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Summary

TLDRIn this stochastic Channel video, Mesi dives into college football DFS for the Friday slate, offering insights on player data, Vegas lines, and team projections. He discusses specific games, analyzing player performances and strategies for Duke vs. Northwestern and BYU vs. SMU. Mesi provides detailed breakdowns on quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers, highlighting key players like Malik Murphy, Mike Wright, and Jordan Moore. He also touches on the importance of considering team defenses and coaching strategies when making DFS picks.

Takeaways

  • 🏈 The video discusses college football DFS strategies for a Friday slate, focusing on player data and game analysis.
  • πŸ“Š The presenter uses a player data, usage tool to analyze team and player statistics, including attempts per game and yards per game.
  • πŸ€” There's a detailed breakdown of the Duke vs. Northwestern game, with insights on the quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers.
  • πŸ” The analysis highlights the potential challenges for Duke's quarterback Malik Murphy due to Northwestern's strong run defense.
  • πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ The running back situation at Duke is considered less promising, with a more spread-out role and a focus on pass-down work.
  • πŸ“‰ The presenter is not particularly interested in Duke's running back options due to their limited rushing attempts and Northwestern's defense.
  • πŸ“ˆ For the Northwestern side, Mike Wright is highlighted as a key player in the run game, despite his lackluster passing performance.
  • 🎯 The video identifies AJ Henning and Bryce Curtis as the top two plays for Northwestern, with a high target share and consistent involvement.
  • πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ There's a cautious approach to the tight end positions, with a focus on the potential value in the receiving game rather than the run game.
  • 🏟️ The video concludes with a look at other games on the slate, including BYU vs. SMU, with a focus on the high implied team totals and potential player performances.

Q & A

  • What does the speaker suggest to do before starting the analysis?

    -The speaker suggests hitting the Thumbs Up Button, subscribing to the channel, and hitting the notification bell to help out the channel.

  • What type of data does the speaker discuss regarding college football?

    -The speaker discusses player data, usage tool, projections, ownership, and the Sims tool, focusing on team by team data, Vegas data, and player statistics such as attempts per game, total yards, yards per game, and yards per carry.

  • How does the speaker describe the performance of Malik Murphy?

    -The speaker describes Malik Murphy's performance as not very mobile, with 5.91 yards per carry, and suggests that his performance could be tough against a strong defense like Northwestern.

  • What is the speaker's opinion on the Duke running back situation?

    -The speaker is not particularly interested in the Duke running back situation due to the team's pass-heavy approach and Northwestern's strong run defense.

  • Which player does the speaker consider the locked-in receiver of choice for Duke?

    -The speaker considers Jordan Moore to be the locked-in receiver of choice for Duke, highlighting his high target share and yardage.

  • What is the speaker's view on the Northwestern quarterback, Mike Wright?

    -The speaker views Mike Wright as a run-heavy quarterback with a lackluster passing performance, expecting consistent but not outstanding results.

  • What does the speaker suggest about the Northwestern running back committee?

    -The speaker suggests that the Northwestern running back committee is a three-back timeshare, with Camp Porter leading the way, and Caleb KF being potentially undervalued by sportsbooks.

  • Which players does the speaker recommend focusing on for SMU's passing game?

    -The speaker recommends focusing on AJ Henning and Bryce Curtis for SMU's passing game due to their high target share and consistent involvement.

  • What is the speaker's strategy for the BYU vs. SMU game?

    -The speaker's strategy for the BYU vs. SMU game is to consider Preston Stone as a potential quarterback play and to focus on SMU's running backs and wide receivers for potential high-scoring plays.

  • How does the speaker evaluate the Indiana team's performance in the script?

    -The speaker evaluates the Indiana team's performance as having a high implied team total and suggests looking at Curtis Roor as a safe quarterback option, along with Cameron Smith as a potential value play at running back.

