Joe Mixon has confidence in Jake Browning

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Personally, I feel like that brother needed help. Today's guest, Bengals running back Joe Mixon posted pro football talk. Mike Florio, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, Chris Mannix, plus your phone calls and more. And now it's Rich Eisen. Yes, welcome to this edition of the Rich Eisen Show here on a Thursday in our entire sports world, boiling it down to just a couple of stories.

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I mean, it was we cannot because there's a typical NBA nuttiness. Yes. Fact.

Well, I guess I don't know what this is either. But well, Draymond Green has been suspended indefinitely by the National Basketball Association. Good. That's potentially a long time indefinitely. They're not even going to put a number on it. That's how displeased they are with Draymond Green's behavior. The the phrase that they use, let me get this right. In a statement is the reason why they are suspending him indefinitely is this takes into account Draymond Green's repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.

That makes sense. And would you care to guess the number of times he has been suspended in his Hall of Fame career? Because, again, we need to keep on saying this Hall of Fame career. Total total suspensions. So I know this year already. What do you have? 17. Oh, I was going to say like seven. What do you got, Mike?

12. All right. It's interesting. Normally you're spot on because you're the only one who's played prices, right?

And as you know, it's always prices right rules here. Chris Brockman gets to come out of the out of contestants row. It's six. You were closest without going over.

Closest without going over. You know, it all began. I feel like I'm Peter Falk reading the story. Put your glasses on. It all began. I just did what we all know.

2016. That's the first time you suspended when he he kicked LeBron and the King James Jules could cost the Warriors a championship. And it was in Game four of the NBA finals. And then he didn't play and and then LeBron and the Cavs won the next three.

So. And that was the first time that the Draymond Green started costing his teammates. I mean, don't you remember, he gets suspended for Game five and he's across the street watching an Oakland A's game with Marshawn Lynch.

And. And it started at all. With yes, they won championships, the Warriors with him, multiple ones and the ones that are putting him in the Hall of Fame. But it was the beginning of the Warriors saying, OK, you know, this is what we get with Draymond, but he costs us. Then it was two years later. He got a one game suspension from the Warriors.

When he and Kevin Durant got into it in a huddle in Los Angeles and a Clippers game went to overtime and they went at it and Draymond got suspended. And Bob Myers, now on ESPN, the general manager at the time, said we're going to keep it in house. But apparently it spilled into the locker room. So the Warriors were like, we'll take it into account.

We'll take it into our own hands. Well, I didn't fix anything either. And then I guess you could say that. Not much happened. In between then and this year, but something did. We'll get to that in a second. The other four suspensions were this calendar year. To all of them. Wow.

He got a game suspension in March of 2023 for his 16th technical. Do you get a cake with that, too? A birthday cake to you, you know, sweet 16.

I don't know. You take Ducky to the prom. That's a very bad reference. Was it like a 35 year old? OK. Yeah.

Well, I said Molly Ringwald. There you go. You and I write like that. A month later, he gets one game suspension because of what he what he did to the, I guess. Stomach slash groin area of Sabonis.

In Sacramento, in a playoff game. And then this November puts his hands around Rudy Gobert's neck, one game suspension there, five games, pardon me, five. And then a month later, flinging it, Nurkic. In which he said, you know, it was unintentional. He doesn't usually flop to sell a foul. It was his arms.

He likes to flail. And he just flailed into a guy that he knew was directly behind him, didn't mean to do it, which is why he was apologizing for it. Which is weird, which means when he means to do it, he won't apologize for it.

Right. So I was looking in the in the statement from the NBA. I guess there was no apology from. The commissioner's office saying, I'm sorry, I have to do this because he meant to do it.

Didn't want to do it. And by the way, of the six suspensions I just mentioned. None of them for striking Jordan Poole in the face.

Remember that? Warriors did not suspend his own team. The Warriors did not suspend him.

Interesting. And I think a lot of people have since then said, you know, it's Jordan Poole's fault that he caught one from a from Draymond, because if you listen to Draymond Green speak, he's been playing the victim this whole time. He's the one who got shipped out. And you could see in Washington, D.C., not working out for him there either.

