Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Get Squished! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/6

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast: "Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Get Squished!"

Episode Date: November 6, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

Episode Overview

This episode is packed with analysis and advice as the Fantasy Footballers crew rolls through Week 10’s starts and sits, breaking news, player injuries, and deep dives into all the juiciest matchups. The trio serves up plenty of laughs, strong opinions, and fresh tools for fantasy managers hunting for league-winning edges. Andy, Jason, and Mike break down their star picks for every position, dissect injury reports, and debate bold choices—all in the signature Fantasy Footballers style.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Trade Analyzer Tool Announcement [04:15]

• Big news: The Fantasy Footballers have launched a beta version of their much-anticipated Trade Analyzer Tool.
• Availability: Free for everyone through the weekend. Foot Clan members get enhanced features, including automatic team imports.
• Purpose: Users can analyze potential trades and avoid getting "got."
• Attribution:
  • Andy Holloway: “This is very much the first version. There's a lot of hard work and effort and math... give us feedback.” [05:00]
  • Jason Moore: “People around here have used it to develop a trade, offer the trade, and get the trade accepted. That's great.” [05:18]
• Feedback request: The team actively encourages listeners to test the tool and suggest improvements.

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2. NFL News & Injury Roundup [07:15]

Key Updates:

• Kyler Murray (Cardinals):
  • Placed on IR; speculation abounds about both performance and injury.
  • Andy: “He might not play another down for the Cardinals.” [08:56]
• Puka Nacua: Rib scan looked good; limited in practice. Sean McVay optimistic. [09:31]
• Brian Thomas Jr.: Out with a high-ankle sprain. [09:31]
• Nick Chubb, Cooper Kupp: Neither practiced. Watch for updates. [09:31]
• Rico Dowdle: Missed practice with a quad, not groin, injury—leading to a running joke about "no groins left." [10:00-10:14]
• Michael Pittman: DNP with a glute injury; “What’s so funny for their now, nothing, man.” - Jason [11:34]
• DeAndre Swift: Limited, expected to play. Manangai remains viable even with Swift active. [11:39-12:17]
• Garrett Wilson: Limited, trending positively. [12:34]
• Bucky Irving: "Weird bad vibes," likely to miss another week. [12:46–13:10]
• Coach Quotes: Multiple moments highlighting the absurdity or complexity of NFL injury reporting and player utilization.

Memorable Moment:

• Jason Moore on NFL celebrations:
  • “Three pumps is a penalty flag.” [10:32]
  • Mike: “Three pumps is a penalty flag.” [10:39]

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3. Starts of the Week [13:41]

Quarterbacks

• Andy: Justin Herbert vs PIT – “A top five quarterback in each of the last three weeks; more rushing yards than anyone.” [13:47]
• Jason: Baker Mayfield – “Bad before the bye, but this is a get-right game at home... New England’s pass defense is the weakest part.” [14:19]
• Mike: Matthew Stafford vs SF – “Top eight in four of last five games... 49ers defense is much less scary post-Bosa.” [15:14]

Running Backs

• Andy: Kyle Manangai vs NYG – “Making the most of his work... 5.3 ypc on the year.” [15:51]
• Jason: David Montgomery vs WAS – “The Lions have an implied point total of 28.5... Monty is still preferred inside the 5.” [17:03]
• Mike: Jalen Warren vs LAC – “RB22, averaging 18 ops/game... Chargers a run funnel.” [18:14]

Wide Receivers

• Andy: Emeka Egbuka – “Number one target, good matchup. Connection with Baker should rebound.” [19:02]
• Jason: Rome Odunze – “He’s crushed you recently, but Giants defense is perfect man-to-man matchup.” [19:46]
• Mike: Darius Slayton vs CHI – “A ‘blacksmith’ steel underpants call. Great boom potential.” [21:19]

Tight Ends

• Andy: Sam LaPorta vs WAS – “Top five TE three of last four games, Commanders 27th vs TEs.” [22:05]
• Jason: Ariana Gadson* (joke on Cedric O. Gadsden) – “Leads all TEs in yards over last month; 377 yards, most ever for a rookie TE in 4 games.” [22:47-23:59]
• Mike: Kyle Pitts (in Berlin) – “Shocker: third-most receptions at TE. The floor is actually a ‘duplex.’” [24:16][25:01]

Memorable Quotes:

• Andy on Manangai: “He runs like he has his tails on fire.” [16:46]
• Jason: “We say really stupid stuff... or brilliant. You gotta throw everything at the wall.” [02:48]
• Mike on Pitts: “Maybe he has a second floor. I’m not going to call it a ceiling.” [24:35]

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4. Fantasy Forecast – Game Breakdowns

Berlin Game: Atlanta Falcons vs Indianapolis Colts [29:39]

• Line: IND -6.5, O/U 48.5
• Key Points:
  • Unusually high international game total (most are low-scoring).
  • Pittman’s availability crucial for Downs’ value.
    • Jason: “If Pittman is out, I play Downs. If he’s in, I won’t.” [31:18]
  • Alec Pierce: Since concussion, “on pace” for 1,400 yards but “somehow not scored.” [31:41]
  • Drake London: “Went beast mode,” with one-handed grabs and high-point catches. Jason: “He literally squished the DB.” [32:51–33:17]
  • Start Bijan, monitor Michael Penix as a deep-league spot start.

New York Giants vs Chicago Bears [34:48]

• Line: CHI -4.5, O/U 48.5
• Key Points:
  • Highly anticipated due to young QBs (Dart & Caleb).
  • Mike: “This could be one of the most entertaining games... Only concern is weather.” [35:47]
  • Khalil Shakir vs Alec Pierce: “I’d go Pierce.” – Mike [45:19]
  • Dalton Kincaid: “He’s their number one pass catcher.” – Andy [45:25]

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins [40:11]

• Line: BUF -9.5, O/U 50.5
• Highlights:
  • Allen's dominance over Miami; Achan and Waddle both strong plays.
  • Jason: “A high over/under, you have needs for both... That’s it.” [40:56]
  • Monitor James Cook’s status; Andy warns “have a backup plan.” [42:17]

Baltimore Ravens vs Minnesota Vikings [47:55]

• Line: BAL -4.5, O/U 49.5
• Discussion:
  • Mike: “I think the Ravens are going to dominate this game.” [49:29]
  • Zay Flowers is a “boom–bust” WR; Jason calls Mark Andrews “touchdown or bust.” [52:18]
  • Hawkinson “almost unplayable.” [52:38]

Cleveland Browns vs New York Jets [53:34]

• Line: CLE -1.5, O/U 37.5
• Insights:
  • “Cleveland only one and a half point favorites because they're inept in their own right.” – Andy [53:54]
  • Quinchon Judkins “in a very, very good situation,” but game script dependent. [55:45–56:33]
  • Both Fannin (CLE) and Garrett Wilson (NYJ) are playable for PPR upside.

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5. Rapid-Fire Start/Sit & Strategy

• QB Toss-Ups: Jackson Dart, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix – All viable, weather may tip the scales. Jason: “Play who you believe in.” [38:32]
• RB Speculation: Devin Singletary vs Tyrone Tracy Jr.—full timeshare, Debatable. [39:15]
• RB Handcuffs: Ray Davis vs Ty Johnson if James Cook is out; Jason leans Davis for goal line, Andy likes Ty for passing work. [43:42]
• WR Deep Cuts: Slayton (Giants) for upside, as a potential desperation play.
• TE Streamers: Cade Otton “definitely in play” with Bucs WRs banged up. [67:24]

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6. Memorable & Funny Moments

• Power Play NFL rule idea: “Ten defensive players for a play, like hockey.” – Andy [02:12]
• NFL pop culture (celebration penalties): “Three pumps is a penalty...” [10:39]
• Jason’s mustache struggles: "Does it help if you hang upside down?" “I haven’t tried that yet…” [06:45]
• Fantasy Footballers Triforce: Unitedly backing Travion Henderson as a start, hands-in cheer mid-segment. [59:41–59:58]
• The ‘squished’ DB: Jason (on Drake London’s highlight): “He literally squished the DB.” [32:51–33:17]
• Kyle Pitts as a two-story house/duplex: [25:01]

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7. Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:15] Trade Analyzer Tool Launch
• [07:15] NFL News & Injury Roundup
• [13:41] Starts of the Week
• [29:39] Berlin Game: ATL vs IND
• [34:48] Giants vs Bears Breakdown
• [40:11] Bills vs Dolphins
• [47:55] Ravens vs Vikings
• [53:34] Browns vs Jets

