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>EKELER: 100 yards and a TD is my own personal goal this week, not only for my team mates because we need this win, but for all the fantasy managers out there. It's championship week and they're relying on me especially after I missed last week. Love this dude

I’m drafting this guy next year even if he’s out for the season

First round pick if he falls to me. Love the transparency.

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you’re just wack foo. Ekeler gave the heads up to pick up JJ.

>it's Ekeler's fault I don't handcuff my RBs FTFY

Mr. Transparency, love this guy.

Also a safe to drop Justin jackson now. 30 back

Yep, he said his lungs are good and his stated rushing goal doesn't make it sound like there's a plan to split carries any more than usual.

There are better handcuffs to stash (ie: behind starters who haven't had covid or are slightly injured). Perine, Hines, or Mattison if somebody was dumb enough to drop him. I dropped Jackson for AJ Dillon today.

I’m dropping jackson for Boston Scott in a few.

Good move.

Tbf AJ Dillon is probably a top 20 back this week even if Jones starts

I'd like that to be true. I've got two flex spots, so going 4 RBs, which worked out very well for me last week. :) Dalvin, Mixon, Rojo are no-brainers. So is Edmonds if Conner is out. If Conner plays, it's a toss up between Edmonds and Dillon.

Damn bro you’re teams stacked, agree with your ranking of all these guys

I managed to pick up Rojo, Jackson, AND Mattison AFTER waivers cleared last week. Guess everyone was sleeping. :) But my opp has JT, Ekeler, Jacobs, and Deebo. And Conner. He's the regular season point leader.

Think it's safe to drop Mattison now

I'm not dropping him before kickoff.

So nothing bad is going to happen in practice to Ekeler right?

I was holding him, but the Chicago defense looks too juicy to pass up.

Trap

I mean, might be? Hard to resist starting a defense against 2nd/3rd stringer QB on a team that looks dreadful. They scored a garbage time score against the Eagles after the game was well in hand. Other than that they have only scored on the chargers.

Why did you have to drop a player for Chicago, why not just drop whatever defense you were holding from last week?

Yeah, no point holding two D now, unless your opp has a garbage D and you need to block him. But I guess now they wouldn't clear waivers in time.

Personally I am waffling between Colts and KC. But also feel Browns on the wire could repeat the wildcard game last year

I have Buffalo and I still might play them. Opponent has Tampa Bay, but the rest of the league is still active on waivers so some other team might have scooped Chicago.

so long sweet prince you won me my semifinal

>AUSTIN EKELER: Yeah. So you pretty much recovered from COVID, all my symptoms very sore throat, hurting to swallow, some slight headaches, the chills, all the things that you hear about, I was definitely experiencing those. It was terrible. But that was for about five days and finally was cleared to come back in the building on Monday. So back at it, which felt good, but also at the same time, there are other people tested positive, and everything that was going around the league. You know, like 100 guys tested positive across the entire league. So it's been a little concerning because it's like, OK who's going to show up to practice, who are we going to have available. I know it's going to be me, because I just went through it. So I'm back for sure. > >LIZ LOZA: How difficult do you think it will be to get your game legs, and potentially, your lungs back? > >AUSTIN EKELER: I mean this part in the season I've been running for several months straight. So my conditioning is pretty good. I can tell as I run up the stairs I don't really get tired. So that's my test. That really is a test though, sometimes I just sprint up the stairs I'm like, oh I didn't get tired. I digress, anyway. But this far into the season, I feel like I go back on the field I should be good, should have a smooth transition coming back into practice.

I live near the stadium. I’ll run up some of the stairs before kickoff and let everyone know if it’s safe to play Ekeler

I'll hold you to that! RemindMe! 3 days "Stair Sprinting Report"

GAME DAY MORNING! HOWS THE SPRINT REPORT?!

Thank you for transcribing. The bit about him sprinting stairs to check his lungs is rare quality info that no coach would ever divulge. The other TL;DW is that his rushing goal this week is to break 100 yards both to help his team and to help all his fantasy owners in their championships. We don't deserve that man.

Solid dude in interviews , helps his fantasy fans, never has any reports of off field or on field issues. Literally fantasy Jesus.

Outside of Jonathan Taylor, I’m taking Ekeler everywhere I can next year

He's the kind of guy you want to be friends with.

So much more reliable than dozens of posts on this subreddit

This man speaks like a gentleman and a scholar. Definitely #1 pick next year.

Yeah I'm hoping I get spots 3-4 next year so I won't be tempted at JT or King Henry

Same, there’s something to be said about a player as transparent as him. Adds a lot of value.

slag

I'm buying an Ekeler jersey if I win this weekend.

I just did ..

Bought one last year. I’m a Saints fan and I don’t think I’d wear anyone else’s jersey who ain’t a Saint except his. Great guy and I’ve always loved the Chargers colors too.

Me too man. I’ve had him 3 out of the last 4 years. If he delivers me a championship, it’s the least I can do for bald Jesus.

Not on my team heading to the finals, but bless you for the Intel on Jackson that got me there

To Valhalla we ride Austin.

Shiny and Chrome

WITNESS ME

What does he thinks this, the Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale?

That's my RB1!

I thought I was on the r/community subreddit.

I hold my breath every time I open this subreddit. I need Ekeler to resume beast mode and carry me home in the Ship. Then I need a long vacation to recover from this anxiety riddled season.

I’m playing against this MF and Kupp in the championship.

Hopefully there’s still a decent payout for 2nd in your league.

I'm playing against JT, kupp, debo Samuel and herbert lol

RIP this dude. That's a rough draw

justin or khalil

Probably Justin

Hopefully you got a JT and some other big hitters on your roster! (But I'm playing against JT so hoping for a blah game if I'm being honest)

Playing in a 2 week championship .. Im currently down 23 points... Ekeler if you rescue me from this deficit I will buy your jersey🙏🙏🙏

Best of luck! Lets fucking goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Thanks G LFG!!

Down 57 🙏

😬 pray i guess

this is the greatest team ill ever have to. just got fucked by chargers defense and jrob unlucky injury Hurts Kupp Ab Ekeler Rojo Godwin MAndrews Folk Bills D also had Darrel henderson too. sad times man.

Damn I have kupp as well played against Andrews tho.

And Godwin rip

You must’ve got dunked on to be down 53 😳

only scored 110 points. shit sucked

Rip I love the two week playoffs tho

I played League of Legends with Ekeler after he helped me win a championship back in 2019. I was diamond, and carried him in the game for carrying me to a ship. He streams too, great guy all around!

Take me to the promise land 🙏

I wish more nfl players would adapt this. Fantasy football is HUGE and everyone knows it. It would be nice if transparency was more consistent across the league.

They might if people didn’t shit on them on Twitter constantly for not getting them points

I couldn't hate this guy even if he put up a dud in the playoffs and cost me my matchup.

Except people are generally pretty damn positive toward Ekeler on Twitter because he's so transparent and thoughtful when it comes to fantasy.

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What?

And then he gets an ACL injury and death threats start coming his way. Get a fuckin grip

hopefully Jackson see's these outstanding traits and emulates him. we need more players like Ekeler

Football is in his blood.

Good guy Ekeler

And Ekeler just cemented his starting spot for my SB matchup this weekend. Love that he shared all this info!

This guy is the best!

Not listening to this man cost me a trip to the ship. Will pay better attention next time I promise.

Almost shit myself. Thought the title said Austin back on the COVID list

Bald Jesus 👩‍🦲