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Week 5 Review/Week 6 Preview Part 1
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The ZNG Dynasty crew breakdown the goods and bads of week 5. Another great episode with the boys and be sure to checkout part 2!
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Broncos Victory Celebration and Technical Hiccups
00:00:10
Dakota Zeigler
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome into the ZNG g Dynasty podcast. And I'm going to say here, Lord Henke, our buddy Gary, knew this was coming off the back. And let's just say, let's go Broncos!
00:00:28
Dakota Zeigler
mut to the can't you Don't worry about what they have to say. We can absolute win over here. can bet. baby let's go god this is such a great time all right my little joy it's over i'm gonna send it back to the host here you have to unmute yourself it's gonna be a good day
00:00:49
Lord Hinkie
I hate everything.
Broncos Music and Team Dynamics
00:00:53
Dakota Zeigler
i forgot something let's go
00:00:57
Damien
Hang on, the fact that he actually found new music for that bullcrap is insane.
00:01:04
Lord Hinkie
And we've been begging for good production for weeks now. And he is like, you know what? I'm want to save it for my Broncos win.
00:01:10
Dakota Zeigler
Mm-hmm.
00:01:10
Lord Hinkie
Selfish. Man, I knew was coming. I said
Betting Stories and NFL Predictions
00:01:13
Lord Hinkie
it right before we started. I go, are you going to make some stupid Broncos announcements soon his podcast starts? And he went, and they hit the hit play so i knew it was coming but yeah i mean ladies and gentlemen thank you for tuning in uh hey we got the regular crew as you already know yeah i mean i'm completely throwing off my game my rhythm is gone uh my routine is over and it's all because of dakota you know shocker production ruining this podcast anyway zig how are you doing today buddy
00:01:39
Dakota Zeigler
I am feeling great. It was actually a really good betting day for me as well. Made made a bunch of money for my standards. you know $12 off of $0.10. I'm counting that as a gigantic win.
00:01:48
Lord Hinkie
huge
00:01:50
Dakota Zeigler
I do have to say shout out to Gary for I sent the bet. was like, I need Rasheed Rice to hit on this bet. Do I let us ride? And Gary's like, yeah, let that one ride. And like two seconds later, it hits.
00:01:58
Lord Hinkie
Hold.
00:02:00
Dakota Zeigler
Like two seconds later. Yeah.
00:02:02
Lord Hinkie
Got to hold.
NFL Player Performances Analysis
00:02:03
Lord Hinkie
Got to ride. I knew the Saints would be throwing the ball because I think they were down in the game at that point, but got to let it ride. Speaking of let it ride, Damian, how you doing together, buddy?
00:02:12
Damien
Good. I think we found out Zig's not the guy. I didn't like that at all. Zig's not the guy. That's why we pay you the big bucks and occasionally me when you have to step out and do life things. I didn't like that at all.
00:02:21
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:02:22
Damien
So hopefully we can cut that in post-production. But doing great. So glad to be back on with the boys. It's just happy to be here. Starting an hour late than we should have, but it's all good.
00:02:33
Dakota Zeigler
That's what we do around here.
00:02:34
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Production. Anyways, fellas, I say we get right into the week five review, getting into our goods and our bads. Starting off hot. I mean, first time he's on this list entire year. Jamar chase big time production this week. Jake Browning decided to throw him the ball.
00:02:51
Lord Hinkie
Love to see it. I'm hoping you guys actually kept him in your lineups. He was kind of a player you had to start regardless just because he's Jamar Chase, but we finally got the production we were looking for this week.
Rico Dowdle and Offensive Play Breakdown
00:03:03
Lord Hinkie
Another guy I want to ask you guys about, Rico Dowdle.
00:03:06
Lord Hinkie
Looked amazing for the Carolina Panthers.
00:03:07
Damien
well
00:03:10
Lord Hinkie
To be honest, he's looked a lot better than Chubb has so far this year. I don't know if I want to say that's the Miami defense from last week, but I mean, the guy looked awesome. And if he's going to ride it back next week, he's a must start any situation.
00:03:22
Lord Hinkie
Zig.
00:03:23
Dakota Zeigler
Speaking the next week, do you know who he plays next week? I believe it's a revenge game against the Cowboys.
00:03:29
Lord Hinkie
Oh, baby.
00:03:30
Dakota Zeigler
I saw a tweet that said, watch out, Cowboys. That's all it was. Just like, I i think he's going to dominate.
00:03:38
Lord Hinkie
Rico tweeted that out.
00:03:39
Dakota Zeigler
Yup.
00:03:40
Lord Hinkie
Dude, I am all in Ninja.
00:03:43
Damien
I won't get too far ahead of ourselves. That Dolphins defense is bad.
00:03:48
Lord Hinkie
very but
00:03:48
Damien
So i watched like I watched the game live, obviously, you know, Reds, i don't want to. And then I went back through and I so watched a couple YouTube videos, like, breaking down, like, good things that happen.
Player Highlights: JCM and Zach Ertz
00:03:57
Damien
And they were talking about the running game.
00:03:59
Damien
And they were talking about, like, the blocking assignments on run plays. They weren't great. Like... The guard barely got in time to pull and created the smallest. It's not going to happen again, guys.
00:04:11
Damien
He had one really good week in your best balls. He lit up. I don't expect it to be that significant the rest of the season.
00:04:22
Damien
But anyways, moving on to something I actually do want to talk about. J.C.M., baby. i told you to keep starting him.
00:04:29
Lord Hinkie
huge
00:04:30
Damien
He's a guy to start in that offense. And, God, he looked good besides the fumble. But we get over those things for my guy. But other than that, great game. And just thorough, he will be the bell cow there. I don't know, Chris Rodriguez, Jeremy McNichols.
00:04:44
Damien
No one there is bothering J.C.M. And you saw what he can do when Jaden Daniels is back. when they're actually worried about a mobile quarterback. I loved everything I saw. Zig?
00:04:57
Dakota Zeigler
No, it looked really good. We were talking about with Jada Daniels and just the play action and everything. You got to have that in that scheme, especially when you don't have the greatest wide receivers and everything.
00:05:09
Dakota Zeigler
oh i want to take away from your JCM and talk about what's up with Zach Ertz.
Jonathan Taylor and Buccaneers Praise
00:05:16
Damien
put that you Remember how I said earlier when Derrick Henry had that bad week, you just kind of throw it in a black box and you kind of forget about it? That's this week. Because I don't think he had a single reception. i think you just Because that's not going to happen again.
00:05:29
Damien
like I would bet money on monies that that won't happen again. So just kind of tuck that away. Try and forget about it. Hopefully you didn't lose your fantasy leagues based off of it like I did this week and pretty much all of them.
00:05:43
Damien
But I'm going to move into another really fun guy this week who scored three touchdowns. Jonathan Taylor. Hello. How you doing? Back until it looked dominant. All game.
00:05:54
Damien
Dominant. As he should. This is what we saw when he broke out when he was a rookie. This is exactly what we saw. And to see him kind of go back to what we're accustomed to seeing was so great to see. Junior, I'll go to you because I knew you loved this guy coming out.
00:06:10
Lord Hinkie
Absolutely love JT. I've been a JT staple for a long time now, ever since for you long time listeners. I did draft Clyde Edwards Hilaire over Jonathan Taylor years ago, and I've never, ever been able to live that down.
00:06:23
Damien
Oh.
00:06:26
Lord Hinkie
But I fully turned around.
00:06:27
Dakota Zeigler
Me too.
00:06:28
Lord Hinkie
I fully turned around.
00:06:28
Dakota Zeigler
Me too.
00:06:30
Lord Hinkie
And JT is my guy, and I have him in a lot of leagues. And man, I won a lot this week because of this Mute that 645. Sorry, Zig.
00:06:41
Damien
yeah
00:06:42
Dakota Zeigler
This is the best bit.
00:06:43
Lord Hinkie
Tampa Bay. Absolutely not even like ruined the Seattle Seahawks, but I mean, just ripped their hearts out of their chest with that great game on Sunday. Baker looks amazing.
00:06:54
Lord Hinkie
Emeka Ibuka is a stud. Rashad White coming in to replace Bucky Irving looked amazing. I love this Bucs team. Fantasy-wise, they're awesome.
00:07:04
Lord Hinkie
I thought they were going to lose something once their left tackle worse went down. I was
Tight Ends' Exceptional Week
00:07:10
Lord Hinkie
i was worried about this offense keeping moving, but I mean, they look great. And then for the Niners on Thursday Night Football, somehow beating the Rams.
00:07:20
Lord Hinkie
CMC looked amazing. Tungus went another touchdown catch. He looks like he's going to be guy.
00:07:24
Dakota Zeigler
you
00:07:24
Lord Hinkie
Obviously, George Kittle is going to be out. He's going to be out this next week at least, but then he'll probably miss a week or two throughout the rest of the season and in the near future, like next year or two. Tungus is probably going to be a guy we can just take up, pick up, and throw right in our lineups and not really have to worry about it because he seems to be just the regular old red zone threat like he usually is.
00:07:45
Lord Hinkie
I like him a lot. Zig, any thoughts on CMC and Tungus over here?
00:07:50
Dakota Zeigler
You know, Tungus is actually tied in eight on the year so far. He is like the perfect plug-and-play situation, especially if you see Kittles out. And Kittles only getting older. He's always been pretty brittle.
00:08:01
Dakota Zeigler
So he's a – I mean, in your deeper leagues, this guy may be a guy that has to be rostered in like your deeper two tight end leagues. He's been really good for this team.
00:08:14
Dakota Zeigler
Also, Mack Jones, really good for this team.
