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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Monday,

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Speaker 1: September six. It's a holiday, but we work. We work

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Speaker 1: wherever I am. If I'm breathing, I will try to

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Speaker 1: do my best to produce a podcast. And we have

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Speaker 1: a whopper of a podcast today for you. Start in

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Speaker 1: the week. Because the NFL season starts Thursday, we thought

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Speaker 1: we'd just bring the thunder Matthew Berry fantasy football bonanza.

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Speaker 1: We had Evan Silva last week, a lot of good stuff.

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Speaker 1: Matthew Berry disagrees with some of the stuff Silva had said.

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Speaker 1: They are on opposite sides on s Kwon Barkley. I

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Speaker 1: think you guys are gonna like it. A solid twenty

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Speaker 1: to thirty minutes of Matthew Berry answering random questions about

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Speaker 1: fantasy football. Um, if you are a Chargers fan, you

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Speaker 1: will very much be interested in what he has to say. Um,

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Speaker 1: he likes my Acre Mayfield, he likes something guy said

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Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow. Barry is a good guy, good dude,

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Speaker 1: answers all the questions, doesn't really shy away from contact.

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Speaker 1: He's not one of those pile inspectors like Antonio Cromarty,

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Speaker 1: who doesn't want to tackle Barry. We'll get into it

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Speaker 1: and we go have some back and forth and disagreement.

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Speaker 1: That's healthy. So you guys are really enjoyed that. But

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Speaker 1: before we get to Matthew Berry, a couple of notes. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: we'll recap some college football shenanigans from over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: It was a really good betting weekend for me. I

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Speaker 1: screwed up on this pod on Friday, and you know

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Speaker 1: it's funny. I even opened by saying we had Preston

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Speaker 1: b y U community since he is Mormon UM and

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Speaker 1: follows the program closely. And I went to school in

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Speaker 1: the state, and like, there's a lot of times I

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Speaker 1: bet the under. I listened to the podcast, I said,

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Speaker 1: didn't take that. But overall, just a monster one of

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Speaker 1: my I think my best opening weekend gambling ever. In

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Speaker 1: uh college football, everything went right basically except Wisconsin. They

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Speaker 1: we fast forward to the Notre Dame game, and yes,

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Speaker 1: we will get back to Rob G doing a victory

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Speaker 1: mentioned sprinkle some on the money line. Rob G was

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Speaker 1: to quickly. Notre Dame Florida State Sunday night. So I

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Speaker 1: You know, we get home from dinner, starting to get

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Speaker 1: The first one that jumps out is Notre Dame in overtime.

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Speaker 1: What they almost collapsed. I couldn't believe it. They blow

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Speaker 1: But that's not even the big story, not even the

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Speaker 1: One of the first questions, Uh, coach Kelly, you said

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Speaker 1: Relax everybody, Okay, Notre Dame one, Brian Kelly was kidding.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on. By the way, Notre Dame's defense did

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Speaker 1: I will say really quickly on Brian Kelly. Um, number one,

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Speaker 1: Let's welcome into straight fire. The man, the midth, the

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Speaker 1: Good my friend? Good to see it, good to talk

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Speaker 1: had thirty four rushing yards on nineteen carries. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: their lines awful. Their line is awful. That's like, I

423
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,480
Speaker 1: don't blame the thirty nineteen uh on him necessarily. I

424
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,040
Speaker 1: think it's the line, but like the line is still

425
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,120
Speaker 1: a question mark. And so to use a top five

426
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,200
Speaker 1: pick on a guy that there's some question marks about. Look,

427
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,000
Speaker 1: is he insanely talented? Yes? Is is he eventually gonna

428
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,119
Speaker 1: get a massive workload? Of course he is? Right, But

429
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,640
Speaker 1: like I'm as a high second runder, I'm running back

430
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,360
Speaker 1: nine fifth overall. So right, in question from my son

431
00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,880
Speaker 1: who's picking seventh in a fourteen team draft, fifth grader, uh,

432
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,600
Speaker 1: stay quand will probably be on the table at seven.

433
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,920
Speaker 1: Do you take him at fourteen teams? Like you can't

434
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,240
Speaker 1: whiff on your first and second round picking fourteen. I'm

435
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 1: sure you plato fourteen team league. He's going by my rankings,

436
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 1: I would not. I will tell you how it happened, right,

437
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,680
Speaker 1: So I this is so I have it. Uh, I

438
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: have a McCaffrey. Obviously, I've Dobin cook it too. I've

439
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: camere at three, Derrick Henry four, Zeke at five. And

440
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 1: if you wanted to flop Zeke and Derrick Henry. I

441
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: I don't mind. What about what about fading Derrick Henry?

442
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,200
Speaker 1: Like I know, it's uh the whole case of three

443
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 1: seventy carries and let the league back to back years.

