← Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry
Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry
Vikings at Chargers Reaction + Lamar Jackson, Nico Collins injury updates
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October 24: Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay (@croucherJD), and Connor (@ConnorJRogers) reflect on the performances of Ladd McConkey, Oronde Gadsden II, Kimani Vidal, and Carson Wentz on Thursday night, then highlight injury news surrounding Tyrod Taylor, Lamar Jackson, and Nico Collins. Denny Carter also drops in to analyze Tyler Allgeier, and Jaylin Noel in “Flexual Frustrations” before Matthew, Jay, and Connor ponder Jayden Daniels’ rest-of-season value. The show wraps up with Jay and Connor pitching Matthew on prop bets for Jonathan Taylor and Kayshon Boutte.
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Matthew Berry
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Jay
Yeah, yeah.
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Matthew Berry
What do you got Right here. Because he hosts this show four out of the five days a week. Jay hosting right now.
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Lawrence
Right.
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Matthew Berry
So you can have a fantasy football happy hour host of the year award. Certainly good enough to win that.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah.
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Matthew Berry
Right, buddy Devolve. But because he's not the only one who does it within. Yeah, that's gonna be a Peacocky. Absolutely. If you want. If you want to. If you want a strong bet. Conor gets nominated but loses host of the year in the Peacockies at the end of the year.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Isolation race vet out. You know, it's like the 40 on the 40. Like Sports Business Journal does that. Well, Connor came 41st, so yeah, just don't miss out.
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Connor
Fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Berry.
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Matthew Berry
Happy Friday.
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Jay
Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour. I don't know why I came back.
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Matthew Berry
But here I am. I don't blame you, Nate.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Hillary just putting it on you.
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Jay
Unbelievable.
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Matthew Berry
It is a tracks view Friday. You are often like the runner up in a lot of prestigious awards which is exciting.
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Jay
Prestigious. I wouldn't Go that far, I would say awards.
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Matthew Berry
Well, shout out to Todd Zeal, wherever you may be. Emmy award winning, two time Emmy award winning.
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Jay
That's right. Not back to back, but two out of three is pretty good.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Who's the famous, who are the famous runner ups of all time? Matthew put you on the spot.
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Matthew Berry
The famous runner ups of all.
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Dr. Denny Carter
It was Scorsese, but then he won for the Departed.
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Jay
How long did DiCaprio come close before he won?
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, yeah, Scorsese. Oh, what's the, what's her name? The. Erica. What's the. Susan Lucci.
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Jay
Susan Lucci.
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Matthew Berry
Susan Lucci.
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Dr. Denny Carter
That's the one I was looking for.
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Jay
Split McGriff says I'm the Buffalo Bills of awards.
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Matthew Berry
Hillary.
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Jay
Someone's got to be Josh Allen on this show.
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Matthew Berry
Connor is the Buffalo Bills of awards. Spliff McGriff.
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Jay
Don't worry, this is the year.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, this is the year. Josh Allen, by the way, by the way, with no defense.
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Matthew Berry
Spliff McGriff, top rope. That's pretty good.
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Jay
Yeah, I know, I like that.
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Matthew Berry
The Minnesota Vikings of awards.
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Jay
No, whatever that was last night is not me.
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Matthew Berry
Hey, before we get into it, just very quickly, I just want to give a shout out real quickly. So tomorrow, Saturday, October 25th, my daughters Brooke and Samantha will turn 14 years old. And so they drink for free. I'm not going to be on the air tomorrow to wish them a happy birthday, so they drink for free. There's an asterisk there, of course, because they're 14. Shirley Temples. They get Shirley Temples. They get milkshakes, you know, apple juice, whatever it is. But they do drink for whatever. They're 14. They like when my wife and I go out for, you know, beverages. They'll get Shirley Temples. They like that as well. But anyway, my daughters, my daughters are amazing and smart and kind and beautiful and a handful. And my wife and I are in over our heads. But they've turned into amazing young women and I couldn't be more proud of them and I love them and I'm so excited to celebrate their birthday with them tomorrow. So I just. Because I'm not, you know, what's the point of having a TV show if you can't occasionally wish a happy birthday?
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Jay
That's right. Happy birthday to your daughters.
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Matthew Berry
So happy birthday, Brooke and Samantha. We'll see you tomorrow. Can't wait for the birthday party. I'm having 14 teenage girls over at the house, my wife and I, for a sleepover. So, yeah, what could possibly be.
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Jay
At least you don't have anything to do Sunday.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, I'm literally so. Because of this. Like we were flying to Pittsburgh. Jay and I are flying to Pittsburgh because Fantasy bowl pregame is live from Acrisure stadium Sunday morning, 11am Eastern. We'll see if you get in on Peacock and YouTube. I'm a company man. Yeah, we'll see if I get in like I'm there may be a security guard or two that I have words with it.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Sim's ready to do the Barry's best segment if he needs to. If they don't let you in after he slandered the good name.
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Matthew Berry
Maybe. But I'll just say here. Is that so like. But I'm taking like the latest flight out because I want to spend all day with the kids. Well, you and producer Damian and Lawrence.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Are gallivanting around Pittsburgh.
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Matthew Berry
Exactly. Painting the town red. There I'll be with a bunch of teenage girls trying to control the cast with my wife. My poor wife. Jonathan Medici, 7 says, where are Barry's kids on the FFHH daughter power rankings? That's a good question because Jay has. Jay has three. Lawrence has one. Oh, no, Lawrence has two. I'm sorry, Lawrence has two. Lawrence has two daughters. You know, and you may or we don't know. None confirmed.
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Jay
None confirmed.
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Matthew Berry
None confirmed. But listen, Connor's a good looking guy who, you know, was single for a while, so we'll give him one.
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Dr. Denny Carter
We'll spot him one.
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Jay
That gets us to 10.
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Matthew Berry
Let's include him. There's one out there. Yeah.
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Jay
Oh, boy. I think my wife doesn't watch this show.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Stuntman Chuck, 85. Meanwhile, Jay Croucher. Whose kids are these? It's funny you say that because as Matthew was talking, I just remembered it's my brother's birthday today, so. Happy birthday, Will.
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Matthew Berry
There we go. Happy birthday, Will.
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Jay
Everyone's birthday.
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Matthew Berry
Yes.
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Jay
All right, it's a Friday show. We have some fun stuff planned. I promise we're going to answer your questions in what's on tap. Jay and I have pick up lines from Matthew the doctor. Denny Carter will be back in the house to solve your flexual frustrations. But let's get into the Rotter World's player news. Of course. To recap Thursday Night Football.
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Matthew Berry
Do we have to?
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Jay
Yeah, for one side of it, I think so. For the other side, questionable. As the Chargers easily handle business in this game, it's no surprise to see the top four fantasy performances come from the Chargers offense. Justin Herbert, lad McConkey. Kamani Vidal. Really nice bounce back weekend. Rhonda Gadsden. It Doubles down right now after a strong week from Gadsden, we got to hear from Ladd on his big game in the win against Minnesota. We got to hear from Gadsden on his comfort level in this offense.
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Danny Carter
I think it's a great start. It's like, you know, go back, watch the film. Feel like, you know, we still left.
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Matthew Berry
Some out there and if we just.
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Danny Carter
Don'T beat ourselves, I feel like we're.
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Matthew Berry
A hard football team to beat.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Your tight end now is becoming a.
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Danny Carter
Key factor in the passing game.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, we don't know much about him.
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Danny Carter
No, we. I saw that in Ota's training camp and I knew he was special and.