00:08:16
Lord Hinkie
Looks good. Looks really good.
00:08:19
Dakota Zeigler
like
00:08:20
Damien
It's who Kyle Shanahan wanted three, four years ago.
00:08:24
Dakota Zeigler
it He's been really impressive. i think he needs to get a shot, not as a backup. I mean...
00:08:31
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, he's playing himself into a role after this offseason. Like, he'll go somewhere that needs a bridge quarterback.
00:08:38
Dakota Zeigler
Raiders...
00:08:39
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, maybe. Maybe the Raiders. and It's hard to pick a team right now, but.
00:08:44
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, he looks really good, though. CMC, again, he's just a dude. That's all you got to say about him.
00:08:48
Lord Hinkie
not Yeah, RB1 for a reason. Man, it was tight end week this week. So if you if you started any tight end besides Zach Gertz, you probably ended up doing pretty well this week.
AJ Barner's Breakout and Fantasy Discussion
00:08:59
Damien
Amen.
00:08:59
Lord Hinkie
I'm just going to name off the ones we have on our list. Theo Johnson, two touchdowns. Jake Ferguson, big touchdown with a whole lot of receptions. Darren Waller looks like a guy you can just rely on in the red zone.
00:09:12
Lord Hinkie
Sam Laporta had a touchdown in a big week this week. Don Kade had a big week on Sunday night Football. And the guy I mainly want to talk about on this list, A.J. Barner.
00:09:22
Dakota Zeigler
Who?
00:09:22
Lord Hinkie
Tight end for the Seahawks. Exactly, Zig. Everyone's talking about Elijah Arroyo coming into the draft. I think they took him in like the second or third round. i Everyone was like, oh, yeah, he'll take over the job in a couple weeks, maybe by week six, you know, halfway through the season. And A.J. Barner looks like a guy.
00:09:40
Lord Hinkie
Two touchdowns again. I think he finished as tight end one on the week. to Damian, I want to throw it to you. is this Is he a guy we should look at at fantasy? And do we have to start starting this guy?
Tight Ends and Fantasy Frustrations
00:09:51
Lord Hinkie
AJ Barner.
00:09:53
Damien
What an absolute stud. i don't like we As you said, we all thought Elijah Roro was going to get the role at some point during this year.
00:10:01
Damien
eight It's A.J. Barner's job now, and I think we need to start considering him as a tight end one option startable every week. like That's the discussion he's walking into now after a couple of really good weeks.
00:10:13
Damien
And last week, I think being the highest scoring tight end on the week, he needs to be in that discussion of tight ends that need to start every week for you.
00:10:24
Lord Hinkie
Love that. I think the tight end I'm targeting the most of this group we just announced is probably Theo Johnson.
00:10:30
Dakota Zeigler
Thank
00:10:30
Lord Hinkie
I believe him to be a real red zone threat and like a one of the first targets for Jackson Dart now that he's a starting quarterback with the Giants.
00:10:40
Lord Hinkie
I know. But since he is a starter, the last two weeks, Theo's had three touchdowns in the last two weeks and just looks looks very, very good.
00:10:51
Lord Hinkie
I'm targeting Theo. I know you're probably buying him you know higher than you want to, but I think he's legit. I think he's going to continue to produce, and if they keep with that duo for years to come, it's just going to keep producing the same thing. So I'm trying to buy Theo now before the price gets too, too, too high.
The Potential of CJ Stroud and the Colts
00:11:07
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of prices, Jake Ferguson, he is a guy i am trying to sell in a league of record that we're working on right now. And for some reason, nobody wants to buy him from me.
00:11:17
Dakota Zeigler
Okay.
00:11:20
Lord Hinkie
My team stinks. I don't want to win fantasy football matchups. But no one wants to take this guy off my hands. Anyways, that was just a rant for me.
00:11:28
Damien
and Looks like you're going to win, man.
00:11:31
Lord Hinkie
It sucks.
00:11:31
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:11:31
Lord Hinkie
I'm scoring too many points. It's ridiculous. But I think that – but, yeah, anyways, big tight end week this week. So hopefully you played a lot of them. Tight end parlays probably hit a lot this week.
00:11:44
Lord Hinkie
And, you know, we love a good tight end around here. CJ Stroud with a big game. I think he he looked really, really, really good.
00:11:55
Lord Hinkie
It was against the Ravens, who are basically playing all backups and all starter positions on the defense, but it's still progress. He still looked good on the road, too, in Baltimore. i'm I'm impressed with this.
00:12:09
Lord Hinkie
Zig, is this something you're impressed with, with CJ Stroud, and are you going to keep looking to play him looking forward?
00:12:17
Dakota Zeigler
CJ Stroud is a tough one for me because you want to play him, but that offensive line is just so bad that you never know when they're going to fall over and just, like you know, you're just watching the whole game with CJ Stroud on his back.
00:12:32
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, I think he's just a guy I'm kind of holding on to, but I don't want to start if there's a better matchup around.
00:12:40
Lord Hinkie
That's fair. Ninja, I'm assuming you love this with y all your Nico shares because, you know, them compare the combined with each other has just been producing out the wazoo.
00:12:50
Damien
God, I can't get enough. If this is a CJ Stroud that's here to stay, bless up all my Niko. I think I have Niko Collins in every league I'm a part of, pretty sure.
00:13:00
Lord Hinkie
It's amazing.
00:13:01
Damien
So that's awesome.
00:13:01
Dakota Zeigler
it
00:13:03
Damien
And then Jaden Higgins, who I have a lot too, also had a pretty okay week too. And if CJ Stroud can actually stay on his feet and deliver balls, two of my favorite people in the league are going to be getting them. So I love every bit about CJ Stroud looking like his former self.
00:13:19
Lord Hinkie
pause. Indianapolis looked like they were back on what they were doing the first like four weeks of the season. I'm sorry.
00:13:28
Damien
It's funny.
00:13:28
Lord Hinkie
But they looked amazing. I think this had a lot to do. out They won 40-6 over the Raiders, and I think it has a lot to say with how good the Colts are, but also how god-awful the Raiders are as an organization, let alone a football team.
00:13:44
Lord Hinkie
But they look great. Daniel Jones. We already talked about JT. But Daniel Jones looked good. Michael Pateman still looks good. Tyler Warren is an incredible football player. Just looked really, really good. And they played so well that Anthony anthony Richardson actually got some snaps this week.
00:14:00
Lord Hinkie
Zig, love to see that for your boy.
00:14:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, just hope he gets a better role. But got to take it when you can get it, I guess, with him.
00:14:12
Lord Hinkie
Go ahead, Ninja.
00:14:13
Damien
So i want to put this question out to you guys.
00:14:15
Lord Hinkie
Ooh.
00:14:16
Damien
When do we start considering the c Colts as Super Bowl contenders?
Colts' Playoff Path and Coaching Praise
00:14:21
Lord Hinkie
Whoa.
00:14:21
Damien
Because from what I've seen this year, they deserve to be in the conversation.
00:14:22
Lord Hinkie
whoa
00:14:28
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, the AFC's just flipped up upside down right now. I mean, the whole division's kind of wild.
00:14:35
Damien
Like, you'd think the Bengals, who everyone thought was going to be good, not there without Joe Burrow.
00:14:36
Dakota Zeigler
think...
00:14:40
Damien
The Ravens without Lamar, still don't look good.
00:14:42
Dakota Zeigler
One and four...
00:14:42
Damien
Defense really banged up. Chiefs aren't their former selves. Chargers are taking a little bit of a step back, and we'll get into that with an injury that happened this week. The South Division is Mid as it always is and really gross.
00:15:01
Damien
Besides the Colts. So what's to say that the Colts can't go in there, be a three or four seed, and you know win a couple home games? i'm not put it past I'm not saying Super Bowl favorites, but contenders?
00:15:18
Damien
I put them in the conversation today.
00:15:19
Lord Hinkie
I think they're heavy playoff contender. I don't know if they're a Super Bowl contender. I think there's a little bit of different differentiation there.
00:15:29
Damien
So what would convince you of it?
00:15:32
Lord Hinkie
They would need to beat a good football team. As of right now, their wins this season are against the Dolphins, the Titans, the Raiders, and then they beat the Broncos by one.
00:15:43
Lord Hinkie
Zig knows that all too well. But they're...
00:15:45
Dakota Zeigler
In the last second, we have...
00:15:49
Lord Hinkie
Three of their four wins I would consider against bad football teams. They play the Cardinals this week, but then they end up playing the Chargers, which who also might stink. But I would love to see them play like the Steelers, the Chiefs, the Jaguars. Like later on in the season when they have better matchups, I'll be know more tuned in to them being a playoff team. But honestly, their schedule this year looks soft.
00:16:11
Lord Hinkie
So if you just want to keep fantasy-wise, it's going to turn out really well. But if we're talking strictly NFL, i see I can see them finishing the year like 12-5 and looking really good, but then just like getting their handed to them in the playoffs.
00:16:28
Lord Hinkie
Go ahead, either one of you.
00:16:31
Dakota Zeigler
I'm just going jump in here. They're going to be the team that has to play to get their spot in the playoffs. It's going to come down to that last stretch like you were saying. You got week, I mean, after the bye at week 11, you got Kansas City at 12, Houston at 13, Jags at 14 again, Seattle and week 15, and then the last couple weeks are going to be that Seattle and then 49ers back to Jags.
00:16:58
Dakota Zeigler
During that stretch is going to be when they're going to have to play for their position almost.
00:17:00
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:17:03
Lord Hinkie
That's who we find out who they are as a football team. Yeah.
00:17:07
Dakota Zeigler
It may even come down to the Week 18 game against Houston. Be like, hey, you when you get in, you lose, you're out type of deal.
