Week 1 preview, Bucs-Dolphins, and more!

It's your boy, Dame Martinez, a k A Speeds a ka to spitting Statistician and you are listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. And as always, a big shout out to everybody listening live on I Heart Radio on tune In Radio, and everybody watching live on the YouTube stream of the Fantasy Sports Network and also listen. If you can't listen live, that is okay. You can always download it on wherever you get your podcasts and on the

Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. But if you are listening live, then you can join me this hour if you want. The number to call is eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. It sounds like we already got some callers lined up and I am ready to talk some football. We are now in week one of the football season. Everybody is ready. Drafts have been completed. I did my biggest home league draft yesterday on Labor Day, a little barbecue, little drafting, Joe Mixon felt to me.

I was very excited about that. But we will take your questions at eight four four, eight four three six, eight seven nine. We will take your questions on the YouTube comments. Okay, we'll try and get some of those as well. Here's what we're gonna do. Okay, Now, listen, there are games two days from now, so we're gonna start going game by game. I'm gonna give you my early preview of every game things to look for, okay, and it's gonna evolve over the football season. But it's

week one. It's week one, so we don't know, like which defense is ranked fourth best against the run just yet. But I'm gonna give you in each game what I would be looking for. If I find some good DFS plays, I'll let you know about that. If I'm fading the public on certain plays, I'll let you know about that. We'll cover the games today and tomorrow, then later on in the week we'll do a little bit more. I'll

give you my definitive picks. I'll give you my DFS lineup, and as always we will take your calls as well. At the end of the show. We'll still try to put the fun and functional sports Radio. I got a couple of things to talk to you about about why Karma might be coming back to bite the New England Patriots. We shall see. We also got poll question up right now, because this is important. This is serious stuff. Okay, we've

seen all this stuff around Hurricane Harvey. What j J. Watt has done in response, Well, I don't know if you've checked your weather report, but Hurricane Irma is now bearing down on Florida and is set to hit southern Florida on Sunday. Okay, the Miami Dolphins are set to open at home against the Tampa Bay Bucks, and they have already decided, in a proactive measure that that game will not be played in Miami. So we gotta pull

question up. What should they do? Your options are, should they just play it in Florida regardless rain or shine. I don't think that's the case. I think they need to be proactive and move this. The other option, should they move it to another stadium, another site, or should they move it to another week. Both the Buccaneers and the Dolphins have Week eleven as thereby they can do it then. But then both of these teams are playing sixteen games in a row without a break starting on

week two. Do you really want your by to be week one? We'll get into that. We'll get into week one game by game and your calls at eight four four, eight four three six eight seven nine when we come back the news and notes him around the NFL, and then we dive in because everybody is ready to start talking week one of the football season. I know I am speeds and spitting statistician on fantasy Freestyle. Let's go

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for your special discounts. Welcome back, We're dropping stats over beats his fantasy freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I'm your boy, Dame Martinez speeds the spitting statistician, holding you down on a Tuesday, and I don't know about you, but I am excited because it is week one. We don't really got to talk about a DP anymore.

Preseason opportunities, going against vanilla defenses, going against backups. It counts starting in about fifty hours when the New England Patriots unfortunately hang a banner at Gillette and take on the Kansas City Chiefs. I gotta give you some news and notes from around the NFL from over the weekend. And then we've got callers lined up in. My man, Chris Bavona, a bounty hunter, is gonna take good care of you right there at eight four four eight four

three six eight seven nine. I'll be here to hold you down this hour and try to help you win your leagues and win that cast. First of all, remember we talked about how Willie Snead has a three game suspension. Well, beat reporters down in New Orleans are saying that it may actually be second year tight end with the team. Kobe Fleaner, whose role expands with that suspension. Remember he

was there last year. A lot of people were high on him because Drew Brees and his tight end have always done well and it didn't work out so much. My man, Corey Parkson, the fantasy executive, always says, I will buy last year's trash and now with this sneed suspension, maybe even another little boost for Kobe Eater. He could be in the back end of this tight end. One who are streaming conversation keep an eye out on that.