And he's the problem child. And I just am wondering if the fact that they did not suspend him for that. And again, we don't know what was going on behind the scenes.

Something's up. March, April, November, December of twenty twenty three for suspendable acts. And that's why the NBA is saying they're not putting any time on it in terms of when he can come back, because according to Woge's phraseology here.

The league didn't want to put a specific number on the suspension, but wants to allow Green the time he needs to deal with the challenges he's facing. And in terms of that, you know, you want to cue up the soundbite from yesterday, if you don't mind, when he was told about what Nurkic had to say, remember Nurkic said at the afterwards, he made a a glancing reference to at least he didn't put his hands around my neck. And if you saw Booker didn't laugh at that one. Yeah, I thought he would. I thought it was a laugh line.

But I don't think anybody's finding this funny. But then again, Nurkic has every reason to be cynical. He's the one that got hit in the head. Right.

And face. Yeah. I think that brother from somebody and from somebody who said, I, I'm sorry because I didn't mean to do it. If I mean to do it, I want to apologize.

OK. And so Nurkic said that, you know, he needs help, and this was mentioned to Green. Respect. But I still know what my intentions were. But respect, I think we all need help.

I don't think any of us are too perfect. So respect. But I'll tell him the same thing I just told you. I apologize to him and I, you know, I didn't intend to hit him. So but he has a right to feel how he want to feel about it. And I'm not going to sit here and try to go back and forth on how he feels about it. So. I don't know him.

I don't know. He's never been on the program and I don't know. Honestly, the only thing I know of him is his is his play on the court and and the repeated offenses and the number of times his Hall of Fame stellar play. Has helped the Warriors win by doing everything, by by being sort of the point forward, by doing the dirty work down low that everyone needs to have in an NBA championship season. By being the guy who will occasionally hit the open shot, open three when everybody sags, by being the guy that does it all. Plays defense, rebounds, blocks, does it all. You know, the famed Draymond Green triple doubles, right?

Come out of come out of his Hall of Fame greatness. Sometimes offense runs through him. True.

Correct. And other than that, though, we just see him. I'll see him on TNT and he seems engaging. And then you see him in these situations and you're going, what the heck? Is his malfunction, as I said yesterday, if there is a serious mental health issue here, then I apologize for that sort of phraseology.

And but I don't know. According to Woj Green, the GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. and his agent Rich Paul are expected to meet Thursday to start discussing a path of counseling and assistance for Green to move forward. So that's the update on one of the best players we've seen in the last 10 plus years in the NBA.

At it again, and hopefully he'll just sit there and go, why do I keep finding myself in this situation? Barkley said he's frustrated because he's not the same player anymore. What he said on Dan's show. He also said the Warriors should step in and suspend them first. I guess the NBA is like, we got this.

They had their chance and well, with Jordan Poole again, I'm just. Wondering. The fact that they didn't do anything there, even if there's stuff behind the scenes, personal stuff that we have no idea that in any way, shape or form could condone what Draymond did to his teammate Jordan Poole.

I do not know. But all I know is since the calendar turned from that incident to 2023, four suspensions, four of them, one of them because he got 16 technicals. And then.

Assaulting. Three NBA players, Sabonis, Gobert, Nurkic. Which is why the NBA has got to step in. We'll talk about it with our friend Chris Maddox, a Sports Illustrated in our number three, he will join us. And we will also find out between now and then if he has the game ball between the Bucks and the Pacers last night.

He's got it. Cannot wait to discard that. That was this conversation so wild. I can't wait to have this conversation. And, you know, again, it'll be better than breaking down Easton Stick versus Aiden O'Connell.

I think it could be a shootout tonight. Oh, great. By the way, in sold. I'm on my way to Indianapolis tonight after today's show to to call Steelers and Colts for two very passionate fan bases, one who loves me and one who doesn't know they love me yet.

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I know exactly what's happening. Oh, yeah. Shrimp cocktail, dude. Exactly. I'm not a shrimp cocktail guy.

You don't. Oh, at all. Wow.

