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Speaker 2: Hello, and welcome to the Fantasy Flex Podcast. I am your host, Samantha BRAVITTI and I am joined as always. If I do want to know me Mike Triplet, longtime Saints feet reporter who you can find on the Twitter machine at Mike Triplet. Mike, Oh my goodness, well what a whirldwins the NFC syle comes to an unceremonious close because my Carolina Panthers could not hold off the I have the Bay Buccaneers.
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Speaker 1: So the Saints win was sort of in.
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Speaker 3: Vain today everything about the end of South was nuts. I mean, how many Mike Evans managers who missed the playoffs because of Mike Evans. Not to mention Dj Moore managers, but Mike Evans managers. They've got to they've got to be just beside themselves. He did that. He did that after helping nobody for like the last eight weeks.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I know, it's absolute pain, I have to tell you.
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Speaker 2: So I know no one cares about my fantasy team, and we're recording this at Sunday night that I believe the Steelers and Raymonds are still going right now.
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Speaker 1: Would an awesome game there.
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Speaker 2: But I have been on an emotional roller coaster all day because early on I just took this crazy, crazy lead over my opponent because I have Mike Evans. I did make it to the finals with Mike Evans somehow, and and so I was like, oh my god, I'm projected for one hundred and seventy points. And my opponent was just laying down at that point, like he was pretty I did for like ninety five points at that point, so.
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Speaker 1: He was already congratulating me in the group trap.
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Speaker 2: But I feel like he jinxed me because then I had this whole Kirk Cousin stack that obviously crapped the bed I had justin Jefferson of course in these stacks. So I just like I'm now recouping. I'm still projected to win. But basically the problem is is that now he's got Joe Burrow, T Higgins, and Jamar Chase all.
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Speaker 1: Going on Monday night. So it's I hate being on that side of things.
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Speaker 2: So what I think I'm gonna do is like an emotional hedge and do some kind of like some kind of bet or parlay on like all the Bengals guys. You know, if they if they go big tomorrow night, then I'll feel good and at least will win some money there. But yeah, it's it's painful. A lot of money on the line in that league. So hopefully it turns out for the better. But I think you were before we started. Hear you
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talking about your team maybe not going in the right direction this week.
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Speaker 3: Well that has my biggest money league. I had the Toua Tyreek, actually I had I had too a Tyrek and Christian Watson all in the same game. And I think at about halftime of Miami Green Day last week, I was projected to win by like forty points, and then Tua its negative points in the second half. Christian wass no come back. Obviously no one's thrown it to Tyreek and and just slowly watch out one fade away and until it finished with, all I had to do was watch on Monday night and hope Austin Eckler didn't go off. And you can tell how that went. One one one one of my when one of my leagues that I cared most about is this new one that I started that has promotion and relegation. So I got promoted, very exciting stuff that is cool.
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Speaker 2: Well, yes, it's it's it's one of those things that I even I even said to the guy and he's like congratulating me.
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Speaker 1: And it's not over till it's over.
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Speaker 2: And it really isn't over to its Ober, So don't count yourself out. And there could definitely be some Monday Night New York to be had in the Bengals Bill's game, which should be a very good one. In terms of things that happened around the NFL this week, I feel like it was the week of the backup quarterback. There were just so many guys. I mean, obviously we talked Gardner Minshew's been on the radar for the past couple weeks. He was kind of a dud and I was on Convince Me with Sean Kerner and Chris Raymond two great minds and me just there for the ride and we were all.
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Speaker 1: On the Gardner Minshoe train. And of course he has to disappoint all around. At least A J.
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Speaker 2: Brown and DeVonta Smith had good days. Dallas Goddard was meh, but at least like he didn't ruin everyone's kind of fantasy lineups. We did have Teddy Bridgewater and then replaced by Skylar Thompson because TUIs in the concussion protocol and Teddy Bridgewater ended up with a broken finger, I believe or something like that. So that was a mess there if you had to end up starting Teddy be because you lost to Tyree killing Jalen Waddle also had very quiet games because of it. So now the Dolphins are on the bubble to make the playoffs. So that was that was a very consequential game. I thought they might come back. I mean they did make a rally at the end, but it ended up not not coming to fruition necessarily. We also had Jared Stidham who kept that team capt to that team in it. Okay, I mean they didn't necessary they didn't. They didn't come out with the win, but that that is a really big deal against a very stout, big boy forty nine ers defense, so I was impressed there. We also had Josh Dobbs on Tuesday and Thursday night, sorry David Blough. Nick Foles replaced by Sam Ellinger, so there was a lot a lot going on here. Of course, we've got Tyler Huntley in this game going on. So any takeaway, well, you were wrong.
