 What's up, everyone? Welcome in to the Front Yard Fantasy Hour presented by FanDuel. I'm your host, Simon, joined as always by my co-host, John Lugroffalo and Joey Wright. What's up, boys? What's up? So this is like our second show together today. It's beautiful. It's like a family. Joey and you are going to hit round three right after this as well. Guys, joining us today. We have a very special guest. Great friend of the show, Tara Victoria is on with us. You can find her on Twitter at itsteratime and you really should. Right now go find her on Twitter if you haven't done that already. Tara is a contributor over at fantasy football today football diehards.com fantasy pros fantasy alarms stochastic and with dynasty vipers. And Tara, we are so happy to have you on here with us today. Thank you. Glad to be here. And co-tigers. We got to get the go-tigers. Tara's, Tara's FYF phase. FYF fam, Clemson fam. We got to represent on the FanDuel show. Guys, today we brought Tara here to play some fantasy fortune. But before we do that, I already see we got a question in the chat. So everybody watching, if you've got fantasy football questions for us, feel free to throw them in the chat. We're going to be playing a game today, but we'll be answering them in between rounds and then we don't get to great news. Joey and I are going to be live right after this with our friend the Darius Brown doing nothing but answering your questions for fantasy office hours. You guys want to hit one of these questions real quick? Start this show off with a question from born to laugh. He said Stafford, Mariota, Dalton or Heinecke start two. So we need to start two of these quarterbacks. Tara, which two of these quarterbacks would you be thrown into your lineup this week? I've been so anti-Stafford, but of this grouping, I feel like he's the most stable option. So you have to go there and then Heinecke. I do like Heinecke is a deep option this week. What about you, Joey? You agree in with Taylor here that it's Stafford or Tara that it's Stafford and Heinecke? I wholeheartedly agree with Heinecke. I would just start Mariota over Stafford. I just with that rushing upside and I've got burned on Stafford a lot this year. What about you, Jaya? Yeah, I am with Joey. I'm just I don't know. I'm enthralled with Mariota this week for whatever reason going against the Chargers. I think we'll have a good week. Man, it's Mariota for me, but I think I lean Stafford on the second one. Like I think I'm going Mariota and Stafford and putting Heinecke on the bench against Minnesota this week. But it seems like a near consensus on Heinecke and a near consensus on on Stafford or Mariota. The split right down the middle right there. Hopefully we're a little bit helpful born to laugh. We got Dame in the chat saying howdy, howdy, Dame. Welcome in. Hi, Dame. And DJ with the it's time. It's time. It's Para time. What's up, DJ? Welcome in. And Craig, hello. Craig said what a terrific way to end the day and the day. Whoa, Craig. Greg's going to bed early tonight. He said I just watched this game. And Dame wants to know is Brandon Cooks droppable? So we got news that Brandon Cooks will not be playing tonight. He sent out the tweet saying that they crossed the line when they messed with his career. He's done covering up their secrets. It sounds like there's some serious bad blood between Cooks and the Texans. Tara, what do you make of this situation? Are you ready to drop Brandon Cooks or you hold on a little longer? You got to hold a little longer. I've got a bad feeling. This is Deshaun 2.0 in terms of the holdout situation. He loved Easterby like legitimately. So, yeah, give it see if Houston can figure out how to rectify it real quick. But otherwise, yeah, maybe two weeks and then it's gone. That's exactly where I'm sitting. What about you, Jail? Yeah, I think just unless you're dropping him for somebody who has that same level of upside where if he does end up getting cut or they do end up figuring out like he's going to be able to he has if he has that upside that he can be plugged in, then I'm fine dropping him because I don't think that Brandon Cooks is going to be is going to return the value that for where you drafted him given his situation now. But I don't think he's just dropable in the sense of drop them for nothing. Yeah, just wait and see. If it's a I know there's six teams on by this week and if you've got three starting wide receivers and you have to make room to get someone and I do think he's dropped a bull. But I'm with you, Tara. I'm trying to hold if I can. I can hold for two weeks and just see how this resolves. He's just too startable of a fantasy asset to just throw on the waiver wire whenever he does play. Is it possible he could get cut and then go to and we just saw today that they said Michael Thomas is not going to be back all season. Can you just go to the Saints or is there other stuff and standing on the way of that? I'm not sure. I'm not sure about like the like the con like any of the situation around being on a new team. I'd have to look into that a little bit. Do other of you guys have any insight on that? Now, again, I'd have to look at the contract situation. That's the only problem. We would have to check that out. Guys, before we get started with our game today, a couple of reminders. If you're joining us over on Facebook, welcome in and make sure you hit that like button for us. And if you're on YouTube, do the same thing. Hit that like button and make sure you're subscribed to FanDuel on YouTube. After you do that, FanDuel has a whole team of killer content creators helping you guys win some money and win your leagues. You can find them on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter at FanDuel everywhere. So make sure you go type that in follow them across their socials and win some of your leagues coming up. Guys, you ready for some fantasy fortune? Oh, yeah. Yes. Let's do it. I'm going to go ahead and pull up my screen. I'm going to explain the rules and then we are going to get started with today's game. The game fantasy fortune is a lot like the popular TV show Wheel of Fortune, but with a fantasy or NFL twist. Instead of spinning a wheel to start each round, contestants will be answering 50 50 NFL or fantasy related trivia questions. Get the question right. You get to guess a continent that you think is in the puzzle for every instance of the continent that shows up. You're going to add $500 to your round bank. You'll be able to do this up to three times in a row. If you keep on getting them correct, though, after that third time, we will move on to the next contestant. You've got five seconds to solve before we do that, but the good news is if you get all three questions right and all three consonants, we're going to move that money from your round