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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Do Podcast. I'm your host,

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Corey Evans. This week, If familiar with my work, you'll

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recognize it's my first quarter report card. If you're new

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to the show or not aware of how I conduct

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these series, I'll do this four times throughout the season, first, second, third,

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and fourth quarter report card. Of course, now the season

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is eighteen weeks, but for Fantasy most regular seasons go

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fourteen or fifteen weeks, so this is the first checkpoint. Basically,

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every four weeks, I will provide letter grades ABCD and

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F as if we were back in school as kids,

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reflecting back on how performance was made given a subject.

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The subject, obviously for these NFL players being the production

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on the field, and they're immediate combined with long term

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Dynasty value. Before I get to that, quick reminder about

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bonus content? Let a grade of an A with pretty

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much a fall as start to his NFL campaign, let

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alone career. It is Malik Neighbors of the Giants. Week

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one versus Minnesota, five grabs, sixty six yards, seven targets,

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a one hundred percent snap distribution, Week two at Washington

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ten for a buck twenty seven and his first NFL touchdown,

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eighteen targets, talk about alpha usage eighty nine percent snap

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clip Week three at Cleveland eight seventy eight, two more touchdowns,

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twelve targets, eighty five percent of snaps, and Week four

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versus Dallas most recently twelve for one, fifteen fifteen targets

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and ninety percent of snaps. For good measure, that's a

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thirty five three eighty six three receiving log eleven point

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one yards per catch on fifty two targets so far.

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Quite simply, Neighbors has delivered as advertised or better. After

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being the sixth overall pick out of LSU to the

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Giants passes the box score. Film test all of it

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as an immediate NFL superstar thanks to his fluid route

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running after catch instincts. By positioning, he creates leverage before

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and after the ball has thrown his direction, and in

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a sense, he reminds me of Justin Jefferson or Jamark

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Chase Ceedee Lamb, that superstar tier of wideouts where you

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know that he is quarterback independent, gets it done based

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on his natural playmaking ability each and every game, and

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we've seen an amazing target share to begin the season seven, eighteen, twelve,

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and fifteen. In each of those respective games, he is

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the de facto weapon and cog of the New York

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Giants offense. Now, Malik did sustaining concussion on an awkward landing.

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I've never really seen a player give them self concussion,

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but Neighbors did that. He attempted to carrall sideline catch

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late in the fourth quarter facing Dallas. Hopefully the ten

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days between then and Week five is enough time for

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Neighbors to continue his towards start to an unbelievable rookie season.

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The pace he is on is record breaking among elite

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company in the NFL for players of his age and

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staystical outputs through four games. Therefore, should be obvious that

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if you have elite neighbors on your dynasty team or teams,

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and you allocated a first round selection to secure him,

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you are thrilled with the results and you hit the

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jackpots a la Justin Jefferson, Jamaar Chase or Ceedee Lamb

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in years past. What a great of a bee is

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actually a former college peer or teammates of neighbors, that

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being Brian Thomas Junior, who I think his success is

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being a bit underappreciated through four games. Week one at

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Miami four forty seven, one touchdown, four targets, seventy seven

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percent of snaps. Week two versus Cleveland two grabs ninety

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four yards, four talks, seventy three percent of snaps. Week

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three at Buffalo five forty eight, nine targets, yet again

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seventy three percent of snaps, and Week four at Houston

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a breakout game six eighty six, one touchdown, nine targets,

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even chipped in one rush thirteen yards seventy six percent

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of snap. So the snap percentage or distribution for BTJ

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has been consistent seventy seven, seventy three, seventy three seventy six,

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that to ramp up as the season progresses. All in all,

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seventeen two seventy five, two touchdowns, sixteen point two yards

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per catch with twenty six targets.

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Speaker 2: So whereas Milaite.