Outlines

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🏈 College Football DFS: Duke vs Northwestern Analysis

Mesi begins by introducing a college football DFS discussion, focusing on the Duke vs Northwestern game. He emphasizes the importance of engaging with the channel through likes, subscriptions, and notifications. Mesi then transitions to discussing player data and usage tools, providing insights into team statistics, Vegas data, and player performance metrics like attempts per game and yards per carry. He scrutinizes the quarterback and running back situations for both teams, highlighting the potential challenges for Duke's offense against Northwestern's strong run defense. Mesi also touches on the receiving corps, noting the target shares and the potential for certain players to outperform their current pricing in DFS contests.

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πŸ“Š In-Depth Look at Player Performance and Strategy

This paragraph delves deeper into the player performance and strategy for the Duke vs Northwestern game. Mesi discusses the running back committee, emphasizing the role distribution and potential outcomes based on each player's route participation and target shares. He also provides a detailed analysis of the quarterback situation, noting the passing tendencies and the potential for certain players to be over or under-projected by sportsbooks. The summary also includes a look at the tight end positions and the potential value in playing certain players based on their route participation and target rates.

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🏟️ BYU vs SMU Matchup and Player Insights

Mesi shifts the focus to the BYU vs SMU game, providing a detailed analysis of the spread, total points, and player performances. He discusses the quarterback situation, highlighting Preston Stone's potential as a value play due to his split time with Kevin Jennings. The analysis continues with a look at the running back committee, noting injuries and potential workload distribution. Mesi also provides insights into the receiving corps, identifying key players like RJ Maryland and their target shares, and discusses the potential for certain players to see an increase in targets based on the game's dynamics.

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πŸ“‰ Western Illinois vs Indiana: Game Breakdown and DFS Considerations

In the final paragraph, Mesi discusses the Western Illinois vs Indiana matchup, providing a game breakdown and considerations for DFS. He covers the team's offensive pace, the quarterback situation with Nathan Lamb, and the backfield committee involving Cameron Smith, Torren Farmer, and Tyler Jordan Smith. Mesi also analyzes the wide receiver situation, identifying key players and their target shares, and discusses the potential for certain players to provide value in DFS contests. He concludes with a summary of the quarterback options, including Curtis Rooker, and provides a final assessment of the slate, highlighting the players he believes offer the most potential value.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘DFS (Daily Fantasy Sports)

DFS refers to the type of fantasy sports game where players draft and manage a team based on real-world athletes, with contests typically lasting just a day or week. In the context of the video, the speaker discusses college football DFS strategies for a specific Friday slate.

πŸ’‘FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)

The FCS is a division of college football in the United States, a level below the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision). The speaker references FCS games as part of the teams' schedules and mentions how data from these games might not be as useful due to the disparity in competition level.

πŸ’‘Projections

Projections are estimates of how players will perform in future games, usually based on past performance, trends, and matchups. The speaker talks about using projections to guide decisions in selecting players for DFS lineups.

πŸ’‘Ownership

Ownership in DFS refers to how many participants in a contest have chosen a particular player for their lineup. The video touches on how knowing the ownership percentages helps in making strategic decisions, especially in less obvious picks.

πŸ’‘Target share

Target share is the percentage of passing attempts directed toward a specific player, often a wide receiver or tight end. The speaker mentions target shares when discussing players like Jordan Moore, emphasizing how much certain receivers are involved in their team’s offense.

πŸ’‘Vegas data

Vegas data refers to betting lines and odds from sportsbooks in Las Vegas, which help predict game outcomes, total points, and team performance. In this video, the speaker uses Vegas data, like point spreads and totals, to evaluate matchups and guide DFS decisions.

πŸ’‘Route participation

Route participation is the percentage of passing plays where a player runs a route as a potential target. The speaker explains how this stat is used to gauge how involved a player, such as a wide receiver or tight end, is in their team’s offense.

