Philadelphia Eagles.
They were my diamond in the rough call and nothing
this preseason changes my mind. When we come back here
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are getting hot and bothered, and you can by calling
eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine.
We gotta pull question up right now on Twitter. We
want to ask you who do you think is your
tight end? The fool getting easy, the tight end that
you need to forget about. We got hundreds of votes already.
The options I put out there for you are Greg Olsen,
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who's going at tight end three, Jordan Reed who's going
as tight end four, and we've also got Delaney Walker
who's going at tight end nine. We also got a
couple of people that have commented about some other examples
of some other nominations. We also got a caller on
the line right now. It says like we've got John
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he wants to talk about some Detroit Lions and Jim
Bob Cooder. I think Stafford is you know, it's it's interesting.
A lot of people used to ask like is they
is he an elite quarterback or not? Right? And I
think that's a false premise. No, he's not one of
the top five quarterbacks in the NFL. But is he
worth getting paid. I think he is. I think any
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of the top fifteen or top half quarterbacks in the
NFL are worth it because what is the alternative. This
guy is entering his age twenty nine season. They're putting
weapons around him. And for the year and a half
that hey, he has been healthy and with my man
Jim Bob Cooder as his offensive coordinator, he has shown
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that he has been very strong. He was an m
VP candidate for the first few weeks of the season
last year before the thumb injuries. So I think that
Matthew Stafford is on the way up. As though his
name was French Montana. I like Stafford, and I think
he deserves the kind of contract, not because he's an
elite quarterback, but it's all timing when your contract comes
up in the NFL, if you are a quarterback who
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is not a problem on your team, I mean, clearly,
he's got nothing better to do. Let's keep it moving though.
You know what is important? That are the tight end
fool gazes that I'm about to give you, Because if
you're a serious fantasy player, you need to worry about
what is going on in fantasy at the tight end position.
There are a couple of tight ends that are real
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high in the rankings right now. I'm talking tight ends
three and four that I actually think are fool gazy.
Let me give you the first one. Okay, Jordan Reed
is going right now as tight end four. He's going
as number fifty overall. That's basically like a fifth round
draft pick. If I'm going to spend on a tight
end in the fifth round, I am not gonna go
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with someone that is an injury risk. Jordan Read is
pretty much the analogy. It's like, it's pretty much the
the Andrew Luck of tight ends. Okay, Um, if I'm
gonna spend for a tight end, I'm gonna get something
that's more stable. I don't want to invest in a
tight end at that level and then all of a sudden,
have him be doubtful every week, have him have an
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ankle injury, a foot thing to worry about, being competing
with Vernon Davis. I listen, this guy is played in
twelve games, eleven games, nine games. He is definitely injury prone.
I think, similar to quarterback, there's so many other kind
of options. I'll wait and get myself, Hunter, Henry, I'll
wait and get myself Eric Ebron, who liked the caller
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and Detroit mentioned he should know about Eric Ebron. Right,
I'd rather Eric Ebron than a guy like Jordan Reid.
So to me, Jordan Reed is not worth the price.
So to me, he is a fantasy full gaze. Forget
about him. All right, there's another tight end I want
to give you even higher in the rankings. I'm talking
Greg Olsen. Greg Olsen right now is going as tight
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and in three he's going as number forty eight overall.
That's the back end of the fourth round in twelve
team drafts. I think Greg Olsen this year is a
fool gazy Okay, I love Greg Olsen. I think Greg
Olsen has been solid production for a long time. Here's
the thing. The Carolina Panthers are changing their offense this year. Okay.
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They are trying to get the ball out of Cam
Newton's hands a little bit quicker, because, like I said,
and like John and Detroit needs to know hashtag, all
quarterbacks matter, even Cam Newton. So they are trying to
protect him by getting the ball out a little bit quicker.
That means no more five seven step drops to Greg
Olsen chucking it. They're gonna try and hit you know,
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Christian McCaffrey. They're gonna try and hit Curtis Samuel, They're
gonna try and hit Benjamin on slant routes. Okay. I
think that means that greg Old will not be like
Cam's eyes focused on him. Also, greg Olsen is entering
his age. I think thirty two season, this is not
the place where people ascend. He was tight end to
last year. Eighty catches over a thousand yards and he
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had a hundred and twenty nine targets, that second most
in the NFL among tight ends. I think there's going
to be regression there. That's why I think Greg Olsen
at the back of the fourth round, beginning of the
fifth round is not going to return that value. He
is a tight end, all right. Here's the other one
I want to talk about. I have him up in
the poll and it is Delaney Walker. Delaney Walker is
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going as tight end nine right now. That is eighty overall.
