Kyle Soppe
@KyleSoppePFN
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Fantasy/betting analyst at Pro Football Network. Your sit/start tie-breaker, ATS opinion giver and studier of March Madness. Formerly Thirsty Kyle of ESPN
West Hartford, CT
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If Lefty closes the
#PGAChampionship
...
Champions pre-COVID:
Patrick Mahomes: 24
Kawhi Leonard: 27
Collin Morikawa: 23
COVID Champions:
Tom Brady: 43
LeBron James: 35
Phil Mickelson: 50
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BREAKING NEWS: We here at Soppe HQ have elected to remove the franchise tag and ink this beauty to a long-term (hopefully!) deal
#FantasyBecomesReality
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In Weeks 7-17, QB ranks in ...
Passer Rating
1. Lamar Jackson
2. Ryan Tannehill
Pass TD%
1. Lamar Jackson
2. Ryan Tannehill
First downs/pass attempt
1. Ryan Tannehill
2. Lamar Jackson
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Luka at Lakers on Sunday!!
The week ahead in football:
* Lamar Jackson vs. the 49ers D
* College football rivalry week
* Browns vs. Steelers, Part II
* 3 Thanksgiving NFL games
* Stephon Gilmore covering DeAndre Hopkins
* 9-2 Seattle vs. 8-3 Minnesota on MNF
One of the best weeks of the year.
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2016: Gonzaga gone in Sweet 16, Villanova beats 1-seed KU in the tourney, Villanova wins it all
2018: Gonzaga gone in Sweet 16, Villanova beats 1-seed KU in the tourney, Villanova wins it all
2022: Gonzaga gone in Sweet 16, Villanova could face 1-seed KU in the Final 4
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EARLY
#FantasyFootball
sleepers, busts and breakouts
*ducks for his RB bust pick*
@MatthewBerryTMR
,
@Stephania_ESPN
,
@FieldYates
,
@DanielDopp
,
@MikeClayNFL
,
@MattBowen41
,
@EricNMoody
,
@karabelleric
,
@SultanofStat
,
@KeithLipscomb
,
@JoeKaiserSports
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Life changing events happen and it's rare you ever see it coming.
Today, however, is one of those days. I get to marry the beautiful
@MsMarisaVattana
and I don't think there's a person on the planet as excited as I am this very second.
I'll see you soon Twitter, a married man!
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There is one receiver ... one ... that has been a top 20 WR in Week 17 in each of the past 2 seasons AND still plays on the same team as he did in those two.
Adam Humphries
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3x as many turnover as TDs
500+ yards of offense
Trailed for all but 7 offensive snaps
Nope, not a Jameis Winston story (this time). That’s the MVP. Off a bye. At home.
Sports, nothing like it.
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It's time for the semis in the
#WarRoom
Fantasy Basketball League. Who advances (polls in thread)?
<<
@TedyBruschi
@AdamSchefter
>>
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Gotta respect greatness. Say what you will, but Brady is as reliable as it gets when the game/season is on the line
#Patriots
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Your random stat of the day ...
Instances in which a TE had 10+ catches and 90+ receiving yards in a game this season:
Zach Ertz (Week 2)
Zach Ertz (Week 4)
Zach Ertz (Week 5)
Zach Ertz (Week 10)
Travis Kelce (Week 11)
Travis Kelce (Week 13)
Zach Ertz (Week 16)
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The Raiders DST currently has negative points ... for the season. They still have to play KC. Twice
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Ready for some
#MarchMadness
talk? Or at least a completed bracket? Here is where I’m at based on our latest projection. Article is up on
@espn
detailing every single section!
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Mahomes' extension is 45M/year.
That can buy a damn good fantasy NFL AND NBA team AND some!
QB: Jackson
RB: Kamara/Cook
WR: Godwin/Gallup/Kupp
TE: Andrews
G: Simmons/Luka
F: Ingram/Collins
C: Harrell
Beyonce's wedding ring
750 shares of Amazon
My research services
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How long until Roethlisberger demands to be paid like a running back?
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View from research
The Packers won and
@DanielDopp
is paying off his bet with
@KyleSoppeESPN
...
@MatthewBerryTMR
and
@FieldYates
breakdown the game and evaluate the strength of the Week 7 waiver wire. Tune in!
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@MatthewBerryTMR
@espn
You bet! Anything to get some love. People are reluctant to believe in the Raps ... so if Drake helps that cause, I’ll take it.
#WeTheNorth
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Here's where I landed!
Regional breakdown and rankings coming in a minute on
@ESPN
Let's do this!
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Ok guys. It’s Week 9. Lotta things going on. But I just didn’t get ID’d at a happy hour for the first time. Ever. It’s kind of a big deal.