πŸ’‘Committee backfield

A committee backfield refers to a team using multiple running backs in a rotation, often splitting the workload. The speaker mentions the running back committees for Duke and Northwestern, which makes it harder to predict which player will get more carries or touches.

πŸ’‘Run-pass balance

Run-pass balance describes the ratio of rushing plays to passing plays a team uses in a game. The speaker discusses teams like Duke and Northwestern and how their approach to run-pass balance impacts the potential performance of their offensive players in DFS.

πŸ’‘Stud

In DFS, a 'stud' refers to a high-performing, high-cost player expected to deliver strong results. The speaker refers to Jordan Moore as a 'stud' because of his central role in Duke’s offense, with a high target share and solid production.

Highlights

Introduction to college football DFS Friday slate analysis

Emphasis on subscribing and engaging with the channel for updates

Explanation of the player data usage tool for college football analysis

Discussion on team data and Vegas lines for Duke vs. Northwestern game

Analysis of quarterback Malik Murphy's performance and rushing stats

Breakdown of the running back room and their route participation

Assessment of the potential for Duke's running backs against Northwestern's run defense

Evaluation of the wide receiver situation and target shares for Duke

Projections on Northwestern's quarterback Mike Wright's passing efficiency

Insight into Northwestern's three-back committee and their route rates

Analysis of SMU's high implied team total and player projections against BYU

Discussion on Preston Stone's value as SMU's quarterback for DFS

Projections and considerations for SMU's running back situation

Analysis of SMU's wide receiver targets and efficiency

Evaluation of BYU's offensive strategy and quarterback Jake Rett's potential

Discussion on Indiana's offensive potential and player projections against Western Illinois

Final thoughts on the Slate, including key players and strategies for DFS

Transcripts

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what's up everybody Mesi here back again

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with the stochastic Channel and today

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we're talking some college football DFS

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the Friday slate before we get started

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make sure to hit that Thumbs Up Button

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subscribe to the channel and hit the

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notification Bell it helps us out a ton

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so thank you if you have done that all

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right I'm GNA adjust my camera a little

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bit I'm a little low and right away I'm

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going to bring you behind the glass to

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what we usually use our player data

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usage tool talk about it briefly and

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then get into the games so let me switch

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off this this is an FCS game but we'll

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begin here with Duke Northwestern so

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this is available with our college

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football package among other things

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projections ownership our Sims tool more

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on that stuff later but this specific

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page what you're looking at week by week

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this will update at the top we're going

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to have our team by team data everything

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highlighted in Grays from last year

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that'll change to next or this year

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probably next week a lot lot of these

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teams played FCS opponents so the data

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is not there in some cases and in other

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cases highly flawed because of level of

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competition so I left that alone for

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last year's stuff I'll update when it

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makes sense just verbally and then we

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have your Vegas data so in this case

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Northwestern is a three-point favorite

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with a 37 total these are your implied

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team totals very low for both of these

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teams as far as the player-by-player

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stuff quarterbacks are up here at the

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top we have their attempts per game

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total toal yards yards per game this

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will update when there's more games how

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many sacks they've taken opportunities

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is sacks plus scrambles plus designed

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Rush attempts than your yards per carry

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you could see Malik Murphy not very

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mobile conversely Mike rght he's

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honestly more mobile than I I thought

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5.91 yards per carry but we'll get into

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that from here attempts that's for

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running backs receivers quarterbacks

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whoever carries the percentage of the

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attempts they have they're yards and

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yards per game and it's the same thing

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with receivers down here only we move to

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targets then we have Target share

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targets per game yards yards per game

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and percentage of routes that a player

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participates in this will be a running

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average throughout the season I will

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update verbally when there are

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discrepancies so hopefully that makes

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enough sense enough of the background

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all of the information for our tools

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packages everything can be found below

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while we're on this game I might as well

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start here we got into some of the

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specifics right away with Duke

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Northwestern it's a threo spread in

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favor of the wild cats 37 total this

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number's coming down so probably even

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lower by the time it kicks off at the

