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Joe, like, this week and the playoffs, like,

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this is DFS time. Right? I mean,

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this is when people really start to

2:27

dive into the the DFS stuff

2:30

that are more season long folks during the

2:32

season. Yeah, it is. For sure,

2:34

Ross. And I think

2:36

I should probably address

2:39

the awful situation first and foremost

2:41

with Demar Hamlin of the

2:43

of the Buffalo Bills. A

2:46

look at obviously, the

2:48

thing that matters the most is that

2:50

that young man gets healthy and

2:52

can live his life. Football

2:55

come second. As as

2:57

was evidence, the NFL clearly made

3:00

the correct call with the game. The

3:02

teams, the NFL, whoever decided it clearly

3:04

made the correct call at the game. And,

3:06

obviously, a a piece

3:10

of collateral from that? Is it it

3:12

it it affects our fantasy game? And

3:16

people have asked me, you know, what are you

3:18

doing? And

3:22

the the first thing I have to say is I don't

3:24

know because I was

3:26

I was I was so shook on Monday

3:28

night as I think many of us were that I I

3:30

flat out went to our subscriber discord and

3:32

I said, hey, guys, we're not gonna post any content

3:34

tomorrow. Like, the week isn't over. Like,

3:37

none of us were in the mood be like, hey, you know,

3:39

let's let's get excited for week eighteen.

3:42

I don't think any of us were like that. But

3:44

at at some point, I know that there were some of

3:46

you who have a lot of money on the line. And

3:49

and some of sometimes the money

3:51

in these situations is a

3:53

really nice Christmas bonus, a really

3:55

nice New Year's bonus. So there

3:58

are certainly things that can happen. First

4:00

and foremost, I'm not making a definitive call

4:02

in any of my leagues until

4:05

the league makes a definitive call

4:07

on what's going to happen with bangles

4:09

and bills. And from talking to

4:11

people, which I know you have, do you think

4:13

there's a likely outcome here? I

4:18

think

4:18

the likelyist would

4:20

be that the game is the the the

4:22

bills bangle's game is in no

4:23

contest. So

4:25

in other words, it doesn't exist. Never

4:28

happened. Okay. Yep.

4:31

So

4:31

I think the

4:32

only other possibility is like

4:35

a week nineteen, they push all the

4:37

playoffs back by a week. Mhmm. And

4:39

they play the bills,

4:41

bangles, week nineteen. One

4:43

thing I may be about that is

4:45

they theoretically don't

4:47

really need to decide that. Right?

4:49

Like, they could see they

4:51

could just do play week eighteen as scheduled.

4:54

Yeah. And not make any announcement about

4:56

the week seventeen game that was

4:58

missed. And not

5:00

make any announcement about week nineteen, see

5:02

how things unfold, and see if

5:05

there's even a reason to play that game at

5:07

that point. So

5:09

there there is a the FFPC, which

5:11

is a high stakes fantasy league

5:15

operator, has

5:17

basically said unfortunately,

5:19

you're getting zeros from that game. It's in their

5:21

it's in their terms of service. They're

5:24

gonna hand out prizes as that game

5:26

didn't exist. That's

5:28

their prerogative to do so. If

5:31

I'm a commissioner of a league, I'm in a match

5:33

up in in our Dynasty League

5:35

with got Barrett and

5:37

for a championship. And it was

5:39

close. I mean, it was I I

5:41

was up five and I have Gabe

5:43

Davis and he has Steph on Diggs. I

5:46

mean, if Dave Davis scores a touchdown, I

5:48

probably win. If if he doesn't, Scott

5:50

probably wins. So we are

5:52

negotiating I think what we're gonna

5:54

do is maybe declare our

5:56

match up no contest and

5:58

split the price. If

6:01

if you're a commissioner and one

6:03

teams up by a bunch.