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Matthew Berry
He'S getting this opportunity and he's playing like a, like a vet. So it's just awesome. Were you comfortable when you just first got here or did it take a little bit of time? I think it took a little bit of time, you know, just because it was my first time, you know, being out here and I didn't know, you know, how the practice structure was. I didn't know how hard we were going sometimes. But you know, eventually you just playing football at the end of the day, so you get your way and you find your rhythm. So a couple of things here. First, for people that were watching, on watching it, like just the difference between in size between McConkey and Gaston is like amazing.
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Dr. Denny Carter
I think Gadson ate lad McConkey in between those interviews.
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Matthew Berry
He might have. By the way, I've never heard lad McConkey interviewed like. He sounds like an accountant.
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Jay
Very normal guy. Very normal guy. Interviewed him at the combine. He's very nice dude. Very level headed, incredible athlete. Just unbelievable athlete.
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Dr. Denny Carter
I'd have to get rid of TurboTax.
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Matthew Berry
He really did seem like, you know, well, I think you can take a deduction here. You know, your home office, you know, it was a little bit.
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Dr. Denny Carter
I could bait the crap out of you.
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Jay
One arm tied behind his back. Just to make this very clear.
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Matthew Berry
Let's make no mistake. Six of the girls coming over to my house. So, like, you know, that's not a.
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Jay
This would be a really good segment. We pit you against random assortment of random things like Matthew against like nine squirrels.
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Matthew Berry
Matthew against lose.
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Jay
Matthew against Lad Monkey. But Lad Monkey's legs are tied together and one arm behind his still lose.
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Lawrence
Y.
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Jay
It's working. We have a lot of off season.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, a lot of off season to think about. Look, I think, I think for one person, we'll get to him in a second. I thought this was really positive. Lad McConkey becoming Lad McConkey, the guy we all drafted in the beginning. 42% target share. He's had 25 targets over the last two weeks. At least nine targets each of the past three games. That's the Lad McConkey we drafted. Great. He's awesome. Since week five, he's been the sixth best wide receiver in fantasy. Aranda Gadson, nice call by you. Jay. You bet the over on his prop. That was your best bet from last night. That cashed. Well done. So and Gadsden, who we've talked about Connor quite a bit in terms of. We like the skill set. We talked about it in the preseason as well. He was in some of my preseason content as well. He showed last week was not a fluke. Third street game with at least five receptions and 68 yards. He's averaging 20 fantasy points over that stretch. They were looking for him early and often. 21% target share in this game.
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Jay
That's what was awesome.
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Matthew Berry
Right? Is that you didn't have to wait.
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Jay
It wasn't a weird script. He was just involved.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, he only had five targets, but that was because they didn't really have to throw it all in the fourth quarter. So target share. Very healthy. Oscar Robertson's in trouble. The big might be around that. Gadsden nine times, first team, all NBA, triple double ronde. Gadsden just racking up a million yards. So I think this offense going forward, I think Ladd is the number one guy. And then I think Gadsden might be. There's a very good chance. Gadsden second in the pecking order.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, I mean, look. I mean they also looked for Keenan Allen and so there's some big chunk plays. And this performance, especially on a standalone national window like Gadsden's going to get some more attention. And I think they have so many weapons and Herbert's playing at such a high level, they're going to be able to move it around. But look, for our purposes, are you starting a Ronda Gadson every week? Is he a tight end one the rest of the way? Obviously. Yeah, obviously. So that sort of asks and answered. I don't know that. So let's talk about. So we've talked about the big O. Let's talk about the small Q. The little Q. The little Q. It'd be a Q. Mini Q.
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Dr. Denny Carter
That couldn't.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, zero Q. You see it right here from our friends at NFL Fantasy. Quentin Johnson finished Thursday Night Football with zero targets. This is the first game of his career that he didn't have a target. Think about that. For the first two years of his NFL court career, he couldn't catch. They were still throwing him the ball. But now that he's finally good, now that everyone started him, he can't get a target. Quinn Johnson, it's his first career game without a target. He ran 27 routes in this game. Literally just cardio, just doing wind sprints. And because America, because he was on my love list, because I started him in a guillotine league, and because my best bet, Jay's crashed with Gadson and Lawrence's, by the way, was the over on Justin Herbert's rushing, which also cashed fairly early. So for us to go 3 for 3, it was really up to me. I took over on Quinton Johnson's receiving melted. And I, like, you know, to be.
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Jay
Fair, it was a sweat.
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Matthew Berry
I mean, well, you know, it was 49 and a half. It's like one bomb gets me there. Right? Of course, the premise was they, hey, the Vikings blitz a lot, which they did. You know, in theory, Quentin Johnson would be in single coverage. They'd given up a lot of deep passes. The Vikings, all the. All the theory was right. It just was completely wrong because Justin Herbert. So I was very focused on this. Justin Herbert would even look to the side of the field that he was on, like, every single. Once it started to be like, oh, like once we cash those first two, I'm looking, I'm looking at them. And every single play, I'm looking. Wait, is QJ Hurt okay? Oh, he's out there. Okay, one, one. Okay, he's in motion. He's at the top of the screen. Okay. And Herbert drops back and is he looking on that side? No, he's looking over there. Like, he doesn't even look to that side. Like, it was. It was awful. It's worth noting, over the last two games, he's got an 8% target share. He's got 15 receiving yards per game. It's averaging. He's wide receiver 62 over the last two games. Now, that's such a small sample size, and obviously when you go 0 for 0, that skews it. But, like, do you feel like I don't know that you can trust Quinton Johnson until you see it again?
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Jay
No, because now it's a trend, Right. The first four games, Jay, he blew past this number. And the targets were 7, 7, 9, and 13. The receiving yards were hovering around about 80 to 85 on average. The last three games, he's not even close to this usage or looks and the actual raw stats.
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Matthew Berry
And the weird part is, is that this sort of coincides with A Ronda Gadson's emergence over the last three games. But like they're such different players. That's the, that's the part I don't get is like if you told me they were going to have a tight end, that would. But like he's like their deep threat.
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Jay
And then Trey Harris gets the touchdown though.
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Matthew Berry
Yes.
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Jay
So now that like you have two players kind of eating into the targets.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, I think there's a couple of. One is that qj, a lot of the longer developing routes, like the offensive line is just completely collapsed now. They're getting healthier. Maybe that can. Correct. But I think a lot of his slide has coincided with Justin Herbert just being under siege, just needing to get it out quicker so it's not as much deep stuff. The other thing is that he's had this hamstring issue. Maybe he's not 100% right. And then the. But the biggest thing is that it just never made sense that Lad McConkey wasn't going to be the number one wide receiver in this offense. Lad McConkey is the best receiver and now he's finally showing that. And so I think QJ is now like tied for second going forward with Keenan Allen and Gadsden might be ahead of both of them. So I don't think you feel good about starting QJ until you see him show what he did in the.
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Matthew Berry
No, for sure. I mean, listen, the argument would be, is like, this is a team that Herbert's playing at a, at a great level. And as we've talked about, like they're, you know, one of the top teams in the NFL in terms of pass rate over expectation. So maybe there's enough volume here to get you there. Especially because QJ's game isn't predicated on volume. Again, he's a guy that can make your day in two or three plays, honestly one play if you know, if he connects on a long one. So. But it just, you know, that was brutal. That was brutal last night. I apologize, America.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Apology accepted, Australian. But I'll accept the apology on behalf of America. The problem is, is that like no passing offense can support four guys to be relevant fantasy wise. And there's like QJ's been the odd man out lately. Like it's hard to support three guys, let alone unless you're like the Eagles with Goddard, A.J. brown and DeVonta Smith. And there's no other passes to anyone. But I Do think that going forward, he's very, very possibly fourth in that pecking order.
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Matthew Berry
Second straight game for 25 or more fantasy points for Justin Herbert. I like that he's using his legs. He's averaging A career high 31 rushing yards per game on the year. So again, shout out to our guy plus money Lawrence Jackson, who that was his best bet yesterday was Justin Herbert at plus money over on his rushing prop, and he cleared it easily. Nice game from Kamani Vidal, who now has 19 or more fantasy points in two of the past three played 81% of the snaps through the first three quarters looked apart. Looked the part.
