1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 2: whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now, 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: here's your host, Paul Chargia. 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the first of our off season editions, a 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Yes, Scott Fish, it sounds weird to 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: talk about offseason when you know we've still got a 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: regular season week to go. He's got the regular NFL playoffs. 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, but the two hour version is done. 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 3: It's done. It's done. I like the short shows. They're fun, 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 3: They're feeling a little more relaxed. There's a lot more 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 3: grambling to make sure we get everything every single player covered. Yeah. 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Do you think listeners appreciate us that we have to 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: jam the you know, like fifteen games into two hours 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: with plus commercials. 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: I think they do, just because I think they'd like 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 3: that we touch on every player, Like how many shows 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 3: touch on every single player except for ours, Like, it's 20 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 3: not a common thing. 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: It's there's there's a lot of there's a lot of 22 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: work to it, which I don't mind setting aside. After 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: having done it for this one because the fantasy playoffs 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: are coming and fantasy play a football super fun it is. Yeah, 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: we love fantasy football in the playoffs, I want to 26 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: talk about some different formats. So by doing that now 27 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: people have got this next coming whole week to get 28 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: leagues together full figure out how you want to play. Yeah, right, 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: And before we get to that, I want to talk 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: about some of the unlikely league winning players from this 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: past cycle of you know, so basically weeks fourteen, fifteen, 32 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen in here, right, So I want to talk 33 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: talk about some of that and tell me if you 34 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: think these guys are going to have sustained value. Like 35 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: last year, cam Akers sure rocked the Fantasy playoffs, but 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: they thought he would have sustained value. But two weeks into, 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: two weeks into it, it was one week into it, 38 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: it was clear that Kyrien Williams. Williams is gonna be 39 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: the guy with the rams, and he ultimately, of course 40 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: got cut traded. Yep, yeah, whatever. 41 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 3: And historically we've been there's been two sides to this 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: coin throughout We've had the Tim high Towers and the 43 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 3: Ron Daines, but we've also had the Jimmy Grahams and 44 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: the Arian Fosters that went on to be really good 45 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 3: after that. So I'm gonna hit you, Jerry Johnson. 46 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hit you with a few different players, and 47 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: tell me if you think this is flash in the 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: pan or sustained fantasy value. Begin at the quarterback position, 49 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: and this one, this one is a little thirty. Joe 50 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: Flacco elite, so. 51 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 3: So elite, such a franchise quarterback. He's being rested week eighteen. 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: How about that? 53 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: He went from couch to be rested for the playoffs. 54 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: Unbelievable, right, you. 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: Starting to get rest the other night while he was 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 3: on the bench there, so far ahead. 57 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: Okay, So I think he's in the league next year. 58 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 3: I think I think he's not just in the league. 59 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 3: I I think his role is likely either a backup 60 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: for a rookie or starting the season while a rookie 61 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 3: prepares underneath him. 62 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: That could somewhere, Yeah, that could be a perfect spot, right, Yeah, 63 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: it probably wouldn't be a rookie that goes at the 64 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: top of the draft. Now, those guys wanted everything, right, and. 65 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: The fan bases, the GMS, they all want him to 66 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 3: start right, right, there's not as much projects next year. 67 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 3: I feel like the top four or so are not 68 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 3: really as project d. 69 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: They say that bo Nicks is a project that could 70 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: still go like late first round. 71 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. 72 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I haven't started that whole process. 73 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. Well I'm not a big personally, but well there's 74 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 3: a lot of people that aren't. 75 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: I know, ye four will be helping himself a lot. 76 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: He'll be good. 77 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm excited to talk to him about that. So 78 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco sustained fantasy value. We think next year too. 79 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 3: I think it's more probably start of the season and 80 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 3: he might tail off. 81 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: He's he'll be thirty nine percentage chance. Joe Flacco is 82 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: the starter for the Browns. 83 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: They have a lot of money investing in that position, 84 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: and then they don't have outs for like another two 85 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: years or whatever. 86 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: Uh. 87 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: I would give it like ten percent fifteen percent. But man, 88 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 3: if if he leads a run here, maybe he maybe 89 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 3: he wins the super Bowl and retires. Honestly, if he 90 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: leads a run, I think it's really low. I think 91 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: it's like ten percent for the Browns. 