00:17:13
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:17:13
Dakota Zeigler
I think this just goes to show, we talked about this already, just how good Shane Steichen is. I just think he is a good head coach that's just kind of been under the radar because of how bad Anthony Richardson played.
00:17:25
Dakota Zeigler
It also goes to show how great Jonathan Taylor is. And we talked about his three touchdowns. He's just an absolute can take over, absolutely can take over a game.
00:17:34
Lord Hinkie
Very,
00:17:34
Dakota Zeigler
Damian.
00:17:37
Damien
So I just want to say, like as far as Super
00:17:41
Damien
Okay. The reason I have them up there is for the bad teams, they're beating the bad teams convincingly. It's not close. They're putting belt to ass when they need to. Sorry, whatever time frame.
00:17:54
Damien
And they had a couple of close ones. And like the game they lost was a really close game too. So like they lost one close game and are beating down other teams pretty good.
00:18:04
Damien
The Broncos game was lot last second, which you know but but the Broncos are a good team, I'm hearing, apparently. Especially after this week. So i'm they're beating the bad teams and keeping up with the good teams.
00:18:15
Lord Hinkie
Broncos are.
00:18:17
Damien
So everything's pointing to that this is a team that can perform in January.
00:18:26
Lord Hinkie
I see what you're saying. I agree with you there. i
Player Performances: Jefferson and Smith-Njigba
00:18:29
Lord Hinkie
think I do. I do need to see them compete against a good football team. I mean, they play the Rams, which is their one loss of the season. They end up losing by a touchdown.
00:18:37
Lord Hinkie
And I think that was the same game where Jonathan Taylor, Did he fumble it right before he got across? No. was thatdie That was the Adonai Mitchell dropping the ball.
00:18:46
Dakota Zeigler
Ja
00:18:46
Damien
Yes.
00:18:47
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. So, obviously, they competed in that game, played up against a good team. So, yes, they've proven it. I just need to see them take that next step. But I do think they're right there. And I think, Zig, you hit the nail on the coffin, like I like to say.
00:19:00
Lord Hinkie
Shane Steichen is a great football coach. It sucks that his he's actually going to be an Indy for the foreseeable future because I was hoping he was coming back to the birds. But moving on here. Next on our goods list is Justin Jefferson.
00:19:12
Lord Hinkie
Definitely seems like Carson Wentz loves to just pepper this guy with targets, which is exactly what you should do when you have a guy like Justin Jefferson. Said the same thing about Jamar Chase. Just give the guy of the ball. He's always open.
00:19:24
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of being always open, Jackson Smith and Jigba. This guy's a wide receiver four on the season. I think we talked about him pretty much pretty well over the offseason being a, you know, target.
00:19:37
Lord Hinkie
you know What is he going to be in this offense? To be honest, I was kind of like lower on the Seattle offense because I didn't think it be it would be able to produce as well as it does with Sam Darnold. But Jackson, they are proving me wrong. And JSN should be – I mean, obviously he's a starter every week, but he is up there with the top wide receivers in the league.
00:19:58
Lord Hinkie
Ninja, what thoughts?
00:20:00
Damien
Yeah, he's definitely a top echelon guy. And going into the year, liked Sam Darnold. It was just I thought JSM would be a bit lower because there's really no one else there. But he's proving he can compete in a wide receiver room by himself.
00:20:15
Damien
And I haven't seen much of Cooper Cup. Torrey Horton had a couple is having a couple good weeks in a row. But he's he's still there by himself, so I thought teams should you know try and bracket him especially. And he's still finding his way open and getting eight targets a game, ten targets a game.
00:20:33
Damien
And I think it just proves to show that we all underestimated JSN quite a bit on his actual ability. And he deserves flowers because he's been playing great.
00:20:46
Lord Hinkie
Definitely deserves his flowers. I always believed in the talent. was For me, it was the situation I was worried about, but he' he's proven that the situation's turned out better than we thought, and also he is still super talented.
00:20:59
Lord Hinkie
Rashid Shaheed had a big touchdown catch this week. This is the player that he is, but I think what's underrated about him is that he he hasn't had any of those complete dud weeks like so he used to have like in the years past where he'd have just zero catches and he was just a dud for your team like He's been able to at least have like four i mean he actually has four catches five out of the six games this year.
00:21:23
Lord Hinkie
so Or four out of the five games this year. So he's producing at a baseline decent level, but then obviously he's giving you that big touchdown upside. And he caught one this week, and he won Zig some money.
Judkins and Diggs' Performances
00:21:34
Lord Hinkie
So love to see that as well.
00:21:36
Damien
Yeah, he's no longer a best he's no longer a best ball darling.
00:21:36
Lord Hinkie
Quinchon's here. Go ahead, go ahead.
00:21:41
Damien
No longer a best ball darling.
00:21:41
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
00:21:43
Damien
He's actually in your fantasy lineups, which is really good to see.
00:21:46
Lord Hinkie
yeah He's a fun guy to have in your flex because it's like you can get that 10-point game from him and you're okay, but then he might give you that 20, 25-point game to actually like give you a chance to win your matchup. It's a lot more fun this year.
00:21:58
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of, Quinchon Studkins had another big week this week. This guy looks awesome. Going up against a pretty decent defense in Minnesota. 23 carries, 110 yards.
00:22:12
Lord Hinkie
Didn't end up in the end zone, which sucked because I bet it. and sunday But he looks awesome. He had, I think, a 60-yard touchdown called back on a holding call, which I think was a little sketchy in the first place.
00:22:24
Lord Hinkie
But ever since he's been healthy and given the full reigns, the guy looks awesome. He's getting 20 carries a game regardless of what the score is in the game. is He's an every-week starter with a baseline of a 10-12 points with the upside of touchdowns.
00:22:40
Lord Hinkie
Damian, we have to start him everywhere, don't we
00:22:43
Damien
Absolutely everywhere. It doesn't matter where. And we talk about this league going away from workhorse backs. Everything's part of a committee now. We found another workhorse here where it's just him.
00:22:54
Lord Hinkie
Bad. Yeah.
00:22:55
Damien
And I worry about Ashton Gentry. Omar and Hampton just got hurt this week. Quinjohn Judkins is left to battle alone, and he's living up to the hype on a bad and Browns team with not a good O-line, with not a good passing game to support him, and he's still producing great.
00:23:09
Lord Hinkie
and
00:23:13
Lord Hinkie
yeah
00:23:14
Damien
And the numbers show, I think you said 23 carries, 110 yards. It looked like so much more. Like watching the game live, it felt like he had such a bigger impact than just that.
00:23:20
Lord Hinkie
yeah
00:23:24
Damien
So props on us for doing great scouting and having him as the RB3 in this class because, man, we're good at what we do.
00:23:29
Lord Hinkie
and Damn right, buddy. Stefan Diggs had a good game on Sunday Night Football. A revenge game against his old Buffalo Bills. 10 catches, 146 yards.
00:23:42
Lord Hinkie
That compared to his last week with six catches, 101 yards. He looks like he is possibly back. Definitely in PPR leagues, you're playing this guy. I think he's a flex option for sure.
00:23:53
Lord Hinkie
And I think the main thing about this is this New England Patriots team looking like they're going to compete and make a name for themselves. I called this in the last podcast.
00:24:03
Lord Hinkie
I predicted the Patriots to win on Sunday Night Football, not to pat myself on the back. If production was here, I'd have him give him the claps for me, but he is not. But Stefan Diggs looked awesome.
00:24:14
Lord Hinkie
Drake May looked awesome. Their running game looks atrocious. We'll talk about that later. But Damian, are you back to starting Stefan Diggs if you have him anywhere, or are you just a guy who doesn't have him?
00:24:27
Damien
I'm a guy who doesn't have him because I didn't believe him. I've always been a Pop Douglas guy, and Pop Douglas can't seem to find the field anymore. So I don't know what I'm doing anymore.
Offensive Success and Eagles' Loss
00:24:37
Damien
But Stefan Diggs has proven that he deserves to start every week in your fantasy lineup. it It really doesn't matter. And I think it goes more to show that they're allowing Drake May to actually sling that thing like he needs to do instead of running like basic concepts. He's actually getting to do what he needs to do.
00:24:57
Damien
allowing to sling the ball around a lot. And I think that's what we need to see for Drake May especially because the past couple weeks, he's been he's been dicing up defenses, and we didn't see that a lot last year, him being a rookie. I think Mike Drable finally let the cannons loose. He's letting Mike McDaniel, the offensive coordinator, actually call some fun things up, and it's really awesome to see. But moving on, our last good of the week, Ryan Flowernoy.
00:25:25
Damien
Who?
00:25:26
Lord Hinkie
oh
00:25:28
Damien
I remember picking this guy up last year because i our good buddy David over there, One Man's Opinion, at the Old Four Men's Podcast said, this is a guy that could you know do some things. Then he didn't do anything, and I dropped him.
00:25:41
Damien
And look at him go, Robin, all my Jalen Tolbert shares.
00:25:45
Lord Hinkie
Snagged.
00:25:45
Damien
where I think think he had like so four or five catches for 107 yards.
00:25:51
Lord Hinkie
Six or one.
00:25:51
Damien
so Yeah, so an absolute great game from this He looked like a stud opposite George Pickens. And i the question I have, is this production sustainable when CD is gone?
00:26:08
Damien
Is he going to be able to keep this up, or is this just a one-time fluke type of deal, Junior?
00:26:13
Lord Hinkie
It's a one-time fluke type of deal. Obviously, this this offense has been producing very well the last couple weeks without CD, which is kind of amazing. I think we also have to give Dak his props in this situation.
