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00:01it where's he from is he from boston he's from charlestown massachusetts okay and he played
00:07college hockey at boston university yes before eichel but that that's it that's that's how it
00:13mayor of boston that's how that's how it happens how do you get to i mean it's almost like the
00:17legend conversation oh somebody nailed that i gotta find it all the time we spend bemoaning
00:25the absolutely ridiculous stretches that teams go to to call their players legends or or advertisers
00:32right baseball legend eric burns what exactly what just happened somebody nailed that in a press
00:40release and i wanted to give them credit uh mayor of boston can i just be like this guy like
00:46i don't
00:46can we just not call me the mayor of boston i'm a fifth defenseman at best on a bruins team
00:56there is an actual mayor of boston by the way i assume during these years probably he's like
01:02what about me i'm the real mayor of boston most likely there is probably yeah with us now on the
01:09western hotline is our friend from rotowire theo greminger here for all your fantasy questions
01:17going into week three bulldog what are some of your fantasy questions going into week three uh what does
01:23the person with no fantasy teams ask theo greminger that's a question i could ask
01:27theo has literally no teams what do we do with this guy i'm i'm still co-owning a team but
01:32i didn't
01:32draft it and i'm just um my kid's running it now no i've i'm a senior advisor theo that's all
01:38i've got
01:39going at this stage you got up to up the volume next season to one up it to up it
01:46to one on the other
01:47hand theo think of all the time bulldog is not spending on trying to figure out who the third
01:53string running back and wide receiver are on these teams like we are think think of the he could just
01:59sit on his deck his patio and watch the cars go by and just like not have to figure out
02:04you know
02:05these injuries and what to do if no puka again and green bay last night and all of it i
02:10mean uh
02:11you must really love it let me let me ask let me say that you must really love it yeah
02:16it's i mean
02:16it's a stressful game that we play mike especially if you're rostering guys like a.j brown puka
02:22dakua brock bowers it's been just a terrible run out we keep getting bad news after bad news
02:28positive news with jaden daniels though looks like that's going to be uh way fewer weeks than we
02:32initially thought but other than that it's been a really really poor run out bulldog is predicting
02:37are you still predicting that caleb williams will play monday yeah he is predicting that he's not
02:43really hurt and that he will play against the eagles that they're just sort of i think he's hurt but
02:47i
02:47don't think he's as seriously hurt i think this is all to make how he got criticized for the way
02:53he
02:53handled being on the card and all that look a little better i think the coach is just protecting
02:58him and then monday it'd be like hey caleb williams showed up today and he's fine what do you think
03:02of
03:02that i think it would be a massive rug pull i think we'll maybe see caleb in a week but
03:07i think
03:08we're going to see unfortunately we'll see some case keenum this week we don't usually trade in
03:12the hot takery but i i felt like i needed to step out into the the hot take waters uh
03:18with that on
03:19well there's you know for starters theo uncertainty with the bills at wide receiver i know you've asked
03:25me like what do i see happening here uh dj moore never misses a game so this is another one
03:33of your
03:33uh flag plants almost like that you would you would play dj moore even if he can't catch
03:38yeah yeah i would so we have to watch out for that possibility that the bills dress dj moore with
03:45no
03:45intention of throwing him passes uh and coleman coleman got up to limited today so he he they're both
03:52really guesses at this point still unfortunately yeah i'm recording a sleeper show uh right after
03:59i get off the air with you guys and i have like josh palmer written down basically we want access
04:05to
04:05as many buffalo bills as we can i think eventually that could get fantasy managers in trouble one week
04:10but right now the bills offense looks unstoppable so i think people are looking to grab whatever they
04:16can i think it's going to be another massive dalton kincaid week uh he looks so good uh especially
04:22with bowers not out i think kincaid is moving up to uh and bowers they haven't announced out but if
04:27he doesn't play i think kincaid is going to be tight end too for me this week i think he's
04:32like an elite
04:33asset so we're looking for a huge kincaid week regardless of of which uh wide receiver plays or
04:38doesn't i know we talked during the summer theo and kincaid and going all the way back into the into