6:05

And the other team has Gabe

6:08

Davis. I think it's fair that

6:10

you can maybe say, alright, this guy was gonna

6:12

win anyway, that there's

6:14

no perfect scenario here,

6:16

unfortunately. But

6:18

when something like that happens,

6:20

to a young man like Demar Hamlin, there is

6:22

going to be no perfect solution. So

6:24

I think I think what

6:26

you can do is talk

6:28

to the participants and

6:31

try to try to reason with them

6:33

and say, look, this is what was going happen,

6:36

or this was a fifty fifty matchup.

6:38

You're both league winners. You

6:41

split the prize. I mean, there there's

6:43

there's nothing perfect about this

6:45

I'm gonna go through. I'm

6:47

gonna look at things in

6:49

in the leagues that I'm a commissioner. As a matter of fact, the

6:51

some of the other leagues I'm a commissioner and I haven't even

6:53

looked at, you know, the week eighteen because I

6:55

was the week seventeen scenario, because I

6:57

was, quite frankly, so shook. But, I

6:59

mean, Ross, that that's what that's what we've gotta

7:01

do in a really unfortunate circumstance like

7:04

this.

7:04

Yeah. The one thing I would just add to that

7:07

is I I know this is pretty I

7:09

I would think that this is obvious, but

7:13

We know Fantasy Football is not that big a deal

7:16

in the big scheme of things. Like

7:18

Joe pointed out, And so

7:20

if you're not in the mood yet to be

7:22

consuming fantasy content, then

7:24

don't. You know what I mean? Like, that's the

7:26

beauty of podcasts or

7:28

YouTube, it's on demand. So

7:31

if you wanna consume if you want Joe's

7:33

opinions on Fantasy's stuff

7:35

today, then listen. If you don't wanna

7:37

if you're not feeling that till Thursday or

7:39

Friday or Saturday, then that's fine

7:41

too. But

7:43

for those of you that would welcome

7:45

a distraction. That's kinda

7:47

what we do. That's kinda what these things

7:49

are. So we'll dive into it.

7:52

Week eighteen, Joe, Look,

7:54

I want you to break it down like you normally

7:56

do, but you're not saying start

7:58

them. You're saying, hey, you'd

8:00

be pretty good to be in your DFS lineup.

8:04

Which I think is a little bit different. What

8:06

about the game I'm calling, Joe? It's

8:08

Chiefs,

8:09

Raiders, Saturday at

8:11

four thirty. So here's

8:13

one thing that we can do,

8:15

and we can talk about this from

8:18

a motivation standpoint, and I

8:20

think that's the right way to approach

8:22

this. Talk about it from,

8:24

is this team playing for something

8:27

Is this team not

8:29

playing for something? Are there injuries?

8:31

Whatnot? Like, that's what we can do.

8:34

So let's start with the

8:36

team and the Raiders. In this game,

8:39

Kansas City is obviously

8:41

playing for the number one seat in the AFC. They

8:43

are seven and a half point favorites. They

8:45

are playing everybody full

8:47

go. We've got a total in

8:49

this game of fifty two and a

8:51

half. It's the highest over under

8:53

total on the slate, Ross, you get to

8:55

call the Fantasy Game of the Week. And

8:57

then all of a sudden, the Raiders had some

8:59

serious life with Jared Stidham

9:01

under center. In that game.

9:03

So the Raiders here are

9:05

probably playing spoiler. And and Josh

9:07

McDaniel's, I guess, you can make

9:09

the argument Not that

9:11

not that Mark Davis wants to pay another

9:13

coach to to not coach his team.

9:16

But you can make the argument that Josh McDaniel's

9:18

is coaching for his job. He might

9:20

have made a really good impact

9:22

in that decision by choosing

9:24

to start Jared Jared did him last week, and Jared

9:26

stood him steps up and plays as well as

9:28

he did. But for the raiders with

9:30

this total, you know, you're you're looking at

9:32

Josh Jenkins. Devante

9:35

Adams, the guys we've been counting on all year.

9:37

Darren Waller has come alive here

9:40

of of late, her rent throw. So

9:42

all of these guys on your two game

9:44

Saturday slate are in play much more than

9:46

I would have thought they would be with Jared

9:48

Stidham at quarterback. Meanwhile, the

9:50

Chiefs are the Kansas City Chiefs. So seven

9:52

and a half point favorites. Jared McKeinnon's

9:54

been outstanding out of the back

9:56

field. They're receivers, though.