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Notable Quotes

• “He runs like he has his tails on fire.” – Andy (on Manangai) [16:46]
• “We say really stupid stuff... or brilliant. You gotta throw everything at the wall.” – Jason [02:48]
• “Three pumps is a penalty flag.” – Mike [10:39]
• “Maybe he has a second floor – I’m not going to call it a ceiling.” – Mike (on Kyle Pitts) [24:35]
• “If you have a strong conviction, you’re not wrong to go with any of them.” – Andy (on Dart/Caleb/Nix) [38:18]
• “If you had both Swift and Manangai, I’d play Swift.” – Mike [36:38]

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Final Takeaways

• Try out the new Trade Analyzer FREE (limited time)
• Monitor Sunday weather in Chicago game
• Take advantage of key RB and WR starts highlighted (Manangai, Montgomery, Warren, Egbuka, Odunze)
• Keep a backup plan for any Bills RBs if you roster James Cook
• Sam LaPorta, Kyle Pitts, and “Gadsden” all strong TE plays
• If in doubt, the Footballers encourage trusting your conviction—back your research and gut

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For more, check out TheFantasyFootballers.com and follow @theffballers on Twitter. Don’t forget to check your bye weeks, monitor the latest practice reports, and, as always, adjust your flex!

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in here's football time.

[Mike Wright]

But no certain more points.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's great news. Yeah. I don't know if I've ever been upset about a star defensive player being inactive for a game.

[Andy Holloway]

Sorry Denver, but if it sounds a little cold when you put it like that.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not saying I'm happy for.

[Mike Wright]

We want him to be healthy, rest up.

[Jason Moore]

He's still getting paid.

[Mike Wright]

Hit the spa.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you be content if they moved it to 11 on 10? Like 10 defensive players?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Honestly, a power play.

[Jason Moore]

Honestly. Seven on seven. Let's get rid of these lines. Okay. Seven on seven.

[Andy Holloway]

I think they tried that in an arena before. There's a little much. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Look, I love 11 on 11. I'm happy with just overall good football. But when there's overall good football where the offense wins, it's better.

[Andy Holloway]

A power play would be funny if like if you have. It would. If you have a pass interference and that, that that defender has to come off for one play.

[Jason Moore]

That's amazing.

[Andy Holloway]

You get one play where you got to make up for.

[Jason Moore]

You don't get any of the yards. You get to redo the down, you redo the down and distance. But he's, he's on the side rest of the drive.

[Andy Holloway]

We say really stupid stuff on the show sometimes.

[Jason Moore]

Or brilliant.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean you got to throw everything at the wall when you're recording every day you got to say stuff out loud. Welcome into the Fantasy Footballers. We've got a great show for you today. Starts of the week fantasy forecast. A lot's going on. Deucers Alley, Papa Josh has it on lock. We think we're recording right now. Can I get a thumbs up if we're. Yeah, it is. And we don't. You don't have Al in the bathroom, so he doesn't get a special trophy. He's out this week.

[Mike Wright]

He might be on a bathroom. On a boat.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He's a cruise man.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man, that guy goes on a lot of cruises.

[Andy Holloway]

He goes on more cruises than you do.

[Jason Moore]

He doesn't do. Oh, very much. Very much. They're like gold, double, diamond, star, whatever. Like, whatever the. I mean, this is long before they worked.

[Andy Holloway]

Cruise points, you're saying, oh, he's.

[Jason Moore]

He's got that, like they say, welcome, Mr. Grantham.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you. Did you ever see the Netflix special the Poop Cruise?

[Jason Moore]

I didn't and I won't because I really enjoy Cruise.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't want to see that. No.

[Jason Moore]

Still trying to talk you guys into having like a. I mean, I know.

[Mike Wright]

Footballers cruise, but then I'm going to show you the Poop Cruise.

[Jason Moore]

Nah.

[Andy Holloway]

The irony is Al is just horribly like, gets sick on boats and gets sick when he leaves the boats. He still loves Cruise.

[Jason Moore]

Put the little patch on, you're fine. Mm.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, well, let's talk here at the top. We mentioned it, we teased it, we said it was coming. It is here. The Trade Analyzer Tool. The much requested first version of the Trade Analyzer Tool is available. It is live.

[Jason Moore]

For who, Andy?

[Andy Holloway]

It will be one of the additional new tools for the foot [e-mail]. what we've decided this morning to do is we're going to make it entirely free for the next handful of days through the weekend at least, so that everybody out there can go and try it, give us feedback. This is very much the first version. There's a lot of hard work and effort and math that have. Has gone into it, but it's also. It needs to be refined and tested and people have been in there playing with it already. If you go to the website thefantasyfootballers.com there's a foot Clan button at the top of the screen. If you mouse over that, there will be a Trade Analyzer button there and we will make that free for a limited time so that people can just.

[Jason Moore]

Go play with it, play around. There are people that are already using it to find trades. We know that. We know people around here who have used it to develop a trade, offer the trade and get the Trade accepted. That's great. But on the flip side, if someone offers you a trade and you're like, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I don't want to get got. Just go plug it in, see what our analysis says. And like Andy said, since we're making it free for everyone. I know trade deadlines are coming up, so play around with it, take a look, and give us feedback. It is a beta version right now. We build tools for ourselves primarily because we are selfish and we love fantasy football and we want to make it great. So give us your ideas. If there's something else you want to see or if you find a bug in the process, please let us know.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And to be clear, like, if you are a Foot Clan member, you'll be able to import all of your teams and use all of that functionality. All the rosters will come in if you're using the free version. I think you're just plugging players names in there. But go check that out. And we're really excited about it. Huge shout out to our team. Schneider, Kevin, Rob, everybody that's been working on it to Mike. He tested it yesterday.

[Mike Wright]

I did. I was like, oh, so that's good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was. He was all over it.

[Mike Wright]

It's my notes.

[Jason Moore]

Where's. I tested it.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason. Thanks to Jason. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

Why do you. Why do you even need credit? It's weird.

[Andy Holloway]

Still not got the mustache back, huh?

[Jason Moore]

No, I'm trying to grow it as quick as I can.

[Andy Holloway]

What kind of effort do you put in? Does it help if you hang upside down? Does that make the hair grow?

[Jason Moore]

I haven't tried that yet, obviously. Yeah, it must help because I haven't tried it.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right.

[Jason Moore]

And don't forget these two patches. I got the soul patch.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, one of the options you could have gone with is to even up the. I. I thought could have gone even low beard.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You didn't have to go full scat.

[Jason Moore]

I don't got the jawline for that, brother.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't?

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the jow line.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, I got the jowl line.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we will jump into the news.

[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

We have a lot of funny words in the English language. Yeah, jowl is.

[Andy Holloway]

Jowl's up there.

[Jason Moore]

That's what I say.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's up there with gizzard.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that's a great comp.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it just cracks me up, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Great comp. Hey, look at this.

[Jason Moore]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

The Cardinals place. Kyler Murray on ir.

[Jason Moore]

No one saw it coming. Except Andy. You said that this was going to happen for sure. Yesterday's show.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The vibes are. They're ridiculous. And if you, I mean, we could dig into it. We don't need to. If you go and watch the practices last week, like the film, like, Kyler looks fine. Yeah, it's. He looked like a guy preparing to start against Dallas.

[Mike Wright]

I will say sure. But I look, I'm in agreement. I think that, like, we're getting a. This is a benching. But even if he's looking like he's good at practice, if the news that they're reporting is true, that he, he could go out there and make it worse, then you could still look good at practice and protect it.

[Jason Moore]

I think that is actually true, I do believe.

[Mike Wright]

But also, he got benched.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

They're both convenient for the team right now.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And it's the right way to do it. They found a fourth doctor that finally said this could become worse.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I mean, Jonathan Gannon went on local news and he literally, you know, he equivocated it. They're like.

[Mike Wright]

It was Dr. Shmanning.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. They're like, did this come from injury? Did this come from play? And he says both. So we know the story. We know what it is. The Cardinals are a better team with Jacoby Brissette right now. Kyler has regressed tremendously and he might not play another down for the Cardinals.

[Jason Moore]

He might not. Genuine truth. And I think they've approached this the right way. There are still allowing the foot to be the issue, giving them room to bring Kyler off of IR healthy if. Because let's be honest. Yeah, Kobe Brissette could go out there this next month and be like, oh, yeah, that's why he's a career backup. You know, he, he has looked great for these three games. So I think every, everything along the way here is, is the right call for the Cardinals, which I never, ever have said before.

