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Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, February twenty first, twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, or we should

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Speaker 1: probably start exercising again. It's me and your man, nam

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Speaker 1: G Marcus Grant, joined by Michael F. Florio Lakwan Jones.

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Speaker 1: Not with us, he's off doing actual work this week.

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Speaker 1: Of course, as you probably know if you follow the show,

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Speaker 1: he is a researcher for NFL Media and he is

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Speaker 1: down in New Orleans just hanging out eating seafood and beignets. No,

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Speaker 1: apparently he's not. Apparently, he actually is doing some work

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Speaker 1: around some of the HBCU goings on down there for football.

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Speaker 1: I know he's there with Steve Wish, Bucky Brooks, Charles Davis,

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Speaker 1: among others. So we are going to prime him for

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Speaker 1: information when he returns about who he saw and what

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Speaker 1: he likes. But in the meantime I play to talk

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Speaker 1: about I mean, Floria. I know this is an audio

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Speaker 1: only podcast, but I'm proud of you. You are rocking

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Speaker 1: a Golden State Warriors city hoodie right now. We talked

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Speaker 1: a little bit about that before the show. But in

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Speaker 1: his place, hey, ye out, at least with us for

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Speaker 1: a little while. It's one and only Matt Oconda. Matt,

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Speaker 1: it's good to have you here, man. How you doing, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's good to be here. It's the NFL off season,

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Speaker 1: which you know has its its buses and it's minuses,

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Speaker 1: mostly minuses because there's no football.

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Speaker 2: But other than that, great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So Matt wrote a column. We'll dive into that

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Speaker 1: in just a little bit. We're also going to go

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Speaker 1: through Daniel Jeremiah's Mock Draft two point zero because it

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Speaker 1: is mock draft season, of course, and Florida and I

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Speaker 1: will talk about some of the interesting names and whether

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Speaker 1: we like some of the landing spots. Plus we may

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Speaker 1: talk about some All Star games, because the NBA All

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Speaker 1: Star Game just happened, and Florida, you said you don't

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Speaker 1: really watch All Star games anymore?

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Speaker 3: No, I'm not in. I love Gill's Challenge, like I

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Speaker 3: watched Saturday Night for the NBA. I love the home

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Speaker 3: run Derby, I watched Grownman play Dog Year, But the

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Speaker 3: All Star Games themselves not a fan. Although I know

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Speaker 3: we want to talk this later. I think Marcus I

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Speaker 3: have figured out the way to make them more competitive.

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Speaker 1: Okay, cool, Well, we will get to that later on

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Speaker 1: in the show, but that want to start with a

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Speaker 1: column that Matt Ocatta has currently on NFL dot com.

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Speaker 1: You can go check it out. It's about cap casualties

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Speaker 1: or potential cap casualties. Because we are getting towards that

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Speaker 1: time of year. Free agency starts in about three weeks,

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Speaker 1: so we're gonna be talking obviously about where players are

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Speaker 1: going to move, but teams have to sort of make

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Speaker 1: room in terms of being able to sign players, and

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Speaker 1: so that means that, unfortunately, some guys are going to

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Speaker 1: be left without a job when it's all said and done.

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Speaker 1: And so, Matt, I wanted to go through yours and

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Speaker 1: you have it broken down into AFC and NFC. Some

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Speaker 1: of the names obviously aren't necessarily fantasy relevant. They're more

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Speaker 1: defensive guys. It's worth reading the whole thing for anybody

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Speaker 1: out there, go check it out. But I want to

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Speaker 1: pick out some of the offensive names obviously that could

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Speaker 1: make an impact, and one that jumped out at me.

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Speaker 1: It'sn't out at me anyway, but even more so because

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Speaker 1: when I woke up this morning and I was checking Twitter,

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Speaker 1: as I want to do when I know it's not

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Speaker 1: healthy to lay in bed and scroll Twitter, but whatever,

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Speaker 1: I do it anyway. Every day on Twitter, it seems

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Speaker 1: as though there is a new player that we are

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Speaker 1: talking about, whether it's a draft prospect, a current player,

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Speaker 1: what have you. This morning's main character seemed to be

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Speaker 1: one Nicholas Jamal Chubb. You have written, other people have

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Speaker 1: written that he could be a cap casualty, that the

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Speaker 1: Browns could move on from him. You mentioned in your

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Speaker 1: piece that the knee injury certainly is going to be impactful,

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Speaker 1: and when I read it, I thought, is that the

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Speaker 1: whole thing? I mean, I know the salary number is

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Speaker 1: a big thing, but but Matt, if you look at it,

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Speaker 1: if Nick Chubb played a full seventeen games and into

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Speaker 2: I think we'd be having the discussion because there are

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Speaker 2: and letting him go sounds absurd. But there is a

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Speaker 2: a big deal on multiple fronts. It was severe damage

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Speaker 2: same knee for a running back. Also, while he recovered

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Speaker 2: There's a lot different when it comes to recovery, recovery time,

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Speaker 2: on from the injury a little bit. Hitting twenty eight

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Speaker 2: of the injury history that Chubb does, where even those

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Speaker 2: begin to fall off a little bit. We've seen it all,

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Speaker 2: you know, fantasy RB ones hit that age, fall out

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Speaker 2: a concern even if Chubb hadn't dealt with this injury.

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Speaker 2: But now you have this. I don't think he comes

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Speaker 2: back early twenty twenty four. I don't know from what

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Speaker 2: I've heard talking to people who know this kind of

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Speaker 2: one hundred percent until the very end of this next season.

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Speaker 2: And when you've got a sixteen million dollar cap hit,

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Speaker 2: which is the third highest among running backs, that makes

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Speaker 2: that really tough to swallow. You know, he has to

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Speaker 2: make that work. And if he's fully one hundred percent,

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Speaker 2: he is, he's Nick Chubb. We know he's one of

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Speaker 2: the best running backs in the league. But if he's not,

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Speaker 2: and that's basically the ceiling, you're taking on a lot

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Speaker 2: as one final thing because I know you mentioned, you know,

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Speaker 2: when he's playing seventeen games, Should we even doubt that,

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Speaker 2: should we even have this conversation? Just throwing this out there,

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Speaker 2: And I trust me, I believe RB's matter. I'm a

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Speaker 2: fantasy guy. The Browns have the number ten scoring offense

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Speaker 2: in the league last year, that was their best finish

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Speaker 2: since two thousand and seven. In this year, they didn't

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Speaker 2: have Chubb. I'm just putting it out there that far

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Speaker 2: back situation wasn't great for most of the year either.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know if you can put it on that.

