00:00The Cleveland Browns have been a good team all season long, and their record is solid, too.
00:05But today, they're a little bit up against it because Deshaun Watson is out, and Shudor Sanders will start.
00:12He's in New Orleans going up against the Saints.
00:15As it stands right now, the Saints are a very slight favorite, three-point favorites today, total of 42.5.
00:23We're approaching a range, Joe, for the Saints that they, I believe, have one of the worst records in the
00:29NFL over the last two and a half years.
00:31I don't know how or when the turnaround begins for the Saints.
00:35I thought Shuck looked pretty good last year, and I thought things would sort of turn the corner for them.
00:40It's also kind of strange where the Saints are in, like, this Tennessee category where they don't get talked about
00:46a lot anymore in the NFL just because we just assume that they're not very good.
00:50But with a quarterback change there and Sanders coming in, I don't know if there's a big disparity.
00:56The oddsmakers are telling us it's at least two or three points because I suppose Cleveland having a better record
01:00than the Saints, playing better than the Saints, they wouldn't be three-point favorites with Watson, Joe.
01:04So this is a tough game for me to call.
01:06Usually when the backup is in and I haven't seen him, I'm usually going to move on to something else.
01:11Yeah, well, let's start with Shudor Sanders.
01:13And, again, I don't like to invest in things that have question marks, right?
01:16I like to kind of have at least a feel for what's going on.
01:18And we don't have a feel for Shudor Sanders in this current iteration of the offense with the Cleveland Browns,
01:23right?
01:23We saw him last year, and that was a different regime, different O.C., different pieces.
01:27I think, theoretically, going back to Harold Fannin, who was off the injury report on Friday, that's something you saw
01:33Shudor Sanders like to lean on because he is a guy that's going to look to get rid of the
01:36football quickly, make some accurate throws.
01:38He's not a big deep ball guy, right?
01:40So Denzel Boston probably doesn't fit very well into Shudor Sanders in theory, but Casey Concepcion does.
01:45So I think Concepcion and Fannin are two pieces to watch today if you want to be involved with them
01:49in terms of investment on some of their overs and some of their props, but also from a fantasy perspective,
01:52too.
01:53If you're looking to stream some guys, Fannin and Casey Concepcion, I think, have a lot of theoretical value today.
01:57And then when you look over at the Saints, you know, I'm with you.
02:01I did think that the Saints last year with Shuck really made progress, and I thought they were my worst
02:06-to-first team that they were going to come back around.
02:07And the one thing they've got going for them is this division is still not great, right?
02:12So if you should somehow come out with a victory at home against Shudor Sanders and the Cleveland Browns, you've
02:18still got two games against the Carolina Panthers left on your schedule.
02:22You've got another game in the last week of the season against Tampa Bay.
02:25I don't know if a winning record is going to win this division necessarily.
02:28You could still be a losing record possibly and end up winning this division.
02:34I mean, Carolina going in the wrong direction, too.
02:36I mean, that's been a problem here in the NFC South.
02:39Their offensive line has been dreadful lately and not so many injuries.
02:42So, look, New Orleans also made a weird move.
02:45They dropped Kendry Miller from the roster this weekend.
02:47Aldrick Estime.
02:49Their run game really, I think, has been the undoing.
02:51They thought Travis HM was going to be the answer to that problem.
02:53And, Craig, clearly it has not been what they hoped it would be this year for him.