At all. Are you going there? Oh, my goodness. I am not going there.

Wow. I'm not going there. It's very nice people, but I'm not. Everyone keeps raving about shrimp cocktail. I'm not a shrimp cocktail advertising show right now. Do you like shrimp cocktail shrimp?

Are you really going to just do that? Yeah. Yes or no? It's a large shrimp. No, they're big. No.

All right. Well, let's put a pin in it because we have a guest. We have a guest. His name is Joe Mixon, and the Cincinnati Bengals are kicking off the NFL Network triple header on Saturday, hosting the Minnesota Vikings. Nick Mullins v. Jake Browning into. Mitch Trubisky v. Gardner Minshew. And then and then it'll be two Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. Russ v. Jared Goff. Yeah.

Yeah, baby. So that's NFL Network triple heading, huh? The Super Bowl quarterback. Jared Goff.

Oh, I'm sorry. Super Bowl part. Yes, Super Bowl. Participate. Yeah.

Starting quarter. Could I just try it? Can you just let me enhance the triple header for the NFL? Do you hear the first four names I mentioned? I did. Although Jake Browning is killing it and I might have to play him in fantasy this week with a lot of people. I don't have to.

I've got a choice between him and Kyler Murray. Interesting. OK, well, you might want to wait for fantasy. Yes, your fantasy advice at the end of this hour. And I'm going to make your decision. I've got my top five most intriguing games of week number 15. I've got that going on. Yeah. And Mike Florio in the middle of our number two to discuss everything we heard from the owners meeting yesterday, including.

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Yes or no? No, not me. Oh, Joe, Joe and I are just like we don't like that.

We don't like shrimp cocktail and we run very fast. There you go. No, don't laugh at that, Joe. Now you got you might have me beat, man. OK, yeah, no, just you just wait and see.

Yeah, absolutely. How are you doing, Joe? How's it going? I'm doing well, man. I can't complain. How are you?

I'm doing fine. And I kind of get the sense here that your team feels like you've got a little bit of your mojo back without obviously Joe Burrow. What do you what do you what do you say about that right now? Yeah, man, I think I think the vibes definitely been high here. Everybody's been showing up to work great attitude, you know, willing to work, do everything that we can, man, to be in great position. And everybody been locking in on the game plan. And, you know, fans been showing up and showing out. And I think that we've been feeding off of them.

And so it's been a great thing. And so what does Jake Browning have that, you know, you would think somebody who has never really started in the NFL would have? Yeah, man, I think just Jake's attitude.

One thing about him, I felt like he's all I've known him since we've been in high school. So one thing I learned about him, he definitely definitely throws the ball, throws a great ball. And I think that, you know, he's very definitely confident in his running backs and his linemen. And he also trusts his receivers, obviously, as we all see. I think that, you know, he has a total package in terms of what we need for him to be in order for us to be successful. And I think he's been mastering that, you know, to the best that he could.

All right. Looks like I found a storyline I'd like to flesh out a little bit here. So when's the first time you met Jake Browning? I think my first my first time actually meeting Jake might have been when he came here about maybe two years ago. OK, but I've known but I've known of him since high school. I mean, he was probably about an hour out from me when we were in high school together. Well, I mean, and that's we were talking to Jordan Palmer a few weeks ago when Burrow went down and Jake went in.

He's been working with Jake for a while. And he's like, anybody who thinks that he might shrink in this spotlight, you know, hey, he he was a four year starter in college and through ninety one touchdown passes in high school is what he was saying. And so did you so you knew of Jake Browning in high school? Oh, yeah, no doubt, man.

And, you know, he says the same thing. And, you know, two of my best friends, one actually is on a roster for the Bears right now. They played against him in high school and they were like, man, like that might have been the best quarterback that they faced, you know, in high school. And they went to a really good high school where I'm at. So, you know, like I said, I've known about him.