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Speaker 3: You said you said it was the week of the backup quarterback. It was the week of the third string quarterback. It happened to be. Yeah, I mean, well a couple of them. First of all, you mentioned Minshew who was a backup. Reports that Jalen Hurts would be ready to be back by week eighteen, and they need to win in week eighteen now, so that is good news for people still alive who need you know, aj Brown, DeVante Smith. I do think there's hope there. But yeah, I mean, if you're picking, if you're in one of those leaders, you have to pick anything up. Jared Stidham should be a hot pick up this week. I think Josh Dobbs is going to keep that job in a must win game for the Titans because Malik Willis wasn't producing for them. Skyler Thompson absolutely could start next week. Sam Ellinger absolutely could start. Not recommending any of these people, but if you were in a league where every quarterback who gets a start gets picked up, You're going to have to like rank these people. I'm sorry, we're not doing a special episode for you this week.
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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Speaking of that Titans game, I mean, am I crazy to think that Dobbs looked better than the especially for you know, Treylon Burks and Bobert Woods ended up having decent games.
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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously they lost the game, but.
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Speaker 2: They're up against a very different Cowboys team that's very well rounded and has a lot better sort of all weapons all around. So you know, I think we will we will see more of him there. And in terms of the AFC South, the Jaguars are now three to one favorites to win that division. So it is like that tide has turned really really fast there. So that is just a crazy kind of turn of events. We already talked about our NFC South. Uh yeah, so well we shall see how that one plays out for sure. In terms of injuries, we already talked about Teddy Bridgewater. I'm then replaced by scholar Thompson too is still in the protocol, so there's a good chance he does not play this week, so we may be seeing Skyler Thompson. Nick Fole suffered that rib injury carted off the field, so Sam Ellinger maybe the starter there. And then the only other noteworthy thing was Jacobe Meyers suffering a shoulder injury, downgraded to out the Patriots after having a decent day for fantasy. So let's just jump into it with this awesome quarterback sort of. We have a we have a wide selection, let's say, of a lot of guys, you know, breath over death here, but of the guys available, I'm gonna go with Brock Purdy as my favorite pickup. He has forty five percent rostered at this point, and he just ended up with another good game. I mean, I just keep thinking he's going to turn back into a pumpkin and he doesn't. Completed twenty two of thirty five attempts for two hundred and eighty four yards, two touchdowns, win, interception. They did eck out that win over the Raiders. Since he's taken over for Jimmy g QB eighteen QB
eight QB fourteen QB thirteen, and he's QB ten going into this game, so you know, I think he's gonna finish as a top twelve guy. And he's got a nice matchup against the Cardinals this week, who ranked nineteenth. In past DVA have allowed the eighth most fantasy points to qbs. So if you need a guy, he would be the guy that I would probably pick up if he's available.
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Speaker 3: And the forty nine ers I don't want to. I'm pretty sure they still are alive for the number one seed too, right, so they're going to be all So it's.
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Speaker 1: Not like a nothing game or anything.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So that speaking of the king of the third string quarterback by the way Rock Party started this train, Oh no.
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Speaker 1: For sure.
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Speaker 2: And you know, I just I was just on the radio like a couple of minutes ago, and someone was just asking me something about, uh, if if you know what are the forty nine ers going to do next year, would you go with Party or Trey Lance at this point? And you know, we don't know at this point, we don't know if Trey Lance is going to be healthy for even like OTAs. I mean they say that, but now he's on his second surgery. So who knows what his prognosis will be like going into training camp, and yeah, if I was to say that, you know, they're five and o with brock perty now, so it's it's it's uh. It feels like he's at least earned his name to be in the conversation for next season. At that at the starting quarterback position, Russell will has dropped down to forty nine percent rostered. No big surprises there, but he did keep the Broncos in it for that Chiefs game, and it's the first game was out Nathaniel Hackett and took advantage of that nice matchup against the Chiefs. Currently the QB eight. Like I said, with two games left to be decided, this will be his third best fantasy finish of the year. One of the other two games was against the Chiefs. So he gets the Chargers next week. Definitely a tougher matchup, but something to keep in mind. I mean, maybe Russ isn't wasn't the problem. We kind of talked about this a little bit before, but yeah, he would be. He would definitely be like my number two pick up here. We talked about Jarrett Stidham. I mean, he is out there everywhere, so if you're really in a pinch. I mean, he's available in about ninety nine percent of leagues. Derek Carr getting pinched earlier this week, and they get to place those chiefs that were just lit up by Russell Wilson, So certainly could be some points to be had there.