04:44the spring you know there was talk about load management and it turns out maybe that was more to get
04:49him through the spring in the summer um because there's been very little i mean he's playing
04:54almost double the snaps that he had played a lot last year um he's up around 70 so far and
05:02they're
05:02also not just throwing it when he's on the field which stands to reason he's playing that much you're
05:07not going to throw it that much um whereas last year they had his snaps were so minimized that they
05:14almost always threw the ball if he was on the field so um i'm wondering like how much value you
05:21would have gotten because kincaid being where he is now i don't know who was forecasting him playing
05:26that much more than he had in the past yeah i mean there was there were people sort of flag
05:31planning him as a value but there weren't people really brave enough to to rank him alongside guys
05:38like like tyler warren um and i think he's leapfrogged most of those guys it's been only a
05:44two-week sample size but like you said the problem with kincaid other than being banged up was the lack
05:49of snaps so jumps off the the page in terms of a bunch of these analytical takes for fantasy football
05:54targets per route run and all that kind of good stuff but it's we haven't been able to see the
06:00him
06:01being supported with this high level of snaps that we're seeing so um it's been awesome it's still only
06:06his fourth year in the nfl and i think we're so used to um seeing these tight ends just be
06:13so
06:13productive early on in their career trey mcbride year two bowers year one but this is if we go back
06:19historically in the nfl like travis kelsey didn't have his first 15 point per game season until his
06:25fourth year in the league and i think we're there with kincaid it took him a little while but looks
06:31like an elite asset looks very much like the first round pick that you guys used on him um and
06:36josh
06:37allen just seems to trust him so much uh it's it's really awesome if you drafted kincaid you have the
06:43potential league winner uh because of the the value you were getting in adp tyler warren let alone
06:49colston loveland who has one catch through two games even though there was a 59 pointer in there from the
06:56bear something like that he had none in the opener where they scored all those points he kincaid really
07:00didn't theo even elevate to like the pitts craft laporta cluster that were those guys and harold
07:07fanning those guys were kind of going all together and kincaid rarely cracked that group and so far
07:13who knows with fanning i mean i think he's still good laporta's had a strong start craft has not
07:18and pitts has one what does what does pitts have two catches in three games something like that i mean
07:23just miserable was another awful output last night so pitts is unplayable uh george kittle
07:30right around uh or right about in front of of kincaid looks like he's in a really strong spot
07:35isaiah likely because of the volume uh and you know all the first read looks he's getting in stuff he
07:40looks like he's going to be in a strong spot but certainly you would take kincaid over either of
07:44those guys i mean really i think you'd take kincaid over anyone besides trey mcbride right now
07:50and i think there's still a window though mike to trade for him uh just like anecdotal but a friend
07:57of mine made a trade for him in a in a pretty high stakes home league and he sent basial
08:02tootin for
08:03kincaid so i mean obviously we're we're pretty optimistic on tootin this week as well but i think
08:09in terms of the positional edge he gives you kincaid is just like an elite asset right now and uh
08:14this
08:15offense again i mean you guys are seeing it your whole audience is watching it they've got to be
08:19loving life after that detroit game uh and i think buffalo is going to put another massive number on
08:24this chargers team that looks really bad right now you mentioned you you know jotted down the name
08:30joshua palmer uh because of the uncertainty around coleman and more would you like have like a i don't
08:35know beware any other pass catchers on the bills aside from kincaid because of the uncertainty about
08:41more and coleman i mean shakir is always shakir right um you know there's always going to be
08:47opportunities for shakir games with his yak ability and uh you know he's got a place on the offense
08:52but with palmer all it takes is like one big play and all of a sudden you you have a
08:58kind of a usable
08:59week if you're looking at bottom of the barrel dart throws i think he's one of these guys that you
09:04just kind of keep on speed dial as like an injury replacement so i do this show where it's it's
09:10sleepers and there's certain players to stream and certain players to stash he would be more on the
09:16on the the streamer side but it would take maybe dj more not playing or something like that for us
