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You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Fantasy best Friends Forever, m Do to Don Do Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Didn do? Yeah? This is the Fantasy best Friends Forever. Here in the Fantasy Sports alongside Frankie Standfell, I am Greg sauce Man. Frank, what's going on my day? Well, Greg, there's one thing that's specifically going on right now inside of this studio. Maybe we need to have a talk

with Corey Parson, Gabe Morncy, Uh, maybe Michelle Serpico. I I don't know, but it smells kind of weird in here. It smells bad. It smells kind of weird, smells bad. I don't know what's going on. Was there something that I missed during Cartner Friends? I don't know. I was. I was in meeting. Yeah, well I was. I was editing or had my headphones on at least so I was editing for a portion of the time. The rest of the time, you know, get ready for the show,

Greg Frankie did it? Agan? Oh? How good did it feel to get that that monkey off your back? It feels weird? Man feels weird. Well, I've told you many times. Ready, I've dropped him my home league, Waiver ran and no one picked him up. Can tell you my bench just for a moment. It's hilarious. Davante Adams. I wanna buy okay, Jon wa Allison injured, and I wanta buy h Cooper

Cup injured. Fine, Wayne Goldman handcuffed to s Juan Gross okay, Broadway Baker, Baker, did your starting quarterback and your luck? Should you start me field this week? As Tampa? Interesting? Um? I have look ranked Hi, it looks been too good. I can't ben Jim He's really amazing. Um. Josh Reynolds and the Rat, the Rat. I got vote Reynolds in my storyline of this week, by the way, Jermaine Curse and Kenyan Jerrake, did you say you have Reynolds in

your lamp. Have Jermaine Curson Kane drinking? I agree with those. I agree with both of those. Um, Josh Reynolds actually dealing with a hand injury right now. Yeah, he's fine. Deal, so he's going that bothers me though, right like very sneaky, sneaky. Here's the bothers man. I don't want to do about it. Um, Calvin really played him in the Night Football. I don't know what to do between what if he doesn't play.

He's in your lineup right now, m m, so I want to start him if you play, especially against the Giants, and if he doesn't play, I the only person I can play as Wayne Gollman on Monday Night. Who I have? What I can't do? Um? I have Josh Reynolds plays at four and the rack that plays at one. So what you can do is either you'll play Josh Reynolds just over Calvin Ridley straight up, or you'll have to burn one of those benchbots to pick up like Justin Hardy.

In case Calvin Realley doesn't play, I probably had the I'm wait till Sunday morning and do that, and I'll have to just drop somebody seriously, what does that smell? I don't do I don't know. It smells god awful. And you think if we turned the air on it would like circulate things and like maybe like blow it out. We opened open the door, door, but over the doors to that. Let's focus on a Frankie here. Yeah, I'm

gonna I'm gonna open the door. Focus on me. Well, you keep it on that camera anyway, because then you're gonna walk through that can get up and go open the door. I wanted to focus on you. Thank you hey. Alright, So while Greg is doing that, that's a little, uh, little mentioned little reminder that we have a Thursday night football game tonight, a very to be honest, the very gross one like tonight's football game is the same as like the way the studio smells right now. So I'll

just throw that out there. If the Broncos going up against the Cardinals, with the Bronco is currently one point favorites um with a game total of forty two and a half, which as of now is the lowest game total on the slate. Confirming that we have oh no, it's moved up. So the Dallas Cowboys in the Redskins is now the lowest game total on the slate at forty two points. Greg Susman, what game is Grocer the Cowboys versus Washington or the Cardinals versus the Broncos tonight

NFC West Clash. No, it's not. That's the West Clash. Broncos aren't in the NFC. Do you have anything? Yeah, this game is to be terrible, really bad. The only UM person or position I'm starting tonight, by the way, they don't own the Broncos anywhere. Actually no, I own Roy Sperman somewhere, but not playing him um, which is a shame because you'd want to play him on the base on the matchup, but I understand why you can't. I'm starting tonight the Arizona Cardinals defense. Blodzka, you have

the Cardinals defense as well. I think both defenses are in play tonight totally. That the way the way that Rosen and case Keenum. Rosen has been all right, He's taken care of the football, case Keenum not as much. But there's actually injuries on both sides of the football here, especially to the offensive line. The Cardinals will be without Mike eu Potty uh and the Broncos are without Edwin vel Deer and Ronald Leary. So opponent is David Johnson tonight.

We could see some sloppy play at the both sides with injuries to the offensive line. Also, Trey Boston safety out for the Arizona Cardinals. So I wouldn't be surprised. Honestly, Greg, this is like a just a bold call. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a defensive touchdown on both sides of the football tonight. I think both defenses are in play. The Cardinals master proposed me a trade just now does involve fab No all right, but player for

tonight was bringing up all bring it up. He's proposing me. I have owned Christian Kirk. He's asked for Christian Kirk for Derrick Henry. Oh gosh, what's your record? We are both one and five, So I'm seeing the Philip Lindsay addition to Max's team did not help him out much. Doesn't seem that way. I mean, it's it's whatever. It's like crap for a crap At this point, I will go as far as to say Christian Kirk has more upside then Derrick Henry. It's just the Titans offense is gross.