bank to your total bank. You're going to go ahead and bank all of that and we'll move on to the next person during your turn. There are two additional things you can do, besides answering questions and solving letters at any point, except after a question has been asked, you can you can solve the puzzle. You can solve it with no letters up there. You're going to earn a minimum of $1,000, not 1,000 plus whatever's in your round bank. So if you've got 2,000 in there, you're just putting 2,000 down, but a minimum of one K. You can also choose to buy a vowel at any point. Vowels are going to cost $100 up to a max of 500, depending on how many of them show up. We'll cap it at 500, but that's going to mean you have to have at least $500 in your round bank to say that you want to buy a vowel. If you've got less than that, no vowels for you. We'll go like this, solving puzzles, answering questions until we run out of time or run out of puzzles, at which point the contestant with the most points, the most money banked will be our fantasy fortune champion and is going home with a sick prize in Kohl's cash. You guys ready? Yep. Yep. I while you were going over the rule sign, I did look up Brandon Cook's contract. I'm not an expert on, on how the contracts work in the cap saving all that, but his dead cap, he signed a two year 39.7 million dollar deal with 16 million dollar signing bonus of 36 million. They're guaranteed the dead cap this year is 43 and a half million. The dead cap next next year is 34.2 million. Seems very high and they front loaded his salary. They paid him 1.1 million this year and the next year is 18 mil. So I don't know if there's a way out of that. There is a potential out in 2024, but I don't know. It seems like that's a huge deadgap it. Yeah, that sounds pretty well. I am again, I don't know how any of that works. Maybe there's maybe there's something we're missing. Know what I mean? Like maybe there's a clause in there or something, some additional detail, but jail, if it is just the way like those numbers break down, that seems like a borderline impossibility for them, right? Like it seems highly unlikely. Yeah, seems unfortunate that this is breaking down in the first year of this contract. Yeah. Guys, before we get into this game, we had a couple of questions in here born to laugh with a question. And I also saw DJ in here with a question asking Bandy or Dorset. So we're probably hitting both of those with this. Born to laugh asked Philip Dorset, Marquez Callaway or Michael Bandy in a half PPR lead. Joey, which of these wide receivers would you be plugging into your flex? It's going to be Dorset for me without Brandon Cooks on the field tonight. He seems like he's the wide receiver one for the for the Texans. That's that's a statement right there, isn't it? But yeah, it would be Dorset for me out of these three. What about you, Terry? Do you agree with Joey? Are you rolling with one of these other guys? Yeah, I would prefer Dorset. I mean, I didn't even think. I mean, if I were going with the saint, I think I would lean to Rashid Shahid over Marquez Callaway is having a little bit more upside. So yeah, go with Dorset. Go with Dorset. Jail, you agree? Yeah, I don't I don't love Dorset with the Philadelphia secondary, but Marquez Callaway is going against Baltimore. So I it's a little interesting, but I don't think Baltimore is I don't think that matchup is as enticing as it seems. So I'll go Dorset as well. It is close though. Yeah, I mean, I'm tempted to say Bandy, but I just couldn't do it. I can't throw Bandy into that lineup. Like I understand the temptation, but throw Phillip Dorset in there. One more question before we get started. XM wanted to know, should I trade away Damian Pierce, Josh Palmer and Alan Robinson to receive Chris Olave, Jacoby Myers and Daryl Henderson. They're three in five. So Tara, do you like this trade for them or would you be staying put? Let's see. Did they say what the other running backs were mixing? Yeah. You need one more running back to make that trade. That's a fine trade. As long as you have one more person to back up mixed in camera. Joey, what about you? Are you agreeing with Terry here? Yeah. Yeah. I don't like letting because we all know how I feel about Damian Pierce. Like he's, he's my boy. Owner of my heart, but I think I would have to cut him. Owner of my heart. Yes. I got it. I'll fill you. I finally got him from my father-in-law last night. Traded form. Yeah. He finally, he finally traded me for him and I didn't even, I didn't even initiate the trade. My father-in-law did. So the nine week battle is over. I finally got him on my team. I don't feel strongly about either side of this except like Damian Pierce is the player I want out of this trade. I feel like Jacobi Meyers, even Chris Alave are semi replaceable. Yeah, I would rather, I just rather keep Damian. Yeah. I think maybe if you were cashing in a little bit higher on Palmer with his perceived value with Mike Williams out, then I might be cool with this, but I would love to see a wide receiver that was like a true upgrade to your starters. Know what I mean? Like instead of Alave and Jacobi Meyers, if this was just one wide receiver, a tier higher plus Henderson, I might be a little bit more willing to make this move, but it feels like Palmer A-Rob to Alave Meyers. You're upgrading a little bit with each of those guys, but I don't feel like it strongly improves your starting lineup. Yeah. I'm with you, Simon. You guys ready to get into this first puzzle? Yeah. Yes. Remember all the rules that I just told you about how puzzles work? They're all math. Roll them out the window because this first puzzle is a toss up. So how this is going to work? There's no questions. It's nobody's turn. I am going to slowly reveal letters. And whenever you think, you know the answer, say your name, if you get it right, you will get $500 and get to go first on our first real puzzle. But if you guess it wrong, you're out for this round. It'll just be the other two contestants left. You can buzz in at any point, no letters, all the letters, just you got to be first. You guys ready? Yeah. Let's do it. Load up this puzzle. Our first puzzle is an NFL player. I'm going to start revealing letters when you think you know it. Say your name. Jail. Okay, Jail. Who is this player? George Pickens. It is George Pickens, Jail. That is 100% correct. I'm not going to lie. When I said my own name, I was pretty sure it was George Kittle. And now I see that that does not even fit. So thank goodness that I waited a half a second. I clicked just in time to get that. Just in time to see the end. I was like, oh no. If you would have said Jail like a split second earlier, you would have not seen the end. Probably if you go back, just read it all over my face. Jail, but you are