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Jay
Looked apart. Big bounce back week. No signs of Amarian Hampton coming back anytime soon. So really right now it's just a matter of Vidal staying healthy because he's going to be the guy. And I think also, Jay, you love what you see in the pass game. A little bit from Vidal, at least capable in the pass game when he gets those opportunities on top of the bulk of the carries.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, that's the key. And he only had the one reception. Yes, he did look his way a couple of times. Yeah. And he's going to be the guy in that role. He had seven receptions across the previous two games, so that's definitely a part of it. It's not going to be as easy given that they were playing with this huge lead, which they're probably not going to have in most games going up against very suspect run defense as well in Minnesota. But, yeah, Kamani Vidal, I think you feel pretty comfortable starting him until Hampton comes back.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, for sure.
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Jay
We got to talk about the Vikings guys. I mean, it's not just that how bad things were, but it's that the quarterback is now sinking almost everything else.
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Matthew Berry
I mean, look, in fairness to Carson Wentz, listen, you know, he stole a lot of money from my commander, so I'm not. Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean, he should have given it back based on what he did there. Right? You know, but in fairness, like he.
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Jay
Was you giving yours back for yesterday's performance.
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Danny Carter
Yeah.
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Matthew Berry
So, like, whatever. Someone get me Ron Rivera. I want to fire him again. For the love of God. This is Ron Rivera special. But you know what? Say what you want about Ron Rivera. He got us Jaden Daniels.
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Jay
He was so cool. That's right.
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Matthew Berry
In the fourth year. Yeah. That's my favorite stat is, by the way, that when Ron Rivera took over the Commanders, they had the number two overall pick. They took Chase Young four years later where he had full control of the entire franchise. They had the second overall pick in the NFL draft, and we got Jaden Daniels.
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Jay
Full circle.
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Matthew Berry
So. Full circle. So in fairness to Carson Wentz, he was clearly hurt. He's clearly not 100% healthy. And that offensive line was brutal last night. They clearly missed Derrissa. Like, they. Like he was under siege all night. I don't know that any quarterback would have been super productive in those. In that environment.
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Jay
No. And he also already holds the ball pretty long. There's times where. So it's a bad combination. It looks like he's playing with a bionic arm. I mean. I mean, I felt bad for the guy. He's physically.
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Matthew Berry
You ever see those memes where it's just like, you know, for every hundred likes, I'm gonna make his, you know, I'm gonna Photoshop this guy's arm or head bigger or whatever?
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Danny Carter
Yeah, yeah.
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Matthew Berry
It keeps getting it or whatever. You know, I just. That's what I felt like Carson wants. Like, I feel like every series, it's like adding padding. Yeah. There's a bigger pad, and it's like, what the hell was that?
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Jay
Yeah, it's from Brad Rumpka. What do we do with our Vikings? Not named Jefferson or Addison rest of the season. So he's talking about the running backs and the Hockler. Yeah.
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Matthew Berry
I mean, I think it depends on the matchup. Like, I will say next week, they're at Detroit. I wouldn't count on any of them. I mean, like, again, I felt like with the running backs guys, that it was sort of. It was a hot hand approach neither of them got. So that was one of the issues.
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Dr. Denny Carter
It's a less lukewarm hand approach.
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Matthew Berry
Exactly. But it felt like they were trying. Aaron Jones gets the first carry, but they sort of mixed and matched those guys. Jones is obviously the pass catching back, but they did throw a couple occasionally to Jordan Mason. They're just trying to get something. You know, he got the one reception. You know, Aaron Jones got two. Xavier Scott even played 13% of the snaps. Yeah. And I just. I felt like they were just trying to get a spark from anyone. And so those guys are both flex plays and sort of, you know, kind of touchdown dependent flex plays. Aaron Jones might have a little more value in PPR leagues in terms of. Because he's more part of the passing game, but. And you feel better about Mason's ability to fall into the end zone if they get close, but that was. It was bad. Bad day at the office. I think you are. You have to continue starting Jefferson and Addison. We Talked about Addison on Wednesday during blind date Connor and just how productive he's been as well since he returned. In week 14, he's the 14th. Sorry. In week four, he's the 14th best wide receiver in fantasy football. Even in a game where they couldn't get anything done, he at least catches the touchdown. Jordan Addison Jefferson is Jefferson. At what point do they go to Max Brosmer?
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Jay
I mean, I guess they're just trying to protect him until McCarthy is back. But last night they should have. I mean, honestly. Yeah, like, they should have at least given him a look last night because the game was so out of hand that it didn't matter anymore.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Surely it's JJ next week. Like, surely the ankle just has to magically get better now.
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Jay
We just, we keep saying that, but yes, I agree with you. It's hard to trot this version of Wentz out.
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Dr. Denny Carter
I don't think Wentz. I don't think he can play next week.
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Jay
It's at Detroit.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah. Yeah.
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Jay
Detroit secondary, which has been a lot of backups figured it out last week. So it's not some easy walk matchup.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Brian Branch will come back. Probably played that one. The issue is, as you mentioned, that Carlson Wentz was under siege. You know who wasn't under siege last week? Daniel Jones. Against the charges pass rush. Like, it's not an amazing price rush. That's the issue is that the Vikings quarterback is going to be under siege every game. Sam Donald was under stage consistently last year.
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Matthew Berry
That offensive line was off.
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Dr. Denny Carter
So yeah, it's. It's a problem. I'm not sure it's getting fixed.
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Matthew Berry
So right to your point about whether the line secondary. I mean, like, it's not going to matter if you're. If you're running away from Aiden Hutchinson. Right? I mean, like, so in terms of next week, by the way, so Vikings upcoming schedule at Detroit, home to Baltimore, home to Chicago, at Green Bay. Three of the next four are division divisional games against three other really good teams. I mean, the Bears are. The Bears is no longer a gimme. Right.
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Jay
Their front seven's been playing a lot better the last couple of weeks.
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Matthew Berry
Absolutely. And then at Green Bay, like in three weeks. That's going to be tough as well. Aloha Brooks. Should I consider dropping Aaron Jones after waiting this entire time? Who you picking up? Aloha Bricks. You can sure. You tell me what's out there and then I can give you an answer. Come on.
- [21:16]
Connor
Aloha.
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Matthew Berry
Aloha. Bricks is usually so good. That's a bad one. Aloha bricks.
- [21:21]
Jay
Unless his league is very, you know, a nice waiver wire. A rich waiver wire. Ours is not, I think the waivers. At this stage I'm looking at some very not fun options.
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Dr. Denny Carter
I have to pick up Marvin Mims.
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Jay
You probably pay for him, right?
- [21:34]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah. My team's an absolute juggernaut, as we know. But I've got a reason why it's a juggernaut is I have JSN and a Monroe St. Brown and they're both on by. So the juggernaut can only go so deep. Matthew, I don't have Jamar Chase sitting on the bench. I have to pick someone up and unfortunately it's the Mimler.
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Matthew Berry
Nice, nice humble brag there. Nice subtle flags.
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Jay
I like it.
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Matthew Berry
I just don't have these superstars this.
- [21:54]
Jay
Week because the Excuseler part two, it's my week scrubbing off on him.
- [22:01]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. By the way, Adam, producer Adam who I'm in, you know, Adam, who only has one win on the season. Like, this is my Super Bowl. This is, you know, you. I got now when I can't win this one. If not, I can't win this one. Exactly. If not now win like it really is one of those things where it's just like if I actually went 014 for the season, like the odds of that's like if you actually set out to do that while still setting a real lineup. You know what I mean? Statistically, the odds of being able to pull that off are so. Yeah, it's unbelievable. Like I don't think you could do it if you tried, but like, yeah.