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Speaker 1: Do you like any of those guys or anyone else stand out to you?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean, how can you not consider Stidham. Sam Darnold was the next one on your list, and he had a good game even though they didn't pull it off against the Buccaneers, so you know, he bluns on this list. The only other name I would add to the mix other than the sort of third fiddles that we were talking about earlier, is Ron Rivera mentioned after a kind of a flop by Carson Wentz today that he did not commit to who will start at quarterback next week, So Taylor Heineke could be right back in that job, and he'd be another guy that kind of meshes with this level of quarterback that we're going through right now.
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Speaker 1: Definitely.
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Speaker 2: I mean I think it's brock Party and Russell Wilson and then we're talking about a different level. But you know, Jared Stidham would probably be my next pick for sure.
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Speaker 1: Zach Moss I really like him.
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Speaker 2: He is He rushed fifteen times for seventy four yards in the Colts loss that sent the Giants to the
playoffs. Dion Jackson though three rushes for ten yards. Jordan Willilkins was in the mix too, but I think that really just tells you that Zach moss Is is kind of the guy at least right now. And then they face the Texans in Week eighteen, who are just a great matchup against running backs, twenty fourth in rush DVA and have allowed the most fantasy points to running backs this year. If we think Derrick Henry is going to be out again for another week with that hip injury, Hassan Hoskins was utilized twelve rushes for forty yards and caught two passes for thirteen yards against the Cowboys, and they fased the Jaguars this weeek, so it will definitely be a well, it'll be a competitive game and at least an easier matchup than the previous week. Any of these guys stand out to you or anyone else that you would like to add to this underwhelming list underwhelming?
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Speaker 3: Well, I like Toubuhammad a little bit. We've liked him for a number of weeks. His role has continued to increase and the Saints have been really vulnerable against the run this year. Their past defense has really been lights out on the second half of the season, but the run defenses stayed vulnerable. So Touba Hubbard, it would be a guy I like better than any of the ones you mentioned. Watch We didn't mention James Connor among the injuries. I don't know what they said by the end of that game. Monitor what they're saying. Monday and Tuesday, Corey Clement came out of nowhere, former Eagles backup. I believe that has not been serving as Connor's backup until today, and then you know, he ran away with the show. So it looks like he would be the guy playing the leading role if Arizona turns to another running back. We've mentioned Kenneth Gainwell a number of times. He didn't have a particularly good day today, but two weeks in a row now he's had the two highest snap counts of his season as the Eagles backup, and he set a season high with four catches today. So he just keeps chipping away and chipping away into a bigger role there and then Week eighteen. I don't know what your league's rules are, but if you're in a I know I'm in at least one dynasty league where we can continue to pick players up in week eighteen even if we didn't, you know, if we're out of content, and so just make sure you're like one list. I looked at his free agent running backs next year, which starts with Josh Jacobs. So Zamir White is a guy that you could sneak on to a roster, who knows, maybe he'll start next year as the Raiders lead running back, higher roster percentages. Devin Singletary is a free agent next year, and obviously James Cook's role has been expanding in Buffalo. He could be ready to be a lead running back if somehow he slipped through the cracks. And then one that belongs on this list too, he got he earned his way off this list. Finally, Tyler Algier in Atlanta, but he's still only sixty five percent rostered and he just continues to deliver week after week. As they're clear, you know,
one A with Cordero Patterson being there, one B.
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Speaker 1: Neat definitely I agree.
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Speaker 2: I was just talking about Tyler Ljier, and you know I was asked about if I would consider him a top fifteen running back next year for fantasy. I'm not sure that I'm willing to put him in that category, but I'm staying definitely top twenty four or it feels like because he was a guy that I liked going into the seasons as a talented rookie. Name so, in a good situation, at least in Atlanta with kind of like a wide open sort of field.
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Speaker 1: They are one name. One name.