9:58

Despite Patrick Mahomes putting up numbers.

10:00

They really don't have receivers you can

10:02

count on. They're leaving receiver

10:04

against the the Bronco's, 1

10:07

is Tony. Tuesday Smith Schuster, it seems

10:09

catches either nine passes or one in

10:11

a game. He's been difficult to

10:13

trust. So, really,

10:15

McKinnon Pacheco got a

10:17

rushing touchdown. And if you're playing this

10:19

slate, just see what kind of receivers

10:21

fit into your lineup. Maybe you're like, you know what?

10:23

I'm gonna put sky more in there.

10:25

Because, you know, nobody's gonna play him for DFS.

10:28

So Kansas City is playing full

10:30

bore, but the thing about Kansas City is full bore

10:32

for them has really mean

10:34

men two guys have been reliable all

10:35

year. Mahomes and Kelsey, and recently,

10:37

Derrick McKinnon's been thrown into that mix

10:39

as well.

10:43

How about Titan's jaguars,

10:45

Joe? Oh, boy. So

10:48

I thought it was pretty obvious. I

10:50

tweeted it out when when it

10:52

happened. That the fact that

10:54

the Titans were starting Josh

10:56

Dobbs on

10:58

Thursday night last week,

11:00

I thought was a terrible sign for

11:02

Malik Willis at the time. I said, there's no

11:04

way. Like like, oh, there's a

11:06

lot of people like, oh, they're resting willis. I was

11:08

like, BS. No way.

11:10

Because, like, if if anything, the

11:12

leaguewills needs to play more. I said they're starting

11:14

Josh Dobbs to get him reps because he think they

11:16

think he's their better shot to win the division. And

11:18

that's exactly what happened. And he played

11:21

pretty well. I mean, at

11:23

least better than Willis was playing.

11:25

Unfortunately, the titans we know

11:27

not exactly the most

11:31

well, not exactly the team that's going

11:34

to to to light up scoreboard the most. Let's

11:36

put it that way. But Trailhawk receiver

11:38

drops by the way. I mean, Dobbs could've

11:40

had a really big night. Yes. There were a

11:42

lot of drops.

11:43

Exactly. Treyvon Birx had eight targets in

11:45

that game. Obviously, Derek Henry's gonna play. They

11:47

arrested him for for obvious

11:49

reasons. And here

11:51

flipping on over to Jacksonville. Again,

11:54

this is a game where both teams are

11:56

playing for everything. Jacksonville

11:58

still has a shot by the way. To

12:00

make the playoffs even

12:03

without winning this game. They need three

12:05

things to happen in

12:07

in week seventeen for them to for in

12:09

week eighteen, rather, for them to make the playoffs.

12:11

I believe the Dolphins need to lose

12:13

to the Jets. The Patriots need to lose to

12:15

the Bills. And the Steelers need to lose to the

12:17

browns, all of which are feasible. If

12:19

those three things happen and the Jaguars lose, the

12:21

Jaguars are still in the playoffs. But

12:24

they control their own destiny in this game's on Saturday

12:26

night. They're gonna

12:27

play out for the only reason why they did it, because they

12:29

didn't want the jags to go out there Sunday night

12:31

and have already clinched Correct.

12:33

So so the jags are gonna play

12:35

everybody. This is not a game to be worried about

12:37

for Fantasy. Pass

12:39

Funnel d offense we know for Tennessee.

