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Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty
Dude Podcast. I'm your host, Corey

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Evans, Thank you for listening.
This week is my second quarter report cards.

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I'm assigning letter grades of AN,
A, B, C, D,

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and F two five players now that
we're done with the second quarter of

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the NFL campaign. It's a fun
exercise. I do this four times throughout

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the season and it's always well received
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I give you my outside of perspective, which is not biased. Helps

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to get a fresh set of eyes
on your team as we approach the defining

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moments of the season where you're either
a clear and tender fighting for a playoff

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seed or well out of contention,
and we can talk about all that during

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your roster call. Let's get right
to it, though, beginning with letter

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A, it is traves ETM.
He's twenty five in January right now A

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one fifty one five eighty three seven
rushing log three point nine yards clip so

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a bit inefficient sub forour upper Carrey
average, but the production speaks volumes twenty

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seven, two CEZ six and one
as a receiver on thirty five targets healthy

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share of both rushing and receiving outputs
in Jacksonville. ETN has been on an

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absolute tear, specifically from weeks five
to eight, with weekly rushing output of

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twenty six for above thirty six and
two touchdowns, eighteen fifty five two touchdowns,

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fourteen fifty three two touchdowns, and
twenty four for seventy nine. Love

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to see all the volume there,
albeit a bit ineffective from a yar per

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carry standpoint, then receiving output of
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eight, three for twenty four,
and three for seventy yards and a touchdown.

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Etn, don't forget, missed all
of his rookie season back in twenty

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twenty one due Towey liszt Frank injury, managed to flourish at twenty twenty two

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as the PPR RB seventeen in route
to a two twenty eleven twenty five five

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rushing effort five point winners per cliff
and then thirty five three to sixteen as

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receiver on forty five targets. Travis
is well on his way to surpassing those

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collective stats and totals across the board
in twenty twenty three. It would shaping

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up to be a true breakout season. The stats are nice and all,

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but I think ball security has been
one of his best improvements. Twenty twenty

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two he had three loss fumbles compared
to so far zero fumbles and zero loss

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fumbles in twenty twenty three. That
is huge for his playing time, continuing

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drives, remaining on the field and
eventually punching it in to the end zone.

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Worries of third round rookie Tank Bigsby
stealing volume from ETN have been cast

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aside to this point due to a
limited role for the Auburn product. Biggs

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b has delivered a twenty three to
fifty four to two rushing law for two

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point three yards per carry. That
is not what you'd like to see for

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what was the talented college prospect,
and then one catch six yards on three

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targets. So any fears of tank
unseen ETN can be put on the back

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burner at least for the time being, barring an injury or a significant dip

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in efficiency or production on behalf of
Travis ETN. Now in general, as

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a whole, ETN is a locked
in RB one in redraft or dynasty team.

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He is playing the top end,
burst and big play skills that then

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made him such a coveted prospect out
of Clemson. I do think that we

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have yet to witness or see Etn's
true NFL ceiling could be hard to believe,

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but legitimately could be a top five
running back annually in fantasy football circles.

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So keep that in mind if you
haven't rostered in Dynasty's is not a

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cell high or cash out type of
window. Let. A grade of an

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A ETN is legit, but a
grade of a B is Josh Dollins.

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He's twenty two third rounder out of
UNC. He's become a fixture for the

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Colts passing attack with Gardner Minshew at
quarterback. Since Week five downs as registered

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weekly efforts a six for ninety seven, five to twenty one, one touchdown,

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five for one twenty five one touchdown, seven for seventy two. Then

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his past week, he left early
with a knee injury. One catch ten

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yards. Disappointment, but it's an
injury. What are you gonna do?

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Those counting stats are strong and full
PBR, especially for a rookie wide receiver.

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Most encouraging in my mind are as
targs per week of seven five,

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twelve, three, six, eight, six, nine and one one being

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the outlier because he left early.
Mention, it does make me seen if

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Downs will be available in week ten
for the Colts, since he was added

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to an angry report towards the middle
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with any injury which then evidently flared
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nine contest. So hopefully this is
a short term issue with Josh Downs and

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he didn't push it too much to
make this a multi week absence. Time

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will tell. At this point of
recording on Monday, I don't have much

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information on Downs or his timeline.
Outside of his early departure in week nine

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at Carolina, he has been on
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of the team snapped weekly, with
his best season mark checking in eighty percent.