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Speaker 2: I will mention Jamichael Hasey. Maybe might be a little more fools gold though, because it appears that they sat Travis et In in that second half. So just something to look out for, you know, Like I think that some people do try to chase those numbers without looking at the context. So I think that that is that is important to add in terms of the wide receivers. Certainly a slightly better list here. We talked about the Giants guys last week, Richie Jeans and Isaiah Hodgens. They are eighteen to nine percent rostered, respectively. James seven catches for seventy six yards in a touchdown, Isaiah Hodgens four catches for forty two yards in a touchdown. I mean, both guys had good weeks in the previous week as well, and you know, Daniel Jones is just really impressive right now and lit it up today. And they don't have a great matchup for sure against the Eagles, who rank number one in past DVOA but have looked more exploitable against the pass over the last four weeks. I have to say, so, just guys that may be worth adding for depth or for dynasty purposes, because the Giants don't have a number one receiver right now, So just something worth mentioning their Rashid Shahida. I want to hear all about what you have to say about him, But in terms of just other guys, I'll run through really quickly. kJ Osborne at the expense of Justin Jefferson, I'm gonna met a complete opposite thing of the Mike Evans situation, because I bet that there are a lot of fantasy venaitors in the Championships that had Justin Jefferson. And Justin Jefferson catches one of five targets for fifteen yards. kJ Osborne seven catches for fifty nine yards in a touchdown, and then who is Jalen Naylor catches three passes.
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Speaker 1: For eighty nine yards. In a touchdown.
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Speaker 2: It was just a weird, weird game against the Green Bay Packers, so they did the vikings. You get a really nice matchup against the Bears next week twenty ninth. In past Dvoa. We mentioned both of the Titans guys. They are both under the fifty percent threshold, so both looks better with dogs under center. And they face the Jaguars, who ring thirty first in past DVOA next week, so I feel like one of those could at least sneak into the wide receiver three tier. And then the last name that I'll mention is Taekwon Thornton of the Patriots. Jacoby Myers was injured in that game. In Thornton copp Oh, it's good point three of seven targets for sixty yards and a touchdown. They do face the Bills though, so it's not the best matchup there. But talk to us about Rashiji Heat or anyone else on this list.
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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, a Taykwan Thornton could be a sneaky ad.
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Speaker 1: For what I was just saying, definitely for dynasty.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, he's had kind of a quiet season, but he's shown flashes of potential.
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Speaker 2: Well, he was injured early in the season, so he didn't start the year. So I feel like he was one of those guys that was hot for Dynasty and then kind of fell off the radar because he you know, all these there were just so many good guys coming out of this class, but he's a speedster and he I feel like he fits that scheme pretty well like he just he does. So I think definitely a guy to keep an eye on for twenty twenty three.
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Speaker 3: Well, Rashi yahid fits all all that mold and more. And luckily I did bring him up so I don't lose both of my jobs as a Saints reporter and given fantasy advice here every week. I have brought him up the last couple of weeks, but I feel bad that I didn't bring him up more strongly because he's just does it week after week. And I said last week when when there was barely any offense, any passing offense in that game in Cleveland in the awful weather conditions, he came up in that game too, and he delivered on the road in philadelph with another fifty eight yard pass. He is worth putting in your fantasy lineups just because he catches like a fifty eight yard pass once every three games, but now he's also doing things like catching six passes on six targets every week. He is neck and neck with Chris o'lave over the last six seven weeks in routes, run targets. Jarvis Landry's on IR Now Michael Thomas has been gone for a long time. Rashicha Head is one bee. He's not even the number two receiver in New Orleans, and he's an undrafted rookie who they signed as a kick returner with the torny acl so they didn't expect him to come along this pass. Now they're going to spend all next year developing him as a receiver. Absolutely a guy to sneak on to your dynasty roster if nobody was paying attention in deeper dynasty leagues. And we mentioned Traylon Burks for that reason, I think I would trust him a little more than Robert Woods because of the upside. It's so hard to trust anyone in that Titans offense at all, but having a quarterback they can get to the receivers makes Traylon Burks interesting again. On the flip side, though, I like Isaiah Hodgins a little more than Richie James. They both came through this week. But the Giants actually, I think don't have to try next week. Now. I don't know that you rest Richie James or Isaiah Hodgens or Darius Layton, but I think they're locked into the sixth seed in the NFC if I'm doing my math right, So ironically enough, they could be resting their starters in a must win game for the Eagles.