- [22:35]
Dr. Denny Carter
When you look at it like that, you're actually having a really impressive season. Matthew, the fact that you've contrived to go 07.
- [22:41]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I mean, I'm undefeated in some way. He had somebody last night. I'm trying to remember who it was. He had somebody go off that normally hasn't gone off. Like I forget who it was or just sort of like, was it lad McConkey? Might have been lad McConkey.
- [22:55]
Jay
That dang Jonathan Taylor ruined.
- [22:58]
Matthew Berry
He had McConkey. So my point. But McConkey sucked for the first four weeks. Could I, you know, slide McConkey? It's not bad, but it would have been nice if like McConkey had another bad game.
- [23:08]
Connor
I love.
- [23:09]
Dr. Denny Carter
My favorite thing of all your complaining was complaining that Jonathan Taylor scored three touchdowns.
- [23:13]
Matthew Berry
Three touchdowns.
- [23:14]
Dr. Denny Carter
He's done it 60% in the past.
- [23:16]
Matthew Berry
Five weeks is what he does.
- [23:17]
Jay
Yes, yes, yes.
- [23:19]
Matthew Berry
But, but I'm just. There are some games where he doesn't score three touchdowns. Jay less than. Why Couldn't have been one of the games against me where he only scored one touchdown or two.
- [23:30]
Jay
You know who else Adam started last night? Carson Wentz.
- [23:33]
Dr. Denny Carter
Come on, man.
- [23:33]
Jay
Carson wentz.
- [23:34]
Matthew Berry
He's a 1 1.
- [23:35]
Jay
You got to play against Carson Wentz.
- [23:37]
Matthew Berry
He's a one win team.
- [23:38]
Dr. Denny Carter
Oh, wow.
- [23:39]
Matthew Berry
By the way, I don't have Jaden Daniels. Matthew Stafford's on a buy. I'm hoping Tyrod Taylor starts like that's, that's how desperate I am if Tyrod Taylor doesn't start this weekend.
- [23:49]
Jay
This matchup is poverty. The starting quarterbacks in this matchup are Carson Wentz and Dylan Gabriel against maybe starting Tyrod Taylor. And you do have Drake May.
- [23:58]
Matthew Berry
I do have Drake May.
- [23:59]
Jay
You should be collecting a ransom for Drake May and fill out an actual team.
- [24:02]
Matthew Berry
Yes.
- [24:02]
Dr. Denny Carter
Team's atrocious.
- [24:04]
Matthew Berry
I know it is. I know you got no.
- [24:06]
Dr. Denny Carter
Bye. We complain. The only two guys you have on by are laporter and Stafford.
- [24:11]
Matthew Berry
I mean, I did lose Mike Evans for the year. I mean, like, you know, we've had some.
- [24:14]
Jay
I rejected to win by eight teams.
- [24:16]
Dr. Denny Carter
Adam has Joe Burrow.
- [24:18]
Matthew Berry
There's no excuses. Yeah, but. And I also have Chase Brown who sucks.
- [24:23]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, but he's healthy.
- [24:24]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I mean, but Joe Burrow going out for the year is what killed Chase Brown's value.
- [24:28]
Dr. Denny Carter
Oh, it'd be so he. Adam starting Alec Pierce gotta be good. If Alec Pierce got deep for two.
- [24:32]
Matthew Berry
Big ones, that's exactly what's happening. Alec Pierce won three for 70 and two touchdowns. Thousand percent.
- [24:38]
Jay
I feel good about that. Alec Pierce. Props. Fire me up.
- [24:41]
Matthew Berry
I'm literally. Exactly. I'm betting. I'm.
- [24:43]
Jay
I'm betting I changed my pickup lines.
- [24:45]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I'm betting the order on Alex Pierce. Anytime. Touch touchdown. Put money on 100% anyway. So yes, this is my Super Bowl. I have to win this. I have to win this game. Anyway. Whatever. It was a disaster last night.
- [24:58]
Jay
The week eight injuries we're tracking.
- [24:59]
Matthew Berry
Dude.
- [25:00]
Jay
Lamar Jackson coming back from hamstring. We all expect and hope. Bryce Young with the ankle. Kareem Hunt with an ankle and knee injury. Josh Jacobs has been limited this week. Still dealing with that calf injury. Alvin Camaro with an ankle. Deandre Swift once again dealing with a groin injury throughout practices of the week. Emeka Buka has also been limited. He continues to deal with that hamstring. A.J. brown has a hamstring. Nico Collins has a concussion. And Garrett Wilson will be out with the knee injury. But let's rewind Back here, guys.
- [25:28]
Matthew Berry
And Mason Taylor, right? Mason Taylor is questionable.
- [25:30]
Jay
Yeah. He's been kind of fighting different things throughout the year, so I expect him to play. Jets coach Aaron Glenn tells reporters that Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson are out. Tyrod Taylor is questionable, but trending in the right direction. Glenn will not tell the media. He was very combative against with the media again today about not wanting to tell them who will be the quarterback.
- [25:47]
Matthew Berry
What a franchise.
- [25:48]
Jay
So good luck to you.
- [25:49]
Matthew Berry
What a franchise.
- [25:49]
Jay
Maybe Tyrod will play. Maybe.
- [25:51]
Matthew Berry
Is it. Is it. Is it Clark Brady or Brady Clark or whatever the case.
- [25:55]
Jay
Well, Clark Brady's the Happy Hour regular. Brady Cook is the jets third straight quarterback. Brady Cook, very easy to mix those two up, though. One watches 12 hours of our show. The other.
- [26:04]
Matthew Berry
Hopefully you don't know the other one might as well.
- [26:07]
Jay
It's true. Maybe that's why we haven't heard from him, honestly, since the season started.
- [26:10]
Matthew Berry
Brady Cook is like, ah, Tyrod and Justin got this. Let me go watch Happy Hour.
- [26:13]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah. Unfortunately, Brady Cook, he's not actually a real person. Was someone that Aaron Glenn created on Madden.
- [26:18]
Matthew Berry
I was just going to say Brady Cook definitely sounds like either a quarterback you made up on Madden or like if you're watching a, you know, a teen drama about a football show. Like quarterbacks.
- [26:29]
Jay
Brady Cook.
- [26:31]
Matthew Berry
Right. Like Friday Night Lights kind of thing.
- [26:32]
Dr. Denny Carter
That's Matt Saracen.
- [26:34]
Matthew Berry
Yes, exactly.
- [26:35]
Jay
Absolutely right.
- [26:37]
Matthew Berry
Like, I don't know if Brady Cook can go this week. You know, Mom, I love Brady Cook. You know, it's like it's all that. Right.
- [26:42]
Jay
It's too cliche.
- [26:44]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
- [26:45]
Jay
By the way, I don't know if Jamar Chase, his props can get high enough in this game with.
- [26:49]
Matthew Berry
I was just going to say, you.
- [26:50]
Jay
Were telling me before the show was at 89.
- [26:52]
Dr. Denny Carter
89. It's too low.
- [26:53]
Matthew Berry
Give me the over.
- [26:53]
Jay
Yeah, it's ladder bet all the way up to 140.
- [26:56]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, it's. This is the type of thing that kind of breaks the matrix. Like, Puka Naku was getting set higher when he was healthy than Jamar Chase this week. Jamar Chase should be set as high as the wide receiver has ever been set. Like Joe Flacco. There's no source Gardener. And the secondary breaks down in the communication constantly. And Joe Flacco throws a million times every game. And Jamar Chase is the best wide receiver in the sport of football. So, yeah, he's going to sport of football. He should go for 90 plus.
- [27:22]
Jay
All right, we got a question here from Bobby Showtime. That's a Good username.
