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into the holiday weekend. A lot of people are drafting, a lot of people have questions. We were going position by position. I was giving you tight end diamonds in the rough yesterday, and there were so many callers that I didn't get to all of the diamonds. I got a couple of deep sleepers going you can get at any point in time in your draft, and I think they might return top twelve, top fifteen tight end value for you. I'm gonna give you who those guys are
later on in the show. Also, tonight is week four of the preseason. Remember how Week three was the dress rehearsal, Well, tonight week four. The starters very rarely play at all, so they're trying to conserve them, keep them in bubble wraps so they could be ready where the NFL season kicks off one week from today. What that means, will everybody stay healthy? We'll see. There's still a couple of things that I would look for here in week four.
We'll talk about that as well. You know, we're here live at Studio thirty four Rock and Riley's here in Midtown Manhattan. But I'm gonna have a guest later on, my boy Nick Levrani. He's there with Pro Angle Media and he's gonna talk to us live from Los Angeles. We're gonna do a little East coast West coast bias kind of thing. We're gonna talk a little bit about the a f C West, the NFC West, and he's
gonna follow suit because he's on Fantasy Freestyle. He's gonna tell us some of his diamonds in the rough and some of his full gazees. And then later on, as you know, we put the fun in Functional Sports ray video, We're gonna talk about other championships that have been crowned. We're gonna talk about why there may be some karma coming back to bite the New England Patriots. And like I said, there's a ton of fantasy football drafts happening
this week. This weekend, I have a couple lined up myself, so we're gonna I'm gonna give you some ideas. Let's say you've been in the same league with the same format for a few years, and you know you want to spice it up a little bit right, you don't want it to get stale. I got a couple of ideas for you right here on the Fantasy Freestyle that you might like to try. All right when we come back, though,
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special discount. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle. Dropping stats over beef, that's my man, Chris Bovona on the ones and twos. You heard that I'm gonna have Nick on from l A. It looks like you trying to promote a little East Coast West Coast beef. I don't know. We are a little Biggie and tuploc action. Listen, if you want to holler at me all hours, you can at ate four four eight, four, three, six, eight seven nine. And it sounds like the phone lines are hot, like
liquid hot magma right off the top. I couldn't get to all my tape diamonds in the rough. Yes, hopefully I got to them today, but you know I want to hear from you as well. Hey Christiness, it sounds like our first caller tonight is Gary in Rochester. He's got a question about hashtag beast mode on the Oakland Raiders. Hey Gary, what's going on? You're dropping stats over beats? It's the fantasy freestyle you're on with speeds. What's up? Yeah?
I was wondering if like third Allen and Marshawn Lynch Week one, Keenan Allen or Marshawn Lynch in your flex spot. Well, let's first of all look at these matchups. Right, you got the Oakland Raiders. They are going to Tennessee right whereas the Chargers are going to Denver on Monday day night. You talk about Keenan Allen going up against the Chargers in Denver on Monday night, that crowd is gonna be hyped.
And you know, the Denver secondary is truly elite. With Chris Harris Junior would have keep to leave as well. I would say that that does not help the matchup for Keenan Allen and because of that, I would go with beast mode. Given those two choices, UM receivers don't farewell against the Denver Broncos secondary, and unfortunately that is the matchup for Keenan Allen in Week one. Thank you for the call, Gary and Rochester. We got another call.