444
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,040
Speaker 1: I personally don't like Henry at all. This year new

445
00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. Um, I just I have some questions about

446
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 1: how that offense could could work last this year or

447
00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 1: a new offense with nol Arthur Smith. Sorry, yeah, but

448
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna run the same playbook. You know,

449
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator has been on the staff. It's not

450
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 1: a brand new guy, but they promoted a guy from within.

451
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna run basically the same plays. Um. The concerns

452
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 1: on Derrick Henry, as you mentioned, the workload. He's had

453
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: a massive workload each the last two years, and and

454
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 1: history has not been kind to running backs that have

455
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,399
Speaker 1: had that kind of massive workload. He also doesn't catch passes,

456
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 1: so most leagues that play their half point or full

457
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: point PPR has been standard scoring. His full point PPR.

458
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: The don't catch passes, so he needs double edge of touchdowns,

459
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 1: you know, to to justify that kind of a ranking spot.

460
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 1: In fact, he needs, like twelve fourteen sixteen is the

461
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,719
Speaker 1: kind of touchdown equity he needs. But I guess my argument,

462
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,680
Speaker 1: my pro Derrick Henry argument is is that that guy

463
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,200
Speaker 1: is built different. That guy's built different than any other

464
00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: human on the planet. Like I took I met him

465
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 1: once and I took a picture with him and Jason,

466
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 1: like it's on my Instagram somewhere, Like I I took

467
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,119
Speaker 1: a picture with him and Jason. You and I have

468
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 1: met you you you you, You and I met in person.

469
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: We've seen each other at various parties and what have you.

470
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: So like you know that, like I'm not a small guy.

471
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: I'm I'm six foot, I'm between a hundred pounds, so

472
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: it's not like a massive but like I'm you know,

473
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,919
Speaker 1: I'm I'm not a small guy. I'm six ft. Call

474
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: I look like a peanut. Next day, I took this

475
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: photo with him, and I was like, good lord, Like

476
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: I didn't I knew you were big, but I didn't

477
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 1: realize you were wow. Like just again, just so, I

478
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 1: think he's just built differently. And I also think the

479
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,920
Speaker 1: addition of Julio Jones makes it. I think he sees

480
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 1: less loaded boxes honestly, like You've got a J. Brown

481
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 1: and Julio Jones there. You've got to pay attention to

482
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,679
Speaker 1: those guys. But I think you see some left loaded boxes. Um.

483
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: So I'm in on Henry and there are definitely people

484
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 1: that are fading him. So I certainly get the argument.

485
00:23:58,119 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: But to answer your son's question, so those are my

486
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: top five guys. Is Nick Chub six? No, Austin Ekeler

487
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: is six for me, ahead of Chump, ahead of Chubb.

488
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,399
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler is my fantasy rider Die this year, my

489
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: fantasy football rider Die, which I've had a pretty good

490
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: track record with. Last year I didn't but this year,

491
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 1: but generally speaking, I have a pretty good track record

492
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: my rider dies previous to this. And uh, So I

493
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: have Eckler at six, Kelsie at seven, Davante Adams at eight,

494
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 1: all these guys ahead of Nick Chub, Nick Chubb. Nick

495
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:37,440
Speaker 1: Chub does catch passes. I love Nick Chub. Again he

496
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 1: doesn't catch passes. Uh and so again like, um, it's

497
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 1: so important to have, you know, to have. We always

498
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: talked about this in business, right you want multiple revenue streams,

499
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 1: you know, local REDNU streams. Well in fantasy sort of

500
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: thing thing you want multiple ways to get fantasy points.

501
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: You want you want yardage, you want touchdowns, and ideally

502
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,399
Speaker 1: with your running backs, you want receptions. Again, there are

503
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: there exceptions to rule, like Derrick Henry, who you know

504
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: legitimately has a chance to score twenty toshdowns. Yes, you know,

505
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,919
Speaker 1: especially in a seventeen game season, but um generally speaking,

506
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,639
Speaker 1: you want your running backs to score score points as

507
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 1: many ways as possible. Jones, I think is involved more

508
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: of the passing game this year. With Jamal Williams down

509
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 1: Detroit and a J. Dillon is back up, I don't

510
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: think they're gonna use a J. Dillon in the passing

511
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: game this year as much as they used Jamal Williams previously.

512
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 1: So I think an increase in Jamal and Aaron Jones

513
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: is passing game usage where he's still still the alpha dog.

514
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,159
Speaker 1: They paid him like they like a J. Dillon. I

515
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 1: have a J. Dillon is a sleeper. I love a J.