[Andy Holloway]

Scans on Pukka Nakua's ribs looked good. Was limited on Wednesday. Sean McVeigh is optimistic. Brian Thomas Jr. Didn't practice with the low grade high ankle sprain. C.J. stroud ruled out already. Nick Chubb didn't practice. That's a foot injury. That's something to monitor with Woody Marks being viable. Cooper cup didn't practice. Still dealing with the hamstring and the heel. And they. They've added Rasheed Shahid and Torrey Horton is playing well.

[Jason Moore]

Shahid allows them to let Cooper cup really take his Time Rico Dowdle didn't.

[Andy Holloway]

Practice on Wednesday is listed as a quad, not a groin.

[Jason Moore]

Well, he's got no groins left. We saw that in the game. The unsullied is he wasn't grabbing his quad.

[Andy Holloway]

He wasn't. It wasn't.

[Jason Moore]

No, no.

[Mike Wright]

Unless you're like.

[Jason Moore]

Unless his quad wraps deep around that leg.

[Andy Holloway]

He did. He injured the groin on the huge quad on the two pump.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that's a good question. We did not bring that up. That there's NFL, there's rules.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he did not.

[Mike Wright]

There's rules that have been established.

[Andy Holloway]

He did not break them.

[Mike Wright]

Maybe you didn't establish them. It doesn't matter. We all know what the rule is and we subscribe to it. Three pumps is a penalty flag.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I love that pop culture has gone into the NFL where, I mean, I mean, genuinely, it's. It's made its rounds everywhere.

[Andy Holloway]

That's.

[Mike Wright]

That sketch is so good.

[Jason Moore]

It's. It's really funny, but I don't know if you saw. Dave Canales was. Was asked about this and he was saying he was literally asked the question.

[Andy Holloway]

Tell me.

[Mike Wright]

He said it's supposed to be three.

[Jason Moore]

So ask the question. Like, I thought it was three pumps. Should he have been flagged for two pumps? And Kadellis answer was so endearing and wonderful because he, he was, he was a head coach first talking about, you know, we know the rules.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

But then he did throw the pop culture. You know, Keenan, he gave a shout out and he's like, you know what? I gotta. Maybe I gotta give him a call and double check the rules with him. I mean, just a wonderful answer.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Michael Pittman did not practice. This one's a glute.

[Mike Wright]

Hmm.

[Jason Moore]

What's so funny for their now, nothing, man.

[Andy Holloway]

DeAndre Swift returned to a limited practice. Says he plans on playing Sunday. How does it make you feel about Manangai?

[Mike Wright]

Manangai I think is playable. Yeah, I think that he's playable. He continues to, you know, have success on his opportunities. The. It sounds like the DeAndre Swift benching. Not benching. I'm sorry. Being inactive last week was the team saying, dude, we gotta. We gotta help you long term because the. Your groin injury is not healing on its own. You need the rest. And so even if Swift plays, I think Manangai will still see enough opportunity that he's playable.

[Jason Moore]

I agree. He is. He is an okay play. The Giants are a great matchup. But if Swift is gone, he goes from an okay play to an absolute must start.

[Andy Holloway]

DJ Morrow Madunze not practicing on Wednesday. James Cook, Aaron Jones. Garrett Wilson was limited.

[Mike Wright]

I'll take a limited from Garrett.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot, a lot of these are going to get updated when we go through matchups today. Ramondre and Booty didn't practice and Bucky Irving, Chris Godwin. The vibes on Bucky.

[Jason Moore]

Man, oh man. Weird.

[Andy Holloway]

He's still coming along. Said bowels.

[Mike Wright]

Bowels, oh man.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, get bodied.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a rough burgundy moment right there.

[Jason Moore]

I'm sure he's been thrown that bowels. Bowels. Goodness. Todd Bowels. Well, we're talking too football right now to give them that kind of shit.

[Andy Holloway]

Too many glutes. We're talking about Todd Bowles. Goodness gracious.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he said everybody's running but he also said he hasn't taken any contact with the shoulder yet.

[Andy Holloway]

We're a ways away.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like he's playing this week. They gambled with the IR and lost and it certainly seems like weird bad vibes with with Bucky Irving right now.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, that was news and notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance quote [e-mail] Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third party insurer in all states or situations coverage subject to policy terms, limits and conditions. Let's talk starts.

[Jason Moore]

Starts of the week Presented by Tostitos.

[Andy Holloway]

Starts of the week. Here we are, gentlemen. I'm going with Herbie. I'm going with Justin Herbert. Herbie, the burby against Pittsburgh. He's he's love it in the midst of a nice run here. A top five quarterback in each of the last three weeks. He's running the football more than anybody in the NFL right now. Leading in rushing yardage which is wild. The Steelers, that defense, you can beat them. They're allowing the most passing yards per game in the NFL. I'm going Justin Herbert.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going to go with Baker Mayfield. I know he got off to such a hot start that he was an auto laser Mayfield somewhere here. Laser. He looked bad his last two games before the buy. He really did. He kept overthrowing a buka and I just believe that Baker is has been too good for several years now. He's in a great system and he looked banged up. Ibuka looked banged up. So now coming off of their buy, you know Baker was a full participant in Wednesday's practice. This matchup also seems like a get right game at home. 48 and a half point over under and New England's past defense, that's the weakest part of their defense. 25th in yards per pass attempt allowed 27th at schedule adjusted fantasy points. So I'm, I'm putting Baker back in my lineup despite a couple of bad games. That's, that's a little bit of a theme for me here.

[Mike Wright]

And I'm going with Matty Stafford on the road against the San Francisco 49ers. He has been awesome, a top eight fantasy quarterback in four of his last five games. Even though he feels it like he's played like this before and then he's really let us down for fantasy. But this year just, it seems different. And on top of that, you know the 49ers since they lost Nick Bosa, they have the second lowest pressure rate in the NFL. So Matt Stafford should have a clean pocket. And the 49ers are 27th in schedule adjusted fantasy points to the quarterback over the last five weeks. I would stick with Stafford running back.

[Andy Holloway]

Start of the week. I don't care about Swift coming back. It's Kyle Menonga against the Giants. 5.3 a carry on the year, 6.1 a carry over the last three weeks. He had a great game two weeks ago with Deandre Swift on the field. When you get the ball 30 times and deliver the performance that you get, you are moving upwards in opportunities regardless of Swift being out there. If Swift is back and the team made the decision to keep him off the field last week, they have the luxury now to limit his workload. I think it's going to be great again this week. And the Giants rush defense, not good. Dead last in yards per carry. Manangai is making the most of his work. It's going to be a great week.

[Mike Wright]

He looks like what everyone wanted Bill to be like. Kyle Manangai is a seventh round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

He is ferocious.

[Mike Wright]

Just. He looks like he got underdrafted.

[Andy Holloway]

He runs like he has tails on fire.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, 6.8 last week. Yards per carry. I know it was the Bengals. Yeah, but he's still.

[Andy Holloway]

No but he runs on somebody that's got a flag football flag on the back that like he doesn't even want you to touch him. He is just afraid and I love it.

[Jason Moore]

My start of the week this week is a guy I benched last week unfortunately. David Montgomery going to Washington to play the Commanders. Yeah, money on guys. Plus, come on. The Lions have an implied point total of 28 and a half points. That's the second highest on the week. Touchdowns will be scored and Monty is still the Lions preferred option inside the five. He has 10 carries to gives us six. Washington's rush defense is pretty soft 26 in yards after contact allowed, 26 in schedule. Adjusted fantasy points allowed to running backs over the last six weeks. And this is also. I don't know if you guys have seen all of the unbelievable issues that Gibbs had this last week on pass protection.

[Mike Wright]

I did not.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, Jameer Gibbs was. I mean, you could make an argument. I'm not. It is. It would be a fair argument to say maybe the Lions lost that game because of Jameer Gibbs, who had a terrible game. But maybe getting Montgomery the ball after a little bit of film study, just a little bit more getting them on the field a little bit more spelling them.

[Andy Holloway]

I love Detroit after a loss.

[Jason Moore]

Period.

[Andy Holloway]

I love that.

