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good because he's always hurt. But when he was healthy, he was looking like quite a bargain. He wasn't making all that much money and he was pitching well and most importantly, staying healthy. The modern way of doing things under the current system And until I see otherwise, I'm going to assume the current system basically continues is you're going to have to make some wagers on players. And they did this with Chase Burns, but you're going to have to do it with more guys. And I remember back in May reading the list of teams and players that agreed to deals. And in some cases, before a guy even played a big league game, in some cases, after a And the team locked into the player for the remainder of the years of team control, bought a couple of years that the player would have been a free agent for. And there's no guarantee the guy's going to be good. There's no guarantee he's going to stay healthy. There's no guarantee that there's not going to be off field issues, but you're making a wager and you're giving yourself not just a chance to keep the guy after year six. In most cases, you're guaranteeing that you keep the guy after year six. Reds are going to have to start doing that. Now it's too late for Ellie Dela Cruz. He just finished his fourth big league season. Chances are that guy sees free agency. Now it's not that far in the distance and it is dangling in front of him and he can't wait to hit the open market. And can you, can you blame him? Ellie Dela Cruz will hit free agency when he's 27 years old. Are you out of your mind? You think that guy wants to relinquish the chance to hit free agency? So you're going to have to do it early. That's a more modern way of doing things. 20 years ago, the idea of, wait a minute, you're going to give a guy that kind of money before he's played a game or after he's played just a few games or a year, you're going to pay him. Yes, that's a more modern way of doing things. And sometimes it's going to blow up in your face. Sometimes teams are going to sign players and it just, the guy's not that good. You don't do it with everybody. You have to make some calculated risks. But that's a more modern way of doing things. And so is offering to trade Eli De La Cruz. We all wish the Reds were in a different position, right? Where it's, God, they're this close. They're a guy away. They're a pitcher away. They're a position player away. They're a bullpen makeover away. And I'd love to lie to you and tell you that I believe that's where the Reds are. This team appears to be light years away from true contention. Not light years away from, maybe they can win 82 games. No, like light years away from true contention. Light years away from being able to beat the Milwaukee Brewers either head-to-head or in the standings or in October. And so I think once you kind of confront that reality, you have to be open to the idea of trading away their best player. There is probably no better trade asset in the sport That a guy who's

24 years old, coming off his best season, marketable as hell, durable, plays hard, is everything you want on and off the field, is only getting better, improved dramatically as a defender, improved very dramatically as a right-handed hitter, can hit for power, can run, like, can do everything. Three more years of that guy. In their history, the Reds haven't had a trade ship that valuable. It absolutely stinks that they haven't won with him. It's frustrating as hell. And should Nick Kroll and his staff be held accountable for that? Yeah, I think so. The fact that they didn't go for it in 2023, I think haunts them to this day. The fact that they weren't more aggressive in building teams in 24 and 25 and 26 with Ellie De La Cruz on them is going to haunt them for a while. But for years, we have talked about how it feels like when it comes to making player decisions that the Cincinnati Reds prioritize the wrong things. I know I did the history of this a week or so ago, but, you know, the 2015 team, well, you can't trade Johnny Cueto. 00:07:37 Speaker 3: Why? 00:07:38 Speaker 2: This team stinks. You're not going to keep him. Well, we have the All-Star game. Huh? Huh? Who cares? They're not going to take away the All-Star game if you trade Johnny Cueto. Well, but it's going to ruin things. No, it ain't. By the way, the Reds were miserable that season. Everybody who went to the All-Star game had a great time. But that was the thing. It was allowing this relatively unimportant thing impact pretty important decisions. So what did the Reds do? They traded Johnny Cueto when he had just two months of team control, and they got back three guys who weren't very good. And same for any number of players. A number of years later, it was time for the Reds to go find a new leadoff hitter and center fielder. Move on from Billy Hamilton. But it was reported that they didn't because, yeah, Bob Castellini thinks he's a fan favorite. Now, my counter to that was, if he's a fan favorite, how come nobody's buying tickets