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quarterback position we have Malik

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Murphy at 7,300 the fact that he took

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zero rushing or has zero rushing yards

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and took zero sacks I think is more a

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product of what this team did in week

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one playing an FCS team that is neither

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here nor there last year he found a way

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to finish with negative rushing yards so

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that was with Taxas better offensive

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line better receivers better everything

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I think this could be pretty tough

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sedding for Malik Murphy and he is no

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longer playing Elon which is also a

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concern from there we have the running

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back room

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which in my opinion was a little more

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spread than I thought it would be star

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Thomas out carried Joz Mo but if you

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look at stuff like route percentage jao

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Moore played a lot more than star Thomas

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I'll highlight that down here 42 2% of

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their routes for more versus 27 a. half%

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for Thomas so it's kind of like a 5050

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committee with designed roles more

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handling pass down stuff more than than

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star Thomas and star Thomas handling

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more of the early down rolls so in a

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game against North Western who is an

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excellent run defense not expecting that

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to be anything worth writing home about

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I'm not particularly interested in the

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Duke running back situation especially

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because you know like week one Duke

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passed the ball 60% of the time they

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were at 24 seconds per play which is a

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Divergence from what we saw last year of

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course they have the new coaching staff

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but if we're not getting a lot of

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rushing attempts from these players and

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Northwestern as an awesome

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defense I think there's better

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opportunities in other situations

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they're just gppb plays in my opinion at

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receiver Jordan Moore the locked in

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receiver of choice this makes sense they

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lost his running mate from last year 12

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targets immediately 31% Target share

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went over 100 yards 72% rout share you

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think that rises in more competitive

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games then it's Eli panle and Samir

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heggins I don't think we see really much

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else from this team in terms of rotation

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onto the field Javon Harvey John Tavis

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Robertson these are players that should

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be rotational pieces with Samir hains

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Eli panle and Jordan Moore locked in to

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your three wide receiver sets and I

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think panle should be more expensive

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than Heins just straight up at this

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point given what we saw last week and

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panle has been injured at points in his

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career I think that's the only thing

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that's limited him from playing ahead of

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Hain titand is a rotation Nikki

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dlan he was at 47% of the routes

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Jeremiah Hasley 47% of the routes four

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targets a piece expect this to continue

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and when they run 12 personel you'll see

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I think panl and Heins come off the

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field more Heins than anyone else but

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the Duke tight ends I guess are in play

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I don't have a ton of interests not with

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panle being a little bit more expensive

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on the Northwestern side Mike Wright

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8100 he had the 65 rushing yards right

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away in his debut it's pretty good Mark

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and I expect that to be pretty

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consistent this team was surprisingly

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pass the ball 49% of the time that was

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very interesting to see considering

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their new OC Lan comes from South Dakota

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state where they were often passing the

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ball in the 30% range 30 to 40% we did

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not have that in their first game but

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they were still super slow 31 seconds

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per play and this team I think will be

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more run heavy in the

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future and rely on their defense really

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but Mike Wright being a piece of this

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run game I think is important because

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he's very lackluster as a passer 6.0

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yards per attempt for reference the

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college average is 7.4 so he's well

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below that and he's had a long career

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he's been at multiple programs I

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wouldn't expect him to light the world

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on fire although Duke's defense is

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rebuilding quite a bit here the biggest

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surprise for me was the three back

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committee that Northwestern decided to

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use that their coach doubled down on in

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the press conference cam Porter led the

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way last year and he still carried the

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ball 13

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times was not involved in the pass game

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honestly like they barely threw the ball

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they did they just I don't think got off

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enough plays but Camp Porter he's firmly

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in a time share Caleb komala played more

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than we thought and right now I think

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we're over projecting this is sports

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books over projecting Camp Porto rushing

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under projecting Caleb KF even though I

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think they should both be involved as

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far as route rates for these running

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backs because they were not targeted

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really at all I think we do see some

