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Week 9 Preview
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Welcome to the ZNG Dynasty podcast!
This week the boys breakdown the Goods and the Bads from week 8 and get you ready for this week 9 slate! Stay tuned for our usual banter mixed with below average fantasy football takes. Also, Do you think Dakota was taking a shot at Saquon Barkley? Let us know in the comments.
As always,
Thank you for listening!
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Transcript
Intro
Introduction and Apology
00:00:42
Dakota Zeigler
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the ZNG Dynasty podcast. We are coming at you normal time this week, you know, recording ourselves on a Tuesday. Hopefully we get this out a little earlier than we did last week, which is, you know, on me. I'm going to be full accountability, hand up in the chat.
00:01:02
Dakota Zeigler
I screwed up in the podcast out last week, so apologies for that. But we're going to correct a lot of the wrongs we did last week with this week's podcast. I am joined.
Guest Introduction and Football Discussion
00:01:12
Dakota Zeigler
by my good friend, the N in the ZNG g podcast, Ninja. How you doing out there, buddy?
00:01:19
Ninja
Doing good, buddy. Had a busy day today. Can't wait to talk some ball. I was witnessing another time another type of football, if you will, soccer tonight, watching some high school district semifinal action.
00:01:30
Dakota Zeigler
Football.
00:01:33
Ninja
My team didn't win, so that stinks, but it was a good game nonetheless, but happened to be
00:01:39
Dakota Zeigler
Sorry.
00:01:40
Ninja
No, you're good. But happy to be on with the boy.
Overview of Football Week
00:01:44
Ninja
and we had real... Well, I'm going to be real. I wanted to say really good, but it was kind of an eh week of football.
00:01:51
Dakota Zeigler
Definitely eh. Eh is a very good way to describe it. I was going to go eel but it really wasn't It was kind of eh.
00:01:58
Ninja
Yeah, it's just eh.
00:01:59
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:02:00
Ninja
Go birds, though.
00:02:00
Dakota Zeigler
Which, yeah, go birds. I mean, we'll definitely be talking about them later for probably too long like we usually do. But I think without further ado, we just head right into the notes and keep this thing moving, buddy. what do you think?
Segment Format Explanation
00:02:11
Ninja
Love that.
00:02:12
Dakota Zeigler
All right, podcast.
00:02:15
Ninja
Ooh, buddy. Yes.
00:02:16
Dakota Zeigler
Getting into the goods and the bads. We do the goods and the bads around here in DNG. We don't do the studs and duds. We do the goods and bads because we're simpletons around here, and you just need to go, is that good? And you go, yeah.
00:02:27
Dakota Zeigler
Is that bad? You go, yeah.
Chargers' Performance Review
00:02:29
Dakota Zeigler
Anyways, talking about the goods, starting on Thursday night football, the Chargers, man, looked real good against the Vikings. I have in here Kamani Vidal, Ladd McConkie,
00:02:37
Ninja
Yes.
00:02:40
Dakota Zeigler
And Aranda Gadsden having himself a day on Thursday. You can pretty much put the whole Chargers team in here in general, but I want to highlight those three specifically. But Ninja, did you get a chance to watch that Thursday night game? and what are your thoughts on this Chargers offense? Are they there? They're one high powered offense this year.
00:02:57
Ninja
Yeah, I got a chance to... I watched the first half because I'm an old man and need sleep before work and whatnot.
00:03:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, we work on Fridays, which is ridiculous.
00:03:05
Ninja
Yeah, crazy. But what impresses me most is Aranda Gadsden. We've been talking about him for a couple weeks now, and like I think this is a guy.
00:03:15
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:03:16
Ninja
like i think he needed time to you know grow in the offense, gain a little bit of Herbert's trust, but he's been... A guy for weeks now, now watch the one week I start him this week, he poops the bed.
00:03:29
Ninja
But no, this offense is looking, I wouldn't say high-powered, just efficient.
00:03:34
Dakota Zeigler
Very efficient.
00:03:36
Ninja
One of the most efficient offenses, their run game is looking good, even with two tackles out on IR. Love to see that. And I think you're going to get that with a Harbaugh-led offense, where it's just it's smooth. Even when guys go down, it's an X-Man Up mentality. You keep it moving.
00:03:52
Ninja
You keep the run game going. And Vidal has been looking really good. And I want to throw this back at you. I think we talked about it a couple podcasts ago. does i think Vidal has earned timeshare from Amari and Hampton even when Amari and Hampton is back.
00:04:06
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, yeah, he has. At least a little bit of third down work. Definitely going to be more like a 60-40 split than it was before that. but you know as But the thing is, Harbaugh has shown that he does want to run a Belcal-level running back.
00:04:21
Dakota Zeigler
So I think it it won't take much for Hampton just to take that over again. But Vidal really impressed me this week and had to throw in there. Gadsden's obviously been incredible the last couple weeks.
00:04:32
Dakota Zeigler
Love him as a tight end, especially with this offense, having more good matchups coming up. And Ladd McConkie, hopefully you traded for him about three weeks ago, but the guy continues to be you know back on the saddle and just rolling.
00:04:44
Dakota Zeigler
Love to see it for the guy.
00:04:45
Ninja
I'm definitely winning that cigar bet, by the way.
00:04:48
Dakota Zeigler
For sure.
00:04:48
Ninja
Thank you, uh, senior.
CJ Stroud's Game Analysis
00:04:50
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, for sure. That's not going to be close. Next good, CJ Stroud had himself a day, no Nico Collins, going up against San Fran and just He didn't really ball out, I would say, but led that team to a good victory.
00:05:04
Dakota Zeigler
Two touchdowns, 318 yards passing. Just a very impressive day for Stroud. And usually he's not in the goods. He's been very average to below average this year. So I kind of want to give him the flowers in a good game against San Fran. What are your thoughts?
00:05:19
Ninja
Yeah, no, Nico, no problems. Their wide receiver depth is crazy, and they they solidified that with the draft, and we were all questioning the O-line. They need offensive line guys in the draft.
00:05:30
Ninja
They kind of punted that and got some wide receivers, and the offensive line held up decently enough, and I think when they can hold up decent enough... This is what CJ Stroud is capable of. He's still a very good quarterback.
00:05:43
Ninja
It's just he was playing on his back a lot of the games. And now when he finally gets to stand in there, deliver some footballs, you can see what he can do. And it's lead a good offense with good wide receivers.
00:05:54
Ninja
Shout out Jalen Noel and Jaden Higgins, the Iowa State studs.
00:05:57
Dakota Zeigler
wood
00:06:00
Ninja
it's just another one where this kind of brings you back to what CJ Stroud was, uh, his rookie year when he kind of came onto the scene, just efficient, not really over targeting one guy, spreading the ball out, keeping the defense honest and not really flashy, but consistent.
Derrick Henry and Upcoming Games
00:06:22
Dakota Zeigler
Exactly. Is Nico Collins the the black cloud on this team? Is he slowing C.J. Stroud down? Does C.J. Stroud need to get out of the the cape of Nico Collins?
00:06:34
Ninja
No, don't ever say that to me again.
00:06:36
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I didn't believe any of the words I just said either. Next good, Derek Henry, running back, absolutely tore it up the Chicago Bears. Two touchdowns.
00:06:47
Dakota Zeigler
No Lamar Jackson for the Baltimore Ravens again last week, which we'll talk about later, but Henry was actually able to get it done against even stacked boxes. His longest rush was only 10 yards, but he did have two touchdowns, 70 yards total on the ground. So good week from Henry. This is what we want to see. We need some touchdowns from the big fella.
00:07:06
Ninja
Yeah, yeah i'm maybe a little too late for my redraft week. But, you know, it's fine. It's better late than never, if you will.
00:07:13
Ninja
Oh,
00:07:16
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. You're watching from the sidelines.
00:07:18
Ninja
oh sidebar on that. I just got chopped. My team was garbage. I don't know how I made it this long. My team stunk.
00:07:24
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:07:24
Ninja
It was bad. And I was just avoiding... I think I was in like the danger zone. like Six out of the eight weeks. And this week it finally happened. I was like, it's about time.
00:07:33
Dakota Zeigler
Just scraping by.
00:07:33
Ninja
My team stunk.
00:07:35
Dakota Zeigler
To be fair, i was also in the guillotine league of record. i was eliminated week two. And to be fair, I still love the idea of a guillotine league. Like I want to do it again next year. So bad.
00:07:48
Ninja
Yeah, I want to do it, but I don't think that there should be money. like That's too much. But free guillotine leak, it's very fun.
00:07:53
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it seems almost like a five-bucker. Yeah.
00:07:57
Ninja
I don't even know about 5. I just want to keep it fun.
00:08:00
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:08:00
Ninja
18 guys, 18 weeks. Let it fly.
00:08:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. 18 guys, one league. What can go wrong? Anyways, James Cook, Arizona X good, and Khalil Shakir had a pretty good game against the Panthers last week. 40-9, demolishing of the Panthers. The Bills look legit right off a bye. You know they'd be ready to roll.
00:08:21
Dakota Zeigler
I almost put Josh Allen in here, but then again, he's Josh Allen. We shouldn't be talking about him. But James Cook, two touchdowns, 215 yards on the ground. If you had him in your lineup, you won. And Shakir, nice long touchdown, 88 yards and a tutty.
00:08:35
Dakota Zeigler
Love to see it.
00:08:36
Ninja
Yeah, and this is what we expect from the Bills offense. like that This is what we needed. like After a couple of rough weeks, they got back off the bye and looked dominant. I didn't think they were going to look this good coming off the bye.
00:08:50
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, they were ready to go. And for the next good, go Birds, baby. Jalen Hurts, four passing touchdowns.
00:09:01
Dakota Zeigler
Not one, not two, not three, but four passing touchdowns against that Giants defense.
00:09:03
Ninja
What? What? What?
00:09:10
Dakota Zeigler
Only 180 yards passing, but Barkley, 150 yards on the ground, long touchdown run to set the tone in the first quarter on the first drive. Devontae Smith having himself a day, six catches, 85 yards.
00:09:25
Dakota Zeigler
Dallas Goddard on National Tight Ends Day, which we totally knew about. Two touchdowns again. Saquon, another touchdown receiving before he went out with his injury, but we'll talk about that later.
00:09:38
Dakota Zeigler
And Tank Bigsby getting a little bit of work at the end of the game when we demolished this Giants team with a banged up Barkley.
00:09:41
Ninja
yeah
00:09:47
Dakota Zeigler
He rushed for 104 yards. Incredible game for the Eagles. Exactly what we needed. A little bit of belt to action against this New York Giants team. And this offense is rolling.
00:09:59
Dakota Zeigler
I got nothing else to say.
00:09:59
Ninja
yeah we Yeah, we needed it. And I just want to shout out Anna. I think she got Saquon Barkley back. she kind of wanted She talked about Saquon Barkley a little bit, and I think that's what he needed. I think he heard this out there on our podcast, of course, so and said, you you know what?
00:10:12
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:10:14
Ninja
I do have to kick it up another notch. And so I just want to thank Anna for getting Saquon Barkley rolling. That's what we needed. The offense looked fluid. Guess what? When Saquon is rolling, we roll. So, bless.
00:10:26
Dakota Zeigler
Bless up, baby. We'll talk about him later, but hopefully he's healthy next two weeks from now from that groin injury. But shout out Anna. Not going to say Anna. I'm not going to say Anna. I'm going to say Anna.
00:10:37
Dakota Zeigler
But shout out Anna. Yeah, got Barkley going. he need He definitely listened to this podcast and went, I can't have these country boys tell me how God awful I am.
00:10:48
Dakota Zeigler
I need to step my game up. And, you know, I'm glad.
00:10:49
Ninja
I can't have wannabe Stephen A.
00:10:50
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:10:52
Ninja
Smith telling me that I need to get my stuff together.
00:10:53
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:10:57
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, man, this podcast stinks. Next good, Harold Fainon Jr.
00:10:59
Ninja
yeah
00:11:02
Dakota Zeigler
He's almost a player that is getting to the point to where do I even put him in the goods when he has a good game? like I feel like this is just expected out of him. Six catches, 60 yards, tutty on National Tight Ends Day.
00:11:13
Dakota Zeigler
His teammate Njoku also got in the end zone, so you know the Cleveland Browns were definitely participating in the celebration on Sunday. But Fainon, another good game. Every week starter. Is this just what we expect of this guy now? It's crazy.
00:11:27
Ninja
Yeah, you have to. And I know going into like when we're talking draft season, you and me both kind of dropped Harold Fannin down the board a little bit because of his combine and stuff.
00:11:35
Dakota Zeigler
I was not a fan.
00:11:38
Ninja
And we should have just because we both said the tape was incredible, but the combine man was scary looking.
00:11:44
Dakota Zeigler
So bad. oh We did the same thing with Kyron Williams years ago. we should We should just, I don't know.
00:11:47
Ninja
Yeah.
00:11:48
Dakota Zeigler
The Combine is, he can't though.
00:11:48
Ninja
Do we throw out the combine?
00:11:52
Dakota Zeigler
That's the thing, like he can't.
00:11:52
Ninja
i know it's
00:11:53
Dakota Zeigler
I think we have to get to the point where the Combine can advance players, but it can't take players like off our boards. I feel okay being less excited about a player if he doesn't perform athletically what I thought he would, but that shouldn't like tape should be number one and it should take up like 75% of our scouting.
00:12:15
Dakota Zeigler
The combine should be like the other 25%.
00:12:18
Ninja
I think it should be more tape, like 92% tape, 8% combined. Because we'll go like Matthew Golden, like the 4-2-1 or whatever.
00:12:24
Dakota Zeigler
You're probably right.
00:12:28
Ninja
It doesn't change what he did on tape. And like I wouldn't view him any any different if he ran 4-3. Like 4-3-4. won't care. It's same tape.
00:12:34
Dakota Zeigler
True. True.
00:12:36
Ninja
it's the same tap
00:12:36
Dakota Zeigler
It wouldn't have been a big difference.
00:12:39
Dakota Zeigler
I see what you're saying. Yeah. Hey, look at us taking notes and learning because we're going be better than ever coming this scouting season, which I'm excited to do that. 2026. We got to find a day to do that mock draft because I need to get that thing rolling. I need to start talking about more college football.
00:12:55
Dakota Zeigler
Anyways.
00:12:56
Ninja
I'm low-key excited for the wide receivers. Anyway, we move on.
00:12:58
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, they look really, really good. Next good. Keyshawn Booty. Hey.
00:13:03
Ninja
Booty!
00:13:05
Dakota Zeigler
Another long touchdown pass from Drake May. Three catches, 75 yards, and another tutty. This guy, Matt Collins also had a game this week, but I can't talk about him.
00:13:15
Dakota Zeigler
Kayshaun Boutte has been probably my favorite wide receiver in this Patriots offense to play, and if he keeps catching long touchdowns, he's going to keep making me look good, so I'm going to shout him out whenever.
00:13:27
Dakota Zeigler
This is a player that you probably have on your bench in a lot of places, and you're probably not starting him in all of these games, but... Should we start starting Keishon Boutte and good matchups?
00:13:39
Dakota Zeigler
Damian Ninja Moore.
00:13:40
Ninja
Yes, you should. And I'm in the I'm also the people that just have him on my bench some places and like I can never like I just don't start him. It's like I have names above him that I like more, but like he keeps performing. So you got to put him in. But I think it's more of a testament to Drake May.
00:13:58
Ninja
And like I said, Potter, two ago, Drake May has been my favorite quarterback to just watch this season.
00:13:58
Dakota Zeigler
True.
00:14:03
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, he's amazing.
00:14:03
Ninja
I think he's been fantastic. I think he's an MVP candidate.
00:14:07
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, for sure.
00:14:07
Ninja
I love, I love what I saw out of Drake May this year. And this is coming from a Caleb Williams guy. Like, I love Drake May a lot.
00:14:14
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:14:16
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I was on the Drake May. My hot take was Drake May is going finish his top five QB this year. Here we are. I love him a lot for that MVP candidate candidacy.
00:14:27
Ninja
Love it.
00:14:27
Dakota Zeigler
I think if he can win the AFC East and have a finish with a better record than the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen.
00:14:34
Dakota Zeigler
I think he's got the and MVP solidified. Stats regardless. I think if you outperform the Bills, Drake may MVP. And I know that's not really how it works, but it should be.
00:14:45
Ninja
love it
00:14:45
Dakota Zeigler
Anyways, next good. Brees Hall was pretty much the entire Jets offense against the Bengals. And, man, 133 yards, two touchdowns on the ground, and a dude threw a touchdown pass.
00:14:59
Dakota Zeigler
Two, Mason Tegeler, baby. Love me some Mason Taylor. Finally got his first touchdown. But Brace Hall, basically this entire team's offense, threw in a couple catches as well.
00:15:10
Dakota Zeigler
The Jets put up 39 points in an NFL football game. That's how god-awful that Bengals defense is.
