WEBVTT - NFL Tone-Deaf on pain management, ESPN Auction Draft Blunder, Colts Breakdown, Movie Bracket 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:06.040 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:14.920 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:18.040 Sports Radio Network. You are now tunes into the speeds 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:22.119 and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on that 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:26.600 safe buc on the microphone. You know that I'm one 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:35.320 of the best yet Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.040 It's your boy, Dame Martinez, a k A. Speed Taka 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:42.599 to spitting Statistician and you are listening live to the 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.800 Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.199 Radio Network. Want a big shout out to our newest 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.320 listeners as well. You could be listening live on tune 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:57.160 In Radio. You could be listening live on I Heart Radio. 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:00.560 Thanks to everybody for tuning in. You can also listening 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.560 on that Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. I got my 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.360 man Mikey Florio with me on the ones and two's 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.440 keeping it so hot that we sweat steam and I 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.200 got a great show for you on a Wednesday. Okay. 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:17.040 First of all, Gencarlos Stanton did not hit a home 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:19.400 run today. Okay, I want to let that be known. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.200 The Marlins have already played, so the streak is over, 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.120 but it seems like he was trying to hit one 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.280 on our show for the entire week. He did not 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.920 go yard today and picking up on something we talked 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.320 about yesterday, it sounds like the Marlins are willing to 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:38.520 engage in trade conversations with other teams about gen Carlos Stanton. 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.759 That's another shot called by speeds of fitting statistician we're 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:43.600 gonna get into today. I'm gonna give you news and 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:45.920 notes from around the league. I'm also going to talk 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.600 about a couple of different ways where the NFL continues 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.920 to be tone deaf on what their players want and 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.240 the kind of the brand that they are putting out there. 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:59.200 I'm talking about their policies on cleats. We're gonna discuss 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:03.440 their policy see on pain management and incredibly powerful testimonial 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:07.560 from Eugene Monroe, former offensive lineman for the Ravens, that 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.720 we're gonna get into a little bit about how he 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.560 is managing the pain he has one year after retiring 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.160 from the NFL. As you know, we're putting the spotlight 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.120 on a different team every day as we get into 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.560 fantasy football, and the buzz continues to be palpable. We 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.080 are in the a f C South all week long. 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:30.160 We continue today with the Indianapolis Colts. The question out 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.600 there really is will Andrew be up all night to 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.679 get lucky or will he be okay for Week one 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.880 Week two pup list. This is what we need to know, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.720 and it's such a big issue to be quite honest, 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.160 that I have a new poll up. We haven't done 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.560 this for any other team so far in our previews. 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:50.840 We got a poll question up there right now about 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.520 the season win total for the Colts. It's currently at 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.000 eight and a half, right, But one of the options 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.799 I have is should they take the line down? Does 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.680 Andrew luck matter that much to the Colts? I think so, 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:05.560 and that will be clear to you as well when 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.040 we talk about who you need to fade on the 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:12.480 Indianapolis Colts, because absolutely they are all fool gazey as 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.959 you know. Also, we are crowning the best sports movie 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.600 of all time this summer right here on the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.560 Two of the four tickets to the final four have 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.600 been punched. White men can't jump, representing basketball. We've got 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.480 Rocky also as well that has gotten in there tonight. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.920 We have the number one seed in the football region Rudy, 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.240 but it's up against the Cinderella story of Varsity Blues. 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.720 You can get on at F and T s Y Radio, 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.800 at Spitting Speeds on Twitter and make your voice heard. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.400 We're gonna come on right back. We're gonna talk football 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.880 and uh, you know, some societal issues around football. 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Stay, what's up to your boy 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.919 speeds the spitting statistician when you can. All right, let's 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.760 get into it. I gotta give you some news and 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.320 notes from around the league before we get into my 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:23.719 reasons why the NFL is tone death completely. All right? Uh? 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.120 In Major League Baseball, tonight, Mariners third baseman Kyle Seeger 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.480 is once again going to miss a game. This is 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.400 his second game in a row missing with the flu. 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.280 It's not a big deal. He's day to day. He 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.520 should be just back and fine going into the weekend. 