516
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: Dillon later drafts. But you know, Aaron Jones was a

517
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,479
Speaker 1: free agent and they brought him back and they pat them,

518
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: you know, like he's the guy. And with Rogers back

519
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: in town, that's gonna be a very good offense. I

520
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 1: wonder three offensive linemen down in week one to via

521
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: free agency and then back ther any concerned Jones maybe

522
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: starts a little slower. Do they just produce offensive lineman

523
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 1: the way the Midwest does? Yeah? I mean looks and

524
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: losing David Batieri is not ideal. Right, He's he's among

525
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: the best in the NFL, if not the best. And

526
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: but my expectation is is that Rogers is such a

527
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: threat um and they're so creative and play calling it

528
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: again because he's you know, like do I do? I

529
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 1: think he might start slow in terms of the between

530
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,440
Speaker 1: the tackle numbers, sure, but in terms of like, okay,

531
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: so they split him out? Why they get him some

532
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: screen passes, you know, they do some pitchouts, they do

533
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: some bootlegs, you know, and some options stuff. I think

534
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones ultimately be fine. Aaron Rodgers gonna have another

535
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,680
Speaker 1: monster year. But he's angry. Let me push back on

536
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 1: Akler for a second. I just look at so uh

537
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,159
Speaker 1: he had three touchdowns last year total. Now he was

538
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: dinged up. Is he going to get all the gold

539
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,400
Speaker 1: line carriers? Do we know this? We don't. And that's

540
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: the argument against him. Okay, So you say your argument,

541
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,719
Speaker 1: Jason me is just like, the dude only got three

542
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: touchdowns last year. I didn't realize it was that lower.

543
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,400
Speaker 1: But the year before he had eight receiving touchdowns. Yeah,

544
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: and he had eleven total the year before. So my

545
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: argument back to you, Jason is is like you say, like,

546
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: I only had three touchdowns last year, and I say

547
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,360
Speaker 1: to you, like, dude, he only had three touchdowns last year,

548
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: like touch flukey he got he got unlucky again. The

549
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,360
Speaker 1: year previously he got eleven. Uh. Mike Clay, who does

550
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: a great job for us here at ESPN, and been

551
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,639
Speaker 1: in a stack called O t D, which is, you know,

552
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: opportunity adjusted touchdown. It's a I won't go to the

553
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: nerdy nerdiness of it, but in essence, what this stat

554
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: does is basically judge a player's touchdown opportunity and then

555
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: then you judge that touchdown opportunity versus what they actually did,

556
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,919
Speaker 1: and you can use the metric and it's done well

557
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: over a number of years of predicting who's like, who's

558
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,199
Speaker 1: more likely to score more touchdowns or less touchdowns going

559
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: into a year because they either got unlucky or really lucky,

560
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,360
Speaker 1: like a guy that's gonna regress in terms of touchdowns

561
00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,080
Speaker 1: this year. Is Robert Tunyan speaking of the Packers? Damn it.

562
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: Robert Tonyan had eleven touchdowns last year, which is among

563
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: the league leaders among tight ends. He was twenty second

564
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 1: among titans and targets. What he said like that he

565
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: didn't get a lot of targets, but when he did,

566
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: they were in the end zone. Now you've got Randall

567
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: cob there. I like my expectation here is that Robert

568
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: Tonyan regresses like you're not gonna score eleven touchdown again.

569
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 1: If you don't score eleven touchdowns again, he's not the

570
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: same fantas about it because he's not getting as many

571
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: receptions or yards like you know, I believe in the

572
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: history of the NFL, or certainly at least the last

573
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: twenty years, there's only been three tight ends that have

574
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: scored double digit touchdowns back to back years. Wow, that's

575
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: not a good move by me, getting Tony. Who do

576
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,479
Speaker 1: you think they are? Can you guess who they are?

577
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: Tony Gonzalez? Nope, the tight end on the tight end

578
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: on the Chargers who was there forever and Tonio Gates

579
00:28:50,600 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: but not him? No, Kelsey, Uh huh, Kid, Gronk. I'm

580
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: gonna give it to you a Gronk uh. Jimmy Graham, Damn,

581
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: that's elite company, and and and Julius Thomas the two

582
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: years he was with Peyton Manning in Denver. So like,

583
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 1: unless you think, unless you think he's in that elite company,

584
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: I think you know, it's unlikely. My point is it's

585
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: very hard to repeat double digit touchdowns um in general

586
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: for a tight end in today's NFL. And it's really

587
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 1: hard when you think about what little target share he gets,

588
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: like those two guys. But you know, especially you know,

589
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: Graham and Gronk got a ton of targets, so I

590
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: think Tanyan regresses. My point is is that touchdowns are flukey,

591
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: and you can sort of look at opportunity again, little

592
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: opportunity of Tanyan. He compitalized on it a bit. He's

593
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: gonna regress. Austin Ekeler in the nine healthy games that

594
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: he had last year average eighteen point six fantasy uh,

595
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:57,239
Speaker 1: he averaged eighteen point six touches a game. How much

596
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: of that is Anthony Lynn? Yeah, So here's the argument

597
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: on eler massive workload and since the start of Austin

598
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: Ekeler is first in fantasy points per touch, so we

599
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: look at in terms of like he's really productive. Number

600
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: two is Alvin Camara. Number three is Christi McCaffrey in

601
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: that particular stat since twenty nineteen fantasy points per touch.