The Washington football team have extended their pass catching back Chris Thompson for two years, six and a half million guaranteed. I know a lot of you guys have been asking me about PPR backs. Chris Thompson is one of the bests in the NFL. That is a volume throwing offense in Washington where Kirk Cousins and they go to Thompson a lot. If you're in PPR formats, keep an eye on Chris Thompson. The Giants have updated the health of their wide receivers. Brandon Marshall says he is ready. He's

coming off that shoulder injury that he uh had. I think it was week two of the preseason against the Cleveland Browns. They're saying he should be ready for Week one against the Dallas Cowboys. Odell Beckham, however, his status still up in the air. If you drafted Oldell Beckham in the first round, you know you want to run him out there week one. Keep an eye out on him. Also, Jeremy Curley, former Jet, is now back with the New

York Jets. He was cut by the Forts over the weekend, came to visit and has in fact signed a one year deal. So for all you people that we're also high on Robby Anderson early on right now, they brought in Jamaine Curse, they brought in Jeremy Curley. So who knows who is going to be the leading past catcher

for the New York Jets. I also submit it might be Austin Sinfarian Jenkins, they're tight end when he comes back in week three, and it could be my man the running back out of the backfield, Boom boom bilal pal pal And also, as I mentioned at the top of the show, Bucks and Dolphins, they are not going to play in Miami at least in Week one because Hurricane Irma said to make landfall in South f l A on Sunday. Keep an eye out on that. Do they move the game to week eleven? Do they move

it to another site? Keep an eye out on that. You may need to get your Dolphins and Buccaneers out of your lineups as early as possible if this game gets postponed. But right here on the Fantasy Free Style, we will keep you up to date all week long because it is week one, so I know you guys got some questions. And uh, Chris Boone in a Dane Martinez, We're gonna take care of you. Hey, Uh, Chris, we gotta call already. It sounds like Mike and Connecticut wants

to drop status over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle. He's in a twelve team PPR league. Mike and Connecticut, you're on the Fantasy Freestyle with speeds and spitting statistician. What's up, Mike? What's your question? All right? I shout out to y'all. Matt, I love y'all, dot love war watching out every morning. Thanks, got up on that one. Absolutely. What's all right? Well? Man? Pipr Got Kirk Cousins, Delvin Kirk, Vicklo Elliot, DeVante Parker

Carell Cror, Michael Thomas, and Kenyan Allen. My problem is Tyler Eifer PPR. You know I was really not a test type boodo on. We gonna go to him a right touch down dependent like we would treat him out and try to get lowth or right hit the wayver while every week and try to go back and forth. Okay, thanks for call. Thanks for the calling, Mike, And you mentioned how effort you know in this PPR setting, how

have he has been touched down dependent before? You have that one season with like twelve or third seen touchdowns and then you know been an injury risk. The you know, you ran through your wide outs for me, and it sounded to me like you had depth and strength at wide out like Davante Parker was like the fourth wide out you named if I were you first of all, I gotta tell you, Mike, I'm a big proponent of after you draft your team. You know, people want to fidget,

people want to play with their team. We had this on Line Up Block Live on Sunday, and both Maria Marino and Corey Parson were like, let your team settle a little little bit. It's like you just want to make trades let's see what Efford does. Listen, you probably drafted him as like what tight end eight or something like that. You thought he was gonna do something. Don't make moves just to make moves. Okay, that's my first

piece of advice. However, if you do feel like you want to, there's no way that streaming tight end is gonna be better than Tyler Eifford. So if you want to improve there, I would take Tyler Reifford. I would take your wide out like four or five, and I would look to package them and see if you can jump up into the tight end elite tier. But I gotta tell you something, honestly, let it settle, man. We

haven't even had week one. Maybe effort goes right back, especially with John Ross missing a couple of weeks, maybe effort goes right back to being that elite tight end one. My true response to you, man, let it settle for a little bit. It's like a fine wine. It needs to breathe a little bit. Um, Chris, it sounds like we've got another caller from New Jersey. Leland in New Jersey wants to ask about two specific running backs that are on the mind of a lot of people. A Leland.

You're dropping stats over beats on the fantasy freestyle with speeds. That's been statistician. What's up, man? I have I like Kareem Hunt Standard League, and I also owned Girl, So I'm thinking maybe I should trade Hyder Hunt later on the year. Sure, here's the thing, I wouldn't trade them and maybe later in the year. Right, but you need you need that many running backs, man, You need that, Renny many running backs. Football is a game of attrition.

Some of the running backs are going to get hurt. I also think it's an opportunity for you to look at these bye weeks, right, Todd Earl's by his week eight, Kareem Hunts by his week ten, and Carlos Hides by his week eleven. So that means you are never gonna be in a situation where you have to worry about who you are B two is so I kind of like that. Okay. I like Todd Gurley, especially week one going up against the Indianapolis Colts in that defense which

continues to be piss poor. I think the Rams are gonna be up in the second half of that game because Scott Tolzine is not gonna be able to lead the Colts so much offense, I think you're gonna get a heavy dose of Todd Gurley in the second half of that game. So I like Gurley. In week one, you mentioned Carlos Hide and Kareem Hunt. Of the two of them, right now, Kareem Hunt is going as RB seventeen overall, Carlos Hide a few spots later forty three