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:40.640 Also of note, Nationals outfielder Jason Worth. It looks like 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.320 he's going to start a rehab assignment over the weekend 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.679 coming back from that foot injury. He's been out since 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.320 early June. It's been over two months and that would 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.280 be a big help to the Nationals. Remember, Bryce Harper 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.760 is going to miss some time. Worth was successful in 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.120 that two hole of the lineup for a while, so 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.280 keep an eye on the rehab of Jason Worth. Also 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.200 keep an eye on this. This could be a nice 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.880 little value for some people in season long leagues. At 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:09.080 the end of the season. Angels starting pitcher Andrew Heeney 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.400 looks like he is going to make his season debut 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:15.400 and return from Tommy John surgery after fourteen months on 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.640 the shelf. It looks like he is set to start 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.400 for the Angels on Friday. If you need a little 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.200 bit uh in season long, this may be someone to 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.200 keep an eye on on the waiver wire. Also, as 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.440 I mentioned, Giancarlo Stanton last night hit his forty fourth 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:34.320 home run of the season. Didn't go yard today, but 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.680 it is still as high as you are going to 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.600 get if the Marlins want to try to flip him 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.720 or trade him. And we get reports today that the 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.320 Marlins are willing to engage in trade talk for the 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.800 slugger With ten in years and two hundred and ninety 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:52.320 five million dollars still left on his deal. There is 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.479 still news though in the middle of the week around 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.240 the NFL as well. Okay, so there are some keeople 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.640 that I gotta give you an update on. First his 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.640 eagle is running back Ryan Matthews. Remember I told you 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.240 at the beginning of the week he was gonna go 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:06.359 to Philly and as soon as he can clear physical 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.480 he would be cut. Well guess what he got cut 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.920 after his physical. That clears four million dollars of cap 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.080 space for the Philadelphia Eagles. I do think Ryan Matthews 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.000 will latch on somewhere, but where that is keep it. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.200 Tune to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network hashtag shot called 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.720 by your boy Speeds the fitting statistician. Ravens wide receiver 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.200 Brichard Perriman, he has a big time hamstring strain. He's 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.120 gonna be out for it looks like two two more weeks. 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.160 They don't know if he is going to be ready 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.440 for Week one. Remember I continue to fade this Baltimore 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:41.720 Ravens offense. They are not dynamic in my opinion, and Perriman, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.560 he's been injury riddled as well, does not hurt help 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.080 their cause. On the flip side, though, Dolphins running back 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.160 Jed g I E Has gotten out of the concussion protocol. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.720 He has been cleared and ready for contact already. So 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.040 it's good to see that J. G I E Is 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.120 out of the cold dark quiet room and cleared of 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:03.880 the protocol. Bucks beat reporter is actually now saying that O. J. Howard, 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.000 the rookie tight end, is going to be more of 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.960 a blocking tight end early on. Remember I've said this before. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.840 Tight end is the hardest position for rookies to pick up. 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.640 Why because they have to know the entire route tree 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.400 for the receivers, and they also have to know all 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.640 the blocking schemes that go along with being a tight end. 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.040 It's a lot of stuff for tight ends to learn 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.640 early on. I've said stick with Camin Braid. I think 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.200 he is going to be the Bucks tight end to own, 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:35.240 especially early in the season. O J. Howard and meet 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:40.280 to me is completely overvalued going in eleventh round of drafts. 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:44.200 Right now. Tomorrow began's Week two of the preseason. Okay, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:45.920 and so I'm gonna be telling you what I'm looking 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.719 for in all those games on tomorrow's show. One thing 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:52.360 to know already, though, J Cutler smoking J will be 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.800 under center for the Miami Dolphins as they take on 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.839 the Baltimore Ravens. Remember how great of a start Mitchell 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.640 Trabinsky had in his debut yesterday. Well beat reporters in 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.600 Chicago still saying that Mike Glennan, remember he who signed 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.680 the three year, fifty four million dollar contract in the 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:13.560 off season, is quote unquote still the heavy favorite to 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:17.760 start for the Chicago Beers. However, there is buzz in camp. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:22.120 Somebody to look out is their tight end rookie Adam Schheen. Okay, 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.680 they are saying that he's gonna quote unquote a big 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.480 part of the offense. And if you remember, they've got 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.480 Marcus Wheaton down. A lot of people are high on 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.800 guys like Cameron Meredith, but maybe there is opportunity for 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.440 a new quarterback to have the security blanket of Adam Sheheen. 