We're talking about in like the seventh round of your draft.
And I don't think this is a good idea. Last year,
Delaney Walker was Marcus Mariota's like security blanket, his comfort,
his warm little blanket, as though he was lyingest, you know,
and he had that little blue blanket with him all
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the time. But that is not the case anymore. Tennessee
went out in the off season and signed Derek Decker.
Tennessee went out in the off season and drafted Corey
Davis with their number five overall pick. They are building
other weapons for Delaney Walker. Delaney Walker had sixty five catches,
eight hundred yards and seven touchdowns last season. I do
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not think he is a good bet to repeat that.
Delaney Walker also getting a little long in the tooth
going into his age eighty three season. Excuse me, not
eighty three, his aged thirty three season, and I think
with too many options right there, and remember they still
like to be exotic smash mouth. I do not think
Delaney Walker repeats his performance of the last year. He's
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going as tight end nine. I think there's other guys.
Do not spend the draft capital in round seven on
Delaney Walker. I got a couple of other tight ends
that I want to give you that I think our
fu gazzes this year, okay, but they kind of fit
the same narrative. They fit the same narrative. So I
want to tell you what it is that UM I
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think about when it comes to these okay tight end
is a very hard position to learn as a rookie.
You've heard me say this before if listen to the
fantasy freestyle, and the reason is because they have to
know all of the routes that a receiver and a
pass catcher would run. They also have to know all
the blocking schemes that an offensive lineman needs to know.
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So rookie tight ends do not do well. Generally speaking,
Rookie tight ends don't really pop. I'm talking about Eric
Ebron right now, it's your four, and I finally expect
that jump rookie tight ends. I don't expect that to happen,
especially on teams that this offseason went out and signed
uh wide receivers that some could be called diva's. I'm
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talking about these wide receivers like Brandon Marshalls and John Jackson.
I'm talking about the tight ends. O J. Howard and
Evan Ingram. Both of them were early round draft picks. O. J.
Howard for the Tampa a Bucks, Evan Ingram out of
Mississippi for the New York Giants. If you look at Ingram, yeah,
he's a wide receiver, kind of a move tight end.
He's gonna take a while to be on the field
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to remember that he has those blocking um responsibilities. And
with Oldell Beckham, Brandon Marshall, Sterling Shepard, Shane Vereen in
that passing game, I don't think Evan Ingram is really
gonna return fantasy value this year. He may be decent
to spread the opportunities or to spread coverage around in
real football for the Giants, but not for fantasy. Same
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for O. J. Howard. In my opinion, you know you
got Mike Evanson's, you got DeShawn Jackson, You've got another
tight end in um Cameron break there, right, So I
think there's too many mouths to feed there. And I
don't think O. J. Howard is gonna know all the
blocking schemes as well, are they gonna really support two
tight ends there. So that's part of the reason why
I think O. J. Howard and Evan Ingram are both
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full gazey. Forget about it, Hey, Bavona, it looks like
we got one more caller out there, hoping someone that
can understand that speeds of spitting statistician is Boiqua baby,
Um it is Patrick and Dallas. He wants to talk
about some running backs. Patrick and Dallas. If you're still there,
you are on the Fantasy Freestyle dropping stats over beats
with the Boigua speeds the spitting statistician. What's up? Yeah,
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I just wanted to ask you who I should start
at flex, Dalvin Cook or Frank Frank Gore. Okay, listen,
here's the thing. I would go Dalvin Cook and here's why.
Especially in week one, Dalvin Cook and the Vikings are
up against the Saints. That is a bad defense. Okay,
So I think Dalvin Cook is primed and ready to
be a three down back for the Minnesota Vikings. I
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like them at home Monday Night against a bad defense
in the New Orleans Saints. On the other side, you
talk about Frank Gore. Frank Gore, especially week one they
go out to Los Angeles to take on the Rams.
I think the Rams are gonna be an improved defense
with new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, and also with the
Colts in week one, there's no Andrew Look under center.
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It's gonna be Scott Tolzine. So these Rams are gonna
be focused to uh stop Frank Gore and the running game.