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Speaker 2: I think we get attached to people, to running backs especially,

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Speaker 1: So David and Joku is the key. He's the engine

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Speaker 1: that keeps that offense going. Is what you're saying, the.

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Speaker 2: Classic seventeenth year breakout or whatever you're using.

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Speaker 1: Hey, David and Jokus, That's what I'm taking away from

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Speaker 1: that whole conversation right there.

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Speaker 3: All three of us are in a mactra of together

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Speaker 3: right now, Nick Chubb Winn in the middle of the

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Speaker 3: third round. I can tell you right now I'm out

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Speaker 3: on that cost, but it sounds like you are as well. Okada.

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Speaker 3: Two names that we did Dego not that, but pretty

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Speaker 3: early we're Alvin Kamara and Aaron Jones, and you have

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Speaker 3: them both as potential cut candidates. I think a lot

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Speaker 3: of fantasy players or fans look at it and say, well,

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Speaker 3: Alvin Kamara was their top target for much of this year,

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Speaker 3: and Aaron Jones just had them on a good playoff run.

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Speaker 3: So do you think it's possible that either or both

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Speaker 3: could restructure their deal and stick with the team, or

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Speaker 3: do you think that we're going to see each of

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Speaker 2: No, I do think it's possible, And with Aaron Jones,

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Speaker 2: I honestly think it's probably more likely than not that

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Speaker 2: Brian gooden Kums the GM has come out and said

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Speaker 2: the hope and the anticipation is that they'll bring him back.

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Speaker 2: Just the details of how they do that are still

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Speaker 2: in flux. And last year he took a five million

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Speaker 2: loves playing in Green Bay and they love him a lot.

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Speaker 2: He's a big locker, locker room piece. He's a crux

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Speaker 2: He also carries a lot of dead money twelve million

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Speaker 2: a complicated thing that comes along with the salary cap

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Speaker 2: situation that helps free up money. And you know, like

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Speaker 2: you guys mentioned, he came on very strong at the

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Speaker 2: to the season. So I think it's possible. I think

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Speaker 2: it's likely that they try to restructure him somehow get

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Speaker 2: very top in terms of running back salary cap and

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Speaker 2: continue to build around Jordan Love and him in that backfield,

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Speaker 2: which would be great. Kamara feels a lot tougher to me.

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Speaker 2: He has the highest salary cap hit among running backs

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Speaker 2: eighteen point eight million dollars, and that's already problematic enough.

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Speaker 2: People don't want to pay running backs that much money

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Speaker 2: no matter how well you're performing. To add to that,

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Speaker 2: these Saints have the worst cap situation in the league,

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Speaker 2: and it's by a mile. They're in the eighty millions

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Speaker 3: This is a yearly thing for them, antaly.

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Speaker 2: Somehow they managed to get it under but it hasn't

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Speaker 2: looked recently. It hasn't turned into playoff runs of any significance.

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Speaker 2: So they need to figure out something new, and Kamara

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Speaker 2: feels like probably the best, if not one of the best,

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Speaker 2: places to do that because that cap hit is an innocent,

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Speaker 2: you know, insane, but also he's missed several games over

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Speaker 2: the last three seasons. He hasn't hit double digit touchdowns

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Speaker 2: extension he's playing on right now. He had career lows

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Speaker 2: and yards last year. He wasn't that efficient. I still

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Speaker 2: believe he's a great player. Obviously, he's incredibly He's one

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Speaker 2: of the best passing pass catching backs in the league.

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Speaker 2: But for a team in this bad of financial stretch

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Speaker 2: who needs to figure out something new, that number might

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Speaker 2: be too much to figure out how to restructure. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure they like to, I don't know if they can

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, just looking at it feels like Kamara

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Speaker 1: is the guy who probably leaves. I can't imagine the

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Speaker 1: not keeping aj dillonough you know that that didn't work out,

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Speaker 1: you know, and he's an unrestricted free agent. I imagine they're

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Speaker 1: easily going to let him walk. But as you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: with Jordan Love showing what he showed us this year,

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Speaker 1: with that group of young, talented pass catchers that they

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Speaker 1: have around there, I just imagine that having Aaron Jones

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Speaker 1: really sort of cements the growth of this offense. I

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Speaker 1: think Green Bay will do everything they can to try

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Speaker 1: to keep him there. But I can very well see

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara playing somewhere else besides New Orleans next year.

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Speaker 1: I would say that maybe he goes to the Chargers

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Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about Alvin Kamara and what he

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Speaker 1: Taysom Hill and Dan Campbell seem like two piece at

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Speaker 3: I don't want that he's going to be coming in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of offensive pieces he'd be taken

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Speaker 2: Taysom's sake, that would be a cool one. Yes, the Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: That one's just so obvious. Andy Reid. The stuff he

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Speaker 2: It is a crucial you bring Taysom Hill in easy

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Speaker 2: I also like the Browns. I think Kevin Stefanski is

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay would find some really creative things. I think

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Speaker 1: with the potential cap casualties. Uh any interesting? Maybe sticking

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Speaker 1: one of those guys that they think sort of turn

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Speaker 1: their fortunes around. So the four guys that DJ has

432
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Speaker 1: going early on, Caleb Williams going number one to the

433
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Speaker 1: Chicago Bears not really a big surprise. Nor is Drake

434
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Speaker 1: may going at number two to the Washington Commanders. You

435
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Speaker 1: go down a little bit further, he's got Jade and

436
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Speaker 1: Daniels at number six to the New York Giants, and

437
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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, who has been getting a lot of buzz lately,

438
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Speaker 1: moving up a lot of draft boards. DJ's got him

439
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Speaker 1: going at number eight to the Atlanta Falcons, the now

440
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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith free Atlanta Falcons. So, uh, Floy, I will

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Speaker 1: start with you of those guys, presuming you know, I

442
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Speaker 1: know this is all speculation, but if this were to

443
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Speaker 1: happen as Jeremiah predicts, which one isn't the best spot

444
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Speaker 1: to produce immediately? I think I know who you're gonna say,

445
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Speaker 1: but I want to hear it anyway.

446
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Speaker 3: Were you thinking Jaden Daniels? I was, Yeah, for fantasy purposes,

447
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 3: I don't care where they go. It's Jayden Daniels to me,

448
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 3: because think Anthony Richardson, think Jalen Hurts, think Lamar Jackson.

