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you can't call in. The number to call all hour long is eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. You can also get me on Twitter at Spitting Speeds at F and t s Y Radio got my man Chris Bovona, the bount on the runs and they keep it. It's so hot that we sweat steam. We got a good show for you on a Monday, we look back at what were the biggest trends that I'm taking away from week two. I update you on all the injuries that happened in week two as well.

It is a violent game and there are some key players that will be missing some time moving forward. We'll talk a little bit about how you could react and

respond to them. I'm also gonna give you my takeaways from game by game from week two, and also we're going to take some time to preview the Monday night football matchup that is getting started in about an hour and a half right here in New York at MetLife Stadium as the Detroit Lions come to town with my man Jim Bob Cooder against these New York football giants Eli Manning. We're gonna find out is Odell Beckham going to play or not tonight. Early reports indicate that yes,

he is going to give it a go. And we also have a poll question up for your right now on Twitter at Spitting Speeds. I want to know which diamond and the rough helped you win your week to match up options are Jason Witten, Chris Thompson, who I've been on for a minute, j j Nelson who did big things in Arizona? Or was it someone else? And already a lot of people are chiming in. Which player though, was your fantasy football full gaze for week to the

guy you really need to forget about. Was it Jordy Nelson who got injured and put up a goose egg on Sunday Night Football and that matchup that did in fact produce fifty some odd points. Was it Ezekiel Elliott who going up against the Denver Broncos. We thought that was the way they were going to attack them, But no, no, no, They pretty much put all fifty three men in the box to try to stop Zeke and it worked. Zeke

had his lowing, lowest rushing output of his career. Was it Thomas Rawls, who you might have thought was gonna come on in and be the lead dog for that Seattle committee, But no, it was not. We'll talk about that a little bit later on as well. Like I said, we're gonna take away what we can from every green, tell you what was real, what you can count on moving forward, and what was just a flash in the pen, and where you should not spend your waiver wire money.

Things like that. As well, and we will take your calls. The number of call is eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. And I'm also gonna tell you about why the numbers one eighteen to one ten is should be getting someone fired. If you saw that fight in Vegas on Saturday night, you know what I'm talking about, and you know why that is absolutely ridiculous as part of the outcome for that event on Saturday night, We'll get into that as well. It's your boy, Dave Martinez,

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with your boy Dane Martinez. We're gonna get into the callers in just a second, but we have to get into some news notes and most notably some injuries from week two. If you don't know, now you know, because we got to talk about the impacts as well. First of all, we gotta art in Carolina where stud tight end Greg Olsen is going to be out. It looks like six to eight weeks because he broke his foot

in that game against Buffalo yesterday. For Carolina, I think Ed Dixon is kind of the next man up, but I think there's definitely better options on the waiver wire. Tomorrow's show, we'll look into the waiver wire. The top ads, the top drops tell you if you really need to invest your fab budget in some of those people, if you need to burn your waiver priority for those people.

And I think there's a number of other tight ends on the wire made guys like Cameron Bread you know as well, that you can get to kind of replace Greg Wilson. I gotta tell you though, Greg Olsen was one of my tight end fool gazes. I told you

you needed to forget about him. If you go back to my season preview, when I went positioned by position, I had Greg Olsen as one of my tight end fool gazes because I thought that this offense was evolving in a different way to have Cam get the ball out quicker, and I thought that that was not good things for Greg Olsen. So if you was listening to me, then he was not on your rosters and you're looking for a replacement after week two staying in Carolina, listen,

Cam Newton Man. They want to protect him, but I don't know if that's an easy task. He's got now an ankle issue. He's already still, you know, kind of nursing and coming back from that shoulder. He said himself, he does not like the way that he has played

in the first couple of weeks. But you know what the antidote to that is a Week three matchup against the New Orleans Saints, because both offenses that they have played so far have looked amazing and I expect Cam Newton to rebound in a big way in Week three. Bad news for the Browns wide receiver Corey Coleman. The figures like has a broken hand that looks like he's gonna also have surgery. He also broke a hand last year, this same very injury. Okay, so I believe he is

now a little bit injury prone. What does that mean for wide receivers With Deshaun Kaiser in Cleveland? A lot of people think that Kenny Britt is the answer. I that's I don't necessarily. I actually think Kenny Britt is trying to do his best job to like get cut by the team and have that move on all together. I think, listen, this ro Shard Higgins dude who came out and did real well yesterday. I think there is a chance for him to wind up being the leading