My dad even told me told me about him when I was in high school. And then also, you know, as soon as Burrow went down and my dad actually seen him play a few times live in high school and he got nothing but great things to say about Jake. And so what's he like in the huddle? I'm definitely I think he's very calm, cool and collected. He definitely takes the huddle as is his as he should. And I feel like, you know, when he, you know, when called on a big play, I think that, you know, I don't see no I don't see no panic in him. And I definitely feel like the guy is definitely ready to deliver in a big moment. And, you know, as of lately, he has unless his thumb cramps up, right, Joe?

Right, right, exactly. How much crap have you given him this week for a thumb cramp? You know, I I really give him too much. But you know what?

Right when we get done, I'm definitely going to go. You know what I mean? Trust me, I saw that I'm like, come on.

Really? Because he was holding a throwing hand. I'm like, you can't have two quarterbacks doing that. Were you thinking that, too?

Were you thinking that, too? When when, you know, I've seen him grabbing his hand, I'm like. Now, I wonder what could like what actually happened, like, did he get hit? But I didn't see him. And all of a sudden they were like, oh, we need Ivey, we need Ivey.

Is he cramping? It was like, yeah, I'm like, oh, man, that's crazy. I mean, thank goodness for that. I never see it, though.

I've never seen it either. I thought I thought he's going in for an MRI or an X-ray or something. And then he's probable to return. And they said that his thumb was cramping. And I'm like, OK, I'm 54, so I shouldn't say anything.

But my gosh, I mean, it looked it looked pretty bad at the time. One last question for you on on him. Not to drag you into something, but I will do so. Jamar Chase, your colleague, was asked the difference between Joe Burrow and Jake Browning. Have you heard the answer to this question yet? Have you heard this for me? No, no. Hold on a second. Have you heard what Jamar said? Have you heard what Jamar said? No. All right.

Let me read it to you. Quote, Jake's more playful than Burrow. Jake's going to smile with you. Joe's just going to walk past and look at you and keep going.

He's just not going to smile all the time. Joe is more tunnel vision than Jake. If I can describe the difference, Joe comes to work in a suit and tie. Jake comes to work in a suit with no tie.

What do you think? Um, I would think Jake's more of a a golf dresser, if that makes sense. Um, you know, Jake comes in, he got his, you know, mainly like in the summertime.

You know, as of lately, I've seen him like in the same type of attire, but with a jacket, but mainly, you know, he usually dresses up like that. But I mean, to me, I mean, it works for him. So that's all that really matters.

What about the tunnel vision part of it? What about that? Um, Jake is definitely, uh, I think Jake is definitely more outgoing than Joe, but I definitely think that Joe is, uh, as long as I feel like he's talking to him more times than likely, like he's going to interact with you. Okay, very good. I like it. Joe Mixon here on the Rich Eisen show. Uh, let's talk about you a little bit here, um, and where you find your game and in your seventh year of being a professional football player.

Joe, what do you got? Um, I think that everything's been great. I mean, I can't really, I have absolutely no complaints on, uh, where I am and how my career has been.

Um, I think that I've been here, you know, quite some time and obviously plan on staying here for a long time. Um, everything's been well, man. I mean, I was at, when I got here as a rookie, um, things didn't go obviously as planned as we thought it would.

And the first few were first few years was like that. And now that, you know, I've been here for seven years now, I'm obviously reaping the benefits of being on a great team and, you know, obviously we got to finish the job and that's ultimately winning a super bowl. But I mean, I felt like we're headed on the right track and just to see that.

Change in, um, culture and things like that and change and winning. I think it's been, it's been great to me, man. So I can't complain. And in terms of just, again, you've been on playoff runs with this team, one, even going all the way to the super bowl. And you're used to being in the final game for the AFC.

That's for sure. How does this sense feel right now compared to those previous years, Joe? I mean, to be honest, I felt like we're right in the midst of where we was before. I truly feel like the vibe, you know, the guys that is in the locker room, you know, with the vibe that we have around here, I think that everybody showed up. Like I told you what a great mindset, great attitude, willing to work. And, um, just the juice and energy that's brought around here, man.

Um, I think it's truly unmatched. And I feel like, you know, when we go out there, it comes Saturdays and Sundays. This week is a Saturday, but usually it's Saturday. This week is a Saturday, but usually on Sundays, you know, um, the crowd definitely usually play a huge part in that. And I think that we match the energy. So it's been a great thing to see.