overall as RB twenty. If you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle, you know I am down on Carlos Hide. I think that uh, I don't know that he's a scheme fit. I know that he's an injury risk. And Kyle Shanahan seems to really love some of these other guys, whether it was Joe Williams before Matt Breeda now seems to be coming on. It looks like they're looking for reasons

to supplant Carlos Hide. So if you're gonna trade one of those two, or if you're gonna look to make the the totem pole of it all, I personally have Carlos Hide on the bottom of that totem pole. I love me some Kareem Hunt. I think Andy Reid likes to run his offense through his running backs. You know Spencer where is gone? I don't think Sharkandrick West or c J. Spiller is a threat. Remember that offense likes to be conservative. With Alex Smith under center, they like

to run the ball. I think Kareem Hunt also has potential out of the backfield. I love it if you rode with Todd Gurley and Kareem Hunt on a week to week basis, but you had Hide as your RB three. I think that is strong. I would not look to tinker with that. All right, let's see, it looks like we are. We do have more calls and we gotta It looks like we gotta call um a question from YouTube as well, And thanks to everybody that are watching on the Fantasy Sports Network live YouTube stream. So many

ways you can get at speeds the spitting status. Asition, we got a YouTube question out there. They're asking me about a mirror Abdullah Jock Quiz, Rogers, my Man Pop Quiz, Jock Quiz or Tevin Coleman. Okay, and here's the thing, and I'm reading the question, so I don't know if it's like season long or just for week one in a DFS kind of setting, But let me give you my take on how I would rank these three guys. Okay, we're talking to me, Abdula, Jocquiz, Rodgers or Tevin Coleman.

I think Tevin Coleman it's a stud. People don't think about Tevin Coleman because they know that DeVante Freeman is like the RB one there. But this Falcon's offense is dynamic enough to support both of these acts. Tevin Coleman stood by himself as like running back twenties six. I believe last year he's a guy out of the backfield who gets a lot of catches. I love me some Tevin Coleman, Okay, I also love in the short term my man pop Quiz, Jocquiz Rogers. I think he is

very viable, especially in the first three weeks. I do, however, think ultimately Doug Martin is going to take this job back, and then the value of Jack Quiz falls dramatically. What you gotta hope on YouTube there, you gotta hope that you have Jack Quiz and he pops off in weeks one and two, and then you may want to try to flip him and see if you can get something back. As Doug Martin returns. When it comes to a mirror Abdula, the thing is can the kids stay healthy? You know,

can the kids stay healthy? You know you've got theomoretic there as well. Generally speaking, Tevin Coleman is the is out of these three, assuredly on the top. And when it comes to Abdullah or Pop with his Jocquiz rodgers to me. If it's early in the season, I love what Jacquiz is gonna do, but in season long, I care about my lineup. Later in the season and by later in the season, I think Doug Martin will be the starting running back of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Abdullah.

If he can stay healthy, sure that's great, but I don't trust him to stay healthy. Abdullah going right now as running back twenty four, Keevin Coleman as running back twenty six. I would take Tevin Coleman over Abdullah. I think at offense is more dynamic. You never know what's happening with these Detroit running backs. When we come back, We're gonna try to get into my look at all

of these games at Week one. We're gonna get through as many as we possibly can, but we will definitely still take your questions at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. Dropping stats over beats, It's the Fantasy Freestyle with your boys, speeds and spitting statistician. Come on right back, Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let's go Hunter, Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. These three the NFL softwares are not due to slump, They're due to break out.

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How about we name him Amani Tuna? How about that one? I think that was a good one. Big shout out to my man Glorious Joe gave me that idea. Over the weekend, we have another addition to the fish tank as well. Todd Gurley is chilling as well, so if you had the under on a week and a half, you lost because our fish is still hanging in there, all right. What I wanna do, though, is I want to get into some of my projections, some of my reviews. Here some of my previews for games in week one.

I know a lot of the phone people are on the phone lines at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. We are going to get to you this hour as well. But we start off with Thursday Night Football, the kickoff special they can't. The City Chiefs travel to New England to take on the Patriots. The Pats are minus eight and a half point favorite over under total for this game, it's forty eight and

a half. As the Patriots hang their banner and get their rings in Gillette, let me tell you what I'm looking for on each side of the ball here real quick. On the Kansas City side, we know about the Spencer were injury. We know about Kareem Hunt. How he is now the darling I think I just said before, he's going up to like RB sixteen or seventeen in leagues. Here's what I want to look for. I want to look for the impact of Tyreek Hill in the run game.