to go see him? But it was like, he's a fan favorite. That's cool. He hits 210. Never gets on base. He's the worst offensive player in the sport. Who cares if he's a fan favorite? But allowing things that don't matter impact an important baseball decision. You read it in the piece that C. Trent and Ken Rosenthal reported in late September about Nick Kroll kind of pointing the finger back at ownership going, hey, if you want us to be like the Brewers, here are some trades we could have made. Ownership reportedly saying no. Or saying, hey, let's go get a Eugenio Suarez because fans like home runs. If the Elie Delacruz conversation is going to be, well, fans like Elie Delacruz and he's popular and he sells jerseys and kids love him. That's how the Reds have been doing things. The more modern way and the more heartless and cold and Not fun way of doing things is you make it known. We're open for business. Tell us what you got. What are you willing to give us for Ellie Dela Cruz? And if they play it right and make the right evaluations, then they can get a lot back. And it will hurt beyond anything I could articulate watching him play for another team. I understand. I love watching the guy. But love and things like that are emotions, right? This needs to be spreadsheet based. This needs to be cold. And it needs to be something that you do where you are willing to withstand the pushback because there's going to be pushback. You imagine what it would sound like from corners of the fan base if they trade Elie Delacruz? You think when they traded Sonny Gray and Jesse Winker, it was loud and angry? Try Elie Delacruz. But you have to be willing to kind of hang in there and withstand it. And so if we want the Reds to operate differently, start there. I know nobody likes that. 00:10:22 Speaker 1: I don't like talking. 00:10:22 Speaker 2: About it, but I don't know that there's a better and bigger example of, well, here's how they operate differently. Because if it's, God, you know, people are going to be really mad. Well, God, people are going to be really mad has been something we've been dealing with for a very long time. Walt Jockety at the trade deadline in 2014. I know I've talked about this before. Walt Jockety at the trade deadline in 2014. The Reds were in no man's land, not really totally out of it, not really in it. They did nothing at the deadline. Walt Jockety was asked, OK, you know, explain why you weren't buyers. And when he did that, he was asked, well, did you ever consider, you know, selling? And he goes, come on, you know who my boss is, right? the insinuation was ownership's not going to let me give up because of the appearance of giving up. What happened? That's when they should have traded guys. That's when they should have moved on from Johnny Cueto. Love Johnny Cueto. One of my top five all-time favorite Reds. That's when they should have moved on from guys like Mike Leak. And instead they traded those players later and got much less. So moving forward, if we really want them to do things differently, And this is going to lead to some tough conversations. But if we really want them to do things differently, then they're going to have to do some things that emotionally are really going to hurt. And they have been unwilling to do that for a very long time. If that changes, maybe the outcomes change. What I wonder about, though, is, and I mean this, and I don't say this condescendingly because I get it. We all have favorite players. But if they trade Eli De La Cruz, if they were to do that, You know, would you have folks, would you have fans who would say, like, I'm not interested in what's next and what they got in return. All I want to do is watch Ellie. Oh, no. I don't think the Reds can worry about that person because I think they have worried about that person for a very long time. They signed Brandon Phillips when it didn't make any sense to a long-term deal. We love Brandon

Phillips. Reds Hall of Famer. Terrific player. Made no sense to give him a contract. in April of 2012. Made no sense to hang on to that guy longer than they should, but you would hear all the time, golly gee, he's a fan favorite. People follow him on social media. He's fan friendly, all of which were true. But did it make the most baseball sense? Of course not. Did it make the most financial sense? No. And so doing things differently means... We're going to move on from some guys that fans love. We're going to move on from guys who have endeared themselves to this community. We're going to move on from guys that kids gravitate toward. If that's truly what we want, the Reds to do things differently, this is what they have to embrace. And the way to start is by making it known, Ellie Deller-Cruz is available. What do you got? This isn't giving him away. This isn't getting whatever you can get for him. It's maximizing the most valuable asset that from a trade perspective that I think the Reds have ever had. If they're really doing things differently, if you really want them to do things differently, that's what you want them to do. Bengals did nothing at the trade deadline. Neither did the Steelers. What's the reaction there? We'll go to Pittsburgh next. ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. 00:13:39 Speaker 4: Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 00:13:43 Speaker 3: Traffic. 00:13:44 Speaker 4: This is Football in the Natty, brought to you by Modern Office Methods on ESPN 1530, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 00:13:56 Speaker 2: So let's head to Pittsburgh, where the Steelers also didn't do anything at the trade deadline, and that's provided at least me with some solace based on what's happened this week. 93-7 the fans. Andrew Filippone knows more about the Pittsburgh Steelers and how we used to consume Monday Night Football more than anybody else. So on Tuesday at 4 o'clock, Bengals don't do anything. All the other good teams in the AFC do, except the Pittsburgh Steelers. Watching from afar, I felt like they needed a receiver. Why didn't they get one? 00:14:24 Speaker 5: Because they, I guess, now specialize in mixed messages and double talk and saying one thing and doing something else, Mo. This has been a year that has, I think, really. 00:14:41 Speaker 5: Allowed for fans like myself to embrace this team post Mike Tomlin and believe that there might be a higher ceiling for them with the improved performance of this defense, which had gotten stale under Tomlin and really underachieved. Aaron Rodgers has played well. They've won four in a row. They're tied for first place. And you know, Aaron Rodgers is done after this year. He said that repeatedly. He also said over in Paris that he didn't come back to just go nine and eight or 10 and seven. So I thought, you know, everything was there for them to not be reckless. I mean, you still have to be conscious of the fact that maybe there's a quarterback in next year's draft you want to take or pick, but

giving up a future mid-round selection that on this team who could end up being your number one or actually I thought was a move that they absolutely should have made. And it's left me very disappointed and Even though they're 6-2 going into this game, I do find myself being more pessimistic about the Steelers than I thought I would be because of their lack of action. 00:15:43 Speaker 2: What about their 6-2 start to the season do you as most surprising? 00:15:48 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, it's basically the same cast of characters defensively, Mo. 00:15:53 Speaker 1: Sands, Joey Porter Jr. 00:15:55 Speaker 5: who was in Dallas after he faked an injury and got himself a one-way ticket out of town. And they're doing the things that Mike Tomlin professed and promised. And he made bold claims like this team could do historic things before last season. They did in terms of giving up, I think, the most passing yards in team history. But they're the highest paid unit in the league on defense, and they have been for a half decade. And we have very rarely seen them even come close to living up to that billing standard. And they have done that so far this year. They lead the NFL in sacks again. They have completely shut down the run. And they are currently, I think, the best run defense going in the NFL, even better than Minnesota. 00:16:40 Speaker 1: And a lot of these guys, we had questions about what do they have left? What did they have left? TJ Watt, maybe to a lesser extent, Cam Hayward. Definitely Jalen Ramsey. 00:16:51 Speaker 5: All of these guys have played great this year. And it's so weird that you subtract the so-called defensive genius in Tomlin. You bring in a guy in Patrick Graham who had nothing but mediocre defenses everywhere he's been. And now the Steelers are up there with the Vikings and Jaguars as possibly the best defense in the league. 00:17:10 Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy's an offensive guy. He's a Pittsburgh guy. Where has he made the biggest impact? 00:17:17 Speaker 5: Well, I think he has been really good about evolving and adjusting and adapting in season. And I think one of the things that would frustrate me about Tomlin would be he would be stubborn and it would be hard for him to admit a mistake and move on from someone or... For example, Najee Harris, you take him in the first round, but if you have eyes and you're watching the running backs here, you've known for a number of years. 00:17:46 Speaker 1: That Jalen Warren is the better player. 00:17:48 Speaker 5: And I think Mike McCarthy went into the year thinking that Rico Dowdle might be better than Warren. I think his plan initially was for Dowdle to be the number one guy and for Warren to be the guy who spelled him. 00:18:01 Speaker 1: And Warren has played so well. He leads the NFL in yards per carry consistently. 00:18:06 Speaker 5: I think there's only one other guy in the league that has more yards after the catch than him, and that's Puka Nakua in L.A. And Mike is just