92 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go forty. Wow, that's I also think the Browns. 93 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: I think the Browns are gonna make waves in the 94 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: playoffs a lot of the moment. 95 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 3: I don't think any team wants to play the Browns 96 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: right now. I want to offense is humming and the 97 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 3: defense has been awesome all year. No one wants to 98 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 3: play that. 99 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: Absolutely. In reality, they should be like the number two 100 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: seed behind Baltimore. If you're just doing like strength Strengthen 101 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: Team ANFC, they'd be the two seed. 102 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 3: College Football playoffs style just will rank you and then 103 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: you seeded there all. 104 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: Right, flash in the pan for the fantasy playoffs or 105 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: sustained value for Jordan. 106 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 3: Love, sustained value. His entire team is young. You saw 107 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: them gel better and better together as the season went on, 108 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 3: like they started the season rough his first season starting, 109 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 3: and there were flashes of good. Now those flashes are 110 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 3: becoming more and more frequent each game instead of just 111 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 3: here and there. And the whole team is just young, 112 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 3: so much, so much athletic young wide receiver talent on 113 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 3: that team. I like the future of where that's going. 114 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's progressed incredibly well. I don't think any of 115 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: us saw he could have predicted that he'd be way 116 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: better in the second half than he was in the 117 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: first half. It looks like a different guy. Yeah, the 118 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: first half guy was so inconsistent. He's so scattered, shot, 119 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:33,239 Speaker 1: bad decision making. 120 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: He led the league for a while in off target 121 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 3: throws and not so much of it. He's gonna be 122 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: like a four thousand plus thirty touchdown guy. 123 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: This year's amazing. Yeah, it's amazing. Baker Mayfield. Yes, what 124 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: do you think of him as a playoff flash in 125 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: the pan or sustained fantasy value? 126 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 3: Do I know Dave Canallis is not going to get 127 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 3: a head coaching job. He probably He was the OC 128 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: for Gino Smith winning Comeback Player of the Year last year, 129 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 3: and then Gino Smith tailed off and then yes, there 130 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 3: were injuries. This year goes down to Tampa Mayfield. 131 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: It's the best year of his career, absolutelistically. 132 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't know what they have to invest in 133 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 3: the quarterback position, so I could see him being a 134 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 3: starter next year, probably more of a super flex guy. 135 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 3: I don't I don't know that it's a flash in 136 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 3: the pan. He'll be serviceable. I don't think he's going 137 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 3: to be, you know, a superstart, though. I think this 138 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: plus Mike Evans and Chris Godwin are both three agents. 139 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: If he's saying that's. 140 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: That's a huge vest, just a huge factor. Yeah, I'd 141 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: reup Evans before I would Godwin. Yep, that's just me. Uh, 142 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: this one's pretty straightforward. Brize Hall powered teams through the 143 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs. Obviously, he's headed for a first round draft 144 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: pick next year. 145 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's RB. Probably probably RB one or two, depending 146 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 3: on who you ask. I've seen people talk, yeah, one, 147 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: two or three, but probably one or two. 148 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey's gonna be going. 149 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 3: Yep. People, people are gonna hamper on. Oh he got 150 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 3: hurt again at the end of the year and he's, 151 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 3: you know, twenty eight years old. People are gonna do that, 152 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: which is fair. They're gonna, you know fair. There will 153 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: be people who have haul one. 154 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 1: Kyron Williams also obvious. I think he will also be 155 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: a first rounder. 156 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 3: He's still twenty three, like he's young. 157 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's And the way the utilization by the RAMS 158 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: was so absurdly high, I. 159 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: Mean, exactly unbelievable. When he finds his guy, he's he goes. 160 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: James Connor has been fantastic down the shis, including the 161 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: one handed catch for the touchdown last week. 162 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: It doesn't either matchup proof like he put last last 163 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: week was not a good. 164 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: Matchup the Eagles. 165 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: I mean the Eagles have tailed off defensively lately. But 166 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: like he's he's busted two really good, really tough matchups 167 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: in the last five weeks. 168 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, San Francisco, I think as well. Yeah, wide receiver 169 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: George Pickens out of the blue helped him part because 170 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: Mason rudolph'sid yeah flash in the pan or sustained fantasy value. 171 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 3: Well, I believe Deontay Johnson's a free agent after the year, 172 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: which that could make a make a factor. I'm not 173 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 3: one hundred percent positive I think he is, though, Uh, 174 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 3: I think that he will still be something, but he's 175 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: going to be tricky to predict sometimes. They really need 176 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 3: to fortify that quarterback position to make me feel better 177 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: about George Pickens. But you know me, like it's insane talent. 