Right now, Marcus Mariota and their entire offen has had one good game this year, and that came against the Eagles where everyone was super excited about Corey Davis. You know, I was looking around consensus rankings yesterday, right, people still have Corey Davis inside their top twenty four this week. I'm like, based on what, why are we ranking Corey Davis is the top wide receiver greg Like, he he's

had one good game, Like there's been some volume. Even the targets, the targets haven't necessarily been there for you, maybe in regards to how often the Titans throw the football because they don't throw it much, right, but he hasn't been good. What's it's the targets, I'm telling you, because there's nobody else on the team. All right, But

do you play in points per target leagues? No? But like people are gonna plug him in because they know they're gonna get like seven targets, eight targets from the probably most likely in this game. You know what I'm saying. Okay, so I'm probably gonna plug him in just for that. I look, there's four there's four teams on a bye this week. I'm just saying I would try my best to find another option, and Corey Davis's going up against the Chargers. The secondary and their defense overall has played

better the past couple of weeks. And we talked about targets for Corey Davis. He said double digits twice this year. Fine that you know. Week one he had thirteen and in that game against the Eagles he had fifteen targets. The other four games, he's had seven once, he's had six ONTs, and he's had four or less targets in two games. Why are we still excited about Corey Davis? I'm not. You know that I was never excited about Corey Davis. Just baffled me. I'm still talking about my trade.

Out of my trade, Why did you move fast so quick? Because I was talking about Derrick Henry and then I got into the Titans offense and I went off on a tangent the Titans suck right now, and I just so I told him so. I said that your response was that Christian Kirk has more upside, which is what you said he does. He responded by saying, quote, Frank also has the worst hair this side of the Mississippi Are you really gonna listen to that guy? Is that true? Though? Like,

I don't think so. Here it used to be worse. What does Max's hair look like? It changes? Sometimes he has no hair, sometimes a lot of hair, Like he goes full bald, you know, full bald, don't call bald, what kind of ball? But like Jeff the skeleton bald? Now man Max, here's a lot about my hair. I gotta see what Max's hair looks like. You are google it, not, sir? All right? Um, Yeah, there's a football tonight Arizona and Denver. If they want to go to a bar and watch

Frank tonight, try to. Just so you're gonna watch the baking show tonight? Yeah, we watched the last night, so you're all out of baking shows? Yeah, it's over this week? We um. I watched the Nick game and get you Get l a bron Lebron at ten thirty to night if you want to stay up late for that one. I probably watched the first half. Honestly. I watched what did you so? Last night? I watched the Knicks, which are awesome, and then they're up twenty five in the

third quarter. I was like, all right, what we can watched baking that that was fair. Yeah, the New York Knicks now they're back at people texting me, you know, we're making the playoffs this year. Trank playing the Atlanta Hawks. Brant him text last night, Frank, I don't know my text last night? Something the gun here? Greg? So he Nicks are fun again. So Frank is not good for those that listened. For those that listening to the show, they know that Franks Mr Negative right, Mr angry negativity,

the whole deal. I got it right. You understand that. I'm a realist. So I'm sitting there watching the Knicks, and I get it. They're playing the Hawks, right, the Hawks think, and they're gonna have handle the truth. I give them the truth. They're gonna they're gonna have one of the worst records in the NBA. I get that. But as a Knicks fan, as the one that has lived and died with the stupid, stupid, stupid team, they were winning my twenty five points in the second quarter,

and this is awesome. This is so much fun. They were running, they were hitting shots, they were playing defense. It was awesome. So I'm really excited. So, like, you know what, let me text my BFF about this. So I texted him and I said, the Knicks are fun again if they're while he says, David Fizdel does not care about your fantasy team, and they're fun against the Hawks, L O L. I know he does care about know von Ley. Let's go. I didn't say they're good, just

they're fun. I didn't text you about von Ley. Julius randoms the three life is good, seventy first half points and the Knicks leak Monk is fun watching that game. I was watching my guy Jane, I'm watching the books. I'm watching a good game, a good clothes game. I'm gonna watch from the New York Knicks in the worst team in the league. I'm not done. I'm not done yet. Then I go, so Anthony started talking about his guys, like some bound is that I start killing Abaca, And

I asked, before our team sucks at that point? Where up nine? Nothing? Um? Yeah, you're just all over the place. So then he's like, it's our team bad. We're winning every category Greg. So then he's like, oh, some always a sneaky Fabron and I just doing well is he? And then we talk about Fando a little bit that didn't work out so great for either of us. Yeah, and then not are really though? Um? And then I go, gst, we have a bids in? I go yes, And then

he turned the coversation back to basketball. So then I put bids in because I figured, you know, Floria Frankie, they forgot put in. It was up very late last night. You were off later than I was. And he texted us anything you want to do at midnight, knowing I was sleeping, And then I texted Florida on the side and he, uh, you did, Yeah, she changed all my beds. What did you think of my wit? When you want did GSDA and you're like, wow, there's bids and here

what were you thinking? Well, my first thought was sloppy? Really, the bids were sloppy. Really, I have like O C D when it comes to bids, so like I'll put my bids in and I have I have to have a lot of backup. Its like I have to have backup. It's for every single player. Well, Greg, I gonna tell you play fantasy football. You know why you're one in five with Max. But I'm yeah, you have a weaver run every day. You gotta put backup bids and Greg, so I looked at your bids and I was like,

all right, I appreciate that Greg did this. I'm just gonna change some stuff around here. I'm gonna put in some backup bids, to which we got nobody, because like, why do we play in the league where there's like ten bench spots? She just let me pick up the players I wanted. Who did you want one of guys that had money? Did you ever? Did you decrease any of my beds? I didn't see any of them. I just X them all. Are you kidding me? I was like, no, this is sloppy, and I'm like, I'm just gonna redo

it myself. The abolish because I spent time thinking about it, and admittedly, like, this is not only a dreg job for TBFF, it's usually a Frank job. And I thought Frank was gonna forget. You know, Frank has many jobs. On a Wednesday night and I thought our season was on the line. I was like, listen, I'm gonna sit here before I go to sleep and put bids in. And I went down the list, I noticed we didn't

have a kicker. I put a couple of backup kicker bids in, but we got Georgio to his idiot kicks up a kickers man be a kicker for one damn way, yea have like fifteen points. And then we got when he wins next win just the week, when he wins us the week? What will you give me? I had kickers, I had a kicker and a backup in backup two dollars on Why did you do that? Why did you leave my kickers in? Because I don't want Matt Prator throwing that raider. I don't want that Prater. I don't

want Matt Prator in the outdoors against Miami. I want Georgio to Vecchio Dome against the Giants. You're gonna put up fifteen fantasy points. R Kenry is bad, man, Henry's really bad. The Titans are bad. Christian are the Titans? You're so excited about the Titans every single year. We're gonna find him a way to get sucked back into Marcus Mariota. What has he done besides prying about his elbow?