receiver of the Cleveland Browns this year. I also think that means good things for the rookie tight end David and Joku. I think it means good things for the receiving back like Duke Johnson Jr. As well. Keep an eye on that right now. I'm telling you ra Shard Higgins is gonna be is one of the highest waiver ads. I also know we got a caller every week that asked me about Josh Gordon. I expect that call to

happen at some point this week as well. In New Orleans and the Patriots game where Tom Brady looked like he was back. Rob Gronkowski left with a groin injury. He um, he was on the he was on the bike. Afterwards, they're saying now that it is not expected to be serious, and that is a very good thing for the Patriots. I'm telling you. It is a reminder, though. The broadcasters are saying like, yeah, if if Gronk is out for any amount of time, like where does Tom Brady go?

You know? And I think that this attrition is going to get to the Patriots eventually, Danny Amondola out, Julian Edelman out without Gronk as well. We shall see. But it is a reminder to the people who thought the Pats were gonna go sixteen and oh, that anything actually can happen. In Sunday Night Football, which I told you was going to be a shootout, and they put up something like fifty seven points. I hope you had everybody

in that game, with the exception of Jordy Nelson. Jordy Nelson was pulled in the first quarter of Sunday Night Football before he had a catch or a target with a quad injury. He was also on the bike there listing him as day to day, but that would be an issue. And you saw that Aaron Rodgers was struggling. He was missing both of his starting offensive tackles, and as soon as Jordy Nelson went out, it was a lot of Davante Adams. It was a lot of time Montgomery. Unfortunately,

Randall Cobb also left that game for the Packers. That was much later in the game. He's dealing with a little bit of a shoulder injury. The biggest news for week two was that Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford did not play, did not dress, was inactive. It wound up being case Keenum and that offense looked a lot different. Beat reporters are saying though that they expect Sam Bradford to be back for week three, although head coach Zimmer is not

so sure. He's saying like that, yes, it was swelling because of a hit, it wasn't any damage to the ligaments. But they're saying, yeah, he could be playing week week three. It could be a six week injury. Zimmers plays close to the vest usually with his updates, so keep an eye out on that. But the offense looked dramatically different without the accuracy and the eight percent completion percentage of Sam Bradford. The other thing I want to mention is

Jordan Howard Bears running back Jordan Howard. He was ineffective largely, but he was spotted with his arm in a sling after the game. I think that's even more reason to think that Terek Cohen is certainly a thing that will continue. They had a ship load regardless, and Cohen is the more dynamic player, all the more reason to think that Tarik Cohen is ascending. The last thing I want to give you coming out of week two, we go down

to Tennessee and Exotic smash Mouth. The Titans are listening both to Marco Murray and Corey Davis as day to day with hamstring issues. You saw Derrick Henry have one of his best games as a pro and have the bigger share of the production, but a lot of that was because Murray had a hamstring. Keep an eye on that as we go along into week three. When it comes to Corey Davis, listen, so many opportunities, so many options.

Now in Tennessee, Delaney Walker had the best game, but Eric Decker is still there, Corey Davis as well, and don't forget about Richard Matthews. But let's keep it moving here on the Fantasy Freestyle, what I wanna do is I don't want to tell you what my biggest takeaways were from week two, and I have five of them that I want to get into right now. Is our top five dead or alive? Here on the site from on the Fantasy Freestyle. The first thing is that the a f C West is stacked. The f C West

is absolutely stacked. Everybody's Arlans. The Oakland Raiders are already too. And oh, the Kansas City Chiefs look maybe like the most impressive team in the a f C after that Week one blowout win against the Patriots. They doubled down at home over a game Eagles team, and Kareem Hunt looks like a big deal. I am getting questions on Twitter right now about like I literally had someone asked me Kareem Hunt for LEVI On Bell, I literally had

someone asked me Kareem Hunt for Odell Beckham. I think the time is now if you want to try and get high value. I don't think it's silly to try to trade Kareem Hunt. You could probably get Shady McCoy plus, you could probably get Todd Gurley plus, you could get Carlos High plus, you could get Davante Freeman plus. Right now for a guy like Kareem Hunt, And yes, he looked amazing and he has the potential to be a top three back this year. But I don't know. I

think eventually things will regress to the mean. But the Chiefs look good, the Raiders look good. Denver looks good as well with the whooping they put on the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. That defense continues to be in rare form. And don't sleep c J. Anderson is now back healthy. If they have a running game, you know what DDT and Manny Sanders on the on the outside, I believe Trevor Simeon can manage the game well enough with that

defense to really do things. And in the a f C West, the Chargers could also beat to one oh if they just had a kicker that could put it through the uprights young way cool. I think it's gonna lose his job pretty soon. Had an opportunity to beat the Dolphins with a game winning kick, had an opportunity to send that game in Week one on Monday Night into overtime against the Broncos. He was not able to get it done. But I think the a f C