00:26:27
Lord Hinkie
He's playing very good football, and honestly, I hate saying this, but he looked really good. I mean, the last two weeks, he's had like over 30 fantasy points, three touchdowns and four touchdowns passing.
00:26:39
Lord Hinkie
I think that has a lot to do with it. He's kind of putting the team on his shoulders. But once he comes back, I mean, this he's going to be on the bench, seeing like no targets like he was the rest of the season. But he's worth a flyer for, i guess, a week or two, especially against a good matchup against Carolina and then Washington the week after that.
00:26:59
Lord Hinkie
But other than that, I think it's just temporary for sure. Moving into our bads. Man, I'm glad Zig's not here.
00:27:07
Damien
Yeah, let's get through this quick.
00:27:08
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, let's start this off. The Philadelphia Eagles we have in here is a bad. I still can't wrap my head around the loss on Sunday. I want to sit here and just blame the refs for multiple, I would say fifty fifty calls at best that did not go with the Eagles' way on Sunday, especially in the fourth quarter.
00:27:32
Damien
That, uh, that
00:27:32
Lord Hinkie
I would love here and blame the refs. But what one more.
00:27:35
Damien
and That no call. I'm sorry.
00:27:38
Lord Hinkie
One more. the The reason I can't completely blame them is because we did shoot ourselves in the foot with an illegal formation penalty on a third in something that we ended up hitting Devontae Smith down the field for, and we were going to put ourselves in field goal range with like down one, but instead we hit our own. We we shoot ourselves in the foot with illegal formation.
00:28:00
Lord Hinkie
We don't get it on third down. Then we're forced to punt and try and get the ball back. You can't do that when you're a Super Bowl winning football team. You have to at least get the basics and the fundamentals down right.
00:28:11
Lord Hinkie
But I do think there is a lot of questionable calls at the end of that Eagles game, let alone the Zach Bond personal foul when we stopped him on third down. Soft as all get out, as you would say yourself.
00:28:26
Lord Hinkie
The intentional grounding call I thought was questionable at best, but I thought it was definitely going the Eagles way. It's those big, big swings that just – it sucks to say, but they
Broncos' Strategic Decisions
00:28:38
Lord Hinkie
changed the game.
00:28:39
Lord Hinkie
And obviously they changed it in the Broncos' favor.
00:28:39
Damien
yeah
00:28:42
Damien
Yeah, I don't want to i don't want blame the refs either. That Devontae Smith, I just want to correct you on that pass. It was an illegal shift, not an illegal formation.
00:28:49
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:28:50
Damien
Saquon wasn't set, which goes into what we talked about last week, them actually getting to the line and calling their plays early so he can audible.
00:28:50
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:28:59
Damien
And what he did there is he brought Saquon out, identified it was man coverage. Why he didn't just leave Saquon out there? I'll never know because once he gets followed, you know it's man.
00:29:11
Damien
Leave him out there. You know the shot clock's low. The one I was really upset about was the blatant pass interference miss on Dallas Goddard at the four-yard line.
00:29:20
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
00:29:22
Damien
I think that was despicable. However, I am with you. You can't blame the refs entirely because we also didn't score any points in the second half.
Bills' Struggles and Ravens vs. Raiders Analysis
00:29:32
Lord Hinkie
Zero. Yeah.
00:29:33
Damien
So it's it's on us not executing. And I'll give props to the Broncos a little bit. Their offense looked good, not great. Quinion Mitchell got lit up a little bit more than usual.
00:29:46
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:29:46
Damien
And I don't think it was a fault of his own. I think he played great. It was just Cortland Sutton was a better wide receiver that day. I think he had great coverage all the way around.
00:29:52
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:29:55
Damien
But I'd like to move on fast because I hate talking bad about the birds. So I'll go right into...
00:29:58
Lord Hinkie
I do want to say one. I want to say one more thing before we go. i have to give the Broncos their flowers. Sean Payton going for two to take the lead in the fourth quarter when he didn't need to at all.
00:30:07
Damien
Ballsy.
00:30:09
Lord Hinkie
I mean, just taking his big old balls and slapping them all over Nick Sirianni's face.
00:30:10
Damien
Ballsy.
00:30:16
Lord Hinkie
I mean, I got to give him props for that. It takes some it takes some major. you know, gutted to be able to like make that call and actually effectively do it, forcing us try and score.
00:30:28
Damien
Also, on that...
00:30:31
Damien
On that play call, I knew exactly what was happening before it was snapped. How NFL corners are still falling for that bull crap is insane. He's making one little stutter step and going to the outside. That's all they ever do. Why are we baiting the inside? Why are we jumping that?
00:30:48
Damien
Stop doing that. Please move on. I'm getting upset.
00:30:51
Lord Hinkie
All right. Bills, frankly, are on our bads. They lost a tough one against New England, but mainly it's James Cook did not look good. I mean, we were talking this guy up last week about being the RB1 in fantasy and throws up a dud against New England Patriots. You can tell that Vrabel zoned in on taking James Cook out of this football game, Damian.
00:31:12
Damien
Yeah, and it really sucked to see. And the problem was, is it like they zoned in on it and like kept him under wraps, but the Bills went away from him too, which is partly on the Bills' fault. like You play better when you have a running game where it's not just all on Josh Allen. you can't He's Superman. He can do great things.
00:31:31
Damien
I think he's nicknamed the Winter Soldier, and he's awesome, but you've got to give him some kind of help in the running game where he at least has some time... pass rush-wise. So they can't just all go straight into pass rush mode. They have to try and defend the run first.
00:31:47
Damien
They went away from that too early in that game. And that's my one thing. i don't want to I don't think it was James Cook's fault, obviously. like He got back one game, and I'm not going to give too many problems here, but it was very disheartening to see.
00:31:58
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:32:01
Lord Hinkie
I think definitely. I think the big thing where it was just a complete dud of a game was that they didn't go to him in the passing game at all. He had one target, no catches.
00:32:11
Lord Hinkie
At least throughout the first couple weeks, he'd have like anywhere from like three to five catches. Just as like a baseline, but only 15 carries, only 49 yards. We need more out of James Cook. and you know He's going to have a dud every once in a while.
00:32:24
Lord Hinkie
so Got to live with that, but I think he'll turn it around. Two full-on football teams absolutely sucked it up this week. The Ravens were the first one. Man, does this team look bad.
00:32:35
Damien
bad
00:32:35
Lord Hinkie
they lost They lost a barn burner against the Houston Texans, 44-10. Cooper rushed through three interceptions, only completed 14 passes.
00:32:48
Lord Hinkie
Derrick Henry looks like a shell of himself. I know... Everyone in the world knows that the only player they have on this team is Derek Henry and they're zoning in on him, but 15 carries for 33 yards. He did have a touchdown, but 2.2 yards a carry.
00:33:05
Lord Hinkie
It's multiple weeks with like 30 to 40 yards. It's this guy. I it's, it's not looking good.
00:33:11
Damien
Inexcusable.
00:33:12
Lord Hinkie
It's not looking good. I mean, the fumbles earlier on in the year, it's
00:33:16
Damien
He's losing me so many leagues, it's not even funny.
00:33:20
Lord Hinkie
so many leagues.
Cardinals' Mistakes and Disciplinary Actions
00:33:22
Damien
So many leagues.
00:33:22
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. the The other team that sucked it up this week was the Raiders. Lost another one to the Colts, 40-6.
00:33:27
Damien
Oof!
00:33:31
Lord Hinkie
Geno Smith is so bad that I don't even know who their backup quarterback is, but they need to make a move.
00:33:39
Damien
Aiden O'Connell when he's on IR.
00:33:41
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, honestly, throw him out there throw him out there with like one arm.
00:33:42
Damien
I don't know who the backup is, though.
00:33:45
Lord Hinkie
I think he got like a UCL surgery or something.
00:33:46
Damien
what So here's the deal I find with Geno, right?
00:33:49
Lord Hinkie
Let me see it.
00:33:50
Damien
I still like Geno as a starting quarterback. Because I think it was week two, week three. I was singing his praises. He looked great. I don't know what changed. I think it's Brock.
00:34:02
Damien
Brock not starting. Like, that changes the whole dynamic of the offense.
00:34:05
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:34:05
Damien
Yeah. But it's still on Geno. You can't throw three picks. What are we doing, man? i don't...
00:34:12
Lord Hinkie
Dude, he has nine interceptions in five weeks.
00:34:17
Damien
Man, is he going to go 30 for 30?
00:34:20
Lord Hinkie
Though, Jameis,
00:34:20
Damien
Did we get another Jameis Seaman? I would love that, actually.
00:34:22
Lord Hinkie
i was I would love that. But, man, he looks bad. This team needs Brock Bowers so, so bad.
00:34:29
Damien
So bad.
00:34:30
Lord Hinkie
Quentin Johnson came back to earth this week. It looked like a lad week. Got in there, at got in the end zone early, got that touchdown.
00:34:35
Damien
yeah Yeah, buddy.
00:34:37
Lord Hinkie
They spread the ball around a little bit. QG came back to earth. Good to see that for lad. Still didn't have a good week, but hey, better. The Cardinals in general, man, Amani DiMorcado run through the end zone, dude.
00:34:52
Lord Hinkie
How many times we were talking about this before the podcast started? I think it's three, maybe four times this year that someone has dropped the football before they've actually scored a touchdown when they've easily could have just scored a touchdown strictly because they want to celebrate in front of their boys a little bit earlier than they want than they should.
00:35:11
Lord Hinkie
It blows my mind that this continues to be an issue in football, and i hate to say it, but he lost the Cardinals that game, strictly. I mean, they lost by one point to the Titans.