And, um, obviously, you know, we just got to, you know, everything is in front of us and we got to do whatever we can to just keep winning one game at a time. Where, where have we found you? Are you in the locker room or another locker room? Yeah, this, this is the visitor, the visitors. Oh, so, oh, okay. So the Vikings get the little stools is what you're saying this weekend.

Hey, luckily I ain't on that side. I'm just saying, so these little, I mean, your, your, your locker is what the size of like two of these put together, right? Um, I mean, I'm assuming, I don't, I don't really know, to be honest, I'm assuming, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's like the ref's locker room, but I don't want to get you in trouble.

The officiating man. I mean, there's enough of that right now. You know what I mean? Okay. So that's where it is. Joe, thanks for the time. Greatly appreciate it.

We'll see on NFL network this, uh, this week. And, uh, let's, uh, let's connect another time. Yes, sir.

Appreciate you guys for having me. You bet. That's Joe Mixon right there from the, what is that?

The officials locker room. Looks like it. Yeah. Okay. Cincinnati Bengals. Let's talk about them. Let's talk about them. I like their chances, man. I don't like their tiebreakers. That's the problem, but they can win out.

Let's talk about it. Their schedule from here on out, they've got the Minnesota Vikings coming in and Nick Mullins, who the hell knows, honestly, who knows? Right. And then they're at Pittsburgh.

Yeah, man. On a Saturday, they're back-to-back Saturday games, short week, this week, regular week, next week, and then a nice extra day off before they go into Kansas city and home for Cleveland. They're going to have to win out because they're going to have to win out because they're going to have to be better than most. Everyone else that finishes maybe with 10 wins or nine wins because of the tie breaks. But I don't know how many teams are going to finish with 10 wins. Cause there's currently six that have seven and they're not all going to win out or win three out of four, right? Well, Pittsburgh, Indy, Houston, Denver, Cincinnati, Buffalo. The problem again is the Bengals have an 0-4 division record and division tie breaks are the first ones. Right. And they've got two division teams staring at them in current playoff spots for the wildcard. Got to win those. So, and they do have the ability to negate those tiebreakers against them because they play the Browns and the Steelers.

Okay. So that's good news for them. The issue is they're three and six in conference, right? And they've got three more conference games. They are against Cleveland and Pittsburgh, but also Kansas city at Kansas city.

Who's not looking too hot. Let's be honest. Let's just, you know, don't wind up on the new Heights podcast. Hey, just obviously go out and play them.

I know that that's the phrase that pays. Then this weekend, let's just put it this way. Houston might not have CJ Stroud. He's not practicing. So Davis Mills is going to go against the Tennessee Titans in Houston with the Titans showing up in the old Houston Oilers uniform.

Talk about major big time troll job. And riding high after Monday night's comeback win. Could you imagine if the Ravens ever showed up in Cleveland wearing the old Browns uniforms?

That would be the, I mean, that's, that's, that's, that's the equivalent and that is 100% the equivalent. That would be the funniest thing ever. Like, Hey, we're going to do our old throwbacks. Even though we left all the marks and logos there in Cleveland. When we moved to Baltimore, we just gave them all up.

You can keep them. Said Art Modell. Can you imagine if the Ravens showed up in full on Cleveland Browns uniform wearing the elf? That would be so hilarious. So the Denver Broncos are in Detroit. Houston is at home with Davis Mills going against the Titans team that just beat the Dolphins. Riding high? I don't know. One of the Steelers are called you're going to lose. Yep. Or there's a tie.

I shouldn't say that. Those are all your seven and six teams. And the Bills are against the Cowboys, but the Bengals have a tie break over the Bills.

They beat Buffalo. So things can break their way well enough this weekend to set them up for the final three weeks where it's all the conference games. And then they can get a six and six conference record and a two and four division record.

But most importantly, the two wins are against teams that they would then split with and remove those tiebreakers that count against them off the table, right? That's the pathway through for the Cincinnati Bengals. Because again, we could sit here and go, A, I love Jake Browning's Moxie and A, the defense is playing better. And sure, Mixon now has Chase Brown.