West looks tough against non division UH contenders. Another division that I think looks real tough is the NFC South. Okay, the NFC South is also good. I mean the Atlanta Falcons look like they are a scary and sustainable offense that will be a problem for years to come. I thought Kyle Shanahan was gonna take some of the umph out of that offense. Let me tell you something. They look good and Sarkeekasion is scheming it up. You know, Julio Jones is obviously a stud. You got to duel

running backs in Freeman and Coleman. But let me tell you something, Mohammed Sanu is a viable wide receiver too. They didn't even need their tight end Austin Hooper. They didn't need Tyler Gabriel. That is a stud team. Also, Tampa Bay look good in their opener, you know, good defensive line play. They um road pop quiz Jock Quiz Rogers. Their new toy Deshaun Jackson opens it up a little bit from Mike Evans as long as Jameis Winston does

not turn the ball over. It was a narrative on hard knocks, it will be a narrative all season long. I like the NFC South as well, and that Carolina defense looks like it is back with a healthy Luke keek Lee. Another takeaway I really have is that running back is a young man's hustle. Running back is a young man's hustle. We're seeing all of these new running backs and to the fray, and boy are they ascending.

Whether it's Dalvin Cook. We already talked about Kareem Hunt, Chris Carson in Seattle, who I think has maybe leap frog Thomas Rawls, and it's gonna be the back. Eddiec was inactive in that game, and it looks like Carson was the only back who could be effective in Seattle. Leonard four Nette doing this thing I told you last

week about Deontay Foreman in a time share. Now with Lamar Miller down in Houston, even some som A G. P. Ryan we saw, I personally think that new offensive coordinator in Cincinnati, Laser, is gonna wind up giving the ball to Joe Mixon and giving it to him a ton. I think young running backs, it is a young man's hustle. I think that is the move you suit. Also in Baltimore, buck Allen getting a lot more work over Terence West. You're even seeing the guys like Elijah McGuire in New

York getting a chance. I think these young running backs are gonna do things smallwood over guys like Legarrett Blunt in Philly, even demark Um Derrick Henry growing in Tennessee. I think those are all things that you could look for. I think Frank Gore is the only ageless wonder left in the NFL. I'm telling you go with the young running back, and that um keeps me happy about other young running backs who may emerge later on in the season.

Go with the youth if you can. When we come back though here on the Fantasy Freestyle, what we're gonna do is we're gonna open up the phone lines. I'm gonna take some of your calls. It's an accountability Monday right here on the Fantasy Freestyle. I got some calls lined up. I hope I gave him the right advice so I don't get lamb basted going into Week three.

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He's on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. H welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle. Right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Is your boy Day Martinez holding you down on a Monday. We're about an hour to go until Monday Night football. Giants and Lions gonna be getting to go in from MetLife Stadium. I want to real quickly let you know that Odell Beckham is in fact active for Monday night football. They were worried about that ankle.

He is active. I don't know though, I think he could be a decoy, but you gotta put him in your lineups. If you have old Dell Beckham, you gotta start your studs. However, Genora's Jenkins and middle linebacker b J. Goodson are out, and I think that could mean some interesting things for Lions tight end Eric Ebron and Golden Tate as well off. Genor's Jenkins is not on him. I do want to get to the phone lines here in this segment of Fantasy Freestyle. We got a couple

of callers on the line. Let's get it started right now. Going into week three with paul Et in Eastchester. Hey, Paula, you're dropping stats over beat. You're on the Fantasy Freestyle. How you doing? You? Uh? Two and oh one and one? How you doing? How we help? Well? I'm I'm one and one, but I'm okay. Hey, thanks again for take thanks again for taking my call. I'm in a twelve man PPR league, and UH props for UH last week recommending East Sanders and Davante Adams and sitting cup um.