00:35:23
Lord Hinkie
I would solely blame Imani DiMarcado for that loss, and I don't feel bad about it at all.
00:35:29
Damien
The answer you're looking for is yes, but it's not a convincing yes because the Cardinals, for lack of a better word, zig, whatever time constraint this is, stepped on their dick the entire second half.
00:35:42
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:35:44
Damien
Like that fumble they had where they kicked it into the end zone and then the Titans got a touchdown off of it. It's like circus stuff. and And for as far as Amari DiMarcato goes, that is my biggest pet peeve.
00:35:57
Damien
And if you saw videos after the game, I know they surfaced yesterday of where Jonathan Gannon actually like swung at him. Kind of-ish. Like because Jonathan Gannon was on him.
00:36:08
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
00:36:10
Lord Hinkie
It actually got announced a couple of minutes ago that he just got a huge fine for that.
00:36:11
Damien
If I...
00:36:14
Lord Hinkie
It was like a $100,000 fine.
00:36:17
Damien
Oh. If I was Jonathan Gannon, if so so if I was an NFL head coach and someone did that on my team, you're cut.
00:36:19
Lord Hinkie
Crazy.
00:36:25
Damien
I don't care. That's one thing you cannot do.
00:36:29
Lord Hinkie
That's probably what he was yelling in his face.
00:36:29
Damien
Ever. Yeah. Oh, God, I'd get heated, too. And I feel bad that he has to pay that fine because, honestly, that's the one inexcusable thing. Like, you make a one... Like, a mental error, sure.
00:36:43
Damien
But this isn't just a mental error. This is you gloating... And it's... What are we doing? We're in the National Football League.
00:36:51
Lord Hinkie
Yep.
00:36:52
Damien
Finish the play.
00:36:53
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:36:53
Damien
Please.
00:36:53
Lord Hinkie
Run through the end zone. And then you get to do literally whatever you want.
00:36:56
Damien
That's all you have to do. Just a half the yard. Go in there.
00:36:59
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:37:00
Damien
Secure it all the way. I don't... This is what they teach you in peewee football.
00:37:02
Lord Hinkie
It's inexcusable.
00:37:04
Damien
They teach you this in peewee football.
00:37:04
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:37:06
Damien
Why gloat?
00:37:06
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Going to the whistle.
00:37:08
Damien
You're a third string for a bad team. What are we doing gloating?
00:37:12
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:37:12
Damien
Get over yourself.
00:37:14
Lord Hinkie
Sad.
00:37:17
Lord Hinkie
Trayvon Henderson had another. Dud this week. And to be honest, i don't know what more Ramondre Stevenson has to do to lose himself a job.
00:37:31
Lord Hinkie
Because we were talking about Geno Smith and his interceptions this year. I mean, Ramondre Stevenson has fumbled the ball. Let me check it. This is his third time
Fantasy Football Frustrations and Injuries
00:37:43
Lord Hinkie
this year. He lost it twice against Pittsburgh. I'm pretty sure he lost it once one other game, but I don't have it on here.
00:37:50
Lord Hinkie
just continues to just drop of the football as a running back. And he gets rewarded with red zone touches. He got seven carries and two touchdowns on Sunday night football, even though he fumbled earlier in the game.
00:38:04
Lord Hinkie
It blows my mind. Awful. And it's ruining Trayvon Henderson. I'm also a little salty because they had a parlay thrown together where every single one of the legs hit.
00:38:15
Lord Hinkie
but I needed 25 yards from Travion Henderson, and he had 24. four
00:38:20
Damien
Oh, that's tough. That's real tough.
00:38:25
Lord Hinkie
Awful.
00:38:26
Damien
Hate to see it. But I just...
00:38:28
Lord Hinkie
Absolutely hate to see him.
00:38:29
Damien
As far as Stevenson goes, would you be this mad if Travion Henderson like was elsewhere? like Are you just mad that it was Travion Henderson because Ramondre Stevenson is over him? Or if this was like the normal Patriots, Travion Henderson wasn't there, are you still this mad at Ramondre Stevenson?
00:38:50
Lord Hinkie
No. I am a little.
00:38:52
Damien
Okay. yeah
00:38:54
Lord Hinkie
It's a little personal. I think it's it's that it's the combination of both. It's the me being a Trayvon Henderson guy and me wanting him to get all of these touches and the red zone carries, for God's sakes.
00:39:06
Lord Hinkie
And it's combined with the guy who's ahead of him continuing to be bad at his job but getting rewarded for it. That frustrates me.
00:39:17
Damien
Yeah, I hear you.
00:39:18
Lord Hinkie
It sets a bad culture, and I'm shocked.
00:39:18
Damien
That's how I feel.
00:39:20
Lord Hinkie
it's a like my I respect Vrabel as head coach a lot. I would think that him being a hard-nosed, old-school football coach, he would bench the guy that continues to fumble the ball, but yet he is throwing it on its head, and he's giving him touchdown carries.
00:39:38
Lord Hinkie
That's what I don't get. doesn't make sense then. You're rewarding bad play. and I don't think it's setting the right culture. Obviously, they won. And I'm definitely salty because I have a lot of Henderson chairs.
00:39:51
Lord Hinkie
But I don't think it sets the right culture.
00:39:55
Damien
That's fair. But I think we can move on to Chris Godwin. I threw him in the bat only because he had like a down week when we thought he had 10 targets a week before against Philly. Kind of got shut down by the Seahawks. I think he only had four targets that game.
00:40:10
Damien
But I don't want to hate him too much. He's coming off an injury and he's a stater. So bless up.
00:40:15
Lord Hinkie
Word.
00:40:15
Damien
I'm move quick to another stater. Jawan Johnson also had a stinker. A lot of tight ends went off this week. He was not one of them.
00:40:23
Lord Hinkie
No.
00:40:23
Damien
Really stunk it up.
00:40:25
Lord Hinkie
Ew.
00:40:26
Damien
i think he had two I think he had two targets and one catch. You stink. Just kidding. You're stater. I love you. And then moving on to my biggest bust of the week. Zach Ertz.
00:40:37
Damien
What are we doing, brother?
00:40:37
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Dumpster.
00:40:40
Damien
Oh, God. Nothing. Zero. Fat goose egg. Nothing.
00:40:44
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. least didn't fumble.
00:40:46
Damien
One target, no catches.
00:40:49
Lord Hinkie
Brutal.
00:40:51
Damien
Terrible.
00:40:52
Lord Hinkie
Nothing else can say.
00:40:52
Damien
And then...
00:40:53
Lord Hinkie
I do think he bounces back. can't you can't He can't just have a bunch of duds throughout the rest of the year.
00:40:56
Damien
i think so, too.
00:41:00
Lord Hinkie
But definitely sad to see. And then I think Damian's going to throw it in. But the last bad we have this week is us. It's the boys. Oh, ew.
00:41:08
Damien
Boo. Boo.
00:41:12
Lord Hinkie
For the first week so far this year, we are 0 for 3 in our touchdown parlay pick this week. I had Breeze Hall. Boo. Damian, I think had Trey McBride.
00:41:22
Lord Hinkie
Boo.
00:41:22
Damien
Yep.
00:41:23
Lord Hinkie
And then Zig had Xavier Worthy on Monday night. Boo. 0 for 3. Hopefully we can turn it around this year. And to be honest, I'm specifically more sad because I was 4-0, buddy.
00:41:35
Lord Hinkie
Now I'm 4-1. 4-1 does not sound as good as 4-0. Yeah, you can ask my Eagles about it. But a few injuries this week. Amarian Hampton got thrown on IR. Jesus, man, that sucked.
00:41:46
Lord Hinkie
I think he has an ankle injury.
00:41:47
Damien
yeah
00:41:48
Lord Hinkie
going to be out at least four weeks. grab your Kamani Vidal's and take to keep an eye on the son Haskins.
00:41:53
Damien
Hassan Haskins.
00:41:57
Lord Hinkie
I think it's going to be a committee there. So I don't know which one to go after for the next couple of weeks, but
00:42:00
Damien
i
00:42:03
Damien
I heard Hassan Haskins is the lead of that right now.
00:42:07
Lord Hinkie
he seems like he's the more John Harbaugh.
00:42:08
Damien
That's what I've been hearing.
00:42:09
Lord Hinkie
I mean, he is a former Michigan running back. It's It's probably going to be Haskins, but keep an eye out there. It looks like the Mars going to miss at least the one more week with that hamstring. I mean, vaginal tear. I mean, hamstring injury.
00:42:23
Damien
but
00:42:25
Lord Hinkie
So another dud week for your Baltimore Ravens. We'll talk about that later. Bucky Irving is expected to miss at least one more week. So keep running out those Rashad White shares.
00:42:35
Lord Hinkie
And right after Monday Night Football, Brenton Strange added to the IR.
NFL Trades and Bye Week Previews
00:42:41
Lord Hinkie
hate to see it.
00:42:42
Damien
They sent me to my core.
00:42:42
Lord Hinkie
Having a decent year.
00:42:43
Damien
They sent me to my core.
00:42:43
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Yeah, very sad.
00:42:46
Damien
I was so high on him. all like I think he's part of a couple bets we did. And I said this was the guy. and It sucks that he goes out to injury because he's he was having a good year.
00:42:57
Damien
I don't know what he's at right now tight end wise like in all your leagues. If I were to guess, he's somewhere in the tight end one range. But this just sucks because I have him all over the place.
00:43:09
Damien
And I was hoping to win a cigar bet. And with him being on IR, it's not going to happen anymore.
00:43:15
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I hate to see it. So far this year, he was the 10 and 20 from my list.