178 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 3: I love the talent. 179 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: The talent is there. I believe they. I believe the 180 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: Steelers who are gonna pick it right roughly, like as 181 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: it stands right now, they're sitting a pick like seventeen 182 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: eighteen something like that, So they're not going to be 183 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: in a spot to go get a young rookie. 184 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 3: This is a landing. 185 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: This is no, it is. This is a landing spot 186 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: well for Joe Flacco, Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, potentially as 187 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: a dark horse Baker Mayfield. Look if they just put 188 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 1: if they just put NFL average quarterbacking on that team, 189 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: suddenly the Steelers are very playoff relevant yep, which they're 190 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: not right now with Mason Rudolph. 191 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 3: In my opinion, Tomlin refuses to lose more than a games. 192 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: I love it. 193 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 3: I love it. 194 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: It's so good for him. I think this one's obvious too. 195 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: But as a fantasy playoff factor. DeMarcus Robinson out of 196 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: the blue, Yeah, touchdowns and I believe four five games. 197 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 3: Actually I think it was five year old. 198 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: Then he missed one, right, Okay, maybe that was it. 199 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: Four to the last five, five to last something like that. 200 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Robinson sustained fantasy value for twenty twenty four. 201 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, he's going to be open a lot with 202 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 3: Pooka and Cooper around. 203 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: There, assuming he's back with the Rams. 204 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be I think it's going to 205 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 3: be sustained value. He should be on rosters. But also 206 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 3: it's gonna be pretty hid and miss. He's always had decent, 207 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 3: decent like games, even back to Kansas City and what 208 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: like Bears or whatever. It was like he has he 209 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 3: has his moments. 210 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: When he first popped up getting reps with the rams A, 211 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: I was like, is it that DeMarcus Robinson exactly? Still 212 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: talking about the same DeMarcus Robinson. Yeah, unbelievable. There's a 213 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: late late career resurgence. What is it like year nine 214 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: or something? 215 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think he's put himself into the conversation. 216 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 3: He'll be drafted, you know, late rounds of drafts and 217 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: hope it works out. 218 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: Again, there's a chance, Cooper Cup maybe this is the 219 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: beginning of the end for a player who's whatever seven 220 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: years in the league. 221 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: Yep, for him, it's possible. 222 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's possible. 223 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 3: He's the good thing he is is they're oute running, 224 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: but he probably doesn't have the quick titch twitch is 225 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: probably going away. 226 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: It might be it might be David and Joku surging 227 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: with Joe Flacco. 228 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you think? 229 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: Did he finally turn the corner? We've been waiting because 230 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: he's had he's been the athletic specimen all this time, 231 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: but he could never give you consistent, reliable production until 232 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: Joe Blacco showed up. 233 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: I will I will say he had three or four 234 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 3: good weeks before Flacco got there. He just went nuclear 235 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 3: when Flakka got there. Yeah, this this might be the resurgence. 236 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: This might be one of those classic He couldn't do 237 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: it in the schemes, their systems, their quarterbacks, and then 238 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 3: in the past and they he finally got a got 239 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 3: a you know, a situation that could feed him. I 240 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 3: think there are a lot of question marks for that 241 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 3: offense for for next year. You know, is Nick Chubb 242 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 3: gonna come back? Are they going to run the ball 243 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 3: more if he does? Is Joe Flakko gonna be there? 244 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: If Watson can't run that? Like, I think there are 245 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 3: a lot of question marks. But yeah, I'll be taking 246 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 3: I'll be rolling the dice on him. I think he 247 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 3: looks awesome. I think I think Stefanski'd be dumb not 248 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 3: to keep feeding what he saw this year into next year. 249 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. And you know, we don't 250 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: know that Stefanski had always been sort of a run 251 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: first guy. He was in Minnesota with Adrian Peterson, you know, 252 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: when they was there. Then he rolls into Cleveland. He's 253 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: got Nick Chubb. 254 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 3: YEP. 255 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: I kind of think that Stefanski might not be as 256 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: run heavy now that we've seen what we've done with Flacco. 257 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: He's throwing Flacco's arm out of personnel right Yeah, where 258 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: he just goes to where his personnel leads him. 259 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: Which is a mark of a good coach. 