Is nerve whatever it is, it isn't done anything. We have doctor d yes all right, Dr Korbacks, I've gotta put that in the description. Actually, that's what we don't. We didn't. It's Virginia. Actually, Virginia Vizca shows the show to that. Well. Good. We have a lot of injuries. We got to talk about the The initial list that I sent her yesterday is like twenty people long, and I was like, I can't do this, so I started, so what do you do? Make it eighteen? I saw

the list. I think it was incredible. Usually it's ten. Remember when we were all so excited because the Titans hired Matt m Floor to be their offensive coordinator that there was if there was a team every year that like gives you the most promise, you like potential for their offensive outlook, mhm. The Tennessee Titans crushed us every single year. Man like Marcus Mariota has done nothing. He had a seven or eight game stretch, either his rookie

or his second season, whatever it was. We had great matchups. We all got sucked into that. We drafted him high as a top ten quarterback last year. Did nothing. They're bringing Matt Lafleur. Oh, he's gonna bring in concepts from Sean mcveigh's offense. He worked under Sean McVeigh. He worked with the Rams. They're gonna have a cool, a good fun offense there in Tennessee. What do we get? Nothing? Offensive line is crap. Mariota's crap, Derrick Henry's crap, Dean

Lewis is crap, Corey Davis crap. Venture wants to play him in the points per Target League. I hate the things name those are like the Titans and Peyton Barber. Those are on my piss me off list. So we're going piss me off list. I can't say what I wanted to say. Do you know the starting quarterback for the thousand Tigers is probably someone who's gonna be drafted by the Giant sex here. I guess I'm I guess I'm in Tom Flacco. Oh god, Joe's little brother. Well,

uh oh, I don't know. I don't I don't even have anything for Tom Flacco. Nothing. Maybe you can get a really good defense, he'll win you, guys a super Bowl, and then you can overpay him too. How many the Rules of the Jets one in your lifetime? It was this I was making I was making a stab at Joe Flacco, Greg not even the Giants. I felt like you were talking about the Giants No, I wasn't. I was taking a stab because Joe Flacco won a Super Bowl with a great defense and they overpaid him on

a contract year. Yes, so that's why I wasn't. You know, make sure you have Eli. I want jerk and Eli. Manning sucks too. This rated for his career. This guy's called average quarterback who made phenomenal plays when they needed him most. He's an average quarterback. This guy is calling me a jerk, and I put in fabians last night. He even look x x x x i X the first one out by accident, which was your main curse. You go to sleep too early. Up nice From the NFL to the NBA. Daily Rhodo dot com is the

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It's Virginia Zakis. What's going on, Virginia. Hey, guys, good to be back. Thank you for for coming back. It has been so long, and that I basically I was telling you Frank before and everybody listening watching that the initial list I sent you it was about thirty players or so long, and I cut it to like figetin players and Franks still like you gave her encyclopedia and I'm sorry, sorry, We're ready to go, all right, We're ready, We're ready to go. We're ready to go, obviously because

I'm a selfish human being. I want to start that way with my players, and in particular Monday Night football. Calvin Ridley and Mohamed san New go for Atlanta. Both left the game early on Sunday. For really, it was an ankle injury. For SNeW, I believe it was his hip. What is the latest on the wide receivers in Atlanta? So both players are actually expected to practice today. I'm guessing they're going to be limited and they're going to kind of feel it out and see how both players respond.

But it sounds like SNeW and Ridley have a shot at playing on Monday Night. Um. Really, it seems like he's dealing with the bone bruise, which is not as serious as if it was an ankle sprain, So that's good news. We're still showing a two week optimal recovery time, so I don't expect him to be a hundred percent if he plays Monday, but should still should still be able to get out there, just might be a little painful. Let me throw this up for just for a moment,

let me throw this out. You these there a chance because it's only a two week injury or so or two recovery time for optimal recovery, that they hold them out this week because they have a bye the week after, so you would really be a thousand percent ready to go when they came back from the bye. Is that a possibility. It's possible, But again, because this isn't a sprain or a ligament injury, there's less of a risk

of re injuring it and making the injury worse. Um definitely can be painful, and there's a chance he wouldn't finish the game, but if the pains under control, I don't think for really they're going to hold him out now. Sanu is a little different because he's been dealing with this issue for a few weeks. He's been limited ahead of week five and week six, so and then of

course he didn't finish the game last week. So there's more long term concern with Mohammed Sanu, and he has a history of other injuries lower body muscular strains, so right now he's an elevated injury risk. I still think he has a shot at suiting up, but I think they'd be more likely to let Sanu take the week off, have the by to fully heel since again this has been a lingering issue. Yeah, I would be surprised if Calvin Ridley doesn't play in this game because they need

it right now. The Falcons are two and four. You know, if you dropped the two in five, it's really hard to come back from that. I mean, even where they are now, they're not in a great spot. So they gotta obviously try and win that game to get to three and four. And obviously the Giants are already at one in five, so I think we at least see Calvin Ridley. But if you plan on using one of Ridley or Mohammed Sanu, as I referenced with Greg, you might want to just have Justin Hardy on your bench

