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00:00Let's start with the quarterback.
00:04What do you like first?
00:05This is going to be a very surprising one.
00:08It's surprising to me, to be honest with you.
00:10It's a quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders.
00:14It's actually Aiden O'Connell, 340 last week against the Chiefs, two touchdowns, really
00:20utilizing Brock Bowers, who seems super comfortable.
00:22And you got to realize too, this guy's been hurt for a couple of weeks, so he missed a
00:26good amount of time.
00:27He hasn't played since week seven.
00:29Before that, in week six against Pittsburgh, he put up 227 and a touchdown in that game.
00:34But if you're coming off a game against the Chiefs on the road, that's a confidence builder.
00:39And now you're going on the road again, playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one of the worst
00:43teams in the league in terms of giving up air yards.
00:45So this should be a very comfortable situation here for Aiden O'Connell.
00:49You still don't have a lot of health in the backfield, so the ball's going to be in O'Connell's
00:53hands.
00:54And I would expect a ton of Brock Bowers and Jacoby Myers today in this one.
00:58In the DFS world, I think he's a very inexpensive quarterback that you could feel pretty good
01:02about the floor, and maybe even there's more ceiling than you realize.
01:06And Aiden O'Connell is also in a position here where he has these next few weeks of
01:09the season to prove he's the guy that they should be moving forward with, or they should
01:14be looking elsewhere in 2025 for the quarterback.
01:18That's it.
01:19This is it.
01:20He's got basically another four-game audition here.
01:22And I think that's not lost on guys like Aiden O'Connell.
01:25You get a very small window in the NFL in which to prove your worth.
01:30And O'Connell has that right now, and whether or not Pierce is the coach, we'll find out
01:33at the end of the season.
01:34I think he will be.
01:35Whether or not O'Connell is the quarterback, that remains to be seen.
01:38But it's a good situation today.
01:39It's a good matchup.
01:40It's a good price.
01:41And in a week where we have no Jaden Daniels, no Lamar Jackson, no Drake May, none of these
01:46guys playing quarterback this week, guess what?
01:48We're going to need some help at quarterback.
01:49So Aiden O'Connell is that guy for me.
01:51Ross percentage is super low.
01:52If you need him as a streamer this week, I think you could do worse.
01:55I think the volume will be there.
01:56And the upside is certainly there, too.
01:57And I would not say that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is as good as the Kansas City Chiefs
02:02defense.
02:03So I wouldn't be too worried.
02:04Also, keep in mind, whenever Baker Mayfield is at home and a favorite, typically he doesn't
02:08play all that well.
02:10When he's on the road as an underdog, that's where Baker Mayfield has been really good.
02:13So sometimes the weight of being up front has not been kind to the Buccaneers.
02:18So keep an eye on Aiden O'Connell today.
02:20Again, do they get a victory?
02:22That remains to be seen.
02:23But can Aiden O'Connell put up points?
02:24I think the answer is yes.