260 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: Juwan Johnson flashed in the pan or has he turned 261 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: the corner? Saints tight end man. 262 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 3: He's had a lot going for him in in in 263 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 3: terms of uh injuries on the field and playing from behind. 264 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: And yeah, I don't know. I will say every year 265 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 3: the beat reporters are like this, Juwan Johnson kid is 266 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 3: great in camp and stuff, and it's never really panned out. 267 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 3: Maybe he has. I mean, he's gonna probably be rang 268 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 3: to tight end sixteen again, and you know, he probably 269 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 3: won't get drafted, but it's possible. 270 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: Let's go to playoffs some of the playoff formats. First 271 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: of all, I want to give a shout out to 272 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: my friends at my fantasy league. We know the people there, 273 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: We love the people at my fantasy league. It is 274 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: a little bit like guillotine leagues. It's a kind of 275 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: a family run family business, right, and they are free 276 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: to use in the playoffs. So if you want to, 277 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: and they can because my fantasy league is so flexible, 278 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: it can do so many things. Yeah, almost, no matter 279 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: what oddball scoring system you might want to try in 280 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs, my fantasy league can do it. You could try. 281 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: God bless you. If you do it, let me know 282 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: how it goes. A guillotine league in the playoffs is 283 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: a little bit tricky, although I want to try it, 284 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: and yeah, I just got to figure out how to 285 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: do it, what's the right number of people, how to 286 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: chop and stuff like that. But also broadly, before we 287 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: start talking some specifics for playoff leagues that you could form, 288 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: this is the perfect chance to test drive any rules 289 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: and changes you want to make sure. Maybe you want 290 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: to change your scoring system, right, maybe you want to 291 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: give points for first downs, whatever, Right, this is your 292 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: chance to do it on a small scale. See how 293 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: you like that change? Yeah, then you can apply it 294 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: to your your full season. 295 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 3: I like that idea. 296 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 1: So if you're going to give people one and you 297 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: you know, like the scott Fishbowls, you've always got unique 298 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: scoring tweaks and roster tweaks. If you're going to give 299 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: people one playoff tweak to make, so it's just sample 300 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: see if you like it. And you know you've got 301 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: all of this fish Bowl experience with all the different 302 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: scoring systems. What do you think? 303 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: I think the most obvious one is probably something that's 304 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: really becoming common, but we have a pretty you know, 305 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 3: general audience, pretty wide audience. I think the most the 306 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 3: most obvious one is just super flex. Yeah, I think 307 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: the most obviously if you're not playing super flex in 308 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 3: the regular season because you're worried about the quarterback depth 309 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 3: or you've played one QB for so long. In the playoffs, 310 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 3: playoff leagues are generally smaller. They're generally like six teams 311 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: or whatever. There's twelve quarterbacks or fourteen quarterbacks. Now play 312 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: with two of them. Try try that out first. Other 313 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: things that make it fun are you know, first downs 314 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 3: are big, big bonuses for things because you're watching every 315 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: game and when one of those big plays happened, you're 316 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 3: doubly excited because you're actually what you're Sometimes when you 317 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: play fantasy, you don't you're not watching every game, so 318 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 3: you don't see those things happen in the playoffs, you are, 319 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 3: so it's game. See, it's a little more fun when 320 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 3: it happens. But super flex is the one that just strikes. 321 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 3: Super flex or more flexes are the ones that make sense. 322 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: To me speaking of is just quick aside when we 323 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: get to do that on this format of the show, 324 00:14:55,720 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: which I love. Yes, the Texans play too bad real quick. 325 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: That's right, you've worked that matchup. This is going to 326 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: be the first time all year most of the US 327 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: has had a chance to see c J. Stroud. The 328 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: Texans have played nothing but noon starts the higher year. 329 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 3: I didn't realize until now, I've seen a lot of strouds. 330 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: You know, if you didn't have NFL ticket, you all 331 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: you were seeing were highlights. He's so good. And most 332 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: of the country they know he's good because the stats 333 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: are good whatever, But they they don't know, and they 334 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: don't see it firsthand. They're not seeing him play in 335 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: and playout. CJ. Stroud's great. 336 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I wish they got to see him with Tank 337 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 3: Dell too, and No Brown is you know, we'll see 338 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 3: if he's healthy enough for the playoffs. 