in case one of those guys can't go. Virginia, we haven't spoke to you in a while, but not much has changed, especially when it comes to Dalvin Cook and his hamstring injury. I think fantasy owners were relieved that

they held him out last week. I know that he was practicing on a limited basis last week and now practicing in full this week, But in a game where they were favored by double digit points at home against the Cardinals, they opted to hold Dalvin Cook out of that game, so that we assume he's healthy for this game and moving forward. Is that the case with Dalvin Cook? And if he plays, do we expect him to have

a full workload. Yeah, so I still don't expect him to be a hundred percent just yet, but he should be getting close. Um. I was definitely happy to last week. He's gonna be full participant in practice this week. Barring a step back. Of course, um our album shows that his numbers have improved a little bit. He's still an elevated injury risk and honestly, I think he could stay

that way for the rest of the season. Of course, coming off the a c L tear now this recurring hamstring strain, it's just such a tough injury to really get back to a percent. But his health performance factor has improved to above average, which means we're now showing that he should be able to play very well. If he gets out there could still be on a snap count. Um, but I think he's someone if he plays, you got to have him in lineups and just hope he doesn't

reindrew that hamstring. I do agree that if he plays, he's a guy that you do have to have in your line up. I have him ranked as a top twenty four running back this week, so he's right there as like an RB two. But would you take this opportunity to try and sell him while you know fantasy owners are optimistic that he's returning, or so you just kind of hold him and see what you can get out of him. Um. Yeah, I think it'd be worth exploring a trade opportunity if you can get something back,

because again, these hamstrings are just so tricky. A lot of players can get back to you, but really getting back to a hundred for scent sometimes just doesn't happen until the season is over. Um, So definitely worth exploring. I brought that up because it seems like everyone's still trying to buy by by on Down and Cook, but even if he plays, it doesn't sound like he's ever gonna be a right with this hampstring injury. Yeah at

this point, um, I agree. Last week I was all about bouying Dowmond Cook and even making a purchase potentially of Leonard Fournette. I'm scared off by both of them at this moment and then being a healthy at all in team. We're talking to Virginia Zakas from Inside Injuries in Virginia. Again, admittedly, I'm selfish and I told you that from the beginning, So I went with Calvin Ridley, and next up I have to ask about Cooper Cup because he left last week. We thought with a season

ending knee injury. I originally thought it was the Achilles didn't happen, and then we thought it was a knee and it could have been an a c L, or it could have been a tell attendant God forbid, or something really really serious. Next thing you know, he's back on the field, very briefly, but back on the field. He's going to miss this week, already ruled out. What they're saying is a sprain m c L. What's really

going on with Cooper Cup. Yes, we're showing a grade to m c L sprain, which means there's probably a partial tear to the ligament um, but nothing that requires surgery. It's also very rare that the m c L requires surgery unless it's a full tear. So that means he's got a four week optimal recovery time UM similar actually to Doug Baldwin earlier in the year. UM. So that means a safe return around week ten obviously, right now,

he's a very high injury risk. Happy to see they've already ruled him out, but this could be a multi week absence. Um, But good news is it wasn't a season ending injury. We thought it was possible it was a teller tendon tear or very bad ankle sprain as well. UM. Still wouldn't be surprised if there is some damage to his ankle, even though the team hasn't reported that. But yeah, looking at a multi week absence, but this shouldn't be something that ends his season or ruins the second half

of this season. And that's pretty scary. Big Yeah, you know hear just hearing his name in the same as Doug Baldwin. I don't agree. Actually, I took it as a positive because Doug Baldwin over the last two weeks he's played every snap right, like the Snapp per centative is there. And even though he was very ineffective two weeks ago, last week he was great, and and Jim Sannas believes he was a stock up player. So that doesn't scare me as much as I thought it would.

I'm okay with it. So but you gotta make sure that you have Josh Reynolds, if you went, I agree with that. Um, Virginia, I want to ask you about t Y Hilton, another player dealing with the hamstring injury. Been dealing with the hamstring injury for a while now. Even if he plays, it doesn't seem like it's a great matchup. We'll get into that probably later on today or tomorrow. Um, but hamstring with t Y Hilton? Is he good to go? It seems like he's practicing in

full Um. Does he get the full compliment of snaps or is it just kind of the same situation as Dalvin Cook. Yeah, so Ti Hilton was hurt lives around three weeks ago. Um, he returned to practice yesterday. UM. I think he had to quote something along the lines of my on my less than one percent is better than a lot of people. So he's clearly not fully recovered. Um, we're showing he's still a high injury risk, which is no surprise considering this hamstring string. He's still a week

away from his optimal recovery time. But what's interesting is his HPF is above average, So if he plays, we actually think there's a decent chance that he'll play. Pretty well, um, but high injury risk, so good chance he doesn't finish the game because he reaggregates that hamstring, right. T Y Hilton typically a guy who plays through injury. Seems like he's always kind of banged up. I have him as a lower and wide receiver to this week just based on volume. But if he does play, it's gonna be

a tough matchup against Trade. Why Yeah, it's not exactly the match you're looking for his return from the injury. And listen to the Buffalo Bill's defense has been pretty good in general, and I think Hill is gonna play this week. He's right, he is better at and the rest of the schmucks of the cold throughout there. If he plays, he's gonna get double digit targets. Like it's as easy as that. Correct, you gotta start them. Based on that volume, He's still a wide receiver to even

at a bad matchup. I agree. We're talking to Virginia za Is from Inside Injuries again transparency selfish. Now, I think that Jamine I said that, you'd exactly. I think that Jermaine curse everywhere this week, Virginia, because I believe the Quincy new injuries pretty serious, already ruled out for this week, and the Jets Wide receiving Corps in general, it's very beat off. What's the latest on Quincy new one?