449
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 3: I'm not saying that Daniels is like like he's not

450
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Speaker 3: nearly as big as Anthony Richardson or Hurts or anything,

451
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Speaker 3: but those quarterbacks were not the number one in their

452
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Speaker 3: class or anything like that, but for fantasy they were

453
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Speaker 3: because what they give you with their legs, and Jayden

454
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Speaker 3: Daniels is that dual threat guy who can come in

455
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Speaker 3: and immediately be a top five dual threat type of

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Speaker 3: quarterback and rush for something like seven eight hundred yards,

457
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Speaker 3: maybe more than that. And if we're talking about that,

458
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Speaker 3: then we're talking about a fantasy QB one. The only

459
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Speaker 3: questions I have with this landing spot is would would

460
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Speaker 3: Daniel Jones still be there? Would they start Daniel Jones

461
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Speaker 3: early on? I like the supporting cast best in Atlanta,

462
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Speaker 3: but McCarthy. I like him as a player too, But

463
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Speaker 3: no one, none of these four. The other three I

464
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Speaker 3: mean run like Jadeen Daniels, so I don't care where

465
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Speaker 3: he lands for fantasy purposes.

466
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Speaker 1: I think he's the QB one next year. Oh god,

467
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Speaker 1: I mentioned this last week. It broke the thing. The

468
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Speaker 1: worries about Jaden Daniels. Right, for every highlight you see

469
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Speaker 1: of him making your great throw, there's one highlight of

470
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Speaker 1: him taking just an insane hit, a wicked hit. I mean,

471
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Speaker 1: the comp wiley coyote has come up more than once,

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Speaker 1: which doesn't seem like a great thing for a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, does that worry you at all? For him

474
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Speaker 1: at the next level?

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Speaker 2: It does, and it should in general with these quarterbacks

476
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Speaker 2: that are willing to rush. It's always going to be

477
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Speaker 2: a concern. Now to Florio's point, it's also always going

478
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Speaker 2: to be a huge positive for fantasy. So it's kind

479
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 2: of that give and take. You have to weigh it

480
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Speaker 2: out and hope that he can figure it out. From

481
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Speaker 2: what we've seen, I think that teams are getting good

482
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Speaker 2: at coaching quarterbacks how to protect themselves a little better

483
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Speaker 2: at the next level, so hopefully we can see that there.

484
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Speaker 2: He is a Giant's coaching staff, one of the ones

485
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Speaker 2: I'm most will trust the NFL. No, not really. I'll

486
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Speaker 2: throw my hat in on this question, by the way,

487
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Speaker 2: to say, please, I know that Caleb Williams is obviously

488
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Speaker 2: the best prospect. Not only is the best prospect in

489
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Speaker 2: this draft, most people consider him where a lot of

490
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Speaker 2: people consider him to be one of the best prospects

491
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Speaker 2: of the last decade at the position, So it is

492
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Speaker 2: easier to trust in his fantasy output from the get go,

493
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Speaker 2: even though he's not the rusher that Daniels is. That said, hey,

494
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Speaker 2: when Andrew Luck came in the league, he was productive

495
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Speaker 2: right away. This is the kind of guy that people

496
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Speaker 2: are comping Caleb to from a prospect level standpoint, so

497
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Speaker 2: it's possible he could produce that well for fantasy out

498
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Speaker 2: the game. But b if he goes to the Bears.

499
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Speaker 2: I know that the Bears don't seem like the best

500
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Speaker 2: situation offensively, but they finally got DJ Moore, who was great.

501
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Speaker 2: They have the opportunity to build around that in several

502
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Speaker 2: different directions from an offensive side of the ball. They

503
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Speaker 2: have the third most cap space in the league. They

504
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Speaker 2: have two picks in the first and four or five

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Speaker 2: in the first four rounds, so they have a lot

506
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Speaker 2: of opportunity. And if they trade Justin Fields to make

507
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 2: this pick up Caleb Williams, that's gonna net them maybe

508
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 2: another late first, early second plus is what it sounds like.

509
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Speaker 2: So that's a lot of assets. And if they do

510
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Speaker 2: this and take Caleb number one, obviously their full focus

511
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Speaker 2: is going to be build around Caleb Williams, build a

512
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Speaker 2: team that can support him, give him the pieces he needs.

513
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Speaker 2: So if he goes one and they build up a

514
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Speaker 2: solid offensive roster around him, he'd be up there for

515
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Speaker 2: me as well.

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Speaker 1: I know when we had Adam rank On a few

517
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Speaker 1: weeks ago, I mean, he very much is still in

518
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: the I think we should build around Justin Fields camp.

519
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: He understands the process of going on and drafting Caleb Williams.

520
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: He still believes that they can build around fields and

521
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Speaker 1: what have you. I'm sort of torn because, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: my Trojan allegiance wants me to wants Caleb to go

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Speaker 1: somewhere where he can immediately be successful where he is.

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Speaker 1: You know, like, ideally he goes to a Houston type

525
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Speaker 1: situation right where they just suddenly blossom and everything is

526
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Speaker 1: great and wonderful. I don't think Chicago's the worst spot

527
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Speaker 1: for him. You mentioned Dj Moore. I think you know,

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Speaker 1: Caleb's biggest strength is sort of playing off schedule. He is,

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Speaker 1: He's a great improviser, gets out of the pocket and

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Speaker 1: makes plays there. I think that's a good spot for

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Speaker 1: him to be in. I think Drake May, though, might

532
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: be the guy who steps in and plays really really well.

533
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Speaker 1: Right away, we saw what Sam Howell did.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: You forget the fact that he was sacked eleventy billion

536
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Speaker 1: times this season. He stood in there and he made

537
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: some really good throws. I think it's awkward for him

538
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Speaker 1: to watch the guy who was behind him in North

539
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Speaker 1: Carolina come in and take his job potentially, but I

540
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 1: think Drake May steps up, and I think I think

541
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Speaker 1: Washington is not a bad spot for him to go

542
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,680
Speaker 1: in and be productive. They've got some good pass catchers there.

543
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: You know, the running back situation isn't the It isn't great,

544
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: but it isn't the worst either. I mean, you know,

545
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Speaker 1: I know people love him. I know people have talked

546
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Speaker 1: about him potentially going number one. I think he's in

547
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 1: a really, really good spot to come in and be

548
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Speaker 1: productive right away. Any thoughts, maybe matt on which guys

549
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: maybe said a long term isn't Caleb? Is he the

550
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: long term answer out of this group?

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00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 2: Long term? I think it has to be Caleb, even

552
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: over Daniels, assuming like, let's just assume that Daniels is

553
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 2: better in year one, as Florio laid out, because of

554
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 2: that rushing ability. I have no problem with that take

555
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 2: at all. And even if you told me that that

556
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,639
Speaker 2: was guaranteed to happen, I would still take Caleb for

557
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 2: the long term because of the value of that prospect.