00:15:21
Ninja
That's what I was going to say. That's the caveat. Like, the Bengals' defense is a church. They had no business losing that game. And they somehow found a way.
00:15:29
Dakota Zeigler
No business.
00:15:32
Ninja
Like, I think this was the grossest game of the weekend. And it was the closest and probably the best to watch. But, like, that Bengals' defense is some of the worst dog doo-doo I've ever seen.
00:15:38
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:15:45
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. I don't understand what's going on there.
00:15:45
Ninja
Like, unforgivable what happened last week.
00:15:49
Dakota Zeigler
Awful tackling.
00:15:49
Ninja
Unforgivable happened.
00:15:51
Dakota Zeigler
Wide receivers going open. all Like, Brees Hall had... Like, the Jets' offensive line is not good. But they were putting gaps in this Bengals defense.
00:15:57
Ninja
No.
00:16:00
Dakota Zeigler
It was... is
00:16:01
Ninja
Give me a D3 college defense over this Bengals defense.
00:16:04
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, give me the headset. I can call better defense than whatever the heck they're going to do over there in Cincinnati. But Brees Hall tore it up.
00:16:10
Ninja
Terrible.
00:16:11
Dakota Zeigler
Love to see it. The Bengals are a defense we're targeting with an entire offensive scheme, which obviously we'll talk about later. But I love the Bears this week. Anyways, the next good is the Bengals offense.
00:16:21
Ninja
a
00:16:24
Dakota Zeigler
I put the entire Bengals offense in here. Flacco, another pretty good day. Two touchdown passes, 200 yards. On the ground, they had three rushing touchdowns from three different players.
00:16:35
Dakota Zeigler
Samaj P.
00:16:35
Ninja
Love it.
00:16:35
Dakota Zeigler
Ryan, Chase Brown getting himself in the end zone. And Joey Flacco getting himself a little one-yarder QB sneak.
00:16:40
Ninja
Yeah, buddy.
00:16:43
Dakota Zeigler
Who had the Joe Flacco anytime touchdown this week? I want to see those.
00:16:47
Ninja
Love that.
00:16:48
Dakota Zeigler
so Send them in the comments if you had that ticket. I doubt it. Jamar Chase, another 12 reception game. I think i I'm going to start betting his receptions at like over nine and a half and just laddering it up to like 15 every week.
00:17:00
Ninja
well that
00:17:01
Dakota Zeigler
T. Higgins gets in the end zone again. Chase Brown with another receiving touchdown. Just a good performance with his Bengals offense, mostly because the defense is just god-awful.
00:17:10
Ninja
Yeah, and I said it a couple weeks ago, the bar for the Bengals to win is the defense needs to hold the other team to 30. They didn't do that this week, so they lost.
00:17:17
Dakota Zeigler
no Yeah, they literally have to hold him to 30 points.
00:17:20
Ninja
Like, that's...
00:17:22
Dakota Zeigler
That's all they have to do.
00:17:22
Ninja
Like, the offense is so good. I don't understand how you can craft such a beautiful offense, but feel that bad of a defense. Like, you have to be special kind of bad.
00:17:31
Dakota Zeigler
like I don't even know if you can call them a defense. like are the Have they earned the term defense?
00:17:38
Ninja
Is it second team offense? Because they're just scoring points?
00:17:40
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Special teams? like what like Put the punt team out there.
00:17:45
Ninja
They're definitely special, that's for sure.
00:17:45
Dakota Zeigler
Jesus.
00:17:48
Ninja
Cut that.
00:17:53
Dakota Zeigler
That's really good. That's so good. Next good.
00:17:55
Ninja
so
00:17:56
Dakota Zeigler
Got to give the guys flowers. Not super high on him, but he had a great week this week. Tua Tagovailoa, 200 passing yards, four passing touchdowns up against the Atlanta Falcons. Man, this Atlanta Falcons team is just impossible to predict.
00:18:12
Dakota Zeigler
But Tua tore him up this week, got him a pretty big win, and probably got Mike McDaniel another, don't know, two weeks as the head coach.
00:18:19
Ninja
Yeah, I don't... Tua's been... So I have Tua in like a couple spots, and he's been making me the most frustrated owner I've ever... Because i I benched him everywhere.
00:18:29
Ninja
And then he finally had a good week, and it's like, do I start him now?
00:18:30
Dakota Zeigler
He
00:18:33
Ninja
The answer is no. But, like, I don't know. I don't i didn't even want to give him his flowers. I think this was too much. You have to get back in my good graces.
00:18:43
Dakota Zeigler
he hasn't earned the flowers yet after throwing four touchdown passes.
00:18:45
Ninja
No. No. Did you see what he did the last three weeks? Absolutely not.
00:18:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, that's fair too to me. I have Tua in a league of record where my team is very, very good. And I've been playing running backs over him in a super flex league.
00:19:00
Ninja
yeah That's what I'm saying.
00:19:02
Dakota Zeigler
And I've still been winning all of my games. So it's, it's, you know, it's a given to take to be, to be fair. I think in that league, I am going to be playing two of this week against the Ravens, but we'll talk about him in a little bit.
00:19:15
Dakota Zeigler
Next good on our list. We have Sean Tucker running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
00:19:19
Ninja
Two...
00:19:22
Dakota Zeigler
Sean Tucker running back out of Syracuse that man, not a lot of people were talking about because, He was not able to perform at the combine because of some weird injury. But Sean Tucker, everyone's like, man, we got to start Rashad White. Bucky Irving's out again this week.
00:19:35
Dakota Zeigler
Going up against the Saints. Going to be a good matchup. And guess what? Boom. You get Sean tucked against the Saints.
00:19:45
Dakota Zeigler
If anybody had a Sean Tucker anytime touchdown, throw that in the chat too.
00:19:45
Ninja
but
00:19:48
Dakota Zeigler
I want to see him.
00:19:49
Ninja
Yeah, I doubt it. this like So Rashad White was such a nice handcuff to have, and I got torched in a couple leagues because I started Rashad White and he pooped the bed.
00:20:02
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I started him everywhere.
00:20:03
Ninja
because Because Sean Tucker is a guy? but i don't know.
00:20:07
Dakota Zeigler
I guess so. To be fair, he didn't have like the best game.
00:20:08
Ninja
but Like...
00:20:10
Dakota Zeigler
like He only had 42 yards rushing, but he did have a touchdown. It's just he was the one guy who scored for the Bucs this weekend. That was kind of the only reason he's good.
00:20:18
Ninja
Yeah,
00:20:22
Ninja
yeah we we can move it on fast.
00:20:23
Ninja
i don't want to talk about Sean Tucker too much.
00:20:25
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, me either.
00:20:25
Ninja
Hang on, hang on.
00:20:26
Ninja
Wait, to Junior, wasn't this one your guys?
00:20:30
Dakota Zeigler
Sean Tucker?
00:20:31
Ninja
Yeah.
00:20:32
Dakota Zeigler
I was a Sean Tucker guy a couple years ago.
00:20:34
Ninja
Oh, okay.
00:20:35
Dakota Zeigler
That was in the... So, shout out to an old podcast, all formats podcast. We did... He was a 2023 running back that I liked a lot back in like 2022 when we were looking at 2023 as like this beautiful sunshine of fantasy prospects. And Sean Tucker was like a top three, four back in that like and that draft.
00:20:56
Dakota Zeigler
And I loved them. Loved them in Syracuse.
00:20:59
Ninja
Love that.
00:21:01
Dakota Zeigler
the, uh, third party of this ZNG podcast has arrived.
00:21:05
Ninja
Whoa!
00:21:06
Dakota Zeigler
have to give him a shout out. Go ahead, buddy. Uh, Zig, welcome to the podcast, my friend.
00:21:12
Zig
Oh, I didn't even have to click it this time. I'm not the host and getting the intro music with another W and the Broncos.
00:21:18
Ninja
Shut it off.
00:21:18
Zig
Let's go.
00:21:19
Ninja
Shut it off. Shut it off.
00:21:20
Dakota Zeigler
Dude, I am trying so hard.
00:21:21
Ninja
Mute him.
00:21:21
Dakota Zeigler
I'm not gonna lie.
00:21:22
Ninja
Mute him.
00:21:22
Dakota Zeigler
The guy's just like, he's like the podcast is like notorious Broncos fan. That's all he brings to this pod. That's literally it.
00:21:28
Zig
all I am.
00:21:28
Ninja
He's my Achilles heel. He's my Achilles heel.
00:21:30
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Like, we get it. We're Eagles fans. We're obnoxious Philly fans. We get it. But at least we talk about other and about other teams. Like, this dude just talks Broncos.
00:21:39
Ninja
really
00:21:40
Zig
really Philly is the only team that wins or that loses a game and burns the city down and then wins and then still burns the city down. I mean, only Philly fans.
00:21:47
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, welcome to Philly.
00:21:49
Zig
This could be also for my straight cash homie team. You know, being told I'm the worst team in the league. I don't have, you know, anyone on my team. I'm sitting here. I mean, not a great record, but on 500, I'm eight and eight. Got another win this week.
00:22:02
Zig
I mean, I'm going to be, I'm going to be,
00:22:05
Ninja
Huck and I'm a good team at 500. Know your place. Like me at the bottom with the scum.
00:22:09
Zig
All right, Damien.
00:22:12
Zig
Okay, Damien. Then I will literally throw... I was going to say I'm going to be the winning of the loser's bracket so you can have my first overall pick, but I'll just throw the league for you.
00:22:20
Ninja
I mean, do what you gotta do. I don't have your... Do i have your first this year? I don't know. i have your first next year, so win the losers bracket next year.
00:22:28
Dakota Zeigler
We're victory lapping 500. Is this what this podcast has become?
00:22:31
Ninja
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. What are we doing?
00:22:32
Zig
the slander After the slander that I got from everyone in the league, I mean, i think I got...
00:22:37
Ninja
Imagine being proud of being 500.
00:22:39
Zig
MVP.
00:22:39
Ninja
The worst spot to be. The worst spot to be 500.
00:22:42
Dakota Zeigler
Guy just loves loves the Pittsburgh Steelers. Anyways, next good. We're going to move on with this podcast. I have the entire Indianapolis Colts football team.
00:22:54
Dakota Zeigler
Daniel Jones tore it up, three touchdowns, 272 yards. Jonathan Taylor with another. He's had multiple three touchdown games so far this year.
00:23:05
Dakota Zeigler
Two on the ground with an 80-yard run.
00:23:05
Zig
MVP.
00:23:07
Dakota Zeigler
We'll talk about that in a second, Zig. And another receiving touchdown. Michael Pittman had himself a day. Warren's still good. Josh Downs got involved this week with a tutty.
00:23:18
Dakota Zeigler
This team's unstoppable. And, Zig, I was going to throw it to you and ask you, is good? an MVP candidate, it but you beat me to it. So go ahead and give me your answer.
00:23:27
Zig
Sorry to take that from you. I mean, I think he has to be at least in consideration right now. This is one of those, you know, Saquon Barkley's the best running back in the league.
00:23:36
Dakota Zeigler
He's, he's on pace to break all those records.
00:23:36
Zig
He had 12 touchdowns. I mean, this guy has so many touchdowns in a couple of weeks. It is insane. i
00:23:46
Dakota Zeigler
12 touchdowns.
00:23:47
Zig
In what what do we week eight.
00:23:49
Dakota Zeigler
Week eight weeks.
00:23:50
Zig
and How many did Saquon have last year total?
00:23:52
Ninja
you like You love how he just turns this into an Eagles conversation trying to bash us?
00:23:55
Dakota Zeigler
I know. To be honest, yeah.
00:23:57
Ninja
Dude, this podcast runs so smooth when he's not here.
00:24:01
Dakota Zeigler
I know. To the end of it, I was like, is this like Saquon Barkley hate pod? Like, what's going on?
00:24:06
Zig
No, this is Saquon Barkley was the best running back last year by far.
00:24:06
Ninja
i don't like this.
00:24:12
Zig
And Jonathan Taylor is blowing.
00:24:12
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, because he ran for 2,000 yards.
00:24:14
Zig
And Jonathan Taylor is going to blow that out of the water this year in the touchdown standpoint. like It is insane what he's doing in half the time right now. you know In eight weeks, how much he's accomplished. That's all I'm trying to prove.
00:24:28
Dakota Zeigler
I still feel like you're taking a shot.
00:24:28
Zig
Saquon Barkley is a stud.
00:24:31
Dakota Zeigler
i
00:24:31
Ninja
it was it was It was a shot.
00:24:31
Zig
This is no shot of Saquon Barkley.
00:24:33
Zig
Saquon sucks this year.
00:24:33
Ninja
No, it was a shot.
00:24:33
Dakota Zeigler
I smell a shot. I've heard a shot in the distance. Like a gun went off in the distance.
00:24:38
Ninja
I heard it too.
00:24:38
Dakota Zeigler
and I can't tell if it was aimed at me or not. So I'm going to sit here quietly and wait for it.
00:24:45
Ninja
Zig, we're a podcast. What are we doing?
00:24:47
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going to have edit that out. I'm going to have to edit that out.
00:24:48
Zig
No one knows. No one knows.
00:24:49
Ninja
Jesus.
00:24:50
Zig
no one knows. This is this is audio only.
00:24:52
Dakota Zeigler
We're going to move on.
00:24:53
Zig
Anyway.
00:24:53
Dakota Zeigler
And I'm also going to mute Dakota because this is what's best for the podcast.
00:24:53
Ninja
yeah We kept it clean and then you do that?
00:24:57
Dakota Zeigler
Uh, Javante Williams is our next good on this pod. And yes, I am sad to say it, but another two touchdowns against the Denver Broncos, a little revenge game, a cheeky revenge game that no one was really talking about.
00:25:09
Dakota Zeigler
two touchdowns have to throw it in here only 41 yards on the ground. So the Broncos defense still held them to only like 40 yards, but two tighties still pretty decent day. Ninja cause they're so muted.
00:25:22
Ninja
yeah I don't want to talk about him. like I just don't want to talk about him.
00:25:27
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair when we can move on.
00:25:27
Ninja
He did okay, but move move on quick.
00:25:30
Dakota Zeigler
I got to throw it out here just because we're a podcast. The Denver Broncos.
00:25:35
Zig
Mm-mm-mm.
00:25:35
Dakota Zeigler
Pretty much the whole team. Absolutely tore up the Dallas Cowboys. I'm going let you have another moment here, Zay. Honestly, I'm sick and tired to this, but I'm going let you have it.
00:25:45
Zig
yeah this This was bound to happen. I told you guys that this is, you know, if we can stop, when we can stop is if our offense can play. And our offense is clicking finally. So I love it.
00:25:58
Zig
This is going to be a really fun run. Just think about this. The Broncos are two, like, little legit last-second field goals away from being 8-0.
00:26:07
Dakota Zeigler
That sound is so long, by the way.
00:26:10
Zig
It's so long. It's, I think it's, was that the end or did you cut it off?
00:26:11
Dakota Zeigler
I like it, though.
00:26:14
Dakota Zeigler
No, I stopped it. I think it could have went on for like 10 minutes.
00:26:15
Zig
was gonna say, I think it's longer.
00:26:17
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:26:18
Zig
I think it's like a legit, like two and a half minute bit, but yeah.
00:26:23
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I mean, the entire Broncos offense was just incredible. RJ Harvey. i have I have to say it.
00:26:29
Zig
That's who I think we need to talk about. about
00:26:30
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going to give myself another. Hold on. I'm a podcast host, and I'm going to throw it. together where Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? There it is.
00:26:37
Zig
Yeah.
00:26:37
Dakota Zeigler
Give me that back. RJ Harvey. Ninja's not here because he had to do a quick little reset, but I'm victory lapping this guy after one very above average average week. Three touchdowns.
00:26:49
Dakota Zeigler
Two on the ground, one in the air, and he he looked he looked very, very good.
00:26:49
Zig
Three touchdowns.
00:26:54
Dakota Zeigler
Eye test.
00:26:54
Zig
this is This is the beginning. Now, he they played a god-awful Cowboys defense, but I think this is where we start...
00:26:59
Dakota Zeigler
Probably right next to the Bengals with how bad they are.
00:27:02
Zig
Oh, it's atrocious. But I think this is where we have to start watching the takeover happen. This is the brink of... Does RJ Harvey, like what week now, let me rephrase this, how many more weeks until RJ Harvey gets the more percentage of the snap share?
00:27:23
Zig
It's got to be next week or a week after. It is coming soon. Maybe, I mean, we have a bye week coming up here soon, so maybe we have the late bye this year, which helps us a lot. But maybe right after that, we see RJ Harvey start getting that more of a percentage. Yeah.
00:27:36
Zig
But it's close. R.J. Harvey looks like an absolute stud right now. So definitely well-deserved victory lap there.
00:27:43
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I love him. Eye test looks great. Troy Franklin, six catches, almost 90 yards, and two touchdowns against the Cowboys. I think he is the wide receiver they have on this team besides Sutton.