602
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: When Austin Ekeler gets touches, he produces, and last year

603
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: he got really unlucky with the touchdowns. The health didn't

604
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 1: help either, Right, But now you think about new offensive

605
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: coordinator Joe Lombardi comes over from UH from from the

606
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: from the Saints, and I gotta give credit to this.

607
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: Eckler did an interview with Adam Schefter on on Schefti's

608
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: pod and then and he's asking about his role in

609
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 1: the offense and what does he see about Lombardi's offense,

610
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: and Ekeler was it's a long answer, it's all paraphrase it,

611
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: but in essence, he basically says, I love the offense.

612
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: It's very similar. And he goes and listen, you know

613
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: how they use Alvin Kamara in New Orleans. And Adam's like, yeah,

614
00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:00,719
Speaker 1: goes on Kamara, Well, come, Camara is going to get

615
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: all the touches in New Orleans. I mean, that's what

616
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Here, Jason. So I'm just saying, by the

617
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: way the Chargers improved their offensive line, they did, you know,

618
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: significantly improved their offensive line. It was one of the

619
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: worst in the NFL last year. I think that also

620
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: contributed his lack of touchdowns. So you know, listen, I

621
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: think new coaching staff. He's a really versatile player. All

622
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: the underlying metrics are are there for Eckler, hyper efficient,

623
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: He's been very productive when he gets work. He's gonna

624
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: get a ton of work this year. Yeah, I'm all

625
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 1: in on Alston Ekeler. I have six overall running back. Six.

626
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: He's my fantasy football writer die, which means he's obviously

627
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: not a sleeper. You know, he's a known commodity. But

628
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 1: I have him at six. Just I name my righte

629
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: a eye because it's like every draft I can, I'm

630
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: coming out with him, he's going. I'm coming out of

631
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Speaker 1: the draft with Eckler. Again, I'm at six overall. He's

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Speaker 1: going at fourteen overall on ESPN, and he's going especially

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Speaker 1: in someone mid to late second round on most sites.

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Speaker 1: And again I am as a in the upper half

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Speaker 1: of the first. UM. I guess a strategy question, So

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Speaker 1: you're you're let's say you're in a twelve or four

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Speaker 1: team team league, and you say, I'm just gonna load

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Speaker 1: up on running backs and wide receivers and I'll wait

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Speaker 1: for quarterback late. Baker Mayfield is projected most of these

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Speaker 1: leagues like a middle middle to your quarterback. But if

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Speaker 1: you look at the schedule of Matthew, they have one

642
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Speaker 1: of the easier schedules in the league. So my my

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Speaker 1: strategy was, I'll swoop in late and get Baker and

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Speaker 1: guess what if he's gone. I feel like Joe Burrow

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Speaker 1: could be a great late round pick because Matthew their

646
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: defense is horrible. They're gonna hemorrhage points, and he's gonna

647
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Speaker 1: have to be chucking the entire second half. He's gonna

648
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Speaker 1: put up monster stats. Yeah, they'll be picks, but I

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Speaker 1: feel like Burrow or Baker late. Now the converse would be, well,

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Speaker 1: you gotta face the Ravens and Steelers twice. I don't

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Speaker 1: know any thoughts on that strategy. Waiting on a quarterback

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Speaker 1: so too fun. Let me talk about the two players specifically,

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Speaker 1: and then I'll get into the strategy. So first off, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like Baker. I like Baker is a sleeper. He

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Speaker 1: was actually very good over the second half of last year.

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Speaker 1: I want to say, I mean, like, you know, they

657
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Speaker 1: really turn it around. It The weird part on Baker,

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Speaker 1: by the way, I mean this is this is super weird.

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Speaker 1: Um he got better when j went out, But it's

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Speaker 1: the weirdest it's the weirdest stat It's one of the

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Speaker 1: weirdest stats in sports. But like he has been more

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Speaker 1: productive NFL wise and Fantasy wise without Odell Beckham Jr.

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Speaker 1: Then with him on the field. So we'll see. But

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Speaker 1: we cheve on last year he was the seventh best

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Speaker 1: quarterback in fantasy. Baker Mayfield was from Week twelve on

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Speaker 1: last year he was the seventh best quarterback in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: It's a good schedule, obviously, talented playmakers around him, very

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Speaker 1: good offensive line, and a run game like what does

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Speaker 1: Spansky do really well? Right? Sets up play action, which

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Speaker 1: is what Baker is really good at. And obviously when

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Speaker 1: you've got Job and Hunt like that, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to respect the run game. So I like Baker's a

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Speaker 1: late round, uh late round guy. I do think he

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Speaker 1: has a good year. To your point about Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: at the time of his injury. Last year, Joe Burrow

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Speaker 1: led the NFL in past attempts like he was I

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Speaker 1: mean he was. He was chucking it close to fifty

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Speaker 1: times a game. Burrow was unbelievable, um in terms of volume.