[Jason Moore]

So I'm starting Monty this week and.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going At the running back. Start of the week is Jalen Warren, who are take he's taking on the Los Angeles Chargers along with his Pittsburgh Steelers. He's running back 22. He's averaging 18 opportunities per game. His workhorse percentage is actually at 34%. So he's in terms of combination of targets plus attempts like this is he's putting up truly elite numbers. Now, the fantasy numbers haven't totally followed, but you had a huge week last week just on the back of touchdowns, which are an option. And the Chargers are a run funnel. 27th at yards per carry allowed 29th and explosive rush rate allowed 28th at schedule adjusted fantasy points. The running back over the last five weeks, Warren is in a very good spot.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, Jason, I didn't know you were going Baker Mayfield as your quarterback.

[Jason Moore]

We're going to stack attack start, but.

[Andy Holloway]

We'Re going to go with it. My wide receiver start of the week, it's a Buka. He's got a nice little break here to get healthy. Todd Bowles said that a Mecca Abuka looks good and was at full speed today. His normal self had been dealing with the hamstring injury. I do think that impacted that connection where you saw the the catch rate went way down. You know, the devil's in the details there. He tried to play through the injury. Now he got a couple of weeks off. And you talked about the offense being slow before the buy. It's a good opportunity here. Target share has been great. The Patriots matchup, you mentioned it. It's just really an echo. And the number one target here, Mecca Abuka, it's going to be good.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, just like my Baker Mayfield start where it was like you've had a couple bad games, you want to bench them. That's what people are feeling about Rome O Goose Roma Dunes A against. You know, the last month since the buy, he's been 5.8 fantasy points per game. 3 out of 4 weeks. He's really crushed you. And so I think you're. I think a lot of people who have him are like, I've got to put him on my bench. I've got to put him in timeout. You're in. You're in trouble, big guy. But this is the matchup to get back on track.

[Andy Holloway]

How do you talk to your players?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that'll teach them.

[Jason Moore]

That'll teach them. Look, the Giants play man to man defense at the highest rate in the NFL. 40.6%. That's Rome's trump card coming out of college. One on one opportunities. New York is 24th at schedule. Just a fantasy points allowed to wide receivers. And if there's anything that we saw last week, is that when daddy comes out and complains about star wide receiver not getting the ball enough in a public display? What like what happened with Marvin Harrison? Daddy Odunze was pissed and he went on a public tight.

[Andy Holloway]

Odunze has the same pull as a Hall of Famer.

[Jason Moore]

Not quite okay. But I do think maybe they look at what you know, Marv Senior didn't go. Okay. Okay, maybe that'll be helpful. I would start Odunze. He's still the number one wide receiver for this team and he had a.

[Andy Holloway]

Wide open touchdown last week. They just missed him. I mean, it'll be all right.

[Mike Wright]

All right. My wide receiver start of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, boy. I like to need them.

[Mike Wright]

I like the Giants, but we haven't been to the Blacksmith in a while.

[Jason Moore]

Steel underpants.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going. Darius Slayton in that matchup that Jason just talked about against Chicago. He has just missed on a few touchdowns on the last couple of weeks. I think this is the week that we finally stopped just missing we get it done. The Bears past defense, not the greatest. Dead last in highest yards per play allowed, 31st and schedule adjusted points to the wider wide receiver position over the last five weeks. I said I like the. I like the Giants, I like dart, I like Wondale. But I'm calling out Slayton of he's out there for people and if you're hurting, I think that you could get a spike week from him.

[Andy Holloway]

I want to give a shout out here my confidence play at tight end. It's been impressive. Sam Laporta against Washington. A top five tight end in three of the last four games. I'm staying in the flames here. 20% target share Commander Secondary. It's troubled. Yes. I'd like to see Detroit get the running game going again, but it's been working with Laporta and if they can't get Gibbs going and Monty going as Jason had picked, I do think that they're going to continue to lean on Sam laporta. The commanders 27th and schedule adjusted against tight ends. It's a good week to stay with him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm kind of the same. I'm going with someone who's been on fire. The new hotness and last week's leading.

[Andy Holloway]

Receiver for the team.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. And I'm going to tell you something that I don't want to admit about his name. I'm going to. Every time I want to say Ronde Gadsden. Every single time I want to say Ariana Grande, I can't get it out of my head.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

It's a real problem. My head does weird things.

[Andy Holloway]

Grande, Gadsden. Ariana Grande.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. It's every time. Anyways.

[Andy Holloway]

Ariana Grande Gradston.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Ariana Arian. Yeah, we'll figure it out. Playing against Pittsburgh this week, The Steelers are 30th in schedule. Just a fantasy points allowed to tight ends. They are, they are not good. Over the last month, I mean, Gadsden's been on fire. He leads all tight ends in total fantasy points scored, in receptions, in receiving yards. In fact, his 377 receiving yards over the last month is the most ever for any rookie tight end over a four game stretch. So you, you, you keep him in there. And I will say this. There are a lot of teams, like I've got teams where I had Brock Bowers and I picked up Gadsden and I've been playing him. Gadston's in my flex. He, you know what I mean? Like I'm playing both. Gadston is not just a good tight end play. He's just a good play.

[Andy Holloway]

His catch percentage too, like the reliability.

[Jason Moore]

I mean we saw so quick the last.

[Andy Holloway]

In the last two weeks, he is five catches on five targets both week, both weeks. And then seven of eight, seven of nine. I mean it's, it's been valuable. He's, he's in must start category. All right.

[Mike Wright]

I'm giving a big bonjour to Kyle Pitts. Oh, heading to Berlin because he is playing overseas and he is my start of the week. We got a 48 and a half point over under. We like that. And shocking stuff here, guys. Kyle Pitts has the third most receptions of all tight ends this year.

[Jason Moore]

That is genuinely shocking.

[Mike Wright]

I know his, his yards per catch. It's not what like Tyler Warren's is, but he's being used to. He's averaging five receptions of 48 yards a game. That's honestly, that's a solid floor. You combine that with The Colts ranking 30th in schedule adjusted points to the position over the last five weeks and you I think that Kyle Pitts not only does he have a floor, I think maybe he has a second floor. I'm not going to call it a ceiling.

[Jason Moore]

It's a two story house.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

It might be like a duplex.

[Andy Holloway]

He's been living in a sunk living room. He may go up to the regular.

[Jason Moore]

Maybe a loft. Like he's just got a little loft.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Vaulted ceilings. We're not going to the roof, but yeah, no, I get it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

No, and on top of that, the schedule over the next two months, pretty nice. It, I mean it's all green. It's all at least average or above average matchups for him and I think you should play in this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, they don't have another wide receiver than Drake London. So Kyle Pitts is more important than they've had him be in the past. That was Starts of the Week presented by Tostitos. Tostedos is the proud chip and dip sponsor of the NFL again this season. Sold nationwide online or at your local grocery store. Visit tostedos.com for more information. We'll take a break and we'll get into the forecast.

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[Andy Holloway]

Let's get into it.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy forecast presented by Prize picks.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, the Browns, Buccaneers, Eagles and Jets come back from the bye. We lose the Bengals and Joe Flacco. The Chiefs, Cowboys and Titans. It's probably good for Joe to get a week off with that shoulder.

[Mike Wright]

It is. It's not great for the teams that have CD Lamb and Jamar Chase.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, it's really.

[Mike Wright]

That's just me. Yeah, that's my team.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you have a. I know you want to be your leagues.

[Mike Wright]

It's ridiculous, man. Who planned that? We're putting two superstars on by in the same week.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you'll be okay. I think your team's going to make it. I'd rather. Are you of the opinion that you'd rather just get it out of the way versus this trickle and you know, one at a time situation for your bye weeks?

[Mike Wright]

That interesting? I don't mind it because the rest of my Team so good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, if I have. That's why I don't.

[Mike Wright]

My whole team was them. Then I would be very upset about it.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, let's wake up early again. Berlin game.

[Mike Wright]

Not as early though.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

Not for us.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you. Time zones Atlanta 3 and 5, Indianapolis 7 and 2. Indy. Coming off the disappointing loss to Pittsburgh, Atlanta. Well, Jason, you couldn't figure out whether they had won or not, right? Against.

[Jason Moore]

That's right. That's right. I.

[Andy Holloway]

Have you figured that out yet? You don't know, do you?

[Jason Moore]

I think they lost.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't know, do you?

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

Now the Atlanta Falcons are 3 and 5. They take on the Colts. It's been. It's been such a weird year for Atlanta. They've lost three in a row. Three in a row after the Buffalo and Washington wins. That were great. Two of the three have been on the road. They're on the road again. So are the Colts. And The Colts are six and a half point international favorites here. Over under is 48 and a half. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we'll take it.