So when m R. I showed a high angle spring, which is not good, Um, he was already an elevated injury risk. Now he's high risk poor HPF UM. The absolute earliest he should return his week ten. But high angle springs are the kind of thing that just linger for months, really not even weeks. So he's already out week seven. They expect him to miss at least three weeks um. I think it's going to be longer than that, and if he returns within the next month, it's really

going to hurt his play. Okay, okay, Yeah, So Jammine Curse looks like he's he's by days the wide receiver three for me this week to start off, if you just you mentioned Robby anders In was dealing with the Hampshire injury. Apparently did return to practice today, but we'll have to keep an eye on that. I do think Jemaine Curses he's probably in line for eight to tend targets in this matchup against the Vikings Virginia. I want

to ask you about. Um, honestly a situation I wish you guys had like a diagnosis you can give us for a player sucking or you know, bad usage by a team. But unfortunately, we'll just talk about his injury for now. And that's Amari Cooper who is dealing with a nasty, nasty concussion. We saw him leave the game in Week six. Didn't do anything for fantasy owners. He's been a very, very boom or bus candidate for fantasy football. Now enters the buy in week seven. How bad is

that concussion? Can we expect him out of Week eight, whether he's in a Raiders uniform or not. So I never really like to predict if the players going to return from a concussion, just because they're so unpredictable. UM, I will say most players return within two weeks. I think it's at least so I think he has a good chance at clearing next week. Um. But Cooper also suffered a pretty single to get concussion last year that's similar to this one. Just looked awful. So two concussions

within a year is a huge, huge, huge red flag. Um. He also has a somewhat concerning injury history. He had a high angle sprain he tried to play through last year. Um, so he's kind of always going to be at an increased injury risk now because of his concussions and his past injuries. So even if he plays from an injury perspective, I will trust him in we Gate, Greg. I can't wait till Mary Cooper is like on the Jets next year.

He's their wide receiver one. He's slated, He's guaranteed to get a hundred and fifty targets this year, and then he lets us down again. I'm not doing it next year. Yeah, she says, you didn't do it. This year's gonna listen to you for once. We're back with Virginia Zagas from Inside Injuries and Virginia last kind of maybe selfish question for you here three by hackers. They're on a by this week. Does that mean when they get back Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison and we ready to rock? Yeah?

I think both players will be ready to return. Um. We actually said that Allison would have had they had a game in Week seven, should have been healthy enough to come back. But he still does remain an elevated injury risk again just because hamstring strains are tricky. Randall Cobb has a played since Week three for his injury. We're actually showing a five week optimal recovery time, which means a return in week eight is what we expected. So he should be good to go. But again, he

still has a high injury risk. It's going to stay that way for a while. UM. He has a much longer injury history than Gernoo Allison and UM. But his health performance factor is already above average, which means by next week he should be good to plug into fantasy lineups. All right, cool, perfect, Right? We keep getting burned by the same guys. You realize that, like a Mari Cooper Randall Cobb, like, oh, you know, anytime and Rodgers has two wide receivers, they're going to finish inside the top

twenty four. Whatever it might be. Like, we just fall for the same guys every single year. And a player that you fell for, Davante Freeman, we drafted in the second round. Unfortunately, not because I to him, because I certainly did not want him on my team Virginia. There was a report today that Dan Quinn said that Devantae Freeman can actually return this season. He's eligible to return

in week fifteen, he underwent groin surgery. Everybody went out and picked up Edo Smith and rightfully, so, Uh, this isn't realistic, is it. It's possible, So we're showing a Grade three groin injury. UM likely underwent surgery for sports hernia, although the team hasn't confirmed that. UM. So we're giving him a nine week optimal recovery time, So a return around week fifteen or sixteen. UM seems like it is possible as long as there are no setbacks throughout his recovery.

But because of his all of his injuries this year, he's had the see the serious knee injury at the end of last season, missed four weeks with a knee injury again this year, it could be best just to shut him down for the year and hope that he can come back next season healthy and ready to go. Okay, that's you feel better about drafting him now in the second round. Gread not great man. No, we didn't even get to drop him yet, or did we? I tried? No, we didn't. I tried. We both tried. You didn't try

as hard as either. He most went for like two hundred dollars out of a thousand who saw that coming, venture val coming, he's going to pay for first. There you go, Virginia. Final question for me, it's about the quarterbacks. Ryan Tannehill and Josh Allen. Both one got hurt out of nowhere and practice. It seems it's pretty significant the other one who heard his elbow in a game. Both aren't starting and seemingly the short term or the or term, long term, long term term? Yeah, the short term or

the long term. What's the deal with Josh Allen and Ryan Tannehill. So for Josh Allen, Um, he's dealing with the u c l spring, which is with baseball pagers, we often hear the need for Tommy John surgery and there's a tearritor the u c L. UM. In Josh Allen's case, there's likely a partial tear, but at this point not one that's serious enough that he needs surgery. Um, he's expected to miss at least the next two to

three games and then helping week to week. Um, this is gonna be something we're gonna need to watch the entire season. Even once he's clear to return. Our algorithm is showing he needs at least four weeks before he returns to the field. Even then, it's going to be very risky for him to play. And just because surgery isn't necessary now doesn't mean he won't eventually have to undergo Tommy John surgery. So I hope that isn't the case here, but it is still a possibility. UM. For

Ryan Tannehill, he's dealing with a shoulder strain. Based on how the hit occurred. UM, it looks like there's probably some damage to the rotator cuff. Again at this point, doesn't sound like he needs surgery, but it's possible if there's a tear to the rotator cuff that, um, he would eventually need surgery. He's out this week, there's a good chance he's out week eight, UM, And I don't think that there's any certain you know, any sort of idea if by week nine he'll be ready to go.