Nice little one, two punch right here going on. And so and T Higgins and Jamar Chase and Boyd. The one thing that was really interesting with Jordan Palmer said that Jake Browning had an it factor from high school and college being brought in and also a sensibility to reach out to Jordan and say, Hey, you work with Burrow. I'm now backing up Burrow in case I get in. What should I know?

What should I do? One thing that Palmer said is that he's walking into a situation with a team that's good, although the record doesn't show it. But the roster short does and its recent history short does and how that is positive where usually a backup quarterback might get in there and the team stinks. And the receivers are looking to get paid.

T Higgins looking to get paid. You know, Jamar Chase is about to hoping that Justin Jefferson goes first, his old college teammate, so he can say, I want one of those the same way that Burrow looked at Herbert's contract and said, I want one of those and how that is a benefit. We could sit here and go all through that, but it's really about math at this point in the season, because even if you went out, what's going to happen? Dallas wins all the way out.

Great. Philadelphia wins all the way out. Not so great for Dallas because Philadelphia goes with a better conference record. And right now, the math doesn't look that great for Cincinnati, but they're not going to sit there as they're all excited about how well they've been playing and how much they are excited to be in front of their home crowd to kick off the NFL Network triple header on Saturday. They're not going to sit here and go, yeah, but the math stinks. I guess I could do that here, be sort of the land Clark, buzzkill type guy right here, but that's the fact. Just went out and see how everything else breaks. And I just gave you some very feasible scenarios. How things can break well for the Bengals from this point through Monday night.

844-204 Rich is the number to dial. We'll take some of your phone calls. We do have some other playoff clinching scenarios. And TJ Jefferson.

Yes, sir. We need some fantasy advice. Chris Brockman needs some. I need some. I don't know if that's going to be in your within your weekly report and suggestions.

It's interesting that Joe Mixon was on. Okay, very good. Okay. I like it. Maybe 844-204 Rich number to dial here on the Rich Eisen Show.

Don't go anywhere. Happy 26th birthday to DK Metcalf. It's DK Metcalf's 26th birthday.

We just show it on the Roku channel feed. Our interview with him after he got carted off in Detroit because he had to go to the bathroom. He said the clench walk wouldn't have made it. So he got carted off and everyone's like, oh, is he hurt?

He was probable to return. Oh, interestingly enough, today is also the seven-year anniversary of Lamar Jackson. Hardly waddling into the Cleveland dressing rather. The away locker room in Cleveland on that Monday night game. You said seven years? Hold a minute. Three years ago.

Pardon me. Three years ago. Three years ago.

Time is going fast. Three years ago today. Remember that? That seems like it was last month. He said it was.

We need a 30 for 30. Did he ever really say what it was? I can't remember what his answer was.

I don't know. He's cramping or something. Cramps, I think was the official Ravens stance on that situation.

But he was just waving somebody like, get out of the way. I got to go. I think I tweeted out something after the Ravens scored and went for the conversion. I said, I think this is not the first time he's successfully gone for two in this quarter. Three years. I'm proud of that tweet. Well, you should be. Three years ago today. That's crazy.

Enough of this potty talk. It's time for weekly fantasy advice. The weekly fantasy football update sponsored by prize picks. Here's TJ Jefferson. This is a big one playoff start. So many other places in my poker league. This is the final regular season week to see who goes. I don't care.

Well, hit my music kaboom. Guess you stepped in the room. It's been a while since I said that. Look, week 15. Time to get you right for fantasy. Guys, Chris, Mike, as I've done most of this year, I've kind of like picked guys on the fringe edge of fantasy, right? Guys that you might not think of.

But today we're just going to go right into the meat of it. I'm going to tell you this week, week 15, your fantasy football playoffs feel confident rolling with him. Russell Wilson. Oh, Russell Wilson is him this week, guys. And I'm explaining to you why for the past, opposing QBs against the Lions have scored at least 23 fantasy points. And the Lions allowed 22 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks this year. We were all kind of hard on the Broncos the last season and a half.