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That was twice. Sure. Down's
a bit undersize at five nine one

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seventy one. There are plenty of
val concerns that he would not be able

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to translate or adapt his set of
skills to the NFL level to spite being

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a premier prospect at North Carolina.
Out of the slot, and that's where

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Downs shines right out of the slot. Gardner minshe looking for him early and

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often not that Anthony Richardson wasn't as
you could see from his target totals between

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splitting reps with ar and Minshew,
just seems that Minshew was a better fit

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for or the skill set Downs brings
to the grid iron. We now know

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that the talent was indeed legitimate,
and that Downs his one oh one thirteen,

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thirty five eight and then ninety four
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to close out his cleeed career.
We're not a fluke not to mention this

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four point fourty to forty yard dash, thirty eight and a half mes vertical

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and ten foot eleven inch broad All
of us paint a picture that Josh Downs

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is one of the next best young
great wideouts to man the slot in the

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NFL and Fans football alike. You
could see it on film. The route

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running, it's the technician, smooth, fluid, and then the football in

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his hands, his yak, the
yard of the catch and even rack run

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up the catch ability are clear top
traits that were evident at the college level

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and now being showcased with the Colts
in real life, which is great to

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see if you invested what is now
look like a steal late second early mid

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third rookie draft pick based on his
adp over the summer. So Josh Downs

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receives a B letter grade from me, which I think has a chance to

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eventually become an A. If you
have mine your roster, he is probably

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wide receiver four five six, which
means you're flexing him nothing but pure profit

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from here on out. If you
need help another position, I understand pivoting

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away from him. I want to
stress and emphasize that even when Richardson returns

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in twenty twenty four, presumably the
fact that Downs is performing better with Minshew

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than he was where they are isn't
a big deal, small sample size.

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He is now a face of the
franchise and the future contract status Michael Pittman

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Leaving the Colts could even open up
more opportunities for Downs and Asson as twenty

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twenty four bet agrade of a sea
is Tony Poward twenty six. After a

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monster twenty twenty two campaign where power
took over Zeke his workhorse status in Dallas

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with a one ninety three one thousand
and seven nine rushing law for five point

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three yards per clip and then thirty
nine three seventy one three efforts on fifty

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five targets as a receiver that made
Tony the PPRRB eight last season. It

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was widely assumed he would either replicate, remain on par with that workload,

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or exceed it in twenty twenty three, but the former Memphis product has been

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a relative bust compared to the elite
commodity we all thought we were going to

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have rostered this season. Despite having
the Dallas backfield to himself for the most

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part through nine weeks of action,
power has not been up to those standards

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from a volume or per touch efficiency
standpoint. Season high in rushes twenty five

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yards rushing one twenty two reception,
seven yards receiving eighty targets eight. Those

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sound lofty, which they are,
but he has not come close to those

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totals week to week compared to last
season in tandem with Elliott. This is

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where it gets a bit concerning season
low for power this year rush is eight

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yards rushing, twenty nine receptions,
one yards receiving, negative one targets one.

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That's bottom of the barrel, barely
even startable talent at running back,

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let alone, you're presumed RB one. How about fifteen or fewer rushing attempts

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in six different games. If you
took Powered early in the startup draft or

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was your first second round pick in
redraft, let alone was a primary trade

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tarker for you to acquire this pass
offseason. It's simply not getting it done

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for an RB one, or even
RB two for that matter, those are

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polarizing for a statistical floor and ceiling, making Power more of an RB two,

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if not high end flex than true
RB one candidates. Can he turn

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it around? Possibly in eight games
play the dates this year, He's been

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held a single look at points of
full PPR four different times, which is

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hard to make excuses for Power's best
output came in Week one at the New

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York Giants with twenty two point two
points. Since then, he has not

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surpassed nineteen point nine full PPR points
in a single contest. Now enters Week

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ten with logs of one twenty four
to seventy four to two on the ground

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and twenty nine for a buck ninety
on thirty five targets with no receiving touchdowns.

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Speaking of touchdowns, Poward has not
scored a rushing or receiving touchdown since

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Week one, when he had two
rushing touchdowns against said Giants. He's averaging

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four hours per carry, which is
a bit underwhelming. For being honest and

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to the point, what I'm most
concerned about are Tony snap rates for a

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perceived featured running back per week of
sixty four percent, sixty four again,

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eighty six, fifty three, sixty
nine, eighty five, sixty five,

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and seventy seven. Those totals are
not reflective of a set oft forget it

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rb X one in a Fants football
lineup. Mike McCarthy has made it a

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point at each postgame press conference or
even at halftime that Dallas intends to utilize

