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Go to shopify.com/audioboom to upgrade your selling today. Shopify.com/audioboom. You're locked in with a Killer B's on ESPN 97.5 and 92.5, live in the Veritex community bank studios. Here's Joel Blanken, Jeremy Branham. Let's go straight out to the HR&P guest line, being joined by Adam Rownis, host of the Fantasy Life on Sirius XM Fantasy, also killing it on the dub club. Sorry to come to you a little bit late, Adam. I was soliciting advice from our listeners on how to be a better partner to my co-host, but you got a lot of great ideas. I think it was very helpful. I think it was very beneficial, but it's not as good as having you on the program. I want to start with Mark Andrews. Adam and I know we brought up tight end and elite tight end and how they haven't been playing like elite tight ends. How can I justify A, starting Mark Andrews and then B, even rostering Mark Andrews right now? Yeah, I don't have any good answers for you at this point. He's not even getting targeted. He's not even on the field a lot, running a lot of route, and it's been brutal. So you can't start him at this point. I always say, well, if you're going to drop him from the roster, what is the replacement? Because that's always the big factor, who are you going to get? Because we're all searching for options that tighten off the waiver wire, and there's just not many of them. But at this point, until you see him actually have a good game, it's really difficult to put him in your lineup. Keep coming up with different excuses, and I know we have the car action right before the season. They haven't really mentioned any of that, but yeah, it is absolutely brutal right now for Mark Andrews. So I can't justify starting him at this point. Adam, how do you handle Ramondre Stevenson in New England? He's got a little bit of a fumble issue. There's a whole conversation back and forth that he might play. He might not play. That's got to be a huge problem this week. It is. And of course, it's one of the better matchups that he had in recent weeks, which makes it all the more complicated, because they signed this guy to a contract in the off-season, and he'd had some of these issues in the past, and he's fumbled in each game. He's lost a fumble in each of the last two games. I was surprised that Mayo was so critical openly to the media. I know he was asked the question, but to me, this is something that you handle behind the scenes, or you come out and you say, "We have confidence in our guy." He clearly knows he has a fumbling issue. You think he wants to lose the ball every single week, and it's funny because if you look at Antonio Gibson, he has had a history of fumbling issues, and that's the potential replacement. So, the issue with Stevenson, so I have him in two leagues, one of them. I think I have to play him just because I don't have better options. You have to keep in mind, this is the first week of bi-week, so we have four teams on buy, so that's taking running back side of the player pool. We have a lot of injuries. We have a lot of guys who haven't practiced one day in Thursday, and we don't know if they're going to go. So, there might be some scenarios where you might not have a better option, but you clearly have trepidation, because when a coach comes out and states that publicly, what happens if he loses a fumble in the first quarter? We may not receive them again. Adam Rohn is joining us here on the Killer Bees, Adam. I thought the wide receiver issue in Miami without two couldn't get any worse, and then we saw what happened during Monday night football this last week with Tyler Huttony just absolutely not being able to get any production for Tyree Killer Jalen Waddle. How far down the list do you lose those guys? What level wide receiver are you now willing to start instead of Tyree or Jalen Waddle? Is this week's Wave or Wire pickup star, the Tavian Wicks, someone you would start over either Waddle or Tyree kill? Well, all the Waddle easily. Waddle is way down the list. I think Tyree kills more right around wide receiver 25, and if you said, "Hey, I want to start Wicks over," I had no problem. The Rams are 31st and past the VOA. It's a great matchup, and Jordan Love looks a little cheeky in the first half, but rebounds into the second half. We did a Waddle way further down, and, look, Tyler Huntley was put in a tough spot. He's barely been there. It's about two weeks. It's not an offense that he was able to grasp really quickly, but you saw some of those throws, just simple throws to get the ballman answers were way off target, so kind of unfair to him to do it immediately, and the Patriots defense at times this year has been pretty solid. Look, the good news is we heard that to a could return a week eight, but that means you still have a few more weeks to go, where you're trying to get five feet out of Tyree kill and Jay O'Bottle go. Waddle to the bench. Tyree kill is tougher to bench him, and I know you look elastic and go, "Well, it could be easy," but maybe they figure it out, and they did hand off the ball team a couple times. He wasn't able to break big yardage, but they have to figure out a way to get the ball in these guys hands. I mean, come on, man. We've seen backup quarterbacks come in. I mean, everyone was criticizing the league will if they found a figure, figured out a way to get it done. Miami has to do the same now. What about this chief situation with their targets? Rushy Rice out for a period of time. Like, we're still unsure if it's season ending, although he was placed on the IR today, so he's out for at least four weeks. Kelsey looks old. Is there anybody worth picking up the running back situation? You've had the injuries with Pacheco, Clyde Edwards, a layer, they activated his window. Which Mahomes targets are you comfortable starting? Uh, Kelsey, for sure. He had a better game last week, and maybe it was because he did so much in the off season. Maybe he wasn't in the best football shape to start here, but we did see him have a big game last week, and you mentioned how bad it is are, so Kelsey clearly