But this week, I don't like Howard in a sling. I don't like it, and I like seeing a sling at all. And I'm a little soft on my bench. And I know how you feel about T West. So I have T West and Carson, So my question is who to go with? And I'm stronger and wide receivers. I should probably be looking for an rb uh. Thanks for the call, and I'm glad that we helped you out last week. I did tell you the fake cup in that situation. I like Davante Parker, you went over

the top tried to help you out. Um, Carson is real, man. I think Carson is going to be the lead back for the Seattle Seahawks. Listen, Thomas Rawles. I I thought Thomas Rawles was going to be that role. It was clear by the second half of that game yesterday that they believe in Chris Carson. They wanted to see what this kid could do. And if you heard me at the top of the show, I think this is evolving.

The running back position is a young man's game. When all things are created equal, they're gonna go with the young kid. I think, in your case that is Carson, Paulie. So I'm okay rolling with Carson for now. And remember, you know it's it's it's matchup to kind of depending a little bit right. They were playing the forty Niners and they're real bad run defense. But I do think

that Carson is the Seattle back to own. So I would be Okay with that, feel free to call me back a little bit later on in the week and we could tweak your lineup for week three. But I'm glad I was able to help you out a little bit last week. We got another call right now. It is uh, I think we have Steve in Massachusetts. Remember Stephen Massachusetts from earlier in the week. Hope I was able to help him out two and he's not yelling at me. But Steve, you're dropping stats over beat. You're

on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's up? Hey, that's going on. I'm not yelling. I mean it has to come down at my players. Uh, you know, doing their job. I'm one than one. Um. It looks like Russell Wilson had a good matchup, but when guys can't even catch the ball, yeah, it's gonna be a problem all year long. I don't know if you hurt me at the top of the show, Steve,

but I think these teams are bad offensive lines. That's not something like if you lose a wide receiver, you know they have that next man up kind of thing. You lose a running back, it's next man up. You can't do that. There's no like next five men up. So these offensive line teams, it is a problem, whether it's Cincinnati, whether it's Seattle. I also think, unfortunately the New York Football Giants fit into that category as well. And we're gonna see that tonight. But how can I

help you? Going from forward? Steve? I a question, and I'll try not to take much of times. So yeah, too, Well, it's about two players. It's about two players because it was gonna be about one. But I just found out that this guy might be inactive too. It was about Timmy Graham. Uh. I remember you talked about Greg Olson. I didn't try grabbing this guy. Guys like Matthew Barry and all these other dude saying that this guy might be a tough uh tight end. So maybe some way

down the road it'll turn around for him. But he's already out for week three and uh depend on if it don't beck him? Uh has like magic in the medal with and maybe I can actually come back and win because I'm on way down like dirty points, but I don't see that happening. Um should I just like trying to pick up like another tight end, like who do you recommend? And also real quick, uh John Brown? Uh? It doesn't look like he's gonna be playing Week three either.

He was just more of like a depth guy. I mean, I have like Steve Jones too. Uh, should I maybe get like that kid from Cleveland to look or like like who? Like who are something the guys that you recommend, because I'm not sure where I'm gonna be as far as the Okay, fair enough, So yeah, okay, thanks for the call. We're gonna try and help you out on the tight end side. Okay, if you lost Greg Olsen or if you're down on a guy like Jimmy Graham,

which I understand. Okay, there's gonna be some opportunities out there too, guys that I think could be okay for you. But remember, call back in later in the week after waiver wires is run and you know who's an who you have the opportunity to grab. And I'll let you know more specifically. But two guys that I could think about right now would be think about Jason Witten. Jason Witten has owned in two thirds of leagues. That means right now, in thirty three percent of leagues, you can

get Jason Witten. Jason Witten has done something like eleven targets a game. I think that's gonna kind of continue as teams follow the Denver bluefrint and try to stack the box against Ezekiel Elliott. I think Doc is gonna have to go to a security blanket of Jason Witten a little bit more the other guy. I'll give you. It's what about Cameron brad in Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay had their first game, and remember he didn't even really

perform that great. Him and O. J. Howard I think only combined for like three catches, But the gameflow was such they were killing the Chicago Bears. They were building, you know, they had such a big lead that they were just running the ball. As they get more competitive, I think these Tampa Bay tight ends will be valuable on the wide receiver side. You talked about Smokey John Brown, who's out. His replacement down there in Arizona was J. J. Nelson. But I am not on J J. Nelson long term.