558
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 2: That level of prospect we're talking about. You know, do

559
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 2: we want to say he's going to be the next

560
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Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes. No, but is he going to be a

561
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 2: high end QB one for Dynasty or every year in

562
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 2: redraft for the next decade. It's a better bet than

563
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 2: you ever get with the draft class bet coming into March.

564
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's Caleb for me. Hopefully that team builds

565
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 2: around him better than they have and let me I'll

566
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Speaker 2: just throw out there, no team, no team in NFL history,

567
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 2: has a worse history of QB success. They've never had

568
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 2: a star ever. It's actually embarrassing and insane. So hopefully

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Speaker 2: he is the savior.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, they still have never had a four

571
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Speaker 1: thousand yard passer in say their history. I mean, you

572
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: talk about Bears quarterbacks, they still refer to Sid Luckman.

573
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Speaker 1: Sid Luckman. This last season was nineteen fifty. Nineteen fifty,

574
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Speaker 1: We're going on seventy five years since Sid Luckman last

575
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Speaker 1: played in an NFL game, and that's the guy they still

576
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: refer too when they talk about great Chicago Bears quarterbacks. Yeah,

577
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: that's that's rough. The other position that that DJ has

578
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: going very early wide receivers. Three in the first nine picks,

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Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison Junior to New England League Neighbors to Arizona,

580
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Speaker 1: Romodonese to Chicago with the number nine pick. We started

581
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Speaker 1: talking three of us in slack yesterday about this, and

582
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Speaker 1: I think we all sort of agree that Marvin Harrison

583
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: Junior obviously an amazing prospect. Going to New England makes

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00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: us all feel depressed and sad and gloomy. But Florida,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with you. I mean, if these were the

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Speaker 1: actual landing spots, how do you rank the three of

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Speaker 1: these guys?

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Speaker 3: I would put Neighbors first for sure, because he's so explosive.

589
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 3: He could win downfield, and he'd have the best quarterback

590
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 3: throwing him the ball with Kyler Murray and I tweet

591
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 3: about it yesterday, Mi me o Cotta. We're talking about

592
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 3: it on slick like right now is a great time

593
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,040
Speaker 3: to buy Kyler Murray because he's going to get a

594
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 3: big upgrade at wide receiver one. I think regardless if

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Speaker 3: it's Marvin Harrison Junior or Neighbors, but I would put

596
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Speaker 3: him one. I think that it's a conversation after because

597
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 3: A Donsay would be catching passes from Caleb Williams assumed

598
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 3: if things broke down this way, but he would be

599
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 3: the number two target behind DJ Moore. I don't know

600
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Speaker 3: who would be the quarterback in this for the Patriots.

601
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 3: Hopefully it wouldn't be mac jons sappy, Hopefully they'd go

602
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 3: outside someone. I still think I would put Marvin Harrison

603
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 3: Junior second, though, because no disrespect to Donsay, I need

604
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,239
Speaker 3: to dive into both of their films more. I've been

605
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 3: watching some quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Stuff as of late.

607
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Speaker 3: But from what I've seen and from everything I've read

608
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Speaker 3: and everything everyone says, Marvin Harrison Junior is just head

609
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 3: and shoulders better than pretty much every wide receiver prospect

610
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 3: we've gotten in recent years. So even in a bad

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Speaker 3: landing spot.

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Speaker 1: I would put him to ahead of a Donsay in

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Speaker 1: this situation. I mean your thoughts, my you are the

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Speaker 1: resident Patriots fan here on the show.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the great thing about this is well, I

616
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: don't know if i'd call it great, but there's the

617
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 2: small silver looking for me of if Marvin Harrison goes

618
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 2: there and is tanked for fantasies that I get to

619
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 2: have Marvin Harrison on my team. However, that doesn't matter

620
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Speaker 2: much if my grandma is throwing him the football, which

621
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 2: is in a situation since Tom Brady left. Yeah, it

622
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 2: is a disaster if he goes there and they don't

623
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Speaker 2: maneuver in the first round to get a quarterback or

624
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 2: sign someone like Kirk Cousins. Basically, it's terrible. I think now,

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00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison, you know, to your guys point, is a

626
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 2: prospect of a level to where you can maybe transcend

627
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: that and maybe even lift up the quarterback whoever it is,

628
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 2: to a better degree, and he'll still be okay. But

629
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Speaker 2: if he goes there, which might arguably be one of

630
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 2: the worst situations in the league, and Neighbors goes to Arizona,

631
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Speaker 2: which might honestly be one of the best in terms

632
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 2: of realistic, you know, options for these top wide receivers,

633
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 2: he's by He's far and away the better option for me.

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00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 2: I love Kyler and the chance he has to rebound.

635
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 2: Like Florio pointed out, I think that Neighbors uh is

636
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 2: the one b in this draft class. And that's I

637
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 2: think that's a hot take because everybody has been hearing

638
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: about Marvin Harrison junior now obviously for years and assume

639
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 2: him to be future Hall of fameer, best prospect, and

640
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 2: Malik Neighbors is kind of a little bit newer name,

641
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 2: sliding a little bit under the radar in comparison, but

642
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 2: he's incredible. His his statistical or analytical breakdown is unbelievable.

643
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 2: If you want to look at yards per route run

644
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 2: in college, which is one of the best things to

645
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 2: look at when you're looking at these prospects. He is

646
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 2: beyond elite. We're talking like above Jamar Chase. You know,

647
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 2: in the the stratosphere of elite that you either get

648
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 2: a superstar or something goes wrong with the I don't

649
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 2: see that happening here. I think he will be a superstar,

650
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 2: and I think Arizona is the place with the opportunity,

651
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 2: the quarterback, the draft capital, it'll all be great, so

652
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 2: he'd be one.

653
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: I mean, look, if somehow this works out that that

654
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison Junior goes to Arizona, I mean, are we

655
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: talking what third round pick in redrafts? That that realistic?

656
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: That's what it is.

657
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 2: I think he's a top twenty four wide to see

658
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 2: you around the game easily.

659
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I mean we talk about this every year,

660
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 1: that we can spend all this time studying tape, talking

661
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: about traits and skills and abilities and what have you.

662
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: Landing spot means so much in fantasy that no matter

663
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: how talented you are, you land in the wrong spot

664
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: and it's gonna automatically put a cap on where you are.

665
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: But I'm with you, guys, Neighbors to Arizona makes him

666
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: number one. I would probably go Odunes to Chicago number two,

667
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: just because if they take Caleb, I feel better about it.