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.800 I'm telling you there are a lot of tight end 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.280 sleepers I like. Even if you listen to this network, 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.600 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, you hear about guys like Shaheen. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.559 You hear about guys like Austin Hooper on the Braves. 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.720 Hear about my guy on the New York Football Jets, 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:54.000 Austin Safari and Jenkins. Even guys like you know, Hunter 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.480 Henry Jack Doyle, who we're gonna talk a little bit 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.280 more about when we get into the Indianapolis Colts a 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.240 little bit late are on. And also, as you know, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:06.400 Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys running back, has officially appealed his six 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.199 game suspension. You gotta keep a close eye on this 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.960 where it's going to play out. Okay, remember Tom Brady 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.760 pushed this back for a full year. There has been 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:18.240 a year of investigating this. Now with the appeal literally 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:22.360 in this season two thousand seventeen, Ezekiel Elliott may play 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.840 all sixteen games. He may have six getting suspended. The 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.120 suspension may go down to four or even less. Keep 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.080 an eye out on this situation. So what you need 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.360 to do is download the Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:39.000 This way you could always stay up to date with everybody. 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.719 My man Corey Parks in the Fantasy Executive the g 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:47.040 Tony Senkada, my man Greg Slussman, my guy Mike Florio 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.960 on Fantasy Best Friends Forever. They will tell you what 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.000 you need to know when it comes to the Zeke 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:56.560 suspension and everything else. All right, I'll let you guys 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.040 know that there were a couple of things that struck 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.480 me recently about the NFL being toned deaf. The first 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.800 of all is that they are going to, they say, 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:09.680 relax some of the regulations around the cleats that players 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.800 are now allowed to wear. Remember last year, DeAndre Hopkins 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.600 got fined, a couple of other guys got fined for 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.520 wearing the Yeazy s. The Kanye West sues. You know 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.320 what I'm saying, and they're going to relax these restrictions. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.839 But check this out, only for pregame warmups. I think 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.680 that's absolutely ridiculous. But here's the statement from the NFL. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.320 Players will be allowed to wear more personalized cleats for 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.439 pregame prior to warmups, and will have greater greater flexibility 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:39.920 on cleat color worn in the games. During pregame warmups, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.959 players can use any design they want, so long as 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:47.360 it doesn't depict commercialized or trademark logos. The cleats also 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:52.160 cannot have anything that would be deemed offensive or express 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:56.360 political views. I think that's very interesting. Remember they're dealing 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.600 with this stuff on the anthem people making their statements, 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.480 so they're saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, you could be funky, 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.600 you could wear those yeasys, you can wear some different colors, 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.080 but just still can't have political views when you're on, 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.960 you know, the shield of the NFL. I thought it 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:15.000 was also interesting. Ocho Sinko chad Ocho Sinko Johnson tweeted 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.679 asking if he could get his money back. Remember he 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.160 was fine for wearing like gold plated cleats back in 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.480 the day, so he he hopped on that on social media. 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:26.600 I thought that was funny. But once again the NFL 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:30.720 missing the boat on the ability of their players to 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.360 express themselves. And I think that is very important to note. 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:38.240 So even when they're going far, they're not going far enough. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:42.400 I mentioned though that Eugene Monroe. There's another, uh now 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.120 another testimonial. This guy wrote an article on the Players 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.720 Tribune where it's you know, the athletes speaking from the 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:51.080 heart and as themselves, and he talked about how he 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.640 retired a full year ago, but he's still managing his 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.640 physical condition and how it's now a part of his 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.600 daily routine and something that he thinks will be that 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.680 way forever. He went. He went so deep as to say, 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.720 you know, like he wonders which like seventeen power, which 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:07.360 is the name of a famous run play that they 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:11.200 ran in Baltimore, which seventeen power is responsible for every 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:15.000 twinge in his neck, every tweak in his back. What 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:19.360 caused the headaches? You know, what practice drill where he 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:23.320 was going man up with another defensive lineman causes the headaches. 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.440 Which time when he got floored and had his head 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:32.120 bang against the turf is what causes his sensitivity to light. 