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Speaker 1: Second year in the league, adds to mar Chase, defense

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Speaker 1: still isn't very good. I agree with that they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to throw a lot. The concern on Burrow and

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Speaker 1: and Mayfield, and it's a slight one. But as we

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Speaker 1: talked earlier in the show, listen, multiple revenue streams, right,

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Speaker 1: we want multiple ways to get fantasy points. To me,

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00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: it's so crucial if you can to get a quarterback

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Speaker 1: that gets you points with not only their arms but

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00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: also their way, which is why Mayfield and Burrow, Burrows

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00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: actually being drafted ahead of Mayfield, at least on ESPN.

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Speaker 1: That's why those guys are going later is because they

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Speaker 1: don't run and and uh, you know last year, of

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Speaker 1: the top ten fantasy quarterbacks, eight of them had at

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Speaker 1: least two hundred yards rushing. And that doesn't include DRK Prescott,

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Speaker 1: who would have qualified having not got hurt. That doesn't

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Speaker 1: include Jalen Hurts who would have qualified and if he

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Speaker 1: played more than four games. Jalen Hurts was the ninth

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Speaker 1: best quarterback and fantasy over the final four games last year.

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Speaker 1: Basically the ninth best quarterback and fantasy thing that's come on.

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Speaker 1: just trade for Gardner Minshew because they're gonna start Gardner

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Speaker 1: Minshew at some point? Have you watched Gardner Minshew play

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Speaker 1: like it's a fun story in the hand? Stop it? Yes?

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Speaker 1: You like hurts? Huh? Love hurts? I have them. I

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Speaker 1: have m QB nine. But Jason, go back and if

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Speaker 1: you read my if you read my um, if you

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Speaker 1: go back, if you'll look at my I put this

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Speaker 1: in my Love Hate com which is by the way,

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Speaker 1: free to read on ESPN account. It's greatly I read

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Speaker 1: it every week. It'spcate it. So the preseason Love Hate

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Speaker 1: is out on sp dot com. And I did a comparison.

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Speaker 1: I did two quarterbacks and I just showed you the

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Speaker 1: stats right and showed you the passing yards, the rushing

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Speaker 1: yards per game, their their Fantasy points per game completion

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Speaker 1: for senta blah blah bay and did a comparison to

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Speaker 1: two players. And the two players that I compared was

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts the four games that he started and Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson's fine know four games that he started as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: Remember Lamar Jackson got like, I want to say, like

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Speaker 1: seven games, seven or eight games when he took over

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Speaker 1: flacto in his rookie year. Jaylenly got four games. By

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Speaker 1: the way, Jalen Hurts got four games in a situation

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Speaker 1: in which the front office is fighting with the with

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Speaker 1: the head coaching staff, like it's all there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of chaos and disarray in Philadelphia with Peterson now on,

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Speaker 1: you know, on his way out and you know, not

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00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: getting along with rosemand blah blah blah blah blah. Plus

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Speaker 1: everyone was injured, you know. His starting wide receivers were

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts first NFL starts. His starting wide receivers were

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Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor, who was making his who's playing in his

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Speaker 1: eighth NFL game. Ever, he missed most of the year

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Speaker 1: with an injury and former a a F superstar greg

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Speaker 1: Ward college quarterback, Yeah yeah, Rusten Cougar's right, former college quarterback,

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Speaker 1: former a A F san Antonio commodore greg Ward, Like,

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Speaker 1: that's who this guy who they threw him out there with.

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Speaker 1: And the critics of Jalen Hurts are like, well, the

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Speaker 1: guy only completed fifty percent of his passes in those

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Speaker 1: four games. Thanks, no, one doesn't matter because it was

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00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: rushing yards, right, He had at least sixty yards are

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00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: rushing touched on all four games. Again, he it was

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Speaker 1: the ninth best quarterback and fantasy both total points and

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00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: points per game those final four games. But also, by

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Speaker 1: the way, you know else had a rookie hit a

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Speaker 1: completion presented his rookie year, Josh, yeah, Josh Allen Lamar

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00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: Jackson was like at fifty or fifty eight percent for

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00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: both guys. The other thing is that Hurts is throws

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00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: in that four games, we're fifteen or yards more downfield,

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00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: which obviously hurts your completion percentage when you're taking you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: longer throws downfield. Anyway, the point is is that if