00:27:58
Dakota Zeigler
Sutton wasn't able to get in the end zone, but still four catches, 60-some yards. Touchdown for Pat Bryant, who cares? But Franklin, Troy Franklin, has been the guy. We always thought Marvin Mims would eventually take over this wide receiver to job for the Broncos. In my opinion, I think it's Troy frank Franklin.
00:28:16
Dakota Zeigler
Ninja, welcome back.
00:28:18
Ninja
Thank you. had a Had to walk away. The internet was doing some funky stuff. I couldn't see any of you anymore.
00:28:24
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you for saying funky.
00:28:25
Ninja
But we're back! Yes, yes, I'm keeping it clean. I'm trying my best, you know? Out here for the people. I think Pat Bryant's the one out there. I'm gonna be very clear.
00:28:35
Dakota Zeigler
Ooh, okay.
00:28:35
Ninja
I've been Bryant lover.
00:28:35
Zig
Scored. He scored.
00:28:38
Ninja
for a while now, known Pat Bryant lover for a while now. And I think he's going to be the one to kind of step into that wide receiver to role in this offense. And I know he has like a similar play style to Courtland Sutton, but I just think he has the most upside and I could very well miss, but like, I would much rather go out today and trade for a Pat Bryant than I would a Troy Franklin or a Marvin Mims.
00:29:02
Ninja
i think i'm going to get a I think I'm going to be a lot more consistent in my fantasy game output. Like, I know he's been inconsistent, but I think he's going to work into that a lot more.
00:29:13
Ninja
And Zig, as the Broncos fan here, do you like what I have to say?
00:29:19
Zig
i I think you are on the correct path here. I wanted to mention that Cortland Sutton is the number one, clear and by far. We have an out in his contract next year.
00:29:31
Zig
We just gave him a, I think, three or four year contract. We have an out next year already. which is insane to think about. So there's definitely, there's been a lot of talks about trading for a wide receiver here. If we trade for a wide receiver, I think no one else is worth watching, right?
00:29:49
Zig
For this year. But long-term, I agree with Damian. I think Pat Bryant's, I mean, Sean Payton draft drafted him to be a guy. Sean Payton's going to use his guys. That's just how Sean Payton is.
00:30:00
Zig
And Pat Bryant's coming along well. He gets a rookie treatment, I believe, same way that Troy Franklin did last year. And now this year we're starting to see him come out more. So I agree with you, Damian. I think Pat Bryant's definitely a guy.
00:30:11
Zig
i mean, if you're not looking great this year but needs some wide receiver depth, you could trade for him for so cheap right now and probably get a nice boost on the value next year.
00:30:20
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, maybe not after this week with the touchdown catch, but one of those dud weeks. Go ahead send like a third for him. He'll probably be able to get him. Next good on our list, Jordan Love and Tucker Craft have been a dynamic duo pretty much this whole season, but another just incredible output against the Steelers on Sunday Night Football.
00:30:40
Dakota Zeigler
Jordan Love up against his his father, Aaron Rodgers. 360 three touchdown passes. Just incredible.
00:30:50
Dakota Zeigler
I've seen so. I've wanted to put it out there, but they didn't see it online. The memes of like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker and Jordan Love is actually the face that is edited on Darth Vader telling Aaron Rodgers that he is his father because he showed that on Sunday night.
00:31:11
Dakota Zeigler
Throwing the ball to Tucker Craft. Seven catches, 143 yards, two touchdowns. Tucker Craft is, is he tight in one?
00:31:19
Ninja
Ooh, let's not go that far.
00:31:21
Ninja
Like, of of this season so far, I wouldn't doubt it, but like, are we talking tight end one in the league?
00:31:26
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I am.
00:31:28
Ninja
I'm not. you You forgot how good Brock is.
00:31:32
Dakota Zeigler
I love Brock.
00:31:33
Ninja
I won't let you forget.
00:31:34
Dakota Zeigler
I'm not saying I'm not.
00:31:34
Ninja
He's not tight end.
00:31:35
Dakota Zeigler
I'm i'm saying that tier.
00:31:38
Zig
hundred percent
00:31:39
Ninja
Well, he's in the tier, but he's not Brock.
00:31:39
Dakota Zeigler
Top three. Can we say top three? Easy.
00:31:43
Ninja
I'll go top three. I'm not going top one.
00:31:45
Dakota Zeigler
I think I think there's a conversation to have, and that's why I brought it up.
00:31:47
Zig
three over here.
00:31:51
Zig
I mean, number he is number three over McBride and Brock. I mean, your boy Tyler Warren.
00:31:58
Ninja
Brock's been hurt. Let's it's not hurt Brock here. Brock's been hurt.
00:32:02
Dakota Zeigler
if If you're going to make me pick an offense attached to a tight end, I'm taking Green Bay over Las Vegas Raiders any day the week.
00:32:10
Zig
That's fair.
00:32:11
Ninja
Well, yes, but we wait till they get an actual offensive coordinator not named Chip Kelly, that awful person, and let let them get a good QB not named Geno Smith.
00:32:11
Zig
That's your point.
00:32:16
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:32:22
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair, but.
00:32:24
Zig
Do you know want to know it's crazy right now? Eight weeks in, didn't have any catches. I'm to talk about him in a little bit. Still tied in one is Jake Ferg this year.
00:32:34
Dakota Zeigler
just Yeah, just PPR monster.
00:32:39
Zig
Yeah. Insane.
00:32:40
Dakota Zeigler
We'll be talking about him in the bands, actually. But the next good, two more good before he finishes off. Roman Wilson, I want to throw out here, had himself a day on Sunday Night Football.
00:32:47
Ninja
Hey, zi it only It only tickles my balls because Zig hates him so much.
00:32:49
Dakota Zeigler
Imagine being the guy who's like, i who talks about Roman Wilson? Who has this guy? Basically, just to shove it in Zig's face, he went for four catches, 74 yards, and a touchdown against the Packers.
00:33:01
Zig
Next.
00:33:03
Dakota Zeigler
It's probably just a one week thing, but Ninja, I'm going ask you, does this get your, does this tingle you at all by Roman Wilson?
00:33:16
Ninja
That's it. Because I've never seen a generational hater of Roman Wilson quite like Zig.
00:33:21
Dakota Zeigler
For no reason.
00:33:22
Ninja
I've never even seen a Roman Wilson hater besides Zig.
00:33:26
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it's literally just him.
00:33:27
Zig
I think think I was just so upset about all the overhype this offseason. And then when he came out and did nothing, I'm like, yep.
00:33:34
Dakota Zeigler
I still think you're the only one who saw them. I didn't see them anywhere.
00:33:38
Ninja
Me neither.
00:33:38
Dakota Zeigler
no one No one was talking about Roman Wilson this entire offseason but Dakota Ziegler.
00:33:42
Zig
I don't know what threads, like what algorithm I got sent then, but please fix it for next year.
00:33:46
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:33:48
Zig
Please.
00:33:49
Dakota Zeigler
Roman Wilson hate hate club, and it's literally just Dakota sitting in a chair by himself. Next good. i have Travis Kelsey on here. Six catches, almost 100 yards, and a tutty on national tight ends today.
00:34:02
Dakota Zeigler
And Rasheed Rice had himself another day, nine catches, 93 yards, and a touchdown. They're just going to be – it's going to be a two-headed monster there in Kansas City, I think, for the rest of the season with Rice and Kelsey.
00:34:12
Dakota Zeigler
It just kind of depends on the matchup. So what are you guys' thoughts?
00:34:16
Ninja
Could be a three headed monster real soon.
00:34:21
Ninja
Whoa. ho Hot take. Is it? It definitely is, but could be.
00:34:25
Dakota Zeigler
Was he a healthy – was Jalen Royals a healthy scratch?
00:34:29
Ninja
That's not who I was talking about.
00:34:31
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, who are you talking about?
00:34:33
Ninja
My boy Rashard Smith, baby.
00:34:35
Zig
Bershad.
00:34:36
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, okay. Anyways, let's move on. Badds. No more goods as we were moving on to the bads. I have Jordan Mason in that Thursday night football game. la
00:34:45
Ninja
Horrendous.
00:34:46
Dakota Zeigler
Pretty, with the horrendous outing, four rushes, three yards. Aaron Jones being a last minute, whoa, he's in the lineup.
00:34:57
Dakota Zeigler
Also kind of threw a little wrench into things, but I think Jordan Mason's going to be a guy where we're kind of we're now debating on if we're playing him or not in most matchups.
00:35:08
Ninja
Yeah, definitely.
00:35:10
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:35:10
Ninja
I think this was, like, I don't know if you guys watch. I'm to shout out Brand Benchwarmer. i think hes He has so many good videos, but he has the Bust of the Week!
00:35:22
Dakota Zeigler
I've seen that, yes.
00:35:22
Ninja
and And it's Jordan Mason. His videos are so funny. They get me every time. I don't know if that's what he did, but he Jordan Mason is my Bust of the Week.
00:35:29
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:35:33
Ninja
Horrendous outing.
00:35:35
Dakota Zeigler
Horrendous. Another horrendous outing. Christian McCaffrey.
00:35:39
Ninja
Can we say horrendous?
00:35:41
Dakota Zeigler
Yes. Oh, yes.
00:35:45
Ninja
It was a bad... like so
00:35:46
Dakota Zeigler
Only... only had 58 total yards.
00:35:51
Ninja
and i it's like That's bad for CMC. But is it like it does it deserve a bad?
00:35:54
Dakota Zeigler
Yes. Sorry, my math was off. 68.
00:35:58
Ninja
Does it deserve bad?
00:36:00
Dakota Zeigler
If Christian McCaffrey, at I mean, fantasy points, I don't have it off the top my head, but it's like 10 or 11 fantasy points.
00:36:00
Ninja
thought
00:36:04
Ninja
yeah like thought he had like Something like that.
00:36:07
Dakota Zeigler
Whatever. Yeah, like 9, 10 points.
00:36:10
Ninja
Like, not good, but he's...
00:36:10
Dakota Zeigler
That is a bad week for McCaffrey. we're expecting We're expecting greatness.
00:36:15
Ninja
Yeah, well, like well it like here's the deal. You expect greatness and you get 23 points a week. And then you get 10. It's like, I'll forgive a bad week.
00:36:26
Ninja
You know what i mean? like I don't know if it was bad, but like it was it was below par, if you will.
00:36:27
Dakota Zeigler
Sure, but I'm not.
00:36:32
Ninja
He bogeyed, for sure.
00:36:34
Dakota Zeigler
he but He definitely bogeyed.
00:36:36
Ninja
Shout out, golf.
00:36:38
Ninja
What am I even saying?
00:36:39
Dakota Zeigler
What are we talking about?
00:36:40
Ninja
Why did bring golf into this?
00:36:40
Dakota Zeigler
Anyways, next bad, i have double H on here, Hunter Henry, on tight ends week. To be fair, I did throw him in here, and I kind of forgot that he i scored a touchdown.
00:36:51
Dakota Zeigler
I thought he only he had one catch.
00:36:51
Ninja
Yeah, i was going to say... I was going to say...
00:36:53
Zig
That's fair.
00:36:54
Dakota Zeigler
But I want i also wanted to throw him in here because I had him in a parlay last week. And he didn't score. And then he has one catch this week and he scores. So I'm kind of salty a little bit. So this is a personal vendetta I have on double H. Zig has the Roman Wilson hate club.
00:37:10
Dakota Zeigler
I have the double H hate club.
00:37:13
Zig
that's fair
00:37:14
Dakota Zeigler
Sorry about it. Not sorry. Another bad this week, Atlanta Falcons. This team, I can't, I cannot figure out this team. And then I also have a caveat in here besides Kyle Pitts because he's been like fairly consistent.
00:37:25
Ninja
Gross. Gross. Gross. No gross.
00:37:28
Dakota Zeigler
Hold on.
00:37:29
Ninja
Consistently bad.
00:37:31
Dakota Zeigler
Consistently bad, nine catches and 59 yards, seven catches, 62 yards, five catches, 70 yards, a touchdown. Should I keep going? Four catches, 40 yards.
00:37:41
Ninja
No, please stop.
00:37:41
Dakota Zeigler
like
00:37:42
Ninja
I was doing that, hoping that it'd be worse than I don't follow Kyle Pitts anywhere. but yeah you know well
00:37:47
Dakota Zeigler
We should, buddy.
00:37:48
Ninja
No, absolutely not. I'm on this boat now, so I gotta be a hater.
00:37:52
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:37:53
Ninja
But you know that, is it a Katy Perry song? When it's hot and it's cold, it's yes and it's no. That's the Atlanta Falcons. It's so hot and cold.
00:38:00
Zig
copyright
00:38:02
Ninja
Copyright, my bad.
00:38:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:38:04
Ninja
But it's so hot and then so cold.
00:38:04
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:38:04
Zig
and
00:38:06
Ninja
and I don't know how to gauge this team. like I just don't know.
00:38:09
Dakota Zeigler
No, go ahead. no
00:38:12
Zig
Damien what tight end on the season so far is Kyle Pitts if you were to guess
00:38:12
Dakota Zeigler
go ahead
00:38:20
Ninja
fourteen
00:38:23
Zig
fourteen 14 is Jake Tongas. Above him is Gadsden at 13, Sam Laporta at 12, Zach Ertz at 11, Hunter Henry at 10, Juwan Johnson at 9, Kyle Pitts is at number 8 right now.
00:38:38
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, that's ironic. He wears eight.
00:38:41
Zig
Where's what?
00:38:41
Dakota Zeigler
I was going to guess six.
00:38:44
Zig
6. 6 is your boy Dallas Goddard. 7 is your rookie Harold
00:38:46
Dakota Zeigler
Love it. With all those touchdowns, he's only six? Wow.
00:38:49
Zig
seven je rookie haroldd fannon
00:38:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, we talked about him earlier.
00:38:53
Ninja
finen yeah
00:38:54
Zig
Love that kid.
00:38:56
Ninja
Yeah, and I don't keep my Kyle Pitts notes activated. i just kind of say what I want to say and leave it alone.
00:38:59
Zig
That's the thing. he He hasn't been...
00:39:02
Ninja
i don't want to fuel the flames anymore.
00:39:04
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair, but I think
00:39:04
Zig
he hasn't been overly impressive, but he hasn't been bad either. Like, he's just...
00:39:08
Dakota Zeigler
Very consistent. Very consistent.
00:39:09
Zig
Yeah.
00:39:10
Dakota Zeigler
But B. John Robinson was the biggest dud on this team. Only 25 rushing yards.
00:39:14
Ninja
Yeah, Jesus Christ.
00:39:15
Dakota Zeigler
Lost the fumble. Only three catches for 23 yards. Lost another fumble. Like, not not good. Especially in a game with no Michael Penix and you're going to Kirk Cousins, which hes probably he should be on paper a good backup QB.
00:39:30
Dakota Zeigler
You can't be putting the ball on the ground, especially as a running back. So, yeah. B. John Robinson... Get together, man. And Drake London being in last minute out screwed up our parlay because that definitely was the difference.
00:39:43
Ninja
I didn't know, fellas. I'm sorry. i He had a full practice Thursday.
00:39:46
Dakota Zeigler
And now it's okay. We stink.
00:39:48
Zig
Yeah, I had him in.
00:39:48
Ninja
That's...
00:39:48
Zig
and Apparently, that doesn't matter when you have a full practice log Thursday or Friday, apparently, if you're on teams, but we'll continue.
00:39:54
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:39:54
Ninja
Well, we will talk about it later, but I voided this week.
00:39:55
Dakota Zeigler
So dumb.
00:39:59
Ninja
I'm sorry, guys.
00:40:01
Zig
Not your fault. I was starting him everywhere as well, and then I was like, crap, crap, crap. I was rushing to get him out of my lineups.
00:40:06
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, so many last-minute adjustments. Next bad, Baker Mayfield, and I threw in Rashad White on here as well. Baker against the Saints in what I thought was going to be a tough but tough-ish matchup.
00:40:17
Dakota Zeigler
Only 150 yards passing, no tutties. Can't have zero touchdowns at QB against the Saints. I expect to have a good fantasy put out, so what are you going to do?
00:40:28
Dakota Zeigler
That Saints team is awful.
00:40:29
Ninja
it's
00:40:32
Ninja
is it I think it's better than you would think, but it's iffy. It's touchy.
00:40:36
Dakota Zeigler
i thought I mean, there I predicted them to maybe you win this game. And they put it three points.
00:40:41
Ninja
i Like...
00:40:44
Zig
They're starting Shaw now. You guys see that too?
00:40:46
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:40:48
Ninja
Ew. Move on.
00:40:48
Dakota Zeigler
Don't worry, Zig. We'll do the podcast in your order, buddy. We'll talk about whatever you want to talk about, whenever you want to talk about it, because definitely don't have a note about it later. Whatever.
00:40:57
Ninja
yeah
00:40:58
Dakota Zeigler
Go ahead. Now, what else do you want to talk about? what What's Zig's notes for the pod? Go ahead. What else you want to about?