00:43:21
Damien
Wow, feels higher, but okay.
00:43:23
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, no touchdowns is what was really screwing him over.
00:43:26
Damien
Yeah, that'll do it.
00:43:28
Lord Hinkie
We have a trade actually happened earlier today as we' we're recording this.
00:43:32
Damien
Breaking news.
00:43:33
Lord Hinkie
Breaking news.
00:43:35
Damien
Post-production.
00:43:36
Lord Hinkie
Post-production, add that in there, Zig. 4605. Joe Flacco has been traded to the Cincinnati Bengals. And he's expected to be the starter right away.
00:43:47
Lord Hinkie
i think this has to be an upgrade right away. i don't know if it's much of an upgrade because Joe did not look good with the Browns. And he's going to another worse offensive line somehow in Cincinnati.
00:44:01
Damien
Yes.
00:44:02
Lord Hinkie
I think that's what sucks about it. But I do like him more as a passer. So I think this is an upgrade. It's just questionable.
00:44:11
Damien
So here's the deal. The Bengals offense is so great because they thrive on the deep ball where they can throw T Higgins deep, Jamar deep and bless America.
00:44:21
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:44:23
Damien
Joe Flacco's deep ball hasn't been good since he was 34 years old. I think he's like 48 right now. I don't know. So i don't understand this move because he doesn't have the arm he once did.
00:44:36
Lord Hinkie
what
00:44:37
Damien
i was i thought, you know, since he was going to go after quarterback, I was thinking more along the lines of Jameis Winston, an actual gunslinger I thought would be really fun in this offense. joe burrow is not joe burro jesus Joe Flacco is more of your typical, you know, West Coast,
00:44:55
Damien
short yardage type guy. And I just don't think that fits this offense. I think they should have went out and got a bigger arm. But, I mean, after what Jake Browning showed, should be better, I would think.
00:45:13
Lord Hinkie
Should be. I think for me, it's a weird because it's there's got to be a lot of quarterbacks that are available to get, like backup quarterbacks that are available to get for this Bengals team.
00:45:15
Damien
Should
00:45:24
Damien
Yeah, Seth Hannigan.
00:45:24
Lord Hinkie
And you could you go with Joe Flacco.
00:45:29
Damien
Yeah, it's a weird fit.
00:45:30
Lord Hinkie
It's a weird fit.
00:45:30
Damien
It's a weird fit.
00:45:31
Lord Hinkie
like Like Andy Dalton to back up for...
00:45:32
Damien
They gave up a fifth round pick. They gave up a fifth round pick.
00:45:35
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, it was a... it was a Yeah, believe it was a swap, like a fifth for a sixth. But, like, bring Annie Dalton back to Cincy. Like you said, Jameis Winston I think would have been a good pick.
00:45:46
Lord Hinkie
I mean, i know that San Fran probably won't trade Mac Jones right now, but, like, Mac Jones. The Kirk Cousins price tag down Atlanta must just be way too high because
00:45:53
Damien
Yeah.
00:45:58
Damien
It is. i mean, he's still making. So we talked about this.
00:46:01
Lord Hinkie
how is he how is he still on that team?
00:46:04
Damien
We talked about it early in the chat, at least a little bit. I put it out there. I think his guaranteed money this year is right around $45 million. dollars That's why he's not getting traded signed. No one wants to take on that contract.
00:46:19
Damien
yeah I think it's just for this year, but no one no one has $45 million in cap that they're just willing to absorb Kirk Cousins for 10 weeks.
00:46:19
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:46:29
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I mean, obviously Kirk Cousins not worth that money.
00:46:29
Damien
It's not happening.
00:46:31
Lord Hinkie
And if you're a team that needs a quarterback, it's probably because you have a hurt quarterback that you're also paying $40-$50 million dollars for, like Cincinnati is. So that's fair. Before we get into the matchups this week, bye weeks this week, only two teams, Houston Texans. So no Nicos, no CJ Strouds.
00:46:49
Lord Hinkie
and The Minnesota Vikings so no Justin Jefferson's this
Eagles vs. Giants Game Preview
00:46:52
Lord Hinkie
week. No Jordan Mason's sit your TJ Hawkinson's make sure they're out of your lineup But yeah only two buys this week and without further ado. Let's head right into it, buddy zig transition
00:47:05
Damien
FUF!
00:47:08
Lord Hinkie
And Thursday night football We got a divisional matchup in the NL East. The Eagles go to New York, take on the Giants and Jackson Dart and Cam Scadaboo.
00:47:21
Lord Hinkie
I think this has to be a get-right game for the Eagles offense in general. and I mean the team, but the offense has to get going in this Thursday night game. Saquon revenge game, going back up to medlife.
00:47:33
Lord Hinkie
It's always a thing you have to talk about. He loves playing against those Giants. For the Eagles side of things, it it's weird to say it, but you have to start Saquon. You have to start Hurts.
00:47:43
Lord Hinkie
A.J. Brown, Devontae Smith, i wouldn't sit. He had a big game last week. Goddard continues to score touchdowns. It's weird because they're all starts, but the offense just feels so bad.
00:47:55
Lord Hinkie
And, Damian, I kind of want to ask you this. why does that How does that correlate with each other? How can an offense like the Eagles be so inefficient, but then all of the players – are pretty much all starts in fantasy.
00:48:10
Damien
It starts with the offensive coordinator. That guy is Buns. But it also stems from that interior offensive line not being what it was last year. I think Landon Dickerson was out for at least half the game last week.
00:48:20
Lord Hinkie
True.
00:48:25
Damien
Landon Dickerson. Did I say that right?
00:48:27
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:28
Damien
Okay. So you're starting...
00:48:30
Lord Hinkie
I was going to hit you with another pause, but we can keep going. Yeah.
00:48:33
Damien
Oh, sorry. So that interior offensive line is not as good as it normally is. So I don't want to, I don't know. It's a lot of other things going on right there.
00:48:43
Damien
And you say all the guys you did start. There's another sneaky guy. i wouldn't say stardom, but a sneaky little guy right now is my boy. Kylan Granson, tight end two with Calcaterra, out this week.
00:48:57
Damien
So if you any of you real gutsy, we got a nice little sneaky single TD play for you this week. And Kylan Granson, been getting a lot of usage this year.
00:49:09
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I mean, is it a ZNG Dynasty podcast without mentioning Kylan Granson? I don't and don't think it is.
00:49:14
Damien
That's what I'm saying. I had to.
00:49:16
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, they have to.
00:49:16
Damien
I had to. Sorry, guys.
Broncos vs. Jets and Seahawks vs. Jaguars Previews
00:49:18
Lord Hinkie
And then on the Giants side of things, I'm probably starting Scadaboo, and that's it. Actually, no, that's a lie. Theo Johnson, I think, is a pretty good start. I like the Eagles' linebackers in coverage, but...
00:49:32
Lord Hinkie
Theo in the red zone, if they end up getting there, is probably going to be their top target. He'd probably be the only – they'd be the only two I'd start. If you have Jackson Dart, even in two quarterback leagues, you have to sit him.
00:49:44
Damien
I agree.
00:49:46
Lord Hinkie
Shocker. moving on. So that was a pretty quick game. The Broncos and the jets travel to London. Uh, they're the London game this week. They're going to be like usual, the nine 30 AM on Sunday. So make sure your lineups are set bright and early.
00:50:00
Lord Hinkie
Maybe set them, set them on Saturday while you're watching Penn state use, lose the UCLA. but the jets stink. Uh, the The garbage time is the only thing that makes this team even half decent for fantasy. Garrett Wilson has scored, I think, three garbage time touchdowns this year.
00:50:19
Lord Hinkie
Justin Fields is just padding his stats in the fourth quarter when they're down big. I think this team stinks. but And then I have the other note is that the Broncos find a way. They did it last week against the Eagles. They did it you know the week before that.
00:50:32
Lord Hinkie
it's The Broncos team finds a way to win. They're well coached by Sean Payton. The only thing is I don't think this going to be a great fantasy game. We kind of talked about this a little bit beforehand. Starts for me.
00:50:44
Lord Hinkie
oh You can start Bo Nix if you want to. Superflex leagues probably do. Dobbins is still a pretty good start. Cortland Sutton is a good play. The kid looks like a beast. And then Ninja, go ahead and talk about Ingram if you want.
00:50:58
Damien
yeah I don't really want to. I was just saying that he's starting to get involved in this offense quite a bit coming back from injury. So I just want to give him a little bit of flowers there. And if any of you out there betting game lines, smash the under. This is going to be a gross game.
00:51:14
Damien
Gross game. Speaking of, that's the Ninjas bet. I'm kidding. It's not, but it would be. Yeah.
00:51:23
Lord Hinkie
we're going to start throwing in a new segment just because. And then on the Jets side of things, with no Braylon Allen, Brees Hall I think is still a good play. He had a good week last week. He just wasn't able to score touchdown for me and for my parlay.
00:51:36
Lord Hinkie
Garrett Wilson, like we said, garbage time. Even going against Cortland Sutton, I guess you kind of have to start him. Stinks, but you kind of have to. And then Justin Fields, I think, is a fine start.
00:51:46
Lord Hinkie
He runs the ball enough to where he's pretty productive fantasy. And, you know, garbage time, like I said before. So anything else? Any qualms?
00:51:54
Damien
No qualms.
00:51:56
Lord Hinkie
No qualms. Seahawks go to the Jacksonville to take on the 4-1 Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags look like a pretty good football team, man. Just beat the Chiefs on Monday Night Football in a pretty good game where the Chiefs, you know, Chiefs kind of lost that game, but the Jags did win it.