- [27:26]
Matthew Berry
Glenn is going to have entrant.
- [27:28]
Jay
Glenn is going to have to announce the quarterback with a WWE walkout introduction just to lose by 30.
- [27:33]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Doing the. Yeah.
- [27:35]
Jay
Yeah. All that just for this. Just tell us who's playing.
- [27:38]
Matthew Berry
Who do you think? Connor, you're. Yeah. Tyrod, you're a Jets insider. I think you host the world's second most popular jets podcast. That's very true with Badlands.
- [27:46]
Jay
Yep. Only behind worse lands.
- [27:48]
Matthew Berry
Worse lands. Everyone loves worse lands.
- [27:49]
Jay
Everyone's waiting for worse lands.
- [27:51]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
- [27:51]
Jay
I think that he just wants the Bengals to prep for Justin Fields rushing. I don't think it matters that much. I really don't.
- [27:59]
Dr. Denny Carter
But you can't play mine. You're not allowed to play mine. Games on your own. 7.
- [28:03]
Jay
Just go quietly into the night.
- [28:04]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah.
- [28:05]
Jay
Don't be a loud.08. Do not be allowed.08.
- [28:09]
Matthew Berry
I mean, so this is. I've got my advantage.
- [28:12]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah.
- [28:13]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
- [28:13]
Jay
I really got them on the ropes now.
- [28:14]
Dr. Denny Carter
Does Aaron Glenn think he's the Penguin?
- [28:16]
Matthew Berry
Like, what is he doing? He's got some monster plans. Meanwhile, Cincinnati, like, all right, well, if it's Justin Fields, I guess we actually don't have to worry about the secondary. If it's Tyrod Taylor, I mean, what's the massive. What are they preparing for that they wouldn't prepare for with the other. Like.
- [28:31]
Jay
No, this feels like when a college coach won't announce the Week 1 starter because he has a rushing quarterback and a pocket passer. You don't do that in the NFL, especially when you're 07. No, it's amateur hour.
- [28:42]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. No, exactly. No, it was like, I'll tell you my favorite one of all time and never forget this. And I didn't have the balls to do this, but Matt Rule. I remember when Matt Rule was coaching the Carolina Panthers and I'm at the combine and they. All these coaches do their press conferences, and so. And this was at the time. I forget who the quarterbacks were, but, like, he had just come into the team. He just came into the team. Like, is it Darnold?
- [29:04]
Lawrence
It might have been.
- [29:05]
Matthew Berry
It might have been Darnold and Baker. Might have been Darnold and Baker.
- [29:08]
Jay
When Baker was a practice squad safety.
- [29:10]
Matthew Berry
I forget who. It doesn't matter because the point is. No, the point of the story was as Matt Rule gets up and he says, hey, no going to training camp. No jobs are guaranteed. There's, you know, we're going to have a competition. We're going to. Like, we're going to. We're Going to. I'm going to bring out the best of all these guys. We're going to have a competition for every, you know, every job, you know, for the starting role. And I so wanted to. I didn't have the balls to do it, but I still wanted to raise my hand. I said, coach Rule, I'm just curious, what does Christian McCaffrey need to show you to earn the starting running back job? You know what I mean? Because that was all he had. But he was just like, every position's open. No one's guaranteed a spot.
- [29:42]
Jay
Corey College.
- [29:43]
Matthew Berry
Right. And I just want to be like, really?
- [29:45]
Jay
So.
- [29:45]
Matthew Berry
Really? So Christian McCaffrey's gonna have to compete for his job. There's a chance that.
- [29:48]
Jay
And I wonder who his backup was at the time. Was it Mike Tolbert?
- [29:52]
Matthew Berry
It might have been Mike Tolbert. Or Mike Davis.
- [29:54]
Jay
Mike Davis. Mike Davis.
- [29:55]
Matthew Berry
Might have been Mike.
- [29:56]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah.
- [29:56]
Matthew Berry
Mike Davis. Yeah. Anyway, so I didn't have the balls to do that, but. But it's that kind of thing where you're just sort of like, stop it. Like, you know, oh, it's a competition between the guy we just drafted, you know?
- [30:07]
Dr. Denny Carter
You know, the crazy thing is Matt Rule went 7 and 10 that year in Carolina, and his three quarterbacks, so one of them was PJ Walker, which is the one that most people forget. The other two, Baker Mayfield and Sam Donald, who both might finish top five in MVP this year.
- [30:19]
Jay
Like, literally unbelievable.
- [30:21]
Matthew Berry
I will say I met Matt. Then two years later, I met Matt Rule at the combine. Incredibly nice.
- [30:28]
Jay
Yeah, everybody loves Matt Rule. Yeah, it just didn't work out in the NFL.
- [30:31]
Matthew Berry
But, like, yeah, and like, I had, like, a 20 minute conversation with him. Could not have been a nicer, more engaging guy. Really liked him.
- [30:36]
Jay
Some guys are just meant to be college coaches in that atmosphere. All right, we got a little full commander's update here, Matthew. Dan Quinn ruled out Jaden Daniels, as we all know, for week eight. Debo Samuel practiced in full on Thursday, and so did Terry McLaurin. So some good news on the wide.
- [30:52]
Matthew Berry
Receiver front, by the way, for whatever it's worth. Everything went out.
- [30:55]
Jay
I'm just going through.
- [30:57]
Matthew Berry
Like, are we still in the air? I don't even know if we're still on the air. All right, Kevin, our stage manager, is nodding our head because it just. All the audio went out. I can't hear anything.
- [31:04]
Jay
It's just us out here.
- [31:05]
Matthew Berry
It's just us.
- [31:06]
Jay
This combo is for us and us only.
- [31:08]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. So anyway, Marcus Mariota will get a start against Kansas City. What could possibly go wrong. I will say this. Mariota has beaten the Chiefs before, so you never know. I suppose the Traveler beat them. Oh, I just, we just got it back as well. But they're 12 and a half point underdogs. If there's a positive here, Terry McLaurin, Debo Samo both return to practice. I do think Mariota is a viable starter. I think there could be some junk time. Obviously he uses his legs, but this is not good for my commanders. I think my commanders fall to three and five.
- [31:38]
Dr. Denny Carter
I think so too.
- [31:39]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
- [31:39]
Jay
The spreads at 12 and a half.
- [31:40]
Dr. Denny Carter
It's getting bigger. It's getting bigger. Close 14.
- [31:43]
Jay
Oh boy. That's a lot.
- [31:45]
Connor
It is a lot.
- [31:46]
Jay
I mean, I don't think they're gonna win. I want to be very clear. That's a big number.
- [31:49]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
- [31:49]
Dr. Denny Carter
Particularly if Debo and Terry McLaurin both go like, Mariota is one of the better backup quarterbacks in the league and has been able to run this offense decently well. Falcon's game wasn't amazing, but still he's right. Be competent.
- [32:02]
Matthew Berry
And the other thing that I'll say that you always think about with backup quarterbacks, especially to your right, like he's a, he's a perfect fit for that offense in terms of like his skill set. Like he's not Jaden Daniels. But they, they do similar things. They run the offense well. There's some, there's some like, you know, like whatever in Baltimore, Cooper Rush, you know, like you're replacing Lamar Jackson, right. And you're like, wait, what Right, you know, Tyler Huntley makes more sense, you know, to back up Lamar Jackson.
- [32:27]
Jay
That's Pro bowl quarterback Tyler Huntley.