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twenty Powered more. Perhaps this is
a larger issue at hand. The absence

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or departure of Kellen Moore and how
creative he is with running backs little non

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offensive schemes is diminishing powers relevance.
But if you watch Power to the touch

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point with his lack of explosion or
burst compared to when he was the lightning

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Zekes thunder in twenty twenty two is
causing some long term concern here. At

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twenty six years old, Powered could
break the bank with another contract and carve

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out another two three years of high
end relevance in Dynasty. On the flip

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side, he might be exposed for
being better suited or equipped for our BBC

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duties where he's receiving less volume,
Yet each touch means more. It can

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lead to better production. Volume is
king for running back and fantasy not though,

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when a running back isn't getting the
job done. And that's where we're

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at with twenty Powered, he could
have had a worse letter grade. I'm

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giving him s C because he had
a few huge game early on the season,

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but it's been a downward trend week
by week by week for quite some

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time, even out of Dallas is
By and I'm most worried about the snap

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rates because for an RB one,
if you're not eclipsing eighty percent of snaps

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or at least seventy five week in
week out, then you're not an RB

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one. This hipple is that Tony
Power is not an RB one right now

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until further notice. There's a BILO
window until he explodes for a big performance

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once again. Yet the letter grade
of a C is certainly deserved at this

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point of the campaign. Time for
a quick break. I'll be back with

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two more letter grades, A D
and and f to break down my second

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quarter report card letter grade of a
D is assigned to T Higgins, who's

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coming off a strong performance, but
not enough to bump him up in the

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letter grade rankings. Twenty four years
old. Those who have Higgins rostered in

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Dynasty know very well how uncertain or
unreliable of an asset he is at wide

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receiver, let alone and fantasy football. The consistency is mind boggling. It's

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frustrating, you know the drill of
you have ever rostered him in any league.

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He missed Week five with the ribb
injury. Otherwise, he has been

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active for the Bengals without much to
show for compared to the offseason ADP or

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ranking status linked to his draft stock. His per game output when active stands

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at a goose egg with eight target
to Week one eight eighty nine, two

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two for twenty one, two for
nineteen, two for twenty That three game

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stretch was downright awful five to sixty
nine, and then this past week eight

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for one ten a nice bounce back
performance. Te Higgins reminds me a bit

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of mid to late year Mike Evans. Where we're seeing Evans over the past

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few years in terms of volatility with
roller coast performances that are baked into rostering

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him. You know, a're gettingduds, you know are getting stud efforts those

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are infuriating the highs and the lows
that offer week winning and week losing performances.

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That's just part of the trade or
part of the deal with rostering T

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Higgins or Mike Evans in Fantasy football
prior to twenty twenty three. I think

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this is a very interesting case to
make four or against T depending on where

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you're at with him. He has
finished the PPR Wide Receiver twenty eight,

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twenty twenty why Receiver twenty four,
twenty twenty one, Wide Receiver eighteen twenty

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twenty two. This is now a
year four meeting te Higgins. Isn't he

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ever returned more than middle tier WYDE
receiver two value, despite his ADP trade

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value indicating otherwise. It's possible that
tee Higgins therefore is an overrated dynasty asset,

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which pains me to say because I'm
a huge fan of the skill sets.

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It could be simply that he needs
more volume to achieve a higher steiling.

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That is a case that I think
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other hand you cannot ignore is an
efficiency on multiple seasons of data or disposal

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here, even when he disappears in
certain weeks when he's fully healthy. That

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part of it makes it puzzling to
understand who is t Higgins. Is he

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seriously a wide receiver two for NFL
team or could he be a one elsewhere?

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The college pedigree and splits with without
Jamar Chase indicate that he should in

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fact be a wide receiver one or
have that sort of outcome calculated into his

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range of possibilities. And that basically
to my next point that perhaps it's better

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if Cincinnati moves on from Higgins as
a UFA in twenty twenty four to become

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a free agent and possibly a cornerstone
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While his Week nine outburst first Buffalo
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the season around, we need to
see far more consistency rest of season out

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of Higgins. Think him seriously as
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Is he wide receiver two on a
per game basis? Yes, he is,

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but there's so many ups and downs, and even that is hard to

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say with much confidence. As a
result, Tie Higgins receives a letter grade

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of a D for me in my
second quarter report card. I'm more in

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than out on him in Dynasty.
It's just so difficult to project or forecast

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what the future holds for Higgins with
Joe Burrow and JAMR Chase being priorities for

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the Bengals organization in terms of locking
in their contracts. Beget to Chase.