00:41:03
Zig
I'm just saying. I'm just saying. This team is so bad, but it would it was so bad that they couldn't even start their second round pick. It can't get any better.
00:41:10
Ninja
He doesn't even back down. He doubles down. He just goes, screw it.
00:41:14
Zig
Weeball.
00:41:15
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Yeah, here we go.
00:41:15
Zig
Weeball.
00:41:17
Ninja
I didn't do any of the notes.
00:41:17
Zig
Hey, I'm playing the game.
00:41:19
Ninja
I'm just i'm just stepping all over Junior here.
00:41:21
Zig
I don't have to edit. This is what happens.
00:41:25
Ninja
Whoa.
00:41:25
Dakota Zeigler
You guys suck.
00:41:25
Ninja
This guy.
00:41:25
Zig
but yeah
00:41:26
Dakota Zeigler
I got to start give up editing again because I'm getting sick of this. next Anyways, next bad on our list, I have Dak Prescott and the man himself that Zig won talk about earlier, Jake Ferguson.
00:41:38
Zig
Yeah.
00:41:39
Dakota Zeigler
Just some duds. you would We've expected this Cowboys offense to be Bad defense, but they got to throw the ball a lot, so good offense. Dak, two picks, only 180 yards passing, no touchdowns.
00:41:53
Dakota Zeigler
And Jake Ferguson, big old fat goose egg on National Titans Day. Hate to see it.
00:41:59
Zig
i I expected Dak to have a pretty bad game against the Broncos defense.
00:42:00
Ninja
I hate it.
00:42:03
Zig
The Broncos have a really good defense that, honestly, if you can avoid, you should avoid.
00:42:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:42:09
Zig
But I've been saying it on the podcast, and I'm sorry for everyone that I steered wrong. I was starting Jake Ferguson everywhere. Start your running backs and tight ends against the Broncos.
00:42:16
Dakota Zeigler
One target.
00:42:18
Zig
so I mean, and I did. I started Javante in every league. I had him. I started Jake Ferguson in some flex, some super flex spots because I had him. I thought he was going to dominate us.
00:42:29
Zig
He's the number one tight end of the year. He's been looking really good. He's Dak's right hand man. He gets all those check downs, which the Broncos like to give up in a soft shell sometimes. And this kid does nothing. He has one target.
00:42:41
Zig
It's not like he couldn't even catch or was past breakups. He had one target the whole game.
00:42:44
Dakota Zeigler
one target
00:42:45
Zig
it It destroyed me in a lot of leagues. And I'm sorry if I ruin anyone else's leagues telling you to start him. So.
00:42:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I mean, everyone pretty much started him. I mean, you said it earlier. He's tied in one. You expect him at least have some dump-offs, five, six catches at least, but definitely a shocking goose egg from Ferguson.
00:43:03
Dakota Zeigler
Next dud, next bad. Sorry, I'm going to edit that out. Matthew Golden. This is another guy i am just week in and week out. I am like, maybe this week I'll get involved. Maybe this week I'll get involved.
00:43:14
Dakota Zeigler
Maybe this week I'll get involved. And no, no, no, no. now His least involvement in the entire season, only three catches for four yards with the Packers also throwing the ball like crazy.
00:43:26
Dakota Zeigler
Another thing, Christian Watson's back for the Packers, so that's taken away in more snaps and usage for Matthew Golden. So this might be a, this year's a wash. Next year's hopefully next year kind of thing from Golden.
00:43:40
Dakota Zeigler
Any qualms?
00:43:42
Zig
No qualms.
00:43:43
Ninja
No qualms.
00:43:43
Zig
I'm with you. I've been holding out, but just got to...
00:43:45
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, just sucks.
00:43:46
Zig
Yep.
00:43:48
Dakota Zeigler
Just sucks. Speaking of just sucks.
00:43:51
Zig
Ha ha.
00:43:51
Ninja
Whoa! Whoa!
00:43:52
Zig
Ha ha ha.
00:43:52
Ninja
oh
00:43:53
Dakota Zeigler
Jacory Kroski Merritt. Cannot get this run game going for the Commanders. Nine carries, 25 yards. No catches.
00:44:06
Dakota Zeigler
Starting running back in the NFL, by the way.
00:44:11
Ninja
I don't know, guys.
00:44:11
Zig
This guy's trying to, he's trying to victory lap. Kid was trying to victory lap JCM to me today. i'm like, can we actually victory lap him?
00:44:17
Dakota Zeigler
i hope you sold I hope you sold JCM the minute he was an announced starter.
00:44:17
Zig
Like.
00:44:22
Ninja
I didn't.
00:44:23
Dakota Zeigler
Or maybe after that like one one game where he had like a touchdown.
00:44:23
Ninja
yeah
00:44:28
Ninja
yeah I have them everywhere.
00:44:30
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, he had that one, two touchdown. If you sold him after the Chargers game for a running back in a second, you're you're doing victory laps right now. That's the real victory lap.
00:44:40
Ninja
Yeah, come in my DMs because I had to learn a thing or two.
00:44:43
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:44:44
Ninja
I'm still victory lapping because was he a seventh round guy?
00:44:47
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, you got it for nothing.
00:44:47
Ninja
I'll victory lap a seventh round guy all day.
00:44:50
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it's hard to complain about nothing. But Ninja, I'll let you go on this next one.
00:44:54
Ninja
Yeah, so if you guys know, if you follow the Ninja's Bed of the Week, the last couple weeks we've been hot.
00:44:55
Zig
Thank you.
00:45:01
Ninja
So close. So close to greatness. And this week on Tight Ends Day, which we definitely knew about,
00:45:07
Dakota Zeigler
Totally.
00:45:08
Ninja
I had a tight end parlay that was so cash money. I told you to take out your life insurance policy, take cash advances from work, because it was golden.
00:45:18
Ninja
And Dalton Kincaid screwed us up. The only leg that missed. Maybe the only tight end that didn't have a good week.
00:45:26
Dakota Zeigler
Eh.
00:45:27
Ninja
Other than Ferg.
00:45:27
Zig
Berg.
00:45:29
Ninja
But, guys, i I... How close can I get? I'm i'm tickling balls right now with my parlays. And I'm supposed to be crazy. Like, I like, these are far out parlays. And this is two weeks in a row, I think, where three or four hit.
00:45:46
Ninja
I don't know what I'm doing. So don't kinkade if you're out there. If you ever hear this podcast, just know, forever, you robbed a bunch of people of 500 bucks. Yeah, bomb.
00:45:59
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, sorry. I had to move one of these too.
00:46:03
Zig
That was well deserved.
00:46:06
Dakota Zeigler
Hate to see it. And I was a follower too, so this is just double whammy. Moving on to the next injuries part of the podcast.
00:46:15
Zig
we need We need some music for this one.
00:46:18
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I'm going to get you with some sad music.
00:46:20
Zig
Yeah. Some of these don't don't need music, but Gary, this this one is upsetting.
00:46:26
Dakota Zeigler
This one does. I'm also going to hit it. Can double sound? Because I want to.
00:46:31
Zig
Yeah.
00:46:32
Dakota Zeigler
like That injury was disgusting.
00:46:35
Zig
so bad.
00:46:35
Zig
and
00:46:36
Dakota Zeigler
I didn't actually missed it live. it was in a I had to do a quick drive during the Eagles game, and I was just listening to it. And I heard them come back from commercial carting off Cam Scadaboo after his nasty injury. And then as soon as I got there, I'm just looking to try and find it anywhere.
00:46:53
Dakota Zeigler
And, man, I wish I didn't.
00:46:55
Zig
Mm-hmm.
00:46:57
Dakota Zeigler
Just awful. Poor guy. He's having an incredible year. he Already scored against the Eagles earlier in the game. you thought if If you would have guessed, Kim Skadigoo would have been out.
00:47:09
Dakota Zeigler
It would have been off of some like crazy head injury where he like loses feeling to one side of his body. it's It's a disgusting, dislocated, fractured ankle.
00:47:20
Dakota Zeigler
He's out for the year, if not plus. So we'll see.
00:47:23
Zig
Can I just bring a realization I just had when you talk about like a head injury to Cam Scadabo? If you have a permanent concussion, can you get more concussions? Like, does this guy just pass all the concussion tests because he, like, yeah.
00:47:36
Dakota Zeigler
That's his baseline? Maybe.
00:47:39
Zig
How does this kid not have a concussion yet?
00:47:40
Dakota Zeigler
Cheating the system.
00:47:41
Zig
Like, how?
00:47:43
Dakota Zeigler
That's some Blue Mountain State crap right there.
00:47:45
Zig
Yeah.
00:47:45
Dakota Zeigler
Ninja.
00:47:47
Ninja
I just want to say the sickos at NFL Red Zone who allowed this replay, the slow-mo version.
00:47:54
Dakota Zeigler
So many times.
00:47:57
Ninja
Oh my goodness. You sickos. Stop it. They said, oh, you may not want to see this. Guess what? I got Red Zone on. I'm watching it. It was nasty.
00:48:07
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:48:07
Ninja
Gross. I feel bad for him.
00:48:09
Zig
bad.
00:48:09
Ninja
He was having a really good year.
00:48:11
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, sucks. and i'm And I got to call a spade a spade. Kind of a dirty tackle, too. Hip drop tackle probably. Landed, rolled up on his ankle. hate to see it.
00:48:21
Ninja
I don't if hip drop, but definitely got rolled up on.
00:48:23
Dakota Zeigler
Definitely got rolled up on.
00:48:24
Ninja
I think it was just unfortunate.
00:48:26
Dakota Zeigler
Next injury news. Quinchon Judkins missed pretty much all of the game.
00:48:28
Ninja
and but
00:48:30
Dakota Zeigler
Another one that was just brutal.
00:48:30
Ninja
Play that side music again.
00:48:32
Dakota Zeigler
Brutal.
00:48:32
Ninja
play Play that side music again.
00:48:33
Dakota Zeigler
I can play it probably for this whole segment, to be honest, and hopefully those violins come in here soon.
00:48:35
Ninja
Yeah. Jeez.
00:48:38
Dakota Zeigler
But, yeah, Judkins out, I think, like, middle of the second quarter. Shoulder injury. As of now, he's considered day-to-day. expect him to play next week, but actually, I'm not going expect him to play next week.
00:48:52
Zig
Mm-mm.
00:48:52
Dakota Zeigler
But I expect him be back after their bye. Next one, Zig. Patrick Sertan. He's not a fantasy asset, but He should be because if your wide receiver going up against Patrick Sertain, you should probably be sitting him.
00:49:08
Zig
I mean, I told you guys, Jamar Chase the best wide receiver in the league to avoid it just because Patrick Settan is playing against him. This one hurts. But I think it's a smart move. We're looking in really great shape. We have some depth of but at the position.
00:49:21
Zig
Get this guy healthy so we can make a deep playoff run. Don't let him play injured. So as much as I hate it, I mean, I think it makes us a lot more vulnerable.
00:49:27
Dakota Zeigler
It's right move.
00:49:31
Zig
But im I think it's the right move, like you said. I think it's smart on the Broncos.
00:49:36
Ninja
Question, as as not a Broncos knower, is Jaday Barron now an outside corner?
00:49:41
Zig
It should be, yes.
00:49:41
Dakota Zeigler
a
00:49:42
Zig
Riley Moss and Jaday Barron.
00:49:43
Ninja
Start dar anybody going against Jaday Barron on the outside. Anybody.
00:49:50
Dakota Zeigler
He was a good slot corner in college.
00:49:50
Ninja
like and and And that's not I love him at slot. I hate him at outside.......
00:49:53
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. i would think they'd keep him in the slot, but what do I know?
00:49:59
Zig
yeah I'm not and not sure what they're going to do, but he's...
00:50:02
Dakota Zeigler
Those violins, man.
00:50:03
Zig
Riley riley Moss and Jaday Barron are one and two right now.
00:50:04
Dakota Zeigler
Eat that up. No, no, no. Zig, I'm going to meet you. Eat up those violins.
00:50:14
Dakota Zeigler
Soak him in.
00:50:14
Ninja
Our listeners hate this.
00:50:17
Dakota Zeigler
Soak him in.
00:50:17
Ninja
Our three listeners hate this.
00:50:19
Dakota Zeigler
No, they love this because they're big fans of this too. Give me all the Game of Thrones. This this king just died.
00:50:27
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, my God. Moving on. Saquon Barkley left late in that Eagles game with a groin injury because he just got tired of just smacking that Giants defense in the face.
00:50:39
Ninja
He got tired of smacking said, I'm out this club.
00:50:41
Zig
Thank you.
00:50:41
Dakota Zeigler
He's like... I got a bruise on it.
00:50:43
Ninja
yeah yeah He's like, i'm not I'm not trying to catch a felony.
00:50:43
Dakota Zeigler
I got a bruise on it this side. I got a bruise on it this side. His groin was exhausted.
00:50:49
Ninja
I'm out this club.
00:50:50
Dakota Zeigler
Just an exhausted groin on the sideline, so they decided to sit him out for the rest of the game. I expect him to be back after the Eagles bye next week, so I'm not really worried about it. But if he ends up being out, Tank Bigsby is a name to know.
00:51:03
Dakota Zeigler
He looked great. 104 yards rushing against that Giants defense. And if Barkley ends up being out, he should be good to go. But I think that's a good transition into the next part of this podcast.
00:51:16
Ninja
You gotta go on the byes before you hit that uh oh you already hit it. Poop.
00:51:21
Dakota Zeigler
i I couldn't hear it the first time, so i kept playing it.
00:51:26
Dakota Zeigler
Anyway, so we're talking about the buys this week. Only four teams on buy, so no buy-mageddon, but still a decent amount of teams on buy. The Cleveland Browns, the New York Jets, the Birds, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Tempe Bucks all out on buy this week. So...
00:51:46
Dakota Zeigler
Hopefully get you got some substitutions for your Barclays, your Hertz, your Baker Mayfield, your Bukas, and your Harold Franens.
00:51:52
Ninja
Your Harold Fannins.
00:51:54
Dakota Zeigler
And and so hopefully you don't have a Jet. All right.
00:51:58
Ninja
yeah You know what this means this week? I get to play my computer games. I could just have Rensome going on the background and play my computer games.
00:52:06
Dakota Zeigler
To be honest, it's the best. I do love just Red Zone Sundays. So, yeah.
00:52:10
Ninja
Yeah, it's awesome. So much fun.
00:52:13
Dakota Zeigler
Ladies and gents, I say without further ado, let's break down this week's game.
00:52:18
Ninja
Hit that transition music.
00:52:21
Dakota Zeigler
We should get, we should make a bigger, louder transition. We should, we should work on that. I feel like it'd be fun to have like a, yeah.
00:52:26
Ninja
It's just me screaming.
00:52:27
Zig
Do you not have a slide a slider at the top of the screen like with the volume?
00:52:28
Ninja
super
00:52:32
Dakota Zeigler
At the volume. Oh, do I?
00:52:34
Ninja
ha ha howbo how hang on hang on How about we throw it out there to a guest?
00:52:36
Zig
That's why they're so quiet for you.
00:52:37
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I didn't know that was a thing.
00:52:38
Ninja
How about we throw it out to a guest? If a guest comes out with a better transition music, we will play it.
00:52:42
Dakota Zeigler
Look at me.
00:52:44
Zig
Can you mute him?
00:52:47
Ninja
In the podcast. How about that?
00:52:48
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, shout out.
00:52:49
Ninja
of like the swoosh, like we get our listeners involved, you got a transition thing, maybe we'll play it if it's good.
00:52:53
Dakota Zeigler
Send it. Yeah, record it as a soundbite.
00:52:55
Ninja
Send it to the...
00:52:55
Zig
right
00:52:56
Dakota Zeigler
Send it to Dakota Ziegler because he's the only one who's going to be able to listen all those things. And then we will make it our...
00:53:01
Zig
sentence it to the Send it to the pod email.
00:53:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yes, do that.
00:53:04
Zig
Don't flood my personal email.
00:53:04
Ninja
Yeah.
00:53:04
Dakota Zeigler
It's like Ziggs at work just listening to guys going swoosh.
00:53:05
Ninja
a
00:53:10
Zig
yeah
00:53:10
Ninja
if
00:53:11
Zig
It's not music. It's just mouth effects.
00:53:13
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:53:14
Ninja
seven out of Seven out of the six of those are going to be me doing it.
00:53:19
Dakota Zeigler
It's amazing. Anyways, fellas.
00:53:20
Zig
I'm just kidding. Damien's going the new you sound. He just drops a deuce.
00:53:29
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, this podcast sucks.
00:53:29
Zig
This is for the the the the poops of the week.
00:53:32
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. This is amazing.
00:53:34
Ninja
but i hate this podcast.
00:53:36
Zig
yeah
00:53:37
Ninja
yeah
00:53:37
Zig
Let's get into this Thursday night game, gar Gary.
00:53:39
Dakota Zeigler
Thursday night football, Ravens at Dolphins. Lamar Jackson expected to actually play football on Thursday after being out four weeks with a vaginal injury.