12:41

So after a after a week game last

12:43

week, obviously, Trevor Lawrence got pulled for your

12:45

guys say, Jones and Christian

12:46

Kerr. Back in the saddle this week

12:48

for Jacksonville. Fox

12:52

falcons, as we get to the

12:54

Sunday slate, Last

12:56

night check, Bowles says he's playing his

12:58

guys. Nobody seems to

13:00

believe him. I can almost guarantee

13:02

Arthur Smith full

13:04

bore ahead with all his

13:07

young rookie kill guys to see what they

13:09

can do. Yeah. Desmond Ritter is gonna

13:11

play. For sure, he's been

13:13

caught. I thought he's he's showed

13:15

up in the last couple of weeks. Here's

13:17

how an easy way to

13:19

tell this week. If

13:23

if you're just guessing, oh, could that team rest

13:25

starters? Go look at the

13:27

betting spreads. And if the

13:29

betting spread looks off to you,

13:31

there could be some chicanery going on with

13:33

the starters. Now I know

13:35

Tampa Bay has not been what

13:37

we expected this year. But

13:40

Tampa Bay would not be a four point underdog

13:42

in a normal game against the Atlanta falcons.

13:44

That says, if Tom Brady who says he

13:46

wants to play by the way, but that says, if

13:48

Tom Brady place he's gonna get pulled at some

13:50

point. So I can't trust anybody

13:52

on the fucking ears. The hero,

13:55

Blaine Gabbard, I think he's gonna

13:57

get some run-in this game, some of their

13:59

young receivers. But Atlanta,

14:01

you're you're Drake London, Tyler

14:03

Algyer, who's who's trying to convince the

14:05

team, hey, you don't need to draft

14:07

a running back on day two next year.

14:09

And we've seen this before. Think think

14:11

back to Michael Carter, last season.

14:14

Oh, he's coming off a great rookie

14:16

season. They tanked his value with

14:18

Briesel. So day

14:20

three running backs, even if they have an impressive

14:22

rookie season, can be blown up

14:24

in free agency or the draft. Tyler

14:26

Alger is gonna have motivation to say, no, you need

14:28

to draft a warning back. I'm your guy.

14:30

Drake London. Carry him into

14:32

twenty twenty two, three looking good. Despen

14:34

Ritter. Hey, I'm your guy. I'm the

14:36

starting quarterback. You don't need another

14:38

quarterback on this team. So all the falcons, those

14:40

guys are gonna be motivated. The bucks have a

14:42

lot of injuries on defense. I would expect

14:44

a lot of those guys to be inactive in

14:46

this game. Next

14:49

came up, Joe. It

14:51

is the Patriots and

14:53

the Bills. Bills

14:55

one way or the other are gonna be motivated

14:57

to win the game. Because

15:01

well, I don't know. They might know by

15:03

then they might know by

15:05

then what the result is of

15:07

their game against the

15:08

Bengal. And if the Chiefs win,

15:10

maybe the Bills don't play their guys.

15:13

So if the Chiefs if the

15:15

Chiefs win, and

15:17

let's just say Bill's Bengles is

15:19

declared AAA

15:21

tie. Then the

15:23

Chiefs are the number one thing. If

15:25

the Chiefs lose,

15:28

then the bills need to win.

15:30

Against New England. So you're

15:33

right. There there might not we

15:35

might not know for sure here.

15:38

So quite frankly, Ross, I'm going to have

15:41

to throw up my arms and say, I'm not

15:43

sure. But I can tell you what the betting

15:45

spread is. I can tell you

15:47

that at one point

15:49

the the line was was seven.

15:51

As a matter of fact though, I'm looking at

15:53

DraftKings sports book right now and this game's

15:55

off the board. So

15:58

they're really not sure what to

16:00

do with this game. And if and if Vegas

16:02

isn't sure what to do with this game, quite frankly,

16:04

I can't be sure what to do with this game. I do know

16:06

the Patriots will be playing. That I do

16:08

know. I do know the Patriots are playing for

16:10

their playoff lives. So that

16:13

that I could tell you is gonna be

16:15

a motivation for them, but this game,

16:17

not on the board right now,

16:19

because we don't really know

16:21

what the situation is for Buffalo.

16:25

Next game on the docket is

16:28

the vikings at the

16:30

bears. There's some debate

16:32

whether or not Justin Fields will play

16:34

for people that are thinking Fields

16:36

gonna run to break the Ret Lamar Jackson's

16:39

record and maybe wanna get him

16:41

on

16:41

DraftKings? Maybe not, Joe.

16:43

Yeah. And he might play for and

16:45

that so so sometimes these things aren't cut

16:47

and dry. Right?