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rotation between these players but I

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would still expect Camp pora to largely

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lead the way right now we have Camp

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Porter at 42% of the

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routes komala around 20 Heyman around

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seven and that is just diverging a

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little bit from what we saw last week

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but pretty in line so that's where we

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have them in terms of the past game

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Porter are still being mainly the third

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down back receiver you know they didn't

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throw the ball a lot or they I guess

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they're they did throw the ball a fair

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amount but a lot of it was off Target

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and didn't register as targets

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but over 60% of the targets went to AJ

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Henning and Bryce Curts that is nice in

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the fact that it's projectable so it's

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not expensive these players were on the

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field every single play their wide

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receiver three Frank cvy he had just a

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51 and a half% route rate and I don't

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think we see much else from this team

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passing the ball these are the clearly

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the two best receivers there's no reason

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to throw it to anybody else at tight end

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Thomas Gordon he split time with

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Marshall Lang neither of them received

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much work in the past game but both of

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them were out there for a pretty fair

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amount of the routes Gordon he was up

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above 70% and we have Lang above 50%

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coming into this week which is

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appropriate for them just don't expect a

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high targets per route rate for the

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Northwestern tight ends I would focus

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solely on Henning and CTS if you can

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unfortunately they're not expensive

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they're the top two plays in this game

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Wright is okay Porter is okay Kamala I

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think is okay as well would rely on

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Jordan more as a stud and then Thomas

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and jock has more along with Eli panle

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more your gpp

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plays second good game on the Slate we

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turn to BYU taking on SMU this spread is

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moving towards 11 it's 10 and a half in

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favor of SMU 56 total and it's a game I

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think we should have a lot of interest

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right away just from the high implied

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team total of SMU up above 30 points at

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30 points right now

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but much better than the previous game

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so when you have a 36 and a half total a

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37 total sometimes you're just going to

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naturally be pushed towards other games

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which is the case here but in this

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contest we have I think a pretty decent

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spot to take SMU as a bu low after their

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FCS game and before that playing Nevada

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really close let's start with them so

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you have Preston Stone still splitting

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some time

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with Kevin Jennings that's not changing

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in this game but I think I think it's

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going to be closer to an 8020 split

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similar to what we saw in the first week

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even though Jennings has been fine at

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some point I think they just had to name

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a starting quarterback the problem is

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you pay 9500 for it there's not that

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many options on this late so I think you

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probably still look towards Preston

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Stone as a guy you can lock in pretty

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clearly I haven't built lineups yet I'm

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not sure where I'll be on cash but I

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anticipate playing probably r from

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Indiana and then I'm not sure on the

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second quarterback it largely depend on

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how salaries fall but not noticing that

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many expensive skill position players so

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Stone might just be the guy you lock in

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to get the most points running back

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their second game you know playing an

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FCS team they took the foot off the gas

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with Rashard Smith and LJ Johnson like

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their freshman Derrik McFall had 15

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carries those all came in the second

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half when the game was already out of

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hand same thing with Zack Hernandez all

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those carries in the second half Zay

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miners actually touched the ball earlier

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in the game but still only two and they

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didn't have Jaylen knon so his absence

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definitely contributed to the elevated

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McFall workload right now we're

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projecting brashard Smith clearly the

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number one he's been hyper efficient too

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on his carrier he's already at 89 and a

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half yards he's also a former receiver

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so he's excellent catching the ball

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three Targets in their first game didn't

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need him in their second game he should

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be the lead back LJ Johnson is dealing

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with an injury we're expecting him to

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play but but he's their bigger back he

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should get some goal line touches here

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and there we're tentatively projecting

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him as the number two right now followed

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by Jaylen Knight assuming he returns

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from his

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injury all this should set up pretty

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well for brashard Smith you got your

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next two backs dealing with injuries so

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make sure you keep your eye on this

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McFall we are projecting back towards

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his week one roll a handful of snaps