00:53:51
Dakota Zeigler
Has to play, expected to play.
00:53:53
Ninja
I'm sorry.
00:53:53
Zig
Bye.
00:53:55
Dakota Zeigler
I like this matchup a lot for the Ravens, even in Miami. There's no stopping Derrick Henry with this Dolphins team. He hasn't been great this year, but I i would i would back him pretty heavy this week.
00:54:08
Dakota Zeigler
I like Flowers as well, especially with the Maran. And I wanted to throw the question to you guys. Are we starting to tighten in on this team? Mark Andrews' touchdown last week likely hasn't been great, but do we care about the tight end position on this Ravens team?
00:54:24
Ninja
No.
00:54:24
Zig
No,
00:54:25
Ninja
No, no, no.
00:54:26
Dakota Zeigler
Amazing.
00:54:26
Ninja
Stay away.
00:54:27
Dakota Zeigler
You timed that up perfectly.
00:54:29
Ninja
But, so listeners know, I didn't have it as my bet of the week, although it probably should be in there, but I went themed for my bet. Put down Derrick Henry for two plus touchdowns this week.
00:54:40
Dakota Zeigler
Love that bet.
00:54:41
Ninja
Mark that.
00:54:41
Dakota Zeigler
And Anna's not here, so we can talk about it. zag what are your thoughts?
00:54:45
Zig
no I like it for sure. henry Like said, Henry's going to be the one to worry about. I mean, if you have Flowers, most situations you're probably starting him.
00:54:55
Zig
No tight end. I mean, did the Ravens get fined, though, for misrecording or misannouncing?
00:55:06
Dakota Zeigler
Oh yes, because they misannounced Lamar's availability or something. And yeah, i think they I think I did hear about that.
00:55:13
Zig
Come on, Ravens.
00:55:15
Dakota Zeigler
Just so dumb, so stupid.
00:55:15
Zig
That's ridiculous. I want to make sure, and someone else saw that too, and it wasn't just me, but like, you guys are a professional team.
00:55:20
Dakota Zeigler
I did see that. was just so random.
00:55:23
Zig
Like, come on.
00:55:25
Dakota Zeigler
New Julie doesn't have an NFL. It's a big college thing, but doesn't have an NFL. Dolphin side of things. Devon Achan for sure. I like Waddle in this matchup with how banged up the Ravens secondary is.
00:55:35
Dakota Zeigler
Malik Washington I think is cheeky, but I don't know if I'm starting him. And Tua. I think in your Superflex leagues, Tua is a very decent option against his Ravens secondary.
00:55:47
Dakota Zeigler
Especially with a couple big QBs on bye. Like Hurts, Baker, Dylan Gabriel.
00:55:54
Zig
It's not the worst shout-out. And when the kid's on, he's on. that that That's the thing.
00:55:59
Dakota Zeigler
especially after those four four touchdowns last week.
00:55:59
Zig
You just hope he has on.
00:56:00
Ninja
Is he going to be on? I'm not back in yet.
00:56:02
Zig
As if you're just...
00:56:03
Ninja
You got to prove it another week before I do anything with Tua. Just too inconsistent.
00:56:08
Zig
So...
00:56:09
Ninja
He had one good game. That's it.
00:56:12
Zig
We've had some really big running back games this year. Running back scores are up, I feel like, this year. Devon Achan. Running back what this year so far?
00:56:26
Dakota Zeigler
Seven.
00:56:26
Ninja
Six.
00:56:28
Zig
three
00:56:29
Dakota Zeigler
6-7. Whoa.
00:56:30
Dakota Zeigler
ho
00:56:30
Ninja
Shut the up.
00:56:30
Zig
Oh, don't don't even do this,
00:56:31
Dakota Zeigler
oh
00:56:32
Ninja
up.
00:56:32
Zig
Someone mute Gary somehow.
00:56:33
Ninja
You'll have to edit that out. Shut the up.
00:56:34
Dakota Zeigler
You can't mute I'm the king. I got to do what I want. I want to make a 6-7 sound, and you can't do nothing about it.
00:56:37
Ninja
God it. No. No.
00:56:40
Zig
i'm I'm leaving the pod. Bye.
00:56:42
Ninja
I'm done.
00:56:44
Dakota Zeigler
you're You're the one who said it, okay? I'm just saying what you said.
00:56:47
Ninja
said... No.
00:56:50
Zig
Neither one you do have to deal with this.
00:56:50
Ninja
I...
00:56:52
Zig
I'm the only one that you actually deal with this every day.
00:56:55
Dakota Zeigler
Moving 49ers at Giants.
00:56:55
Zig
Anyway, he's he's running back three, by the way.
00:56:59
Dakota Zeigler
I'm moving on already, Zig. Niners at Giants.
00:57:01
Ninja
I'm sorry.
00:57:02
Dakota Zeigler
This is not your podcast. yeah wendy If you want to if you want to host this podcast, you show up on time on a Tuesday. We record the same time every Tuesday.
00:57:12
Dakota Zeigler
If you want to host and you want to control what's going on, you send out the invite. You show up on time, buddy. and Until then, until then, you sit there and you listen.
00:57:17
Zig
i can't i can't wait until...
00:57:22
Dakota Zeigler
and You go on my time. You'll be on my time.
00:57:30
Dakota Zeigler
49ers at Giants. He's muted right now, screaming into that microphone, acting like he knows what he's talking about.
00:57:32
Ninja
Ha ha ha ha
00:57:35
Dakota Zeigler
He's got no idea.
00:57:36
Dakota Zeigler
49ers at Giants. Scadaboo-less Giants team. For me, who's healthy on this 49ers team? No one knows. For the Giants side of things, I think I'm starting in Theo with Fred Warner being out. I was targeting them as a tight end matchup most of the time. But after that, I think I'm good, Ninja. what are your thoughts?
00:57:58
Ninja
Yeah, it's Theo and I could care less.
00:58:04
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Niner side, CMC, obviously. Kittle, obviously. After that, do we know who's playing? And if they are, are we playing them?
00:58:12
Zig
Nope.
00:58:12
Ninja
No, I was going to say, is Brock Purdy available? i don't know.
00:58:16
Dakota Zeigler
Who knows?
00:58:17
Ninja
I've been hearing mixed things. I don't know. It's CMC and Kittle and you back out. This is going to be the grossest game of the week.
00:58:22
Dakota Zeigler
Like, if Ricky Pearsall is announced playing on Sunday, are you throwing him in there?
00:58:28
Ninja
No.
00:58:29
Dakota Zeigler
I don't think I am either.
00:58:32
Dakota Zeigler
All right, no qualms. Chargers at Titans. This Chargers team just keeps on rolling, and I don't think the heighttan Titans are going to be able to keep up. Titans side, Ladd, Herbert, Gadsden seem like every week starters.
00:58:46
Dakota Zeigler
Vidal, I'm starting as well, especially in a pretty good matchup. This Chargers team getting more and more and more starters announced every week, and I think they've turned themselves into a high-powered offense. I do.
00:59:01
Ninja
So here's the deal I have. Do we see the Chargers of old come back where they lose to a team that they have no business losing to?
00:59:10
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, now that's a take.
00:59:13
Ninja
I'm not a fan of this Titans roster besides Epic Iron Manor. But do the Chargers do Chargers things and lose games they shouldn't? i I don't know.
00:59:26
Ninja
Like, they played great, but I have... like We've all watched the Chargers in the last five years. They've had some terrible moments against teams they shouldn't beat.
00:59:34
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, like as soon as you believe that they're a real team, then they show you why they're not.
00:59:38
Ninja
Yeah. Yeah. So is it going to be that? and if they win convincingly this week, I'm fully on board with the Chargers. But they have to get through this trap game.
00:59:51
Dakota Zeigler
It's so funny that the Titans is the matchup that determines whether or not the Chargers are a real team or not. Like, they've beaten good teams.
00:59:57
Ninja
Because they're going to beat the good teams. They're going to beat the good teams. But are they going to lose to these bad teams?
01:00:03
Dakota Zeigler
Can't have the big letdown.
01:00:03
Ninja
That's... Yeah.
01:00:08
Ninja
I've been hurt too many times to trust it.
01:00:08
Dakota Zeigler
I know. That's a broken soul right there. Titan side. Do we trust a Titan? Ninja. Ninja.
01:00:16
Ninja
Yeah. You trust one. And his name is Epic Iron Manor, baby.
01:00:20
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:00:21
Dakota Zeigler
Any thought in that Shamir DK after having a big week last week?
01:00:22
Ninja
Had...
01:00:27
Ninja
Uh, more of a decoy, but, you know. I did like him scouting.
01:00:29
Dakota Zeigler
Okay.
01:00:31
Ninja
I'm just an epic guy. but I think Chimiri Dike ended my recruiting list at the wide receiver 10, I want to say.
01:00:40
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I think he was decent.
01:00:40
Ninja
So, like, I'm high on... I'm high on Shamir Dike too, but I'm just that... I think Epic Ayumaner is the guy to own. I think he's a stud.
01:00:50
Ninja
I really do.
01:00:51
Zig
Okay.
01:00:52
Dakota Zeigler
Fair.
01:00:52
Ninja
He showed me all the traits of like a wide receiver one type guy. Whereas Shamir Dike, almost like Rashid Shahid-esque. You know what i mean? Where he's going to blow up for a week and then disappear for three and then show up for another week. Never.
01:01:07
Dakota Zeigler
and You'll never know when it is. Zig, any qualms?
01:01:09
Ninja
Never.
Titans' Strategy and Future Prospects
01:01:11
Zig
No qualms. My only question for you guys is Spears. and Not that I'm playing him, but do you think Tony Pollard's done and Spears takes over? Like, because this is this a guy maybe we should buy low him?
01:01:21
Dakota Zeigler
Yes.
01:01:24
Zig
Well, buy into...
01:01:24
Ninja
No.
01:01:24
Dakota Zeigler
Meh.
01:01:25
Zig
I would say low.
01:01:26
Ninja
No.
01:01:26
Zig
e i don't think you could buy really low, but...
01:01:30
Ninja
No. so They're going to have a new running back in their team next year. My main question as far as do we trust a Titan other than Epic Eye Manor? Is Chica Konguo finally a guy?
01:01:43
Dakota Zeigler
Ooh.
01:01:44
Zig
Gunner.
01:01:46
Ninja
See, I like Gunnar too.
01:01:47
Dakota Zeigler
Ooh, I do like Gunnar Hemmler as well.
01:01:48
Ninja
Because Gunner's been having some good weeks.
01:01:51
Zig
Gunner scored a touchdown last week.
01:01:51
Dakota Zeigler
That's the take.
01:01:51
Ninja
I have him snatched on my taxi everywhere.
01:01:54
Dakota Zeigler
That is the take. I do think this Titans team is due for just like a a hot, like, just throw it all away and start over.
01:01:56
Zig
Not in straight cash.
01:02:04
Ninja
Like, I feel like this Titans team, when they want to, they could just flamethrower some team and drop 45. forty-five Like, I think their like their offense can be that good if it's coached correctly.
01:02:17
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Maybe they got the pieces.
01:02:17
Ninja
Like, imagine that
01:02:18
Dakota Zeigler
Cam Ward can has shown in college that he can do it.
01:02:20
Ninja
Yeah, he'll sling that thing. And then I think they have good enough weapons and they just need to mature a bit, you know, progress a little bit, but I think they can drop 40 on someone's head.
01:02:30
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah,
01:02:31
Zig
And that's why I was,
01:02:31
Dakota Zeigler
they need they need to finish the season as the worst team again and then hopefully draft a good somebody at the top of the draft next year and then run it back.
01:02:39
Ninja
Yeah.
01:02:40
Zig
but's That's why I'm kind of but buying in in Spears.
01:02:41
Dakota Zeigler
I would love to see who they hire as their new head coach.
01:02:44
Zig
like like They have so many team needs still, though. They have some good pieces, but they have a lot of team needs where I don't know if they... you Running back should be one of the last pieces on a good roster. i mean And you can almost run anyone out at running back.
01:02:59
Zig
I mean, look at Kyle Monunga. I'll throw you out here real quick. But he looked really good. But if you have a good team...
01:03:04
Ninja
Is that shade? You shall not come on, guy? Let's go, brother.
01:03:07
Zig
A little bit. yeah But I mean, Spears is a good enough running back and they have other pieces elsewhere. I don't know if they take a running back in the draft next year. That's just kind of...
01:03:16
Ninja
They will. It won't won't be in the first or second round, but but they'll take one. 100%.
01:03:20
Zig
and the
01:03:20
Ninja
Because Tony Pollard isn't going to be there. They're going to need a i at minimum a second running back on their roster. So expect someone like like a tier down. So Nick Singleton hasn't really been good this year. Expect him to fall like the fourth round.
01:03:34
Zig
That's fair. And if he falls there...
01:03:34
Ninja
That's a cheeky landing spot. And I'd actually love that. I would draft him everywhere. If he was a fourth round to the Titans, I would take him at the back end of like the first, early second round.
01:03:40
Zig
Yeah, well I would like that.
01:03:47
Zig
That's a good point there. And that one that would be fire.
01:03:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, and Spears was never going to be a guy who's going to be in the NFL long. I mean, his knee injuries coming out of college were always going to keep his usage low and his longevity pretty low.
01:03:59
Ninja
Yes.
01:03:59
Zig
I forgot about that.
01:04:01
Dakota Zeigler
So I think Spears, now maybe next year he ends up being a starter and it is decent, but I don't think he's a long-term fantasy asset for sure. Next.
Vikings vs Lions Betting Insights
01:04:10
Zig
I forgot about the knee injury. That's a good shout.
01:04:13
Dakota Zeigler
Next. Vikings at Lions. This game is going to be a fun one. Divisional matchup in Detroit. Very cheeky. J.J. McCarthy expected to be the starter this week. Carson Wentz is getting thrown to the dogs last week with one arm.
01:04:29
Dakota Zeigler
He's going out for the season. He needs shoulder surgery. This Lions team looks unstoppable right off of a bye at home against a division divisional opponent with a starting QB who's only played what?
01:04:41
Dakota Zeigler
this Is this his third NFL game?
01:04:43
Zig
only on prime time.
01:04:43
Dakota Zeigler
Like only on primetime.
01:04:43
Ninja
Something like that.
01:04:47
Dakota Zeigler
Lions role. You want to play all of them. What are we doing with this Vikings team?
01:04:53
Ninja
So here's the deal I have. As like a better. As someone out here. Who's looking at DraftKings for all the odds. I don't like anybody. And it's not because I don't think any of them are going to hit.
01:05:05
Ninja
It's who's going to hit. And I don't know.
01:05:08
Dakota Zeigler
talking about the lions?
01:05:09
Ninja
if i I'm talking about anyone in this game.
01:05:13
Dakota Zeigler
Oh.
01:05:15
Ninja
I think we're going to get a lot of guys who probably... You're going to get you you know you your normal... like A couple guys are going to score who you would think. And then it's goingnna be it's going to be a wishing well of, man, I should have had that guy. Well, keep in mind, I only do parlays because I'm a degenerate scumbag.
01:05:34
Ninja
But I don't want anyone in this game because... like they could just like I could throw Jay Jets in there and Jay Jets could lose my parlay.
01:05:43
Zig
Yeah.
01:05:43
Ninja
And like I would know going in, like he's not even like over 25% chance hitting. like He's dangerous to play in this game. And I would go the same thing for Almond Ross St. Brown. He's dangerous going and playing for a touchdown. like i don't know i think they're gonna I think everyone's going to do good fantasy-wise. I just don't know where the touchdown lies.
01:06:07
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair. i was kind of I was thinking you were going on the fancy of things, but I could see where the touchdowns could be kind of spread around and all over the place in this game. But, Zig.
01:06:17
Ninja
Shout out Ed Oliver. Touchdown this week.
01:06:21
Zig
Ed Oliver. I mean, i was going to say this could be the Isaac Tesla touchdown for the, you know, the lion's side.
01:06:27
Ninja
Exactly. Exactly.
01:06:28
Dakota Zeigler
I'm pretty – just went throw in there.
01:06:28
Zig
like after...
01:06:29
Ninja
This is the Jamison Williams week.
01:06:30
Dakota Zeigler
I'm pretty sure it's Josh Oliver.
01:06:33
Zig
Ed Oliver is a defensive guy, right? I'm pretty sure.
01:06:36
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, he's the defensive tackle for the Bills.
01:06:37
Ninja
Hang on.
01:06:37
Zig
For the Bills.
01:06:38
Dakota Zeigler
Josh Oliver.
01:06:38
Ninja
Hang on.
01:06:38
Zig
Oliver.
01:06:38
Ninja
Hang Who did I say?
01:06:41
Dakota Zeigler
You said that.
01:06:41
Zig
Josh Oliver.
01:06:41
Ninja
Who did I meant to say? Who? And Oliver.
01:06:44
Dakota Zeigler
Josh and Oliver.
01:06:44
Zig
Josh Oliver.
