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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Welcome back to Fantasy Focus! Daniel Dopp, Field Yates, and Mike Clay are here to get you set with everything you need to know for Week 8! Which key players are still fighting injuries and unable to go in Week 8? Will Lamar Jackson or Brock Purdy return to action? Can Stefon Diggs or Zay flowers pop off for a big performance? Plus, with a few starting QBs already ruled out due to injury, which backups will affect your fantasy matchups the most? 00:00 - Intro and Welcome In 02:10 - Mike Clay Wheel of Punishment 05:10 - TNF Chargers/Vikings Recap 16:08 - Week 8 Preview 20:28 - Buy or Sell WR edition 25:34 - Brock Purdy to play? 28:28 - Stefon Diggs to bounce back? 32:30 - Pats backfield + Judkins 36:28 - Lamar Jackson status 41:35 - Backup QBs in play for week 8 45:19 - Week 8 Injury Report 53:20 - Starts of the week! 58:25 - Mailbag! 1:01:35 - Thanks for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.3	Hi, hello and welcome in a fantasy focus football presented by Little Caesars alongside
0:50.3	Field Jates and Mike Clay.
0:51.3	My name is Daniel Dopp here with a very big Friday show in front of us. We got a Thursday Night Football Recap. Yep. We got a week eight preview part two. We're going to give you our starts of the week. But first and foremost, I want to start with a little loser punishment if you guys don't mind. I don't want to get too far in without giving the people what they want. Today, they're here to be able to watch Mike get made fun of.
1:12.2	Mike, I believe you have a helmet that you're supposed to be wearing for the majority of the show today. And by the way, I'm all suited up. I got the green sneakers. Yeah, you are. I got the Eagles shirt. Wow. I got the Eagles helmet here. All right, let's put it on. Let's see what it's like.
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