going to add $500 to your bank. You don't get to go first, but before we move past George Pickens, I did want to ask you guys about his fantasy value after this Chase Claypool trade. Tara, are you viewing this as a big upgrade for George Pickens or is his value staying relatively stagnant now that Claypool is no longer a factor in this offense? Medium upgrade. I think it'll be spread out between all of them, but I do like it more so for Pickens than a fryer move. I really like this for fryer move as well. Fryer Muth, man. This move is exciting for him because he was already a pretty decent tight end in that tight end glob. And I feel like this puts him in another category. Joey, how do you feel about Mr. Pickens? Do you think he has a little bit more fantasy relevancy this year with Claypool out of town? Absolutely. And I completely agree with Tara. Like in my mind, this was when I saw Claypool go as a Fryer Muth trade. I was like, I was so excited for Pat because I know him personally, so I'll call him Pat, you know? Of course. Fryer truck. But no, I completely agree with Tara. Like, absolutely. Chase Claypool, 70.5% target share in this offense this season. You should say 70. 17.5. I was like, that is wrong. Whatever number you're looking at. I was like, I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say he didn't get 70% of the target. Talk about making it a target. My goodness. It's been pretty aggressive over the last four weeks. He's averaged 7.5 targets per game. So this is a... There's a lot to spread out over these other guys. Yeah. Yeah. Decent amount of work. Jail, that's going to add $500 to your total bank and you're going to get to go first in this next round, which means right after you will be Tara and then Joey, you've got the spot of going third for this game. Congratulations. Before we get into our next puzzle, let's hit some of these questions we got in the chat and a reminder for everyone watching. We're going to hit as many of these questions as we can throughout the show. But if we don't get to your question right after this on the Front Yard Fantasy YouTube channel, Joey and I will be live with our friend, Lidarius Brown, doing nothing but answering your questions during office hours. So bring any more you got over there. But first, we got Trey in here. Yes. Hey, Trey. Full PPR. Start one, A.J. Dillon, Kyle Pitts or Devonta Smith. He's worried that the Eagles just run it down the Texans tonight. Tara, which of these three players would you be starting? Devonta Smith. I mean, it is a good matchup for Miles Sanders, but it's Jalen Hertz. They're not going to abandon the past. So, so yeah, still go with Devonta Smith. Joey, you said on the morning show this morning that you just got a feeling it's a Devonta Smith games. Are you going that way here? I am. And I think this is a Miles Sanders game, but I think in the passing game, I think Devonta Smith is going to get some work tonight just to kind of make up for last week because A.J. Brown decided to just catch everything, take all the touchdowns and it was very selfish. So I think Devonta Smith sewed some stuff tonight against the Texans. They can share a little bit, right? Exactly. They can share against the Texans. Just right some wrongs. Jalen, are you agreeing with these guys? Is it Devonta Smith for you? Absolutely. I can't see the logic in throwing and getting A.J. Brown heavily used in this game, which I don't think is going to be a competitive game when they're, when they're staring, staring down a pretty competitive playoff worth here. Exactly. Fourteen point favorites are the Eagles tonight. Fourteen point favorites over there on the Fanville Sportsbook and somehow it still doesn't feel like enough, right? Like it's 14 points and I'm sitting there going like, I don't see it. I just don't see how the Texans even come within two scores of them. Z Money talking about some more players playing in tonight's game wants to know Damian Pierce or Chris Olave. Joey, you're our resident Pierce Lover. Are you starting him over Chris Olave? I am not starting him over Chris Olave. I will be starting Chris Olave and against the Baltimore Ravens. And that hurts me to say. I love that our chat makes me say these things over and over again to say mean things about Damian Pierce. You're local with him though, aren't you? I am. Yeah, I am. I'm in Houston, but I am on the Olave side. I mean, I'm in Olave. Truth there came in hot and heavy. The lobby this season. Hey, it's working out. Yeah, that's a pretty big game. So far. Yeah. J.L. Are you going Pierce or Olave? You agreeing with Joey and Tara? I'm going to go there. They're very close to me. I I'm going to throw a vote towards yours because I think Houston's going to really struggle in the past game. I think they're going to have to lean on Damian Harris. Chris Olave, I think that like I mentioned earlier that the Baltimore defense has looked much better later on in the season. So I'm not I'm not as enticed by that by this match of form. Absolutely. And Tray in here just reminding us empty to the IR Olave should feast. Absolutely. And they are very close to my ring. So this isn't a like I'm not saying it's a massive gap, but I lean one way. Yeah, I will say though, people should not be afraid of Pierce in this matchup. People are kind of getting a little like, do I set him? No, don't. Yeah, I'm legal defense is good. They're fine, but they're not the best in the league. You know what I mean? Like, like J.L. You mentioned this morning, they're like top third, right? Or 15, 15. Okay. Like so they're a little bit better than half the teams in the league run defense wise. You shouldn't be too scared off of that. Yeah. Um, and they're very good in the other areas. So, you know, it should be. Yeah. It should be, it makes sense to think that, you know, they're going to use them. I'm not saying that I'm glad that all the stuff's going on with Brandon cooks. I'm just going to say that I'm relieved that I don't have to start them tonight against their eagles. Yeah. Um, guys, we're about to get into our next puzzle for everybody watching play along with us in the chat. If you think, you know, the answer to the puzzles, throw it in there. If you're right, we'll shout you out. If you're wrong, we will mock you relentlessly, but it is all part of the fun. So make sure you're playing along and with that reminder of your contestants, make sure when the next puzzles up, you guys are in the private chat and not in the comments, so you're not seeing all the people in the chat with the right answer before you guys have it. So many put scampers back in his kennel and his little crate is rude. Damian Pierce, more than Joey, you heard it here folks and argue with the facts. Joey, you can't get the facts. I can confirm. No, I mean, the trade I made last