- [32:29]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Yes, sir. It is. All that is to say though, Mario has gotten all the first team reps. There's a difference between like, hey, a quarterback gets downgraded towards the end of the week or a backup has to come in at the, you know, into a game versus Mariota's known all week long like this is, this is what he's going to do. They also have an extra day because it is the Monday night game. So they got an extra day to prepare. The Chiefs are still going to kill him. But my point is, is like for the world that we care about, can he get the ball to Deebo? Can he get the ball to Terry McLaurin? Could he be a viable, you know, fill in, especially in a super flex league. I think yes to all that. I still am not crazy about Jakory Crosky Merit. I do think that again, given almost a two touchdown underdog here, Jeremy McNichols becomes an interesting desperation play.
- [33:13]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yep.
- [33:15]
Jay
In your matchup with Adam, Jeremy McNichols.
- [33:18]
Matthew Berry
Yes.
- [33:18]
Jay
It's featuring all the the big stars.
- [33:20]
Matthew Berry
Did Adam pick up? That's amazing. Yeah. Like it is. It is the crappiest of crap. Like it's so brutal. It's so brutal.
- [33:29]
Dr. Denny Carter
The total in that one's 47 and a half. So lines 12 and a half. So market's saying like 30 to 17 type of game. So you get 17 point commander score 17 points, there'll be someone has to score a touchdown.
- [33:39]
Matthew Berry
By the way, I thought what you were saying is that the line in me and Adam's game was 47 and a half. You know, I'm like, that's probably about right.
- [33:45]
Jay
No, it's 18 and a half.
- [33:46]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. That's what you're the over under.
- [33:49]
Dr. Denny Carter
Points.
- [33:50]
Matthew Berry
Total points.
- [33:50]
Jay
That would be something.
- [33:51]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. And fantasy league, huh?
- [33:54]
Jay
You're a big favorite.
- [33:55]
Matthew Berry
I. Dude, I, I'm extremely nervous. I'm like Michael Jordan shooting a free throw after 20 years in front of a bunch of kids. That kind of level nervous because if I lose to one in six Adam Brady. Yeah, I mean, I'm 07. I may have to fire myself. I may rage drop everyone on my team just to cause chaos in the league.
- [34:15]
Jay
I don't know who I'd bid on.
- [34:17]
Matthew Berry
You would bid on Derek Drake May. Derrick Henry. He wants Derrick Henry.
- [34:21]
Dr. Denny Carter
Give him him.
- [34:21]
Matthew Berry
Like, you know, Laporta's not terrible.
- [34:25]
Dr. Denny Carter
Chase Brown.
- [34:26]
Jay
I'll take my Dalton Schultz over here.
- [34:29]
Matthew Berry
I don't blame you. I don't blame you. Let's see. Jacori, Crosky, Ratt. Like, yeah, there's not much there. It's an, it's, you know, Xavier worthy somebody. Xavier worthy.
- [34:39]
Dr. Denny Carter
X.
- [34:39]
Matthew Berry
The original X.
- [34:40]
Jay
Yes. The ogx.
- [34:41]
Matthew Berry
The ogx.
- [34:43]
Dr. Denny Carter
Second year saver.
- [34:44]
Jay
All right, Lamar Jackson, guys.
- [34:46]
Matthew Berry
For order it's worth, by the way, this is actually a producer Steven show. It feels like a backup producer Pete show, but believe it or not, it's actually a producer's audio.
- [34:54]
Dr. Denny Carter
I don't think Saban's at the controls anymore.
- [34:55]
Jay
No, he just left. He called it a week. He's like, I've done my duties.
- [34:58]
Matthew Berry
I can't hear anything. So.
- [35:00]
Jay
All right, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson practiced for the third straight day. We'll have an injury designation on Lamar. He'll play this afternoon. You would assume Lamar Jackson is going to play Texans wide receiver Oniko Collins didn't practice Thursday. I don't think that's a shock. It's very rare for a player to get through concussion protocol within a week's time.
- [35:20]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. By the way, short week. They pick Monday night. Exactly. Yeah.
- [35:23]
Jay
It's not looking good for me.
- [35:24]
Matthew Berry
I don't know. Yeah. Dalton Schultz 15 targets incoming for Dalton Schultz.
- [35:28]
Jay
Yes.
- [35:29]
Dr. Denny Carter
By the way, on that game, I don't understand why the Texans are two point favorites. Neither do I. Yeah, I don't get that.
- [35:35]
Matthew Berry
That's a. That's a weird one.
- [35:36]
Jay
Line alert was Niners.
- [35:37]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. If you need and chances are with six teams on a buy you do need some help at a position. Here's some top waiver ads that are available in over 50% of leagues. Guys, we just talked about Mariota your man comeback player of the year Joe Flacco against a sauce Gardner. Les jets is out there as well. How about Tajie Spears who does back to back games with double digit target share. Titans are double digit underdogs in this one. They should be passing quite a bit against your Colts Jay. And with that groin injury to DeAndre Swift, maybe he doesn't go but even he does, maybe he's limited. Kalmanangay, who had season highs and snap rate and touches in week seven, suddenly becomes interesting. What do you think about Tez Johnson as a prospect?
- [36:17]
Jay
I mean it's just how many wide receivers in the league are £150? But the league has changed a lot. Where you do see a handful of these guys that come in at the combine at 150 to 165, they could fly. He had great speed at Oregon. I mean he could absolutely fly. And Baker throws the ball down the field. So credit to Tez. He's one of those outliers that he just plays tougher pound for pound than a lot of guys his size. As we saw on the screen where he was breaking tackles, I really like him for a seventh round pick. The Bucs do this every year. They find steals like no one else in that front office of Jason Light. So yeah, Tez Johnson, while they have all these injuries, is playable in a flex.
- [36:54]
Matthew Berry
Over the last three weeks he's averaging over 12 fantasy points per game. He scored in back to back games as well. We talked about this Dallas matchup. Troy Franklin's out there Cowboys a lot of the second most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. Your Dalton Schultz since week three he's a top eight fantasy titan. He's tied in eight over the last however many weeks. Four straight games with at least five catches. No Nico Collins we expect against the Niners. And finally, no team allows more fantasy points to opposing tight ends than the Cincinnati Bengals. Mason Taylor, maybe if the passing game is we expected an elevated passing game. You know, if Tyrod Taylor's under center.
- [37:31]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yep, absolutely. All right, we're going to go to a quick break. When we come back, the Great Danny.
- [37:35]
Matthew Berry
Carter, Dr. Denny Carter.
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Dr. Denny Carter
Dr. Denny Carter.
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- [39:25]
Dr. Denny Carter
Wow.
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Jay
I like the two buttons open.
- [39:29]
Danny Carter
Well, I was kind of torn because if I have it up here, I don't want to, you know, copy Chris. That's his look so I have to.
- [39:36]
Jay
Have it open a little bit.
- [39:37]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, give some eye candy to the ladies out there.
- [39:40]
Danny Carter
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- [39:48]
Matthew Berry
I appreciate it.
- [39:48]
Jay
I just wanted Matthew to know.
- [39:53]
Matthew Berry
Hello, Denny.
- [39:54]
Jay
Dr. Carter back once again for a little Flexual Frustrations Undershirt today.
- [40:00]
Danny Carter
Yeah, I went with it because I just. I just didn't want to tempt the viewing audience so much as I did last week. I. I felt it was unfair, honestly.
- [40:09]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Too much thirst in your DMs. I get that, Denny. Yeah. You gotta quench it a little bit.
- [40:13]
Dr. Denny Carter
Oh, I know.
- [40:13]
Danny Carter
You get it, right?
- [40:14]
Matthew Berry
Yeah. By the way, most of those were from me, but it's fine. It's all good. I get it. I'll just watch last week's episode back. I'm totally good. Dr. Carter, question for you. I got a question in as well. So this person writes in and he says, dear Matthew, please ask Dr. Carter this for me. He goes, I was at a bar last night and I saw somebody that had, well, a big back. And you know, I'm a big believer in Baby Got Back. It's my favorite song of all time. As I was checking it out, it occurred to me, should I go with a big back like Tyler Algier this.