00:52:12
Lord Hinkie
But the Seahawks look good too, man. I think this has a this is going to be a very good football game. Jaguars side of things, T-Log looks good. He's running the ball. He had two two rushing touchdowns last week.
00:52:25
Lord Hinkie
Brian Thomas looks good. ETN still a pretty good start. Didn't play well against the Chiefs, but they have a good run defense. And Travis Hunter made a nice catch on Monday Night Football. don't know if you saw all that, Damian, but he looks pretty good.
00:52:37
Lord Hinkie
i don't I'm not going to say he's a starter yet. I'm go i'm waiting to see it before I actually play him, but he's starting to play a little bit more. But is anyone else you're starting for this Jags team?
00:52:47
Damien
No, the only thing I want to throw out, I do agree Jacksonville is very good team, and this isn't fantasy relevant, so take it as you will. Their defense looks really good, and I think that's what's keeping them in a lot of games.
00:52:57
Lord Hinkie
Mm-hmm.
00:52:58
Damien
like This is a top five defensive unit. I might even say two right behind the Cleveland Browns. Their unit has looked really good this year, so I want to give them a lot of props.
00:53:09
Damien
But nope, I think you summed it up great.
00:53:11
Lord Hinkie
Shout out the defense.
00:53:13
Damien
Shout out.
00:53:15
Lord Hinkie
Seahawks. Obviously, you're starting your JSNs. Kids a stud. K-Walk, which I just wrote his name in on the podcast, and I think that's an incredible nickname.
00:53:25
Lord Hinkie
I don't know. You can confirm or deny that with me, but K-Walk.
00:53:28
Damien
It's alright
00:53:29
Lord Hinkie
K-Walk ain't a cool nickname.
00:53:30
Damien
but We can work with it I don't think it's the best you've ever done But it's good Yeah It's alright
00:53:33
Lord Hinkie
it's i do have I do have some better ones, yeah. I like K walk though.
00:53:39
Damien
and's i
00:53:40
Lord Hinkie
Got to start Walker. He actually looked good last week. Sharbs continues to get red zone carries. He had another touchdown last week. I think he's definitely startable in some leagues. i don't know if I love it though. And Sam Darnold looks good. I was going to hopefully throw it to Zig, but he's not here yet.
00:53:54
Lord Hinkie
But Sam Darnold looks like he's back to old Sam Darnold in Minnesota days.
00:53:57
Damien
yeah
00:54:00
Damien
Back? Sammy Wheels always was, always will, forever a GOAT in the NFL. Sammy Wheels, come on, well what are we talking about here?
00:54:10
Lord Hinkie
Sorry about it.
00:54:11
Damien
Don't, come on.
00:54:13
Lord Hinkie
Sorry about it.
00:54:13
Damien
You know how we do it, Sammy Wheels is right up there. Let's go.
00:54:16
Lord Hinkie
Yep. Show me your hands. And then the last one is AJ Barner. We talked about him earlier. Tight end for the Seahawks. Kitted another two touchdowns last week.
00:54:26
Lord Hinkie
Touchdown the week before that. He has four total on the year. He's the tight end 11 right now. He's...
Dolphins vs. Chargers and Cowboys vs. Panthers Excitement
00:54:33
Lord Hinkie
I think he's a guy...
00:54:37
Damien
That's the right answer. I don't know if he's a guy either, but you got to play him now.
00:54:41
Lord Hinkie
Especially against Jacksonville.
00:54:42
Damien
it's
00:54:42
Lord Hinkie
I don't know. i
00:54:44
Damien
You have to.
00:54:45
Lord Hinkie
I think you have to.
00:54:45
Damien
you You don't sit the tight end 11.
00:54:47
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:54:47
Damien
Come on.
00:54:48
Lord Hinkie
He's starting in one tight end league.
00:54:48
Damien
You don't sit. Yeah.
00:54:53
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I guess that's all I got. Any qualms?
00:54:55
Damien
No qualms. Keep it rolling.
00:54:56
Lord Hinkie
No qualms. Chargers at Dolphins. Man, both of these teams I have, I've been very, very disappointing to start the year. Both one and four. Dolphins look like they're very close to firing. their McDaniels is their head coach.
00:55:10
Lord Hinkie
The Chargers cannot get it going. Hampton, like we said earlier, is going to be out. So look for your Hassan Haskins shares. Kamani Vidal is probably to be a share there. But with that being said, I'm still starting Justin Herbert.
00:55:24
Lord Hinkie
I think this is a good matchup for him against this awful Miami Dolphins defense. I like Ladd getting his way back last week with the touchdown. QJ's still a guy. I think Keenan's even decent this week against Miami.
00:55:37
Lord Hinkie
And then you're kind of rolling the dice with what running back you want to throw in there with no Marrin Hampton, but Ninja.
00:55:44
Damien
I just want to correct you real quick. Chargers are 3-2, not 1-4.
00:55:49
Lord Hinkie
Get out of here.
00:55:51
Damien
Yeah, 3-2, buddy.
00:55:53
Lord Hinkie
What?
00:55:54
Damien
Yeah, it sounded weird when you said it, so I just double-checked. And yes, they are 3-2. They are actually a winning football team.
00:55:58
Lord Hinkie
Have I been dreaming?
00:56:01
Damien
I think you were just thinking about the Chargers of old.
00:56:04
Lord Hinkie
right
00:56:04
Damien
Which, you you know, it isn't a bad thing to mistake. But I think you're right on track. Ladd is back on track. This is what we want, what I want. This is what we need, I need.
00:56:17
Damien
Because I'm trying to win some bets out here for the boys. And I think it only gets ramped up from here. So he didn't have a lot. I think he was like 5 of 9 for like 37 yards tutty.
00:56:28
Damien
expect that to start to ramp back up. He's going to start to try and find some familiar faces in short yardages. His top running back's out. His top two tackles are out.
00:56:39
Damien
He's going to look for familiar faces who can actually catch the ball. Lad's going to be a guy real, real soon.
00:56:47
Lord Hinkie
Dude, I would have bet good money the Chargers were 1-4. It blows my mind that they're They look bad.
00:56:53
Damien
I mean, I'll take that bet with you right now.
00:56:57
Lord Hinkie
They look so bad. The Dolphins side of things...
00:56:58
Damien
but Like you you said it and like the first part of me was like, yep.
00:56:59
Lord Hinkie
da
00:57:01
Damien
And then I was like, wait a minute. No, no. that That's not right.
00:57:06
Lord Hinkie
i I can't believe I'm looking at it. Obviously, they lost their last two games against the Giants, and then they got blown out against the Commanders last week. But I thought they lost to the Broncos, but they won by a field goal.
00:57:17
Lord Hinkie
And then I guess I i just i just i just forgot.
00:57:19
Damien
Yeah. Well, you had that. Yeah. That Monday night rant. They beat the Raiders after your Monday night rant.
00:57:24
Lord Hinkie
That game never existed in my mind. That game never actually happened.
00:57:27
Damien
and then they And then they beat the Chiefs the first week of the year. so
00:57:31
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, no one actually watched that football game, so you can't prove to me that it happened.
00:57:32
Damien
i
00:57:36
Damien
Fair enough. i
00:57:38
Lord Hinkie
I
00:57:41
Damien
like my My mind tricked me into believing you at first too, but then I was like, wait a second, i don't remember that.
00:57:45
Lord Hinkie
and know.
00:57:48
Damien
So let me just do it quick.
00:57:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, like, did that actually happen?
00:57:51
Damien
Yeah.
00:57:52
Lord Hinkie
We're the worst. Devon HN is in every week's start. at The kid's a stud. Even in the running game, he's not doing too well, but he just catches all of the passes. And if the Dolphins scored at that, yeah, he said he's amazing.
00:58:02
Damien
He PR'd Nightmare.
00:58:04
Lord Hinkie
and And then if they end up scoring a touchdown, it's probably going to be HN. But if it's not HN, it's probably going to be Darren Waller. I mean, this guy looks legit, dude.
00:58:14
Lord Hinkie
Two weeks, obviously no Tyreek Hill. Another touchdown last week. The guy looks really good.
00:58:23
Damien
Yeah, I don't want to i don't want to harp Sixhorn here, but yeah, he looks good.
00:58:27
Lord Hinkie
Looks pretty good. And then Waddle, big touchdown catch last week against the Panthers. I have to start him, I think, with no Tyreek Hill, especially in a pretty decent matchup against the Chargers.
00:58:38
Lord Hinkie
Decent-ish.
00:58:40
Damien
Mazze.
00:58:40
Lord Hinkie
Any qualms?
00:58:42
Damien
Mazze.
00:58:43
Lord Hinkie
Mozzie. Rams at Ravens. Like we said earlier, the Ravens are a complete dumpster fire. Good bounce-back game for the Rams after losing a heartbreaker against demoralized 49ers team somehow.
00:58:58
Lord Hinkie
For the Rams side of things, started Kyron Williams, started Devontae Adams, started Puka Takuas. I think Matthew Stafford started a bull in most situations. I mean, he produced pretty well the last two weeks.
00:59:11
Lord Hinkie
And then for the Ravens,
00:59:14
Damien
Yikes.
00:59:15
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, we can move on, I guess. I mean, it's it's disgusting. i do I think, do you have to start Derrick Henry? I'm going to ask you the question, Damon. You have him in a few leagues. Like you said, he's losing you a bunch of weeks.
00:59:26
Lord Hinkie
It's tough to find a better football player to a replace Derrick Henry with, but at this point, are we do we have to start him?
00:59:35
Damien
I think the answer is still yes.
00:59:38
Lord Hinkie
It's crazy.