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Speaker 2: That is pretty hilarious. Though I feel like they'll probably still try to stay competitive because it's like intra divisional and whatever. But yeah, in terms of Rashid Shahid, I mean Week eighteen matchup versus the Panthers at home. Panthers ranked twenty sixth in past cvo I have allowed the eighth most Fantasy points two wide receivers this year, and Jase Horn is hurt, so it's almost worse than the numbers even suggest, So I think that that'll be a really good matchup for Shaheed and in Alave to that point, any of the other guys. I mean, there's definitely a number guys that did go off this week, like Shy Smith. That feels like probably more of a flash in the pan type thing. Van Jefferson is probably the wide receiver one for the Rams, but that is not an attractive sort of situation. We got a Cadarius Tony sighting this week, so that's cool. A t Y Hilton sighting, that's that's also exciting. None of those guys, though, am I Mia, am I excited about versus you know, any of the other guys we mentioned.
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Speaker 3: So I did not even put any of them on my list at all, except for you know, kJ Osbourne has snuck on here enough times and he's done it now out the last three weeks. I think that that if you're if you're trying to decide who who to believe of this week's stat lines, I believe him slightly more than the others.
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Speaker 2: Fair enough, all right, onto everyone's favorite position at the tight end position. Uh. We've got a lot of stuff going on with the Saints. Taysom Hill fourteen rushes for forty six yards in a touchdown, caught a pass, finally caught a pass for nine yards, and completed two passes for twenty four yards. He's fifty three percent rostered. His rostership actually went down week over week. Which I think is interesting. But Juan Johnson also involved, caught five of a team high seven targets for sixty two yards, And like I said, they faced that weak Panthers defense that have allowed just a ton of points to pass catchers.
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Speaker 1: And they're even worse. You know, they're made a lot worse by not having j. C. Horn.
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Speaker 2: That's a big loss for them. So in terms of other guys, I like Trey McBride of the Cardinals. Obviously, zach Ertz has been out for a long time now. He cast seven of ten targets for seventy eight yards in a touchdown in the cardinals twenty to nineteen heartbreaking loss to the Falcons. Not that that game mattered much, but I like, I mean, I get invested in close games, of course, but he led the team in targets, tied with Greg George. There was no DeAndre Hopkins for this game. I don't see necessarily a reason that they would force DeAndre Hopkins out for Week eighteen against the forty nine ers, who rink fifth in past. THEVOA have allowed the fifth views fantasy points to tight ends this year, but he does fall into that category. Like you said, of guys, to keep on our radar for maybe twenty twenty three and Dynasty or Keeper formats. Albert okuwebanam, Greg Dulcich is on IR and now finally albert O comes back. We talked about him for a while at the beginning of the season because he was just a hot name. He was drafted as a borderline top twelve tight ends, so I think it is kind of crazy that he just like faded into obscurity for a really long time. Now he's back, caught three or six targets for forty five yards in touchdown. I mean, Russ looked better in that game. So who knows what we're going to get what version of Russ we're going to get in Week eighteen against the Chargers. But Alberto definitely another name that he's still young and to keep an eye on for Dynasty formats. Don't know if I mean, it seems like Greg Dulcic would have would have a handle on that job, but never know, with like young tight ends, anything could change. It kind of feels like they need a few years to get like acclimated to the league, so certainly could still be a star in the making. And then the last name that I will mention who I believe it was. Sean kerner On convinced me this morning who advocated for Tyler Conkland. So good call there, because everyone just looks better with Mike White Conklin. Yeah, Conklin caught six of six targets for eighty yards. You get the Dolphins next week, who ranked twenty fifth in past DVUA have allowed the third most fantasy points two tight ends, So Tyler Conklin would definitely be on my list if I am tightened me. So tell us of these guys who you like, and talk to us about these Saints guys.
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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I have here in my notes. Make sure and t Samantha up on Albert Oh in case you didn't bring him up on your own, because I think it was our first show together when when you said you spent the off season learning how to pronounce his last name, you finally had an opportunity.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, any exactly. I just had to flex that right here, So it's very important.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I like Conkland too. I like how you wrote that everyone looks better with Mike White, even Ty Johnson. We maybe we should have mentioned him with the running backs pass catching running back the running backs patches.