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Speaker 1: you look at the numbers of Jalen Hurts, find only

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Speaker 1: four games that he played in his rookie year and

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00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's final four games of his rookie year. Hurts

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00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 1: actually compares favorably to Jackson and almost every category. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that Jalen Hurts is gonna come out

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Speaker 1: and win the m v P, which is what Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson did the next year. I'm not saying he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be the Fantasy m v P, which is what Lamar

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00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: Jackson did it. But what I am saying is that

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Speaker 1: quarterback nine, he's in insane value. He's currently going like

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Speaker 1: a quarterback twelve or thirteen. I'm as a I'm at

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Speaker 1: QB nine. Um, absolutely love Jalen Hurts. Nick Sirianni. When

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Speaker 1: they didn't draft a quarterback because they had a chance,

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Speaker 1: they had a chance to draft a quarterback, they the

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Speaker 1: Eagles did, and the right they could have field mac Jones. Right, Yeah,

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00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: they were at six, they weren't six, and they traded

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Speaker 1: back to twelve. I believe, I believe I have that right,

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Speaker 1: that's off the top of my head. But yeah, they

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Speaker 1: weren't six, and they traded with Miami back to twelve,

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Speaker 1: and then I think maybe they moved up or whatever

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Speaker 1: to get they moved back up to ten to get

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Speaker 1: du Bonta Smith, but they were in the mix they

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00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: easily could have had They easily could have had Fields

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Speaker 1: or mac Jones right, or tried to with six, tried

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Speaker 1: to move up into the top three, and they didn't.

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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni and his staff were hired with the idea of, like,

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Speaker 1: try to make Jalen Hurts work, and if he doesn't

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00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: work this year, then they will go out next year,

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00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: I think. But I don't believe Gardner Minshew or Joe

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Speaker 1: Flacco or any of the guys on their roster are

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Speaker 1: a threat to Jalen Hurts. I think he is the

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Speaker 1: starter for the Eagles, and I think he performs very

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Speaker 1: very well, especially in fantasy. All Right, we'll finish up

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Speaker 1: with some wide receivers, is it me? Or are the

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00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: arrow pointing up for all Carolina receivers Joe Brady year two.

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Speaker 1: He's got a real quarterback in Darnald No disrespect to

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Speaker 1: Teddy b Um. I like Robbie Anderson a lot. Are

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Speaker 1: you on board with that? Or no? I am? I

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00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: like Stan donald is. And by the way, if you're

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Speaker 1: in a two quarterback league, you know deeper league. I

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00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: like Sanimald. Yeah, easy schedule, easy schedule, getting away from UH,

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Speaker 1: from Adam Gaze and by the way, insanely talented pass

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Speaker 1: catchers as you mentioned, d J. Moore, Robbie Anderson, Terrace Marshall,

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Speaker 1: the rookie from LSU having a great camp. And oh,

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Speaker 1: by the way, Christ McCaffrey out of the Basketold is

797
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 1: always a threat to take a dump off and then

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Speaker 1: run at seventy yards at the end zone, right, and

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Speaker 1: then you get credit for a seventy yard touchdown pass

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00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 1: even though CMC did most of the work. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like I like Donald. By the way, they have

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00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: a tighten there named Dan Arnold. I like Dan Arnold

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Speaker 1: is sort of a late round tight end flyer UH

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Speaker 1: as well. So I'm in on the and I'm definitely

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Speaker 1: on Robbie Anderson, certainly at costs. He's being sort of

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Speaker 1: disrespected somewhat in UH in fantasy drafts, any rookie that

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Speaker 1: we need to consider targeting UH. I don't know about

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Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase. Honestly, he's going undrafted in some of my

809
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Speaker 1: ten team leaks. That's fine. I'm shocked to hear that

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00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: he's going undrafted. He should be drafted. He should be

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Speaker 1: drafted in every league ahead of Tyler Boyd. No. So

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Speaker 1: um on ESPN, it goes for a while it was

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Speaker 1: Chase Higgins, Boyd Higgins. Yeahs, No, Higgins is a great receiver.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have a really good year. I love te

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Speaker 1: Higgins is here. Um, I think all three guys should

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Speaker 1: be drafted. And look, I think Jamaar Chase, I think

817
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 1: because of you know, some high profile drops. Um, there's

818
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: been some you know, his his stock has dropped. But

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Speaker 1: this is you know, as good a wide receiver prospect

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Speaker 1: as that had his come that has coming to the

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Speaker 1: NFL in the last decade. Right, So uh, and there's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of volume there. Obviously played college

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Speaker 1: ball with Joe Burrow, Like it's gonna be fine with

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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase. I think DeVonta Smith is really interesting, just

825
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: because again we we sort of think about think about

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00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: last year, Justin Jefferson super talented. But one of the

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Speaker 1: things that happened with Justin Jefferson is, as we always