01:06:44
Ninja
Who? who Okay, my bad, guys. My bad.
01:06:47
Dakota Zeigler
Back up tight end.
01:06:47
Ninja
I don't know ball like that.
01:06:48
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it's okay.
01:06:49
Zig
I knew what you meant, but I was just at
01:06:49
Dakota Zeigler
It's all right. You know ball, you just know a different ball.
01:06:54
Zig
hey you know But yeah, like this is the the Lions are so well coached.
01:06:59
Ninja
Clip that. Clip that.
01:07:02
Zig
The Lions have had a bye week to prepare everything. i agree with Damian like the touchdowns could be tricky, but this is going to really fun game to watch.
01:07:12
Zig
I'm excited to see what just J.J. McCarthy does. You know, having a healthy team around him. Is he fully healthy is my only worry. I mean, if they were that and they were that bad to throw Wentz back out there after needing...
01:07:22
Dakota Zeigler
I think he is.
01:07:27
Zig
They're like, hey, Wentz needs surgery, just keep throwing him out there. Like, is the third stringer... I mean, third stringers are not known for being great, but is it that bad to just be like, Wentz is better... Hurt Wentz is better than our quarterback three.
01:07:39
Ninja
So here's what I have to say about that. When I scouted this year, I did 14 quarterbacks. You know who finished 14th out of all those quarterbacks? Was the Vikings third-string quarterback, Max Brosmer.
01:07:50
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
01:07:55
Ninja
Finished dead last. And I saw a nice little quote from the staff there in Vikings territory today where they just didn't want to put him in a bad situation.
01:07:58
Zig
Thank you.
01:08:05
Ninja
They, they trust them. They just don't want to put them in like a bad situation. All that when shut the up. You don't like this guy at all. You got him. And you're like, you stink.
01:08:17
Ninja
We can't have you on the field at all. But if ja Jay McCarthy is back at least 85% healthy, this is game of the week.
01:08:28
Ninja
By far.
01:08:29
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I was going to say my take for this game is I want everybody because it's going to be someone. Someone is going to produce very heavily in
Falcons vs Patriots Expectations
01:08:36
Dakota Zeigler
this week. If not, all everyone, especially on the Lions side.
01:08:40
Dakota Zeigler
I want every piece of this game. Every piece.
01:08:44
Zig
The biggest...
01:08:45
Dakota Zeigler
Give me Jamison Williams.
01:08:47
Zig
Gross, but yes. The biggest question...
01:08:49
Dakota Zeigler
Give me TJ Hawkinson.
01:08:51
Zig
Jordan Mason.
01:08:53
Dakota Zeigler
Nah, I don't love Jordan Mason.
01:08:54
Ninja
No.
01:08:55
Dakota Zeigler
Give me Aaron Jones.
01:08:55
Zig
that That's the biggest question to me.
01:08:56
Dakota Zeigler
Give me Aaron Jones over Jordan Mason.
01:08:59
Zig
Yeah.
01:08:59
Ninja
Give me that Xavier Scott kit.
01:09:02
Zig
Leading rusher last week.
01:09:02
Dakota Zeigler
No. Zig, Jordan Addison, and we started them this week.
01:09:06
Zig
You have to. Have to in this game.
01:09:08
Dakota Zeigler
Even with McCarthy. All right, fair.
01:09:09
Zig
Yep. like
01:09:11
Dakota Zeigler
Moving on here. Falcons at the Patriots. I have in here as my note, Falcons are boom bust as a football team. Ninja said to himself earlier. And I think this Patriots team keeps on rolling.
01:09:25
Dakota Zeigler
Love the Pats in this game. Drake Mays is stud. MVP candidate, like we said. Trayvon Henderson. Pretty decent week last week. Pretty good improvement.
01:09:36
Dakota Zeigler
Like to see it. Kayshaun Boutte, as always, is my wide receiver of choice on this team. And i think I'm okay with a Hunter Henry play this week, if you have to.
01:09:47
Dakota Zeigler
Any qualms?
01:09:49
Zig
No qualms.
01:09:49
Ninja
No qualms.
01:09:51
Zig
it's It's Booty or Diggs at wide receiver no one else.
01:09:55
Dakota Zeigler
pause just in case someone went to interject and Falcons B. John stud half the plan. Even after the down week last week, we're playing B. John Robinson. Don't matter who it is. Kyle Pitts starts for me.
01:10:06
Dakota Zeigler
Pretty consistent. Love to see it. Michael Penix and Drake may or sorry, Drake London. Depending on their health, I'd be playing probably Drake London, probably sitting Michael Penix in this matchup.
01:10:19
Dakota Zeigler
If it's Kirk Cousins, Do we want anything to do with it? Are we starting? I'm going ask you guys a question. Are we starting a position player in a super flex league over the starting quarterback, Kirk Cousins?
01:10:31
Zig
Yes.
01:10:32
Ninja
Yes.
01:10:33
Dakota Zeigler
Over Michael Penix.
01:10:36
Ninja
Yes.
01:10:36
Zig
Yes.
01:10:38
Dakota Zeigler
That's all you need to know. Any qualms about Pitts or Drake London if they're healthy?
01:10:43
Zig
know i'm No, I have no qualms, but I do have to say, I'm so glad I'm not a Falcons fan.
01:10:44
Ninja
Eh.
01:10:48
Zig
They do so many things questionable.
01:10:50
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, they would make me so mad.
01:10:53
Zig
I'm so glad I don't have that bad of a tilt on my head.
01:10:56
Dakota Zeigler
oh my God.
01:10:56
Ninja
My dad's a Falcons fan and I feel nothing but sadness for him. To deal with this every year.
01:11:03
Dakota Zeigler
Week in and week out.
01:11:03
Ninja
i hope he listens. I don't know if he does or not.
01:11:04
Zig
To pay, it all started when you paid Kirk Cousins.
01:11:05
Ninja
but He was so upset.
01:11:08
Zig
And then you're like, all right, cool. We just paid a ton of money for Kirk Cousins. We drafted a quarterback at number eight. We didn't boost.
01:11:16
Ninja
He was so upset.
01:11:18
Zig
We have these great players.
01:11:19
Dakota Zeigler
Crazy.
01:11:20
Zig
Oh, we just put up a dud this week against a terrible team. Like, oh my.
01:11:23
Ninja
He kept saying, why aren't you drafting a defensive line?
01:11:24
Dakota Zeigler
Like, what is going on?
01:11:28
Ninja
It's right there. He was so upset. I love you, dad, if you're listening. Anyways, move on to the next game.
01:11:35
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, yeah, they just have no trajectory at all. It's the wackiest football team ever.
01:11:39
Zig
Like. You got some teams that are really good and you're like, okay, when you do bad, I'm upset. Some teams are really bad and you're like, okay, I'm kind of down here and staying down here. And then you got the Falcons who keep ramping up and just falling off a cliff.
Colts and Steelers Matchup
01:11:53
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it looks like where do they land?
01:11:53
Zig
There's no letdown. Yeah, it's it's bad.
01:11:58
Dakota Zeigler
Next game here, Colts at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Big game for the Colts. I feel like we talk every week where it's like if they win this one, then they're legit. If they win this one, then they're legit.
01:12:10
Dakota Zeigler
I think the Colts are legit, but if they win this against the Steelers at home – Steelers are home, by the way. If they beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh – I'm talking about them being maybe the best team in the league.
01:12:24
Dakota Zeigler
Like, it's that next step.
01:12:26
Ninja
I've been saying that for weeks now.
01:12:26
Dakota Zeigler
wrote it's it's If they can pull this off, it's going to be incredible. I think they're still favored in the game. They should be. But I'm just saying for my own football takes, if the Colts beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh, like, this is a decent Steelers team.
01:12:43
Dakota Zeigler
The Colts have got to be probably the best team. they're They've got to be favored for one and all.
01:12:48
Ninja
Yes, I called them Super Bowl contenders, and you gave me little bit of flack for that, and they've just been proving me right since then.
01:12:54
Dakota Zeigler
I did.
01:12:57
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. They are legit. I mean, for that we'll talk about them first, but that whole Colts team, you're playing everybody. I want JT. I want Tyler Warren. I'm Michael Pittman.
01:13:08
Dakota Zeigler
I'm starting Daniel Jones. I think Josh Downs is even a decent play. don't know if I love him in this matchup, but I think Josh Downs gets involved. I want the whole team. Alec Pierce.
01:13:19
Ninja
Yeah, why not?
01:13:20
Dakota Zeigler
Dece. Can do worse than Alec Pierce. Any qualms, Zig?
01:13:25
Zig
your buddy up there who can't score a touchdown because he drops a ball in front of the end zone.
01:13:32
Dakota Zeigler
Hmm.
01:13:33
Ninja
Cut this guy from the podcast.
01:13:34
Dakota Zeigler
Do we want to talk about your buddy up there who doesn't know how to use a stretch band and has to get surgery done on his eye?
01:13:35
Ninja
We don't need that hate here. Yeah.
01:13:40
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, okay.
01:13:40
Ninja
Oh, nice.
01:13:41
Zig
That's fair.
01:13:41
Ninja
Love that.
01:13:42
Zig
But I'm just saying, is he a guy that we're after in this offense as well?
01:13:42
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, shut it.
01:13:46
Dakota Zeigler
Eh, I still like him for fantasy as like throw-on-your-taxi deep throw, but this season it's just...
01:13:46
Ninja
No.
01:13:53
Zig
And that's what I mean. Not this season, but like the future. Like, I don't think Alex Pierce is a guy. They're going to be like, hey, we need to pay to keep around.
01:14:00
Dakota Zeigler
No.
01:14:00
Zig
And I think he can easily step into that role.
01:14:02
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:14:03
Zig
Just a quick shot. I mean, if the team runs this well, like you said, I kind of want all the pieces on this team if they're going to keep operating this well.
01:14:10
Dakota Zeigler
Breaking news?
01:14:12
Ninja
Sorry.
01:14:14
Dakota Zeigler
That's okay.
01:14:14
Zig
but you hit the button
01:14:15
Ninja
i have
01:14:16
Dakota Zeigler
No, I didn't.
01:14:16
Zig
yeah
01:14:16
Dakota Zeigler
It was just the exact same one.
01:14:17
Ninja
No, no, no, no, no. I turned my alarms on for bed because it's late and I turned the volume on so I don't forget. And that was an yeah ESPN notification. I have no idea what it is, but it's out there.
01:14:27
Dakota Zeigler
Shout out. Shout out ESPN. How many sponsors? Steelers game. I think Aaron Rodgers has looked very good so far this year. Metcalf has been very consistent, especially on the touchdown side of things.
01:14:40
Dakota Zeigler
And like we said earlier, Roman Wilson's getting involved in this offense. I'll just keep an eye on it. But Metcalf, you can do worse than Rodgers.
01:14:47
Zig
Hmm. Hmm.
01:14:48
Dakota Zeigler
Can we turn the dot? Turn sound down, man. It happened once. It can't happen twice.
01:14:53
Ninja
I'm working on it.
01:14:54
Dakota Zeigler
Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you.
01:14:58
Zig
Uh, Gary Brooks, uh, Jerry Brooks, I believe is a G E R R Y. He is uh, teacher, comedian, uh, principal. He does it all. he has a quote that says one time is a mistake.
01:15:11
Zig
The second time is a choice, Damien. So,
01:15:14
Ninja
I just wanted to keep my alarms on. Man. It's late out here. I'm sorry.
01:15:21
Zig
uh, let's keep moving on.
01:15:22
Dakota Zeigler
Moving on, Broncos, Broncos, Broncos at Texans.
01:15:23
Zig
I'll take this one.
01:15:23
Ninja
Yeah, please.
01:15:23
Zig
I'll take,
01:15:27
Dakota Zeigler
Cheeky little letdown spot here for the Denver Broncos.
01:15:31
Zig
I'm glad you put that in there.
01:15:31
Dakota Zeigler
I called it, I'm calling in advance, but i as I'm writing this up, I go, I kind of like the Texans in this game, and I go and look at the line. The Houston Texans are favorites. At home against the Denver Broncos.
01:15:45
Dakota Zeigler
That makes no sense me. Which makes me even love it even more. Give me the Texans in this matchup. The Broncos have looked great.
Texans vs Broncos Analysis
01:15:51
Dakota Zeigler
Bo Nix, Dobbins, RJ Harvey getting involved big time last week. Sutton's been good.
01:15:57
Dakota Zeigler
I'm a big Troy Franklin guy. Not big. I like Troy Franklin. These guys are Pat Bryant guys.
01:16:01
Ninja
Thank you.
01:16:03
Dakota Zeigler
This offense is is is high powered. No. it's It's rolling pretty well, but it played the Cowboys last week. So we'll see how they do against the Texans. On the Texans side, if Nico's healthy, which I think he should be, starting him everywhere.
01:16:17
Dakota Zeigler
I like Stroud.
01:16:17
Zig
Mhm.
01:16:19
Dakota Zeigler
I like Stroud in matchup. Don't love him. And Woody Marks is a decent option, but I'm not playing any of the – Others, if Nico's in, but Ninja, throwing it to you, if Nico is out again this week, hypothetical, are we playing Higgins?
01:16:34
Dakota Zeigler
Are we playing Avery Hutchinson?
01:16:35
Ninja
Yeah.
01:16:37
Ninja
Yes. You have to. You may not hit, but you have to.
01:16:41
Dakota Zeigler
Need to have a piece of that offense.
01:16:44
Ninja
Yep.
01:16:45
Dakota Zeigler
Zig, any qualms?
01:16:48
Zig
No qualms with that. If Nico is in without Pat Sertan, I think he's going to eat a lot. He's going see the ball a lot.
01:16:59
Dakota Zeigler
A lot.
01:16:59
Ninja
Give me that quarter pounder meal.
01:16:59
Zig
oh
01:17:01
Dakota Zeigler
Come to buy it with cheese. What?
01:17:02
Ninja
good
01:17:04
Dakota Zeigler
Next matchup. Bears at Bengals over, over, over, over, over.
01:17:09
Ninja
That's all you need to say.
01:17:11
Dakota Zeigler
over
01:17:11
Ninja
Just over.
01:17:12
Dakota Zeigler
over
01:17:12
Ninja
Hit the over. You don't even need to hit players.
01:17:13
Dakota Zeigler
over all
01:17:14
Ninja
You start all of them.
01:17:14
Dakota Zeigler
over
01:17:16
Ninja
You start all of them, it's over.
01:17:16
Dakota Zeigler
allt over allt over
01:17:19
Ninja
Maybe game of the week. I said it earlier, but...
01:17:22
Zig
you
01:17:23
Ninja
This might be the best scoring game of the week. It might be whatever the over is. If it's over 57 and a half.
01:17:30
Dakota Zeigler
I believe it's 51 and a half.
01:17:32
Ninja
Hit the over.
01:17:33
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:17:33
Ninja
I would hit the over at 57. I love
01:17:36
Dakota Zeigler
I think I would hit it up to 60.
01:17:38
Ninja
love it.
01:17:39
Dakota Zeigler
I think this game can end like
01:17:39
Ninja
Start everybody.
Bears vs Bengals Shootout
01:17:40
Dakota Zeigler
38-31.
01:17:41
Dakota Zeigler
this game can end like thirty eight thirty one
01:17:46
Dakota Zeigler
Love it. Love all the Bears in this matchup. Give me Kaleeb. Big Adunze. I love Adunze in this matchup. I almost made him my touchdown score of the parlay for a ZNG bet. Love Adunze.
01:17:58
Dakota Zeigler
DJ Moore. I even like in this matchup if you have to. Swift, I think, is great, if not incredible. I'm starting Swift over a lot of good running backs this week, especially with this matchup.
01:18:09
Dakota Zeigler
And I'm calling it right now in the pod. I like a cheeky Colston. I'm almost going to get it out. Colston Loveland touchdown this week.
01:18:16
Zig
Yes.
01:18:17
Dakota Zeigler
Calling it right now. Colston Loveland anytime touchdown. I don't care what the number is. Bet it. Any qualms?
01:18:23
Zig
No qualms.
01:18:25
Ninja
No qualms. Yep.
01:18:27
Dakota Zeigler
Bengals side.
01:18:27
Zig
Exciting game to watch.
01:18:28
Dakota Zeigler
Very exciting. Bengals side. Flacco, I think, is Deese. He's always going to be a fine fantasy match asset for your super flex leagues. Obviously, you're starting Chase. I'm starting T. Higgins.
01:18:40
Dakota Zeigler
Chase Brown, I think I'm starting in most situations, too. So give me those Bengals in a kind of a come-back-y shootout thing, which they're going to be doing all year.
01:18:49
Zig
Yep.
01:18:49
Ninja
yeah
01:18:50
Zig
No gums.
01:18:52
Dakota Zeigler
point Points, points, point points, points, points. We need a points sound effect.
01:18:54
Ninja
Good.
01:18:55
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going to work on that. Panthers at Packers.