night was Deandre Hopkins and Greta Dolchich for Chris Olave and Damian Pierce. So I gave up the hop who I love. I love so brave of you for Damian Pierce and Chris. Yeah, that worked out pretty well for you guys. Here is your next puzzle and this puzzle is rhyme time. Some examples of one we've done in the past are drinking soda with Marcus Mariota playing clarinet with Jacoby Berset. So it's probably going to follow a similar pattern. So those are ones we've done in the past. That's all the clues. I'm going to give you on this just so you guys know how it works and we're going to get started. Jail, you got that last puzzle right, which means you are going to get to go first. We'd like to solve this puzzle or would you like your first question? I need a question. Okay. My question for you, Jail, we're going to start with some season long PPR fantasy points. Okay. So all my fantasy point questions will be in PPR and this is up to this point in the season. Who has more PPR fantasy points through eight weeks? Who has more PPR fantasy points through eight weeks? Is it Christian Kirk or is it Jerry Judy? Christian Kirk. Christian Kirk is absolutely correct, Jail. Which letter would you like? I will take an R. An R. There are two Rs in this puzzle. Give me a thousand dollars in your round bank. Round two, Jail. You can solve. You can buy a vowel or you can take your next question. I'll take another question. Let's keep it rolling. Another question. Dale, who has more PPR fantasy points up to this point in the season? Who has more PPR fantasy points? Is it Miles Sanders or is it Ezekiel Elliott? I'll go with Miles Sanders. Miles Sanders is correct, Jail. Both of them having played in seven games so far. Which letter would you like? I'll go with an N, please. An N. There's one N in this puzzle. I'm going to add 15 under. This will be your last opportunity to buy vowels on this turn if you would like to do so. Or we can roll into your third and final question. I'll take another question. Another question. Also, Grimfan killing it in the chat on the trivia. Playing along with the trivia as well. Getting both questions right so far. Okay, Jail. Here's my question for you. Another PPR fantasy points question. Who has more PPR fantasy points so far this season? Who has more PPR fantasy points so far this season? Is it Rondale Moore or is it Josh Reynolds? I don't want to say it, but I want to say it. I can't say it. Rondale Moore. I'm sorry, Jail, Josh Reynolds. He's got the two extra games on him. Pushing him over the edge. I thought you would see through that right away. I thought I did see through it right away, but then I couldn't help myself. Didn't you watch the whole thing happen? I did. I was there. Jail, unfortunately, that means your turn is over. You're not banging this money yet, but we might get back to you. Tara, it is now your turn. Would you like a question or would you like to solve this puzzle? I'm going to take a question. Okay, we're going to stick with some PPR fantasy points. Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Is it Tyler Lockett or is it DJ Moore? Tyler Lockett. Tyler Lockett is absolutely correct. Which letter would you like? Mmm, let's do an S. An S, there is one S in this puzzle. Going to add 500 to your round bank. Would you like to buy a Valor or go on to your next question? Or solve it. Okay, here's your next question. We're going to stick with some PPR fantasy points. Who has more PPR fantasy points through eight weeks? Is it Dalvin Cook or is it Najee Harris? Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook is absolutely correct. Which letter would you like? L. L. There are no L's in this puzzle. I'm sorry, Tara. That means Joey, you are up. Ask for the L. You got the L there. I did. You got the L. Joey, you want a question or would you like to solve this puzzle? I would like a question, please. A question. Okay, Joey, we're going to stick with PPR fantasy points. Thank you. Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Who has more PPR fantasy points? Is it Raheem Mostert or is it Melvin Gordon? Raheem Mostert. Raheem Mostert is correct. Which letter would you like, Joey? T. T. There are three T's in this puzzle. You should have said T. One second, guys. Somebody stall for a moment. Hello. There is nothing wrong with this puzzle that I just realized. Let's, uh, no, nothing's messed up yet. Luckily, well actually something is very messed up because I realized there should have been an L in this puzzle. Oh, no. As she said it, I realized that there is an L missing in this puzzle. This is becoming a pattern sign. Somebody sabotage our guests. I know. I'm just trying to sabotage the guests over and over again. What happens? It goes back to her. It's going to go back to Tara. Joey, we'll give you the money for getting those. Can I have the money? You can have the money. Is everybody cool with that? We're going to give Tara her money for the L as well. This is real money. So I just want to make sure everyone's all cool with me getting the money. Because all my, my Cole's Christmas gifts. Yeah. Let's see one second. And I will get this fixed for you guys. I can't even look in the chat. Simon, you've got to stop. Stop, stop, stop. Tara, Clemson ranked number four. You think we can, you think real, like let's real talk here. You think Clemson can win the championship? Do you think that they're good enough to do it this year? Because I'm not so sure. I don't think so. I mean, I'm encouraged by the positive direction, but we've got a lot of question marks on defense that make me very apprehensive that we can pull it together against some of those fantastic offenses that are out there. So kind of. Yeah. I feel the same way. I feel, I feel good though. I feel like we're, you know, we're on the right path. It's the last season. Yeah. Yeah. This season is good. DJs looked great. Staking a step up. Kate Club, Nick. Ooh, I'm ready. Yes. The future is bright. Got it all fixed now. Nothing was ever wrong. Sorry about that. Even though nothing, nothing happened at all. Tara, we are going to come back to you now though. There was an L in this puzzle all along. I just hit it from you guys. So Tara, you got your question right. You got your letter, right? Which means you can either choose to take another question or you can solve this puzzle or you can buy a vowel. We're going to do a question. A question. Also, Damien, you're a zero days without insisting. Zero days. Someone erased the whiteboard. It was only at like two days. Okay. Your next question, Tara, is who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Who has more PPR fantasy points for the first eight weeks of the season? Is it Cortland Sutton or is it Curtis Samuel? Sutton. I'm sorry. It is Curtis Samuel with 101.6. The Cortland Sutton's 88.2. Sutton had a