As you know, if you had Tyreek Hill last year, he was on end arounds, he was on wildcats stuff that they were looking at him. They were looking to find ways to get him the ball. And I actually think that opens up now with no Spencer wear in the backfield, I think there's they're liable to do more wildcat, more jet sweeps, more things like that to try to get the ball in the hand of playmaker Tyreek Hill. You know, Travis Kelsey is gonna be a top tight end.

You know Alex Smith is a dinkin dunk via non via double option. I think Tyreek Hill is where I look. I think you may see him in the run game a little bit more than anticipated. I think this is a sneaky boom for Tyreek Hill. I also want to see. Listen, is Kareem Hunt, Trulia Bell Coal or are they gonna piece it together? You know they mentioned that they're gonna employ a little bit of a committee, that Shark Anddrick West is ready, that c. J. Spiller is ready. I

pumped the brakes on all this Kareem Hunt love. I would also look to see if Tyreek Hill winds up with a little bit of an opportunity in the run game on the New England side of things. We just talked about it on the DFS Lineup Block show Me. I mean, Tony Sankata holding you down right here from six to seven pm on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, and Tony said that he's fading Tom Brady in week one, at least in DFS, and I agree with him. Here's why. Listen,

he just lost his security blanket and Julian Edelman. And whether it's gonna be Malcolm Mitchell or Danny Mndla whose mom makes the best meat balls A or if it's a guy like James White Dion Lewis, we don't know yet and I don't think they know either. I would take the chance to let it solidify. And also listen, this Kansas City Chiefs defense has had the Patriots number Marcus Peters on the outside, Tom Bahalli coming off the edge, and Eric Barry back there as well. Who can do

something against Gronk. I don't think this is the week to bet on Tom Brady, as like your DFS guy, I do ultimately think though, that the Patriots will show up and show out on their way to if they're gonna make a run at sixteen and know they need to be one and oh, so we'll see what happens. I will give you my official pick against the spread, as I will do for every game this season. And you know if I only go, that's making you cash. Okay, it sounds like a low bar, but it is not

easy to do against the spread. I'll be giving out my official picks on Friday. The point spread, though, is eight and a half. Well will the Pats put up enough to cover that spread? As we go to the Sunday games. Sunday Games, first game, I'm gonna give you the Pittsburgh Steelers going to Cleveland, the Cleveland Browns, our home underdogs of nine and a half points. Let me tell you something. This could be Pittsburgh's year. Okay, big Ben is talking about retirement like this could be his

last ride. Allah, ray Lewis, Levan Bella is in shape, did not get hurt, is rearing to go for a full load, they say. In Week one, Antonio Browntavis Bryant, I think the stars are gonna align this year of Big Ben can stay healthy. However, Cleveland Browns are gonna be a tough out weekend and week out this year and this kind of division game with that number in Week one. I when you hear me give my official picks on Friday, you may think I'm gonna fade the public.

Here the Cleveland Browns plus nine. What I also want to see on Pittsburgh watch Vance McDonald, the new acquisition that they got from the forty niners. Is he gonna be that tight end? They have struggled to replace Heath Miller for years and you know they tried Ladarius Green, Xavier grim Bable, Jesse James. Last year they went and acquired Vance McDonald. I want to see how he he it's in to the offense as well. There are a

lot of mouths to feed Darren Pittsburgh. I want to see if McDonald has any piece of the pie on the Cleveland side. Listen, how does Deshan Kaiser look? That's the big question, right, that is the big question. I think Corey Coleman as a deep ball target is intriguing to me, especially in things like best Ball formats. I think he could do something. I think he can do some things, But ultimately I think the Cleveland Browns is

gonna be a little bit more conservative. I think they're gonna try and run the ball a little bit more behind what is a good offensive line. You know what that means. I love Isaiah crow Well. I think Isaiah crow Well could finish as a top ten back, a legit RB one. Right now, people have Isaiah crow Well going much later than that. I'm looking. Right now, Isaiah Kwell is listened as RB fifteen in Average Draft Phosician

thirty three. Overall, I think Isaiah crow Well. With this news of DeShawn Kaiser as the quarterback, I think they're gonna be a little bit more conservative and to ride crow Well a bit behind that offensive line, and I think that starts Week one. I like Isaiah crow Well a lot. I'm telling you, though, the Browns are gonna be much tougher to deal with. And it's not like

the Steelers blew them out last year either. Okay, so when I give my picks on Friday, I'm telling you right now, I'm leaning towards the home Dog and the Cleveland Browns. The next game I want to get into is this game the Tampa Bay Bucks and the Miami Dolphins. They've already talked about how they're going to likely move this game out of Miami. They're not gonna play it as scheduled in Miami with Hurricane Irma bearing down. I think this is interesting. This is gonna wind up maybe