339 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: But he's not playing this week. But they need him. 340 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: If I think the Texans are going to win here, 341 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: they're going to get into the playoffs. I think they're 342 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: gonna be a sneaky, tough team. 343 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 3: Now they'll be. They'll be a tougher out. They've they've 344 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 3: fought hard with and you know, late last second beat 345 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 3: some good teams. 346 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, their run defense has gotten way way better, and 347 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: that's their pass defense has got all kinds of injury issues. 348 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 3: But yeah, it's. 349 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: Here's how I play fantasy in the playoffs. Okay, this 350 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: is this is the charge league. Because there are seven 351 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: of sorry, because there are fourteen teams in the NFL playoffs. 352 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: I play with a league of seven. 353 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: Okay. 354 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: That means everybody gets two team quarterbacks yep, two team kickers, 355 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: two team defense, and I do play with the kicker and 356 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: defense in the playoffs. I think most people do. 357 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 3: Most people do. 358 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I want it here. Then we have exactly 359 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: fourteen roster spots. We have the two team quarterback, kicker 360 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: and defense that I mentioned for running backs, for receivers, 361 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: two tight ends. No bench. Everybody starts every week. That 362 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: you know, everybody starts every week, you know, to make 363 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: any bench starts, which I love, I just draft my 364 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: team and don't have to worry about one bench and 365 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: who I'm starting. I like the no maintenance part of 366 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: it after I've been doing maintenance for all year long. 367 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: Just enjoy it, Yeah, just enjoy it. Yeah, keep the 368 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: team you drafted, score all the points your guys give you. 369 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: That's it. 370 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 3: Yep, that's pretty straightforward. Yep, that's yeah. That's one of 371 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 3: the more common ones. 372 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: Do you, I think it force? 373 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 3: Do you just do a draft for a fourteen round draft? Yep? 374 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: Fourteen round drafts? 375 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: Okay, there's there's two versions of that very thing. The 376 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 3: one is the just draft fourteen you know, seven players each, 377 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 3: fourteen players each. The second version is you have to 378 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 3: pick one player from each team. 379 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. A lot of the you have to pick one 380 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: player from each team. 381 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 3: It's it's a little more stressful, either you know, on 382 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 3: the draft or the selecting or if you're yeah or whatever, 383 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: But yeah, I like yours better. 384 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: So for the leagues where you have you can pick 385 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: one player per team, yes, how chalky do you go? 386 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: As an example, it's the Ravens. Yeah, just taking Lamar Jackson? 387 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: Or do you try to pivot to somebody that gives 388 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: you some upside right, but not everybody else is going 389 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: to have right, because if you go nothing but chalk, 390 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: yeah right, Christian McCaffrey, right, then you go Eagles, Jalen Hurts. Right. 391 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 1: If you take the most obvious player from each team, 392 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: you've got a very chalk lineup that's gonna match a 393 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: lot of other people and try to deviate some Yeah. 394 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 3: Mind you, the type of league we're talking about does 395 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 3: isn't capped at seven people? Yours sounds like a draft, 396 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 3: and it's a little This is more. You can have 397 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 3: multiple people because you can all have the same players. 398 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: You could have one hundred. You could have one hundred 399 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: people in that league. 400 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly. I don't I I don't. I don't know. 401 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 3: It depends on how many teams are in it. But 402 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 3: I I feel like I just go with what I 403 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 3: feel is best. Honestly. I think the first thing you 404 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 3: do with a situation like that is you do out 405 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: the bracket and you see how many games you think 406 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 3: each team is gonna play, which is huge, and the 407 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 3: probabilities of that, yes, and then and then you take 408 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 3: players according to that. 409 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: So I do I I don't think. I don't think 410 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: I'm giving anything away here. I do two brackets for 411 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: the I do two brackets for the NFC, two for 412 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: the AFC. One is a probability one like if this 413 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: plays mostly to form, here's how it's gonna show. And 414 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: then I like che exactly ch and charts and then 415 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: so then I and then I average that. And so 416 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: if I think the Texans could win a game, right, 417 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: that's got to be in the chart side. That's not 418 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: going to be the chalk side, right, Yeah, but I 419 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: you know, but they might, so yeah, that's I do 420 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: the same thing. 