828
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: say in fantasy fantasy fantasy success comes from two things,

829
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: talent and opportunity. We knew Justin Jefferson was talented and

830
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Speaker 1: then he got the opportunity. Stephane Diggs goes to Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: he's all of a sudden the starting wide receiver next

832
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Speaker 1: to Adam fieland and that those two guys are the

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00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: only two guys they hat they have, right. I mean,

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00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: so we got tons of volume last year, and obviously

835
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: the defense was about in Minnesota, which helped, so they

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00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: got into some shootouts. So DeVonta Smith, same thing. Like

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Speaker 1: again all due respected Travis Folgham and and and you know,

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00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: um Greg Ward. Like there's not a lot of competition

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Speaker 1: in in Philadelphia. Like he's gonna be a starter, Like

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Speaker 1: he could easily get a twenty plus or more target

841
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 1: share right out of the gate. So DeVonta Smith among

842
00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:00,080
Speaker 1: wide receivers really interesting. I'm a homer, so just be

843
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: a deeper pick, which is you know, I'm really excited

844
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: about Dianne Brown on North Carolina, who's third round pick

845
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 1: for Washington. I think the Washington football team is gonna

846
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: be really good offense this year. Really, people call me

847
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: a homer, but yes, it's Patrick Fitz He's gonna be awesome.

848
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: Oh my, but now that's a spicy take right there.

849
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: I I don't see it. I'd see some major regressions.

850
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: Schedule is very tough. It certainly is. It's a top

851
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: three defense. They're gonna get the ball in good field position.

852
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: All that's a team that won the NFC East last year. Yes,

853
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: was it bad and they only did on seven games, yes,

854
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: of course, but they did it with Here. Here were

855
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: the starting quarterbacks that the Washington Football Team offense had.

856
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: Healer's backed up, Dwayne Haskins, Washington Football Team third stringer

857
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen, and my new ESPN colleague Alex Smith. Oh,

858
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna say the kid who started

859
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 1: the playoff game. They looked like Matt Sarson out there

860
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: from front of Taylor Haneke. Did he make the roster? Oh? Yeah,

861
00:42:57,719 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: they signed him to it. They brought him back. He's

862
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: the up to fits, He's the number two. Patrick Ryan

863
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick Um. Ryan Fitzpatrick has uh in his career

864
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: UM supported the last three years that he's had at

865
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: least he started at least twelve games. He's had a

866
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 1: top fifteen Fantasy wide receiver. So mclauren's gonna have a

867
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 1: a monster, monster year. Um. I'll tell you that. The

868
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: believe it or not, Washington was a very past happy

869
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 1: team last year. Despite now was a lot of Deacon Dunk,

870
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: a lot of Deacon Dunk, but they were I think

871
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: Scott Turner is a very good, uh and creative offensive mine.

872
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 1: And look at what they did in the offseason. So

873
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 1: you've got Terry mclauren, super fast, Logan Thomas they signed

874
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,359
Speaker 1: to a big deal. He's gonna have a monster year.

875
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: They brought him, they brought him back, signed him to

876
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,399
Speaker 1: a deal. I mean, he runs a four six forty.

877
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: He's six six, two fifty exactly. Logan Thomas can run.

878
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: They add Curtis Samuel super fast. They draft Diamie Brown

879
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: out of North Carolina super fast. They've got Antonio Brown

880
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,800
Speaker 1: pretty fat or running back, I mean like former college

881
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver. And Tony Gibson really is what he was. Um,

882
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 1: that's a lot of speed for a quarterback. By the way,

883
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: loves to chuck it deep, loves to play yellow football,

884
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: doesn't care and by the way, and he'll throw it

885
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: into traffic. You know, I just I know what I

886
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: saw with the Jets when there were any expectations, he

887
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: just always failed. When there's nothing to lose, he's awesome,

888
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 1: Like last year in in Miami, great year, and now

889
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,319
Speaker 1: there's a pressure on him. I will see Ryan fitz

890
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick made seven starts last year. He was good.

891
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 1: He was good. Nineteen point nine Fantasy points per game

892
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 1: would have been QB eleven last year on a point

893
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: for game basis, and I would argue, I would argue

894
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: strongly that Terry mclauren, Curtis, Samuel Logan Thomas, and Tonio

895
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: Gibson in the backfield is a much more talented group

896
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 1: of pass catchers than he had in Miami last year,

897
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,720
Speaker 1: or that he even had with a that's alldue respect

898
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: to Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker. Wow, he's referencing Jets

899
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: from five years ago. That's why this guy is the best?

900
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,400
Speaker 1: All right, real quick? Well, and on a Jets question, Uh,

901
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 1: we're all young. Corey Davis and then the rookie Elijah Moore.