They're gonna try to force Scott Tolzine and the Indianapolis
Colts to beat them through the passing game. I think
the Rams are gonna load up to try to stop
Frank Gore. And so for that reason, especially in Week one,
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I love me some Dalvin Cook as a flex option.
I could see Dalvin Cook as an RB two option
as well going up against that defense of the New
Orleans Saints. Like I said right now, we gotta pull
question up. Forty eight percent of you think Jordan Reed
and his injury risk is a fantasy full gazey at
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the tight end position, say Greg Olsen, Say Delaney Walker.
When we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle, I'm gonna
tell you some other suggestions that you guys have, and
we're gonna put the Fun and Functional Sports Radio a
lot of stuff to talk about. Dan Martinez speeds a
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my show. All right, let's keep it going that we
got that pole question up right now. I told you
some other people have options on tight end fool Gazes.
One of them, Clayton trey Hand, who has been responding
to a lot of these polls that we've been doing
our diamonds and our ful gazes at Claymore's FFB on Twitter,
says that Listen, Jack Doyle could be a fool gayzey okay.
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Lux injury does not help the matters there. I remember
I've talked about how you need to fade t Y Hilton,
you need to fade Dante Moncrief Jack Doyle just the same,
also saying two years ago it was supposed to be
Fleaner's year. Last year is supposed to be Allen's, this
year is supposed to be Doyle's. Whoever goes into the
year at Indianapolis thinking that they're gonna be, you know,
Andrew Lux tight end, it doesn't always look right, So
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that way they could be a fool gaze at the
tight end position. Fantasy Field Report on Twitter has also replied,
and they're saying Cameron Bread Remember, listen, I actually think
Cameron Brady is gonna hold off O. J. Howard at
least in the beginning of the season as O J.
Howard gets himself acclimated to the NFL game. The last
one out here on Twitter, Brian five fifty at Gmail
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at Dane Golf nineteen sixty on Twitter says what about
Jimmy Graham. I gotta tell you, I think Jimmy Graham
is actually primed to have a bounce back kind of
rebreak out. Remember, he's now another year removed from that
injury with the Patel attendant, another year in the system
with Seattle with Russell Wilson. In a few weeks ago,
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we also got reports that even last year, Jimmy Graham
was kind of um nursing that injury and that they
are ready to kind of take the training wheels off
for Jimmy Graham in that Seattle offense. So I'm actually
high on Jimmy Graham. I think he once again goes
back to being a top three tight end. All right there.
One of the things I want to also give you
today before we go into Labor Day weekend, right because
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first of all, I'm gonna be off on Monday, so
everybody can enjoy their holiday at the end of the summer,
can start grilling and chilling. Right, save me some corns,
gave me some hamburgers. I'll be there. If you want
to holler at me at eight four four eight four
seven nine and tell me where your barbecue is going
to be. I'll maybe stop going by. But when we
come back on Tuesday, listen, it is week one, okay,
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So if you remember Fantasy Freestyle last year. I went
game by game, I tell you what you need to spotlight,
I tell you everything about injuries. Will also be giving
you my DFS lineups. It is gonna be full on football.
I'm kind of excited tonight kind of feels like Christmas
Christmas Eve, right because we're anticipating the start of football.
When I wake up that first Sunday, it is like
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football Christmasmas to me. I'm very excited to see what
gifts I have when we get into Week one. Also,
Week one is gonna be the start of survivor pools
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somebody a thousand dollars. Why can't it be you? All Right?
I told you about some defenses that I wanted to
talk about. Okay, generally speaking, you're not gonna pick a
defense early, right, You're gonna wait till your second to last,
pick your last pick of your draft to pick a defense.
So if you're in, you know, a twelve team league,
let's say eleven other people can pick their defenses. They
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can pick the top eleven defenses on the board. I'm
gonna give you four d defenses here that are outside
of that that I think a legit that I think
are gonna return top eight kind of value this season.
The first one we talked about it a little bit
before when the caller asked about front Gore. I'm talking
about the Los Angeles Rams, the Los Angeles Rams or
defense number twelve right now, and I like them. Listen. Uh.
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The new head coach out there, Sean McVeigh. One of
the smart things he did was higher wage Phillips as
his defensive coordinator. Okay, he has a history of making
defenses jump up in the rankings in the first year,
sometimes dramatically, and this Rams defense was okay to begin with.