being in a game played in the stadium with local fans. Okay, if they have to go to Atlanta, if they have to go to Orlando, or if they have to go to Jacksonville or Charlotte or another stadium. When you think home opener, do you think about your rabbid home field crowd. Right, road teams very rarely go in and win Week one, but you're not gonna have that home field advantage if

you're playing in like an empty dome in Atlanta. And then it kind of reverts back to just the talent, and I think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as profiled on hard knocks this year, are a more talented team than the Miami Dolphins. I think Jay Cutler and DeVante Parker will connect on a bomb down the field. But I don't think this is gonna be a great day for the Dolphins, especially without their home crowd. They may lose a home game here. I think it's very interesting. I

like Tampa Bay. This is gonna be a battle of Florida anyway, I like Tampa Bay in this game. That Tampa Bay defense, that defensive line with Gerald McCoy. They got pressure all throughout the preseason. I think they continue to get pressure against an evolving, sort still somewhat makeshift offensive line in Miami. I think when you put pressure on Jay Cutler, mistakes happen, and I think that will happen. So I'm fading Jake Cutler, I'm fading Jarvis Landry. I'm

fading even Jay Agi. The only Dolphin I like is DeVante Parker because I do think he could pop off a little bit. On the Tampa side, it's about pop Quiz Jocquez Rodgers. Okay, we know Doug Martin is out. We want to see what can Jock Quiz Rodgers do. I think he will handle the workload well, especially because I think they're gonna try and use him up, to him up and spit him out because they know Doug Martin will be coming back in week four. I think you can see a big game out of Jocquiz Rodgers.

I told the call or before I like Jocquiz Rodgers in the first couple of weeks of the season. I think that gets started in Week one against Miami if this game is in fact played, same thing with Jamis Winston, DeShawn Jackson, Mike Evans. I think they are all ascending, and I think we see it beginning in Week one. The one guy I would fade in Week one for

the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is rookie tight end. O J. Howard talked about it with my man Corey Parson on Sunday on the Lineup Block Live Show, and Uh, tight end is a hard position to learn right out of the gate. You gotta know the blocking schemes, you gotta know the entire route combination. And there is a much more familiar tight end than Tampa already in Cameron Bread. I think that Jamis Winston will look there at the

tight end position, at least early on. O. J. Howard may be better as the season goes along, but I would not run him out there with confidence in Week one. I want to get to another game before we hit the break here on the Fantasy Freestyle and the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Then it's the Arizona Cardinals going to Detroit to take on my man Jim Bob Cooder Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions. The Lions are home underdogs. I don't get that. I like this Detroit

team better than Arizona. You were gonna hear me all season long say that I am down on the Arizona Cardinals. I do not think Carson Palmer reclaims any past glory. I think he is an injury risk and I think that he is not. You know, he is not the quarterback he wants. What was he had that span in two thousand fifteen where they got to the NFC title game. That was it. That was peak elite Carson Palmer. I

don't think it returns. Obviously, you love David Johnson. I think it like Fitzgerald in the slot getting catching balls in PPR leagues. But I do not like this Cardinals offense. Remember John Brown still struggling with the sickle cell to recover Jeron Brown maybe an interesting option in DFS or

if he's still alive. Geron Brown looks like he will be the number two wide out for this offense, but still behind not only Larry Fitzgerald, but remember behind David Johnson as well, the running back in terms of the pecking order for targets. When it comes to Detroit, the caller asked, what's up with a mirror Abdullah? Is it a mere Abdullah's time? I don't think so. I think the beauty of this Jim Bob Cooder offense is that

they spread it around. Remember, Matthew Stafford is a much better quarterback now ironically because he does not have Megatron Calvin Johnson at his disposal, so he has to go with the matchups dictate and that might not be a mere Abdullah. Okay, One thing though, I do want you to look at because what about this kid Kenny Golladay. Kenny Golla. They had a great Week one down in Week two a preseason. Well, now that the lights are on and it is for real, keep an eye out

to see if Kenny Golladay is worth it. He might be a very hot wait Dave or wire Ad coming into week two. Let's see what Kenny Golladay can do in real life. Like I said, we got a pull question up right now on the Fantasy Freestyle. What should they do with this game in Florida because of Hurricane IRMA sevent of you say move the game to another city. Only say move it to that week eleven by I also think they need to go to another city, and we got some ideas. Paul at Paul seventy six says