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Speaker 2: In New York when Mike White is when Mike and Good call on Zonovan I or Bam Knight whatever he goes by. Because you did say that he was a flash in the pan type guy last week and he did disappoint this week.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I mean it's so tough for him splitting time with with Michael Carter. Army hasn't helped either one of them, frankly for fantasy too much. But yeah, I'll keep talking about the Saint Saens. Well, the reason Taysom Hill was dropped in so many leagues is because everybody probably picked him up when they went to play in you know, the Ice Bowl in Cleveland last week, when all of us thought Taysom Hill was gonna get twenty five carries and that's all they were going to do was maybe even start him at quarterback and play him the whole game, And shockingly, the Saints
didn't, and they had to spend the entire week answering questions about why did you not use Taysom Hill more in that game? Because when they finally did, they ended up winning because of it. Well, this week, they you know, they figured it out Taysom Hill in this game, even though it was beautiful weather, started with I think four carries on the opening drive finished the game out for them when they were protecting a lead. Tied his career high with fourteen carries. It took all season, but the Saint Ship finally figured out more Taysoum is a smart running Now. Look the thing with him every week is true, they have to the game script has to allow for fourteen Taysom Hill carries, but maybe against Carolina it will. Juwan Johnson we also said, look, he's the same Juwan Johnson you liked two weeks ago. Ignore what happened in Cleveland because they weren't throwing the ball in that game. He comes back and he gets was it five catches on seven targets today? And the only problem with him now two weeks in a row. He has some pretty ugly drops and missed opportunities, but he's earned a lot of trust and that's not going to take him off the field. One other name I do want to add, though, speaking of people who came back to life. If Josh Dobbs is a quarterback and the passing offense is back in ten see, then Chigo con quote is back as a young tight end that I really like. He was doing great things until Ryan Dannehill got hurt.
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Speaker 2: Definitely a name that we should have on our radar for longer term purposes too. But yes, the tight end position has been quite the headache this year. I've been calling it this game of Russian roulette every single week that if you don't have Travis Kelce it's been tough. I got the question, I kid you not of should I start Shane Zilstra.
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Speaker 1: Or Mark Andrews this week?
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Speaker 2: So I mean, obviously I went a certain way, but you have to understand that that is where the tight end position is this season. And look it's not Zilstra this week, it's Brock right. So, like I said, I was just earlier on the radio talking about the tight end position and someone said, yeah, we should just do like a tight end by committee thing, and I was like, that's kind of genius, because you know, at least for the for the Lions situation, that would have been advantageous for two weeks in a row.
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Speaker 3: But earlier twenty three prediction, what is Travis Kelsey's average draft position in twenty twenty three? Will people forget will people forget and go back to thinking he's old and fair.
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Speaker 1: I don't think so. I don't think so.
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Speaker 2: I think people are gonna remember how painful it was to set lineups every single week.
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Speaker 1: So, uh, I think I'm gonna go with nine and a half.
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Speaker 3: I'll take I'll take the under. We remember this. Interesting. We're going to Kelsey next year.
00:30:27
Speaker 1: Nice? Nice, Well, I believe before.
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Speaker 3: No one trusts Mark Andrews or Kyle Pittser's like no one to like everyone who wants to take a tight end early, he's gonna he's the only one.
00:30:35
Speaker 1: No, totally.
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Speaker 2: There's really no clear too at this point, at least there was this like I was just was talking about this like there was no tier of like it always felt like it was Travis Kelcey.
00:30:48
Speaker 1: But then like a group of guys and there was no one.
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Speaker 2: I mean, Kyle Pitt's obviously injured, but then Darren Waller was injured for a lot of a lot of the season as well.
00:30:57
Speaker 1: It's just it's it's been brutal.
00:30:58
Speaker 2: So yeah, maybe you are right there, but that will do it for this week's episode of The Fantasy Fox Witch is our last episode of the year.
00:31:08
Speaker 1: Of the season.
00:31:09
Speaker 2: Rather, I want to thank all of our loyal listeners out there. Hopefully you guys enjoyed the episodes and hopefully we helped you with your fantasy dilemmas and maybe we will be back sometime soon. Mike, please remind everyone one last time where they can find your work.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can find my Saints coverage at New Orleans Football subscription site. For the diehard Saints fans, we have a little hope again heading into the offseason three game win streak, but they were eliminated from the playoff race today and then all the Saints and fantasy content on Twitter at Mike Triple Awesome.
00:31:42
Speaker 1: Awesome.
00:31:43
Speaker 2: We'll definitely give him a follow there. Thank you to everyone for joining once again. Happy New Year, and fingers crossed for if you have anything going on in Monday night for your fantasy finals. Action Network reminds you please gamble responsibly.
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