09:22to
09:22be uh competent in him and even without even without a more i think you'd still be kind of holding
09:28your
09:28breath but palmer's been a touchdown scorer it's a small sample size but seems like a guy that they
09:33trust making you know big plays down the field and they feel like they're comfortable enough to
09:37target him in the end zone so uh any bill you can get when you look at how some of
09:42these offenses
09:43are functioning in the nfl having access to like a highly functional offense for your emergency flex
09:49is sort of the right way to play fantasy football i think with theo gremminger of rotowire we have a
09:55half dozen teams i think it is in the nfc that have already gone through some quarterback turmoil
10:00and that can have of course like a big effect on the the whole outlook of the offense pass catchers
10:07you have malik neighbors with the giants who has an injury of his own to deal with
10:12we have terry mclaurin who hasn't looked good so far for washington but they lose daniels at least for
10:18now uh luther burden with the bears i mean these are guys that you and i have teams with um
10:25you want
10:26to run through those guys and tell us what you think the effect of the quarterback change will mean
10:33yeah i mean i think you've got to try to find pivots off of burden if it's case keenum uh
10:39keenum is
10:39really bad and really old uh and burden last week we saw like sort of what the downside could look
10:45like
10:45even in a uh caleb williams tyson badgett type game uh malik neighbors i think you treat them as a
10:51low-end wide receiver too if you're in great shape at the wide receiver position you can tip it off
10:57of him
10:57i think they're certainly going to try to establish him with jamis jamis did not look good to me but
11:03malik neighbors is is malik neighbors mclaurin has had a history of performing well with marcus
11:11mariotta there's been several spike weeks for him in games where mariotta has filled in the problem is
11:18to me stefan diggs looks like the better wide receiver right now and certainly he's been
11:24the way more uh productive wide receiver but i don't think uh mclaurin is like completely buried
11:30uh i'd say mclaurin again high-end wide receiver three area somewhat similar to to diggs i think you've
11:38got to rank them right near one another so i try not to play burden i'd sort of hold my
11:44breath with
11:44mclaurin if you have uh pivots go for it and then neighbors it's like a fantasy football uh corollary
11:52where if you bench a name like malik neighbors he's going to put up a big number and end up
11:57with
11:57a touchdown so i would be scared to bench malik neighbors even though he's dealing with some
12:02issues it's still a player that's going to be highly utilized by them um in a game that they really
12:08need to win their backs are against the wall they're at home they've got the backup quarterback
12:12the defense looks terrible um it's it's one where where harbaugh's got a lot of pressure on him
12:18and i think they're going to dial up neighbors kind of early and often if he plays giants and titans
12:23sunday theo gremminger our guest from rotowire mike show up in the bulldog here um travis etn in new
12:30orleans so camara gets a lot of work they beat baltimore despite camara still like not being good
12:37are you what do you think of what's happening there like is etn somebody that you would almost feel
12:42like you have to start or maybe maybe different i i would look to try to play guys over him
12:49the
12:49problem is starting running backs are like a finite uh commodity there's certain teams where
12:54you're going to have a bunch of options and then other teams where you feel like you're really up
12:57against it at the position but yeah it's it's a it's a mess right now uh you've got etn who
13:04in week
13:05one conceded the touchdown to kendrae miller but he was sort of supported by his strong work in the
13:10passing game and then week two alvin kamara comes back and has uh five catches they go for minimal
13:17yardage you only had seven yards on them but that's sort of nuked etn and then you've got the
13:22new orleans using cj donaldson who they seem to like as some sort of a pass blocker so etn's in
13:29the
13:30this like ugly committee role and it's a really really good offense and they have another winnable
13:35game this week against vegas um but etn's one that i don't think you can trust i would put him
13:40somewhere in that um mid-level rb3 range right around like rb30 range this week how about the
13:48denver backfield theo um coleman now is hurt dobbins was hurt last week rj harvey is practicing but
13:54we'll see what do you predict they do sunday night you know i think it was going to be a
14:00jonah
14:00coleman takeover and then he gets the injury so there's a window of opportunity for for now