Camping World Stadium in Orlando on a Friday night. Fred on Twitter says making a Thursday night game later in the year. Clayton Trey Hand says it sucks for Miami to lose a home game, but the safety and is most important. One Guy burg Gang fan at Coke Driver eighty two says, I can give up my jacuzzi he's offering the host. Maybe that's the best idea. You can still make your voices heard. When we come back, we'll

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Dane Martinez, speeds and spitting statistician. I got my boy Chris Bovone at a bounty hunter on the ones. He's making it so hot that we sweat steam for a week one. I'm going game by game what you need to look for. Let me tell you something. When we get into the middle of the football season, we're gonna be dropping a little bit more stats over the beach, right But I like to issue some of the preseason numbers. I like to at this point issues some of the

numbers of last season. These are new teams. We don't know who's gonna be third in the league and against past defense. We don't know who's gonna be the worst run defense in the league. Right now. I got some ideas it could be the San Francisco forty Niners again. But at this point, what I want to do is tell you what I'm looking for, tell you what you need to pay attention to, tell you what trends may emerge early on in the season, so you could be ahead of the curve and win your leagues and win

that cash. It also sounds like Chris like we got a couple of callers lined up. Our first caller looks to be Josh and callie. He's got a question about running backs, but specifically in PPR formats, and that is a big issue. Okay, in PPR formats that are certain backs that I think are much more valuable that you can get later in your league. We talked about it a little bit last week on the fan see freestyle Josh out there in Cali. What's your question? You're dropping

stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle? All right? So? Um so pretty much? Um in in the draft hours of ten picks, so I went back to back on the Snake draft, so pretty much. Um. I have Jordan Howard as my number one. I have Isaiah crow Owls my number two. And then on my third third, well my flex it's Jaquis Rogers. Now on my bench, I have Marlon Mack. I have Kareem Hunt and I don't know whether to get rid of a Jaquise or not. I think I'm gonna keep him until maybe Martin comes,

But I don't know what to really do. Should I keep Marlon Mack and waiting for Frank Gordon fall because I know every year he doesn't, So I don't know right right, You know, I also have Koree Listen, you know, first of all, First of all, and thanks for the call, man. Uh you got a diamond in the rough and Kareem Hunt, right, so that gives you the opportunity. I think that gives you the opportunity to be a little bit more patient with both of the other guys you're talking about. Okay,

you mentioned I have Jordan Howard. You mentioned how you have Isaiah Coell. I'm gonna tell you to God's on his truth. I actually think crow Well will outproduce Howard this year. I think crow Well will wind up being your leading point getter from the running back position. I'm high on crow Well. I'm a little bit down on Jordan Howard, but he's definitely one of the backs you should start in your flex position here. You need to

start Kareem Hunt, especially early in the season. It sounds like he is going to be a workhorse for Kansas City. Andy Reid likes to, you know, focus on us on the run game and have his offenses run through the run game. So you were very lucky, in fact, to get Kareem Hunt. I don't know when you had your draft. Maybe you had it before the Spencer were injury and

that's why you were able to get him. But let me tell you this, now that you have Howard Crowell and Kareem Hunt, I would sit tight with these other guys. I would sit kite with pop Quiz Jacquiz Rogers. I think he's gonna have be in good form and even when Doug Martin does come back, maybe Jacquiz key part of that opportunity, right, And I think Jocquiz is a definitely viable running back for regardless of what happens. Remember, Doug Martin has also been injury riddled in the past,

So I would keep Jocquiz Rodgers. Now as it comes to Marlon Mack, Marlon back is in essence a flyer for you. You're you're thinking like, will this be the end of Frank Gore? And the thing is you said it yourself you're waiting for him to fall, and he

never does, right. He is the picture of consistency, and so I think Marlon Mack is gonna be the low man on your totem pole unless it's a dynasty league, and in that case you need to keep an Indianapolis Colts running back because you know Frank Gore won't be there forever. But if this is a redraft league, I think Marlon Mack is the guy you can pretty much cut ties with because you're lucked out and have Kareem Hunt as an RB three and pop Quiz Jocquiz Rodgers

would be a great RB four. So I think Marlon Mack you can cut bait from him, unless, of course, it is a dynasty league. But thank you for the call. That was Josh out there in Cali. Sounds like we got another question going on, this one from mad Dog in our nation's capital wants to ask about Patriots wide receivers in the wake of the in the wake of the Julian Edelman injury, But it sounds like mad Dog has dropped him. Sorry, we couldn't get to everybody, but

we got other callers. We got other callers. H Chris do we still have Nick in Ontario. He wants to ask about Eric Ebron on the Detroit Lions with my man Jim Bob Cooterer calling the shots a Nick and Um, Nick and Ontario, you are dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's your question? I appreciate the show anytime, anytime. What's um? I'm on the waiver wire right now. It seems like Jack Doyle is available. UM, just who do you prefer between Jack Doyle or Eric Ebron. I definitely