668
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: Quarterback situation, it's not a talent thing, it's a situation thing.

669
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: Now would put Inmates sha at three out of that group.

670
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: His tight end has become interesting to talk about in

671
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. I mean, all hail Sam Laporta,

672
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 1: who is currently the king of fantasy tight ends after

673
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: his rookie season. And now we've got brock Bauers coming.

674
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: And you talk about hearing about himates J for a

675
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: couple of years, We've been hearing about brock Bauers for

676
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: over a year or so. Now DJ sort of admits

677
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: that him falling all the way to eighteen to the

678
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals probably isn't likely. He admitted that he sort

679
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: of mocked this one for his own personal enjoyment. And Matt,

680
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: when I looked at it, I thought, man, that seems

681
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: fun like the Bengals could definitely use a tight end.

682
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: But also they've got Jamar Chase and they may throw

683
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: the franchise tag on T Higgins and that feels like

684
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 1: a lot. Even with Joe Burrow there, it just feels

685
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,439
Speaker 1: like a lot to try to feed brock Bauers enough

686
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: targets that we're going to love what he can be

687
00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,120
Speaker 1: next year. So yay or nay on Bauer to the Bengals.

688
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 2: Next year is a yaina. What's in between? It's a

689
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,879
Speaker 2: rookie tight end situation. It's tough.

690
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 1: Now.

691
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 2: Obviously we're all I don't want to say poisoned by

692
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: but last year was absurd when it came to the

693
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 2: productivity of rookie tight ends. I think we should be

694
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 2: careful about assuming that or that things have changed. So

695
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm going to be considering him

696
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,759
Speaker 2: a top you know, six eight, maybe even ten tight

697
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 2: end if he goes there. But I do think it

698
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 2: is a good spot, mainly because if there's somebody who

699
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: can support that many targets, it would be a healthy

700
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow. Now we'll see how healthy Joe Burrow is.

701
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 2: But also, you know, between t Higgins and Tyler Boyd,

702
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 2: I think it's likely that one will be gone. I

703
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 2: do think that they'll try to get one back, but

704
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 2: that's going to open up a lot of targets as well.

705
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 2: Whichever one it is. And this offense is built around,

706
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 2: you know, Burrow throwing the ball a mix and taking

707
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,479
Speaker 2: the short yardage stuff they need. That they could really

708
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 2: use a tight end. They haven't had one, certainly, not

709
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 2: of this potential caliber. I think that he would be

710
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 2: have a great opportunity there and be solid out the gate.

711
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it was a last legit with Tyler

712
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: Eifert maybe the last Yeah, probably even and that's that's

713
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: been a while.

714
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 2: It's good for fantasy. Back in the day he was No,

715
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 2: he did have a couple.

716
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: Of really good fantasy c I'm looking at it right now.

717
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: Twenty fifteen, six hundred and fifteen yards whatever, thirteen touchdowns.

718
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: That's great.

719
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 3: You know it was nine years ago though at this yea, yeah,

720
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 3: twenty fifteens a while ago, right, and like he had

721
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 3: thirteen touchdowns that one year.

722
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: He had thirteen touchdowns the rest of his career combined.

723
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: So you know, they could definitely use the tight end.

724
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: I just worry that there's not enough targets, potentially, at

725
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,439
Speaker 1: least in the first year, for brock Bauers to really

726
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: be great. Adam I Mitchell DJ has him going to

727
00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay now The big point here, Gloreo is that

728
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: you know Mike Evans could be on his way out

729
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: of Tampa. I know Baker Mayfield has said he wants

730
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,760
Speaker 1: to run it back, he wants to keep the band

731
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: back together. I think that'd be a lot of fun

732
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: if he leaves. I mean, ad Ni Mitchell, big body

733
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: guy who's good downfield, wins jump balls, sounds a lot

734
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 1: like Mike Evans. I know we're not super geeked about Baker,

735
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: but would you feel better if this was potentially the

736
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 1: replacement for Evans.

737
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 3: I'd feel a little. I would feel better than if

738
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 3: they just didn't replace him at all. Like, no, no

739
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 3: disrespect to Mitchell. He's not going to come in and

740
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 3: give you what Mike Evans gave you.

741
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: Last year, ten straight one thousand yard seasons or whatever.

742
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,720
Speaker 3: One of the downfield options and great in the red zone.

743
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 3: And so yeah, it would be a hit to the Bucks,

744
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 3: to Baker, to all of that if Mike Evans was

745
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 3: to leave. And I've kind of been pushing Mike Evans

746
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 3: to the Chiefs for a while now. If that doesn't happen,

747
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 3: I think the Bucks make a lot of sense for

748
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 3: him to just kind of go back, But yeah, I

749
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 3: think it would be he lofty expectations to put on

750
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 3: any rookie to be like, hey, you're on Mike Williams

751
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 3: Mike Evans replacement, even if you could be seventy five

752
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 3: percent of like that would be a huge success. And

753
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 3: for Baker. I totally understand why Baker wants to run

754
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,280
Speaker 3: his back and have everything get back and everything, because like, yeah,

755
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 3: where else is he gonna go? You know, So like

756
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 3: he's advocating for Baker by that, not the Bucks.

757
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,839
Speaker 1: I mean, look, I'm not mad at it. He's coming

758
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: off his best career season. I mean he looked great

759
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: and I know you and I have said on this

760
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: show and apologized to Baker multiple times because we didn't

761
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: believe and he went out. He had a very very

762
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: good year. So absolutely Baker's looking out for Baker. When

763
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: he says Mike Evans should come back, I'm not mad

764
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: about that, like in the least. But speaking of sending

765
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: guys to Kansas City, and Florio says he's sort of

766
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,959
Speaker 1: pushing Mike Evans that direction. Dj Okad I has Troy

767
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: Franklin from the University of Oregon going to KC. Franklin

768
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 1: a speed guy, a vertical threat. That is one thing

769
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 1: that the Chiefs have been missing since Tyreek Hill left.

770
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm not going to sit here and say that Troy

771
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: Franklin's going to be the next Tyreek Hill? But can

772
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: he be better than Mark cuz Veldez scantly? Can he

773
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: be that guy? And and if he is, is the

774
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: hype train going to go off the rails? Because you

775
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: know we anytime a skill position guy goes to Patrick Mahomes' offense,

776
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: we get maybe a little bit too fired up. Does

777
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: the hype train get going again? If Troy Franklin lands

778
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: in KC.

779
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 2: Well, okay, can he be better than MVS? Easily? Yes?