That’s all. Will answer any questions this weekend if you have them. Riding a personal high
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My wife just suggested a snake draft for household chores and I don’t think I’ve ever been more in love
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Just 3 weeks until the first Sunday of the NFL season.
#FantasyFootball
positional PPR ranks that you didn't ask for. Tiered for your visual pleasure.
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No bracket? No problem! Used some basic numbers to identify the top 4 teams on each seed line since 1994 to create my own. Here is the bracket (and my picks!). Story on
@espn
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Words can't describe how much it has meant to work on the pod with two special people. Forget analysts. Everyone knows that.
@karabelleric
and
@SultanofStat
are two of the best PEOPLE around, baseball was just an excuse to meet up. GOAT status:
Finale:
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My wife just actually looked in a pot of food, not to check what was in there …
… but because she couldn’t find her cell phone.
How’s your Monday morning going?
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Should we call
@FieldYates
“waffle”? We’d have the official body wash of the 06010 😂
@MatthewBerryTMR
@Stephania_ESPN
@DanielDopp
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With Luka Garza back, it's time to believe in Iowa as a national title contender
@espn
@IowaHoops
@LukaG_55
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Josh Allen currently has 4 straight games with ...
*245 pass yards
*25 rush yards
*Multiple pass TD
*No more than 1 INT
No other active QB has had a streak like that in their career
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We go daily on
@fantasyfocus
two weeks from today! Here's a stat to help get you in the mood ...
Since 2013, 3x has a player had multiple games with 165 rush yards and 2 rush TD:
Derrick Henry - 2018
Derrick Henry - 2019
Derrick Henry - 2020
@Titans
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The column
@MatthewBerryTMR
referenced about the birthday boy
@DanielDopp
Unique journey and among the best around!
Happiest Birthday, lost my heart the moment I knew you were there! Thru all the stages, thru all the phases, you make me smile, laugh & fill my life with joy! I will love you forever & like you for always…hope this year is the beginning of your best ones!! 🤗💜😘
@DanielDopp
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DERRICK HENRY appreciation thread. Never have I been more happy about my career choice in researching football as opposed to playing it when watching world class athletes try to tackle this man.
Thread: 1/4
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Easter dress game strong, even if we aren’t going anywhere.
Also - my swag level is at an all-time high when I have a suit pocket to put my phone in. Just feels so ... official? Badass? Idk, but it’s awesome.
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“Your first official Christmas gift as a member of the family ... in case football causes stress once in a while.”
Sister-in-law of the year appealing to the
#06010
life
@MatthewBerryTMR
@FieldYates
@Stephania_ESPN
@DanielDopp
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If you’re curious ..
Christian McCaffrey
Le’Veon Bell
Chris Johnson
Priest Holmes
So
@KyleSoppeESPN
passes this along...
Since 2002, 5 RBs have had a game with 160 rush yards, 60 receiving yards and 3 TDs.
4 of them finishes the season as RB1 in PPG.
The 5th? 2020 Aaron Jones
#AaronJonesFreed
?
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What numbers matter most in
#MarchMadness
? The truth is, anything can happen, but here is what my numbers have to say.
And the bracket I'm working with as a result below. Use the numbers. Fade them. Do whatever. But don't
#BalkAtTheChalk
late.
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Today
@MatthewBerryTMR
: "I'm not a big rap guy. I like the old school stuff though"
@FieldYates
: "Not sure Beethoven counts"
@DanielDopp
: "When are we getting some Berry bars?"
I love where I work and who I work with
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#FantasyFootballCountdown
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The top 5 players in terms of targets that we have not assigned a drop to this season (and not just to make
@MatthewBerryTMR
happy):
1. Allen Robinson: 146
2. Terry McLaurin: 123
3. J.D. McKissic: 103
4. Tim Patrick: 74
5. Larry Fitzgerald
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Like we said all off season ...
"Your league will be decided with what you do in the 6th round"
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Have discussed this with
@FieldYates
at times this year. Who are your top 5 favorite current athletes to watch. Any sport. Any definition of “fun to watch”. Mine:
Patrick Mahomes
Aaron Rodgers
Giannis
Russell Westbrook
Luca Doncic
Honorable mention:
LeBron and Russell Wilson
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NCAAB Stat of the Day -
The 6 teams that never fell outside the top-17 teams in the country (preseason included):
-
@DukeMBB
-
@KUHoops
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@LouisvilleMBB
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@ZagMBB
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@TerrapinHoops
-
@OregonMBB
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Lamar Jackson
@Lj_era8
this season =
385.9 fantasy points
Dak's top 6 games this season +
Mahomes' top 5 games this season +
Matt Ryan's top 3 games this season =
385.9 fantasy points
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@flippydogg
@MatthewBerryTMR
@espn
Agree. No downside to having a public figure go all in. Especially for a team that traditionally isn’t popular. He surfaces them and gives them a voice. Love. It.