421 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 3: Perfect example is like probably a lot of people, a 422 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 3: lot of people and probably analysts think Eagles are going 423 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 3: to win a couple of games, but the way they're 424 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 3: playing are now. 425 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: Who knows, like even they still could though. That's the 426 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: fun thing. So here's I'll tell you a little bit 427 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: about how I for again, when you can just when 428 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: you can pick a player from every team, which many 429 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: leagues do, I start a tight end because I need 430 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: I want Sam Laporta, and I'm willing to give up 431 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: David Montgomery, Jamiir Gibbs, Jared Goff. I'm on Rossaint Brown 432 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: because if I don't take Sam Laporta, my drop off. 433 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: I need two tight ends, right, so I'm gonna go 434 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: Laporta for one one maybe Kelsey maybe not right, you 435 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: know that's not obvious anymore. Then you know, then I 436 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: can start filling out. Then I stay, Then I can 437 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: start filling out the rest of my positions. Because it's 438 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: so hard to get a tight end. 439 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 3: Ye yeah, I think. I think that's right. And on 440 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 3: the on the flip side of it, in fantasy playoffs, 441 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 3: it's so easy to keep a quarterback. 442 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: It is, isn't it. 443 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 3: It feels like the teams that make the playoffs they're 444 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 3: mostly good quarterback teams. 445 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: I agree. You and I have talked about this on 446 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: many past Fantasy football weeklies. Don't neglect the kicker in 447 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: the team defense we do in regular fantasy football because 448 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: especially kickers, because all the kickers score points. But when 449 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: you don't have yours, when you get knocked out, you 450 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: take the Houston kicker and they get knocked out in 451 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: Week one, you got a problem because your opponents are 452 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: all scoring points. Their kickers are scoring points, and you 453 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: don't have one. 454 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and kickers more than defenses and SFB the last 455 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 3: two years is have had kickers, and you will see 456 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: this when you look at the best ball scoring versus 457 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 3: the non best ball scoring of those same teams. The 458 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 3: floor on kickers is wonderful. So you want as many 459 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 3: games for that kicker as you can get. 460 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure? For sure. What do you think about 461 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: regular season leagues where they continue they continue it into 462 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I got a few of these on Twitter, 463 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: including from a semi witty band who says that that's 464 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: how they resolve their regular season league. And you just 465 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: need to figure out, Scott Fish. You got to build 466 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: a roster around which teams you think you're going to 467 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: make the NFL playoffs? 468 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 3: Yep, I have, I have, I know people that play 469 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 3: in this. There's actually and I wish I could remember 470 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 3: who it is. There's a there's an analyst in our 471 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 3: industry that's specially well known and that's the only way 472 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 3: he likes to play. That's what his homely does. That 473 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 3: he loves that, And I can't do it. I want 474 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 3: my season to be done and then this is my 475 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 3: relax and just to enjoy a little bit last ditch 476 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 3: of fantasy. Honestly, but it's fine. 477 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: But what I do, what you like about it is 478 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: only fourteen of thirty two teams get in. 479 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you can't know. I mean you want to, 480 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 3: you may you have a three percent chance of having 481 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 3: Justin Jefferson. 482 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: You do right now? Yeah. I just I feel like 483 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: it's adding adding a lot of variables in some luck 484 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: into an already difficult. 485 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 3: Fan and already yeah, exactly my opinion. I'm not into it. 486 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 3: But if you enjoy it, I don't. I say this 487 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 3: all the time. I don't. I'm team no league shaming. 488 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 3: If it's for you and your people, good. 489 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: I agree, I don't. I'm not gonna say you're doing 490 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: it wrong because I just want you to go have fun. 491 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: Yeah exactly. 492 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: Ted Phillips from Twitter says that NFL dot COM's got 493 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: a good system where you can pick a new roster 494 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: every week, but your points double, triple, quadruple if you 495 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: keep the same player from your previous week. 496 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 3: Yep. There are a couple of those that have fun 497 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 3: multipliers where you can replace your players or you just 498 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 3: keep them. Those are definitely fun. There are a couple 499 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 3: sites that you can set those up for free or 500 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 3: for money or whatever. 501 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: On Twitter, Doug Keating and Maris Sullivan uh said, create 502 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: a roster then once you've selected those players, you can't 503 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: use those players in any following week yep. So you 504 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: gotta fire out when you're gonna use them, and you 505 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: have to. Then you have to create a new roster 506 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: every subsequent round of the playoffs yep, not using any 507 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: of the players you've used a per previous yep. 508 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 3: So we'll talk about this one for a second, because 509 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 3: this is one of the more common ones. This is 510 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 3: my favorite one. It's cold. It's called a one and done. 511 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 3: It's generally a shorter roster, like it's a five person 512 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 3: five for six player rosters. 