like, screw it. I had one idea in my head, but I can't be married to that. And he's made Jalen Warren the focal point of their offense. Their offensive line, the right side, was a disaster against New England, Mo. They got blown out the second game of the year. He put the rookie Max Ahanachor in at right tackle. He put in Brock Hoffman, who he brought over from Dallas. 00:18:36 Speaker 1: At right guard. The whole line's played better. And the last one is this. 00:18:41 Speaker 5: The media and fans made a big deal about how ugly things got in Cleveland when they lost. 00:18:48 Speaker 1: Rodgers screaming at McCarthy. 00:18:51 Speaker 5: Watt getting on the headset and going after Patrick Graham. Well, instead of Mike McCarthy doing the Mike Tomlin thing of saying, hey. 00:18:58 Speaker 1: We're competitive. This is okay. 00:19:01 Speaker 5: McCarthy said after the game to clean up our own house. And then he made Graham come down from the coach's box and onto the field. 00:19:10 Speaker 1: And the defense has played much better. 00:19:12 Speaker 5: And it was refreshing to hear a coach basically say, no, you guys are right. 00:19:17 Speaker 1: This isn't normal. We need to do something about it. 00:19:20 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you a stupid question. So last year, Bengals played the Steelers in Pittsburgh. At one point, they throw the ball to Darnell Washington, ginormous tight end. He drags like nine guys down the field. Same thing happened in a game in September. Darnell Washington catches a pass. No Bengal can tackle him. He just leaves shrapnel all over the field. And here we ask, like, well, why don't they just throw him the ball in every play? So why don't they just throw him the ball in every play? 00:19:46 Speaker 1: It's a good question. 00:19:47 Speaker 5: They've gotten him way more involved this year. 00:19:50 Speaker 1: He played a lot in. 00:19:51 Speaker 5: The offense last year because Arthur Smith fetishized his tight ends, as you know, watching him with Ohio State. If you told him Jeremiah Smith was Johnnie Smith, he'd throw it to him every play. But, no, the bottom line is, you know, Washington is such– a freak athlete. And for as much of a advantage as you might say he is as a receiver, because you're right, like, who do you put on this guy? He's also such a great blocker. And there are still passing plays where he's left into block because they want Aaron Rodgers to have a clean pocket. 00:20:30 Speaker 1: So that's part of it. 00:20:32 Speaker 5: I mean, I feel much better about Aaron Rodgers throwing Washington the ball, especially in the red zone down near the end zone or goal line than I do DK Metcalf, who they're paying $ 30 million a year too. 00:20:44 Speaker 1: So he is an ascending player. He is an interesting player. 00:20:49 Speaker 5: I'm shocked he made it to the fourth round when the Steelers picked him. He's really been one of the cool weapons they have in their offense and yeah i would like to see him get

used more especially against those bangles linebackers who aren't very good in this game sunday. 00:21:02 Speaker 2: Yeah no that's that's well said one more you mentioned mike tomlin he's going to be here for the game on sunday we don't like him like when when steelers fans watch him commentating on nbc and he's talking about the steelers how are they going to react Well, it depends. 00:21:17 Speaker 5: I mean, he made a comment after the game Sunday night, the Bears and Bucks game, about this is the way you have to defend Joe Burrow. 00:21:25 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking to myself, Mike, I've. 00:21:27 Speaker 5: Seen Joe Burrow put 50 points on your defense before. I wouldn't exactly talk like you have this magic bullet theory or you have this elixir that makes it impossible or makes it hard for Joe Burrow to be effective. I've watched him carve up your defense. So it comes and goes. I think he's had some really good moments on TV. I think he's had some moments, for example, Mo, he was talking about how John Harbaugh had to kill a flea with a hammer when he cut Najee Harris and in bench, and I'm like, this is the same guy that let Antonio Brown walk all over them. 00:22:04 Speaker 1: Never disciplined them. 00:22:06 Speaker 5: You know, had guys basically blow off meetings or show up late for things. 00:22:10 Speaker 1: And there were no repercussions. 00:22:12 Speaker 5: So yeah, If you know Mike Tomlin intimately like we do here in Pittsburgh, you see a lot of those contradictions, but I think overall he's done a pretty good job there, and it'll be interesting to see, like, is he going to just act like he's rooting for the Steelers the whole game? 00:22:28 Speaker 1: Does that bias come out? 00:22:30 Speaker 5: Does he call it more straight down the middle, like, That will be a fascinating aspect. 00:22:34 Speaker 1: Of the way that game gets covered Sunday night. 00:22:35 Speaker 2: Yeah, I do think he and Maria Taylor are good on TV. I admit that begrudgingly. I am interested in how things go from that perspective on Sunday. I know you've got a lot going on, man. Can't thank you enough. Enjoy the game Sunday. 