hot start, but I couldn't stand this time. Man, that's crazy. Still got it done though. Joey, that means we're back to you now. Would you like to solve this puzzle? Would you like to buy a vowel or would you like to ask if I can buy a vowel? You can buy a vowel. You got the one. Okay. I'd like to buy an I, please. An I. There are two I's in this puzzle. At all. I knew. Yeah. Yeah. I like what you did there, Simon. Yeah, I actually added 2,000 instead of subtracting 200. I have just been informed by a trusted source that Simon, you may have forgotten an M that was in this puzzle towards the end of the first word from previous. Oh, someone did guess the M. Is that what you're? Oh, there was no M in this puzzle. So I just gave a free letter away to you guys. All right. Well, I'll go fire Maria. There's no, there is no M in this puzzle and everything else is spelled correctly. I double confirmed. So we are good to go. Erase it back to zero. Zero minutes without zero minutes. They went from days to minutes. I like to buy an E. Joey, what would you like to do here? Buy an E. Buy an E. There are two E's in this puzzle. We're going to subtract 200 more. You still got money to buy vowels if you would like to or you can take a question. I feel like I know the name. I'll take question. I guess and Joey, here's what we're going to do. Since you already earned 1500, you're going to get two more questions. You've just already done your first. Yes, I was going to say that's just wanted to make sure we're on the same page. So this is question number two for you. Question or two question. He said N. She said N not M. Well, there was an N. You're right. And I remember somebody guessed that N. So we will put that up there. Well, Dale, now it's your fault on the incident with the N instead of the M. Joey, I'm just trying to play the game. Your next question. Joey, who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Is it Romeo Dobbs or is it Devin DuVernay? Devin DuVernay. Devin DuVernay is correct. Which letter would you like? H. And H, there is one H in this puzzle. We're going to have to buy a hundred to your score. You've got one more round, Joey. So this is your last opportunity to buy more vowels if you would like to do so. I'd like to buy an O. An O. There's one O. I knew that O was there. Okay. Would you like to buy another vowel or would you like to take your last question? No, because I'll get that vowel wrong and then I won't get it. This will be really embarrassing. So I'll just take another question, please. Okay, Joey. Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Is it Remandre Stevenson or is it Damien Pierce? Oh, oh, oh, man. Simon, you're a jerk. Damien Pierce. I'm sorry. It was Remandre Stevenson. He's got the extra game, but also he's outscoring him on a points-for-game basis as well. But Remandre Stevenson is the number seven overall PPR running back right now. Number seven overall PPR running back, which means Jail, we are on to you. What would you like to do here? I have money. Do I go? I guess I will buy a vowel. I'll buy an A. An A? A. A. There are no A's in this puzzle, which means we are moving on to Tara. Stupid puzzle. Okay. The chat's got it. Someone in the chat has already figured it out, Tara. Would you like a question? Would you like to solve it? Would you like to buy a vowel? Yeah, question. A question. Don't go with a vowel. It's a trap. Hey, not anymore because it would say no more vowels if there were no more and there's only one sitting left up there. Your question, Tara, is who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks? Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks? Is it Brandon Ayuk or is it Deontay Johnson? Oh my God. Ayuk. It is Brandon Ayuk. That is absolutely correct. Which letter would you like? G. G. There's one G in this puzzle going to add 500. Your options are the same. You can solve. You can buy a vowel or you can take another question. Let's buy that U. Buy in the U. There are two U's in this puzzle going to subtract 200. So you can solve or you can take your next question. That's actually it. I'm clearly dumb. I'm dumb too. Don't worry. Take my next question. Another question. Here we go. Oh, I got it. I got it. Damn it. I know that. Oh, you already asked for the next question. I'm going to ask it. I'm going to ask it. You got it. But if you get it right, then you'll get to solve this puzzle. Yep. Who has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? Who has more PPR fantasy points? Is it Michael Pittman, Jr. Or is it Jerry Judy? Michael Pittman, Jr. Michael Pittman, Jr. Absolutely correct. Tara, which letter would you like? F. In F, there is one F in this puzzle going to add 500. Would you like to solve this puzzle? Oh, I realize I might not know the first word. We can take your your third question. Yeah, let's take a question here. Okay, your third question. Here we go. Which of these players has more PPR fantasy points through the first eight weeks of the season? More PPR fantasy points for the first eight weeks. Is it Jamal Williams? Or is it Devin Singletary? Jamal Williams. Jamal Williams is 100% right. Which letter would you like, Tara? Why? Why? There are three Y's in this puzzle going to add 1500. So whatever the decision was to go for that is add a lot more money into your bank. What would you like to do here, Tara? You've got five seconds to solve if you want to do so. Otherwise, we're just banking this money. I am going to solve it studying Freud with Tyler Boyd. Nailed it. It is studying Freud with Tyler Boyd. Tyler Boyd is an academic and he loves learning about psychology. For whatever reason, I couldn't get to studying. Tara, she's got a good poker face because I wasn't sure that she had it even with the lies. I was like, oh man, does she still not know? Because she didn't look like she did, but she did. She knew. Oh, she knew. And she's going to bank that $3,300 right there. Going out to a big lead. Shout out, Mr. Scampers for getting this one six minutes ago. Mr. Scampers got it with very few letters there on the board. And Grimfan was very close as well with starting Freud. That would be good. If you could start Freud. If you could start Freud in your format, go for it. I thought it was stumping and I was like, wait, there's no him. Yeah, that first word really got me. Good puzzle, Simon. Also, DJ came in here and said, put your thinking caps on guys. That's your clue. Nice job. Maria with the well done, Tara. Very well done, Tara. Before we move on to the next puzzle, I did want to ask you about Tyler Boyd now that Jamar Chase is going to miss time. Does this elevate him to an every week start in your mind? Oh, 100%. I think he's a solid wide receiver too now. I'm rolling him out every single week. I've got a team with him and Higgins and hopefully it pays off