It is right here in New York. Dan in New York got a general question about the different conferences as it relates to Fantasy. What's going on, Dan, You're on the Fantasy Freestyle with Speeds? Well, yeah, I have a question and then I have something to add answer it. What's up? Um? Well, which team? Um? You know, which
fancy could be better? Overall? That's kind of tough to say, you know, when you talk about it, like which conference will be better, because fantasy football is so much about individual playoffs and players and matchups, like consider it this way, Consider it this way. The Jacksonville Jaguars were horrible two years ago, you know, winning four, five or six games, Yet Blake Bortles and although garbage time points, was able to be an effective fantasy football player. Right, teams that
are great team it's all about the game flow. There are some teams that are great. If they're winning by twenty one point in the second half, you know what they're gonna do. Run the ball and try and run out the clock. So if you have a wide receiver from some great team, you know, some team like let's say, let's say the New England Patriots, right, But the New England Patriots, when they're up in the second half of games, they're gonna run the ball. That's why guys like Garrett
Blunt were so great with them in that context. So it's really hard to say. I would say that the most dynamic offenses in the NFL are still the Green Bay Packers, the New Orleans Saints, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Atlanta Falcons, and the New England Patriots. Those are three NFC teams to a f C teams. But it's so hard because player by player you really need to know
the teams. You need to know the matchups, and the key is you need to know the game flow that you expect what will be happening, who will be up, who will be down. So it's a tough thing to say, but I think some of the more dynamic offenses are in the NFC. Right now, you said you gotta follow up. Yeah, this is more about the fish. Um, you do realize that you need to get plants and stuff for it because it's like pretty depressed right now. Fair enough, thank
you for the call. Thank you for the call. We got our guy Jamis Finston over here. I'm trying to add to it. Okay, I gotta tell you the truth. We got these colorful marbles. I added these rubber duckies in here as well. We're working on it. Thank you for the inside Dan. We're gonna see what we could do what I do have on set though. We got a new sponsor, these UH kicks right and they'll do your favorite college. So we got Michigan and the Ohio
State University. But thank you for the call. We're gonna try and work on the fish situation. We got another caller. It's Shannon in Georgia. Wants to talk to me about their first five picks and how I view them. Go ahead, Shannon, you know on the Fantasy Freestyle? Are you doing? Man? I'm a real big fan. I appreciate that. What's going on. I chose Jordy Nelson first, by the way, I was the sixth person to pick fair enough. I chose d Neson love it, then Doug Christian okay, and uh, lastly
I got Allen Robinson okay, should be concerned? Should improve that? No. Listen, you said it's PPR format, Yes, okay. I think you're in great shape to be quite honest. Listen, the two top wide out you mentioned, Jordy Nelson and Doug Baldwin. I think Doug Baldwin is a viable back end wide out one for a team. So the fact that he's your wide out two, I think you're in great shape there. And then here's the thing, the key being it that
it's PPR format right. Because of that, I like that you go wide out wide out at the top because you're gonna find running backs that in this PPR format are gonna be BPST and can still be running backs one and two for you in your case, Christian McCaffrey, I think it's gonna be a stud. I think he's gonna catch about fifty five ball. So I love it in that format. And Dalvin Cook it was one of
my running back diamonds in the rough. So I absolutely love that your last pick was another wide receiver and you said it could be a wide out. Three. Who was that again, Alan Robinson? Sure, here's the thing, listen, that comes down to Blake Bortles, right. I do believe Allen Robinson has the skill to be an incredible wide receiver and could even return value for you there. I would watch this Blake Bortles situation though, because that could
be the problem. But yes, Alan Robinson as a wide receiver. Three. I like what you did. What your five call in again anytime you want, Shannon throughout the season and we'll see how it goes. But thank you for the call. Hey, Chris, we gotta get to these tight end diamonds in the rough that I want to talk about. There's two more that I didn't get to yesterday that I would be remiss if I didn't tell you yesterday though, we had our poll up who was your tight end Diamonds in
the Rough. The winner of that poll at tight end seventeen was Austin and Hooper. Thirty five percent of you said Hooper, thirty one percent of you said Hunter Henry, three percent said Eric Ebron. But we had five hundred votes on this poll, and a lot of people were saying other ones. Okay, a lot of nominations, guys like zach Ertz, guys like Cameron Brad, guys like Kobe Fleaner. One person though, big shout out to Binky at Binky
the Doormat on Twitter. He says a s J we're talking about as Austin Safarian Jenkins on the New York Jets, and I think that is a very interesting option. He's going as tight end twenty eight right now, two hundred seventy fourth overall. That is pretty much undrafted. I like Austin Sefarian Jenkins. Why because there's no other options on the Jets. Okay, he might in fact be the leading receiver for this team. He's lost twenty pounds, he's got his mind right. He went to rehab in the offseason.
