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Sean Walker and Jake Hatch are back as they recap the Salt Lake Stallions season-opening loss in Arizona and review their takeaways from the opening week of games in the Alliance of American Football. They then turned their attention to the Stallions Week 2 opponent, the Birmingham Iron, as they head to the Deep South in search of their first win in franchise history. They played comments from Stallions running back Branden Oliver before previewing the other three games in the AAF this weekend and making their picks.
The Indianapolis Colts still have several unresolved positional battles, and even more positions that are being hampered by injuries. Charon Vonberg (NFLAnalysis.net) joins Matt Danely to dive into these topics as the Colts prepare for their second preseason matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. The Colts will be holding joint practices with the Ravens, and after their Thursday matchup in Seattle are getting a bit more of a break between games with their second preseason game being Monday. The Colts have some depth issues as running back right now in spite of signing Branden Oliver, there continue to be issues with some of the receivers near the top of the depth chart and the offensive line is still a real work in progress with several of them missing crucial practice time. The Colts added another defensive end after placing standout rookie receiver, Deon Cain, on injured reserve which could end up being a precursor to more moves as injuries are piling up there as well. Can Tyquan Lewis or Kemoko Turay get themselves healthy enough to become hopefuls for the regular season? Is Hassan Ridgeway poised to continue ascending after his impressive preseason debut? All of these questions need to be answered. Charon talks about what he's seen in camp from some of these positions in question and we also talk about how Andrew Luck doesn't need to throw it deep in a preseason game to prove anything. This preseason should be all about creating rhythm as will it be in the regular season, with the understanding that the deep balls will come with time and opportunity. We also discuss the linebacker position. We talk about who we see missing the 53-man roster, who we'd like to see more snaps from as the preseason carries on and how several of them have great potential that simply needs to make small jumps each week in order to get this defense moving in the right direction before the regular season gets under way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Halpin & Tim Heaney take a game-by-game look at Week 17. Players include James Harrison, Kenny Golladay, Golden Tate, Marvin Jones, Aaron Jones, Marlon Mack, Frank Gore, Adam Thielen, Stefon Diggs, Bilal Powell, Evan Engram, Davis Webb, Sterling Shepard, Kirk Cousins, Nick Foles, Corey Clement, Trey Burton, Nate Sudfeld, Le'Veon Bell, Stevan Ridley, Ben Roethlisberger, Mike Davis, Joe Flacco, Derrick Henry, Jimmy Garoppolo, Gio Bernard, A.J. Green, Kenyan Drake, Charles Clay, DeVante Parker, Peyton Barber, Chris Godwin, Jameis Winston, Leonard Fournette, DeMarco Murray, Alex Smith, C.J. Anderson, Paxton Lynch, Demaryius Thomas, Melvin Gordon, Austin Ekeler, Branden Oliver, Sean Mannion, Matt Breida, Carlos Hyde, Kerwynn Williams and Doug Baldwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Halpin & Derek VanRiper review Week 16 and discuss Week 17 free agents options. Players include Jimmy Garoppolo, Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Nick Foles, Dak Prescott, C.J. Anderson, Lamar Miller, Alfred Blue, Le'Veon Bell, Julio Jones, Keelan Cole, Corey Davis, Josh Doctson, Tyrell Williams, Antonio Gates, Eric Ebron, Joe Flacco, Wayne Gallman, Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, Leonard Fournette, Chris Ivory, T.J. Yeldon, Derrick Henry, DeMarco Murray, Patrick Mahomes, Kareem Hunt, Tyreel Hill, Travis Kelce, Gerald Everett, Branden Oliver, Melvin Gordon, Paxton Lynch, Joe Mixon, Giovani Bernard, Peyton Barber, Malcolm Brown, Eric Decker, Nate Sudfeld, Trey Burton and Charles Clay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Need someone for Week 17? We've got you covered, but of course we have to look back at Week 16 and that Eagles defensive TD that decided a number of Fantasy leagues (4:00). Plus we look at the NFL playoff picture and which teams could be resting starters (7:10) ... Waiver Wire priorities at QB (10:50) including Tyrod Taylor and Jimmy Garoppolo, RB (12:58) including Charcandrick West and Branden Oliver, WR (15:00) including Josh Docston and Kelvin Benjamin, TE (16:08) including Eric Ebron and Antonio Gates, DST (17:04) and IDP (18:40) ... Adam offers a belated Christmas gift you can get your Fantasy leaguemates (19:40), we talk Fantasy tiebreakers (24:42), then we're recapping PIT-HOU (27:25) and OAK-PHI (29:00) before a deeper look at the Waiver Wire at each position (31:30) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fantasy Football Podcast: Sonic Truth Ep 39: The Podfather Matt Kelley (@Fantasy_Mansion) and Nate Liss (@AnOutragedJew) continue their discussion of backfields to target in fantasy football dynasty leagues. Andy Reid is not a sorcerer with magical powers to make Kareem Hunt supplant Spencer Ware. Why bother owning Shane Vereen and Orleans Darkwa? Ty Montgomery has more in common with David Johnson than Theo Riddick. Lessons learned from Tevin Coleman and Devonta Freeman in 2016. Darren Sproles will be back at it helping fantasy games again in 2017. Better roster stash: Tim Hightower or Joe Williams? CJ Prosise is back to own in Seattle, and Eddie Lacy is becoming more and more difficult to keep rostered as demand rises. Monopolizing the Patriots backfield, a run-oriented team cloaked with a pass-first perceived. Humble Melvin Gordon dynasty owners are rostering Branden Oliver. Facing off against the accountability trolls. Advanced metrics, prospect evaluations, and fantasy football information were provided by PlayerProfiler.com
In their latest fantasy football podcast, John and Anthony try to assess the messy backfield situation in St. Louis and discuss the injury impact for players like Victor Cruz and Stevan Ridley. Also, what should owners do about Michael Crabtree and is Branden Oliver a solid start moving forward?
How to decide whether or not to make a waiver claim on Branden Oliver? fantasyfootballplayoffsguaranteed.com