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We bid a hearty good morning to our friend Dave Richard, fantasy football expert for CBSports.com.

Dave, how is your off-season been, my friend?

Good to hear from you. It's great to hear your voice. It's going to be great to hear everybody's voice.

What offseason.

There is no offseason. That is correct.

Listen, so my role changed a little bit during the offseason, and I spent the offseason

studying up for the NFL draft and writing player profile and getting to know

these rookies because you kind of need to know them in fantasy football.

And then part of my time this preseason has been spent at joint practices.

I'm actually on my way to one today between the Jaguars and the Dolphins.

You get a lot more out of those practices than you do out of a preseason game. I even saw the commanders when they practice against the Patriots. So I have logged a lot of mileage, my friend. Very good. What was your take? I'm right in. I've got the fantasy juice you guys want. What was your take when you saw the skins? By most accounts, the Patriots got the better of that day.

They did on offense. And DeVid, it's really hard to tell with Washington's offense just because

Terry isn't there. But I think they're trying to get Debo Samuel to be used more as a downfield

threat. And then Zach Ertz is just like the go-to guy when Jane Daniels is under any kind of

pressure. And I kind of love that for fantasy, and you can get Zachert's late. And I remember

all the buzz at camp. And remember, this is, what is the 21st? So this is almost three weeks ago.

The buzz all about camp was Jacori-Crossi Merritt. And I remember

looking at him next to Brian Robinson, and I thought to myself, you know, he's kind of smaller,

and, you know, he might be a little bit quicker. And now everybody's kind of going crazy for him.

I'm not so sure. You're not sold? I'm not. I think, and I don't know if the commanders

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