[Andy Holloway]

Domestic games for what it's worth. Averaging 47 points per game. International games, 39 points per game. I knew it.

[Mike Wright]

I knew they've been.

[Andy Holloway]

They don't put good teams. I mean, it's just. I don't care about this. There's not been enough international games. I don't care. This one will be great. This one's going to beat 39.4 points. It is. It's going to be a fun one. Daniel Jones, Jonathan Taylor and company. They got to get it going again after last week, the turnovers. You know, Tyler Warren, I think the big question marks on the Indianapolis side is just how the wide receiver room is going to look. That for the game because Michael Pittman didn't practice. Josh Downs had a nice week and Alec Pierce has been awesome. Yeah, I mean, do you feel like you'd like. Is Michael Pittman's availability changing how you play Downs?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, if Michael Pittman is gone, I'm going to play Downs with Michael Pittman there. I probably will not play Downs in this international matchup against the Falcons, who have been basically top 10 against wide receivers. I feel like if Downs doesn't get a touchdown, I'm not sure if he's getting enough deep shots like Alec Pierce. I would rather start over Josh Downs simply because he's going down the field. Obviously John of the Taylor off the bad game. It's irrelevant. He's going to be started no matter.

[Andy Holloway]

What you Know what yardage Alec Pearson's coming back from the concussion. He would be on pace for so four games.

[Jason Moore]

Since his concussion, I feel like he's averaging something like 78, but I have no idea.

[Andy Holloway]

It'd be 82 and a half. So that would be 1400 yards on the season. He has somehow not scored but yet been pretty relevant for fantasy. So if you catch that touchdown pass, you're going to be even happier. Mike, do you feel the same about that situation?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I think he's playable. The Atlanta defense might match up okay with Pierce's role and his skill set. So a, you can't sit Pierce down after what he's doing, but if he has a average to below average game, I wouldn't be surprised.

[Andy Holloway]

Darnell Mooney on the other side hasn't shown up since training camp, so we haven't had him. Drake London's been the dominator. I shared the video of all of Drake London's place from last week and I loved the person that replied and was like, oh yeah. Once the number one DB went down for New England, he started taking off. I'm like, did you watch this? One handed catches, high pointing the ball, three touchdowns, nine for 118.

[Jason Moore]

Also, did you watch how the number one cornerback went down? Drake London mossed him and fell right on top of him and said squish.

[Mike Wright]

We had a good time talking about.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean.

[Mike Wright]

He'S like. He's questionable to return due to being squished.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, it's.

[Jason Moore]

He's. He was put in. I can't believe they didn't have to peel him out of the ground.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, like a, Like a Looney Tune.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, like a Looney Tune.

[Andy Holloway]

Just.

[Jason Moore]

We're going to have to bring some dirt. Fill in that hole.

[Mike Wright]

It's like Drake London looks. He looks great.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Drake London, he fell from very high in the air.

[Andy Holloway]

Totally safe.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Nice soft land.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you for breaking my fall. Christian.

[Andy Holloway]

Kyle Pitts was your start of the week, Bijan. Yeah. You play, you play him.

[Jason Moore]

Not for London. Oh, yeah. It's like a pillar.

[Andy Holloway]

Michael Penix, we talked about him as maybe an emergency spot start situation here. The Colts defense, they're going to have Sauce Gardner for the first time. He's starting. He's through the concussion protocol.

[Jason Moore]

Is that. I mean, you're going to play Drake London no matter what? No, but does it adjust your.

[Andy Holloway]

It adjusts my. Look, they got one wide receiver and now they got one elite cornerback who have not. Who's not given up a lot of receptions this Year yeah my Kyle Pitts I'm not going to stop playing Drake London obviously but it does make me a little bit more hesitant thinking that you know maybe the ceiling isn't 9 for 118 and 3 yeah I mean.

[Jason Moore]

Drake if you're got a long flight if you're tuning in on the flight over there I recommend the squish it.

[Andy Holloway]

Worked last go go with that again to knock out the number one DB.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah turn him into sauce oh my.

[Mike Wright]

Goodness because it's his name no no.

[Andy Holloway]

No you don't need to explain yeah we're good we're up we got it.

[Jason Moore]

I put him in the lawn see he's a gardener oh I can't say it I really wanted to say it couldn't it wasn't worth it the New.

[Andy Holloway]

York Giants are two and seven yes let's the Bears five and three games in Chicago Vegas line Chicago minus four and a half at home the over under is 48 and a half okay I'm excited for this game it's. It's going to be fun I love watching Jackson dart play I love seeing the evolution of the Chicago Bears Manangai was just a highlight reel last week Caleb and Colston Loveland like these teams are they're kind of similar in some ways where there's a lot of there's a lot of young talent you know Jackson darts lost a few of those pieces alongside him but he's making the most with what he's got I mean I think he's the number three fantasy quarterback since he started as you know a dual threat in New York Caleb balled out catching touchdown passes to boot Both quarterbacks seem fine to play this.

[Mike Wright]

Week there's a lot of lot of.

[Jason Moore]

Juicy plays in this match I love this game I think this could be one of the most entertaining games my only fear in this game and we just need to monitor might be snowing and it might be windy the snow is fine snowing like some some light flurries but yeah the The 17 mile an hour winds being reported right now could be a little bit concerning I mean not as much for you've got Jackson dart and Caleb who can run the ball so that that is nice scramble ability I just I really want this to be fun and exciting you know what I mean I don't want the weather to impact it negatively okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Well yeah oh man we've got I.

[Mike Wright]

Was going to be so windy we.

[Andy Holloway]

Got some time we got some time DeAndre Swift if he plays how confident are you like if you had both guys, because I think a lot of people will have Swift and Manangai.

[Mike Wright]

I'd play Swift.

[Andy Holloway]

You would play Swift?

[Mike Wright]

I would, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

If I had both, I would play Swift A Dunes.

[Andy Holloway]

At your start of the week, Jason, DJ Moore not practicing right now. If for some reason we didn't have DJ Moore back out there, we didn't have Luther Burden out there. How are you feeling about both Zacchaeus and Loveland? Zakia is an emergency start and Loveland is just a. Have we arrived Loveland?

[Jason Moore]

So before Cole Comet went down to concussion, he really had not done very much. His target share wasn't great. As soon as Cole Comet went down and he became the guy was great. So if Komet, who was a limited participant on Wednesday with a concussion, which feels like he is he is at least progressing in the. In the protocol, we'll have to monitor that. But if Kemet was out, I think Loveland is. Is really good. And with DJ Moore and Burden banged up, you could end up with a game where it's like, oh, it's Odunze and Loveland which would be great.

[Andy Holloway]

The the irony is two of our top three start sit questions right now involve Jackson Dart and Caleb Williams and another starter who people seem to want to make a decision on for tonight. Jackson Darter Bo Nicks. Caleb Williams are Bo Nicks two of the top three questions.

[Mike Wright]

Man. I think Nick's is at the bottom of the list for me.

[Jason Moore]

Knicks is at the top for me.

[Mike Wright]

Well, wait.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, the Raiders, man. It's a good question between all three of those guys.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot of people have been trying to pivot from Knicks this week. From what I've noticed.

[Mike Wright]

No, I. Mike's had spoken. I like Bo Nix a lot this week.

[Jason Moore]

You.

[Mike Wright]

I like Dart and Caleb this week. So. But I got a little too excited for that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean with certain being out, there's more hope I think for a bit of a shootout with Bowers being healthy tonight. I think. I think all three are great starts and I think if you have a strong conviction, you're not wrong to go with any one of them.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, play who you want to play who you believe in. The reasons that I would choose Knicks would be fear of potential weather that I can't know yet when I have to make a start tonight along with the fact that I get to start him tonight and get a little head start on how did my week, you know, did I have a big awesome performance and now I can play the safer guy or did I you Know not, you know, did Bo Nicks put go out there and score 13 points and now I got to swing for the fences type.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't want to talk about it. Have to talk about it. Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary split going up against the Bears defense that is 26th and schedule adjusted against running backs. I'm not impressed with nor desire to play either player. And yet somebody will probably have some productivity of some sort.

[Jason Moore]

It's worth noting that Mike disagrees. It's worth noting that Singletary got more work than Tyrone Tracy. Tyrone Tracy was the pickup. You know, Scatterboo's gone for the season and it might have been Devin Singletary who we should have picked up if he remains the starter going forward. And he didn't look bad. He rushed for 5.4 yards a carry.