He knows this is pretty much his last chance. And for the Jets, whether it is m account or God forbid, Christian Hackenburg under center, they're gonna be looking to check down and I think Austin Sefarian Jenkins, because you're not gonna be successful out there on the outside when you only got guys like Robbie Anderson and Sharon Peek. They're gonna go instead in a safe route. I could see Austin Seferian Jenkins and then Boom Boom Bilu pal Pal being real pieces of the passing game, and you can
get him as late as you want. You could even probably pick him up after week one. Why because Safari and Jenkins has suspended for the first two weeks of the season. The one other guy I want to tell you, and this is a deep sleeper. Check out George Kittle on the San Francisco forty Niners. I think this guy is viable. The forty Niners say they loved him in camp,
and you know what they did this week. They traded away there starting tight end Vance McDonald got traded to the Pittsburg Steelers, opening the door and opening the path for George Kittle. This guy is going undrafted. You may be saying, who remember the name George Kittle. I think he's gonna be a tight end that can come out of absolutely nowhere and then again in a conservative kind of offense with Brian Horror. I think they're gonna be able to use the tight end. They used the tight
end a bunch. I think George Kittle could return some value. All right, got some news and notes that I want to get into. Also listen, the NFL is investigating Jarvis Landry for domestic violence and investigation. Okay, charges are not being filed. However, I already told you. I already told you that Jarvis Landry was gonna be a fool gaze. I told you that Dolphins did not want to extend this contract. I told you how much I like Davante Parker. This is now never another reason why Jarvis Landry is
a fool gaze at the wide received her position. Also, Adam Schefter is now reporting that there's a real chance that that Zeke Elliott suspension does get reduced to maybe two or four games. I told you what needs to happen here is Zeke needs to take his medicine. If you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle yesterday. I told you you rather him just serve the suspension and then be back. You don't want that cloud hanging over your head later
on in the season when you're in the fantasy playoffs. Also, there's some wide receivers that are now apparently on the trading block. Okay, I told you about Jarvis Landry before. The Chargers might be Stelp shopping dontrelle Inman. And if you're a big fan of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you know I love dontrelle Inman. He's the inman, the fighter of the nights Man. That could mean because they
have faith in guys like Travis Benjamin, Tyrrelle Williams. That could be why even Mike Williams health keep an eye out on that. The Seahawks are sharping uh Mr curse. That could mean they have faith and guys like Paul Richardson, guys like Tyler Lockett, even guys like Casson Williams keep an eye out on that. Also in Seattle, they're listening
Thomas Rawls and Eddie Lacey as co starters. It seems like no one has grabbed the mantle of the starting running back and the Seahawks will be going with a true committee. Keep an eye out on that as we move all along into week one after the preseason. When we come back, we're gonna have my man Nick joined the show. I believe out there from l A. We're gonna talk about the a f C West. We're gonna talk about the NFC West. He's gonna give you some
of his diamonds and fool gazes as well. We'll still take your callers as well as Dan Martinez, speeds and spitting statistician Right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, we go out to the West Coast staff of this come all right, back, Hunter Henry Stirling and Shepherd Michael Thomas. These three NFL softwares are not due to slump, They're due to break out. Just like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network a year two,
things are only getting better. Make sure listen live and dell o the app F and t s Y Radio each three and it's twenty four seven. The best Fantasy SPORTSNTEN is on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle, Dropping stats over beach, which your boy Dame Martinez speeds and spitting statistician right here on the Fantasy Freestyle. I just finished saying that in week four of the preseason, the one thing you want to worry about is making sure that your starters do not
get hurt. I turn and look, and the New York Jets starting quarterback Josh McCown is in a heap on the ground and Christian Hackenburg is warming up right now. Leave it to the New York Jets to play it in that way. They are trying everything possible to wind up with Am Donald as the number one overall pick in next year's draft. I'm telling you right now, in about nine months, you're going to hear the commissioners say and with the first pick, the New York Jets select
quarterback out of USC Sam Donald. But enough about that, because I got my man Nick. I got my man Nick Lebrani with me. He's out there in l A. I gotta stop this East Coast bias, talking about only the Jets and only these East Coast teams who I want to bring in My boy Nick over there working with Pro Angle Media, do a little East Coast West Coast action. Nick, how you doing on a Fantasy Freestyle. How's it going out there? Man? What's up, Dane? That's
going really well? You know, I'm I'm doing my usual sitting and sitting in l A traffic. Yeah, you know, just just on the four oh five. What are you on? You're on the floor O five, the one oh five, the five. What's up? I'm on the four oh five? You know the infamous. Are you driving a Bronco? Are you driving a white Bronco? No? No, no, no, alright, I'll never be a Bronco. Well, listen, listen that. I wanted to get into this with you a little bit