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even if he gets if he even gets that

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he's a four-star freshman so there's the

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potential for more especially if one of

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Johnson or Knight misses but those

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carries just came in garbage time

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annihilating an FCS team so I still have

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questions receiving game RJ Maryland

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goes from nine targets to two again they

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did not play a real team that's going to

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happen he should be faring away the

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locked in Target Target leader and he

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hasn't played most of the routes yet the

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series at 57% but last year in

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competitive games we saw that up at 80

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so if this does play to the spread I

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would expect a bump in routes and

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targets from RJ Maryland he's your

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safest pass Catcher from there you have

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Jake Bailey and Jordan

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Hudson I always struggle with the

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expensive SMU wide receivers because

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their routes are not vastly different

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than romelo Brinson rodri Daniels kesan

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Smith I honestly would prefer going down

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and playing those guys just price

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adjusted of course if you give me all

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the salary in the world sure I'll play

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Jordan Hudson but if salary is a thing

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which it is on the Slate there's not

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much difference other than efficiency

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between those players romela Brinson

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keesan Smith and Roger Daniels in honest

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you could make a case for Daniels being

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the best of these cheap players because

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he gets carries in the backfield three

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carries last week has zero carries in

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week zero but we saw him involved in the

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Run game last year as well so those

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carries do give you a floor that the

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other receivers do not have 4600 aside

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from Maryland I would tentatively put my

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flag on him if you're looking to stack

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an SMU receiver only other guy that

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really mentions Matthew hibner he plays

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a little bit as your second tight endend

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BYU we go to Jake rettl and BYU is fresh

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off a dismantling win in their first

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game of the year over Southern Illinois

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congrats to BYU but I don't think we saw

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a lot from this team they returned their

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signal caller Jake

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redl and I'm not sure that's a good

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thing he was inefficient last year good

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showing in week one he's cheap so locked

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into all the snaps I think you can play

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some Rett

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left I'm still hesitant this is probably

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you know poor judgment on my end I have

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the first run of projections done I'm

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going to cross reference this with red

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SLA right now just to see what we have

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and if I'm being a dummy which is likely

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the

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case we have red slap at 17 and a half

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points roughly so yeah you should

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probably be considering him as a cheaper

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option we'll see I'm not all the way

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there yet I like smu's defense even

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though they showed cracks previously

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against other teams but this should be

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mostly red SLA not buying banan or

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anyone behind him the backfield I think

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the superior committee LJ Martin split

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with hinley rotti Miles Davis carried a

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little bit and then of course this team

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uses wide receivers a lot in the Run

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game so that's worth noting but I think

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largely what you see is hinley Rapa LG

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Martin splitting work almost 5050 that

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was what we saw last week Martin did

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have a camp injury so that could be

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contributing but he wasn't the most

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efficient back anyway so I would expect

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a 50-50 committee to remain would much

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get to a guy like brashard

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Smith receiver only thing to really

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mention is Darius lasser's expected back

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I guess I forgot to mention musi Dixon's

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also expected a return for SMU that

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muddies the situation further but that

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could happen here with BYU they already

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rotated receivers a lot last year the

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only time they condensed was due to

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injuries you have Chase Roberts Cody EPS

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Keen Marian as your top guys Darius ler

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should slide in ideally over kelen Maran

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but I still doubt we see many of these

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receivers

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north of 75% of routes and if they do

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it's probably not much so I would

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tentatively expect the wide receivers to

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go Roberts one ler 2 EPS three Keanu

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Hill is moving positions he's playing

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tight end now but he still lines up wide

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a lot I would put him four tentatively

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followed by kelen Maran and Parker

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Kingston no interest in anyone listed

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below those players so it's a weird game

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I think brashard Smith is your most in

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play it's him and RJ Maryland from their

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looking at a BYU receiver and I'm still

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debating redl but I think he's going to

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project pretty well price adjusted as

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well as Stone on the other side just