[Mike Wright]

Did he start or did he. I think he just ended up with more work.

[Jason Moore]

He just ended up with more work as my memory says. But if he's the better player and getting more work, maybe he does start this week.

[Mike Wright]

That's what I, if I had to choose between the two of them, I'd still go with Tracy. But it's a this, it's a full time share and Jackson Dart is almost the running back.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, it's a, it's a good point. Buffalo six and two. They go to Miami to take on the two and seven dolphins. Buffalo nine and a half point road favorites over under 50.5.

[Mike Wright]

All right, 50.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a 30 to 20 implied point total. Buffalo has whooped up on Miami eight consecutive times. Gonna be nine. Hard not to see it being nine. Josh Allen in particular. Just, you know, 14 and two against the dolphins. In his career, 43 passing touchdowns. Buffalo beat him in week three at home by 10. You know, right now the Dolphins, I don't know what they really are. I, I know I like playing Devon Hn. He feels very safe. Maybe the safest running back in fantasy ever since Tyreek's gone down his. His target share is always guaranteed. And then Jaylen Waddle.

[Jason Moore]

He's been great.

[Mike Wright]

He is.

[Andy Holloway]

They didn't trade him.

[Jason Moore]

No, I mean those two guys, Achan and Waddle are I believe both great plays this week. You've got a high over under. You've got a lot of implied points. You have needs for both of those players. That's it.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you put on some adamantium underpants for Greg Dulcich, tight end?

[Jason Moore]

I wouldn't simply because like he is worth looking at his routes, run his targets from last week. But this matchup Is terrible. Buffalo shuts down the tight ends. So no, maybe for the future. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I would keep an eye on Darren Waller. Came right in and had an impact.

[Mike Wright]

Maybe Dulcich would be five targets.

[Jason Moore]

And that's off of John who Smith last year. Like I do think that the targets for this role, for this team, for TUA and the tight end, great. But he's definitely in the streaming category. And so you play the matchup.

[Mike Wright]

Two active games. So the first week only 28% of the snaps, no targets. 36% of the snaps. Five targets in that time though. So yeah, I wouldn't play him because of the matchup. But you could keep an eye out. We might. We'll probably be talking about him on Tuesday.

[Andy Holloway]

We do not have an update that I can find on James Cook. On James Cook, I don't want to speculate too much, but I will say this. I think adding Ty Johnson and Ray Davis would be very wise.

[Mike Wright]

It's that time of year. You should always be.

[Andy Holloway]

I have some concerns about James Cook being out there this week. I'm not sure it's going to happen there. I think this is an ankle sprain situation. But we don't have an update on Thursday. I was really hoping by now and maybe by the end of this show we'll be able to give you an update. He didn't practice is the headline there. He didn't practice yesterday. Where are you at with this, Jason?

[Jason Moore]

I'm a little scared by the way you're talking. You need to be prepared if you are the James Cook manager to pick up whoever you believe is the guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Which we had some.

[Jason Moore]

We had a little bit of debate in the office. I still like Ray Smith.

[Andy Holloway]

Ray Smith.

[Mike Wright]

I wouldn't like Ray Smith.

[Jason Moore]

Why am I blanking?

[Mike Wright]

Ray Davis.

[Jason Moore]

Ray Davis.

[Mike Wright]

You're thinking about the whole commission.

[Andy Holloway]

Think about Todd Bowles.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, yes. The Megal shout out to the megalovolkamish who I was just slacking with.

[Andy Holloway]

Ray Davis might be why you called him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that might be why that name was in my head. But this is one of those situations where Ray Davis has had a smaller portion of the pie, you know, where he's the third string running back essentially in the. In the three way timeshare there. And the question is, if James Cook goes down, does Ty just keep his role and, you know, Davis usurps him or is the number two running back tie and not Ray Davis?

[Andy Holloway]

So I mean both would play. I like the passing game work there. So that's why I Lean the tie side. You like.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I like the touchdown opportunities. I think if they got around the goal line, it would be Davis.

[Andy Holloway]

You're probably right. But I would be a little bit nervous about James Cook this week. Make sure you have a backup plan which is important. He's been so good and they, they have big goals. Right. Buffalo is not a. It's not in the short term. I hope I can beat Miami this week goal. It's the big picture and I. I don't know. Maybe we'll find out. He's practicing in full and all of this will be just garbage.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, question. Keon Coleman or Ricky Pierce Hall.

[Mike Wright]

What? Forward.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. No, just. Just this week. Ricky Pearsall not playing.

[Andy Holloway]

Or Keon Coleman.

[Jason Moore]

Or Keon Coleman.

[Andy Holloway]

This is your start sit question.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's one of the most popular start sit questions. On our way. No, of course it's not. Ricky Pierce will not play football. But that's the level where it's like Keon Coleman.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't need to talk about Jamari Thrash. Talking about Keon Coleman anymore is a disservice to our show.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he's. He's getting double touches.

[Mike Wright]

What? What a trick. 8 for 112.

[Andy Holloway]

I traded for him this year.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Because of week one, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Week one, his highest yardage total since week one. He had 112 yards. Here's his yardage since then. 26, 20, 45, 23, 11, 30 and 17.

[Jason Moore]

He was cold blooded, man. He lizard Kingdust.

[Mike Wright]

He has 172 yards from week two on.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So now that's called irrelevance. And that's why I'm not going to bring him up again. Khalil Shakir, you'll get targets. If I was playing Shakira Shakira in this game or Alec Pierce, I would go Pierce.

[Mike Wright]

I'd go Pierce.

[Jason Moore]

I agree. I think those hips are lying.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, There you go. Dalton Kincaid, though, he's their.

[Jason Moore]

He's their number one wide receiver or he's their number one pass.

[Mike Wright]

He's their number one part time player.

[Andy Holloway]

If you had. I mean he went right back to. Yeah. Because he played 35% of snaps and still ended up as a tight end. Three with 100 yards.

[Mike Wright]

His snap. His highest snapshot on the year is 55% once.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That's okay if you score all the time.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. It's just. That's a house of cards.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, if James Cook is hurt, then it's even better for tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

If you're not the run blocking tight end and you're wanting to be using in routes, I'd be more interested to see what his route participation is.

[Andy Holloway]

It's just, man, yeah, I do think if they're more limited and they have to throw the ball more, you know, Kincaid, maybe you see him out there a little bit more often. But that doesn't make you comfortable, does it, in terms of just the snapshots?

[Mike Wright]

I mean, I've, I have accepted it in terms of like ranking Dalton Kincaid high and just being like, yeah, I would play him if I got him right, but it feels like a light breeze is going to come knock over your house.

[Jason Moore]

I will say that a lot of the reason. You know Josh Allen, second year in a row, he's the leading MVP candidate without a top 30 wide receiver. Part of the ability to do that is how good the running game has been. So if James Cook is gone and you don't have a guy that can go out there and rush for 200 yards and two touchdowns and just completely take over the game on the ground, that might require a little bit more from Shakir or Coleman or Kincaid.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Call 1-800-GRAINGER, click grainger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done. Baltimore's 3 and 5, they go to Minnesota, who is 4 and 4 coming off a big win against Detroit. And yet Baltimore, four and a half point road favorites. This was one of the ones that stood out. Over under is 49 and a half. I mean, that is a pretty definitive line going on the road for a 3 and 5 team. It shows a true belief in the Ravens resurgent defense and Lamar Jackson's return and a true disbelief in J.J. mcCarthy and the Vikings offense being able to do enough to really keep up in this game. It was the Vikings defense that really kept McCarthy in it last week. What was 143 yards and two touchdowns. I mean his two victories hasn't gone over 200 yards. That's not going to make Mike's team happy with Justin Jefferson rest of season. We need to see hopefully the, you know, the progression from JJ but last.

[Mike Wright]

Week was encouraging in terms of McCarthy's play in. I mean what is four starts or wherever we are for him. That was the best we've seen him play.

[Andy Holloway]

No, not four.

[Mike Wright]

Three. This will be his fourth.

[Andy Holloway]

This will be his fourth.

[Mike Wright]

So I mean it's not the numbers you need for elite fantasy performance, but to actually see some positive momentum and a better game. I'm hopeful the. I think that the Ravens are going to dominate this game though.

[Andy Holloway]

So you have, you're fully in on the line and the.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

So not impressed though that Minnesota was able to beat Detroit last week.

[Mike Wright]

No, I think, I think Detroit beat.