a little bit better than last week. But yeah, he's solid. I like it. Absolutely. I'm excited for Tyler Boyd over the next couple of weeks and even when Jamar Chase is playing, he's startable in certain situations. Yeah. We did have some questions in the chat guys. Grimfan came in here and wanted to know Damien Harris, Khalil Herbert, Raheem Mostert or Brian Robinson. Full PPR. Choose two. Joey, which two of these running backs would you be throwing into your starting lineup? Raheem Mostert's the one that's like pretty easy for me to say, okay, yeah, that one. So Raheem Mostert liked the matchup for him this week. And then it gets a little tricky because both of the rest of the three of them are almost, if you think about it, the RB2s on their team, the last few weeks, I hate to say that by Brian Robinson, but Gibson's been out playing him. I'll go Mostert and Herbert. And I'm not confident in the Herbert, yeah. Same. Yep. I was going to say, I see some heads nodding around here. It looks like everyone's in agreement. Mostert and Herbert, Dr. Ryan, what's up, Dr. Ryan, Dr. Ryan, he said, 10 team PPR on five and three just got an offer. I get Andrews and Godwin give up Kelsey and IU. Hesitant because I have my homes and Andrews may not play Sunday followed by a bye. Ryan, if I'm you, I'm there's no point in making the straight Andrews and Kelsey like are both the top two tight ends, but Kelsey's healthy right now. And then Godwin and IU maybe it's a slight upgrade at wide receiver, but you really just took a quote from JJ Zachary. So I think this is a little bit of musical chairs at that position where you're just swapping players out jail. How do you feel about this one? I would take this trade just because I'm worried about Andrews that no, it's the other side. They have I gave up and then yeah, I would keep your side of the trade because you're taking on too much risk with Andrews. Godwin is absolutely an upgrade over IU. But if Divo misses significant time, IU still is could be not that far off from Godwin. That might not be that much of a shift. Joey, are you in agreement here? I think if everyone listed in this trade was healthy, I think it's a slam dunk for me on the Andrews Goblin side, but I just that big question mark over Andrews is holding me up. So it's Kelsey and IU for me. And I love Chris Godwin rest of season. Oh my God, I love him. Not convinced that Godwin is a huge upgrade over IU and that's not an anti Godwin. Take it to pro IU take IU cause on the field 100% of the time. He's always playing. He's a white. He's the wide receiver 13 and PPR right now and that's with Divo Samuel playing like, like I think Brandon IU cause a high end wide receiver to back end wide receiver one at this season's end. So like for me, it's a, it's a definite though. Like I value IU a lot closer to Godwin. I think. Okay. Born to laugh and you're wanting to know should I trade Mac Hollins for Z Jones? Half PPR. Tara, are you making this move? Yeah. I mean, it's it's kind of apples and oranges, but yeah, I would do that. You would do that. Joe, what about you? I would do Z Jones. I think is both of these guys, they don't have a ton of upsides. Z Jones to me has his higher upside. I think he does have a role in this offense even if it's not massive. I think it's a little bit more consistency from Z Jones and his role in that offense as well. Mac Hollins. It seems like incredibly difficult to predict unless everyone else is injured, right? Unless there's no ram for a wall or then Hollins is then a Hollins is going to blow up. Yeah. Raiders is like a like a buy a car and then there's just no engine in it. It really does feel like that. I thought they were going to be I thought they were going to be good this year. I was ready for a competitive Raiders team and it just did not pan out. Guys, let's go and load up this next puzzle. This next puzzle is a player TV show mashup. So examples we've had in the past or something like Tim Patrick and Morty was one we've had in the past. A movie one was Boston Scott Pilgrim versus the World. So we just jam together a player name and a TV show and that's our puzzle here. You saw that last one, which means Joey, you're going to get to go first on this one. Are you ready? Would you like to solve a question? Yeah, I would like a question, please. I can't solve the Simon. You're silly boy. Such a weird shape puzzle. I know those the two three two is getting out the end there. So what I want to know is who are the Miami Dolphins playing this weekend? It's the Chicago Bears. It is the Chicago Bears. Joe, because I like Raheem Moser this week. That's why I remember that I would like an S, please. Simon S. There are no S's in this puzzle. I'm sorry, George means jail. We are moving on to you. Are you ready for your first question? I'm ready. Hit me. Okay, Jail. What I want to know from you is who are the Minnesota Vikings playing this weekend? Vikings are playing Washington this weekend. The Vikings are playing Washington this weekend. Which letter would you like, Jail? Oh, glad Joey cleared that S bomb out of the way. Don't want that. Let's go with a let's go with a T. That's what me answers every time I leave the restroom. I'm so glad you cleared that S bomb out of the way. Just got it out of there. Is that Simon bomb? I know a shit bomb is what I was referring to, Jail. Which letter would you like, Jail? You said T? T. There are three T's in this puzzle. I should have picked T. Yeah. Gonna add 1500 to your round bank. So you can buy a vowel here if you would like. You can solve or you can take your next question. May I buy an O? You may buy an O. There are two O's in this puzzle. Gonna subtract 200 from your round bank. Not where I thought they were. I will take a question. A question. Okay, Jail, my question for you is who has more rushing yards so far on the season? Who has more rushing yards so far on the season? Is it Travis E.T.N. Or is it Jeff Wilson, Jr.? Jeff Wilson. I'm sorry. It is Travis E.T.N. With over a hundred more rushing yards than Jeff Wilson, Jr.? I knew you would think I was trying to trick you. Tara, are you ready for your question? Or would you like to solve this puzzle? Question. Okay, my question for you is who are the Raiders playing this weekend? The Raiders are playing Jacksonville. The Raiders are playing Jacksonville. Which letter would you like, Tara? N. An N. And there are four N's in this puzzle. Hi. I'm going to add 2K to your round bank. You got all the money in the world now. Do you want to buy a barrel? Would you like to take another question or do you want to solve this puzzle? I'm going to take another question. Okay. My next question for you is who has more rushing yards so far on the season? Who has more rushing yards so far on the season? Is it Tony Pollard or is it Aaron Jones? Tony