prefer Eric Ebron. Definitely prefer Eric Ebron. Hold onto Eric Ebron. Nick, and thanks for the call. Here's why. First of all, Jack Doyle. Remember Jack Doyle on the Indian Apoplast Colt. He has Andrew Luck as his quarterback. Everyone thought Jack Doyle was gonna be a high and you know there's a lot of hype around him, but that was when Andrew Luck was the quarterback. That is no longer the case. And now you got Scott Tolzin on the center. I

don't think that production is good at all. I like Eric Ebron as a ascending sleeper tight end this year he's going I believe it's tight end twelve. I think he will finish inside the top eight of tight end. That offense, they throw the ball a lot, and as you know, if you're up there in Ontario, maybe you see some Lions games. Remember last year year they had

an Kwan Bolden and Kwan Bolden is now gone. Okay, so that kind of like third down move the chains that kind of gritted out in the red zone, those targets, that opportunity, in my opinion, goes to Eric Ebron. They're not looking a Golden Tad or Marvin Jones for that role. It is Eric Ebron. I think Eric Ebron will continue to ascend and post career highs and targets, catches, yards

and touchdowns. That combined with the fact that Jack Doyle is gonna be missing his stud quarterback Andrew luck for we don't know how long, keep Eric Kebron and be happy that you did. Hey, Chris, it sounds like we got John with another call. He is in New Jersey and it sounds like he has a question of who to start in uh, you know, at the running back spot right here in week one, So let's put him on the fantasy freestyle. Hey, uh, John in New Jersey,

you're dropping stats over beats with the spitting statistician. What's up? Hey, how are you here? I'm sorry to hear that I am also a Jets fan. I'm just hoping we hear with the first pick of the two draft, you know, all right, but what's your running back question? Man? Alright, I got two running back spots. It's a it's a three wide receiver league. So I went zero RB. Okay, so I didn't draft my first running back until the sixth round. I got Gore Powell, Kevin Coleman, Jamal Charles,

and Robert Kelly. I need to start to this weekend, Okay. Don't know if and I may have you go through them again with me, you know, but to me, the no brainer is blah Pal okay, blah Pal. I am definitely starting Week one against the Bills because, as you know, as a Jets fan, who else is gonna do anything? You know, there's no production out there. They're bringing in wide receivers. The former Jet Jeremy Curly resigned today on

a one year deal. I think blal Powell is gonna get like, you know, six of the entire Jets offense, you know, so I really like blah Pal he's locked and loaded for me as one of them. Unfortunately, the guy I'm casting aside right now and not starting in that list is Frank Gore. Because remember, as I just told the last call without Andrew Luck, if you're through the defense facing the Colts, what are you gonna do. You're gonna try and stop up the run game and

force Scott Tolzine to beat you through the air. I don't think that's gonna happen. I think that's the way Wade Phillips and the Rams are gonna try to scheme it. I think they're gonna try and focus their attention on Frank Gore to shut him down and force the Colts to beat them through the air. I don't think that is going to happen. And that's why I think Frank Gore gets shut down a little bit. Hey, John, you mentioned Tevin Coleman and two other backs. If you're still there,

who are the other ones? Because we gotta pick now one for three spots, Steven Coleman and who else? Keevin Coleman, Rob Kelly and Jamal Sure sure, sure, So I'm going Tevin Coleman there, I'm going Bow Powell and Tevin Coleman, Jamal Charles, I do not necessarily trust um, you know, Willie. I think C. J. Anderson is in line to get the lion's share of work out there in Denver. And the last guy you said was fat Rob Kelly, Like, whoa, here's the thing. The here's the thing with Washington men.

The Washington football team throws the ball a lot. Rob Kelly is like that early down back who's gonna try and go in between the tackles. But the way this game is gonna go back and forth, I think it's gonna be Chris Thompson that's on the field a lot for Washington because Cousins is gonna want to be in that kind of no huddle. Throw the ball. They throw the ball a lot, and when they do, Rob Kelly is not on the field. So thanks for the call. Thanks a lot, John on your support. We'll see what

the Jets do this year. But I'm going balau Pal and Tevin Coleman based on the backs that you told me. We got time. Uh, chrispher one more call, one more call. We got Taco and Alabama. I like it. Taco and Alabama. You're talking to me about flex spot. What's going on. You're dropping stats overbeats. How it I'm doing well. I'm doing well. What's your question? We're up against the break, so let me hear your question. Okay, uh question? Is flex spot my two running backs I have in right

now or David Johnson and Zeke? Uh? If Zeke's donna play, Kareem Haunts moving in that role spot for either C. J Anderson, Eric Decker or the park. Sure. Um, if this is not a ppry, I like C. J Anderson in that spot. I like C. J. Anderson in that spot. He's gonna be the lead back of the Denver Broncos. I think you mentioned a Tennessee wide receiver Decker and like there's a there's there's a lot of whiteouts there now in Tennessee. Remember Richard Matthews and Corey Davis and