So we're showing he needs a minimum of four weeks off for that shoulder to heal. BG. Have you ever heard of a talent sprain, because that's what I think Josh Allen might be sufering from. Very nice. You know, it's not very that's not that's not's not very nice. I keep it real. Look, I tell the truth on this. You don't, you're a liar, I am, I I don't know.

All right, that's it. Yeah, Virginia, Jock has We appreciate the time as always, thank you for coming aboard and actually all of our injury questions today we really needed your help and thank you for coming through for us. Yeah, thank you, thank you very much. All Right, there you go. That's Virginia Soccas from inside Injuries. Frank anything surprised either, Um, No, we mentioned we hit on the Cooper Cup thing a little bit. I think again, if you own him, you

gotta get Josh Reynolds on your team. Josh Reynolds dealing with the hand injury. But if Cooper Cup doesn't go, we've seen that Sean McVeigh and the Rams make all three wide receivers who play in the offense fantasy viable. So I just think we continue to hit on that. Look, you know, we could have asked about Leonard four Net, but we're gonna get a similar response to what we did about Dalvin Cook. I would say, Leonard fourn it is probably a little bit worse than where Dalvin Cooke

is at this point. You know, so everyone wants to buy low on Dalvin Cook. Every wants to buy low on Leonard four Nette. Can't it just be a thing that like, they're not gonna be a thing this year? Can't just be possible? Know absolutely, you can easily be a thing where you just busts were you running back to the bus, it was just the question would be pooh. The injury issues have caught Leonard Fournette Dalmin Cook. A conversation you and I had so often this past summer,

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a hundred grand. So when you don't see you tomorrow, it's because I'm much richer. Thanks the Daily Roado NBA. All right enough, Optimizer, all right eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. Let's go to the phone, shall we, Frank? Alright, let's hit up Jared and St. Louis. That's so Jared, Hey, what's up? Guys? Not much? Man, what's going on? I'm gonna twelve team full PPR, and I gotta play two of these guys. Uh. I got Edo Smith, Royce Freeman and Peyton Barber. Which one of

use them? Do you bench Frank, Edo, Royce or Peyton Barber? Well, I'm not using Royce Freeman in PPR because he doesn't catch passes at all. He's pretty much a standard league score a touchdown or bus kind of play. And it's unfortunate because it's a good matchup against the Arizona Cardinals as well, But I just don't want to get involved there. That leaves between Edo Smith and Hayton Barber. I think you guys play two right now? Oh yeah, Royce Freeman,

he's the clear. It makes a lot easier. You don't want to hear what I was gonna say. I don't if you appreciate the call eight four four eight four three went with me because you're smart. Yeah, start painting Barber over. It's because there's less mouths to feed you. Damn right, there is. Uh the quarterback rankings available right now over at rhodod Experts. We're still calling this the high five. What have you talked to Scott yet? I

don't have enough time. I get an email every single week about like some like minute thing that I miss in my writing, like I have to capitalize week three. I just I can't do it. Graig, you can talk to I'm not not my job, man, I got other stuff going not my job either. Your column. It's just supposed to be the the best Fantasy five. We say this every week, best Fantasy five. You want to just go in and change it. I think I can. He

probably can just go on and change it. I don't want to notice all rank he's our order Experts dot com. They're free m best Fantasy five ranks. Yes, the best Fantasy five. You've said that about five times now. I'm trying to give it up. And you want to talk about any of my quarterbacks. You want to talk to a call or what do you want to do? You have Andy Don't ranks your third rank quarterback this week? He was the mediocre last week Gains Pittsburgh, good matchup

this matter. This week against Kansas City divisional matchup, those are like hard hitting agreed. This week you get can't can't against Kansas City. You feeling much better? Yes? I am fifty seven and a half point game total in this game. It's the highest on the slate this week. I just think that the Bengals defense is not going to be able to stop the Kansas City Chiefs. We've seen that every single week. The Chiefs are gonna go out and score points. Any Dalton is gonna be playing

from behind because of that. He is a top five fantasy quarterback. We just saw the Chiefs give up a ton of fantasy production to Tom Brady as well. So I think this is a bounce back spot for the Bengals offensive players. I like Joe Mixing a lot. I like Tyler Boyd a lot as well. He's very close to being a top twelve wide receiver for me. A J. Green a top five wide receiver c j Uzoma a

borderline tight end one this week. So I like all of the Bengals weapons, and if I like the weapons, I have to like the guy throwing the ball, and that is any Dalton. Okay, yes, it makes sense. I must top three quarterback though, I think that's where I feel weird. I mean, you're splitting, You're kind of gross. So like Jared goff is ranked very highly this week, he has She's a consensus, you know, he's the fourth

ranked quarterback this week. I just think there could be more back and forth between the Bengals and the whereas the night has head in Green May on Monday night. Yeah, it's kind of flukey though. I just ram Scondary. He's not any special. I agree, and I like markis Goodwin this week. I have him as a high end wide receiver. Three. Jared Gofs gonna be above end Dawnt in my opinion. But yeah, but Jared goff Ley to eight last week too. He did It's all Todd yards rushing. It's always all