Pollard. I'm sorry. It is Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones is currently number five in the league for rushing yards through the first eight weeks of the season. No, I'm just saying that was crazy to me. That's one of the ones that I'm just like, that doesn't match with what I've seen on the field, but he's up there. Joey, it is your turn. I'd like to solve. Okay. I got it. Eno Benjamin to win it. Butcher the pronunciation, Joey, but it is Eno Benjamin to win it is the answer to this puzzle, Joey, that is going to add 1,000. Where's the TV show name? What'd you say? Where's the TV show name? Minute to win it. Minute to win it is a TV game show. Oh, I would have never got that. We've never got it. Never would have gotten it. Jail, you got that one. And we had some people in the chat. Dustin with Eno Benjamin it to win it. Nice job Dustin pulling that one through. Mr. Scampers had it as well and Dame almost had it, but auto corrects. Auto Benjamin is the best ever. It's a fun name for these matchups. Mashups. Yeah, he is good. Used a lot. Also, Scampers has nailed it, Joey. Absolutely nailed it. Stuck the land. Not if I blew your speakers out, ladies and gentlemen. Before we move on, Tara, do you have any interest in Eno Benjamin with James Conner coming back or do you think he's earned a role in this offense? I do. Yeah, he's been productive enough to where I don't think he's going to disappear. I think it'll be a split backfield. How much that'll be worth is a question, but he's still worth a roster. Joey, I see you nodding your head. Do you agree? Yeah, I mentioned last week that when the Cardinals did a split backfield with James Conner and Chase Edmonds last year, they started the season seven and one. They seem to really work on that offense well with having two running backs. So I could really see them. Now that Eno's really shown up of giving them both work. So I like them both this season. So Dr. Ryan in here saying thank you for answering. Of course, Dr. Thank you for coming in with the question. Thanks for asking. Thanks for that topical cream. I appreciate that. Yeah. Guys, we're going to move on to our next puzzle. You guys ready for this? Yeah. Yeah. Got a lot of catching up to do. Yeah, you do guys. This next puzzle is a NFL player movie mashup. We're going to stick with some of the mashup. So this is an NFL player movie mashup. Joey, you solved that last one, which means jail. You are going to get to go first in this round reminder out of the private or out of the comments and into the private chat. Yeah, would you like to solve this? Or would you like your first question? I need a question. Okay. Yeah, what I want to know is who has more receiving yards so far on the year? Who has more receiving yards so far on the year? Is it AJ Brown or is it T Higgins? AJ Brown. It is AJ Brown. Which letter would you like? Let's go with a T. A T. There are two T's in this puzzle. Going to add $1,000. I will take another question. Another question. Okay, Joe, my question for you sticking with receiving yards is who has more receiving yards so far on the season? Who has more receiving yards? Is it Deontay Johnson or is it DJ Moore? Deontay Johnson. I'm sorry, Jail. It is DJ Moore with more receiving yards, which means Tara, we are back to you. Would you like a question or would you like to solve this puzzle? Question. Okay. My question for you is who has more receiving yards so far on the season? Who has more receiving yards? Is it Christian Kirk or is it Debo Samuel? Christian Kirk. Christian Kirk is absolutely correct. Which letter would you like, Tara? N. In N, there is one N in this whole puzzle. That seems kind of impressive. You found it. Yeah. Go question. Okay. Another question. Who has more receiving yards so far this year? Who has more receiving yards? Is it DK Metcalf or is it Terry McLauren? DK. I am sorry. It is Terry McLauren with more receiving yards so far on the season. Joey, we're to you. I really like this puzzle. No, I don't, but I really like it when the other people before me get a lot of letters and I just get to guess that's just fine. Yeah, we got so many letters. I don't get to do that this time. I'm going to answer a question. Okay. Here's my question for you, Joey. Who has more receiving yards so far on the season? Is it Amari Cooper or is it Brandon Ayuk? Cooper. It is Amari Cooper currently tied for number 10 in the league in receiving yards. Which letter would you like? An H. An H. There are two H's in this puzzle. I'm going to add a thousand to your round bank. Would you like to buy a vowel? Would you like another question? Yeah, I want to buy a vowel. I want to buy an I. An I. There is one I in this puzzle. Any question? Any questions? He says I'm done. I'm done buying vowels. Okay. Your next question, Joey. This one is about receiving touchdowns. So what I want to know is who has more receiving touchdowns so far this year? Who has more receiving touchdowns? Is it Cooper Cup or is it Mike Evans? Mike Evans. I'm sorry. It is Cooper Cup with five to Mike Evans three, which means jail. It is back to you. What are you going to be like a trap? Like a trap. It was purposely meant to look like a trap. I'm going to take another question. Another question. Okay. My question for you, jail is who has more receiving touchdowns so far on the year? Who has more receiving touchdowns? Is it Amin Ross St. Brown or is it a Mari Cooper? Mari Cooper. It is a Mari Cooper with five to Amin Ross St. Brown's three. What's what's the opposite of what I thought it was? And it works. Let's go with an S. An S. There is one S in this puzzle. Man, that's incredible. Yeah. I made this puzzle. I don't count whatever I make the puzzles. I just make sure they're okay. I know. PowerPoint Hatton literally tells you too. Let's go. I'll take another. Take another question. Another question. Okay, jail. My question for you. We're going to go back to some receiving yards. It's who has more receiving yards so far on the season? Who has more receiving yards? Is it Zach Ertz or is it David and Joku? Ertz. I'm sorry. It is David and Joku with more receiving yards so far this year, which Tara, we're back to you. You can buy a vowel. You can take another question or you can solve this puzzle. Question. Another question. Who has more receiving yards so far on the year? Tara, who has more receiving yards? Is it Garrett Wilson or is it Drake London? Garrett Wilson. It is Garrett Wilson. Nice job. Which letter would you like? L. An L. There are three. That was going to add 15-100. Your options are the same. What would you like to do here? Question. Another question. Here we go. This question is going to be about rushing yards. Now we're going to go back to some rushing yards. Who has more rushing yards so far on the season? Who has more rushing yards? Is