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Speaker 1: Neighbors has a low eight out for the most part,

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doing most of his work after the catch eleven point

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one yards per catch if you round up on his

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average so far, Brian Thomas Junior is the vertical field structure,

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the big play machine sixteen point two yards per grab

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and that was what Thomas Junior did and excel that

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at the college scene alongside the Leaite Neighbors with LSU

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as a results, come as no surprise that Thomas Junior

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has also lived up to his pedigree from LSU twenty

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third overall pick to the Jaguars. In a sense, Thomas

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Junior has been a director placement for Calvin Ridley, who

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departed for Tennessee this offseason. Christian Kirk has maintained his

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similar possession or shorts intermediate role down field, while Gabe

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Davis the new face in Jacksonville, he functions more as

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a blocker or deep threat a midlifter takes defensive coverage

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and attention away in order to let BTJ or Christian

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Kirk thrive. Now great as the stars it's been for

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Thomas Junior, I'm curious to see what Brian's role looks

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like when Evan Ingram returns, because Trevor Lawrence has previously

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relied heavily on Ingram for volume and a security blanket

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in the Jaguars Aerial Attach. Regardless, Thomas Junior has the

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upside and the makings already of a fantasy wide receiver,

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one who only turns twenty two this October, so wheels

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up if you missed out Marvinher's Junior or e milite neighbors,

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it seems like BTJ is one of the best values

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for the most project ADP and a one quarterback league

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was mid to eight for I've seen him slide to

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the second in superfex rookie drafts this past summer, meaning

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he's as rific return on investment and the ceiling is

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incredibly high lettergrade of a B for me, and I

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do think I'll bring it up again that his production

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is going a bit under the radar because of how

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bad Jacksonville has been as a football team. It's not

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often you see a collegiate superstars role transfer right out

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of the gates to an NFL scheme, and that is

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literally Brian Thomas Junior to a tee. How he's being

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utilized as one of the best downfield threats in all

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football lettergrade of a C is Jalen Hurts, who on

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a point per game basis, isn't necessarily a bust, but

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based on expectations what we've seen at least the past

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two years of sample size, it's a bit underwhelming. So

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Week one versus Green Bay twenty thirty four two seventy

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eight is a passer two touchdowns, two picks thirteen for

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thirty three as a rusher, one fumble lost.

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Speaker 2: Mixed bag of results not ideal.

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Speaker 1: Week two pursent Atlanta twenty three to thirty for about

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eighty three as a passer, one touchdown, one interception thirteen

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rushing output salvaged a bad day as a passer. Week

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three to eleven yardage rises a passer best so far

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no touchdowns, though one interception eight twenty five in the ground,

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another fumble lost Week four a Tampa Bay. It's now

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a four game sample size eighteen to thirty about three

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eight through the air, one touchdown, no picks, eight rushes

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twenty yards, one touchdown, and yet again another fumble loss.

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This has been a varied discouraging start for Jalen Hurts.

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The Eagles, and specifically Nick Sirianni was on the hot

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seat based on last season when you really take a

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bird's eye view on this team and the franchisees direction.

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Hurts now enters the Eagles Week five by with a

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sixty eight point two complete percentage rate and seven yards

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per pess attempt, which actually aren't all that off his

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career norms. Where Jalen has been slacking or disappointing from

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fantasy is the passing yardage along with touchdowns as both

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a passer four and rusher two total six to date.

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Mention the aforementioned ball security three lost fumbles. That's a

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glaring issue he has to get fixed during the by

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and really prioritize the rest of season.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Assuming aj Brown Devonte Smith are able to return in

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Week six, Jalen Hurts should in three return elite value

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rest of the year.

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Speaker 2: The issue, though, is through four games.

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Speaker 1: Played, he has not lived up to his premier quarterback

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one price tech, particularly in super flex formats. That is,

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in a startup draft or even trade capital your first,

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if not second round pick. Hurts has a strong career

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fantasy resume, so I'm not really all that worry, but

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he still deserves a see because he's not producing at

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the level we're hoping for. He has finished since twenty

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twenty one, when he became a true starter quarterback nine

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three and two, so he's still top ten, top twelve,

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but the top five is up for debate unless Philadelphia

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collectively as a whole, writes a ship gets back on

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track out of the week five by into week six.

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Time for quick break. I'll be back with letter grades

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of A, D and F. Before I get to that,

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let's touch base. Hit me up for a roster call

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if you're not sure where to go from here about

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the quarter point of the Fantasy football regular season, I

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offer those one on one roster calls over on Google Meet.

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It's thirty bucks, thirty minutes or one hour for fifty dollars.