[Andy Holloway]

Themselves a little bit.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I think things are changing here for Baltimore.

[Andy Holloway]

So then if you think Baltimore is going to dominate the game. Addison, where does he slot in? He had been very good. I think last week was a saddest in week. It was kind of two in a row.

[Mike Wright]

He just, I mean he's two for 48. He just missed on a touchdown. That actually then the drive, it turned into a Jefferson touchdown. So it's, it's not impossible.

[Andy Holloway]

Pierce or Addison?

[Mike Wright]

Pierce.

[Jason Moore]

I'd be on the. Parker.

[Andy Holloway]

Parker Washington or Addison.

[Jason Moore]

So that's a good example of what do you need? Because I think if you need a high floor. No, if you're an underdog, I would go Addison. I, I don't think Parker Washington has the chance to go out and score touchdowns at the same rate. And that's really when you get those big bada boom games, a big long touchdown. That's Addison. But Parker Washington will have more guaranteed targets. So if you, if you just need a floor play, that's going to be like, I have to get eight points. I can't get a goose. Parker Washington, I would be shocked in this current version of the Jaguars if he doesn't get, you know, seven, eight targets. Addison could go out and get four targets or he could dominate. So just a wider range of outcomes.

[Andy Holloway]

You play Lamar, you play Henry, Zay Flowers. Every year is the exact same thing.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we know what he is.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a reason that I traded him away, even though he had a number one overall finish in week one. And it's that when they need him to be really good or he can be. But we're talking about a pretty long run now. I know that he just got Lamar back, but he hasn't finished inside the top 27 wide receivers since week one.

[Mike Wright]

It's just say like nine points last week, 10.6 the right before that. He. He'll be right around there. He. He'll have. Before the end of the year. He will have two more spike weeks I would project, but that's probably it. And then, you know. But eight to ten points is that. That's nice to have there.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason, you've been the magic man when it comes to the moments to sign and start Mark Andrews and then you cut him and released him for a while and then you picked him up again and played him at the perfect moment. He has two games in which he scored this year. You played him in both of them.

[Jason Moore]

Both were with Lamar Jackson. The four games without Lamar Jackson were, you know, just absolute poopy.

[Andy Holloway]

Diaper duty, that's been his keyword this week. I knew I was getting another diaper gravy comment.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't go gravy, though. I didn't go diaper gravy.

[Andy Holloway]

What did you go?

[Jason Moore]

Diaper duty.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Much different.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, very different. You got to change things up. I think Mark Andrews is a fine play. The matchup. The Vikings are 26th against tight ends, but he is kind of a touchdown or bust guy. So Lamar looks for him around the red zone. The matchup is fine. Yeah, I would say play him over.

[Andy Holloway]

Hawkinson in the same game.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah. Hawkinson is almost unplayable. He had a touchdown last week and was the tight end 18.

[Mike Wright]

Would you go Dallas Goddard against Green Bay or Mark Andrews?

[Jason Moore]

I think you'd have to go Dallas Goddard.

[Andy Holloway]

What about the running back situation for Minnesota? The last piece of the puzzle here. Aaron Jones didn't practice on Wednesday. It could be managing the veteran Jordan Mason. It hasn't been good, man.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it has not. It's been very disappointing. And if. If Jones plays, he will. He'll get a lot of snaps, at least the way I'm projecting it because Jordan Mason will not be the negative.

[Andy Holloway]

Game script running back any more versatility.

[Mike Wright]

So if Jones plays, I'm happy to plug him in. If he's out, then I guess you can try and get away with Jordan Mason. You hope you get that touchdown. But it has not been what any of us has Hoped for. It's not what the Vikings have hoped for in Mason.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you you remember how excited you were for that like Jackson dart game with with Caleb Williams. The Cleveland Browns at two and six take on the one in seven New York Jets. So the Vegas line Cleveland minus one and a half with a nice over under of 37 and a half.

[Mike Wright]

Well, because we don't know the competitive advantage. We don't know who the quarterback is going to be. As soon as we know the jets.

[Andy Holloway]

Are just picking which quarterback will throw interceptions or be sacked. They're just deciding who they want Miles Garrett to sack. Now Cleveland only one and a half point favorites because they are inept in their own right. I know that Chadour is practicing is there. Do you expect at this point to see him at all or do you think they will not give him an opportunity?

[Jason Moore]

I think it's a long enough season where it just a matter of do the Browns win enough games to keep Dylan Gabriel on the field and they probably don't because Dylan Gabriel will be on the field. And so do they win this game? Yeah, probably against the jets who just got rid of their defense.

[Mike Wright]

Gotta love that. So Dylan Gabriel has started four games. They have lost three of them. And then the game he that they won, he had 13 completed passes for 116 yards. So it's like they won not because Dylan Gabriel didn't have to do anything. They just won.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's exactly what happened. Their defense is good enough to win every week. I mean they occasionally he's going to get lucky and be able to do, you know, throw the ball to Harold Fannin three times.

[Mike Wright]

It will. It'll start getting pretty loud in a couple of weeks for sure.

[Jason Moore]

They basically go in and out of easy game, hard game. So like this week is the jets easy game. Then Baltimore that they're going to get smoked. Then the Raiders they could win that. Then San Francisco they're going to lose. Then the Titans. So it's like if Gill and Gabriel and the.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh my gosh.

[Mike Wright]

Gill and Gabriel.

[Jason Moore]

Oh my goodness.

[Mike Wright]

Wow.

[Jason Moore]

Too much coffee this morning. Too little or too little? If Dylan Gabriel loses one of Gillen one of the easy games then you expect three losses in a row. And I think yeah, it'll be really noisy for Shador.

[Andy Holloway]

Golly, who would say something like that? Have you guys seen that head coach.

[Mike Wright]

For Tampa on the Cleveland. I mean Quinch on Judkins? Not on the injury report. He is in a very, very good situation. It was already good. And then the jets traded Away two defensive players. So he's in.

[Andy Holloway]

It sucks that he does have the variability that he has right now. Like, I saw somebody, you know, talking about, you know, the gentian Judkins in a trade and because of Dylan Gabriel and the offense in Cleveland and the passing game work is so much better for Jinty. Those are just not comparative to me. But I think in some. In some circles you're like, hey, trying to find the schedule and how good Judkins has been on the ground. Judkins has gone from, you know, running back 48 to 4 to 45. I mean, the last three weeks you can have these games where he's irrelevant because they're down by so many points.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, you put Judkins on a. Like, put Judkins on the Baltimore Ravens and he's just destroying for fantasy football every week.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I will. I will say that when he was the running back 45, the last one you threw out there, he got injured in that game. Yeah, he only played 33% of the snaps. And the week prior, the game that you were talking about, Mike, that Dylan Gabriel won, where he only threw for 116 yards, it was because Judkins said, this is my game, I'm going to score three touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

You like him more than Breeze in this one.

[Jason Moore]

Man in this game? Yeah, I like him more than Breeze. I think if he's off the injury report, my only fear is the shoulder. This matchup against the jets defense that has now been downgraded, you. I expect like two touchdowns in this game from Judkins.

[Andy Holloway]

It's convenient for the Jets. They lose their star cornerback, but they don't need one because they play Jerry Judy and Isaiah Bond. So see if they can cover Harold Fannin. I would still play Fannin, Judkins, Breeze. And then if Garrett Wilson is active, I'm playing him. Yeah, you are playing him.

[Mike Wright]

Yep. I would.

[Jason Moore]

I would as well.

[Andy Holloway]

I wouldn't have massive expectations, but the volume.

[Mike Wright]

No, I get that. But he's just. His target share is. It is outrageous.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you have a quarterback you're rooting for for Garrett that you want it to be? Do you want it to be Justin Fields?

[Mike Wright]

I think still Fields.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I think Fields is going to get the start for.

[Jason Moore]

I do too.

[Andy Holloway]

New England 7 and 2. They take on the 6 and 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Let's see what Baker can do at home. Off the by two and a half point favorites. Over under is 48 and a half. There's a lot to be looking forward to in this Game. The Buccaneers defense is one of those defenses I'm targeting over the second half of the year. I wanted to throw that out there. Nice playoff matchups. They bring a lot of pressure. What has changed with Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers? We're seeing a lot of man coverage against them. We're seeing them having, you know, they've had Godwin and Evans go down on the. On the offensive side.

[Jason Moore]

And Bucky.

[Andy Holloway]

And Bucky. So Baker Mayfield, Mecca Abuka, both starts of the week this week. Drake may keep playing him. It looks like travion is going to get another chance.