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He does have a back injury which
is not clear in terms of a distinct

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possibility missing time. If he were
to miss time, then that could be

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the path for T Higgins to subvent
himself back into our good graces. Week

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nine again was a nice reminder of
what he's capable of. It's just we

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haven't seen that consistently in twenty twenty
three. And then finally let a grade

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of an F is none other than
Christian Watson, twenty four years old.

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After missing week's won the three with
a link En Hampshing injury. Their ability

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woes once again entered the conversation to
cloud Watson Dynasty stock even further. Since

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returning from injury, the sophomore wide
out out nor Dakota State has registered game

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logs of two twenty five in a
touchdown, three for ninety one Green Bays

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buy three for twenty seven, three
for thirty three, and one catch thirty

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seven yards. That's not good.
No other way to spin it. Over

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that span, Watson has earned target
totals of four to seven, five,

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eight and two. The target totals
are a bit underwhelming. He is boom

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er Bus feaster famine. There's no
other way to spin it. Those aforementioned

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injury concerns where once again brought back
to life in Week nine vers La Rams,

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since Watson was forced to leave late
in the contest with the parent chest

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and back injuries, as well as
being evaluated for concussion. The early word

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is that he did not sustain an
actual concussion, but had some symptoms that

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often are linked two to one.
To keep an eye on that injury report

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rest of week. Let's remember that
Watson did in fact burst on to the

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NFL scene as a rookie in twenty
twenty two second rounder forty one six eleven

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seven receiving effort fourteen games played,
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We thought down the stretch last season
he was the next great superstar wide

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out the software campaign that we've seen
this year has not been as triumphant,

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with twelve catches two hundred thirteen yards
one touchdown in five games played across twenty

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six targets. He's six four to
two, a weight with insane athletic metrics

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four point three six forty thirty and
a Halvings vertical eleven foot four ins broad

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jump prospect model wise analytic perspective,
he's Calvin Johnson. What matters more than

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those measurables are actual NFL output per
game reliability, and that's where Watson is

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leaps and bounds behind Calvin Johnson.
Outside of his athletic profile. Nobody's going

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to question what Watson is capable of. Instead, he's undoubtedly going to be

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labeled or associated with being injury prone
because of his inability to stay in the

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field. After all, a player's
best ability is availability. That is a

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model that I fully believe in,
because stats are accumulating when you're on the

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field. If your sideline with an
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Simple as that, I do recommend
buying low on why for a future second,

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whether it's twenty four or twenty five, If possible, I don't feel

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comfortable spending it first on him,
and that's because of the durability or a

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lack thereof, So don't bank on
top tier value rest of the way,

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especially if Jordan Love's inconsistent or poor
quarterback play continues. He's an eighty one

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point nine passer rate and Entreen Week
ten for context. You want to see

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a quarterback rating ninety or one hundred
that's considered good or on par with expectations.

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If you're over one hundred, then
you're doing a really good job.

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I Love being at eighty one point
nine does showcase that he's a work in

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progress. Start off the year on
a hot note, has cooled off considerably,

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Defense has had more film on him, and he's being exposed as an

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inexperienced pastor at the professional level.
That's hurting the likes of Christian Watson,

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who's a player that relies on downfield
big playability or getting the ball to him

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in space to then rack up a
ton of yards after the catch. His

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speed is otherworldly to this point,
with catch totals of two, three,

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three, three and one, we
haven't seen that Lidlifting Week winning upside in

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twenty twenty three, not to say
we won't ever see it again. The

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common de nominator could be Jordan Love
not being the long term solution for green

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Bay at quarterback. All of that
being said, Christian Watson let a grave

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of an f It's hard to rank
him or value him any higher basement we've

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seen, and if he misses any
more time, people are going to become

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very uncertain and skeptical about him ever
returning on his rookie adp let alone his

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draft capitol in real life. At
this point, I don't blame you for

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pivoting if you want to expose the
green Bays offense in so much shape or

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form to Luke Muskrave or other wideouts
like Romeo Dobbs talked about Dontevion Wicks a

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bit ago for a nice cheap ad
on your bench, and it sounds like

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his role could be expanding, particularly
if Watson is his time. Jayden Reid

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has that peaks and valleys, but
even he seems to be a bit more

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reliable in terms of availability on the
field, and that at the end of

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the day is most important for us
in fantasy. Thank you all for listening.

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A quick recap of second quarter report
card letter grade of an A is

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TRAVESTN B Josh Downs, C,
Tony Pollard, D. T. Higgins,

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