00:59:39
Damien
It's gross, but like I'm not going to sit Derrick Henry. It's like we had all these problems with A.J. Brown. We're not sitting A.J. Brown.
00:59:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:59:49
Damien
like It's kind of like the same side of the coin there. But the main question for me here is when do we start to see Likely get unleashed as he normally does in this offense?
00:59:59
Damien
When do we see it? Because that's one uptick where they can get a little bit of a spark, a little bit of a bright spot. We haven't seen that yet either. So are we going to see it when Lamar is back?
01:00:11
Damien
Or when is it happening?
01:00:16
Lord Hinkie
I think it's going to be sooner rather than later. i'm her I've seen some news online to where the Ravens are actually looking at trading Mark Andrews. i feel like that's happening that's been happening for the past like two seasons ever since they drafted, likely. But I think it actually probably has legs this season with how bad they've been and how, you know,
01:00:36
Lord Hinkie
You got to give likely the reins eventually. But I think they're kind of ramping him up after his injury. i would expect after the bye week, they have a bye week in week seven. I would expect him to be fully go after that, if I had to guess.
01:00:51
Lord Hinkie
And then the only other start in that game, I would say, is a flowers circling out of a volume side of things.
01:00:55
Damien
Maybe.
01:00:57
Damien
Maybe.
01:00:57
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. And even then, it's like kind of gross. I'm going to have to start him in a league. So I'm like, I guess I will. But. if Obviously, this is assuming Lamar Jackson is out again.
01:01:08
Lord Hinkie
If for some reason he ends up being a start, then i would feel pretty good playing Derrick Henry, and I'd feel a lot better about playing State Flowers. But honestly, other than that, I don't think it changes too much.
01:01:20
Lord Hinkie
Any qualms?
01:01:20
Damien
Nope. Nope.
01:01:22
Lord Hinkie
Cardinals at the Indianapolis Colts. Like we said earlier, the Colts look legit. Colts look like a real football team. Shane Steichen has got him rolling. JT's a stud. This team looks really, really good.
01:01:34
Lord Hinkie
but And then the Cardinals absolutely imploding last week against the Titans. How do these two teams match up against each other? It's going to be interesting to watch.
01:01:44
Lord Hinkie
For the Colts side, Jonathan Taylor. Read him and weep. Bob's your uncle. Michael Pittman's stud. Continues score touchdowns, and he's very, very consistent at the wide receiver position, which you don't get don't get much of those players nowadays.
01:01:59
Lord Hinkie
And Tyler Warren is very, very good at football. You're starting him every week in any format ever.
01:02:08
Damien
Yep.
01:02:08
Lord Hinkie
Ninja.
01:02:09
Damien
Yep. All yes. All very much yes. And then a very good matchup for Danny Dimes, too. This is one where he can have a good game. Especially rushing.
01:02:19
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I like it, dude.
01:02:20
Damien
so So if you bet a rushing touchdown here, Danny Dimes might get you one this week.
01:02:21
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:02:24
Lord Hinkie
Tiki QB Russian touchdown. I love doing those on Sundays, and they never hit.
01:02:28
Damien
Love those.
01:02:29
Damien
Yeah.
01:02:30
Lord Hinkie
For the Cardinals side, it looks like Michael Carter is definitely going to be the starter there. i would say he's startable. I don't know if I love it. Marv is a start. Another touchdown catch last week. McBride's always a start.
01:02:44
Lord Hinkie
And I think Kyler's decent. And I'm saying that because I think this has a chance to be slightly high scoring. And I'm expecting them to play from behind most of the game. So I think Kyler's startable. I know you're probably going to disagree, but.
01:02:59
Damien
Yeah, I disagree, but it's not invalid, you know? So, Mozzie.
01:03:05
Lord Hinkie
And then the running back situation, Michael Carter and who cares?
01:03:09
Damien
If Amari DiMarcardo plays, I'd be very surprised.
01:03:12
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I mean, especially after what happened last week.
01:03:15
Damien
God, he'd be cut if it was me.
01:03:15
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:03:18
Lord Hinkie
Be gone. Cowboys at the Carolina Panthers.
01:03:22
Damien
Is this the game of the week? I'm just...
01:03:24
Lord Hinkie
i I love this game.
01:03:28
Damien
Bet the over big time.
01:03:30
Lord Hinkie
I think there's going to be a shoot at. There's going to great fantasy game. And I think that's just what the Cowboys' script is going to be from now on. Unless they play, like, the Birds and their great defense, it's it's going to be it's going to be just overs, overs, overs with this Cowboys team.
01:03:47
Lord Hinkie
Their offense is a legit. Their defense stinks. The Panthers' offense is getting there, and their defense stinks. All signs show shoot at. For the Cowboys side, starting Javante Williams. Damn it, Zig.
01:04:02
Lord Hinkie
You're starting your Jake Ferguson's.
01:04:03
Damien
but
01:04:04
Lord Hinkie
Starting your George Pickens. And you're starting your Dak Prescott's as well. I think you pretty much have to play everybody there. And if you want to take a shot on one of the other wide receivers, either Tobit or Flournoy or whatever that kid's name is, go right ahead.
01:04:18
Lord Hinkie
But I'm probably not playing him. Ninja.
01:04:21
Damien
Yep, I agree with you completely. God, I miss Jalen Tolbert.
01:04:25
Lord Hinkie
Just come back, buddy. Come back.
01:04:28
Damien
Baby, come back.
01:04:30
Lord Hinkie
Oh, you can put it all on me.
01:04:36
Damien
Except when you lose me my bet, you bum. Anyways.
01:04:40
Lord Hinkie
Anyways, like we said earlier, Rico Dowdle looks like a football player. Uh,
01:04:45
Damien
Wow.
01:04:46
Lord Hinkie
We got a revenge game situation going on here with the Cowboys. I hope Chuba Hubbard is out again this week because I want to see Rico Dowdle run all over this defense again. I'm starting either running back, whoever ends up playing.
01:05:00
Lord Hinkie
If Hubbard's out, I'm playing Dowdle. If Hubbard actually ends up being in, I'm probably still playing Hubbard over Dowdle. It's going to suck, though.
01:05:11
Lord Hinkie
And then Bryce Young, I think, is definitely startable in this matchup. And Ted McMillan hasn't had a touchdown yet, buddy. But I think it might come this week.
01:05:21
Damien
We're waiting for it.
01:05:25
Damien
Very well could.
01:05:25
Lord Hinkie
I didn't put it in the parlay, but I wanted to.
01:05:28
Damien
I almost did as well. Another sneaky guy there who actually did get a touchdown last week. XL back in the offense. Good to see you, buddy.
01:05:34
Lord Hinkie
XL.
01:05:36
Damien
Missed you.
01:05:36
Lord Hinkie
Missed that guy. Oh, Jinx. Look at us. Yeah, I was glad to actually see him get involved last week. Obviously, he was in the red zone, and I think that's where he's goingnna his bread and butter is going to be.
01:05:47
Lord Hinkie
But 80% of snaps.
01:05:50
Damien
Yeah.
01:05:51
Lord Hinkie
That's what we're looking for. and Anybody else in that game? No qualms.
01:05:57
Damien
No qualms.
Patriots vs. Saints and Technical Issues
01:05:59
Lord Hinkie
Patriots at Saints. Like I said again.
01:06:01
Damien
Ew. Boo.
01:06:02
Lord Hinkie
Gross, but I did call that Patriots win over the Bills on Sunday football, so shout out to me.
01:06:09
Damien
Shout out.
01:06:10
Lord Hinkie
And then the Saints got their first win of the year last year, last year last week against the Giants.
01:06:14
Damien
Shout out.
01:06:16
Lord Hinkie
For the Saints side, I think about last year.
01:06:16
Damien
shut out
01:06:18
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Chris Alave and Rashid Shahid, I think are pretty decent starts against this Patriots team. That's pretty much it for me. I want to ask you, are we Kendra Miller people in this offense? He seems to be getting a lot more carries, getting more carries than Kamara.
01:06:35
Lord Hinkie
What's going on back there?
01:06:36
Damien
Where is Kamara? I don't understand. There's no way Kendrick Miller is better than Kamara.
01:06:42
Lord Hinkie
I mean, yeah, I mean, that's proven. Maybe.
01:06:44
Damien
Does he have an injury that we don't know about? That's my main thing. I don't know.
01:06:49
Lord Hinkie
Maybe.
01:06:50
Damien
i don't think I want to know. I'm just staying away from the Saints offense unless I'm betting like, you know, a Rashid Shahid touchdown.
01:06:57
Lord Hinkie
Anytime or would.
01:06:58
Damien
like, yeah. wella I just, other than that, I'm staying far, far, far away from that offense.
01:07:05
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, completely. Only play if you have to. For the Patriots side of things, Antonio Gibson has an ACL injury. He'll be out for the rest of the year, so he's another running back taken out of that backfield, you know whatever you want to call that situation there.
01:07:20
Lord Hinkie
Situation ship, if you will. Shout out Jersey Shore. Ramondre Stevenson continues to drop the football whenever he wants to and has continued to be rewarded for that situation like we talked about earlier. I'm not going to go on a rant again.
01:07:35
Lord Hinkie
I think Trayvon Henderson has to get more work. I doubt it's this week because Mike Vrabel hates my happiness. So I'm just going to move on. Wide receiver-wise, got I think you have to play Diggs.
01:07:45
Damien
but
01:07:47
Lord Hinkie
Hunter Henry's every week's start. After that, I don't think I care. And obviously, I'm a Drake May guy.
01:07:54
Lord Hinkie
good.
01:08:00
Lord Hinkie
no