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.560 You know. He talked about how he saw Trey Thomas 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.600 in his rookie year, who was kind of a veteran 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.920 at that point, and saw the way he walked and 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.679 wondered if that would be ever him, you know. But 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.160 was also interesting is that Eugene Monroe is proud to 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:50.520 say that he is one free of pharmaceutical drugs, you know, 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:52.640 and that he's achieved being able to kind of live 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.840 because he's integrated cannabis into his lifestyle. Remember I said 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.320 last week how the NFL and the NFL p A 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.880 are looking at me. We now study the effects of marijuana. 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.600 But this was again the NFL being toned deaf when 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.720 Roger Goodell says that it's still a dangerous and addicting habit. 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.680 He's doing this is he you know, he talks about 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.960 Eugi Monroe. This is talks about how he was given 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:16.480 vicodin before every practice, how NFL players lined up for 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.400 toal doll shots, and now how this is still the 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.720 impact he has. He says that in this year that 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.760 he's been retired, how he meets with NFL players who 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.840 now want to be able to have cannabis oils, want 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.800 to be able to use this, But no, they're gonna 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.240 get a four game suspension. You can still in the 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.120 NFL get a four games suspension for failing a marijuana test. 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.840 That is longer than the suspension Josh Brown got for 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:45.840 admitting to domestic violence against his wife on multiple occasions. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:50.600 This is how they have it wrong. And then also ESPN, 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.800 their biggest sponsor, when they were doing their fantasy football marathon, 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:58.720 did a little piece on auction drafts that Odell Beckham 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:02.000 had something to say about that. Kevin Durant had something 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.840 to say about It's very interesting when you're auctioning off 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.440 African American players. Go watch the movie Get Out recently, 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.280 and we'll talk part about the history as well. It 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.520 was a little unnerving at work. At best case, it 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.120 was in poor taste. In worst case, it was a 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.080 lot more. We'll talk about it some more on the 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:28.760 Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Ezekiel, Elliott, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:36.600 Carl Anthony, Talents, Corey Seeger. Those are the rookies of 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:41.440 the year. Much like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, the 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:48.400 fastest growing fantasy sports network on radio is completely Free seven. 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.080 Listen to us live at F ANDC s Y dot com, 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.240 slash Radio or dowlow the app right now in the 0:15:54.320 --> 0:16:12.880 Google place to our core on isilands. What you'll fit 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:17.480 to see this Dave Martinez, speeds and spitting statistician. Welcome 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.480 back to Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.320 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Before we went to the break, 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.240 you know, I was telling you things about how like 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.480 the NFL has mismanaged pain management, and now how all 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:31.800 these retired guys are coming out with talking about I'm 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.000 talking about how they're mismanaging the idea of how to 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.960 be creative when it comes to wearing cleats, you know. 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.960 And also I wanted to touch on this because ESPN 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.640 did this uh Fantasy Football marathon over the weekend, and 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.720 one of the things they did, they did a segment 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.720 of like an auction draft. But it just did not 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:53.080 play well at all. Okay, it really especially when you 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.840 juxtaposed it this weekend about what was going down in 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.480 Charlottesville and then when you talk about, you know, just 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.560 where we are in this kind tree. You know, they 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.359 literally had the like faces of players up on sticks 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.840 holding them up as an auction. It looked very much 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.639 like a scene from the recent movie get Out. And 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.440 if you know what I'm talking about, you know it 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:17.320 was really alarming. Odell Beckham tweeted out very right with 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:21.959 a link to it. Speechless. Kevin Durant said on Twitter 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.959 and I quote bommass e FPN running out of ideas. 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.840 A lot of people were rubbed the wrong way about this, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.639 and ESPN has come out with a statement and I 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.960 quote auction drafts are a common part of fantasy football, 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:41.359 and ESPN segments replicated an auction draft with a diverse 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.280 slate of top professional football players. We understand the optics 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:50.080 could have been portrayed as offensive, and we apologize. I 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:55.439 think the context was absolutely irrelevant. It was ignorant in 0:17:55.520 --> 0:18:00.800 its presentation, and uh, you know, count on Dan Martinez 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:04.919 speis the spitting statistician to call someone out on it. However, 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:06.919 I do want to keep it moving because we got 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.119 a lot of stuff going on, and I want to 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:11.560 get into one of my team by team previews right 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.640 here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, and we're talking 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:17.720 about the Indianapolis Colts. Listen. I said it at the 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.000 top of the show. I said it when we had 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:23.320 that poll question up about the Indianapolis Colts. This is 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:28.080 going to come down completely to Andrew Luck. Okay, we've 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.479 been hearing that he's okay. We've been hearing he'll be 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:32.840 fine for week one. We were hearing that he was 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:34.639 definitely not going to be on the pup list for 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.919 week one. Now we're hearing that, you know, GM and 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.119 the owner can't unequivocably say if he'll be ready for 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:43.200 week one, and now we're here and oh, but it'll 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.320 be okay because they think they could beat the Rams 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.640 in week one. Anyway, we're hearing that they're gonna be careful. 