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Numbers have been crunched ... all season long. Here's is where I've landed:
*Wanted to pick everyone in the top half of the top left and no one of the bottom half of the bottom right.
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Tyler Lockett is the first player ever with 2 games of 3 TD receptions AND 13 targets in the same season. He's done it twice in 7 weeks and is now tied for 3rd all-time in such games.
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Show of hands. Who is dreading the conversation with their significant other about this?
@DanielDopp
this conversation has the potential to be worse than the dentist 😬
With the NFL's amended schedule, we now have games tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
8 of the next 10 days have NFL games.
Buckle up.
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Hashbrowns? We talkin' hashbrowns? You bet! First baseball podcast of the year tapes tomorrow. Hit me up with your best questions for
@karabelleric
and
@SultanofStat
#FantasyBaseball
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The most fitting first quarter of the season?
50% target share for Kyle Pitts
42.9% target share for DJ Moore
They have 10 yards. Combined
@MikeClayNFL
@DanielDopp
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I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
I won't take sports for granted
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There are two players in the history of the NBA with 4+ playoff games in which they scored 40 points, made multiple 3s and shot 60% from the field
*LeBron James
*Jimmy Butler
(Jordan, Kawhi, KD and Reggie Miller -- 3 apiece)
(Kobe + Wade + Steph = 3)
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My "Fix Me" spots this week ...
*Jonathan Taylor
*Miles Sanders
*Robby Anderson
*Robert Woods
*Tyler Boyd
*
#EliteFirstName
Pitts
CC:
@MikeClayNFL
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Only two players this season have given you 20 points on 60% shooting with 7 dimes in consecutive games:
*Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
*Shake Milton
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Yes. Yes this picture came up on today's pod
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Etienne SZN
Raheem the Dream
Crowing The King
And so much more in the Week 8 preview:
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Damian Lillard has two career 40-point road playoff games ...
... they've both come in the past 9 days
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@FieldYates
@espn
The issue here is that there isn’t a measurement. The amount is always the same …
… everything that’s in the car. Failure isn’t an option. My stubbornness never shines brighter. I’ve been groomed for this!
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33 days until our wedding. So this is an important question. Is this an acceptable way to watch MNF?
Yes, that’s a ball of cheese.
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Appreciate the kind words and overwhelming support. Matthew is who made any of this possible and for that, I’ll always be grateful! A true one-of-one in the industry who gave me a chance to be a cog in the machine.
Now … let’s do this football thing!
I get why I wasn’t asked but wish I’d been able to come back for this pod to congratulate & say goodbye to
@KyleSoppePFN
….
@FieldYates
is dead on here. No one works harder, is kinder or more passionate than Thirsty Kyle. Kyle did great work for me personally. Thrilled for him!
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Kyle Pitts / Kyle Soppe
Born in PA / college in PA
Born in October / married in October
Athletic freak / freak about athletics
TD last college game / TD in last Pop Warner game
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First 13 games for
@RandyMoss
in 2007:
82 catches, 1,264 yards and 19 TD
--> 322.4 fantasy points
First 13 games for
@tae15adams
in 2020:
109 catches, 1,328 yards and 17 TD
--> 341.8 fantasy points
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RIP to the man whose name became a verb, whose tenacity motivated millions and whose legacy will forever be a part of professional sports.
#RIPMamba
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I can't be the only one worried about the Saints pulling Alvin Kamara after his first catch this week.
I mean, 81 catches is pretty clearly his regular season ceiling (and floor):
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Your random stat of the day ...
For those joining
@MikeClayNFL
on
#TeamRegression
, Mahomes averaged 1.05 fantasy points per completion in 2018. For reference, that's 22.3% above Aaron Rodgers' career rate, 29.5% above Tom Brady's and 37.3% above Drew Brees'.
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Kyle Soppe vs Drew Brees
*4 letter first name, 5 letter last
*Born in January
*Attended a Big10 school
*Broke his ribs
Drew: “when can I play?”
Kyle: “this is how life ends”
Two identical people (see above). One tiny difference separates an NFL HOF from a researcher
So all together, Saints’ QB Drew Brees suffered 11 rib fractures - eight on his left side, three on his right, per
@WerderEdESPN
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100th game played this season
99 points scored in his last three Game 7s
98 rebounds + assists in this series
97 playoff double doubles over the last 11 season
96 career triple doubles if he gets one tonight
95 points is all it takes. CLE is 11-0 this post season when scoring 95+
It’s stupid how ridiculously brilliant he has been this year.
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Spent the last few days with the family. 8 year old nephew. Did I miss anything in the NFL?