16:51

Oh, they're gonna play the starters with the plan for a

16:53

half. Oh, Justin Fields is gonna play, but he's gonna

16:55

play for a quarter. Those

16:57

things could be the case here. This is a

16:59

situation where both teams, the situation

17:01

is murky. And if you're looking at if

17:03

you're looking at the betting spread in this game, Minnesota's

17:05

a five and a half point favorite I

17:07

saw that earlier this week. It was in

17:09

the one point range, like so

17:12

peep money is coming in on

17:14

Minnesota. So maybe

17:16

People are thinking Minnesota, which is almost

17:18

certainly locked into the number three seat and a

17:20

matchup with the giants. That is almost

17:23

Here's what would have to happen for Minnesota to move up.

17:25

The forty niners would have to lose to the

17:27

cardinals, the forty niners, or fourteen point favorites.

17:32

So it would have to be a

17:34

really lowest of the low end outcome

17:36

for them. But here is the thing about

17:38

Minnesota. This isn't like, oh, you know, we

17:40

just had a hard fought game with Green Bay.

17:42

We lost, but no.

17:44

Minnesota was atrocious in that game. And

17:46

you would have to think for at least a

17:48

couple of series, they're gonna want Kurt Cousins,

17:50

Justin Jefferson, and those guys to get

17:52

that awful taste out of their

17:54

mouth. So their expectation

17:56

here is

17:58

the Vikings will probably

18:00

play their guys for at least a little bit.

18:03

Meanwhile, Chicago from an organizational

18:05

standpoint, we know Matt Abrams is not

18:07

losing his job. We know Ryan

18:09

Poles is not losing his job. Those

18:11

guys came in to fix a

18:13

disaster. What would be the best

18:15

thing for that disaster? The

18:17

number one overall pick in the draft

18:19

they still have a shot to get it. If they lose

18:22

this game and the Texans win their game

18:24

in a very winable game by the

18:26

way, then the the bears get the number

18:28

one overall pick and far

18:30

be it for me to to decide what

18:32

they're going to do with that? My guess would be

18:34

they would trade it to somebody who wants

18:36

a price young. Maybe they evaluate price young and say

18:38

we're gonna trade Justin Fields. I don't know what

18:40

would happen, but they're going to get

18:43

a haul for some way or another,

18:45

for one of those assets if they get the number

18:47

one 1. And Chicago needs

18:49

talent right now. That's what matters for

18:51

the bears. They don't have

18:53

a whole lot of motivation to win this game. Agreed.

18:56

We got the Texans, Joe,

19:00

at the colts. Speaking

19:02

of motivation to win

19:03

games, nobody's got

19:05

a motivation to win this Sam

19:07

Ellinger starting at quarterback. Oh, no. Sam Ellinger

19:09

does. Just Saturday does. The

19:11

whole

19:11

deal. The Saturday's

19:14

think I think Lavi Smith will definitely get

19:16

fired if they win this game. Yeah. I

19:18

mean and so that

19:21

that's the irony here. Right? You've got

19:23

Sam Ellinger and Davis Mills. Two guys who

19:25

are like, I'm playing my ass off in this game, and two organizations

19:29

who almost certainly

19:31

have the reason to lose this game.

19:33

Now here's the other part of that. I think Jeff Saturn

19:36

is losing his job. Lovey Smith is

19:38

probably up in the air. What

19:40

about the general managers? I

19:43

mean, I I wouldn't be comfortable sitting

19:45

here telling you that Chris Ballard and Nick Caesar

19:47

are gonna be back there next year. So

19:49

it's one of those weird games where both

19:51

teams are atrocious. Both teams

19:53

have every incentive to lose this

19:55

game. The cult, by

19:57

the way, are two and a half

19:59

point favorites. With Sam Ellinger

20:01

quarterback, which tells you what the markets think of the Houston,

20:03

Texas right now. This is

20:05

not a game I'm very interested in

20:07

for Fantasy. Let's put it that

20:09

way. Zack Moss, I think, is gonna get carries in this

20:11

game. Houston's back field has been

20:13

useless and standing in Pierce one out.