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:54.360 This has a tremendous effect because, honestly, Andrew Luck is 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:58.119 that good. He was QB four last year while he 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:02.959 was battling injury. It in forty yards, thirty one touchdowns 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:06.119 and thirteen interceptions. The other thing about Andrew Luck when 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.680 it comes to fantasy football is his rushing ability goes 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.760 under valued at times. He had three hundred and forty 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.320 one rushing yards he played in fifteen games. That was 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.840 still good enough for seventh among quarterbacks. There's easily a 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:20.760 way that if he plays sixteen games, he is a 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:24.240 top four or five quarterback in terms of rushing yards, 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:29.320 and that can really help you out. However, I am 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:33.919 not liking the news I'm hearing on Andrew Luck. I 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.480 think it is officially time to sound the alarm. If 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.719 you listen to the fantasy freestyle, you know I'm not 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.440 spending up for these top four or five quarterbacks anyway. 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.920 They're not gonna be on my team's I'm gonna want 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.480 to get quarterbacks, you know, ten through twelve. I'm hoping 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.520 it would be the last person in my draft to 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.919 get their first quarterback. And if I wind up with 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:56.960 Philip Rivers or Matthew Stafford or Cam Newton, I am 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:59.800 happy with that. So I'm not gonna have Andrew Luck 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:01.679 an way. The one thing I want to let you 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.520 guys know, though, is this can be one of the 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:09.200 only situations where I say it's possible to stray from 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.880 your draft strategy if Andrew Luck falls like a cement 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:17.760 block and he's still there in round six, in round seven, 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.240 I think at that point you may have to pull 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:22.400 the trigger because you want to then have him when 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.840 he's back and healthy for the Fantasy playoffs. I can 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:27.840 get behind someone wanting to do that, because you can 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:30.560 still have say, Eli Manning for the first couple of games. 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.400 You can still have Matthew Stafford for the first couple 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:36.280 of games and be fine. But Andrew Luck. You really 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:37.919 got to keep an eye on it, on it. But 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:40.919 remember the culture, the same team that once said the 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.080 same kind of things about Peyton Manning when he had 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:45.360 a neck injury and then he turned out to miss 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:50.719 the entire season. My man, Corey Parson had him at 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:53.359 quarterback five, but I don't think that's gonna be the case. 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.359 I had him at quarterback four. But I'm gonna have 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.840 an updated rankings available for you guys next week, and sir, 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.480 only Andrew Luck is going to sink like a stone 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.240 as we go to the running back position. However, listen, 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:09.680 Frank gore Man, listen. I want to tip my cap 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:12.600 here on the Fantasy style to Frank Gore. I don't 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:15.120 think you know this, but he was running back twelve 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:18.399 last year. Okay, running back twelve in his age thirty 0:21:18.440 --> 0:21:23.320 three season over a thousand yards one thousand, twenty five yards. 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:25.640 You also had thirty eight catches in two seventy seven 0:21:25.720 --> 0:21:29.600 yards in the passing game. More importantly, let's take a 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:31.960 step back. Frank Gore is a Hall of Fame running back. 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:36.200 Let's take a step back. Frank Gore is eighth all 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:41.200 time in rushing. He has thirteen thousand and sixty five yards. 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:43.919 The seven that are ahead of him are all in 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:48.199 the Hall of Fame. The five that are behind him 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:52.560 and are eligible are all in the Hall of Fame. 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:57.560 He has thirteen hundred yards on the next UH most 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:01.359 active player, which is Adrian Peterson. This guy, with his 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:04.200 thirteen thousand and sixty five yards, that's eighth all time. 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:09.399 He is one thousand and thirty seven yards away from 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:13.480 passing Curtis Martin for fourth all time, and then could 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:16.879 finish this season fourth all time, behind only Barry Sanders, 0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:20.439 Walter Payton, and Emmett Smith. He's entering his thirteenth season 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:23.840 at age thirty four. I just want to tip my 0:22:23.880 --> 0:22:28.000 cap to Frank Gore. Here's the thing though, This Andrew 0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:31.119 Luck news impacts Frank Gore because if you've got Scott 0:22:31.160 --> 0:22:34.359