780
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 2: Because I think I might be able to put a

781
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 2: three hundred yards passes for Patrick Mahomes. MVS was a

782
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 2: disaster last year, barring a couple nice plays towards the

783
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 2: end of the season, but most of the stuff we

784
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:50,720
Speaker 2: remember him before was bad. So replacing him is easy

785
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 2: if you bring in Troy fr Troy Franklin to replace him.

786
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: What does that look like for Troy Franklin? Does he

787
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 2: double or triple that production? I don't necessarily. Here's what

788
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 2: I'll say on Franklin and the hype train. Does he

789
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 2: have the blazing speed? Yes? What does that make us

790
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 2: automatically think of when we're talking about Kansas City Tyreek Hill.

791
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 2: Of course, it's very hard to replace Tyreek Hill. And

792
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,320
Speaker 2: what you'll note is that the Chiefs haven't really tried.

793
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 2: Andy Reid hasn't really tried. He said, oh, we don't

794
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 2: have the greatest, possibly the greatest weapon at the wide

795
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 2: receiver position that we've ever seen, not necessarily greatest receiver,

796
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 2: but just in terms of like the ability to destroy

797
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 2: a defense or put fear in a defense, Tyreek Kill

798
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 2: is absurd. We don't have that. Okay, let's not try

799
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 2: to replace him because it's not possible. Let's do something else.

800
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 2: And this last year, Patrick Mahomes, like it or not,

801
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 2: Chiefs fans or Mahomes Truthers was the dak and dunkiest

802
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 2: quarterback in the National Football League. You know, we went

803
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 2: into that Super Bowl, everybody talking about Brock Perdy being

804
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 2: a game manager, dinkin dunker. It was Mahomes who's throwing

805
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 2: everything behind the line. And that's what Reid does is

806
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 2: he comes up with creative answers for the roster you have.

807
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 2: So if Troy Franklin goes there, I will like it.

808
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 2: I will be excited because you still have Patrick Mahomes

809
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 2: as your quarterback. It doesn't matter if you're going to

810
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 2: replace Tyreek Kill or not. Having Mahomes is great and

811
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 2: he is a great prospect with tools to be absurdly good,

812
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 2: especially with a quarterback and throw a deep ball like that.

813
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 2: But I would be I would temper the hype train

814
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 2: a bit if it turns into Tyreek Hill Tyreek Hill

815
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 2: that I don't really expect. I think he'll be. I

816
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 2: think he'll be solid, but careful.

817
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: He's the He's the Gabe Davis replacement. That's what Troy

818
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: Franklin really is. Oh, I don't know. I don't know

819
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 1: that excites me a whole lot either necessarily. I mean,

820
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: that's just yeah, so's they're saying he's better in best

821
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: ball already he need to step on the field and

822
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: you're just saying he's the best ball sort of guy.

823
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 2: Honestly, that's kind of valid.

824
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: Uh Yeah. The only thing that worries me and this,

825
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 1: I would admit this is me maybe being in my

826
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: own head too much, right, and like sometimes I think

827
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: think we can all be guilty of not judging the

828
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: player on his individual merits and maybe just on situation.

829
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: And my first thought is the Chiefs recently, and by

830
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: recently I mean maybe the last decade, have not been

831
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 1: great at drafting wide receivers. Like, yes, they found Rashi

832
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 1: Rice and that looks like it's going to turn out

833
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: to be good. But you go back Sky Moore. Cornell

834
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: Powell was a fifth round pick in twenty twenty one.

835
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: Me Cole Hardman, Yes, I know he caught the Super

836
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: Bowl winning touchdown, but me Cole Hardman has not blossomed

837
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: into anything over his career. Trying to look at some

838
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: of the other guys, Ja Hu Chessen, DeMarcus Robinson. You know,

839
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill was a fifth round guy that they thought

840
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 1: was going to be a special teamer more than anything.

841
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: Like they didn't draft him to be the guy that

842
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 1: he has become. Chris Conley, which, by the way, side note,

843
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting Chris Conley tackling who was

844
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:01,800
Speaker 1: it for the Chiefs, Like there were a a swap

845
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: of players like former forty nine Ers playing for the

846
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: Chiefs and former Chiefs playing for the forty nine Ers

847
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, and they ended up tackling each other.

848
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: I thought that was amusing. That's just my own thing.

849
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,479
Speaker 1: Long story short, though, the Chiefs have not been great

850
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: at drafted wide receivers, and that makes me nervous and

851
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: I probably shouldn't do that.

852
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 3: They certainly have.

853
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: A tight they do have it.

854
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 3: You could run fast.

855
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: They are interested in you.

856
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 2: Honestly, they haven't done a great job of just having

857
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 2: good wide receivers draft or otherwise. Besides Tyreek Hill, who's

858
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 2: the last one before that? That was great? I don't

859
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 2: even know.

860
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: Oh wow, yeah, no, it's it's been a lot.

861
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 3: I mean, look, Dwayne Bow.

862
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 2: Yes, Dwayne Bow that might be the only other one.

863
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: Wow, Richie James, by the way, that's the name I

864
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: was trying to think of.

865
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 2: Richie Yeas.

866
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: Anyway, Yeah, I mean what we're not really that far

867
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: removed from a season where the Chiefs had, you know,

868
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 1: no touchdowns from a wide receiver. I mean, it wasn't

869
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: really that long ago that that happen. It makes Travis

870
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: Kelsey that much more impressive. M hm. Yeah. So anyways,

871
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: one guy kind of died through this bog draft a

872
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: little bit. I know, we'll do it again as we

873
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 1: get closer to draft season, it's started to talk about

874
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: landing spots. Ideally, we're gonna start talking to some other

875
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 1: folks too, Maybe get Bucky Brooks on the show. I

876
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: know he's not in New Orleans right now with the Lakwan,

877
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: and you know, he's obviously got his finger on the

878
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: pulse of this stuff as well, So that'll be fun

879
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: to talk about as we get a little bit closer

880
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,839
Speaker 1: to April and May. But Matt, we appreciate you hanging

881
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: out man. For folks who are looking out for you, man,

882
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: where can they find your stuff.

883
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 2: At Mattowcot on Twitter. Go to NFL dot com and

884
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,879
Speaker 2: read this cuts article. There's also going to be a

885
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 2: free agency boom bust article coming out soon spoiler alert.

886
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 2: I don't know, I know if I'm even allowed to

887
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 2: say that, but there it is. It's out too, with

888
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 2: some with some fantasy implications as well, so that one

889
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 2: will be fun to read.