20:15

I mean, Houston Brandon Cooks,

20:17

I guess his motivation is. I wanna

20:20

put good tape out there so somebody trades for

20:22

me this off season, but this is not a game I'm

20:24

terribly interested in lost. To

20:26

give to be quite

20:27

frank with you. What about the Jets? Mike

20:29

White looked bad last week against

20:31

the dolphins who just signed Mike

20:34

Lennon Super Bowl is coming.

20:39

The

20:39

the the quarterback situation is

20:41

obviously the big question here for

20:45

Miami, and the

20:47

betting spread tells

20:49

you that

20:52

Vegas doesn't think two

20:54

are Ted you're playing in this game. The

20:56

Jets are one point favorites despite

20:58

Mike White looking terrible last week. The dolphins

21:00

haven't won a game since November. Thirty

21:03

eight and a half is the total. So

21:05

it looks like they're expecting a Mike

21:08

White Skyler thompson

21:10

or Mike Lennon crap fest in

21:12

this game. And that obviously, as

21:15

you saw last week, seriously

21:17

hurts. The prospects of Jaylen

21:19

Waddle, seriously hurts the prospects

21:22

of of Tyree kill.

21:24

Maybe the guy that helps the most is working

21:26

most or who caught eight passes

21:28

in that game. Last

21:30

week for Miami, as for the

21:32

jets, you know,

21:34

Mike White did look terrible in that

21:36

game. He might not be a hundred percent healthy.

21:40

But we have seen him play

21:42

better than that. And

21:44

I'm wondering if maybe this is an

21:46

opportunity to get some Garrett Wilson into

21:48

your lineup and and maybe get

21:50

some BAM Night into your lineup

21:53

or or tie Johnson who actually look

21:55

better than BAM Night in that game and just

21:57

say, look, that was a bad game

21:59

the jets are eliminated, but these

22:01

are still guys who are playing for,

22:03

you know, jobs. Robert Stallard

22:05

may be playing for his job.

22:08

You never know there's always some surprises

22:10

on Black Monday. So

22:12

I think the spread here

22:14

indicates that the jets are motivated to play

22:16

spoiler for the Miami dolphins here, the

22:18

jets being one point favorites.

22:24

We move on

22:25

to the Panthers and

22:28

the Saints. I think they both

22:30

wanna win that game. Joe. I

22:32

think they're both

22:32

gonna, like or give a reason to try

22:35

hard. For sure. And both teams are eliminated

22:37

from the playoffs, but the Saints don't have their

22:39

first round pick. By the way, in a

22:41

weird twist, despite

22:43

the scenes beating the Eagles,

22:45

they that member of the Eagles

22:47

only scenes first round pick.

22:49

The pick dropped from

22:52

tenth if they had if the Eagles had

22:54

won that game to

22:56

tenth. It didn't move.

22:58

A weird hit in a weird season.

23:00

So the scenes are currently still giving a top

23:02

ten pick to the Eagles. They have

23:04

motivation to win this game. Panthers and

23:06

motivation to win this game. Why? Sam Arnold. Hey,

23:08

he's playing for his future. Steve

23:10

Wills. I'm the coach here. I know we

23:12

we blew that game again against

23:15

the Bucks. But look, our team

23:17

was competitive. They played hard

23:19

for me. I'm coaching for my

23:21

job. Both of these teams are motivated

23:24

to win. So Chris Alave

23:26

came back last week against

23:28

the against the Eagles. And while he

23:30

didn't have a big gain,

23:32

I think it's worth pointing out that the

23:35

Panthers, JC Horn, the

23:37

corner, he was out last week with a wrist injury.

23:39

And now there's a guy who, even

23:41

if you're playing to win this game, maybe

23:43

not a guy who you're gonna play with a broken

23:45

wrist because this game is effectively

23:48

meaningless. They the

23:50

the Bucks really picked on CJ Henderson

23:52

last week. I think this could be a big game for

23:54

Chris Alave in this matchup

23:57

with with with

23:59

the Panthers here. So he'd be somebody I'd

24:01

really be considering for DFS. Alvin

24:04

Kamara, he's been upset about

24:06

his role on third downs. Maybe he wants

24:08

to put tape out there. They're gonna

24:10

trade me this off season. I wanna

24:12

put as much good tape out there as possible.