Packers vs Panthers Predictions
01:18:59
Dakota Zeigler
I think the Panthers get wrecked here. I think regardless of Bryce Young, Bryce Young's health doesn't matter to me at all. This Packers team is just legit.
01:19:08
Dakota Zeigler
I like Josh Jacobs, two plus touchdowns. i was going to bet him in my anytime touchdown parlay, but the lowest number I found on him was like minus 300, and that just seems kind of rough to do to the people.
01:19:20
Dakota Zeigler
So, yeah, Tucker Craft, obviously, love, love in this matchup. And, fellas, question for the broom. What are we doing with this wide receiver group in Green Bay?
01:19:30
Dakota Zeigler
It happens every year. None of them stand out.
01:19:32
Ninja
Stay away. Stay away.
01:19:33
Dakota Zeigler
It's just, do we just run and hide?
01:19:35
Ninja
Don't touch. Don't touch.
01:19:37
Zig
yeah
01:19:37
Ninja
Stay away.
01:19:38
Dakota Zeigler
Act like it doesn't exist.
01:19:38
Ninja
They got the cooties. Stay away. You don't want the cooties. Don't get the cooties.
01:19:44
Dakota Zeigler
I think I want cooties.
01:19:45
Zig
only one The only one I'm starting, if if I have to start a wide receiver, the only one worth starting is Dobbs to me.
01:19:46
Ninja
who
01:19:52
Zig
And just because you know he's gonna see but you know he's at least going to see a couple targets and get a few yards, because everyone else can absolutely zero you.
01:19:52
Dakota Zeigler
and But even here, he is...
01:19:58
Ninja
Move on.
01:20:01
Zig
I don't want any of it.
01:20:01
Ninja
Stop. Move on. you don't You don't want anyone.
01:20:05
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, week to week I don't want anybody
01:20:07
Ninja
Love, love, love, Scraft.
01:20:08
Ninja
Love, love, love, Jacobs. Leave the room.
01:20:11
Zig
but
01:20:13
Dakota Zeigler
I love this podcast Panther side
01:20:15
Ninja
to
01:20:16
Dakota Zeigler
I like Tet in this matchup as like a garbage time, gotta throw the ball kind of situation where he's just going to get hyper-targeted. I think XL, for that same reason, is a you know someone you have to talk about in the running back situation.
01:20:29
Zig
Darth Robe.
01:20:31
Dakota Zeigler
I hate them both.
01:20:32
Zig
Ew. you you
01:20:33
Dakota Zeigler
I hate them both. That's a good shout-out.
01:20:35
Ninja
hurt I heard Daddle gets the nod now over Chuba Hubbard.
01:20:36
Dakota Zeigler
I hate them both.
01:20:40
Dakota Zeigler
I agree, but even then, i don't think I love it.
01:20:40
Ninja
That's what I've been hearing.
01:20:42
Dakota Zeigler
Well, I guess, to be fair, Rico does catch passes, and that's the only thing I'd want out of this. So, Daudle, if you have to, Chuba, think, is pretty dead, even though he had a touchdown last week.
01:20:46
Ninja
Yep.
01:20:48
Zig
who
01:20:53
Dakota Zeigler
Did he have touchdown?
01:20:54
Ninja
Correct.
01:20:54
Dakota Zeigler
I thought he did.
01:20:55
Zig
What does Rico need to do to prove that he should just be the clear starter? The guy was...
01:20:55
Ninja
Yeah.
01:21:02
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I don't know. Just rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns like he did already.
01:21:04
Zig
Multiple games.
01:21:05
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:21:05
Zig
Yeah.
01:21:05
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:21:06
Zig
and the And the team's still like, nah. Like...
01:21:09
Ninja
I saw a report today that they're going with Dowdle, and they said they tried to give Hubbard a fair chance after his
Rams vs Saints Strategy
01:21:17
Ninja
injury, but they can't deny what Dowdle did. Dowdle is going to be the starter for the foreseeable future this season for the Panthers.
01:21:26
Dakota Zeigler
I hope that's right.
01:21:27
Ninja
That's what I saw today.
01:21:27
Zig
I hope so.
01:21:29
Dakota Zeigler
Saints at Rams. I think I'm going say right now, I don't know if the Saints win another football game this year.
01:21:36
Ninja
BTA?
01:21:36
Dakota Zeigler
I don't know who they beat. Yeah, Rams home after a bye.
01:21:42
Zig
Yeah.
01:21:42
Dakota Zeigler
I like them big time. Kyron all the way. Puka should be healthy. I'm expecting him to play. You're playing him everywhere. Devontae Stafford. I don't know if I'm playing and it's strictly because they might just be up so many points that he doesn't even play the fourth quarter.
01:21:56
Zig
Yep.
01:21:57
Dakota Zeigler
Any qualms?
01:21:59
Ninja
No qualms.
01:22:00
Dakota Zeigler
Blake Coram, a decent shout in this matchup.
01:22:00
Zig
I mean,
01:22:02
Ninja
No.
01:22:04
Zig
i was going to ask that as well, just being that they're going to be up so much.
01:22:04
Ninja
No.
01:22:07
Zig
I mean it's the Kyle Monunga effect.
01:22:09
Dakota Zeigler
You would expect them to be running the crap out of the ball.
01:22:09
Zig
You're up so many points, you just run the backup.
01:22:10
Ninja
no
01:22:12
Zig
Yeah. I mean, if you're in a tough spot.
01:22:13
Ninja
Not enough to be fantasy relevant.
01:22:14
Dakota Zeigler
I think I'm peeking at it.
01:22:15
Ninja
So if you haven't done it yet, like so so you bring up Kaimunonga, he's proven usage. Coram has not done that.
01:22:21
Zig
I just.
01:22:22
Ninja
That's my only thing.
01:22:24
Dakota Zeigler
It's fair.
01:22:24
Ninja
I like Coram, he just hasn't proved usage yet.
01:22:25
Zig
i
01:22:28
Zig
there.
01:22:29
Dakota Zeigler
Fair.
01:22:29
Zig
I just like taking shots at you, Damien.
01:22:29
Dakota Zeigler
Saints side has to. He has to do it. That's literally all he does.
01:22:32
Zig
I have to. Yeah.
01:22:34
Ninja
Cut this guy.
01:22:36
Dakota Zeigler
Saints side. I think Alave's fine just because he's assistant and i consistent. And Rasheed Shahid, I think you can do a lot worse than Rasheed Shahid, especially in a matchup they're going be down in. But even, obviously you're looking at these wide receivers and going, well, who's throwing them the ball?
01:22:54
Dakota Zeigler
Doesn't matter.
01:22:55
Ninja
No.
01:22:56
Dakota Zeigler
It doesn't matter.
01:22:57
Ninja
no
01:22:58
Dakota Zeigler
They both stink.
01:23:00
Ninja
No.
01:23:03
Zig
Yeah.
01:23:03
Dakota Zeigler
Any qualms?
01:23:03
Zig
It's bad.
01:23:05
Ninja
Get me Lenora Sellers there ASAP.
01:23:09
Dakota Zeigler
Give me Garrett Nussmeyer.
01:23:11
Zig
do you think We talked about this in our text a little bit with the Broncos. i brought up that the Broncos are looking for potentially trading for a wide receiver. Do you think this team trades Olave or even Rasheed? Do you think they give away any of their pieces?
01:23:26
Zig
Because they're good they're good young pieces.
01:23:27
Ninja
they should
01:23:29
Zig
If you get a quarterback there, you know you may actually be able to move the ball a little bit. Or do you give it away and just you know fire sales so you can rebuild?
01:23:37
Dakota Zeigler
man I'm not trading Olave.
01:23:38
Ninja
fire sale to rebuild I would fire sale to you until you find that quarterback it doesn't matter what receiver you have there doesn't matter because you're going have to pay him 20 plus mil is he worth that maybe with a good QB they don't have one so no
01:23:40
Dakota Zeigler
I'm not trading Olave.
01:23:54
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair. That's fair.
Jaguars vs Raiders Overview
01:23:56
Dakota Zeigler
Next matchup, Jaguars at Readers.
01:23:59
Dakota Zeigler
I just have this to say.
01:24:00
Ninja
Ew. Hit the sound of that. Yep. Yep. it is.
01:24:05
Dakota Zeigler
That's all I got to say. Honestly, fellas, this whole matchup, are we just playing Gentry and Brock Bowers if he's healthy?
01:24:13
Ninja
It's Bowers and I'm out for both teams. Bowers and I'm out.
01:24:19
Dakota Zeigler
Zig, who we starting on your favorite Jaguars team?
01:24:26
Zig
no I don't know. I don't think that Travis Hunter is the worst shout-out. I think they're trying to utilize him more. Do you guys see the smoke they're blowing about you know potentially open to trading Brian Thomas Jr.?
01:24:37
Zig
That's going to the biggest smoke in the world, right?
01:24:37
Dakota Zeigler
I've seen this.
01:24:41
Zig
You think it could be legit?
01:24:43
Dakota Zeigler
These wide receivers are divas, man. AJ Brown's been talked about getting traded from the Eagles for the past six weeks.
01:24:50
Zig
I guess.
01:24:50
Dakota Zeigler
Honestly, the last year and a half.
01:24:51
Zig
Yeah.
01:24:52
Dakota Zeigler
Before being legit.
01:24:54
Zig
gets a ring and can't be happy. Imagine that.
01:24:56
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:24:57
Zig
I mean, I think Travis Hunter's a shout. I think I'm starting ETN just because I most likely have to, but there's probably better options out there.
01:24:59
Dakota Zeigler
Divas.
01:25:05
Zig
Mad Max is going to just eat in that backfield.
01:25:10
Dakota Zeigler
Gross. I don't want anything to do with it.
01:25:10
Ninja
That's the correct response. Yeah, move on.
01:25:13
Dakota Zeigler
Speaking of, going
Chiefs vs Bills Excitement
01:25:14
Dakota Zeigler
to the other side of the spectrum, Chiefs at Bills. This should be Sunday Night Football. And I know I went on a rant for the past couple weeks about how the Chiefs are playing way too many primetime games.
01:25:21
Zig
yep
01:25:31
Dakota Zeigler
The one that they should be playing is Chiefs at Bills. Like, screw Monday Night Football against the Commanders. Like, who cares about you playing the Giants on Sunday Night Football? The Chiefs and Bills should be Sunday Night Football whenever they're playing against each other.
01:25:45
Dakota Zeigler
Give me Josh Allen. Give me Holmes. I want it all. And speaking of wanting it all, I want everybody in this matchup. Go down the list.
01:25:52
Ninja
Minus Dalton Cage, you bum.
01:25:55
Zig
You bum.
01:25:56
Dakota Zeigler
You bum. I want everybody.
01:25:58
Ninja
You lost me all the time. That guy.
01:26:04
Dakota Zeigler
Zig, any qualms?
01:26:05
Zig
No qualms. I want to rant a little bit more. Like, we have two awful primetime games this week, in my opinion.
01:26:12
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:26:13
Zig
And this game just, you know, just because thrown in the normal slate. and And NFL, what are we doing? There's got to be someone better.
01:26:19
Ninja
I'm fine with it.
01:26:20
Dakota Zeigler
this This scheduler.
01:26:21
Ninja
It's red zone so I can actually go to bed early.
01:26:22
Zig
the
01:26:23
Ninja
Oh, it's so great.
01:26:25
Zig
so Someone needs to, like, someone needs to be, like, and get, like, a professional scheduler into the NFL organization because they are awful.
01:26:25
Dakota Zeigler
Kids sleep. sleep. Pro sleep.
01:26:28
Ninja
Pro sleep here.
01:26:33
Dakota Zeigler
The scheduler sucks.
01:26:35
Ninja
Well, if you're hiring NFL, I'm available.
01:26:38
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I could do this for free.
01:26:38
Ninja
You know what mean?
01:26:41
Ninja
no no no No, no, no, no, We charge money here.
01:26:42
Zig
but no la
01:26:44
Ninja
charge money here.
01:26:44
Zig
elli
01:26:44
Ninja
that They'll pay us, Gary.
01:26:45
Zig
At least a sponsorship.
01:26:46
Ninja
They'll pay us.
01:26:47
Zig
at At least a sponsorship.
01:26:50
Dakota Zeigler
I'll take a sponsorship. Just promote my podcast. That's all I care about. But yeah, starting everybody in this matchup.
01:26:53
Zig
Official podcast of the NFL. Are you...
01:26:56
Dakota Zeigler
Oh my God, that'd be amazing. But yeah, nothing must have sorry to everybody in this game. It's going to be amazing to watch. Just sit down and enjoy this one. Cause you're not going you're not going enjoy this one.
01:27:05
Zig
are you
01:27:07
Dakota Zeigler
But,
01:27:07
Zig
Are you going to, I don't even know what the timeframes are on some of these, but I'm looking at like Saints, Rams, Jaguars, Raiders, Chiefs, Bills, maybe Panthers, Packers. Are they the four o'clockers?
01:27:18
Zig
I mean, is this a red zone worthy four o'clock slate or is this just leave it on Chiefs Bills?
01:27:23
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, no. yeah you'd put on the Chiefs Bills and you don't look away.
01:27:25
Zig
Hmm.
01:27:26
Ninja
Nah, see, here's the problem.
01:27:27
Dakota Zeigler
Chiefs Bills becomes Redmond.
01:27:28
Ninja
I've heard enough glazing of Patrick Mahomes. to keep it on Red Zone so it keeps it spicy where I don't have to hear his name every 13 seconds through my TV. I'm over that.
01:27:39
Dakota Zeigler
That's fair, but they'll be in most of the time anyways.
01:27:40
Zig
Are you Damien?
01:27:40
Ninja
This is going to be a good day, but...
01:27:43
Zig
Damien loves listening back to the podcast. Were you able to listen back to the last one with Anna on here, glazing the Chiefs?
01:27:49
Ninja
I was... That was the toughest part.
01:27:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:27:51
Ninja
Anna, you were great. We need to have you back on for college. I've had enough of that Chiefs glazing
01:27:57
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it's weird. He looked past in the last pod.
01:27:58
Ninja
Time frame.
01:28:00
Dakota Zeigler
Weird. Strange.
Seahawks vs Commanders Concerns
01:28:02
Zig
all right, let's finish these two out quick.
01:28:02
Dakota Zeigler
No reason. Sunday Night Football. Seahawks at Commanders need, need, need a healthy Jaden Daniels for this matchup to even care about it. As of now, he is expected to play, so I am moving forward with the mindset that Jaden Daniels is a starting quarterback for the Commanders. And then if so, I like Terry McLaurin in this matchup, even against a tough Seahawks defense.
01:28:26
Dakota Zeigler
I think Ertz is okay, and I'm not playing any of these running backs. I don't care who it is.
01:28:32
Ninja
Yo!
01:28:33
Dakota Zeigler
I'm not.
01:28:34
Zig
me
01:28:34
Ninja
I would. Just just one.
01:28:36
Dakota Zeigler
I'm not doing
01:28:37
Ninja
I agree with everything you i had to say here. I think Ertz is more than decent. I think he's good. and And that isn't just a Seahawks defense. That's every defense. Wherever Ertz is this year, I want him playing.
01:28:51
Ninja
And then I think it's JCM. And if Daniels is healthy, it's only going to boost JCM for me. He definitely plays better when Daniels is healthy.
01:29:01
Ninja
So if Daniels is a go, JCM is a go for me. If Daniels is not, then I would sit JCM.
01:29:10
Zig
I am on the wait and see approach with JCM. I mean, I see what Damien's saying, and I agree in a way. We talked about how Jaden Daniels opens up that play action game stuff like that, but I'm on the wait and see approach.
01:29:23
Zig
I do want to mention that Terry McLaurin, you say you have in here like now that he's healthy. he got taken out of that Monday night game, or that the last game because of the quad.
01:29:34
Zig
The last report says, Terry says his quad is, all right, you know, we sidelined four weeks for the quad, and then quad, you know, taken out for the quad.
01:29:39
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, this is going to be... Yeah.
01:29:44
Zig
Yikes.
01:29:45
Dakota Zeigler
This is going to be a... Like, every week we're going to go, is it Terry this week or no? It's going to be a lingering thing until he gets it taken care of in the offseason. That's just what it is. For the Seahawks side, JSN, obviously.
01:29:55
Zig
Yeah.
01:29:59
Dakota Zeigler
The Sharbs, Kenneth Walker, coin flip. Just go for it, whatever side you want to. Eileen Charbonnet, just because of the touchdowns, but... Who knows? Other than that, Donald's okay.
01:30:14
Dakota Zeigler
I'm probably not starting A.J. Barner.
01:30:17
Zig
Mm-mm.
01:30:17
Dakota Zeigler
Cooper Cup stinks.
01:30:18
Ninja
That was my only question, was AJ Barner.
01:30:21
Dakota Zeigler
Probably not.
01:30:21
Ninja
but i think i think it I think in this matchup I would.
01:30:23
Dakota Zeigler
Eh, commanders are kind of booty against tight ends. Yeah, I was just thinking that. Commanders are historically pretty bad against tight ends coverage-wise, but...
