Assessing Risks: Lamar Jackson Tonight, Ravens' Game Overview
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00:03 - Joe, the Ravens are on everyone's radar.
00:06 I mean, that was always my thing throughout the years.
00:09 By the time it gets to week 10, there are no more secrets.
00:11 And if there are, shows like this are gonna expose them
00:14 immediately, and by the time we're off the air,
00:16 people have them.
00:17 But, the Ravens, Lamar Jackson, 8,300 on Fandle,
00:20 eight even on DK.
00:21 There are some injuries that concern me
00:23 with regards to stackability,
00:24 but maybe playing naked or maybe something.
00:27 What do you think about playing Lamar naked?
00:30 - I think there's a lot of risk.
00:31 The Cleveland Browns defense is for real.
00:33 And this feels like one of those classic
00:35 AFC North rock fights, right?
00:36 Where you're just gonna kind of drag down
00:38 the total a little bit.
00:40 And look at the top of the board on Fandle especially.
00:42 And you see Justin Herbert at the top
00:43 coming off a less than inspiring game,
00:45 but the New York Jets defense is very good,
00:47 so we'll give them some credit.
00:48 But it's Herbert and Lamar at the top of the board
00:50 this week at quarterback.
00:51 And I'm just not feeling it, Matt.
00:53 Like, I'm just not looking for it.
00:54 If you look at Lamar in these last couple weeks too,
00:57 hasn't been exactly a good return on your investment
00:59 from the way things have gone for him.
01:01 You have 11 points back-to-back weeks.
01:03 That's not what you want out of a quarterback
01:04 who is giving 8K in salary.
01:07 That's a lot to ask here.
01:09 So this is another one of those matchups here
01:11 where I think you look at it against Cleveland
01:13 and you say, okay, you have concern.
01:14 Now, where it becomes interesting
01:16 is it becomes a faceting oppo play
01:18 where people all do collectively fade Lamar Jackson.
01:21 And what if at home, Lamar has a special game
01:25 against the Cleveland Browns?
01:27 Well, that is a huge way to differentiate.
01:28 Now, the talent is there, the opportunity is there.
01:31 We all know the Cleveland Browns have had, you know,
01:34 some up and down moments,
01:35 but that one thing is that defense has been very good.
01:36 So naturally, I think all of our instincts are to fade it.
01:39 I think that's probably the best case.
01:41 But having one Lamar lineup is interesting
01:42 because what if it does go off?
01:44 What if Lamar has one of these huge rushing total games?
01:46 And especially on a slate where you don't have
01:48 as many of the big Russian quarterbacks
01:50 necessarily available here today,
01:52 it becomes an interesting piece to stop and consider
01:55 about being responsibly different,
01:57 as we like to say here.
01:58 We're not trying to be different for the sake of it,
02:00 but I think for the large part,
02:02 Lamar Herbert, the top of this quarterback board,
02:04 feels like a bit of a fade to me
02:06 because of what's going on here right now
02:09 with the rest of the value at the quarterback board.
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