But now Russ and Sean Payne, they've kind of turned this thing around, Cortland Sutton, low key. Like I said, one of the best receivers in football. I think no, I know if you have Russell Wilson feel confident in him, starting him going forward through the playoffs because he will be him for you this week. I guarantee I tell you this, though, with so many starting quarterbacks out now, I bet you Russell Wilson's available on some fantasy leagues waiver wire.

Yeah, he is not 100%. I can't imagine. So there's a ton of people looking for options right now. So what else you got? That's a very good point there, Rich.

I try to make those. You know, who else is him really quickly? Chad White running back for the Bucks.

He's been great lately for us, right? The Sleeper League. The Packers have allowed the second most production to opposing running backs this season. So there's that Tampa Bay comes into this game.

You know, the underdog. But I got a great feeling about Rashad White, man. He ranks third and wide receiver running back.

Excuse me, usage this season. He's a top 10 option this week. If you've got him, feel confident.

Rashad White is going to be him as the Bucks take on the Packers now. He's in our fantasy Footballers League team, and we just don't need him this week. You know why?

Because we got to buy. We're number one in the league. We have dominated. We don't need him this week. We did a very good job with a bunch of fantasy football experts. We're going off to Fantasy Cabo this week. What else we got to do? Somebody call up Simpson.

What else? Well, you know who's not him? Unfortunately, this week. Kyler Murray. Oh, right.

I'm sorry. She's going up against the Niners. You know, he's only played the Niners one time in the past three seasons.

Did you know that due to injuries and various other things? Now look, Josh Dobbs did score 27 against the Niners in place of Murray in week four, but he's only one of four quarterbacks who scored 20 against them this season. If you've got to roll with Kyler, roll with him. But if you have any other option like Russell Wilson, maybe you might want to roll with that because I just don't see Kyler Murray being all right this week. Also, we talked about the Bengals.

I said there might be some Bengals things on here. T Higgins, not him against the Vikings. You know, he's only scored one touchdown this season, and that was week two Vikings D. Very tough to throw against.

They've allowed one touchdown the receiver since week 10. I'd say if you've got better options, roll with them. I just don't see T Higgins being him this week and just two other guys that you roll with.

You know, I like to say your head or gut kind of roll with one or the other. I'm just going to give you two names really quick that you might want to roster. If they're not, I guarantee this guy's not rostered. Noah Brown, wide receiver of the Texans. Look, he got shut out last week, but C.J.

Stroud had a bad game. We all believe he's the rookie of the year. We all believe he's next in terms of great quarterbacks. He's not going to have another awful game like he did. And with Nikko Collins out Tankdale out, Noah Brown is in line to have a big game against the Titans this week. So I say roll with him if you have him. Also, Isaiah likely tied into the Ravens with Mark Andrews out. Lamar loves going to the tight end. He had a huge breakout game last week.

And the Jaguars, if I'm not mistaken, yeah, they allow 27 points to David and Joku last week tight end. So Isaiah likely might be a guy to get you over that hump. And that's the fantasy advice.

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Visit prize picks dot com for restrictions and details. Collins is questionable right now. He just didn't practice on Wednesday. So so if he does play with Tankdale out, though, no, I understand that if he does play, then for Davis Mills for options, what would you say?

Collins and Brown are neck and neck. Would you say that? Nice. What? Proud of that one?

No, I'm not proud of anything. I'm just saying that it could be, you know, they're right next to each other. Yeah, the next to the next.

Wow. Isaiah Pacheco is not practicing today either. That makes all of our pickups of Jerick McKinnon McKinnon in terms of fantasy advice. Chris Brockman, you made the playoffs, but you had Justin Herbert as your quarterback and your backup was who? I did not invest in a backup this year because Herbert had an early buy. So I was like, sweet, I'm going to ride him the rest of the year. I'm going to use a roster spot on a handcuff. And so you went quarterbackless in week four? No, no.

I added someone just for that week and then drop them. Okay. Yeah.