Let me make that clear to you, man, I am not on J J. Nelson. Why because I am not on Carson Palmer and this Arizona offense. Let me tell you something. The Arizona offense against the Dumpster Fire that where the Indianapolis Colts needed almost you know, needed more than four quarters to get to sixteen points. That is a very concerning sign for them moving forward. I will say this though, got this guy um on Cleveland. Who

it was? It was Rochard Higgins. Rochard Higgins I do think has the potential to be one of the better wit receivers for the Cleveland Browns and even maybe lead them and catches and targets with this injury Corey Coleman. And because Kenny Britt is not really doing anything, so when Waiver wires running, who's available? Call him on back and let me know. But I'm gonna give you Witten and break at tight end and maybe Richard Higgins at wide receiver from the Cleveland Browns. Up next on the

phone is mom, Man, Taco and Alabama? How you doing, Taco? Coming back? How do we do last week? Man? We're one of one now, not your fault place. You told me good it was it was Zeke and it was listen, we can't do anything about Zeke, right, I mean, who knew? I really thought that Zeke was going to be the focal point for Dallas because of the cornerbacks in the secondary for Denver. I think a lot of people got

surprised by Zeke Elliott's poor output. Um and Fitzgerald, like I said, this Arizona offense is going to be a problem all season long. But what do we got moving forward? Man? Well, that's one of the things I want to ask you. Don't want to ask you about fits if it's uh, if it's you think it's tund to trade him and all. So, uh, I'm wondering how you think Cousins. And it's a two quarterback league one and a half point PPR, and my

two main quarterbacks are Cousins and Mariota. And I've got Golf on the bench, and he was better than cousin of the man Mariotta this week, right right, So let me go one at a time for you. Okay, let me go one at a time for your taco. First of all, Yes, when it comes to Larry Fitzgerald, I do think it's uh, I do think it's time to explore the trade market. Okay, I wouldn't. I wouldn't drop him.

I wouldn't outright drop him. But here's the thing, especially with guys like Larry Fitzgerald, especially with these other guys, who have quote unquote name value. Okay, sometimes other people in your league are gonna wax poetic and be nostalgic about what this guy was. But if you ever listened to Denny Green, it's like we are who we thought they were. You know. Um, I don't think Fitzy is ready to um really be that guy this year. Okay.

He was able to be that guy in the passing game for the Cardinals when they had David Onnson, in the run game, when Carson Palmer was still performing, when they had other options, but him as like the only kind of option I think will be keyed in on by defenses. And I don't think that, you know, the poor efforts that this Cardinals offense is doing is gonna change. And remember they got some defenses in that division. Also, they're gonna face the Seattle defense twice. They're gonna face

the Rams defense twice. I do, in fact, believe it is time to maybe consider if you can flip Fitzgerald in the trade market. You talked about your quarterbacks, and I believe they were cousins Mariota and Goff. Let me tell you about the way I would play this moving forward. I think Taco, Week three is gonna be the critical week for you. I get that goth outperformed Mariota and Cousins, but I would not start Goff this week. And here's why.

They're on Thursday Night Football this week, okay, and they're on the road in Thursday night football. I always think that there's bad, low scoring games on Thursday Night football. The teams don't have enough time to recover or to prepare, and especially for the road team, and I think that's

the environment Jared Goff is going into. So I would not have him above Mariota or Cousins in Week three because Cousins is playing Sunday Night football at home against the Oakland Raiders, and the Oakland Raiders past defense can be had, so I think you stick with Cousins and Mariota going into Week three. However, if Cousins can't do it this week against the Oakland Raiders coming up, then I sound the alarm and I think you look to

find other options. But again, Taco, thank you for the call. Uh, Chris, so we have time for one more, one more caller, we don't so Josh in New Jersey, I'm gonna get to you, Isaiah and Callie, I'm gonna get to you when we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle. But I do want to tell you something. One thing you did could have done was listened to my lock of the Week. I had the Cardinals and the Colts and the under play okay, because I knew I was not believing in

that Cardinals offense. I knew there was no production in that Colts offense. Over under there was forty five and a half. I pounded that under and I doubled my money. Where you ask over on my book key dot a G. I love their reputation. It's rock Soliday pay out real quick. And if you sign up right now and use the promo code Freestyle, they will help you out with a hundred percent match bonus. You just tell them your boys Spitting Speed sent you and uh, you know they'll help

