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Speaker 1: This is the Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. I'm

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Speaker 1: Michael Barr, and you're listening to the Business of Sports.

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Speaker 1: We're here Monday, is Wednesdays and Thursdays to explore the

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Speaker 1: big money issues in the world of sports and talk

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Speaker 1: to some of the biggest players in the industry. And

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Speaker 1: today we are talking Fantasy football is my favorite Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: joined by Bloomberg Radio producer Rich Truman wrote a heck

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Speaker 1: of a column every week on the Bloomberg terminal, which

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Speaker 1: is why he is now in the Fantasy Football League

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Speaker 1: Championship right here at Bloomberg. And he's playing another extraordinaire

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Speaker 1: engineer here at Bloomberg, Charles Boehmer. Enrichie knocked me out.

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Speaker 1: You can introduce Damien. I am in a second. Just

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Speaker 1: let me let me get there. Damians in the same pool,

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Speaker 1: York I had. I had an intro set up. Oh

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Yes, Michael and I played last week and

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Speaker 1: you were favorite, and you had great matchups, and I

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Speaker 1: was a little apprehensive and I was very injury depleted,

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Speaker 1: but I guess my great managerial skills pulled out an

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Speaker 1: easy victory over you. Thanks to Ryan Tannehill's five touch

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Speaker 1: on some questions. They're playing the Lions um as we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: and before we went on the air Bloomberg Intelligences, Damien

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Speaker 1: sass Hour we were talking and he had several questions

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Speaker 1: for me. He said, well, Mike, he gave it a

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Speaker 1: good ride, and like yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, And he said, hey,

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Speaker 1: are you in your survivor pool. Well, the answer to

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Speaker 1: that is no, And here's why. Because on week fourteen,

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Speaker 1: I did survive the first double elimination, I had Seattle,

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Speaker 1: and I had to choose was I going to take

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Speaker 1: Tennessee or was I going to throw the dice that

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Speaker 1: week and take Dallas who was playing against Cincinnati. Of course,

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Speaker 1: the reason why is because the Red Rifle who is

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Speaker 1: now playing for Dallas was playing his old team Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: And I should have done that if I was really

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Speaker 1: a gambler, because I would have survived and had Tennessee

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Speaker 1: left for this past weekend, because yeah, I had to

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Speaker 1: pick Vegas and I thought they were going to win

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Speaker 1: and they didn't, and I could have had Tennessee left,

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Speaker 1: and I had Tennessee. I had Buffalo also, which courts

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Speaker 1: Buffalo one. So that's the answer, folks, of what happened

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Speaker 1: very it's a very sad state of affairs. Mr Barr, Well,

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Speaker 1: do you think anybody actually understood you just said? I

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Speaker 1: understood it clearly. Bottom line is I'm not in the

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Speaker 1: Survivor pool anymore, and which brings up a lot of

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Speaker 1: people now are in those championships. So we're down to

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Speaker 1: the nitty gritty, which comes down to quarterbacks. And that's

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Speaker 1: one of the reasons why I got knocked out of

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Speaker 1: the UH Survivor pool because I had Vegas and Derek

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Speaker 1: Carr got knocked out of the game, which brought in

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Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotta and I didn't play poorly, but I could

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Speaker 1: have used Derek because I want to I I want to

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Speaker 1: stop you for a second. We played in the finale,

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Speaker 1: we played illegal where you played two quarterbucks and your

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Speaker 1: first quarterback was Russell Wilson at this winning game, but

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Speaker 1: your second quarterback was Sam Donald. And last week's podcast,

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Speaker 1: I was talking to Damien, you really need to plan

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Speaker 1: ahead when you're in Fantasy UH mode. You can't think

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Speaker 1: about week sixteen after week fifteen. You need to really

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Speaker 1: planned week sixteen, week fifteen, weeks twelve, thirteen, fourteen. So

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Speaker 1: you left yourself with just Sam Donald as your second quarterback,

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Speaker 1: and as a pre emptive strike, I actually picked up

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Speaker 1: two on waivers so you wouldn't be able to play him.

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Speaker 1: So we talked about it last week. You really need

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Speaker 1: to do some pre emptive strikes and planning ahead if

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Speaker 1: you want to be successful in your fantasy championships. And

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Speaker 1: by the way, I have Kyler Murray. That was my

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry Kyler Murray. Damien. You gave it a heck

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Speaker 1: of a ride yourself, buddy, you know, I mean I did.