gets an upgrade. Xavier Worthy should be more involved. He had that long touchdown pass, but it's not going to be heavy volume. It's just not a good situation, Patrick Mahomes has not been a great fantasy quarterback. Going back to last year, I thought it would change this year only because of Rushy Rice, Hollywood Browns, Xavier Worthy, all these deep threats, but Rice is out, Brown is out, and Worthy is a rookie. Still learning. We saw Rushy Rice and took him some time last year. He was not great in the first half, so in deeper weeks, I picked up Justin Watson. I don't feel good about it, but you know, when you have 20 roster spots and you have five weeks, you're desperate. I know Juju Swiss-Uster is familiar with this offense, and he's been there, but they're going to spread the ball around, and it's not the same offense. They're doing basically what we saw last year. They're winning these close games. If you look at Patrick Mahomes and his pass attempts, 28, 25, 39, 29, they're just playing these tight close games. They're not forced to put up a lot of points, relying on the defense again, and even the running back situation, Kareem Hunt looked the best last week, and that's after Carson Field lost the fumble early in the first quarter, and then they basically want to wait from him. Clyde Edwards, our layer, could be back, that complicates matters further, and we did see P-R-I and get a goal line, Kareem scored touchdown last week, so yeah, it's pretty much a match here in Kansas City. The only guys that you could feel good about starting right now are Travis Kelsey and ZV are worthy. Adam, we know that the Jets situation probably hit its peak worst last week. You've got Wilson. You've got Breeze Hall. You've got guys that a lot of people have, and they're planning on getting a lot of production out of. It was bad. The weather was bad, now they're going across the pond, and the Jets say they're figuring it out. How do you look at that situation? Yeah, I think you have to have patience, and these guys, Breeze Hall had at least 18 points in P-P-R formats the first three weeks, so he was getting it done. He had a bad game. Yeah. Bray let out. It looks really good, and maybe cut into him just a little bit, but I think you have to keep the faith in him. Jared Wilson has faced some really tough quarterbacks so far, including Patrick Sertan, and don't look now. Denver is a really good defense. They are a shunning team now, so that's a defense that was available in a lot of waiver wires that I picked up this week. They've really been suffocating. There's just not a lot of anyone to get anything. We all talk about how good the Buccaneers defense. Remember we agreed. Denver went into Tampa Bay and held them to 7 points when he's 26-7, they only got 13 of the Steelers. So, the Denver defense is better than a lot of people think, but the Jets should get better. I mean, the Garrett Wilson thing is just a comment, and the disconnect with Aaron Rodgers is slightly concerning. Of course, the potential of Devante Adams lining there, but I think that Garrett Wilson used. You're going to continue to run him out there. You'll hope that he gets better. Same with Breeze Hall. I just think it was just a bad game. You mentioned the weather, a tough defense, and I think it will get better for the Jets going forward. Adam Rohn is joining us here in the Killer B's. Adam, you mentioned Devante Adams in that potential trade. We know it seems like he's not going to play this week. I would expect that to mean a bump up in targets for obviously Brock Bowers. Who else do you think that benefits? Would a guy like Jacoby Myers or Trey Tucker be someone you would look to make a move for or pick up free agency if they happen to be available? Yeah. I think Trey Tucker in deeper format, Jacoby Myers was drafted in most weeks. They'll both see an uptick. Look, I expect Brock Bowers. I thought he would have a better game last week, who was disappointing, so clearly he's one of the top side ends, but again, they're going against Denver. This is not going to be an easy match up. These defenses, they're really good, but someone has to catch the football there, so those would be the three guys. Tucker has some speed, and he might have won term value there. That's why I picked him up two weeks ago because in case Adam does get dealt in, right now the way it looks, he's going to get dealt, it's just a matter of when and where. So Tucker could have some long term value the rest of the year. Adam Roan is joining us on the HRNP guest line. You've been killing it with the dumb club again. Last check. You're up eight, nine units on the NFL already. Yeah, twenty and nine star eight and a half units last week was five and one. Had a really good week. The only loss was Marvin Harrison, his receiving yard. Usually everyone shreds the Washington secondary, but somehow Arizona decided to run the football instead of passing, but yeah, some of these lines are a little bit too low. The books have been slow to adjust, so yeah, you can check me out on Twitter at out of bonus. See the link there or DM me and I'll give you a little bit of discount. There you go at Adam Roan is on Twitter, twenty and nine, eight and a half units already. We'll talk to you next week, Adam. Thank you. Thanks a lot, guys. Adam Roan is from the Fantasy Life Dub Club. We're so friendly on this show. We love you. We might not like each other, but we love you. Lee Sterling, Locktober, winning week every week. Adam Roan is of eight and a half units, twenty and nine on his props. You're killing it for your killer, breezy money. We've been, it's just winter after winter after winter. If you listen to the killer bees, you are a winner. The kids are back in school, the cooler temperatures are on the way. That's why now is the perfect time to replace your windows. 5280 exteriors can give you and your family energy-efficient windows that will keep you warm all winter long. Right now, 5280 exteriors is giving you a free, low-E glass upgrade all through September. Not valid with any other offers. 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