Bucky Irving Shines as Bucs Face Panthers in NFL Week 17

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00:00talking about the Bucs. They face the Carolina Panthers, not the team you want to have to beat.

00:07Some would say they've been playing differently than they did earlier in the season. Bucky Irving

00:13is the boom. Yes or no? Yeah. Bucky Irving is definitely the boom and the Carolina Panthers

00:19have been a team that have been far more competitive down the stretch. No doubt.

00:22Bryce Young's playing much better football. They are going to be without Chuba Hubbard,

00:26though, in this game and that's going to make it tough for them. So I'm all in for the Bucs in this

00:30contest and Bucky Irving and Rashad White specifically, but really Bucky Irving more

00:35than any of them. Because if you go and, you know, we're at the week 17 here, the Panthers

00:40have given up 2628 yards on the ground to opposing rushers. So again, let me say that 2628 already,

00:49and there's still two weeks left. The next worst team is the Giants at 2139. So they've given up

00:55almost 500 yards more on the ground. So Bucky Irving today in terms of props, it's going to be

01:01a lot of overs an hour or two. We're going to break those down for you, but it's a great matchup. It's

01:04been a matchup we've exploited all year and in fantasy week, a matchup that if you have made

01:09it through with a lot of Buccaneers, you're probably very happy. And the Bucs were a team

01:12going into the season that I think once again, a lot of us were, I know last year I had a lot

01:17of doubts. Baker Mayfield really performed very well. Then we were like, can he repeat it? Can

01:22he do it again? And the answer was yes. And this Buccaneers team, and you got to give credit to the

01:28coaching staff here. They've done such a phenomenal job of keeping it together. And Baker Mayfield,

01:32again, the leadership qualities he has shown here, despite losing guys like Chris Godwin for the year

01:37and then Mike Evans for a significant portion of the season, they have soldiered on and hopefully

01:42they are going to be able to carry this division. I'm rooting for the Buccaneers and you should be

01:46too. I like it. Joe, what would you say to the football fan about Jacksonville and Tennessee?

01:54Where's the money in this game? Well, I think a lot of us, and by us, I mean me,

02:01had concerns when Mac Jones had to take over quarterback, what would happen to Brian Thomas

02:04Jr. Because Brian Thomas Jr. This year has been outstanding, leading all rookie wide receivers

02:08in yards. And that's not something I think a lot of us would have guessed. People would have thought,

02:12oh, it's going to be Malik Navers or somebody else like that. And it hasn't been. He's 1088

02:16on the year. He's got nine touchdowns, 112 targets for Brian Thomas Jr. and 73 receptions. And

02:23since Mac Jones has taken over after the bye week, let's just run through these target totals. 10,

02:2912, 14, 13 targets are there. He has four touchdowns in those four games. So really,

02:37the model of consistency with Mac Jones playing quarterback, imagine a healthy Trevor Lawrence

02:43and a real system that people can buy into hopefully next year when they make a change

02:47of head coaches. I'm sure they will at the end of the day. So Brian Thomas Jr., a spectacular rookie

02:52season, dare I say, probably a league winning rookie season because he has performed as a wide

02:57receiver one, especially down the stretch. And he was drafted as a wide receiver four or five in

03:01your league. So Brian Thomas Jr., great matchup today against the Jacksonville Jaguars. We're

03:06going to be talking, excuse me, for the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Tennessee Titans.

03:09So looking for him once again to carry us to fantasy gold. And then last but not least,

03:14Jordan Addison, who's been a touchdown machine this year, matchup against the Green Bay Packers,

03:19huge one in the division. These teams jockeying for position in the playoffs.

03:23Love Addison this week as well.