[Jason Moore]

Unfortunately, the Buccaneers are a tough team to run against now. You can throw to the running back on them and I hope they do because that is. Travian Henderson is good at that. We might get an opportunity to see what happens around the goal line again. I would probably be starting Travion Henderson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

R.J. harvey versus Trayvon.

[Mike Wright]

I'd wait for Henderson.

[Jason Moore]

I would play Henderson.

[Andy Holloway]

Rashad White on the other side or Travion. That one's a little bit more interesting. Bucky Irving is not going to play. Rashad White has been the RB30. Like I. Yeah, I probably play Travy.

[Jason Moore]

I played. I play travion.

[Andy Holloway]

And can we do this? Like maybe if we. Maybe the problem with travion is us.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe we haven't united.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And the right moment.

[Mike Wright]

I think this is triforce of power.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Like a triforce of power.

[Jason Moore]

This is not a great. This is not a great perfect matchup and there's a lot of questions.

[Andy Holloway]

It needs a triforce.

[Jason Moore]

We need a triforce. We need to come together and say we're all three playing Trevion Henderson and you should too.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Hands in the middle. Hands in the middle.

[Mike Wright]

Hendo on three. One, two, three.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Now we got it taken care of.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. But here.

[Andy Holloway]

So here's trade for him in all dynasty leagues.

[Mike Wright]

Josh McDaniels.

[Andy Holloway]

You.

[Mike Wright]

I didn't want papa Josh think I was talking to him. You can't only run Henderson up the middle in this matchup and think that good things are going to happen.

[Jason Moore]

Not against the Bucks.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we just triforced it. He's fine.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

We sent the message.

[Mike Wright]

Let him get to the edge. Use speed.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't want to get you more excited than you already are after a triforce of travion power, Mike, but there's a chance Kyle Williams looks good this week. There's a chance. I mean. I mean, K Sean Booty probably not playing Demario Douglas. We know what he Is Kyle Williams should get more routes and opportunities. He is a dynasty darling for you some opportunities.

[Jason Moore]

Man, he's a crazy dart throw. I mean it could work because Drake May's deep ball. Oh man, it looks so good. And that's really where Kyle Williams would shine is just using his speed. But I mean on this team I would start him third. You know, I would start Diggs and then Douglas before I'd start Kyle Williams.

[Mike Wright]

And I totally understand that.

[Jason Moore]

And I honestly, I think I. I feel like I start Tez Johnson over. Maybe not over Diggs, but he is right there. I think Tez Johnson, I would start.

[Mike Wright]

Tez over Kyle Williams is pretty strong.

[Jason Moore]

Definitely over Kyle Williams. I was talking about like Diggs. I think Tez is a good play. This is a game that's going to have points scored and you know, like I said about Baker, the matchup is good for the passing game.

[Andy Holloway]

New Orleans is one and eight and they take on the five and four Carolina Panthers. Nice matchup for Carolina to go to six and four. Potentially five and a half point home favorites over unders 39 and a half. Not sure the over under on number of pumps in this one. It is Rico's world and we're just, we're just living in it now.

[Mike Wright]

Look, it's wild.

[Andy Holloway]

We have our fantasy face off tomorrow. I wanted to do some Rico stuff. Like I felt really good about Rico on the rushing attempts category and I can't do it because of the quad. Because of the.

[Jason Moore]

I know, man.

[Andy Holloway]

The coin. Yeah, quad croin. The quad groin. So I couldn't do it. Yeah, but it feels like the game plan here, you know, should be to run the ball 8,000 times.

[Mike Wright]

We did have the note. I don't know if we had fully said it, but. So Rico didn't practice on Wednesday. Coach Canales said the team, they're just being smart with him. So that doesn't sound like a man who's too concerned.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, look, if he plays, you play Rico.

[Jason Moore]

He should be a monster in this game. When you're favored by five and a half, you're at home, you're going to be presumably in the lead and he has been. He's been one of the best running backs in the National Football League.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, play Carolina's defense against Tyler Shock. You love the rookie matchup. Alvin Camara has been irrelevant. You need to probably bench him. I heard you guys talking, man. I'm not playing a guy that can, I mean six for 14.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it was as bad this last week was as bad as it gets. And honestly, the last month has been terrible.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, single digits in six of seven games. You can do better. You can take a shot on a lot of other players that have upside and potential.

[Mike Wright]

Would you play someone like, like Amari D. Markado?

[Andy Holloway]

I would play over Alvin Camara.

[Mike Wright]

How about Zach Charbonnet?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I would play Camara. I mean, I get it that they get around the goal line. Seattle will have more touchdown opportunities. And when they do, they do give it to Charbonnet.

[Andy Holloway]

Camara's peak on the year is 13 points. It's over.

[Jason Moore]

It's over.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyler. Suck doesn't help. I don't know. It sucks, but sometimes things suck and shuck. Is there a world where Chuba Hubbard has relevance in this?

[Mike Wright]

Of course. Because of the. Only because of the injury though.

[Andy Holloway]

I posted on Twitter about Ted McMillan through eight.

[Jason Moore]

I loved your post.

[Andy Holloway]

Eight weeks. It was, I worded it something like tets on pace for about 1,000 yards, 3.8 touchdowns. You feel good, you feel bad, you feel me. He, I think he passes the eye test.

[Mike Wright]

And his, his utilization is. It's true. Wide receiver 1 stuff like last week, 32% of the targets, 43% of the targets against Buffalo. But this is a, it's a small pie with sub average quarterback play right now. So he is the man and. But until the passing game really improves, it's just going to be kind of meh.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you think that he can get there with Bryce Young on this team in the future or do you think Bryce Young will be this forever thing holding him back?

[Jason Moore]

I think he'll get there with Bryce Young. I've brought it up in the past, but there, you know, Adam Thielen was a, was a great veteran wide receiver who was better than, you know, rookie version of Ted McMillan. But Adam Thielen was great.

[Andy Holloway]

They didn't have it with Brunt, just briefly though. And they didn't have a seven game stretch. They didn't have a running game the way that they do now. The offensive philosophy, I mean, I just feel like we keep saying that and we don't get to see any volume.

[Mike Wright]

I totally get the concern, but a good strategy in fantasy football is just situations improve and bet on good players and Tet is good.

[Andy Holloway]

You betting on Chris Olave?

[Mike Wright]

I am. With Shahid gone, the targets should. That's part of the optimism for Camara is Andy, did you bring up like because we talked about how Shahid got super targeted and you're like, I wonder if he was getting Showcased.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. For the trade.

[Mike Wright]

For a trade, 100%. And then bang, there you go. He gets sent to Seattle. But the targets should be very consolidated to Olave, Juwan and Camara.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I do worry a little. J.C. horn is a very good cornerback. That now that is Olave. It's like I worry a little there. It makes me actually think Juwan Johnson is probably under thought about this week because the matchup for the Panthers, they haven't been good. Schedule adjusted against.

[Mike Wright]

They got to get Vale on the field here.

[Andy Holloway]

The thing that concerns me about Olave is that not all targets are created equal. We've seen that this year. He's had four games in which he's had 13, 14, 11 and 12 targets that he finished outside the top 30 at the position. So you do not have a guarantee of like this guy. Maybe he's got you a floor.

[Jason Moore]

I'm making the decision right now in our league.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, let me, let me hear this.

[Jason Moore]

Between Chris Olave and Darius Slayton.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's a complete. Those are perfect. Totally different players.

[Jason Moore]

Totally different. One I know is going to get the volume is the number one for his team and the other is like you got.

[Andy Holloway]

I probably play Olave.

[Jason Moore]

That's where I am right now. He's in my lineup. But I see how it's Sleeten. I want like I want to get Slate in my lineup and I don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Have a 48 yard touchdown. No, he'll catch four 8 yard regular passes. Bucky Irving, Chris Godwin not practicing on Thursday. So that just continues. The Abuka Taz Otten. We didn't talk about Otten. Probably should have mentioned him.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's my bad. That's a whiff. Yeah. Kate Otten is definitely in play.

[Andy Holloway]

And no James Cook update, huh?

[Mike Wright]

No, but we do have. Oh, we do have an update on them. Offensive coordinator from the Detroit Lions. We plan to get Isaac Tesla more involved in Week 10, which is good because his involvement has been zero Mike's.

[Andy Holloway]

Enormous stack of Isaac to slaughter. Rookie cards.

[Mike Wright]

Bro, you don't even know.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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