01:30:36
Dakota Zeigler
If you have to. Monday
Cardinals vs Cowboys Highlights
01:30:38
Dakota Zeigler
Night Football. Cardinals at the Cowboys. Weird.
01:30:43
Zig
yeah
01:30:43
Dakota Zeigler
Just strange. Very strange Monday Night Football.
01:30:46
Ninja
Gross.
01:30:47
Dakota Zeigler
I have in here as a note, weird Monday Night Football game, but sure go off. Cowboys are a great team to target for fantasy. With that being said, McBride's a stud. Love him this week.
01:31:00
Dakota Zeigler
Marv, I like a lot in this matchup. And I don't love any of the running backs in that Cardinals backfield. Bam Knight's probably my favorite if I had to pick one. But I like Kyler Murray a lot in this matchup to run the ball.
01:31:16
Zig
What?
01:31:17
Dakota Zeigler
I like a Kyler Murray anytime touchdown. I like his over rushing yards. Give me Kyler running like crazy against his Cowboys defense.
01:31:24
Ninja
Hey, Zig, mute this guy. Stop that.
01:31:28
Zig
What?
01:31:28
Ninja
What are we doing?
01:31:28
Zig
who Who is this guy?
01:31:30
Ninja
What are we doing?
01:31:30
Dakota Zeigler
Gotta give my takes, fellas.
01:31:31
Ninja
I need the Tim Allen hole.
01:31:34
Dakota Zeigler
gotta give my takes.
01:31:34
Zig
I mean...
01:31:34
Ninja
but
01:31:35
Dakota Zeigler
Here, I'll do it to myself. I will. But I gotta give my takes. Any qualms? I'm assuming there's qualms.
01:31:41
Zig
i i mean
01:31:42
Ninja
Yes, it's only with Kyler Murray, but yes.
01:31:45
Zig
Yeah, that that right there.
01:31:48
Dakota Zeigler
well We'll throw it in the chat when he scores, fellas.
01:31:48
Zig
I'm very interested to see what actually happens now.
01:31:52
Dakota Zeigler
I'll throw it in the chat when he scores.
01:31:54
Zig
junior Junior, before we move on, can we move on?
01:31:54
Ninja
You should. Because he won't...................
01:31:59
Zig
Before we move on to our betting segment, i need I need at least two or three minutes here, super quick. And this is going to be more for you guys because we like happily we're halfway through the season.
01:32:07
Dakota Zeigler
Wait, hold on. We didn't even talk about the Cowboys yet. you're You're jumping all of the guns.
01:32:11
Zig
you said You said everything you need to. Stardom. but That's it. that's the only What else you want to say? Go ahead.
01:32:16
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I didn't actually say yet.
01:32:18
Zig
You did.
01:32:19
Dakota Zeigler
This is not your podcast.
01:32:19
Zig
You said CD, Dak, Javante, Pickens, Perk.
01:32:21
Dakota Zeigler
It's not your podcast.
01:32:22
Zig
You said star all of them.
01:32:22
Dakota Zeigler
I know your name goes first. I know you got Z in front of the pod. I know I'm signed in under your account right now. My name says it go to Ziggler, but this is not your podcast.
01:32:34
Zig
Say stardom and move on.
01:32:34
Dakota Zeigler
you're you're You're jumping on all of my nerves today.
01:32:36
Zig
Say stardom and move on. Say stardom move on.
01:32:39
Dakota Zeigler
You started all your Cowboys.
01:32:40
Zig
Thank you. Okay. Now we're about halfway through the season.
Super Bowl Dark Horses Discussion
01:32:47
Zig
Damien, Damien, close your ears. You're going to hate this, and I'm so sorry. Because this is not meant to upset you. I want to talk about the Super Bowl odds. Dark horses we have for the Super Bowl, but halfway through in the season, right?
01:33:00
Zig
They still have on FanDuel right now the Kansas City Chiefs as the Super Bowl winner right now. And I know you hate that. and I feel your rage your your your rage is just building in there because that's ridiculous.
01:33:13
Ninja
I don't have to do this, ok
01:33:15
Zig
But no, listen, listen, listen, listen. Because I don't think that's true. I'm just trying to give you the information because I hate it as well. I'm trying to forewarn you so you don't.
01:33:26
Ninja
I was bluffing. I don't have job offers elsewhere. This is it. and
01:33:31
Zig
I'm trying to keep you from leaving. Right now, Super Bowl winners, though. I want you to start thinking about some dark horses we have. And one of them we already talked about. I'm not going to allow the Colts to be an option because I think we all agree that their team is they their team is looking really good, and they are a legit contender, I do believe. I think we all kind of agree with that.
01:33:51
Zig
So if you're having a dark horses, right now I'm going to give you the top four points. I'll just give you up into the cold. So it's Kansas city at one Detroit lions at two green Bay Packers at three, the bills four Eagles at five culture number six right now.
01:34:08
Zig
Outside of those teams, who are you guys thinking could make a run could be a deep playoff team. And I'm going to rule the Broncos out for myself because we know.
01:34:17
Ninja
I have two names.
01:34:19
Dakota Zeigler
I have one name.
01:34:19
Ninja
I have two names I want to in the Broncos.
01:34:21
Dakota Zeigler
i i have one name right off the top my head.
01:34:24
Zig
Okay. Okay.
01:34:24
Ninja
Are we going to say the same team?
01:34:25
Dakota Zeigler
Ninja. Hold on. hona Yeah, Ninja. Ready? Three, two, one. The Rams.
01:34:30
Ninja
Patriots.
01:34:31
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, okay.
01:34:32
Zig
o
01:34:32
Ninja
Oh.
01:34:34
Dakota Zeigler
I love the Patriot shout.
01:34:34
Zig
The Rams are the team right behind the Colts. So they're right in that same realm. Patriots are down there a little bit, and I don't hate it.
01:34:45
Dakota Zeigler
ma' One other the team I would throw out there would be the Bucs. If the Bucs can get healthy, if the Bucs can get healthy, need a healthy Godwin, need a healthy Mike Evans, but if Bucs get healthy, I think they're very good.
01:34:48
Ninja
That's my other team. i was going to say Patriots and Bucks.
01:34:50
Zig
Yeah.
01:34:52
Ninja
Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
01:35:00
Ninja
Yes.
01:35:02
Zig
That was going to be my my team as well with the Bucs. Wow. Look at us go. The odds are plus 2,500 right now for the Bucs.
01:35:09
Dakota Zeigler
Ooh, cheeky. Am I going bet that?
01:35:10
Zig
2,700.
01:35:11
Dakota Zeigler
No.
01:35:11
Zig
Literally the team on the list.
01:35:12
Ninja
What's the Patriots odds? Do i have to bet the Patriots odds?
ZNG Dynasty Parlay of the Week
01:35:16
Ninja
Yeah, baby. I'm betting that.
01:35:20
Dakota Zeigler
Just for shifting gigs, what are the Jets? Oh, plus a million. Okay. All
01:35:24
Zig
literally the last team of the list
01:35:27
Dakota Zeigler
right, fellas, well, that wraps up.
01:35:28
Ninja
Speaking of bets, Junior.
01:35:30
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I was going to say that wraps up our breakdown for this week that can brings us into the ZNG Dynasty Parlay of the Week this week.
01:35:42
Dakota Zeigler
Hopefully we can turn it around. We had a void pick with Drake London last week from Ninja. I, myself, had Jalen Hurts, which... I thought that that thing was a shoe-in. Was not. Barkley scored twice.
01:35:57
Dakota Zeigler
Goddard scored twice on the one. i was so shocked. Zig, Sutton, Booty, we stink. But this week, I'm going to start us off.
01:36:03
Zig
Yeah.
01:36:06
Dakota Zeigler
I think I'm going pretty chalk. Actually, I'm not even the most chalk out of this pi this these picks so far. But I'm going... To the one I picked in week one, I believe, Josh Allen, any time touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs. I wanted anything in that matchup. needed wanted to pick a bill.
01:36:26
Dakota Zeigler
I was debating on going James Cook or Josh Allen. But I'm going Josh Allen, anytime touchdown. I have plus 115 on my FanDuel odds.
01:36:38
Dakota Zeigler
Zig has minus 115 on his DK odds. So if you're betting, betting on FanDuel.
01:36:41
Zig
BetFandle.
01:36:43
Dakota Zeigler
But I like Josh Allen, anytime touchdown this week. Had two last week. I think he keeps it going against the Chiefs. Ninja, who's your pick?
01:36:51
Ninja
Yeah, turn it around last week. Sorry to put a dud out there for you, boys. I didn't know Drake London's injury history. he had a full practice Thursday and I think a full practice Friday too. So I'm sorry i let you guys down, guys.
01:37:03
Dakota Zeigler
No one knew.
01:37:04
Ninja
So if I did my pick, I didn't have a win or a loss that week. But hopefully we get back on track and hopefully this guy gets back on track. B. John Robinson, anytime touchdown score at minus 130. I know it's a little bit chalked.
01:37:17
Ninja
But I felt bad last week about not giving you guys any pick at all, even if it lost. So going a little bit chalky, but I think this guy's a shoe-in for a touchdown this week.
01:37:21
Zig
Yeah.
01:37:25
Dakota Zeigler
Honestly, Bijan bijo at minus 130 are good odds.
01:37:29
Ninja
and Great odds.
01:37:30
Zig
yeah
01:37:30
Dakota Zeigler
He was minus 270, I think, the last couple weeks from what I saw.
01:37:30
Ninja
Great odds.
01:37:35
Dakota Zeigler
Like minus two hundred s if not higher. Minus 130, I think, is great odds.
01:37:40
Zig
Oh, it is.
01:37:41
Dakota Zeigler
Zig. Zig.
01:37:41
Zig
And it's amazing odds. I was really hoping Damien threw out a, you know, a backup pick last week too. So we could have still blamed him, but he, he didn't. And we can't hold a player that's out against him. Like said, we started him everywhere as well. So that one's not on you. No need to feel sorry, buddy. Not your fault.
01:37:57
Zig
My pick for this week, CD lamb plus 100 against the Cardinals defense that we were just talking about. Like, like Gary said, you know, all he had to say, start them all.
01:38:09
Zig
So I think CD's due for a bounce. Well, not even a bounce. He had kind of a decent week. I think they're just going to air it out. Just ball.
01:38:18
Dakota Zeigler
I love when our parlay ends up having to wait on a Monday night game too.
01:38:21
Ninja
Yeah.
01:38:22
Dakota Zeigler
So even if these first two hits, you're going to be watching Monday night football just to see if this parlay hits, fellas. Total, if you parlay all of the odds together, we got plus 561. one
01:38:33
Zig
That's with the minus 115 on DK. So higher odds on FanDuel.
01:38:36
Dakota Zeigler
Yes. Hypotheticals. A whole bunch of hypotheticals. Not a lot of odds out there in FanDuel, but hopefully Sunday comes around and all these guys are playing, but also hopefully they give you good odds and they hit.
01:38:47
Dakota Zeigler
But anyways, last betting segment before we get out of here. Ninja, break it down. What do you got this week?
01:38:53
Ninja
Speaking of hypotheticals, boys, we're getting real spicy.
01:38:58
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, this is a spicy one.
01:38:58
Zig
Whew.
01:39:00
Ninja
So, Don Kincaid, I thought I had a shoe in last week. He sold us, guys. So, you know what?
01:39:06
Dakota Zeigler
soiled it.
01:39:06
Ninja
I'm striking back against myself. I feel like I wasn't spicy enough. So, I'm getting even more spicy. Give me a Kyle Manungai. Anytime touchdown score, Brashard Smith.
01:39:20
Ninja
Anytime touchdown score, Travion. Henderson, anytime touchdown score. And then an RJ Harvey, anytime touches touchdown score. And if you notice, guys, I like doing themes for my parlays. This is a rookie running back parlay.
01:39:36
Ninja
I don't have odds for you. Guess what? We play, we bet, we ball.
01:39:44
Dakota Zeigler
This is one of those ones you throw like $2 on and you pray.
01:39:48
Ninja
you would But if you hit, you win like four grand.
01:39:51
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I had one of those two weeks ago.
01:39:55
Zig
Yeah, insane.
01:39:56
Dakota Zeigler
A little three-teamer defense, anytime defense, par touchdown parlay. Can't believe that thing hit, but I don't know the odds for this one. It's got to be plus like $10,000. It's got to be a big one.
01:40:07
Zig
Insane numbers.
01:40:07
Ninja
That's what I'm saying. it's It's going to be massive.
01:40:09
Zig
Damian will probably boost it too.
01:40:10
Dakota Zeigler
I like the Kyle Monunga pick. I like the Kyle Monunga pick a lot. i I think the Henderson pick's cheeky. Harvey, I'm never going to complain about. If Brashard Smith scores a touchdown this week, and what his odds alone have to be plus 1,000, maybe 1,500 in that range.
01:40:19
Zig
Bird Smith.
01:40:26
Ninja
Can't wait. Can't wait.
01:40:27
Dakota Zeigler
like If Brashard Smith scores a touchdown this week, I'll do the next podcast naked. Anyways, you heard it here first.
01:40:35
Ninja
Let's go.
01:40:36
Ninja
Yeah.
01:40:37
Dakota Zeigler
Ladies and gents, this was another fun one.
01:40:39
Dakota Zeigler
Glad Zig was able
NFL Midseason Reflection and Future Plans
01:40:40
Dakota Zeigler
to join us midway through the pod. Another good one. The football season, the NFL football season is halfway over. Let that sink in right now.
01:40:53
Dakota Zeigler
We're halfway done football season.
01:40:57
Dakota Zeigler
It's brutal.
01:40:58
Zig
I'm going cry.
01:41:00
Dakota Zeigler
We have to enjoy these days and these weekends while we have them. Enjoy these pods while we get to make them too. But thank you guys for listening. in Appreciate you guys tuning in Zig, anything to say to people before we head out, Bigfell.
01:41:11
Zig
No, appreciate everyone listening in again. We're kind of cruising here. Halfway through the season is kind of upsetting. I mean, some a lot of good ball left, though. I mean, we're getting into...
01:41:23
Zig
Everything matters, but that's kind of what it feels like where games kind of mean a little bit more now.
01:41:24
Dakota Zeigler
The Witching Hour.
01:41:30
Zig
So I think we're going to in your fantasy.
01:41:30
Dakota Zeigler
Mm-hmm. Know what teams are. ye
01:41:33
Zig
Yep. In your fantasy, in the playoff run, you know, making sure your team gets in. i love when it comes down to the last week and you're like, Hey, I need, you know, I kind of hate it because you got to keep track of everything, but you're like, I need this team to win this team to lose this team to score more than 12 points. This, yeah, no,
01:41:50
Zig
when we start doing the math and calculating out, it gets pretty interesting and and fun for me. I love statistics. So no, appreciate you listening. And you know, let's, let's end this year strong gents. Let's do it.
01:41:59
Dakota Zeigler
Man, what a math nerd. Ninja, anything to say to people before we head out here, Bigfella?
01:42:05
Ninja
Yeah, so the people know, we're getting to that time of year where we're like halfway through and it's kind of rough because you feel like you're not going to hear us enough. But you will because me and Junior are going to be doing a lot of college tape, a lot of breakdowns, so all that fun stuff.
01:42:13
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:42:18
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I love that.
01:42:19
Ninja
We do have to break down a way too early mock draft yet, which I love the wide receivers.
01:42:25
Dakota Zeigler
Will happen.
01:42:27
Ninja
As I've said earlier in this podcast, yes.
01:42:27
Dakota Zeigler
Will happen.
01:42:30
Ninja
We're just teasing you guys, not because we're busy or anything, but but because we like
01:42:33
Dakota Zeigler
No.
01:42:34
Ninja
tickling a little bit.
01:42:35
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:42:36
Ninja
But I do thank you guys for listening. Hopefully you guys stayed around for our rants. And once again, thank you, Anna, for joining the pod last time. You will definitely hear her again when we do a college podcast on the After Dark episode.
01:42:50
Ninja
So she will be unfiltered, unedited. There will be no betting so she can say everything she wants to say. God bless.
01:42:59
Dakota Zeigler
God bless. Shout Anna. Not, Anna. But, yes, as always, thank guys for listening. Appreciate guys tuning in.
01:43:08
Dakota Zeigler
As always, be a kind, smiling face out there to people. You never know what anybody's going through out there. Be a bright, sunshiny day in someone's little dark clouds. But, yeah, that's all I kind of got.
01:43:21
Dakota Zeigler
Life's pretty good recently. So and number I'm not really in my bag right now about being sad and talking about my feelings and all. Life's pretty good. So I think also appreciating and being aware when life is good makes life a little bit better because you realize maybe maybe these are the good times.
01:43:37
Dakota Zeigler
Maybe we're living in them right now. And if they're not, they will be eventually. Thank you guys for listening. Appreciate tuning in. And as always, we'll see you in the next one. Peace.