890
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: Oh Outsdandy, we might have to get you back on

891
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 1: to talk about that one too as well, because that

892
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:57,440
Speaker 1: sounds actually awesome. Anyway, Yeah, go check out, Matt. We're

893
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: gonna take a quick break, come back into Matt, Matt,

894
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 1: Mike and I we're gonna try to figure out how

895
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: to fix All Star games, because apparently that's a thing

896
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: that we need to do. Anyways, stick arout for more

897
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. So wrap it up

898
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: the show, and by the way, thanks to Matto Kata

899
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 1: for stopping by. Be sure to check him out read

900
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: his column on NFL dot com. But wanted to finish

901
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,720
Speaker 1: for something just kind of a little bit different because

902
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: we're not that far removed from the Pro Bowl. Just

903
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: what about three weeks or so. The NBA All Star

904
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:35,240
Speaker 1: Game just happened over the past weekend, and it seems

905
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: as though the big talking points when it comes to

906
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: All Star games recently has been that, you know, they

907
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,919
Speaker 1: need to be fixed, no one cares, the players don't

908
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: seem all that interested. I mean, for years everybody said, well,

909
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: you know, the Pro Bowl has turned into a flag

910
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: football game, so the NFL just went on and made

911
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: it an actual flag football game. The NBA All Star

912
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: Game pretty much is just uncontested dunks and lightly contested

913
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: three point shots. I mean, the East scored two hundred

914
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: points this year in the All Star Game, so it's

915
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: obviously not the same as it was. You know, ten

916
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty thirty years ago. So I guess, as we

917
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: sit here and talk about it, do we still need

918
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: All Star games? Do we still even want All Star

919
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: games as a general public? And you know, how do

920
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 1: we fix them? If that's the case.

921
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 3: I can't speak for the whole public, but me, I

922
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 3: don't think we need them. I think they're outdated. Like

923
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 3: baseball was my first love, and as a nineties kid,

924
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 3: I mean we interleague play only really started in like

925
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,399
Speaker 3: the late nineties. So when I was a kid, I

926
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 3: love the All Star Game because like, even when there

927
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,240
Speaker 3: was interleague play in like the late nineties early two thousands,

928
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 3: it was two weeks of the season or something like that,

929
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 3: and you would play like the Mets would always play

930
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 3: the Yankees. But like if I wanted to see Mike

931
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 3: Piazza face like Pedro Martinez, the Mets were never good

932
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 3: enough to make the World World Series, so that was

933
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 3: my only opportunity to really see it. Now we get

934
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 3: interleague play every single day of the baseball season, so

935
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 3: I don't think it's as needed. And I thought long

936
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 3: and hard about how to fix them, Okay, and you can't.

937
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 3: You can't offer money to people who have all the

938
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 3: money in the world. There's not gonna be enough money

939
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,399
Speaker 3: to get them to play. So I was like, how

940
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 3: can we incentivize it? And time, time is what we

941
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 3: have that the players need this time of year. So

942
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 3: they play the All Star NBA also game on Sunday night, right,

943
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:38,279
Speaker 3: whoever loses. If the East lose, every Eastern Conference team

944
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 3: plays that Monday and the West gets off until Thursday.

945
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: As Oh, because if.

946
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 3: You told them whether you it's like the Office, you

947
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 3: watch the Office, right, Like when they play to work

948
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,959
Speaker 3: on Saturday. Everyone is playing hard because no one wants

949
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 3: to work on Saturday. I think, look, it would be

950
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 3: hard to plan with venues and arenas, like scheduling, Yeah.

951
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 1: Would be kind of tough.

952
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 3: But if you told the players you're VACA depends on it,

953
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,439
Speaker 3: you're gonna get You're gonna get defense, that's for sure.

954
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,360
Speaker 1: That's interesting. I you know, I never considered that that

955
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 1: would be a definite way to get guys to like

956
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: focus in and pay attention a little bit, because I

957
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 1: mean my thought was maybe not to fix the All

958
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: Star Star games, but let's just de emphasize them a

959
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 1: little bit, right, Like like All Star Saturday Night still

960
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: has some meaning to it, even though I think the

961
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: dunk contest has probably run its course because yeah, we've

962
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: seen it. Like I don't know what anybody can do

963
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:36,279
Speaker 1: short of you know, anti gravity boots or something like that.

964
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: Like I think we just we've seen all of the

965
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 1: dunks that can be done.

966
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 3: Like Jalen Brown had one, and Kenny smith Er whoever

967
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 3: the announcer was, was like in eighty five that was

968
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 3: a fifty, and it's like you've seen that dunk for

969
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: forty years.

970
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: Now, you know. I think somebody tweeted like, you know,

971
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,880
Speaker 1: like jumping over people, like we've seen every variation of

972
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 1: you jumping over people now, Like it's just it's not

973
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: as exciting anymore. My thought was just the All Star

974
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: Game and just just flip flop the days, right, like

975
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, put put the All Star Game on like

976
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon or something like that, let them play like

977
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: get the other way, and then the showcase, the skills showcase,

978
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: because that seems to be what people really get excited for.

979
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 1: You know, the three point shootout is still exciting, that's

980
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,280
Speaker 1: still interesting. I mean, you have the stuff versus Sabrina

981
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 1: that was fun to watch. I legitimately enjoyed that.

982
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:25,919
Speaker 3: I thought it was the best part of the night.

983
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, so why don't we make that the centerpiece thame.

984
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: Why don't we put that part on Sunday and make

985
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: that the showcase of the weekend. The game itself can

986
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: be you know, like whatever they want to play, you know,

987
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: and have it scored b you know, two hundred and

988
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 1: eight to one eighty six or whatever it was. We

989
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: could do that part on Saturday, have that Saturday afternoon. Also,

990
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,439
Speaker 1: let's not start it so late. Yeah, it starts really late.

991
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 1: And I say that to somebody on the West Coast

992
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,320
Speaker 1: where it's like still you know, five thirty in the evening,

993
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,360
Speaker 1: but like there's nothing else going on on Sunday. Just

994
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 1: play the game already, like we don't have to wait

995
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 1: all day.

996
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's hard because like you can't really incentivize them

997
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 3: to want to play for because I have all the

998
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,799
Speaker 3: money and they right and rightfully so and they don't

999
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 3: want to get hurt. So it's really hard to I

1000
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 3: think back in the day there was some pride on

1001
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 3: it when it was like this is the only time

1002
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 3: we're going to play each other, and I want.

1003
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:20,880
Speaker 1: To show that I'm better than you.

1004
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 3: But we get these matchups every single night for six months.