because I have a couple of questions. You know, football is back in Los Angeles. We're gonna get into the a f C West and the NFC West some of your diamonds and full gazes as well. But the first thing I want to ask you is like, do people in l A care about the Chargers at all? I know they're gonna be in this like new stadium where the l A Galaxy is only five thousand something like that. I saw Dan Fouts recently say it's an embarrassment that
the charges were there. Do you think that people are gonna come out second year for the Rams, first year for the Chargers, two teams that might be doing better than last year. What do you think is there buzz out there about the Rams and the Chargers? You know, there definitely is some buzz with both of these teams. I think, Um, I think that there's some excitement. More so, I think with the Chargers because that stadium is so unique in so many ways. It only holds a max
thirty thousand. They just add a few, uh five thousand seats of bleachers, but that is a that's a stadium where you're gonna go find an experience unlike any other NFL venue you go to because the smallest size of it so um and plus the Chargers, you know they're gonna be exciting team to watch, you know, as well as the Rams. But if you're going to choose the place to go see a game this year, I'd much
rather go see a Chargers game that Ram game. The Coliseum is just an absolute, you know, nightmare right now. And I'm sure both those teams really can't wait to get that new stadium going. Fair Enough, let me ask you. Let me ask you this, Nick, because I'm a little bit high on the Charger, So I want to hear what you think as well. I actually think the Charges are gonna finish in second place in that division and compete for a wild card. Listen, I think Joey Bosa
is turning into an animal coming off the edge. There's the return of Jason Varette, who is a legitimate number one cornerback for the Charges. Just and I sort of think this could be Philip Rivers last Hurrah. And in the a f C West, I expect regression from the Denver Broncos given the Trevor Simeon Packs Than Lynch kind of experiment. And I also think that the Chiefs got a little bit lucky last year with things like returning two point conversions for touchdowns against Atlanta. Could you see
the Chargers making a step? Do you think the Raiders deserve to be prohibitive favorites? How do you see the a f C West shaking out? You know, you know, I actually see it, you know, very very similar, if not the same. I actually was going through the Charger schedule and I I could see ten wins there from that, Uh, the schedule gets a little bit light. Um, you know, they have a couple of East coast travels, which is never easy from a West Coast team going to the
East coast. However, I do think that they could get ten winst year. The only thing that I could see slowing them down is that offensive offensive it was it was a problem last year. Yeah, I mean and and the and also the other part is, you know, the Charges last year blew about four or fourth quarter leads. They could have easily had nine wins last year, absolutely
losing five straight to end the season. There were plenty of games where they were up with five minutes left to go and like the wind, probability was high, they found ways to lose, they could not finish. And you know the gift of that now, the gift of that now is they got a fourth place schedule with a team that is probably better than their records showed last year. So you could see the Charges maybe making a run
in a wild card. Absolutely no, there's no, There's no question they have the potential be a wild card favorite, which makes which which you know, l a feeds off hype. So you know, say the Charges got off to a fast start. You know they're three and oh three and one going into you know, into the quarter mark, of the season. All the hype is high on them. And
then you've got Philip Rivers who's approaching a milestone. He's approaching with fifty thousand um passing yard Gates as well, so that that also adds Fan Gates, you know, I mean him and Gates are you know, they're just breaking records every single year with their with their connection. So you know, I definitely see that the Chargers can be a team a fun team to watch this year, especially with the Rivers and uh Keenan Allen connection. I think
those are two guys. If you could somehow form a stack in your lineup this year, getting Rivers late in drafts and getting Keenan Outen at the right value, you could have a nice little fantasy team too with two Charges on your team. Hey, let me ask you this, Nick, because you mentioned something I've been telling people on the Fantasy Freestyle for weeks now. You talked about waiting at the quarterback position, right, And that's exactly what I'm telling
people to do in their drafts this year. Why use the draft capital you need in the third or second, third or fourth round to get Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Tom Brady and the like when you could wait. You can wait until much later rounds, rounds nine or ten and wind up with the Philip Rivers, wind up with a guy like say Matthew Stafford, even the new one
hundred and thirty million dollar man. Do you have any kind of other quarterback diamonds in the rough that you think could be de viable plays that will return just as much value I've been talking about and targeting guys like Philip Rivers, like Matthew Stafford, like Kirk Cousins, like Cam Newton, like Marcus Mariota. Well, do you have any other quarterbacks that you think it could be diamonds in the rough heading into early part of the football season. You know, I'm very high on on one of the
guys you mentioned. The other guy you didn't mention, Matthew Stafford is probably one of those guys. He's He's a diamond for sure. He's a guy just got paid so which means that you know, they have a lot of faith in him. They want him, they want to see him. You know that offense, the offensive coordinator they're gonna throw the ball a ton. They don't even have a running back that's gonna be in between the tackles. Whether it's Amer Abdullah or Theoretic, you know they're gonna throw in Detroit.