00:22:48 Speaker 1: You bet, Mo. Can't wait. See you, brother. 00:22:49 Speaker 2: It's our guy Andrew Filippone, 93-7 the fan in Pittsburgh. Bengals-Steelers on Sunday, live on ESPN 1530. Pre-game from the Holy Grail begins at 3 p.m. Our guy Dan Klaskins with some fantasy football advice in 10 minutes on ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. 00:23:07 Speaker 4: You've been listening to Football in the Natty, brought to you by Red Key Express on ESPN 1530, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 00:23:21 Speaker 5: Traffic. 00:23:25 Speaker 2: From the UC Health traffic. Kelsey Chevrolet, home of Lifetime. Powertrain protection and guaranteed credit approval from their family to yours for life. KelseyChev.com. Bengals getting some good injury news. Some players are inching towards being able to come back. Andre Yoshavas is back and cleared for practice. Jalen Davis, same thing for him. Brian Parker, same thing for him. Bengals-Steelers Sunday, live on ESPN 1530. Pre-game coverage on Sunday afternoon starts at 3 o'clock. the Holy grail cannot wait. Thursday night football tonight, commanders and giants. That game's going to be on Fox sports, 1360. This was awful news this morning. Dan Hicks, Dan Hicks, who did Notre Dame football games was scheduled to do Notre Dame, Notre Dame's game on a Saturday, uh, did a ton of NBA games on NBC back in the day. Uh, NBC golf, the U S open swimming at the Olympics passes away at the age of 64. Dan Hicks, uh, and Rowdy Gaines doing swimming at the Olympics is a top five all-time broadcast pairing. I mean in any sport, football, basketball, whatever it is. Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines. I don't pretend to be the world's biggest swimming fan, but come on, one week every four years, who doesn't get into that? There's a thousand events. Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines. I'll go to my grave saying, I said that on this show a couple of years ago. As good of a broadcast pairing as you will ever hear. And like, as somebody who remembers with a great amount of fondness all those NBA games in the 1990s, like there were three teams. It was Marv Albert and Mike Fratello and then later on Matt Gukas. there was Dick Enberg and Bill Walt and Steve snapper Jones. And then like the third team was always Dan Hicks. And it felt like Dan Hicks had every Indiana Pacers, Orlando magic playoff game, uh, just a great broadcaster. And by all accounts, a great guy and somebody who, again, um, Jason Benetti is going to do the Notre Dame game. He, uh, Dan Hicks had the afternoon NBC Notre Dame package, terrific broadcaster. He's married to Hannah storm, uh, trailblazing broadcaster in her own right so i saw that today and instantly i just i instantly thought of like all those michael phelps races all those like swimming uh meets and swimming races that just seemed to kind of captivate the country during the olympics he was the uh the play-by-play person for those and rowdy gains awesome in his own right dan hicks passes away at the age of 64 and uh by all accounts totally unexpected uh dan klaskens on fantasy football. 00:26:12 Speaker 4: Next Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 00:26:17 Speaker 3: Traffic. 00:26:18 Speaker 1: From the UC Health. 00:26:19 Speaker 2: 12 away from GM meetings, I'm sorry. 12 away from 5. This is ESPN 1530. Mo Egger. On Thursdays, we talk fantasy football with our guy Dan Klaskens. Guy's been on the show for over 20 years. Dan Klaskens, host of Fantistics Insider Football on SiriusXM Fantasy. We missed you last week. It's good to have you back. What's going on? 00:26:44 Speaker 3: Well, I missed talking to you fellas as well and definitely didn't miss fantasy football. What a great week we had. And Mo, the trade deadline is in the NFL, the trade deadline approaching in fantasy leagues. It is. 00:26:58 Speaker 2: It is. So let's

walk through some trade deadline topics that our listeners need to be aware of. 00:27:04 Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of deals made. Not many of them are too much fantasy impact. 00:27:09 Speaker 2: Fallout, though. 00:27:10 Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins returning to Minnesota, the familiar surroundings, but don't automatically assume that's an immediate fantasy resurgence for him. Obviously, the biggest winner in this deal is going to be Justin Jefferson having somebody competent to throw him the football. We shall see what that looks like. Cousins himself will be more of a streamer, a super flex option. It does open up the door for Fernando Mendoza in Las Vegas, and This one is obviously the future for the Raiders, so it makes a lot of sense. We will expect some rookie growing pains. I am a little bit concerned what this could do for Ashton Gentry, who's been dead in the running game, but still a fantasy asset in the passing game. Brock Bauer should still be good. Maybe he gets a little downgrade in the short run. And then you add