1005
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think I've seen a lot of people

1006
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: make the point too that now because rings culture, which

1007
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: has kind of infected every sport, is so important. If

1008
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: I'm a player in any sport, why am I going

1009
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 1: to go out and risk injury that prevents me from

1010
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: possibly winning a championship Because that's all going to be

1011
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 1: judged on when my career is over. You know, no

1012
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 1: matter what I do, no matter how many other awards

1013
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: I win, somebody's gonna say, well, you know, you didn't

1014
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: get a ring, So why would I bother busting my

1015
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,400
Speaker 1: butt to win an All Star Game or get an

1016
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 1: All Star Game MVP when you know people aren't really

1017
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: going to credit that for anything. So I get that the.

1018
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 3: All Star Game MVP is almost like the smallest award

1019
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 3: you could win. Like, like you said, like Dame won

1020
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 3: the MVP and the three point con I think more

1021
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 3: people care about the three point Contest win than anything

1022
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 3: like the Dunk contest. I think people care more about

1023
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:21,479
Speaker 3: than who gets the All Star Game MVP.

1024
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,919
Speaker 1: Oh, it's funny that you know, you could see Dame

1025
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:25,480
Speaker 1: was really going out of his way to win that

1026
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: thing early like he was he was really like from

1027
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,399
Speaker 1: the beginning, because like the first few minutes you thought

1028
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,920
Speaker 1: maybe Tyrese Haliburton. He came out of the gate firing.

1029
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: I think he scored fifteen points in the first couple

1030
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 1: of minutes. Uh, and then after a while Dame took over.

1031
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,720
Speaker 1: You're like, all right, he's he's obviously on a mission

1032
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: to win this MVP.

1033
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 3: I will say, I love that he stole it from

1034
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:47,360
Speaker 3: the hometown kid no sense to Haliburt and the Pacers.

1035
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 3: Just the heel doing that.

1036
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: Oh, I like, yeah, oh yeah, especially for the team

1037
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: playing with the team in you know, the same division too,

1038
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:56,359
Speaker 1: Like that's that's hilarious to me. Also, I think it's

1039
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 1: funny that the NBA's back to back dunk champion doesn't

1040
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,240
Speaker 1: actually play in the NBA.

1041
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:03,799
Speaker 3: It's one of my favorite things that there has got

1042
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 3: not good enough to be in the NBA, but no

1043
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 3: one can out dunk him.

1044
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: But he is a great He apparently is the champion

1045
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: dunker of the NBA. Like I know, if we should

1046
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: do in other sports too, right, have skills competitions like

1047
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know, I'll have you know, he

1048
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: if some guy from triple A can come up within

1049
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:21,840
Speaker 1: the home run derby or something like that, right, Like,

1050
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 1: let's do it.

1051
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,440
Speaker 3: It should be a yearly event. Like look, I know

1052
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 3: Steph won. Sabrino put up twenty six, which was the

1053
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:32,240
Speaker 3: high score in both rounds three the men's three point.

1054
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:34,160
Speaker 1: She would have been the finals, and Steph.

1055
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 3: Made it look like yearly. Let's just pick anyone in

1056
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 3: the world and see if they can out shoot Steph.

1057
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 1: That's you know, loser leaves the court, like Steph just

1058
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 1: stays on until somebody beats him, right, he just stays

1059
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 1: on and he keeps shooting until somebody beats him. And

1060
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 1: we'll see how jelly legs and he can't jump in

1061
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:53,439
Speaker 1: He's like, you can't can't lift his arms anymore because

1062
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,520
Speaker 1: he's been shooting all day. Uh yeah, you know what

1063
00:52:56,520 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: I think here's it. I think the NFL has sort

1064
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: of gone at least along the path with the skills competition,

1065
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,279
Speaker 1: and I think that's kind of become one of the

1066
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,799
Speaker 1: showcases of the Pro Bowl weekend. You know, I think

1067
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,400
Speaker 1: people you know, are sort of interested in the flag

1068
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: football game and what have you, But I think the

1069
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: skills competition is I think that's sort of the thing

1070
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:17,880
Speaker 1: with these All Star weekends now, because as you mentioned,

1071
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: it's not necessarily special to see the players go up

1072
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: against each other because we tend to see it a

1073
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Speaker 1: whole lot, you know. I think for us who play Fantasy,

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Speaker 1: we've been putting all star teams together for a long

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Speaker 1: time now, so.

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Speaker 3: And we're hardcore sports fans. Like Nicolette watches the Home

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Speaker 3: Run Derby with me. She watched Saturday Night with me.

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Speaker 3: She doesn't care, but she's like, this is entertaining, and

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Speaker 3: she would not think that of an All Star game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think the All Star games have

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Speaker 1: become like, you know, I don't know, cut to the sidelines,

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Speaker 1: see what celebrities are hanging out there. At least the

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Speaker 1: NBA All Star Game, for sure, I don't know. It

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Speaker 1: is definitely as you mentioned, I think a thing from

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Speaker 1: a bygone era when you couldn't see guys. I mean

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Speaker 1: I was. I pulled up as you were talking the

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Speaker 1: nineteen night one Major League Baseball All Star Game, you know,

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Speaker 1: and how amazing it was, you know, potentially to see

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Speaker 1: Dennis Secresley face Tony Gwenn because you just weren't gonna

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Speaker 1: get that in a regular season, you know, just wasn't

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Speaker 1: gonna happen. Now they're gonna happen all the time. That's fun.

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Speaker 3: It kind of reminds me of the World Baseball Classic

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Speaker 3: a couple of years ago when it was Otani versus

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Speaker 3: Trout and that was amazing. Yeah, everyone was watching that,

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Speaker 3: even though most people would say that that game doesn't

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Speaker 3: really matter, but.

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Speaker 1: It was amazing, right because we don't see now we

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Speaker 1: actually we actually may see it now they're different teams.

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Speaker 1: We may actually get to see that at some point

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Speaker 1: in the very near future. We'll see. But there it is.

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Speaker 1: All Star games. Yeah, they're just there. I think that's

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Speaker 1: sort of the the the end result of this whole conversation.

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Speaker 1: But I do like your idea of maybe giving some

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Speaker 1: guys extra rest if they af their team wins the

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Speaker 1: All Star Game. We'll see if you guys play play

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Speaker 1: a little bit harder in that In that case, we'll see. Uh. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: that'll do it for this edition of the NFL Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football Podcast. Thanks to man Matt Okata for hanging out

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Speaker 1: with us as well. Stay happy, safe and healthy, do good,

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Speaker 1: and live well. Enjoy the week, everybody, and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you again real soon