14:06dobbins and harvey it's still one where it feels like uh kind of a a split backfield um this week
14:14so i'm i'm not really that uh optimistic about using broncos i think besides jalen waddle it's sort
14:22of a difficult offense to predict this week uh so i would look to to pivot off of using a
14:27denver
14:27broncos running back if i had to there's a lot of receiver injuries i don't know we probably have
14:33already talked about some of them i'm thinking about houston playing indy indy cannot stop anyone
14:38at this point but houston is still they they ruled collins out or is it still sounds like he's out
14:44but
14:44i don't think it's beneficial okay yeah i wonder is there is there someone there that's a pivot for
14:50houston to maybe catch some passes and put up numbers against the colts good question yeah i think
14:56analytically the one that you you'd sort of want to chase here if you want to play a houston uh
15:03wide
15:03receiver which is sort of a tough bet but it's xavier hutchinson who had nine targets last week
15:09didn't do much of anything with him uh but he's on the field a ton he's getting targets in the
15:15passing
15:15game uh and like you said he's got a good matchup it would still be it would still be one
15:20where i would
15:21really struggle to try to put him in lineups but theoretically if you're sort of chasing volume and
15:27chasing opportunities i do think he's going to get a fair amount of targets this week i think if you're
15:32looking in like and you're like in a emergency situation at wide receiver i'd almost um like to chase
15:39malik washington over like a xavier hutchinson because washington for the miami dolphins he should
15:45see a bump in usage it's really hard to trust these dolphins but they're going to get blown out
15:51against kansas city there's going to be plenty of garbage time and i think with the caleb douglas
15:56injury malik washington is going to get eight or so targets and they're going to be ones that are sort
16:01of uh lower a dot uh easy button looks for him to at least try to move the sticks uh
16:07other leagues
16:08you're going to get access to rashad bateman potentially um it's i think he's in a really good
16:13spot in brazil i doubt they play zay flowers in that one um but hutchinson if you've got to use
16:19a texan that's the one right there his snap rate in week two was like 80 plus uh and with
16:26those nine
16:26targets i mean theoretically he could put up some some numbers for you and then i think the ultimate
16:32dart throw guy that's available literally everywhere is ted hurst of the tampa bay buccaneers
16:37uh he had an opportunity to make some big plays last week and he nearly came up with some i
16:43think
16:44that there's a chance that they ramp him up against minnesota and we see his role sort of growing in
16:49the past game being oh and two can sort of expedite the process for getting these younger players
16:55opportunities and i think ted hurst is good and i think you're going to see a lot of like yolo
16:59balls
17:00from baker mayfield this week they're really up against it and minnesota is going to try to blitz
17:04and we know historically baker mayfield has done well against blitzing defenses so i think hurst is
17:11if you're like really down bad washington and hurst um but for the texans dalton schultz is just in a
17:18tremendous spot i think that he will continue to put up numbers without collins 12 for 140 last week
17:25for schultz that one's bugging me from the draft season like just he was free um how about don't
17:31davion wicks in philadelphia with goddard out was is he somebody you'd like to have to start
17:36like to be able to start yeah i'd be fine with don't davion wicks you've also had uh davante smith
17:42who's been who's been a little banged up we fully expect him to play this week but
17:45wicks operating as the the clear number two target with dallas goddard um you know dealing with some
17:51injuries i think we're there malik lemon is makai lemon excuse me is basically just running a bunch
17:58routes without any sort of uh usage at all uh he's been a cardio guy and wicks is in this
18:04really
18:04strong spot um yeah i would put wicks again above washington above hutchinson certainly above ted
18:12hurst he would be um a little bit higher i think he's a wide receiver three this week and every
18:17week
18:17moving forward unless we see some sort of massive bump with lemon they have a lot of trust in in
18:23in
18:23wicks and wicks is playing like 90 of snaps so uh he's on the field literally the entire time so
18:29i
18:29think that's a that's a great call out by you i think you might want to get a piece of
18:33the jets
18:34this week at detroit but they might not have ad mitchell now he's got a oven mitt on his hand
18:40today at practice uh is it sadiq cooper out taylor out mitchell if he's out who else might there be