it Tayson Hill or is it Justin Fields? Justin Fields. Justin Fields is absolutely correct. Thank God. Which letter would you like there? D. D. There is one D in this puzzle. Going to add another 500. This is your last opportunity to buy vowels this round. If you would like to do so, or we can move on to your final question. Question. Last question. Remember, if you get this one right and get the letter on the board, you'll get to bank this money, whether you solved the puzzle or not. Here is your last question. Who has more PBR fantasy points or we're going to go with rushing yards again. Who has more rushing yards so far this season? Who has more rushing yards? Is it Khalil Herbert or is it? Najee Harris. Najee. I'm sorry. It is Khalil Herbert. It's actually number seven in the lead for rushing yards right now. I would have gotten Najee too because he's just been like fine. He hasn't been the worst. He's gotten like 12 points a game. Yeah, I would have thought it added up. It's different. Najee getting 12 points a game and then Khalil Herbert just throwing like 40 together. It is Joey's turn now. So Joey, would you like to solve this puzzle or would you like a question? I know all of it except the top. Okay. I'm I'm going to buy some vowels. Oh, there are two O's in this puzzle. Joey subtracting 200 and leaving you with enough money to buy another vowel if you would like to do so. I would like to buy a U. A U. There is one in this puzzle. Would you like to buy another vowel Joey? Would you like your first question? I mean, I'm wasting all my money to buy these dumb vowels. I would like a question because I want to try to get some money here. Okay. The vowels didn't help me. I knew all that. Okay, Joey. Who has more rushing yards so far this season? Who has more rushing yards so far this season? Is it Austin Echler or is it Jeff Wilson Jr.? Who has more rushing yards? Rushing yards. And Austin Echler. I'm sorry. It is Jeff Wilson Jr. 468 rushing yards compared to Austin Echler's 380. So Jeff Wilson Jr. Does have more rushing yards so far this year, which means JL, we are on to you. Would you like another question? Would you like to solve or would you like to buy a vowel? I will, I will buy a vowel. I will buy an A. An A. There are one, two, three, four, five, six A's in this puzzle. I'm just going to subtract 500. That's our max. Would you like to solve? Would you like a question? I think Joey figured it out. I got it. I got it. I'm so mad. I'll buy an E. Buying an E, JL. There are two E's in this puzzle. Going to subtract another 200. That is all of the vowels. So now you either got to solve or take your question. I will take another question. Another question. Okay, JL, my question for you. My question for you is. Oh, I got it. You got to answer this question first. True or false, JL? True or false? The Cincinnati Bengals are three-point favorites this week against the Carolina Panthers, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. I'm sorry. Say the number one more time. Super focus on answering it right. True or false? The Cincinnati Bengals are three-point favorites against the Carolina Panthers this week. False. That is absolutely false, JL. It is seven and a half. Thought I might trick you on that one, but you got it right. Which letter would you like? That's a fair way. Let's go. Oh, what's the best one? I'll go with a, I'll go with a C. A C. There are four C's in this puzzle, JL. Going to give you $2,000. I wouldn't solve. Would you like a question? Oh, I think I need one more question to win. Oh, no. I'll take another question. Oh my God. I did not even realize we were sitting at the buzzer. Wait, wait, wait. You'll tie it if you just get this. I'll tie it if I take it. All right. So I got to take the question. Okay. JL going for the win right here. JL, we are going to do one more receiving yards question. Get this right and get the letter you win the game. Get it wrong. Tara is going to come away with the victory. My question for you, JL, is who has more receiving yards so far on the season? Who has more receiving yards? Is it Pat Friarmouth or is it Dallas Goddard? Dallas Goddard. It is Dallas Goddard, JL. Which letter would you like? Why, please? A Y. There are three Ys. I'm going to ask 5th and 100s. I'd like to solve. Go ahead and solve it, JL. Ray Ray McLeody with a chance of meatballs. It is Ray Ray McLeody with a chance of meatballs. Nice job, JL. Go Tigers. Yeah, go Tigers. I was going to be so mad if I didn't get the Ray Ray McLeod one. I knew you would be. I put it in the figure. We would have some Ray Ray McLeod love on the stream today. Man, and Maria said this is stressful. Come on, JL. JL, you pulled it out. And with that, you're going to pull out the victory in today's game. Nice job. We're the opponents. We're the opponents. You had to lead the whole time, Tara. And then JL just stole it from you at the end. I'm sorry, Tara. I mean, except it's that new, like, goateed. It's the facial hair. It's made me more easily now. Yeah. Also, shout out Dustin for getting this one right. Let's do it. About nine minutes ago. Nice job, Dustin. That's a good one. That's a good one. There were three letters on the board whenever he pulled this one. Wow. There was nothing on the board. Not three, like, different letters, like three total boxes filled whenever he got this one correct. I can see if, like, if you saw the hyphens and your brain went to Ray, like, that made sense. I was honestly not even thinking that was the player part. I didn't even think that. Yeah. Yeah. The hyphen definitely stole it off. But if you locked in on that as Ray Ray McLeod, that would have solved that puzzle for you. Yeah. Tara, I want to, I want to thank you so much for taking the time to come on with us today. This was an absolute blast. You're the best, Tara. Always, always, always glad to be here. Thank you for having me. And everyone watching me. Make sure you follow Tara. Exactly. If you're not already following Tara, go and follow her right now on Twitter at its Tara time. The link should be right below in the description as well. So you can just click on it. You don't even have to go search. It makes your following her over there and everybody in the chat. Thank you so much for joining us today for the front yard fantasy hour reminder. Joey, myself and our friend, the Darius Brown, are going to be live right after this over on our YouTube channel at front yard fantasy for fantasy football office hours doing nothing but answering your questions for about the next hour. So head on over there or leave autoplay on and this stream should redirect you in that direction. Until then, though, we are out of here. Congrats, jail. Thank you so much again, Tara. And thank you everybody who watched. We will see you in about five minutes. Bye bye. Bye bye.