the Colts. They didn't trade Jonathan Taylor, but they did trade two receivers, Josh Downs and Keenan Allen, to Kansas City and Sam Fram, respectively. And that's obviously a major shakeup. I know people are excited about him going to Kansas City. I would play the wait-and-see approach. I do like him potentially as a wide receiver, three. As we move forward, Keenan Allen will be worthy in PPR leagues. But really, the biggest winner in that trade, Tyler Warren, assuming he plays out the season. A lot of targets up for grabs in India if you have the young tight end. 00:28:20 Speaker 2: No question about that. It'd be great if Alec Pierce could get back on the field his way. I say that as an Alec Pierce owner and a Bearcat fan. 00:28:27 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we're all fans of Alec Pierce, no doubt about it, but news isn't looking too good on a return this year for him. 00:28:34 Speaker 2: All right, beyond Alec Pierce, let's talk about some Week 10 injuries worth paying attention to. 00:28:39 Speaker 3: Yeah, lots of them there. The biggest one in fantasy coming out of last week, Puka Nakua. They're not going to be able to put him on IR because they're out of IR spots eligible to return there in L.A. But it is a multiple week absence here. It is a big concern for fantasy managers. And with less than that passing attack is even more concerning. Mike Evans with an Achilles issue didn't really go through at it again. We're watching Garrett Wilson with a concussion. Carnell Tate coming out of the. Biweek, after playing the Bengals, still has not practiced in the first two days with a shoulder issue. 00:29:09 Speaker 1: A.J. 00:29:10 Speaker 3: Brown with an ankle and knee issue. Did travel with the team to Munich and two consecutive limited practice. The biggest surprise over there today, that was Ramondre Stevenson. They were talking about maybe he's missing multiple games. Now he returned to limited practice. He's officially upgraded

to questionable practice. The running backs I am worried about. Byshell Tootin has a practice all week for Jacksonville. They're playing Tennessee on Sunday, so they might well just give him a rest as he deals with ankle and foot issues. We've got Josh Jacobs going to miss a few weeks after going under finger surgery. set for tomorrow, and Travis Achan, former ETN there with the hamstring, trying to work his way back. That Saints backfield has a nightmare written all over it, no matter how that one turns out. 00:29:50 Speaker 2: Dan Klaskens is with us, host of Fantistics Insider Football on SiriusXM Fantasy and InsiderFootball.com. Give me your Week 10 studs, duds, and sleepers. 00:30:00 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's start with the studs. Brock Purdy is looking pretty good. San Fran's at Dallas. It's certainly a favorable matchup. It's one of the highest totals of the week. Purdy's efficiency is really just uncanny. And even if Mike Evans is unlikely to play, I think he's going to get it done regardless. So I'm treating him as a top five fantasy quarterback play. I'm also going with Jalen Warren at Cincinnati here on Sunday night. Obviously, the Bengals are a slight favorite in this matchup, but Warren just really offers multiple paths to production through carries and receptions, so he's game flow agnostic. I'm expecting a lot of points. The Bengals could win, but I think Warren's going to have a huge night. I've got him as a top 10 running back this week. On the dud side, Matthew Stafford at Arizona, as I mentioned, the coup is out. Devontae Adams is still out. They've got five tight ends and two running backs. They're going to run the football. And with Stafford's arm and a nice large spread here at Arizona, they're favored by. He can't be playable outside of Superflex League this week. I'm probably going to sit him, but, man, he's outside my top 20 in the quarterback changes and helping. He's a dud as they travel to a tough matchup with the Seahawks and a couple sleepers. We'll give you one for Sunday in Munich, Demario Douglas, who has really emerged here as almost a wide receiver to play. If you're looking for a deep PPR flex, I like him. 00:31:13 Speaker 1: Detroit. 00:31:14 Speaker 3: They're still missing key pieces in that secondary. And Chig Akonkwo, my sleeper for tonight, get it out there. He's commanded 20.2% of the team targets over the last four games. The Giants have been more than effective at defending receivers, struggling a little bit against tight ends. I'm a little concerned about that win tonight, but I don't just make a bet on the over four and a half receptions. I advise you to do the same. 00:31:35 Speaker 2: All right, we'll see if he's available for this evening. Veterans Day, obviously, Dan, yesterday. It's something we've been commemorating all week. You've got an awesome opportunity for folks to make an even bigger impact through Do Good Fantasy. Donations to DAV being triple match right now, and there's still plenty of

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