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Find you someone who loves you the way
@karabelleric
loves his hair ... or as much as
@SultanofStat
loves EK's hair ... or hashbrowns.
Find something that gives you joy like the
#06010MLB
podcast gives all of us!
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Load up on underdog outrights this week???? The numbers like it!
That research and the ATS updates across the NFL, now live:
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Over the past 13 Super Bowls, there have been 3 instances in which a player had 75+ receiving yards in the first half ...
Danny Amendola (2017-18)
Chris Hogan (2017-18)
Julian Edelman (tonight)
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For the first time in 22 seasons, we do NOT have a bird team in the NFL’s Elite 8:
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🚨 ALERT 🚨
One month from today, we have real life March Madness games. One. Short. Month.
@ESPNLunardi
graced us with an updated bracket, so I used my formula to pick all the games and write it up ...
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@DanielDopp
Wife: “Daniel always has good ideas. You should be more like him”
Me: “Hey now, I have some good ideas”
Wife: “You’ve had one”
Me: “That’s one more I thought I’d get credit for. It was proposing, right?”
Wife: “It was being friends with Daniel. That was a good idea”
-__-
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History for
@ATLHawks
@TheTraeYoung
becomes the first player since Michael Jeffery Jordan (1992-93) to have 3 straight games with ...
*35+ points
*5+ assists
*2 (or fewer) turnovers
@TreavorScales
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We are all thankful for many things this time of year. I've got a dream job and live with my dream girl (wife!).
I'm thankful enough of you like goofy numbers that allow me to do this for a living. So ... swing by at 5pm EST for a quirky stat on all 3 Thanksgiving Day games!
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Isaiah Stewart, a fellow 585-er, in February (96 minutes)
*19/24 from the field
*40 points
*24 rebounds
The kid is 19 years old. All sorts of impressive.
@Dreamville_33
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Anybody else feel like watching this game is the equivalent of eating your vegetables as a kid so you can have dessert later?
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He returned an email to be kind long before I came here, set up a meeting during my first 2 weeks on campus, and facilitated making me a part of the team. Never a bad time to shout out
@MatthewBerryTMR
for his help in my pursuit of a dream
Who is a person (not counting family) that opened doors for you in your career when they didn’t have to? Anytime is a good time to show gratitude!
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I’d rather bet on Steph Curry from 32 feet than Mason Crosby from 32 yards
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Resume through first 2 NFL seasons:
Terry McLaurin
@TheTerry_25
*9.1 yards/target
*11 TD
*0.9% drop rate
DeAndre Hopkins
*9.2 yards/target
*8 TD
*1.8% drop rate
Michael Thomas
*9.0 yards/target
*14 TD
*1.1% drop rate
Elite company. Elite talent
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Things I don’t understand (not in 2018, not in 2019 and probably never will):
—> Kickers with tattoos
—> People who put toilet paper on the holder backwards
—> Poor free throw shooters
—> People who don’t get their sub toasted at Subway
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So you may have heard ... there's kind of a big football game tomorrow. To celebrate ... how does one statistical nugget regarding the matchup (be it team comparisons, player notes, or fantasy spin) every hour between now and then sound? Check back on the 30's!
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NFL Week 8 fantasy football questions and answers: Reporters give advice on Jerry Jeudy, Khalil Herbert and much more!
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No player in NBA history has had a regular season with:
* 2,000 points
* 700 rebounds
* 550 assists
* 75 steals
* 75 blocks.
"Playoff LeBron" per 82 games:
* 2,363 points
* 741 rebounds
* 590 assists
* 140 steals
* 79 blocks
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🐐 🐐
You love to see it. You truly do. The best to do it and that’s not changing anytime soon.
Maybe we can salvage the year 2020 afterall!
ESPN
#NFL
Insider & 'Fantasy Football Now' host
@FieldYates
signs multi-year extension
More:
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@Stephania_ESPN
I feel like “in the snow” are 3 words that could be left out of this question
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Honored and couldn’t say it better. No one else I’d rather have on my side.
@DanielDopp
is so good on the pod ... and he’s even better for the other 23 hours a day. Ride. Or. Die.
A quick thank you to my man
@KyleSoppeESPN
. Whether it’s fantasy sports, bowling or just needing to vent, you’re always there for me. You’re truly one of my best friends and I love you dude! Grab a pack of
@SamuelAdamsBeer
and
#ToastSomeone
important in your life.
#Sponsored
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My adorable wife, borrowing my clothes (and Twitter account), and lending her support for
#GoPackGo
#cantlosenow
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An actual goat would be more agile in the open field than the GOAT
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Mullens surpassed some Favre numbers in college and now? Now, his pace has him on track to throw more NFL TD passes through 3 full seasons than Favre did for his career. No big deal.
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