Name: Impact of Player Absences in Fantasy Football Strategies
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So, let's start with the familiar name. We've said that Roma Doonza will be out. So where does that lead us? Where does that lead you? Well, it's gonna lead us again to Luther Burton. So I just, uh, rolled out for you some of the target volume he's been getting. Uh, the matchup is solid enough. Again, Cleveland defensively, well, last week, not great, but at home all year has been much better than on the road. So we'll see here, uh, what Shaddo Sanders can do. And, and look, I want Shaddo Sanders to perform offensively as well because that will push the Chicago Bears' offense. What you want is Shador to play well in this game if you have shares of Swift, of Mannongai, of Caleb Williams, of Luther Burden, right? Because you want there to be some scoring, which you don't want is a 16-13 slugfest in December, which could be what we get, but I don't really want that to happen. So let's hope that we can build on what we saw last week from Shado Sanders and he can give us. A little bit more offense, get this total into the, you know, mid to high 40s, and if they can do that together, that's a good thing. And look, the Bears are coming off a tough loss. Caleb Williams has to be better, you know, that play design in that last play where he threw that pick in the end zone was perfect. Cole Kame released, Cole Kamet was open. If he turns and he has a two-step and throw, he hits uh Cole Kamet and that's a touchdown. That's easy touchdown. And then what Kayleb Williams does is what Kayla Williams always does, which is he runs another 6 yards, takes another 6 steps, and it gives the corner time to close. It takes the angle, takes it away, and next thing you know, that play is not there anymore. And instead of pivoting, you know, he just locks in because he knows Cole Kamet is that one look there. There's another guy, DJ Moore, underneath who's open, but he never even sees him. So, this is that, that stuff, is that inner workings of quarterback that I continue to struggle with Caleb Williams, or people say, oh, look at the Bears' record, look at the Bears' record. And I'm like, look at the tape, look at the tape, because if he turns in a two-step, turns around, throws that football, Caleb Williams and the Bears tie that football game, and who knows where we go from there. And that, that's a story we're all talking about, right? So he's got to be better in those spots. He's got to trust the process, he's got to stop trying to do too much, trying to stop artificially extending plays, because all he's doing is putting his team in worse scenarios. Everything about that, I saw people bitching and moaning about that play design. Oh, it's a bad play call. No, it's not. It was a perfect play call. Cole Kame was wide open, he just extended the play too long, the corner closes, and then the rest is history. Great insight, dynamite job, Joe, really, really well done. Um, let's keep that momentum going and talk about a split backfield on a team and where we should lead. Let's go. Look, the trend continues to go to Blake Korum. He's still available. I can't believe he's still available. Uh, so if you have Kyron Williams, you gotta have Blake Korum on your roster, and if you don't have Kyron Williams, I think you still want Blake Korum on your roster. He's flexworthy this week. He's got 3 touchdowns in his last 2 games. You're going against the Detroit Lions, it's an offense you can score on, you can run on. So, I'm all in here for Blake Korum after this. It does get tough. You got the Seattle Seahawks next, and then after that, the Atlanta Falcons, so that's his rest of uh season schedule there. But the way they're using Blake Coorum, he feels like he's at least gonna have use, and if something should happen to Kyron Williams, Blake Korum has shown you, he can take over the full workload and be great. He would be an RB1 in this offense, OK, if something happened to Kyron Williams. So, you gotta have these insurance policies on your roster at the very least, even in a shallow league, if Blake Korm's floating out there. Don't let him float out there. The last thing you want to have happen is for him to end up on some other team and then taking you the next couple of weeks to win a championship. I know the schedule is a little tricky the next two weeks, but still, I gotta have Blake Korum on rosters at the very least, and if you need some help this week, he is certainly startable.

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