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You can go to NFL.com slash fantasy or you can download the fantasy app. So, Florio, we got a whole slate of games to talk about. I mean, we're going to get to that. We got plenty to talk about. But last week was sort of the appetizer. This week is a little bit, I won't say it's the main course, but it's like the, I don't know, the extra bread or something that they bring to your table.

Yeah, I think it's, yeah't say it's the main course, but it's like the, I don't know, the extra bread or something that they bring to your table.

Yeah, I think it's, yeah, it's not the main course. That's the regular season, but yeah, like last week was just, it was fun. It was a little taste. We had actual football on our TV, but this week is the real.

Like, we get every team playing.

I think we're going to get actual, like, outside of Josh Jacobs, like actual fantasy relevant people playing as well.

So I'm really excited.

We will see some starters playing. But on today's show, we are going to continue our division previews looking at the AFC North. As I mentioned, it's the first full week of the preseason. So we'll dive a little bit into some of the things we might be looking for. But first, we're going to start with what I'm calling the question of the day. The news headlines, I'm going to be honest

with you, nothing really major earth-shattering news-wise. But one thing that has happened in the last

few days, we're starting to see the unofficial depth charts come out for teams as they get ready

for their preseason games. And you start to see people sort of murmur on social media about things they're seeing on these depth charts. Some of the things that have jumped out to me in the last couple of days, Traylon Burks reportedly running with the twos and threes, although that has been heavily disputed, including our pal, Justin Graver, who was deep into' Twitter. He disputed that one really hard.

Gino Smith reportedly listed as the QB1.

He's expected to start this week for the Seahawks.

Jimmy Garoppolo listed as the QB4 for the 49ers.

That was just because Kyle Shanahan said, well, by rule, we got to put him on the depth

charts, so we're putting him at four.

Tyler Allgear in Atlanta, who people sort of like has been listed as the eighth string running back, which yikes.

But I guess this all sort of comes together to beg the question.

When we look at these, knowing that it's the first preseason game, that we're ways away from the regular season starting. How much stock do you put into these preseason depth charts? In a vacuum, very little. I guess, though, for me, I think it does matter a little bit on a case-by-case basis. Like, this Traylon Burke story, the other story that came out was he's running the wrong routes, he's lining up in the wrong spots on the field. To me, that is the leading candidate to be this year's Jamar Chase can't catch. Like, like, that's what it, especially because the reporter who tweeted it was like, it happened one time. Like, and everyone's running with it. You know, Smith, we've heard that he's been playing with the ones at camp so that one matters a little bit to me

uh jimmy g is like you said they're just trading him and and the falcons one that's just you know

coaches do weird things with rookies this time of year so to me i i think only if it backs up what

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