- [40:54]
Danny Carter
Weekend against the Dolphins? You should listen. In my research and you know, in my degree getting in the area of flexuality, I learned first and foremost there is no body shaming in this area. Okay. We're not going to body shame. If you like a big back, that's okay. You know, and, and, and sometimes the bigger the back, the better. And that's what we have to with Tyler Algier. He's a big old back and he's playing against the Dolphins, the most extreme run funnel defense in the league. Everybody's establishing it. Establishing it. Against Miami, they're allowing 5.2 yards per carry. It's the highest rate in the league. 129 rushing yards per game. I think the Falcons are going to run it a bunch here. I'm sure you all agree. And Tyler Algier becomes a viable flex as a big old back.
- [41:38]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, yeah, I mentioned, I mentioned this yesterday in my 10 facts column. But in wins this season, in wins this season, and of course the Falcons are over a touchdown favorite. Tyler Algier averages almost 15 touches a game. So yes, if you're, if you're into big backs, some people are into big chests. But like if you're into big backs, I think Tyler Algier is a very viable flex.
- [41:57]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yep. No, I 100% agree. Danny, I want to talk to you about costumes. Some couples like to dress up. Matthew, I know likes to dress up. As a little Christmas elf in the nighttime. And speaking of Christmas, Jayla, Magical Jaylen Noel, the spirit of Christmas himself could be a wide receiver one for the Houston Texans against the Niners. Can you start Jalen Noel in the spirit of Christmas in your flex, Danny?
- [42:21]
Danny Carter
You know, however he dresses on Sunday, I think. I think you can because it's a good slot matchup and Jalen Noel is going to be the slot guy for the Houston Texans this week with Nico Collins out. Of course, Nico Collins accounts for almost 25% of the team's targets. A lot of targets to go around. I heard you say Dalton Schultz earlier. Obviously it could be a big game for him, but yeah, the Niners are lying the seventh most slot targets this season. Only three defenses have given up more receiving yards to slot pass catchers than the 49ers. I think Noel is in play. There's Texans offenses growth of course, but we can go with it in deeper formats, I think.
- [42:57]
Matthew Berry
Danny.
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Jay
Unfortunately, sometimes you hit a cold streak, an 07 level cold streak and you run out of options and the options become very grim. For the jets, that is Josh Reynolds as their number one wide receiver against the Bengals. Could you possibly start Josh Reynolds against the Bengals?
- [43:13]
Danny Carter
You got to start a win streak at some time flexually and I think that Josh Reynolds is the start of that here. I'm. I'm starting in one league and by the way, I'm just a little better than Barry in that league. Okay. I'm. I'm horrible as well. So I can't. I can't really talk playing against the Bengals. Bengals defense stinks.
- [43:30]
Lawrence
We all know that.
- [43:30]
Danny Carter
Garrett Wilson out Reynolds led the jets last week with 46 of the air yards and nine targets. Should be pass heavy here. I think if Jamar Chase hits his overs and Joe Flacco continues flinging it. So just for a game script alone, I think Josh Reynolds can get there for fantasy.
- [43:48]
Matthew Berry
By the way, you missed an opportunity there where you could have just said hey, I'm in a drought.
- [43:51]
Jay
You know, like I almost used the word drought.
- [43:53]
Matthew Berry
Drought would have been good. Just out in the desert. The flexual desert.
- [43:57]
Jay
That's right.
- [43:57]
Matthew Berry
A lot of flexual frustration. Thanks for your feedback, you know.
- [44:00]
Jay
Yeah, cold streak didn't do it for you, right?
- [44:02]
Matthew Berry
Haven't scored in a long time. Just feels like there was a lot of like sort of easy sexual innuendos that you could have played there.
- [44:09]
Jay
All right, Connor, I appreciate the help.
- [44:11]
Matthew Berry
I'm here to give feedback. Very good doctor.
- [44:13]
Danny Carter
Listen, Matthew is. Is a master at this stuff, I really am.
- [44:16]
Matthew Berry
There's very little in the world that I'm good at. But that's one of the things that I am good at. One thing that you are good at, Denny, of course, is answering everyone's questions when you do the Rotor World Q and a on YouTube live at 1 o' clock right after this show. I got it. Connor. You don't have to worry about it.
- [44:31]
Jay
Really good stuff.
- [44:32]
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
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Jay
Sorry, Denny. My promo would have actually got people to listen and watch.
- [44:35]
Matthew Berry
What's your promo? Go ahead. People will come. Thank you, Danny.
- [44:38]
Jay
We'll talk to you next week.
- [44:40]
Matthew Berry
Check them out on YouTube at 1 o' clock live. The Rotoworld Q&A with Dr. Denny Carter.
- [44:44]
Dr. Denny Carter
I gotta fix the hair in that photo though. I don't know why Denny has real hair. I don't know why he has fake hair in this photo.
- [44:49]
Jay
What's on tap is brought to you by Bud Light, the official beer sponsor of the NFL. Sundays are easy to enjoy when they are full of football and the fridge is filled with beer. And we're going to make it even easier for you by taking some of your questions. But before we do, how about the week eight fantasy football happy hour regular power rankings. Clark Brady, distant cousin of Brady Cook, still number one.
- [45:09]
Matthew Berry
Still, it's a strong week for raise the flags. I'm not surprised he's up two Loja bricks. Obviously these rankings were done before the last comment, which would have lowered him a spot or two. Honestly, in my ranks, this one is shocking to me. I have to talk to the committee. Jonathan Medici, who I thought had an unbelievable week, really good week to drop two spots. It's outrageous. I don't know what the committee is looking at there as well. Mr. T up one. Tej down. Down two spots. Ved. But how about a couple of people making their regular power ranking debut? Julio, think you are at 10. Heavy meat sauce at 8. They're back in after not being on the list last week. Valiant Vincent down two spots to number nine. Couple other others receiving votes. Aloha bricks. Asking what's the panic level on JD5? Besides the injury? I'm talking about rest of the season here.
- [45:58]
Jay
Yeah, I mean this is our first. Our first question here for what's on tap. I mean, you got to be concerned that this just feels like little things starting to add up in an offense that hasn't been as smooth of an operation. And part of that is the injuries around him as well. So for Jaden Daniels right now, this was kind of the concern of him as a prospect is that he has a slender frame, he's taken some hits. I don't, I'm not panicking to the level of like, oh, it's over, but you need an alternate plan right now because I think this is something that can kind of linger or come back up again.
- [46:27]
Dr. Denny Carter
The issue is, is that. So the reporting has been pretty optimistic that he may only miss one week. But the problem is if you go to three and, and it becomes a lost season down the stretch, is he 100% going to be there and play through all this stuff? And it's not just this, like he missed time earlier in the season as well. Last year he was playing through these rib issue. So it just seems like he's constantly banged up. And this season I would worry that while he played through stuff last year because they were going 12, five and being a playoff contender, he may not play through as much if they don't have a season to fight for in the final month.
- [46:57]
Matthew Berry
And I've said this before about, you know, as much of a homer as I am about the commanders last year, everything that could have gone right for Washington did. They won a bunch of one score games. They stayed relatively healthy. And so this year they're just, they're not having the same sort of luck, obviously.
- [47:13]
Jay
Right.