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Feel free to message me on social media at diners

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Speaker 2: Works as well.

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Speaker 1: Once again, that is to break down your team top

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to bottom, discuss strategy, rest of season, value or player outlooks,

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what I do in your shoes.

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Speaker 2: It is the easiest way.

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Speaker 1: To lock me down for thirty minutes for one hour,

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to pick my brain and get.

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Speaker 2: The advice that hopefully you're seeking.

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Speaker 1: If you're either four to zero, one, four, two and two,

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three and one, one and three, whatever it is, I

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am here to help, and that is in the form

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of a roster call via Google Meet. You're right back

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with letter grades of a D and an F. Lettergrade

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of a D. Is Brandon Ayuk, who's off to a

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very slow start. Week one versus Jets two catches twenty

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eight yards, five targets, a sixty percent snap rate. We'll

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give the benefit of the doubt right coming off basically

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an abbreviated offseason pulling out. Week two in Minnesota four

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forty three, five targets a seven percent of snaps.

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Speaker 2: Okay, a little bit worrisome here.

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Speaker 1: Week three at the Rams five forty eight, ten targets

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eighty percent of snaps. The production's not there. Targets were

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now what Week four? Is the Patriots a dream matchup

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for the most part, yet Ayuk two forty eight five

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targets seventy nine percent of snaps.

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Speaker 2: What is going on?

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Speaker 1: Well, from my perspective, playing and simple, I looks like

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a player who held out of the offseason for a

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new contract. His rapport and timing is off of brock

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perty at least that's what makes the most sense. He

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has not cleared fifty yards receiving in a single contest

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to date or scored a touchdown the season. There's little

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doubt that ay Equal turn things around the rest of season. However,

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in the short term he is undoubtedly fallowing short of

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eightp and overall expectations, with thirteen catches for one hundred

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and ct seven scoreless yards twelve pointy yards per catch

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across twenty five targets in those four games played for

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the forty nine Ers. Brandon's track record and usage in

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the four nine ers offense over the past two seasons

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is what really reassures me because it should ease any

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concerns about his role.

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Speaker 2: He is still locked in.

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Speaker 1: He got paid a lucrative amount of money in twenty

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twenty two was seventy eight, ten to fifteen and eight

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for thirteen yards per grab one hundred and fourteen targets.

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and seven touchdowns for seventeen yards per catch one hundred

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and five targets. So no, Ayuk isn't a wide receiver

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one necessarily by stats or by trade in terms of usage,

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but from a dynasty lens, it is now time to

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treat Ayuk's slow start as the ultimate bil window, considering

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first and foremost he's locked in with the franchise after

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inking that four year, one hundred and twenty million dollars

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contract seventy six million which is guaranteed. After landing the

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deal he won at probably week one, playing hardball and

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getting what he was looking for from John Lynch and

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Kyle Shanahan, the upper management or the pulse of the

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forty nine ers franchise, and Ayuk committed after the fact

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that he really had to put his feet in the

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ground and hold out of practice and do things he's

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not accustomed to since being a first rounder out of

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Arizona State and having to earn his reps getting in

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Kyle Shanahan's doghouse as a rookie. He's turned his career

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round since then, but this really disappointing start I think

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Speaker 2: So it should turn around. There are betters ahead, and.

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Speaker 1: If anybody is looking to cash out a Naiyuk, this

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is a great time to pounce and acquire him. Still,

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for the sake of this episode, his letter grade of

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a D makes a lot of sense because of production

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and the consistency that we've seen in the past two

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seasons is not there. And when he was back for

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Week one, the assumption was okay, maybe weeks one and

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two are slow. No, it's been four straight weeks of

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disappointing outputs. Let a grade of n F. I think

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we can all agree. Kyle Pitts fits the bill. Week

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one versus Pittsburgh three twenty six one touchdown, three targets,

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ninety two percent of snaps. Week two at Philadelphia three

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grabs twenty yards, four targets for seventy four percent of snaps.

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Week three Verskins the City two grabs fifty nine yards

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five targets for a sixty nine percent snap share, and

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catches three targets on a sixty eight percent snap share.

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That's eight one oh five one touchdown thirteen point winers

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per catch via fifteen targets in Atlanta's four games in.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty four to dates.