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keep it. It's so hot that we sweat steam. Giving you a little ten crack commandments from Biggie as we dropped stats over beats right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio network, I mentioned that we got a poll question up right now. One of the questions I asked you guys is which fantasy football diamond in the rough helped you win your week? To match up my options with Jason Witten, Chris Thompson and J J. Nelson, And right now of you say j J. Nelson, who was only

owned by twenty of people in season long leagues. I'm telling you he popped off yesterday, but that was against that Colts past defense. I do not like him, despite the fact that he'll be one of the biggest waiver ads I believe this week. I do not think he is in the long run. If you had him in DFS and he popped off for you, great, But also of you are saying others, So I want to know

who helped you. Shout out to Mark Bishop on Twitter who says Fleaner's late t D And then a lot of people are saying Michael Crabtree not one, not two, but I think he had three touchdowns yesterday against the pitiful Jackson. Let me tell you something. If you go back to my season previews, when I was going team by team, I told you that I believe Michael Crabtree is actually a better wide receiver and will have more

production than a Marii Cooper. I was worried about a Marii Cooper dropping the ball, and I think that, um, the hate went too far on Michael Crabtree. So I'm glad that people are on him. But if you listen to a bit speeds, I was on him a long time ago. A long time ago. We got some callers still out there. I think we only got two more callers left, so let me help them out out real quick and then we'll keep it moving. On the Fantasy Freestyle.

Our next caller is Josh in New Jersey. It looks like Josh and New Jersey has Marcus Mariota and he's got a question on if he should move him or not. Josh, you're on a fantasy freestyle was going on? Yeah, So, um, I actually had two questions. So, so I know, Mariota is really not doing too hot, and it looks like the schedule is actually getting harder. So it was it was a trade questions. So what did it make sense to do? Uh? Like Mariota and Hill for uh Matt

Ryan and Calvin Benjamin. Also because Calvin Benjamin. Uh, I know Greg Olsen is gonna be out first some time. So interesting interesting when Hill you mean Tyreek Hill? Yeah, all right, So here's the thing, Um, I think that's interesting. Okay, I think met First of all, Matt Ryan really showed up yesterday. Okay. And and and I'm gonna tell you something. I used to be of the mindset that Matt Ryan kind of needed Kyle Shanahan, that he's a guy who

like peaks early and then fades. I'm telling you this Falcon's offense is sustainable and serious. So I like that. And then when you talk about Tyreek Hill, Listen, Tyreek Hill had a streak of something like six games in a row with a sixty plus yard touchdown. But it does in fact look like the Chief's offense now that they have Kareem Hunt and you know, they force feed Travis Kelsey, who I believe is the number one tight end in all of the NFL, yes, including Rob Gronkowski.

That being said, I like your idea of Kelvin Benjamin, especially with no Greg Olsen. So that being said, if you have that offer on the table, I like the Ryan and ben and k B side, So yes, I would do that. I think that you're onto something. Calvin Benjamin ascending, especially with the Greg Olsen, and I think that Ryan was ahead of Mariota for me anyway, Tyreek Hill. I still think Tyreek Hill is a viable like wide to Um, but I think Calvin Benjamin is in that

same place. I think the big boost for you there would be getting Matt Ryan, who could win your week every single week. So I hope that helps you. Josh and New Jersey and thanks for the call. My last call so far tonight is Isaiah and Callie. It says Isaiah, it sounds like you've got a question about Derrick Henry, Keenan Allen and some guys like that. Isaiah out there on the West Coast, you're dropping stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's up? Um? It was Buck Allen.

I was wondering if I should use my I have the number one claim an attend team standard and I was wondering if I should use my number one on Derrick Henry or Black Allen this week or save it? Interesting, um, So I got a question back for you, like where what running backs do you have? Now? Are you actually thirsty for running backs. Um, I have Zeke, Todd Gurley, Pop Quiz, Jock Quiz, and Chris Carson. First of all, first of all, thank you you clearly listened to the show.