- [47:13]
Matthew Berry
They are. It's not just Jaden Daniels. They've had injuries on both sides of the ball. Obviously Deebo Samuel, obviously Terry McLaurin missing time. And so they've just, you know, it just. To your point, it's not only that. Is Jaden Daniels 100% healthy, but is the offensive line going to be healthy? Can he get production out of the run game? Can he get wide receivers out there? I mean, like last week he was thrown to Chris Moore and Luke McCaffrey. I mean, you know, so like, so I just, I think, I think assuming they lose this game, they're three and five. I don't think that Jayn Daniel suddenly shuts it down at 3 and 5. But if they go to 3 and 7, you know, like they're not out of it just yet. You know what I mean? And I think they'll. And his competitive spirit. But like, yes, if you're sitting there looking ahead to the fantasy playoffs, if you manage to, you know, unlike my team in our league that has Jaden Daniels as his quarterback and is not in playoff contention. But if you are in playoff contention and you have Jane Daniels, you start thinking ahead of like, okay, what happens if this guy gets shut down? Yeah, think about.
- [48:12]
Dr. Denny Carter
I think.
- [48:13]
Matthew Berry
I think it's a slim chance, but it's. It's definitely a non zero chance.
- [48:16]
Dr. Denny Carter
I don't think it's so much this injury, which seems like a fairly minor hamstring that he can return from. It's the next.
- [48:20]
Jay
That's my point.
- [48:21]
Dr. Denny Carter
If there's a next hit and they're in position where the playoffs are getting out of reach. So, yeah, I mean, I would rather have. I'd probably rather have Drake May than Jayden Daniels rest of season. Right. So I'm pretty confident that Drake May. Well, Drake May is going to be the guy the rest of the season. The Patriots are in playoff contention and these injuries for Jaden are concerning, no doubt.
- [48:40]
Jay
Our next question from Nick Cohen. Should I trade Javante and JMO for Drake London and Alvin Camara? Do you think about this one, Matthew? It's kind of a pretty balanced proposition.
- [48:51]
Matthew Berry
It is it. You know what? Like, I think. I think I would do that and I'll tell you why. Because I think Jameson Williams is useless. So it's really. No, he is in fantasy. You can't start him. So it's really Javante Williams for Drake London and Alvin Kamara. Javante Williams is a fringe RB1. Drake London is a fringe wide receiver one I think they're about, you know, they're both like top 12ish at their position. So then you're telling me, would I rather have Alvin Kamara, you know, who's like a flex ish running back versus Jameson Williams?
- [49:24]
Jay
The floor is a lot better right on that situation.
- [49:26]
Matthew Berry
Yes, I think I would rather have Camara and Drake London than Javante and Jamo, again, depending. It's hard to say without knowing roster construction and all that, but just in a vacuum, London and Camara are more valuable as a combo than Javante and Jameson Williams.
- [49:41]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah. I think what flips this from a maybe to a yes is Kendra Miller going down for the season and the fact that Alvin Kamara seems pretty adamant that he's not getting traded. So he's going to be the guy going forward in New Orleans. And yeah, in a nutshell, I'd still rather have Drake London than Javante Williams. I think.
- [49:56]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, for sure. The other thing is, is that I think Jordan, Jordan Schultz was tweeted out that watch Chris Obavi and Rashid Shahid both on the trade block. So again, if something like that happens, Camara becomes even more part of, you know, this bad offense of your formerly beloved.
- [50:13]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yes, formerly.
- [50:15]
Jay
This next one from Darren Weatherford, Tez Johnson, Woody Marks or Romeo Dobbs in the flex in a PPR league.
- [50:21]
Matthew Berry
I think this one's close, but I'm going to go with Romeo Dobbs. Dobby, you know. Yes. And the Darby Power rankings. We'll see him Sunday Night Live at Acrisure Stadium if I, if I'm allowed in. But since week four, he's the seventh best wide receiver in fantasy, averaging 17.8 fantasy points per game. Three straight games now with eight or more targets, five or more receptions. Steelers very quietly allowing the six most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. That secondary isn't what we thought it was going to be at the start of the year.
- [50:50]
Dr. Denny Carter
No, they can't cover Darius Slay. Jalen Ramsey at this point of his career.
- [50:53]
Connor
Older?
- [50:54]
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah, they're just, they're old and, and it's not Jamar Chase and T. Higgins, but Romeo Dobbs. He gets open, particularly in the end zone.
- [51:00]
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I think, I think those two guys, especially because we've talked about Golden's been up and down. The other guys are banged up. You know, even if Wicks plays like so it's really going to be Dobbs and Tucker Kraft, I think in the passing game for Jordan Love and the.
- [51:12]
Jay
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- [54:12]
Matthew Berry
Interesting.
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Jay
It's time for last call.
- [54:14]
Dr. Denny Carter
Fascinating.
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Matthew Berry
Didn't know which way that was going.
- [54:16]
Jay
Jay and I got our pickup lines for Matthew. Yes, what do you got Jay?
- [54:21]
Dr. Denny Carter
Okay, I'm gonna go Shockingly hit with the Indianapolis Colts. Man, let's stay in the AFC South. My favorite division by far. I'm gonna take Jonathan Taylor under 20 and a half rushing attempts and here is why. He only averages 18.7 on the season despite the fact that the Colts seemingly win every game and have amazing game script. But the only two times he's gone over this number this year are against the Cardinals and the Broncos. Both were one score games very close late in the Colts their four blowout wins. He's had 18, 17, 17 and 16 including 17 against the Titans the first time they played. This Colts offense is just so dominant he doesn't have to play in the fourth quarter. They don't need to give him 21 carries. I say this unironically. The Indianapolis Colts are playing to win the Super Bowl. They don't need to give Jonathan Taylor 21 carries and a blowout win over the Titans. So he goes under 20 and a half rushing attempts.
- [55:07]
Jay
Can I interest you in some case on booty?
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Matthew Berry
Matthew? I always like booty.
- [55:11]
Jay
Yes. Over the last two weeks, utilization scores going up 75% route participation. His average depth of target is 21 yards over the last two weeks. His number for receiving yards this week, guys, 29 and a half receiving yards. Fantasy life projects him to have right around 47. This is one of the biggest disparities on the entire prop board this week. Drake May's been slinging it. I'm going to take Boute to get over 29 and a half, so I.
- [55:36]
Matthew Berry
Like both of those. But you know, they're playing against Cleveland, which is tough and I just feel like sometimes it's a booty game, sometimes it's a Diggs game. You know, every once in a while Hunter Henry shows up. So I'm actually going to go home with Jay. All right.
- [55:49]
Dr. Denny Carter
As well.
- [55:50]
Matthew Berry
Listen, Tennessee is so terrible as well. This game's in Indianapolis. The line's now 14 and a half. So I mean, like I'm with you. I think that he sits in the fourth quarter. They don't need to give him 21 touches, 21 carries. I like the under on 20 and a half rushing attempts for Jonathan Taylor. I'm sure he'll get another three touchdowns because according to you, that happens every single week. Yeah, but I like your bet as well. I like the booty.
- [56:16]
Jay
Going against your own website.
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Matthew Berry
Yeah, I'm not going against my own website. There's also an 18 year old difference. Why do you hate fantasy Life now?
- [56:23]
Jay
Everybody's wondering.
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Matthew Berry
You can get a free subscription to FantasyLife.com go to FantasyLife.com Comet and get a Tier 2 subscription for an entire year. 100 value for free. If you just go to FantasyLife.com Comet, and you can get all of our free bets. I'll bet both of those. Absolutely. I may make a late booty call to you after I'm done with Jay in Pittsburgh, but we're going to. We're going to have a magical night in Pittsburgh as well. Nico Collins didn't practice today. My guess is he's out. Bucky Irving, Chris Heiner, both officially out.
- [56:51]
Dr. Denny Carter
Don't show stuff.
- [56:52]
Matthew Berry
Yes. That music means it's closing time. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Jay and I and Lawrence are in Pittsburgh Sunday morning. We'll see you at 11am Eastern. But for Connor and Jay, I'm Matthew. Good luck this weekend. We'll see you tomorrow. Happy birthday, Samantha and Brooke, Good luck. Peace out.
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