513 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: Super short. 514 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, it's usually it's usually a shorter roster because 515 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 3: you know, you can't use a player twice in there, 516 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 3: right four rounds? 517 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: So is it all flex? Is it every position flex? 518 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 3: You can do it however you want. I will start 519 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 3: off by my Scott Fish Playoff League. The SFPL is 520 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 3: gonna go into its ninth year this year, and we 521 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 3: do six players. It's quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, 522 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 3: two flex. Okay, so it's pretty it's pretty simple that way. Uh, 523 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 3: this is I'm just gonna plug this, but this this 524 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 3: year and last year we're doing it for Fantasy Cares. 525 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 3: We're gonna have like Scott fish Bowl spots. We're gonna 526 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 3: have signed jerseys. We're gonna have like autograph signed jerseys 527 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 3: for prizes and stuff. 528 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: Sorry. So wait, I can play playoff fantasy through the 529 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: Scott fish Bowl and Fantasy Care. 530 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. 531 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 1: So I did not know that I need to know 532 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: these things. Yeah, So where where would I go if 533 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: I want to do that? 534 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll have it on my Twitter at Scott fish 535 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 3: twenty four. I'll have it on the fantasycares dot org site, 536 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 3: probably the fish Bowl site as well. But I'll launch 537 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 3: that this weekend start taking sign ups. But each year 538 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: we get you know, three to between three hundred and 539 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 3: six hundred people playing. Wow, but it's just gonna be 540 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 3: all for charity. But yeah, what it is is it's 541 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 3: a one and done. You You you pick a five 542 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 3: or six player lineup each week, but you can't use 543 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 3: them again. So if you use C. J. Stroud week 544 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 3: one and they win, you can't use again. So you 545 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 3: want to pick losers. You want to pick good players 546 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 3: on bad teams that are gonna lose. So it's a 547 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 3: completely opposite strategy of some of those other ones. 548 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: That's very interesting. All right? Does it cost anything to 549 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: play this? You are here for We're here for charity, right, 550 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: all right? So I don't think you should have any 551 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: qualms about asking people to pay to play. 552 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 3: No, I honestly don't know what the I can't remember 553 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 3: if it's a suggested donation or if it's a thank 554 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 3: you where like the first five hundred people to donate 555 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 3: get in or something. I'll have to check off to 556 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: check what our rules are on that. But yes, there 557 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 3: is a donation, you know, a donation to be made 558 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: and you play in the league, and all right, we'll 559 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 3: give away jerseys SFB spots. 560 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: Should I go to Fantasycars dot org as my launching 561 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: point for this or just follow you on Twitter and 562 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 1: see where you link me on Twitter? 563 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: Definitely will do it. I will try to get it 564 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 3: up on Fantasy or cares dot org as quick as 565 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 3: I can when it launches this weekend. 566 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: Got it? Okay, let's see Twitter at Adam Eberhart. Thank you, Adam. 567 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: Ten participants each drafts one player from each of the 568 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: playoff teams, so a roster of fourteen no position limits. 569 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: A person could draft fourteen kickers if they wanted to. 570 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 3: Yep. 571 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: Total points, that's it. You can no positional restrictions whatsoever. 572 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 3: Yep, yep. And it's best ball. Well, it's obviously best 573 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 3: all times. But I love My favorite thing about those 574 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 3: is because you pick them, you know, you just pick 575 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 3: them or draft them whatever, and you're done. You can 576 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 3: just enjoy it. Just like there are versions of that 577 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 3: very same thing where if your player gets knocked out, 578 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 3: you can pick up a new player the next week 579 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 3: to fill that spot. Those are fun too, They're just 580 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 3: they're just kind of like in season management. Those like 581 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 3: I want to relax in my playoffs a little bit 582 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 3: more than that, I hear you. 583 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: Do you have any other styles of play that we 584 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: should talk about. 585 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 3: No, Honestly, I think we get on I think we 586 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 3: actually hit on all of the big ones, like just 587 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: in our natural fluid conversation. Yes, yes, I think we 588 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 3: got about a minute left if we want to work 589 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 3: in another quick matchup. I'm just kidding. That's the second 590 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: time I made that joke that too many. 591 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: Is the teams that play in Week eighteen. We already 592 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: said earlier we we're not here to shame your league. 