Todd Gurley. That's not changing. That's that's what caps Jared Goff's upside. Yes, we saw that huge game whatever it was. Three Thursdays ago now against the Vikings, and you know a lot of people are holding onto that because it was a primetime game and that's the last thing we remember seeing of Jared Goff. His upside most weeks is capped because once they get in the red zone, it's

just feed feed feed Todd Gurley. The other quarterback that really stands out besides Andy Dalton on your rankings this week for me is Drew Brees. And I know you talked about him as a cell high candidate on yesterday's program. You have him outside your QB one day this week. He's been one of the best quarterbacks in all the fantasy football all year long. I know he's facing the Baltimore defense has been pretty good. But why do you believe Drew Brees is ranked sixteen this week? Why do

you haven't ranked sixty? So I actually think maybe this is fool's gold for me, But I think I think it's a lower scoring affair. I don't know that we get this big. You know, I believe the game total in this game is fifty points. I don't know that we get to that. The Saints defense has actually turned

a corner here. I don't know if it's a product of the teams that they've faced, facing Washington and then the Giants, but their defense has turned a corner, their past defense has played better, their run defense has been phenomenal all season long. So I just don't know that

we see a lot of points in this game. Obviously, the Ravens have been very good against quarterbacks this year, and honestly it's just a product of some of these other quarterbacks that have just ahead of him having better matchups. For example, Baker Mayfield going against Tampa Bay in that same game, Joe Flacco is facing the same secondary. If there's any way to attack, to attack the Saints, it's

going to be through the air. So I wouldn't be surprised if Joe Flacco gives you to seventy five and two. That's gonna be close to being a top twelve UH quarterback this week. I just think that the Saints come out of the by and they just run the ball Ton. I think we get a lot of mark Ingram, a lot of Alvin Kamara and the guys that I have ranked just ahead of him. I like those matches more. Mitchell Drobiski The Truth going up against the Patriots where

their home dogs. Um, the Patriots are going to score points, so they might be playing from behind in that game. I just like the matchups of some of those other quarterbacks a little bit more than I like Drew Brees this week eight four four, eight four, three six, eight seven nine. My feeling is Frank and I tell you each and every week, you can't put bad players headed good players. Like kind of that simple. Drew Brees needs to be ahead of Joe Flacco because Joe Flacco is

not good. Greg. If you had Fantasy football rankings every week, you can do whatever you like. That's it. That's all you have for me. If I could criticize your rankings, you get Look, maybe you're right. We'll find we'll find out at the end of that. Can you switch that? No, I'm not. Come on, man, the Saints are allowing the most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. Can't start Joe Flacco. I can't let you do the third most. I can't

let you do this. You've allowed monster games, Greg, Dude, it's Joe Flacco, but he's had a few big games. Is here. It's just picking and choosing when those big games are gonna come. We like Michael Cradfree's I like Willy Sneed this week. Right in the revenge game against New Orleans Saints, don't you have to like the guy throwing them the ball? No? Nope, nothing, nope. All right, Well, look, if Drew Brees makes me look stupid this week, I'm perfectly fine with that, are you? I think it's I

think it's a bad matchup in Baltimore. He's not playing at home either. The last time he played outdoors, what do you do against the Giants? You didn't do anything in that game? Right? Fult? What does that mean? If it's Sean Payn's fault again and they just run the football a lot. They're going on the road to face the Baltimore Ravens defense, a great defense, and Drew Brees typically does not play better. It does not play as

well outside than he does inside the dome. If this game is in the dome, we're looking at a different scenario. It's on the road, it's against Baltimore. Drew Brees got shut down by the Giants defense last time they played on the road outdoors. You can you can use Drew Brees if you want. This week. I'm not. I'm going to I don't have many were in fantasy either. This is weird any of my season long weeks. This is weird. Zoe in yot because oh, because it makes sense, very interesting.

All right, it's going out back the phone line. It's gonna Chris in Chicago, Chris. It's going on in Hey. You are you doing doing great? Dude? Pretty good? Um? Ten teen PPR. I got Philip rivers to Michael Thomas, t Y Hilton, Gary McCaffrey, Burton, And for a flex, I got Tevin Coleman or crab Tree, Robinson and Robinson or tell your gay girl, how many can you start in the flex one? Or was one of these fourslex? Yeah,

this one, Frank will ask you. It's a PPR not be there, it's full ppr uh And it's it's very close between Michael Crabtree and Kevin Coleman in my opinion. But the Giants have actually allowed a decent number of Fantasy point to opposing running backs. This year, we're gonna see Tevin Coleman continue to take on that lead dog role where he plays about sixty of the snaps and gets about, you know, sixty percent of the work. And

because of that a lean Keevin Coleman. But I do think Michael Crabtrey has a great game this week as well. I actually maybe the other way. I know, I normally lean running back or or do you put Crabtree in over Hilton and then used Tevin Coleman over Hilton because I think that's a more realistic scenario here. Actually, yeah, I think that's actually a really good one with Hilton coming back from injury, he facing Tredarius White. I like where your heads, That's where I go. I'll go with you.

I'm in. I like that because I want to play Crabtree this week, So I'm in with that one. I think it's a good job. I had one more question for you, good what's up um? Quarterback? Philip Rivers or Trabinsky? I picked him up the dis wavery because Rivers on the bind. Next, looking at Frank's rankings over at Road to extrast dot Com, it's free, by the way, it should be called the best friend ranking whatever the last. Nevertheless, Philip Rivers is a top ten quarterback. Mr Drobisky is

number fourteen, So Frank believes you just are Philip Rivers. Yea. This goes back to your theory of using good quarterbacks. But the thing is, I just don't trust the Tennessee Titans secondary as much as I trust the way that the Ravens have played, the way that Drew Brees plays outdoors. So there are a few more things playing against Drew Brees. But this is the example of Philip Rivers. You know, you gotta pick and choose. Greg. This is the example

of using the good quarterback regardless. I don't think it's a scary match to be there against the Titans. There you go games in London, am on Sunday morning. Get out. Literally, let's go to Friday Lass my way to the jet it. What's going on? Guys? Are you doing doing? Great? Man? What's happening? I just want to know who to start this week? Um, sayce Dalvin Cook is maybe going to play? I have Philip Lindsay and carry on Johnson PPR Lindsay or carry on Johnson in the PBR Frankie or or

Dalvin Cook, one of those Dalvin Cook plays. I'm gonna start Dalvin Cook. Okay, yeah, yeah, what's your other question? I agree with Greg. If Dalvin Cook plays, I would use him. Awesome. Um, right, receiver questions. Julio Daman, Uh, Tyler Boyd. I want to know who who started this week? Yeah, another good question. I have both guys ranks very highly. I think they're high and wide receiver twos this week.