I love that what you're doing there, Isaiah with my man pop Quiz, Doc Quiz Rodgers, and he looked pretty good yesterday too. Here's the thing, Zeke and Gurley are the guys you're gonna run out week by week, right, So you're good. They're the only thing I don't like about pop Quiz now is the time you're really gonna need pop Quiz is when Zeke and Gurley are on

the byes. And by the time that happens, pop Quiz may not be the starting running back anymore in Tampa, right, So I think for the buys you may need someone like that. Who was your fourth running back real quick, Isaiah, Sorry I didn't get it. It It was Zeke Gurley, Rogers and who Chris Carson? I picked him up and I picked up Buck Allen last week, but I dropped him for Chris Carson before the matchup started. Yeah, I love the Carson. I think Carson has leap frogged Thomas Rawls

has leaped frogged Eddie Lacey. So I think that Carson becomes your filling when the rams are on by and when the cowboys are on by. I don't have both of their schedules in front of me right now. If Girle and Zeke, let me see, let me see. If Girly and Zeke don't share a bye, then I think you're you're able to put Carson in there. I think you're able to put Carson in there for Zeke and for Girle when you need it. Zeke By is week six,

girlies By is week eight, So you're okay there. But when it comes to like should you actually take um Buck Allen or Derrick Henry? I like Alan over Henry. Okay, I think the reason Henry had such a great day yesterday. Don't get me wrong, he is ascending, But to Marco mmurray was dealing with a hamstring injury. When he's there, I think he is still the lead back in Tennessee.

Buck Allen, on the other hand, could take the job from Terence West if you listen to the show, and clearly you do because you know about my man pop quiz Jocquoiz Rogers I've been saying for a while, but that I think Terrence West is just a guy, and so if you wanted to use them, I would go Buck Allen over Derrick Henry. But to tell you the truth, I don't If you're the number one waiver ad right now,

I personally would save it. I would personally save it, Um, because you have Carson who already kind of blew up for you have pop Quiz as well. I like to hold on if you're at the top of the priority list. I like holding that for things like if someone I really have on my team that I depend on goes down, that's when I like to use it, not just to kind of a bolster. You're running back situation is okay, Isaiah,

So I think you're okay. I personally would wait beat, But if you want to use it right now, I go Buck Allen over Derek Henry. But thanks for the call, and thanks for listening all the time, because my man pop Quiz, Jock Quiz Rogers. All right, let's keep it moving here. Let me first talk to you guys about um,

what I think is gonna happen tonight. I'm worried about the giants Okay, I liken the Giants to some of these other teams that really showed like they had poor offensive lines in week one, and then you waited it for a week two to see if it was gonna get better. The Seattle Seahawks, for example, Seattle look like a dumpster fire with their offensive line in week one in Lambeau Fields, right, and you're like, oh, they'll be home there against the bad defense. In San Francisco, what happened,

same exact thing. They struggled even with a poor defense doing any kind of production. In Russell Wilson continued to run for his life. I submit the Cincinnati Bengals, who you know, they got rocked by the Ravens in week one, but you're like, oh, now they have another week to plan, they understand what they're dealing with. Let's see. Nope, it looked the exact same, and it causes the mutiny and Cincinnati and the man Ken Zampez lost his job. Okay.

We talked about the Indianapolis Cults. It's like, um, maybe they'll be better in their home opener. Nope, it still looked the same. We talked about the Buffalo Bills. Maybe they'll look better. Nope, it looked the same. They got a hundred and seventies six total yards. I am in I fear that even with Odell Beckham, the Giants are

in that category. I think their tackles are poor, and I think Eli Manning is sort of on the same route as Carson Palmer, an aging quarterback who is fading, has hit that age where he's not gonna get any better and without offensive line to support him. I am worried about the New York Football Giants. Okay, I understand that Odell Beckham is there, and to be honest, last year their offense, the Giants offense was slant to Odell for seven yards and then he takes it another seventy

to the house. I don't know if on a bad ankle he's gonna be dynamic to be able to do that. Uh, certainly this week I am am worried about the New York Football Giants tonight. Similarly like how we were saying with some teams, if they can't do it, then when are they going to do it? If this team cannot score at home on Monday night football, coming back with a crowd that is still in support of them for against this Detroit Lions past defense, I would be very

concerned moving forward about all of my Giants. The one thing I'll tell you also about this game, and uh on the Giant side, I told you about it at the beginning of the year. I told you about it when I previewed the Giants. I told you that the back to own for the Giants, if any, is Shane Vereen. Especially in PPR formats, Paul Perkins looked like dog meat. Okay,

Orleans dark Wall looked like a dumpster fire. And if I'm right, and the Giants are gonna be down and are gonna be having to kind of inspire their offense, I think they're gonna be in the no huddle. I think they're gonna be in the shotgun. I think Shane Vereen is on the field for most of that time on Detroit side. Let me tell you something. Get Eric Ebron in your DFS lineups right now. Okay, the Giants secondary is strong, but the Giants are notably and historically

bad against the tight end. Their linebackers are not there. And then B. J. Goodson has also been ruled out, So that means to me there will be open space in the middle of the field. I think Eric Ebron is the guy that can claim it. I would be remiss if I didn't give one more shout out though. You know what also happened in Week two. I want to tip my cap to Mr Antonio Gates. Antonio Gates who had his one hundred and twelveth career touchdown reception.