Remember you got Aaron Donald in the middle there, one
of the best players on the defensive side of the
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ball in the entire league. And I think the new
scheme they're running is gonna be great for Mr Ogletree
puts some pressure on Remember they're also in Week one
playing Andrew luck Less Indianapolis Colts with Scott Tolzen. And
here's the other thing. Think about this division they're playing.
I personally think that the Cardinals are prime for regression,
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so that's not that bad. The forty Niners aren't gonna
scare anybody. And the Seattle Seahawks, that offensive line, you're
gonna be able to get some sacks against them as well.
That six of your games. I think the Los Angeles
Rams are are interesting defense to target. They're going right
now is defense number twelve? What about defense number thirteen?
So Jacksonville Jaguars, Okay, listen. Obviously there's bordal service and
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the problem on offense, but this defense looks decent on paper.
Remember last year they signed Malie Jackson. They drafted. Uh,
you know Miles jack and Jalen Ramsey. They have Dante
Fowler as a young kid maybe being healthy now. Now
they went out and signed a J. Bouyer in the
back end and Calais Campbell to pair with Malie Jackson
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on that front seven. I think that is pretty good.
I think their defense is decent on paper. And also
remember Jacksonville is moving now to a more They want
to copy Tennessee in that division and be exotic smashed
mouth also right, so if they're gonna be more run
for focus, if they're gonna be more time of possession,
that means less time their defense is on the field.
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And think about their division Indianapolis Colts without Andrew Luck,
they Houston Texans. They're not an offensive team. They're another
defensive based team, whether it's Tom Savage or the rookie
Deshaun Watson that gets under center. I like this Jacksonville
Jaguars the defense as one to check the matchups week
by week. You can go with Jacksonville defense number fourteen
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in the rankings right now on Fantasy pros. The Philadelphia Eagles.
I am so high on the Philadelphia Eagles. I am
higher than them that I am on this purple. Okay,
the Philadelphia Eagles at defense fourteen, I love them. They
traded for Ronald Darby right up um help out their
cornerback situation. They drafted Derek Barnett to add to that
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pass rush alongside guys like Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham.
They signed Timmy Joern again as well. That front line
is going to be stout. And here's the other thing.
Think about the rest of the division. I expect regression
from every quarterback in the NFC East outside of Philadelphia.
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Eli Manning falling off a cliff leading the league in interceptions,
Dak Prescott no way, he repeats that four interception performance,
and who knows when Zeke Elliott will or will not
be playing. And then you have the Washington football team.
Well Kirk Cousins really repeat that or is there some
regression in store for him as well? Without Pierre Garson
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and of course DeShawn Jackson, I think that division is
prime for Philadelphia. I think their defense, who was one
of the top five defenses in d v o A
last year. I think they're primed. They're ready to go
to make a big run this year. So I like
the defense of the Philadelphia Eagles. And here's the last
one that I'm gonna give you their defense seventeen right now,
and we're talking about not the San Diego but the
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Loss and Angels Chargers. I like this defense. Listen, Joey
Bosa is a stud I think Joey Bosa can get
around fourteen sacks this year, if not more, creating pressure
on that front. I like that the Chargers now have
back their number one in the back, Jason Verrette on
the side. He is a true number one lockdown corner.
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Reason to be happy there. They have a fourth place schedule,
do the Chargers because they lost a lot of tight
gamings last year, finished in last in that division, So
a favorable schedule. And think about this. Also, the Denver
Broncos with their experiment with Trevor Simeon, I don't know
that doesn't scare me. Alex Smith, we know that that's
a game manager kind of team. The other offenses outside
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of Oakland in this division, they don't share scare me
at either. So I like the Los Angeles Chargers. And
remember we had ni Con yesterday out there in l
A with Pro Angle media. He was saying that they
got a chance to have an interesting little home field
advantage in that new stadium they're playing with, the l
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how you can do it. Some of the things you
need to think about, like the regression candidates in the division,
the division matchups, the time of possession. Like I said,
with the Jaguars, they're looking now to move the ball
on the ground with time of possession less time on
the field for the defense. Another reason I like them.