Delaney Walker, they're all, you know, vying for time. So I agree with the moves you've made. I think you're doing the right thing. Kareem Hunt moves into that spot, and then I would put C. J. Anderson there. Um, I think that's the right way to go. But I gotta tell you the God's on his truth. Men. Uh Taco, I don't think it's Zeke. I think Ezekiel Elliott is going to be on the field Sunday night against the Giant, And so you're gonna be just fine with Kareem Hunt

in your flex spot. But thank you for the call. The one thing I want to tell you before I get to break, I wanted to go over one more game. It's Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans. The Houston Texans are gonna be playing in Houston, first sporting event back for them since Hurricane Harvey. That crowd, it is going to be emotional. Remember the Saints. Remember the Saints after UH Katrina their first home game, what they did and

because of that. I'm gonna tell you my lock of the week and what you can do with it when we come back. Thanks for all the calls on the Fantasy Freestyle today. If you didn't get in today, I'll take you tomorrow. We got a ton of games that still go through. I'm gonna tell you something about Jacksonville

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ready for Week one. Remember the number is eight four four made four three six eight seven nine. We're also getting hundreds of votes on our Twitter poll. Big shout out to everybody who voted. You think that they should move this Bucks Dolphins game to another city? I agree, I think ultimately that is what will happen. You don't want to use up the Week eleven shared by for these teams in the middle of the season. You know, uh so that they're playing sixteen games in a row.

I don't think that is right. I told you, uh though, before we went to break that we had is Jacksonville Houston game. It's gonna be bananas in Houston on Sunday for these Houston Texans. Remember J. J. Watt having raised over fifteen million dollars for victims of Hurricane Harvey. This community, I think is gonna come together. I think it takes a strong team to go into that situation and get a win. And I don't think Blake Bortles Bortal Service

is the man for the job. So much so that I'll tell you right now that the Hustingston Texans are my survivor pick for week one. So what you need to do is go right on over now at www. Dot Fantasy Factor dot com and Nope, they're doing free knockout pools right now. You can enter a knockout pool for free and be in the running to win a thousand dollars if you are the last man standing, and if you listen to Speeds the spitting Statistician, you will not get kicked out. After week one. I'm telling you

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for Week one. Last thing I want to get to you. As I talked about how the karma was coming back to get the Patriots, let me tell you about all the things the Patriots have done in this off season. Did you know that the Patriots to their season ticket holders, they sent out tickets already for the a f C Championship game at Gillette. They think they're gonna be there, they think it's gonna be a home game. They went ahead and printed and sent a f C Championship game

home tickets to their fans. What about this? They bought not one, but two team planes this year so that then they could ride in style first class seating everywhere that their team plans, Chris, they even got those smart toilets. Remember how we talked about how like we're measuring the like, uh, the fluidity and the fluid in the urine, you know, to see as a measure of health. The team planes

do that for New England. What about Tom Brady saying it's none of his none of anybody's business if he had a concussion last year in the Super Bowl or not. I think this arrogance is starting to karmatically go against them. And remember Tom Brady was on the cover of the Madden Game this year, but it was Julian Edelman that got injured right away. I'm a little bit worried about

karma coming back to bite the Patriots. And that's why when I give you my season predictions on Thursday, right before the NFL kicks off on the Thursday Show, I give you my division winners, my a f C, n NFC Championship game, my Super Bowl, my m v P. I am not picking the New England Patriots. There's no

money in that. We're gonna fade that. Find out who I pick on Thursday tomorrow, though we got plenty more games for me to preview and we will take your calls at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. That's how we're gonna do it all football season long. I'm gonna be here seven at eight pm on the YouTube stream on tune In Radio I Heart Radio on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. If you want to know how to win your leagues and win that cash,

holler too, boys, Speeds and spitting Statisticition. Got ten more games to preview tomorrow. We will get into it. We'll hear where this Bucks Dolphins game is gonna be played, and I'll tell you how you need. Uh you know, who to pick a survivor who to bet to win some cash. I'm your boy, day Martinez, holding you down, Speeds and spitting Statistician. I'll see you tomorrow on the Fantasy Freestyle. Peace