I'm fading all Detroit Lions running backs with the exception of Theoretic because he's not He's not your prototypical running back. He's a wide receiver with the running back tag on him. He lines up more on the shotgun with Stafford where he feels most most comfortable. Uh. And he's gonna catch so many balls. You know, it's twenty fifteen season. He called eighty passes on ninety nine targets. Now you've got jim Boncouter in his second season with a veteran quarterback,
you know, get having more reps underneath them there. They're just gonna keep feeding him and feeding him. So Stafford has one. The other guy I wanted to mention was Derek Carr. The guy's getting no love um and dry in his current a DP. I mean, you can get him late in rounds two, you get him eight nine, tenth round. And this is a guy who's probably gonna throw for yards. Him and markret Cooper just another year together, you know. And I another guy to Amari Cooper that
connection be I think exciting to watch all year. He's a gun slinger. Um. You know Marshawn Lynch, I know you. I remember you talked about him yesterday. I I don't see him getting eight hundred yards receiving rushing this year. I can. I just see him coming in for at the goal line. He'll his value is gonna be at the goal line. I don't like what a Mike Tilber was for the Chargers were maybe like four years ago,
five years ago when he was there. So you know, the Derek Carr and Matt Stafford are definitely two of my diamonds. I like that. I like that Derek Carr and Matt Stafford were both m VP candidates before injuries
last year. Um, let's talk about the NFC West real quick, Nick, because you know everybody thinks that maybe the Seahawks, but their offensive line could be an issue when you think about Arizona, when you think about San Francisco or your team, the Rams out there in l A, which team, if any is gonna maybe try to poke their head up to challenge the Seahawks in that division? I think you know the Rams now have the new coach out there,
working with Jared Goff they've added some weapons. Our team is still gonna put fifty three minute in the box to try to stop Todd Gurley and the other thing in Arizona. I personally think that Carson Palmer is about to fall off a cliff in terms of his performance at the age he's at. Who do you think steps up to compete with Seattle in that division? You know, I actually I think it's Arizona that that division this year.
I think that this is the Cardinals last, their last real go at it with with an age, like you said, an aging Carson Palmer and aging Larry Fitzgerald. But they if you were to take a look at their strength to schedule this year, it's wide open and it's very
past happy for Carson Palmer. So he's another guy if you really wanted to stash and wait on a quarterback, I would actually give him shot as a as a last ditch, you know, effort, you know, to kind of get some value at quarterback and ride him out as long as he can. Once he stays healthy, I think he's gonna be you know, he could finish in the top ten and quarterbacks even maybe even a little bit uh higher up than that and The beautiful part about
is waiting at quarterback, right, is it doesn't matter. Let's see who falls to you. Grab two of them, grab Palmer and Stafford right and just see which one pops off, See which matchup or you felt better it could. It doesn't mean. There's so many options out there. Kirk Cousins, you might get that falls to you, Derek Carr, Cam Newton, so many options, but the key here is to wait on quarterback. Um. Listen, Nick, I had a lot of fun. Man, we gotta go to commercial break. Would you be able
maybe to keep joining the Fantasy Freestyle every week? You talk about the stacks? Right, maybe what we can do is give Nick's Stack of the Week from the West Coast every week. How did you feel about that, coming back from Fantasy Freestyle and giving you and giving us our quarterback wide receivers stack of the Week. Absolutely, I would more than love to do. I'm a huge DraftKings guy.
I'm a I'm a weekly player on Draft Kings and I think you know, any time I can provide any sort of value for you guys, I'm more than happy to do it. All right, sounds good, Nick, Thank you so much, And by the way, let's go dranks out there. I know you got a playoff game. Make sure you guys get it done. Tune with night. We got opening day, we got an opening day to day. Get it going, go, get it go and tell all the boys out there. Speeds of spitting. Statistician comes says, what's up. Thank you
for the call, Thanks for joining us, nick Um. We'll get back with you later on in this season when we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle. Okay, we're gonna take some of your calls. Like I said, we're gonna talk about some of the things that you need to look for. In week four and J. J. Watt has surpassed another fundraising milestone. We'll get into all that when we come back. Dropping stats over beat at the Fantasy
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weirdo and streaming it online. Get it on your phone, take it with you every where you go. Welcome back to the fantasy freestyle dropping stats over beach right. You're in a fantasy sports radio network. I'm your boy, Dane Martinez, speeds and spitting statistician holding you down. On a Thursday. We got my boy Chris ba Bone on the ones and tools. He's given it so hot that we sweat stem such things. To my boy Nick Lavieri out there on the east the West coast, we were talking a
little bit. He likes the Chargers a little bit to make some noise in the a f C West, and he likes the Arizona Cardinals to have one last ride with Carson Palmer aging quarterbacks the theme for Nick, Carson Palmer and Philip Rivers. I told you also that, uh, there are some things to look for, even though it is week four of the preseason. Even though that the primary thing to do is not get hurt at the quarterback position. The main starters, they're gonna pull them right away.