24:15

Joanne Johnson, who's been a really big

24:17

factor for the New Orleans Saints, somebody

24:19

you can consider for DFS. So I

24:21

think the saints are live for DFS in

24:23

this game. You

24:25

know, Joe, I gotta tell you, I

24:28

thought Deshaun Watson looked pretty

24:30

darn good the other

24:32

day, four of the browns in the

24:34

second half against the Steelers. Kenny clutch

24:36

pick it. Klutch Kenny

24:39

came through it in the end again for the

24:41

Steelers as well. That

24:43

actually might be my favorite one

24:45

o'clock game. That's like a sneaky game.

24:47

You know the Browns. Topolski probably

24:49

still thinks he needs to win for his

24:51

job. You know they wanna win that game and knock the Steelers

24:53

out. For sure. And so and the

24:55

Steelers obviously are playing for their playoff

24:58

lives. So the Steelers are are

25:00

are going to go all out in this game. I thought

25:02

Kenny Pickett played pretty well in that

25:04

game against Baltimore. The Frode

25:06

and Aussie Harris was an absolute dime.

25:09

For the game winning touchdown. To

25:11

Sean Watson, and and like you said, oh, it looked pretty

25:13

good in the second half, but then you look at the numbers, he completed

25:16

nine passes. So you're like, alright. Are they gonna try

25:18

to carry some of that positive momentum

25:20

into the twenty twenty two off twenty

25:22

twenty three off season and get ready

25:24

for next year? You've got

25:26

a Maury Cooper

25:28

who had who basically who caught three of

25:30

those that's Sean Watson basses and scored two of

25:32

the three touchdowns. Who's really the

25:34

only viable receiver here for me

25:36

unless you're playing David in Joku. Nick Chubb

25:39

had a massive gain against the

25:41

commanders running for a hundred and four yards.

25:43

He's obviously on the

25:45

on the radar. But

25:47

the steelers, the thing about them, we know

25:49

the browns have struggled on run

25:51

defense all season long, and the Steelers

25:54

pounded the ball like it

25:56

was a drone bet as a milly

25:58

parker back there. week

26:00

against the Ravens, Naji Harrison, James

26:02

Moore, combining for a hundred and eighty

26:04

seven rushing yards. I mean, that is

26:07

stealer football. I had the insers in my

26:09

mention, oh, man, stillers gone to the Super

26:11

Bowl because they're pounding

26:13

the pound in the ball. That's how that's

26:15

how stellar fans wanna wanna

26:17

play football. And I would expect

26:19

that's going to continue against the Cleveland

26:21

Browns. And I think, I think Jaylen

26:23

Warren, if you wanna save a little money,

26:25

he's somebody who who has some value in this game. They figured

26:27

out how to use both of those backs and

26:29

use them both effectively. And by the

26:31

way, Naji Harris, I know we've discussed this since

26:33

he came back from that injury, he

26:35

looks like the back they drafted

26:38

him to be. He was not in the first half of

26:40

the season, but now he looks like a

26:42

nasty runner you and I discussed was that

26:44

last week where we discussed him stiff

26:46

arming the guy at the go on even though he didn't need

26:48

to do it. He was just, like, get out of my

26:50

way. That's the stuff I'd like to see from the

26:52

type of running back 1 Harris is, and he's

26:54

doing all those

26:55

things. Anybody

26:58

else on

26:58

the browns? Are you good there? Good with the browns

27:01

there. It's it's a Marc Cooper and Joku

27:03

and and and and Chubb for

27:05

me. Like, again, yes,

27:07

I I think Watson looked way better than he

27:09

has, but he completed nine passes in that game.

27:11

So III it's hard for me to know what

27:13

to do with that.

27:14

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27:17

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27:19

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27:21

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27:23

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27:25

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