What is up? It's the rant. My name is Jeff Radcliffe and it is Tuesday, November 1st. Welcome

to November, baby. We are officially now in the third quarter of the NFL season. I know

not technically speaking if you're really divided up, but you know what I'm saying? Every four

weeks, the league changes. There's an evolution that plays out and you're you may be seeing it,

man. You may be seeing it for fantasy football purposes. I've seen it in some of my home leagues.

Teams that look like juggernauts in September are fading. Some of my teams that look like

due to butter in September are playing pretty well. So the league changes. And of course, today,

the league is changing. I'm recording this. It's around 2 30 in the afternoon. I tried to wait

as long as I could, but the NFL trade deadline is approaching. We're about an hour and a half

away from the deadline. And we have some action today. So before I get into the waiver, why are

stuff? Let me just talk about the two trades that have gone down that impact the offensive side

of the ball. The first being TJ Hawkinson going to the Minnesota Vikings. Oh, I see you Vikings.

Very interesting. He comes with a 2023 fourth rounder and a conditional 2024 fourth rounder.

The Lions are getting a second rounder for next year and a third rounder for 2024. In exchange

for Hawkinson. Earth Smith, Jr. is now expected to miss eight to 10 weeks with a very severe high

ankle sprain. So from that vantage point, the move makes sense. I don't understand why the Lions

would trade within their division. That doesn't make sense to me. But and you have to imagine

the Packers were like, yo, we could have used a pass catcher. But Hawkinson going to arguably,

well, it's a better situation all around, I think, from an offensive standpoint, a situation

that is dominated by Justin Jefferson. So that could put a little bit of a cap on the volume.

And we really want to see volume for him. But he'll stay in tight end one territory. I hope there's

a plan to harness what he does best. I hope this is in a, you know, like, I remember Austin Hooper

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