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from raw

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points last game is Western Illinois

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Indiana this spread is not out so I used

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S&P plus 42 point spread they project

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with a 48 total that gives Western

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Illinois a three-point implied team

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total Indiana a 45 implied team total

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you're never really Xing teams but that

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is somewhat debatable on this slate with

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Western Illinois as far as the team goes

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this team is looking at about a 50% pass

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right there a slow offense we even

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projected for 60 plays exactly that

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might be rich it's just a low-level team

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Nathan lamb is the QB he looks like he

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rushes the ball a little bit but I think

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you're probably making up for that with

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sacks especially against really good

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teams Indiana being a much better team

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than Western Illinois backfield was a

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complete committee we saw three backs

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involved between Cameron Smith torren

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farmer and Tyler Jordan Smith handled by

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far most of the work and he's not

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expensive he actually comes into the

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stone Min tempting enough to consider

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here but I'm not sure I'll be able to

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pull the trigger we saw him with 15

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opportunities in their week one games

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just you're going to deal with zero

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efficiency with that said if you need a

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cheap guy Stoneman he looks to be the

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one at wide receiver Tristan Duncan and

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Christian annah 84% of the routes and

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100% of the routes 10 and six targets

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those are the guys you want to look at

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no one else was above 61% of the routes

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that was Elijah Aragon a wide receiver

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he split time with deari Davis among

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others so not too much there this team

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does use four wide a fair amount they do

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not use a tight end on every single play

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so that's worth noting you could get

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some extra really cheap receivers that

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maybe pop up for a big play here and

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there but I'm not super enticed by it

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last Curtis roor I think he's the safest

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quarterback on the Slate went for 180

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yards just 25 attempts in their week one

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game they didn't need him to do anything

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else they also did not need him to run

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he only rushed three

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times but this is a guy I think you can

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use in the Run game a fair amount if you

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need to he does have a season ending

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injury on his pass so that's worth

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noting but I mean as long as he doesn't

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get benched early and even if he does he

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probably does enough along the way here

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I think he's your safest quarterback

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option in this late given their enormous

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team total at running back kin black got

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hurt immediately in their last game with

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a hamstring injury they took him out

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precautionary it was rumored to be but

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you never know maybe they hold him out

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just because of the opponent here when

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he was out Tyson lton came in handled

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most of the work Justice Ellison was his

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change of pace Elijah green only carried

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the ball when they were wasting away the

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game so I would not play Elijah green

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unless you think they're going to do

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that again which is possible I suppose

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and if kayn black returns I don't think

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Elijah green is very involved the

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receiving room we did see a little bit

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of weirdness Donovan McCully was banged

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up they didn't have EJ Williams still so

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there's still some questions with the

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Indiana pass catchers in some moving

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Parts I wouldn't be surprised if they

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held out McCully or EJ Williams just

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because of the opponent with that they

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had Omar Cooper miles price and Elijah

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Sarat as the three receivers looking at

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a very strong bounceback game for satat

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only three targets but he led the team

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in routes Cooper and price I think are

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just fine and Horton is a tight end that

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played on 65% of the routes just about

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63% not much rotation there he would be

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the other guy look at if McCully returns

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I think he probably plays a larger role

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but that remains to be seen and that

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about does it for the Slate again I

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think the receivers are pretty clear

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looking at Jordan Moore for Duke RJ

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Maryland for

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SMU probably one of the studs for BYU or

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getting to a Northwestern G I think

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Curts and Henning are fine at running

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back it's a fairly weak position but

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Cameron Smith if you need a in price guy

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makes some sense otherwise I'll be

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playing a lot of brashard Smith again

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and then at quarterback roor is I think

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the safest Preston Stone redl and Mike

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right to be guys we consider in the spot

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as well that'll do it for the Slate

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thank you guys for watching much

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appreciated hit the thumbs up button on

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the way out and we will see you guys

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tomorrow for the main slate until then

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good luck and have a good one

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