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Speaker 1: It was one of those seasons. I mean I put

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Speaker 1: an asterick on this season. I mean how many times

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Speaker 1: with the COVID and Lamar Jackson and Baltimore's games getting

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Speaker 1: pushed back and we don't know who's playing. So so

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Speaker 1: you know, I do that just for my my own

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Speaker 1: just just to make myself sleep at night. But the

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Speaker 1: reality is, yeah, no, I'm out of all my playoffs.

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Speaker 1: It's a real said state of affairs for me. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I enjoy watching you all play. And and

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Speaker 1: you know you mentioned Tannehill that was a monster five

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Speaker 1: I mean Jalen Hurts is coming on big and you know,

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Speaker 1: as a waiver wire pick up this week, how could

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Speaker 1: you not start them versus Dallas? Right, yeah, you are

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Speaker 1: exactly right. And I mean and Truski, I mean playing

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville this week. I mean, the Bears have now scored

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Speaker 1: the first time in seven years the Bears have done that.

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Speaker 1: And it's on the running of Mr Montgomery. That's my

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Speaker 1: confidence pick in the pickam League. Uh, Chicago is giving

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Speaker 1: mean it's you know Drabinsky, Yes, I know when I

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Speaker 1: use that phrase, or like, oh my goodness, but look,

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Speaker 1: they're not playing poorly at all. Guys, you know you

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Speaker 1: and you mentioned Jacksonville, and you know I'm a Jets fan,

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Speaker 1: and my god, please don't mention them again because the

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence sleep sticks are now I mean now they

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Speaker 1: head to Jacksonville. Right, that's a real shame, I mean

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Speaker 1: truthfully as a Jets fan, because you know, I think

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Speaker 1: just like Jacksonville, have plenty of money, plenty of draft picks,

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Speaker 1: but Trevor Lawrence changes the game. And I think Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: forward over the next few years, I mean, if he's

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Speaker 1: forget about it. It's going to be interesting to watch

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Speaker 1: how things go down south running backs. Uh. In my

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Speaker 1: other league, I'll give my good news. I am in

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Speaker 1: the championship league, but unfortunately I've got Clyde Edward's Hilaire

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Speaker 1: and he got knocked out with a high ankle sprain.

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Speaker 1: And Rich like you said, you know, if you use

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Speaker 1: Levian Bell because now he's going to be a big piece. Well,

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Speaker 1: the same thing could be said for owners of Zekilie Elliott.

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Speaker 1: almost the entire year, and I dropped him for needs

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Speaker 1: he plays this week. Well, gentlemen, you mentioned he mentioned Edwards, Hilaire,

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Speaker 1: and they're all injured. And so if you're looking for

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Speaker 1: I mean, salvinam it may still be out there. Benny Snell,

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Speaker 1: so interestingly enough, this year there might actually be helped

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Speaker 1: your fantasy championships, Malcolm Brown is not a bad pickup either.

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Speaker 1: it's been really on fire as Russell Gauge in Atlanta

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Speaker 1: And it's obviously dependent if Julio comes back. Julio's missed

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Speaker 1: the last few games, He's had a good target share.

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Speaker 1: They're playing the Chiefs. What you know, the Chiefs are

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Speaker 1: opportunities for fantasy owners. Tight ends. Anybody is anybody on

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Speaker 1: if you need help at the tight end position. Is

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Speaker 1: Devis Kelsey still in waivers? Yeah, he's an easy pickup.

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Speaker 1: Darn Waller, he was a beast. He was a beast

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Speaker 1: So if you have Darryl or if you have Travis

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Speaker 1: I am thinking about the Texas defense, the Texans Sexans defense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: were just talking last week. Um, Michael, while you're out,

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Speaker 1: I mean defense is dominated in Week fourteen. I mean

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Speaker 1: Arizona all having around twenty points in Week fourteen. But

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Speaker 1: I think they really came back to earth last week. Right,

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Speaker 1: only four teams had better than ten points, with the

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Speaker 1: you know, I still think deepenses are key to fantasy

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Speaker 1: football championships, but you know, they definitely they definitely haven't

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Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs. There are actually a couple

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Speaker 1: of interesting streaming options available this week. Uh, as you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: the Bears are playing Jacksonville. Uh, Cleveland's playing the Jets.

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Speaker 1: Those are two teams that were available on our waivers

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Speaker 1: because we don't know who their quarterbacks gonna be. We

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Speaker 1: now now they're playing the Jets, as you mentioned, if

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Speaker 1: and I'm just wondering, Damian, if you know, if it's

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Speaker 1: say it again. You know, you want to have exposure

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Speaker 1: Uh rich Now you won't be here next week, right,

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Speaker 1: didn't want to give Rich the big head. Damien. I

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Speaker 1: That's what That's why I tell my family that Michael

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Speaker 1: While I was yelling at you when the Lions lost

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