They're gonna play one series. If that However, to win your fantasy football league, you need to know the right running back handcuffs. You need to know the right guys that are about to pop, that are still going to play. In Week four of the preseason, here are a couple of situations. There's a couple of running back issues that I really think could codify and solidify a little bit, even though it is Week four of the preseason. Let me give you some right now. The first one is
in San Francisco. I've been high on Joe Williams. I've been high on Joe Williams. Remember how Shanahan and Lynch proverbally pounded the table to go up and draft Joe Williams. But I gotta tell you this kid, Matt Brida might surpass him and leap frog him for number two on the depth chart. And I still believe, no matter who it is that's in the number two spot in San Francisco, I believe Carlos Hide is not long for this offense.
I do not think he is a scheme fit. I do not think that the coach and the GM like him, and he is an injury risk. So keep an eye when San Francisco plays this week. Even though it's Week four. Does Joe Williams get burned? Does Matt Brida look good? That's something to look for because someone is gonna surpass Carlos Hide on the depth chart this year in San Francisco. Out there in Green Bay, I've been talking about Jamal Williams. Well, now Time Montgomery is healthy, right, so maybe they keep
Time Montgomery and bubble wrap. Jamal Williams has an opportunity to impress when the Green Bay Packers play their fourth preseason game. I'm also gonna be looking for Jamal Williams if he can pick up blitz is. Past protection is going to be key, because whoever the back is there in Green Bay, one of the primary concerns will be can they do it in past protection? Who protect Aaron Rodgers? Whoever is better in pass pro may have a leg up in that competition in Green Bay. I also look
at the Philadelphia Eagles. There was a caller yesterday that talked about um Legarrett Blunt and if he needs some other options, and we're getting reports today Legarrett Blunt, you know, his roster spot could be in jeopardy, that the team is very down on him, that the Eagles are looking maybe even outside of the organization for help at running back. You know what that means. Though there's a lot of backs in Philadelphia. I'm talking Wendel Smallwood, I'm talking Danielle Pumphrey.
There's some opportunity there. So let's see if any of these guys that play in Week four for the Eagles look good and look to really compete with Legarrett Blunt in Philadelphia. Same to be said in New Orleans. I want to see more of Alvin Kamara. You got Ingram there. You've got so many um running backs in New Orleans and they can't rest them all. Somebody is gonna shine for the Saints in Week four of the preseason. I got an idea that I think it's gonna be Alvin Kamara.
Watch Alvin Kamara and see if he pressed is Adrian Peterson at all. The other thing is, listen, we know it's now everyone's darling. You hear it on the Fantasy sports radio and work all the time. You hear that Kareem Hunt, Kareem Hunt, Kareem Hunt. You heard about Kareem Hunt before Spencer ware even had his knee injury, right, But now Kareem Hunt is gonna be a bell cow back. He's gonna be a workhorse. You know what that does? That opens up opportunities for the second back in Kansas City.
Is that gonna be c J. Spiller? Is that gonna be my man? The Shark Nado Sharkandrick West? Will really Kareem Hunt be a true bell cow or will you need to know who the second running back is in Kansas City? I think you might, and I think it could be c. J. Spiller. Keep an eye on c J. Spiller versus Sharkandrick West. The other place I think you
really got to look at is Seattle. We talked about Eddie Lacey hashtag feast mode looking to replace beast Mode up there in Seattle, and I think, listen, he has not grabbed that job. I mentioned to you that Thomas Rawls and Eddie Lacey are both listed as co starters for the Seahawks. Listen, Rawls has been banged up. He might play in this fourth preseason him for the Seahawks. Keep an eye on him, Keep an eye on a guy like C. J. Prosise as well. Those are some
things to look at right here, all right. We also we got callers still here as well, Chris, who do we got right here here on the fantasy freestyle that wants to uh, that wants to holler at your boy? It looks like we got Alex in l a do we have Alex? No? All right, we got al Let's bring him on the fantasy field style. What's up? What's going on? Alexide feeling? What's up? What's good? Man? I'm good? How are you? I'm doing? All right? What you got? What you got? You want to tell of your team? Yeah?
I picked four in a in a ten team standard. Um I got. I got Wilson is like qbrol and Gurley in the back. I like that. I got Julio receivers tight end. I pick up crap Tree and Coleman. Sure, I picked the Coleman in the eleventh Brown. Yeah, so here's for me. Here's the deal, And thanks for the call. Because I like your team a lot. Okay, I like your team a lot. I like how you doing Isaiah crow Well. I think this offensive line for Cleveland is one of the top five offensive line in the game.