The other thing you need to do right now is
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and everyone acts like they know like speeds. Everybody got
a little bit of gibberish when people open their lips
tonight on the Fantasy Freestyle. But that is okay. I
am still here to help you win your leagues and
win that cash. It's Dane Martinez, a spitting statistician on
the Fantasy Freestyle and Bovona. It looks like we got
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we got. You know, we got another call Frankie Queens.
We're gonna let him on because we've been talking about
tight ends, diamonds and full gaze. He's he's got a
tight end. Question. What's going on? Frank my New York
City head right here, you're on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's up, dude?
So my league twelve team halfpoint tpr. I'm picking from
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the sixth so I picked up shady first pick. I
get a guy second round eighteen overall, so that's nice value.
In the third round, I ran into kind of a
tricky scenario. Um, I had Zeke was still on the board.
And this was earlier in the week before the news
came out that it mentioned maybe the U uh maybe dropped,
So I didn't know that. So I had Kelsey at
the thirtieth pick overall, and I picked him headed Zeke.
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Now you figure out didn't get a wide receiver right there.
So later in the draft I picked up Digs, I
picked up Devon Day, I picked up Mark Tavis, I
got t J. Anderson later, Um, so what do you
think about that? I mean, I know, I know I
heard you earlier that you were against picking Zeke two
as well. I was worried about living him during the playoffs.
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And I also think, yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead, go ahead, Symon,
Yeah yeah. And and and also I like Kelsey's upside
this year, especially with touchdowns. I mean, you've got a
lot of balls. Last year only had all four tds,
and that offense doesn't have a lot of weapons, and
he's very consistent, hasn't missed games. So I mean, I
mean a lot of people tell me they didn't like
that pick, but I still feel pretty confident with it,
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especially with the guys that I got after Yeah, Listen,
I'm not mad at that either, Frank. Okay, Listen, Travis
Kelsey is my tight end number one this year because
you can't trust the injury history of Jordan Reed or
Rob Gronkowski. Remember the Chiefs also gave away Jeremy Macklin
in the offseason. They're expecting Tyreek Hill to be their
number one pass catcher, but it's really gonna be Baby
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Gronk Travis Kelsey. You talked about some other wide outs
that you had, like Davante Parker and Stefon Digs. I
liked those guys as values that you got later on.
And then obviously the top two running backs you have
are okay, You're gonna have a week to week advantage
at tight end. Listen, if Zeke slipped that far, at
some point, you do gotta pull the trigger on Zeke.
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But I'm with you, Frank. I agree that the idea
of that suspense and hanging over his head later on
in the season and it could come down we twelve
fourteen something like that, that would really hurt you in
the fantasy playoffs. You're gonna have a week to week
advantage with Travis Kelsey at tight end, we got time
for only one more caller, I believe. Do we still
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have Frank in Oklahoma? Chris? All right? Frank in Oklahoma,
You're gonna be the last call of the summer, apparently
because when we're back after La Jabor Day, I can't
wear white anymore. With shifting of football. What is your question,
Frank in Oklahoma a standard league, I'm gonna running back
for King in the standard league. I'm picking it to
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turn um. I got you Roody Nielson and Michael Thomas
staring me at the face. My question is, you know,
should I sho get those two and then focus on
running backs? Laters? Too much of a risk past umple
bell cat running back? Yeah, so you mentioned and thank
you for the call man, our last call of the summer.
Here on the Fantasy Freestyle, you talked about the idea
of the bell cow running back. If you're at the
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turn man, if you're picking like twelve and thirteen of
ten or leven, depainting on the size of your league,
you're not gonna get the bell cow running back there anyway. Okay,
The bell cows are David Johnson Levy on on bell
you know, Lashawn McCoy, maybe maybe Melvin Gordon. They're not
gonna be there anyway. It sounded like you talked about
guys like Jordy Nelson, Michael Thomas, deaz Bryant, you know,
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other true studs that will be there at that point.
You know, maybe you even get an A J. Green
at that point. I would, in fact, I like your
wide out wide eye idea. Then your next time, make
sure you get heavy running backs in the NFL is
all committee. These days, you're gonna still be able to
find some running backs. Thanks for almost all the calls,
Thanks for all the Twitter votes. I'm der boy, Dame Martinez,
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speed spitting statistician. No show for the holiday on Monday,
but when we come back on Tuesday, it is Are
you ready for some football? I certainly am, and I'm
gonna help you win your leagues and win that cash speeds.
I'm out fantasy freestyle. Let's go
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