So all right. So now I added Joe Flacco. I don't think that's a bad choice to get him off waivers. And I added Derek Carr.

Should I win? He's got a good match up next week. But Zach Wilson's out there.

And I got to be honest with you, man. AFC Player of the Week. I can't. I mean, for you to go with Zach, here's two things.

First of all, Flacco has done well, but he's going against the Bears defense that has been killing it. I know. But Yanagigakwe out broke his foot on the last play. I get it. I get it. I get it. But the Bears, nobody's talking about the Bears because they think they're out.

But they're just like the Giants, five and eight. They're alive. You know, Justin Fields must be sitting there going, do I have to have my parents serve chicken cutlets to get attention around here? Like, he's probably seeing Tommy DeVito is going to wind up with a Subway commercial for their chicken cutlet sandwich.

And he's just like, wait a minute. I am balling out of my skull right now. And the Bears are doing well. So you got Flacco going against the Bears, and you just got Zach Wilson going against your sobriety. You know what I mean? And so because we also on this show have you or I will or one of us will eventually just take one for the team just for the content. And for you to have your fantasy season that starts with the dumbest day of your life, your opinion, all of your friends, some of them, I don't mean to start anything up with your friends group. You don't like them all. And you fly to the Super Bowl city of the championship winner.

I got recognized at a bar in KC this year. I'm just saying you leave your beautiful, you know, son at home. Sarah, you leave her by herself to take care of the boy. Not that she minds, but you leave that behind to go sit around for a draft with no time limit on drafting. Honestly, you just flush your day down the toilet soldiers. And then you want to win. You want to win. You want to win and you just get right to the end and you have to use Zach Wilson as your savior. Yeah, that's good for the show. Oh, you want me to do it kind of for content.

Yeah, I see. And it could wind up being, like, amazing that you get through the day because of Zach Wilson. What you want the most right now out of just the obvious things that don't matter in your life, you want this so badly for Zach Wilson to give it to you. That's content. And what's also content is that this long journey that we've been watching and you've been just trudging through this entire fall and a little bit of summer into fall all the way to winter only to get an axe in the chest. Sounds like the shining, like all work and no play makes Zach Wilson a dull quarterback.

Honestly, do you see what I'm saying? You've got to go Zach. He's the offensive player of the week in the AFC. He's due for back to back games. I mean, he's overdue for back to back games like that. Will Levitz just lit it up.

Yeah, that's true. Zach can do it, too. And for the content, the fact that you invest in Zach Wilson. Will Levitz scored 19 last week. So you would sign for 19 Zach Wilson points right now.

I would sign for 19 Flacco points as well. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. All right, let me think about it. This is great.

Let me think about it. Just talk him into going Zach Wilson for content for the show. That wasn't a 25 points hashtag for the show. It's not like McAfee's T-shirt, but it's close. It's close. I really do this.

I mean, you're suggesting it. You've got me ready to pick him up now. I've got Kyler Murray versus Jake Browning because I had Herbert and traded him because when I traded Herbert, I'm like, I'll just play Anthony Richardson and then poof, he goes, so I've picked up Kyler Murray on the spot because a week later is when his window is about to open up. I got on him and then just streamed a bunch of quarterbacks to keep things going. And it didn't matter because my team with McAfee and Amman Ross St. Brown lit up with the two guys I got in the trade for Herbert, AJ Brown and George Kittle. And so my team got through the streaming wars of my quarterbacks. And now I've got Kyler and Jake Browning because I got on Jake Browning the minute that Monday night football game hit.

And I'm like, it looks like Jordan Palmer was right. So I mean, sorry. The Vikings defense is no joke, though.

But neither is San Francisco. Yeah, you. I think I'm going to go Jake Browning. Especially it adds a little bit of juice to my pre-broadcast booth time. And so I'm getting ready, I can look to my side and see Jake Browning for my lead in. You know what I'm saying? True, true. And what better way to endear myself further with Steeler fans than to come on the air and cheer Jake Browning on?

You don't want those people on your back, Rich. That's for the show, too. All right. I've made my decision. You love Lala Kent on Vanderpump Rules.

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