I think Isaiah crow Well is a diamond in the rough for you. I really like that pick. I like also Coral because of the fact that the Shawn Kaiser is going to be the quarterback there. I think that releads to more heavy run game for the Browns. I like that. The one thing that I gotta tell you my one concern. And you know, he was one of the top tight ends out there. Okay, listen, I'm a little bit. I'm a little bit down on Greg Olsen this year. Okay, greg Olsen is going as tight end three.
He's going forty eight overall. I don't think he's worth it necessarily. And here's why the Carolina Panthers are changing their offense. Remember, they're trying to get the ball out of Cam Newton's hands a little bit quicker this year. They want to try to protect Cam Newton. They're moving their scheme a little bit. Last year, and in years hass Cam Newton and his deep drops. He would then you know, when he was in trouble, he would chuck it to Greg Olsen. Okay, and that's how greg Olsen
got a lot of production. I don't know. I think it's gonna be a little bit more Christian McCaffrey, it's gonna be a little bit more of Curtis Samuel. They're gonna try and do a little bit of quick slants mismatches. I think that Greg Olsen, they're going away from greg Olsen in that offense, I believe, with them looking to get the ball out of Cam Newton's hands quick er. Listen. I think that greg Olsen is going to be just fine. But if I were you, I would while you still can.
I don't think greg Olsen is gonna be a top five tight end this year. Okay. I think he's on the downside a little bit. He's also entering I believe his age thirty three season. He's no spring chicken. That is the only concern I have on your team, Alex. But otherwise I think you're looking real good. And thanks for the call as always. Hey, Chris, it sounds like
we got another caller. It sounds like we got um Nick in New Jersey who wants to talk a little bit about one of my wide receiver frough Gayze is Unfortunately Nick in New Jersey. You're dropping stats overbeats with its bit and statistician. You're on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's up? Okay? So I actually had two questions. One is yeah, so one is Um, do you think that like, how do you feel about um t Y Hilton and Keenan Allen
this year? Given that t Y I don't know how long he doesn't have Andrew Luck for and then Keenan just injury prone. And my second question is, do you um think that Jordan Howard's gonna have his sophomore slump this year? Alright? Alright, so let's take him one at a time. Okay, UM, if you listen to a fantasy freestyle, you know that I'm I'm down on t Y Hilton. Okay, I'm down on t Y Hilton. Unfortunately, I UM, I think, yes, you mentioned the Andrew Luck factor, and the news continues
to get worse on Andrew Luck. It sounds that they just keep on pushing it back. I'm like, oh, will it be ready for week one? Oh? We don't know. And so that's definitely one thing. But as I said to a caller yesterday, I think there's natural regression for t Y Hilton anyway. And here's why he led the NFL receiving yards last year for four hundred and forty eight yards. I don't think even with Andrew Luck he would have repeated that. So there's some natural regression there.
The other reason is Dante Moncrief their second best wide receiver. He was out for half the season last year. He had collarbone injury, shoulder injuries. He's back and healthy, so I think that also takes some of the attention away from t Y Hilton. Takes some of the targets away from t Y Hilton and later on in the season when Andrew Luck and Dante Moncrief are both there. Dante Moncrief was a favorite of Andrew Luck, especially in the red zone. So yes, I'm down on t Y Hilton.
Um Keenan Allen, However, Keenan Allen, however, is someone who listen, You're right the health concerns, but you talk about someone being injury prone. One of the injuries that Keenan Allen had was like a lacerated spleen or a liver something like that. It was an intestinal thing. It was a freak accident. Okay, So I don't know. I think, yeah, the a c L was bad, But listen, I think Keenan Allen has a chance to return to form as a high and wide receiver too. So I'm okay with
Keenan Allen. I am, however, down on t Y Hilton. The only other thing you mentioned was Jordan Howard. Will he have a sophomore slump? I don't know if i'd call it a sophomore slump per se, But I don't think he's a bet to be second in the NFL and rushing again at hundred yards. I don't think that's gonna happen. I think there will be a little bit of a downtick at that point in the draft. I like some other guys. I like a guy like Isaiah Quo well ahead of a guy like Jordan Howard. But
thanks for the call. I gotta get one more in. We got Brendan and Washington. You're in, but we're up against the break. Brendan, what's your question? You're on the Fantasy Freestyle in our nation's capital. So I Kareem Hunt, and I think he's a little overvalued, so I'm going to trade him. But I was wondering if I could get a guy like talk early for him, or if I could get a guy like him. So, okay, that's an interesting idea. Right stock is real high and Kareem
Hunt right now and you lucked out. I don't know when your draft was, if it was before or after dispencilware injury. But regardless, you got him, and you're right, the price is high right now. People love Kareem Hunt, so it's not a bad idea to think if you could flip him for something even better that you think might be stable. Here's the thing You're not gonna get