593 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I just are they doing it wrong? And 594 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 3: the idea, because so look at the starting quarterbacks playing 595 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 3: this week. 596 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: No kidding, there are six teams, six good teams that 597 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: aren't playing their starters that we know of, and maybe 598 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: more like the Lions could tap out, you know, they 599 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: might play their starters only briefly. I just feel like. 600 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: That that's that's the biggest that's honestly the worst bugaboo 601 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: of it is. It's not the teams that are benching, 602 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 3: like we see a lot of teams benching their quarterbacks. Lacko, 603 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 3: a lot of teams benching their quarterbacks. We're going to 604 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 3: see a crazy amount of backup quarterbacks. It's the teams 605 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 3: that will start out and then be like it's not 606 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 3: worth it anymore, that's right, So you start their player. 607 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: Because they're starting Jared Goff starting. Yeah, but little did 608 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: you know it was going to be for two series, 609 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: just to you know, stay warm. 610 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, Aman Ross slightly tweaks his ankle exactly, taking no chances. Yes, 611 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 3: you get no points out of him. Yeah, that's the 612 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 3: worst part about playing Week eight. 613 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: I just feel like, you know, you've worked for seventeen 614 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: weeks and you're not crowning the right team because just 615 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 1: too many good players aren't playing in Week eighteen. 616 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 3: The fantasy already has a very large element of luck 617 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 3: you don't want to add. Yeah, like this is a 618 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 3: large amount of luck added to week eighteen. 619 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: It really is which players are in and out and 620 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: you can't know, No, you can't know. 621 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 3: You can't prepare for it either because most leagues and trading, 622 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 3: you know, even most I mean. 623 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, like the leagues or whatever. 624 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, but most leagues you can't trade and fix for that, right, so. 625 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, I'll just note this as we're at the 626 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: at the bitter end of this episode. One of my 627 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,959 Speaker 1: Empire leagues, yes, the Oritten. In fact, not only that, 628 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: this is the first Empire league in the world. 629 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 3: Yep. 630 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: The pot now, it's like a decade old pot now 631 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: is sitting at like twelve thousand dollars Jesus, as we've 632 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: been pouring into it waiting for one team to win 633 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: it in back to back years. 634 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 3: Yep. 635 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: Well we had a guy who'ld won it last year, 636 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: got into the championship for boy playing against our mutual 637 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: friend Christian Peterson for the twelve thousand dollars. Because if 638 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: he goes back to back, it's gonna pay it out 639 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: it came down to like a four point game and 640 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: he lost. 641 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 3: Did Christian say, hey, let's chop the pot. 642 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: Can't. Fortunately, can't do that because he didn't get the pot. 643 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: But it, uh, it's saved. I had banked, I had, 644 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: I had bottomed out. I had four first round picks 645 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: coming into this draft. If the Umpire league had lost 646 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: as them, send it four first round picks. 647 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 3: To pull my hair out, man, I can't. I can't 648 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 3: wait till the day that. 649 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: Ends the Empire League. 650 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just gonna be a fun Holy crap. I 651 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 3: can't believe this. This league just paid out one hundred 652 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 3: and fourteen. 653 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: Dollars in yeah, in your twenty forty. 654 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 3: I know how much it goes up per year, but 655 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 3: that that would be a lot of this. 656 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: I've heard of variations of Empire leagues where they've set 657 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: it up that like, af ten years, if nobody's gone 658 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: back to back, it's the first team to win two. Okay, 659 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: but you could you know, I could see that just 660 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't have to be consecutive. It's just give us 661 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,239 Speaker 1: your second win. 662 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 3: Yep. I used to do not Empire but progressive pots, 663 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 3: where it was win two within three years and two 664 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 3: within five years. 665 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: So yeah, there you go. 666 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 3: That's the easy way to try. 667 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: Way to do it, and all right, thanks Scott. Yes, 668 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: it's fun getting to our off season shows. Yes, we'll 669 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: get to just be so much more. 670 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 3: Free and do whatever we It's fun, just great, it's fun. 671 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for listening, everybody. We'll be back next week. 672 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: We'll be previewing playoff games next week. Yes, unbelievable that 673 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: it's already there. 674 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 3: It's awesome. 675 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait. Talk to you late everybody. 676 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 3: Bye bye. 677 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly is a production of iHeartRadio. For more 678 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 679 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,959 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite shows.