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Speaker 1: If you remove the bias and name or face recognition,

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that is Kyle Pitts, this is a Wavewire ten and folks,

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and it's unfortunate, it's reality. In Adnash League, you're never

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going to drop Kyle Pits. But in redraft, if there's

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better options than Wavewire, I don't blame you.

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Speaker 2: This is a trend.

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Speaker 1: It is an annual trend, not a weekly or half

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season downturn in value. And at some point there's only

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so many excuses we can make for a player. We've

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now reached that stage for Kyle Pitts, who appears to

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be a better college than pro talent, unless Atlanta is

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seemingly using him in the wrong ways. But periphial metrics

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are deep data dive metrics truly indicate that Pits is

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among the worst at creating separation wide receiver or tight

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end in the league, and that makes his lack of

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counting stats as a receiver understandable. You have to separate

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at the pro level in order to earn targets and

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then produce after the catch, limited usage.

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Speaker 2: That used to be the narrative for and I fell

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for it.

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Speaker 1: I was at the forefront of that conversation saying Arthur

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Smith is the problem. He needs a new OC or

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a new coach, new quarterback. But it's hard to blame

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Kirk Cousins, sure and consistent, but Oczach Robinson scheming it

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up because this time around b Jon Robinson, Drake Lundon,

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Darnold Mooney, Tyler al Jeer, none of them are struggling.

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Speaker 2: At the level that Kyle Pitts is.

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Speaker 1: If Atlanta could rewind time, I doubt the organization would

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allocate the fourth overall pick two Pits out of Florida

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in twenty twenty one because his dominant college film and

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that freak athleticism has simply not translated to the NFL

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or the Falcons offensive game plans or true production.

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Speaker 2: Coming full circle.

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Speaker 1: Tight end is a very thim position in fantasy, so

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Pitts remains incredibly valuable, if only for his theoretical upside

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that may or may not exist at this point. It's

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hard to know for sure. The issue is the ceiling

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is reminiscent if everything clicks points per game or end

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of season finish of a WI receiver three, a running

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back three, or a flex instead of a true competitive

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advantage that you paid that premium four like Vinceig, Travis

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Kelce or Samport of twenty twenty three. That is not

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Kyle Pitts, and I don't think that will ever occur

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unless he sees close to or above double digit targets

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week after week, and so far that is not even

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in the conversation with three, four, five, and three targets

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fifteen targets in Atlanta's first four games played. This is

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almost full panic, sound the alarm. I believe the talent exists,

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but the separation or act thereof is clearly what's holding

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him back. I did see the interview today where Atlanta's

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head coach Rahie Morris brought up the fact that he

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can care less about stats. That's it for losers. Blah

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blah blah.

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Speaker 2: Listen.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts has been deemed a generational Titan prospect.

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Speaker 2: And we're not seeing it.

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Speaker 1: This is now how many years in a row where

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we're making excuses for a player at some point. I

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don't want to say he's a bust, but he might

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not be a great fit for what Atlanta's trying to do.

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If Pitts was on a different team and was not

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vying for considerable volume from Bijon or Drake London, then sure,

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perhaps it's a different story or outlook, but it's reality

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and right now Kyle Pitts is simply not delivering.

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Speaker 2: Hence the letter grade of an F for my first

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quarter report card.

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Speaker 1: Hope you'll enjoyed this week's episode. A quick recap of

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my first quarter report card letter grades. A is Meek Neighbors,

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B is Brian Thomas Junior, c is Jalen Hurts, D

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is Ben and Ayuk, and F is Kyle Pitts.

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Speaker 2: Do you agree? Disagree?

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Speaker 1: Who was you a put at each of those slots?

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Send me a message let me know your feedback about

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these episodes. That's great to have for my audience. Who's

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you given?

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Speaker 2: ABC, D or F And.

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Speaker 1: I'll be back, as I mentioned, to do a second, third,

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and fourth quarter report card It's one of my favorite

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annual in season series.

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Speaker 2: Until next time.

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Speaker 1: This is the Dynasty you're checking Outlet you all in

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Week five. We're approaching bye week, so this is where

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strategy is Paramount depth is so crucial in Dynasty or Redraft.

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