NFL Fantasy Football Podcast: Week 3 Matchup Previews + Cam Akers Trade Talk
NFL Fantasy Football Podcast
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Marcas Grant and Michael F. Florio are back for another special edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. First, they tackle the latest NFL headlines, including trade talks swirling around Cam Akers and potential landing spots for the running back. Then the hosts preview the Thursday Night Football as they preview the Giants vs. 49ers matchup. The hosts weigh in on Darren Waller's performance expectations, discussing whether he'll exceed 65 receiving yards. Finally, they tackle underperforming players and offer insight into whether they’ll bounce back in the upcoming week.
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| 0:44.0 | Hey everybody, it's Wednesday September 20th 2023 |
| 0:47.8 | Welcome to the NFL fantasy football show. It's me your man MG Marcus Grant joined by Michael F. Floreo |
| 0:53.4 | We are previewing Thursday night football and the early Sunday games from week three plus taking a visit to the last chance saloon |
| 1:02.4 | Let's start as we always do with some fantasy headlines and |
| 1:08.6 | We talked a little bit about this Floreo on the Tuesday show it happened on Monday night Nick Chubb gone for the season and awful in the injury in that loss |
| 1:17.9 | To the Pittsburgh Steelers Jerome Ford is the next man up there |
| 1:22.4 | But the Browns have also gone out and they have added Kareem Hunt they have brought him back reunited |
| 1:27.6 | I don't know if it feels so good, but he is back in Cleveland again |
| 1:30.9 | So when you look at this backfield Ford is the next guy up |
| 1:33.6 | But how do you see things being split here between Jerome Ford and Kareem Hunt? |
| 1:38.0 | I think Jerome Ford will get the first opportunity to be the lead back here |
| 1:42.8 | I think that for fantasy purposes you're probably viewing him as an RB2 |
| 1:47.4 | There'll be some weeks where he has RB1 upside this week not one of them in a tough matchup against the Titans |
| 1:53.2 | But I could see Kareem Hunt kind of coming in and playing his old role as the change of pace back the third down the two-minute drill |
| 2:01.2 | But I think Jerome Ford would have to struggle for Kareem Hunt to be more than that |
| 2:06.2 | Although look Jerome Ford is the big waiver wire guy right now |
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