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Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry

NBC Sports, Matthew Berry

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

4.3 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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September 8: Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay (@croucherJD), and Connor (@ConnorJRogers) recap player performances in Ravens-Bills, Steelers-Jets, Dolphins-Colts, Bengals-Browns, Lions-Packers, and 49ers-Seahawks. The trio also spotlights Xavier Worthy, Drake London, and George Kittle suffering injuries in Week 1, standout days from Emeka Egbuka and Marvin Harrison Jr., and hand out their best bets for Vikings at Bears.

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0:00.0	That's a hell of a win, man.
0:07.0	This guy's legs, first of all, he's almost as old as I am.
0:11.0	And his legs are smaller than mine, right?
0:15.0	But we are so proud to have you in Buffalo, man.
0:17.0	On that kick right there, welcome to Buffalo, man. You got to play the. 60 minutes, man. On that kick right there, welcome to Buffalo, man.
0:22.3	You got to play this,
0:23.9	60 minutes, man.
0:26.9	All right, no fucking this team.
0:27.3	No.
0:28.1	Love y'all boys.
0:30.5	Winners A lot of DECD! Win!
0:30.7	Win! Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry.
0:41.6	Happy Monday.
0:42.8	Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour.
0:44.5	That sound you heard was, yes, a very rowdy Buffalo locker room after a crazy Sunday night football finish.
0:51.3	Josh Allen drinks for free for putting the team on his back in the
0:55.8	fourth quarter. What a wild slate of games. And then you had the cherry on top for one that was
1:02.6	insane finish. Just a completely bonkers bananas game. On football night in America,
1:10.1	myself and Jason Garrett, we were the only two that picked the bills to win, and we were getting it from the rest of the cast for much of the game. We held tough. We often say you and Jason Garrett versus the world. Yeah, exactly. Me and Jason Garrett, me and coach versus the world. There you go. Never in doubt. Never in doubt, I say. No, I always count on a Derek Henry fumble and a miraculous deflection. Yeah. And three field goals from a guy that got there two days ago. And then the Ravens choosing to punt. I mean, that was that was the weird decision. John Harville got what he deserved. As soon as he made the decision, what did you think Josh Allen was going to do?
1:45.2	You thought Josh Allen was just going to quiet into the night?
2:00.5	Yeah, I mean, look, we'll get into fantasy in a second. I will. But, look, I mean, just I had a rooting interest in the bills, obviously, because I picked them on national TV. And so I'm rooting for the bills there. and by the way, Josh Allen, proud fantasy life investor, of course.
2:17.6	So anyway, so I'm rooting for them. And I'm sitting there going, please punt, please punt, please punt, please punt. Because, you know, he's got a choice. It's going to come down to one play and he can either have the ball in Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry's hands or he can give the ball to Josh Allen.
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