But I'm gonna stick in that game with the Kansas City Chiefs going up against the Bengals, and you're gonna use Tyler Boyd just based on how many points I think are gonna be scored back and forth there the way that he has been used. It's not a knock on Edelman because he has gained a lot of targets since he's returned, and you just scored a touchdown last week as well. I just think Tyler Boyd has a safer floor and to be honest, a higher ceiling in

that matchup. I agree. I completely agree with Frankie And with that, we're gonna sign off YouTube for today. Coming up next the Fantasy Football Frenzy with the Fantasy executive Corey Parson, Chris Ventra, and Jim Dave. If you're listening on a podcast, we appreciate if you subscribe two hours show. If you give us a like five stars is what would need to be rated, and please leave comment if you're listening live on the rate, Yo, Well we'll be

here for the next five or so minutes. And in those five or so minutes, Frank, I want to go into your tight end rankings. I know we won't have time tomorrow given all the start sit stuff we gotta do. So inside your tight end rankings. You went off about Grunk this week. You still have them rankings. It's not three ten hens. Who do you want me to rank over him? That's the question for those listening on the radio.

Frank just gave me a look and a shrunk and then says, what do you want you Are you gonna rank over him? Rank to You're gonna rank IBN David and joke over him? Yeah? Yeah, you probably could. I guess if you really wanted to make the case for it. I'm trying to find anything that really stands out to me. Um, something really does to be honest, I mean, does the fact that David and Joku rank is it is a top five tight end? Does that stand out? Or do

you think that's adequate? It's fine. I think planes have a bay given the lack of resources and weapons in Cleveland have This is something we talked about last week. Uh, we're both kind of right, I guess because I was big on Cameron brad scoring a touchdown, which you did. You were very big on Austin Hooper and he had a big game as well. Do I have him ranked high enough at tight end eight overall? Um? Probably not?

Actually probably not, especially facing the Giants, And given what Virginia told us about Lhama's new Calvin Ridley, were still lot sure about. You know, she was more positive on him. I think I'd have to have Austin Hooper a bit higher. I think i'd have to have like six maybe. Yeah. My thinking is that George Kittle has just seen such a high target share on that team all season long. He has the ability to make big plays as well. Um, And the Forty Nights are gonna be trailing in that game,

so they'll have to throw. And then Trey Burton has scored a touchdown in two straight games. The Patriots haven't been great against tight ends either, so I think there's a pretty good chance he gets in the end zone. So that was my thinking. I have Austin Austin Hooper at as the eighth ranked tight end, um, So I mean you could probably make the argument you can move him up a little bit here, I think, especially in DFS, though you like him a lot uh some other guys.

I think C. J Usama is obviously a streamable time it end this week going up against the Chiefs, who have allowed something like the third or fourth most Fantasy points the tight ends this year. His targets have been pretty stable, again, very high game total in that game Angles and Chiefs. I think Ricky Seals Jones, you know, again, it's kind of the David and Joko effect for Ricky Seals Jones. He's getting the targets every single week. He

has a safe target floor. He hasn't he just hasn't turned that into a lot of fantasy production this year. So if you're hurting, if you're without Jimmy Graham or you're without Jared Cook this week and someone dropped Ricky Seals Jones, you know you have to figure out I want to use them tonight. He's he checks in as my tight end fifteen, which is right around that range of streamable tight ends. I think so too. I think

you're right there. You don't really want to streak. I think it's kind of the end of the stream maybe Cameron breaks the anem of the after that. I mean, the dart throws like Vernon Davis, just because he's been getting more work, or to touchdown with Alex Smith. They kind of have that connection going back to there. I think he probably also needs a dart throw one of

the Rammers sight Ends potentially as well. Yeah, I mean I'd rather take a shot on like Jeff Hierman than like one of the rams sight Ends, just because he's gotten targets the past few weeks. Case Kim is just missing him because Case Keenum is missing everybody. Greg, mm hmm, Okay, how do you think we seat chat Kelly? I've mentioned on the Waiver Show that if you're play in a super Flex league, I think it's a very sneaky to pick him up tonight before the game because of Case

Keenum struggles mightily in that first half. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts the second half for that team. So if you're playing super Flex, you have kind of a dead roster spot that you can afford to uh to pick up Kelly right now. I think that's something I would go out and do. I wouldn't be surprised if he's starting uh in Week eight. Make your prediction tonight Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos. What's the spread and you got so? The spread as of right now, the Broncos

are laying one. The Cardinals are home dogs, but it's basically a pick him game. I'll take the Arizona Cardinals under Van's Joseph on the road against the spread. The Broncos are one in nine on those road games. I'll take a slight over as well at forty two. Give me the Cardinals at home. Here's the prediction for you. Not only this case, keenamana make it to this season now that dispans Joseph. Do you have to ask me

that tomorrow. Thank you so much for watching. We'll do it all again then, we hope