18:47that's interesting yeah i think sadiq is is a tremendous stash um the team really struggled to
18:53to run last week against green bay and when we look at detroit i mean all your all the bills
18:59fans
19:00listening in on this one uh detroit has such problems at the safety position i think the jets
19:06only hope is going to be really to attack them through the air i think it's a big garrett wilson
19:10week
19:11i think breece hall will continue to catch the ball out of the backfield ad mitchell if he plays and
19:16he's questionable right now uh he's he's one that i think you're you're throwing in the flex
19:20but sadiq we saw him score a touchdown week one it's like a slow drip it feels like his usage
19:27is
19:27gonna is gonna pop one of these uh games and he's gonna have an opportunity if mitchell sits to at
19:33least affect the game with his yak ability and i think maybe we'll see some of those manufactured
19:38touches like we saw in week one sadiq is really really athletic uh he was a very highly drafted player
19:44uh and he's sitting on a ton of waiver waiver wires right now i think he's a really fun uh
19:49pickup just
19:50to sort of stash and see where this role grows especially if you're strong at the tight end
19:54position last one how about marvin harrison theo everybody's talking about him and trying to
20:00figure out if just to to shut the the door on the idea that he's going to get there i
20:05mean are you
20:06giving up or leaving the light on as they say i think depends on your league size if you're if
20:12you're
20:12in a shallow league he'd be a name that you know you evoke the term sabotage drop and you put
20:18him
20:19out there and hope somebody uses some fab because he is just dead and buried right now in arizona
20:24and you also factor in that arizona still hasn't ramped up jeremiah love those touches are coming at
20:30some point love uh metrics wise is right there so analytically i think jeremiah loves role growing
20:36in the offense that's coming you've also got trey mcbride this elite usage guy no matter what the week
20:42and then michael wilson is so far ahead of of marvin harrison then you've got marvin harrison
20:47who kind of looks like he's not really trying out there it's just a bad bad fit and everything
20:52about it seems broken if any player in the nfl would benefit from a trade it's probably marvin
20:58harrison jr i'm not saying that would happen but it looks like a guy who's just running cardio routes
21:04out there and i don't i don't see anything coming this week now jacoby percent had that crazy volume
21:10game against san francisco last year uh i don't know if that's something that that can happen
21:16again but brissette certainly had a little bit of uh success for them fantasy wise against these
21:2049ers because of the volume but i would really be hesitant using marvin harrison jr in any league
21:27right now bulldog my uh i have two teams with theo but the one that's just he and i two
21:32and oh going
21:33for three and oh this week you you'd love the team name you you like to get creative with your
21:37team names you know and puns and whatnot yeah yeah i love everybody letting everybody know what
21:43our last names are that's always how i kind of identify these teams but we had a nice start last
21:47night mike that that team's looking really good this week bijon uh team greminger shope going for
21:53going for three and it's catchy you know it's no tunsel's gas mask but it'll work no but you know
21:58what if you're gonna this is just me here but if you're gonna name a team with a player's name
22:05in the name of the team that player should be on your team and you know probably in your lineup
22:11i'm not against having him in my lineup even though he's a tackle like symbolically i'll do it i don't
22:18really care there's a team in every one of my leagues it feels like named my ball zackerts
22:25and i feel like that team should have to start zackerts years right that name's been going around
22:30forever i like doing the last name i think everybody's got their sort of way to play fantasy
22:34football but yeah get creative and i agree with you there should be some sort of a rule
22:38if you're going to use the player's name that player better be on your roster yes i'm playing
22:43a team called the marl burrow reds he better have burrow or else i don't want to see it better
22:50there you go thank you theo good luck to us and appreciate your time as always talk to you guys
22:55soon
22:55take care theo gremminger of rotowire every friday one of the rotowire experts will join us and help
23:03you set your lineup i mean you over there my lineup's set oh it's set my team can't divide by
23:10zero we're
23:10a machine we blew out your former team last week i left one easily in week one we're we're cruising
23:17yes we're a juggernaut people can't stop talking about tunsel's gas mask
23:20okay
23:20well
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