902
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: Really like both guys, his late round flyers. I think

903
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: if I had to quote start one week one, it's

904
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: Corey Davis. I think he's got a high floor. He's

905
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: gonna get a ton of targets with the Jets. The

906
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: Jets are going to be a team that you know,

907
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: it's a it's a rebuilding year. If I was a

908
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 1: Jets fan, Jason, if I was a Jets fan like you,

909
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: I would be optimistic because, like I think, for the

910
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: first time in a long time, you guys are heading

911
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,720
Speaker 1: in the right direction. I'm a believer in Joe Douglass.

912
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:36,320
Speaker 1: I love what you guys did in the draft. I

913
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: like what you guys have, the moves you guys have made,

914
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,399
Speaker 1: Like a lot of a lot of work is still

915
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,240
Speaker 1: to be done, but you're head in the right direction

916
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: and you're starting to get some pieces together. So I

917
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: like all of that. So I like Corey Davis, who

918
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,439
Speaker 1: was a talented wide receiver, former first round pick. Took

919
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: a while for his trigger to career get going, but um,

920
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,640
Speaker 1: he's good and he's gonna get a ton of targets. Look,

921
00:45:54,640 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: you know better than me, Like like, find yourself, some yourself,

922
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: somebody who looks at you the way the press is

923
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: looking at Elijah More these days can report with this guy.

924
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: The buzz from former players, from other players, from coaches,

925
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: from media that are just saying, like every single day,

926
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: this guy is like they're kicking Denzel Mims to the

927
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: curve already, He's he's always injured, the guys always hurt

928
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: again the kid they got Baylor. Yeah, but so yeah,

929
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: I mean I think I think it's um. I think

930
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 1: it's uh, you know, Prowder in the slot and More

931
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 1: and Corey Davis on the outside in three wide sets

932
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: for the Jets, and I think they're gonna be throwing

933
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,800
Speaker 1: a lot. So I do like Elijah More as a

934
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: late run flyer. This needs to be one of the

935
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: first picks in Dynasty. Yes, definitely the Mormon Mahomes Wilson.

936
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be decent. I'm getting too much

937
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: into the debts, all right. Matthew Berry follow him? Uh,

938
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: rodo pass dot Com, ESPN, love hate everything. I mean,

939
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 1: he's a legend. Thanks a lot, Matthew. Anything else, I'll

940
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 1: give you one other thing. I'll plug at things because

941
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: I know you do you and I'd love for you

942
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: to check this out. Jayson, just my friend and somebody

943
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: who I respect. Um. Uh, you know I have that

944
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: Fantasy Life app right well we Yeah, so I have

945
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Life app. It's free, the alerts are amazing,

946
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: download percent free. You should check it out. It's an

947
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,279
Speaker 1: app stores. You know. We're five stars on the uh

948
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: on all the app stores, fans Fantasy Life appo. Look

949
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: at the reviews like best alerts in the business. We

950
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:18,720
Speaker 1: are super fast, crazy fast alerts. Anyway, we we sold

951
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: the company this year. I'm still involved in the company,

952
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: but we sold it this year to a company called

953
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: bet Spurts, which is a social network for gambling. How

954
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 1: much ownership did you have in the app at a

955
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:36,480
Speaker 1: decent amount? Congratulations, man, look at that talking about revenue

956
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: industry and yeah, it's right, It's worked out well. And

957
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,360
Speaker 1: I'm really excited about being part of the bet spurts

958
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: team and uh, you know, helping promote that. But anyway,

959
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,239
Speaker 1: bet spurts Jason. For someone like yourself, who's you know,

960
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: obviously way into sports gambling, I think it's interesting. It's

961
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: a social network for sports gamblers as well. And you

962
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 1: can track your picks. You can track other people's picks,

963
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: like if you made a if you wanted to make

964
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 1: a profile, they can track your picks, um, you know,

965
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 1: and see like and you can dial down like let's

966
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 1: say you're like, all you really want to do is

967
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: bet w n B a first half over unders like

968
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,840
Speaker 1: that's all I want to bet, But you can go

969
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 1: on the app and you can find like who's the

970
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,439
Speaker 1: best person because because we don't allow anyone to change

971
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: their picks, like it's locked in. I know that some

972
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: of the apps have allowed that to happen. We do

973
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 1: not do that. Like you you uh, you make your

974
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: pickets locked in. Your record is your record, um, and

975
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,720
Speaker 1: it's really dialed down so you can see like who's

976
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: the best person for w n B A first half

977
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: over unders? You know. So anyway, if you're interested in

978
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: sports gambling, highly recommend Bevets. But it's also a free app,

979
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: free app, but in those who those companies, thanks a lot. Man.

980
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,319
Speaker 1: All right, you enjoyed the h football season. I'm sure

981
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: we'll talk to you at some point. Matthew Jason sounds

982
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:47,719
Speaker 1: gonna take care