That is a new record for tight and he's a now um sixth all time, behind only Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Tara Owens, Chris Carter, and Marvin Harrison in all NFL history in reception touchdown shout out to Antonio Gates. I will also say this, I think this now completely ushers in the era of Hunter Henry. I think they were trying to get Gates that touchdown. They got him. Now I think the new era begins. Hunter Henry had a much better Week two, much better than the zero targets

he had in Week one. When we come back on a Fantasy freestyle, We're gonna look at your poll about the full gazzies that you had in week two, and I'm gonna tell you my thoughts about what took place in the desert on Saturday night between Triple G and Kanello Alvarez. We're dropping stats over the It's it is the Fantasy Freestyle. Right before Monday Night football. Odell Beckham is playing. I think he's gonna be a decoy. We'll find out. We're dropping stats over beats. That's the Fantasy

Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let's go Fantasy Freestyle. Running back is a young man's hustle. We're seeing all of these new running backs enter the fray, and boy are they ascending. Whether it's Dalvin Cook, kareem On, Chris Carson in Seattle, who I think has maybe leap from Thomas Rawls, Leonard for Nette doing this thing I told you last week about Deonta Foreman. Even some some

I d p Rhyn. We saw no mix in, Buck Allen getting a lot more work over, Terrence West, Derrick Henry growing the in Tennessee young running backs. It is a young man's hustle. Weekdays from seven to eight pm. E. Stern on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Get me. That's what we do here on the Fantasy Freestyle and on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We help you get money. Like our name was Junior Mafia. Yeah, we're getting in Monday Night football is gonna start in about half an hour.

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Maybe be a blood donor maybe be a match and help fight blood cancer. The last thing I want to mention before we head on out and Red Heat and Rage. I know they're gonna talk about it as well, is Yo Adelaide Bird in Las Vegas. This is the judge who scored that about one eight teen to one ten for Canelo Alvarez. I had it seven rounds to five Triple G. I had it one fifteen, one thirteen. But I'll tell you, I can understand the range being eight four Triple G, seven five Triple G, six six draw,

or even seven five Canelo. I understand that, but it was completely ridiculous to think ten rounds to two Canelo Alvarez won that fight. Triple G was what I call walking the dog, pushing them into the corner and controlling the action, forcing the action when they were in the middle of the ring. Canelo had some sharp, good power shots, but I'm telling you, uh, Triple G ganati glove and controlled the fight. And I'm watching it with my boys.

As soon as they said the first score card was one eighteen one ten for for Canelo, I knew right away that the fix was in. Maybe a lot of people had the draw at like I think it was something like eighteen to one or sixteen to one for the draw. And here's the thing. I thought it was a good fight. I would have wanted to see a rematch of this fight, But now the way it went down, when it feels like corruption when it feels like there was something behind it. I left with such a bad

taste in my mouth. I thought it was dirty. I felt uncomfortable. If Adelaide Bird had it one fifteen thirteen for Canelo, I would have accepted the draw. I thought Triple G one because he was peppering them with the jab all night long, and he was kind of walking them in, back them down up against the ropes. But I'll tell you this, if they have a rematch, it better be soon because Triple G, I think, is getting a little bit older. You could see that happening, and

Canelo is still in his prime. Let me tell you what's gonna happen. You want me to call my shot, you want me to be Nostradamus over here. The rematch will happen when Saturday May fifth, two thousand and eighteen. It will be sinkleed the Mayo. It'll be in Vegas again, and everybody will be celebrating their Mexican heritage. I just hope Adelaide Bird is not one of the three judges in attendance. I'm telling you that Canelo did not win

that fight. It was al fight, but Ganati Glovegin one by a small margin, and he was showing me he was the best pound for pound fighter in the world. When we come back tomorrow on the Fantasy Freestyle, we're gonna talk waiver wire ads, biggest drops, We're gonna break down. If I'm righting, this Giant's offense is in peril with this offensive line. All that and more. Come on back tomorrow. It's a Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports

Radio Network. We'll take your calls. Waiver wire ads will help you get a win in your league next week. Come on right back. I see tomorrow, guys. Peace