DeVonta Freeman. Okay, if I'm the DeVante Freeman owner, I don't think like if you're the Devanta Freeman owner, you probably spent your first round draft pick for Devantae Freeman, So I don't think you're trading him for some up and coming back even though there is a lot of buzz around Kareem Hunt. You know, Todd Gurley, that would be an interesting idea too. I like your your concept
that you may want to try and sell high. I don't mind that, but I think it may be tough to get an owner that's gonna bite, and the only thing you can do to go up from Kareem Hunt is to get a true RB, one that someone probably spent their first or second round draft pick. I think it's a decent idea, but I think it's gonna be hard pressed for you to find a trade partner in that situation, Brendan in our nation's capital. Thanks for all the calls right now. When we come back, though, we're
up against the break. When we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle, we got to check in on J. J. Watt. He has surpassed his one thought of ridiculous fundraising goal. We got a couple of other things I want to get at real quick as well, before we slide into a holiday weekend. It's day Martinez speeds the spitting statistician right here on the award winning Fantasy Freestyle, dropping stats over beats. We haven't won an award yet, but the
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there right now. It is free to enter a thousand dollar knockout pool and listen if you have extra money. Another thing that you could definitely do, if we'd be serious for a minute, is donate to the relief efforts and helping in support of the Hurricane Harvey event that is taking place in Texas. I've seen pictures and video. It is absolutely devastating what is going on down there. And J. J. Watt has been really helping with his U carrying campaign. We talked about it earlier this week.
He wanted to at first raise a million, then it was three million, then it was up to five million with j J. Watt is back with another update and absolutely astounding amount has been raised. Let him tell you. We started out on Sunday with the goal of phraising two hundred thousand dollars and we just now surpassed the ten hand million dollar mark. Uh. I'm gonna leave the link open. UH, We're gonna see how high we can
get it. Um. I can't say thank you enough. Celebrities, musicians, athletes, kids with their lemonade stands and people hosting fundraisers, businesses donating. I cannot think everybody enough. Um, what's happening right now is is my focus is very much on getting this money directly back to the people. As I've said the whole time. We have the semi trucks being filled up as we speak, coming down here to donate the supplies because weekend that's phase one. That's gonna be the first
phase of our operation. UH, to get the media of an impact as we can. Um. We have things like water, food, clothing generators, uh, baby supplies, cleaning supplies. But if there's something I'm not thinking of, please leave it in the comments, because we want to make sure that we get these people exactly what they need, UH, so we can help rebuild as quickly as we can. Houston. We're thinking of you. Thank you to everybody who's donated. Absolutely so check this out.
I mean tip of the cap to J. J. Watt. He's not only the best defensive player in the National Football League. They've raised over ten million dollars and I like that they're putting it to use. You know, he's talking about the specific needs. I saw an interview with the with the lady that was staying at the shelter and saying what they really need is like, you know, they need like laundry detergent because they need to wash their clothes because they've been there so long, baby formula
for their children. You know, you never think of these things. Money is great, but then it sounds like J. J. Watt is gonna actually go in there and get the supplies that people need and get them to where it is needed most once against me as a spitting statistician and the Fantasy Freestyle. We tip our cap to J. J. Watt. I went out there and donated on his platform. I encourage everybody to as well. There is no limit to the money that can be raised to support our fellow
Americans in need. Um last thing I want to do, you know, last weekend even I want to give a last time shout out to some of the people that won championships. I talked about the Little League World Series. Japan won the Little League World Series. They dominated Texas with a mercy rule twelve to two. They didn't score, they didn't have an error in the entire tournament. They
outscored their opponents nine two of nine. So I want to give a big shout out to the team from Japan that has won five of the last eight Little League World Series. They keep practicing. They practice six to eight hours a day, even on game days. So I took my cap to them. And also we used to talk about the Big Three a lot when my boy Don Burns the basketball correspondent with the Big Three crowd. That's champion and it was the trilogy with Kenyan Martin,
Rashad mccans. They did big things. They beat the Three Headed Monsters fifty one to forty six to win the Big Three title. But ice Cube was saying, they gotta get better. Maybe Kobe will be around next year, Maybe Paul Pierce will be around next year. Um last note, Calves and Celtics completed the trade. Boston's gonna add second round pick to complete dis Remember I t with the hip issue wasn't medically cleared, but that trade has been official.
Kyrie Irving is a Boston Celtic. We're gonna talk more fantasy freestyle tomorrow, tight end fool gazes, and we're gonna get you ready for the Labor Day weekend. Dave Martinez speeds the spitting satistician, see you tomorrow,