WEBVTT - Week 16 Gameflow genius, Diamonds, and Fugazis! 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:08.520 Wayoffs. Yeah, playoffs light this one. We can win a game. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.360 Dropping stats over feat is the Fantasy free stuff. He's 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:14.840 coming with the heato. It's the Fantasy free step. Got 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.520 Strong takes the tip. Is the Fantasy freestyle. You win 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.120 championships at the Fantasy Free step, dropping stats, so beats, 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.680 it's the Fantasy free stuff. He's coming with the heat. 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.360 It's the Fantasy free step. Got Strong takes some tips 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:29.280 at the Fantasy Free style. You win championships with that 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:37.440 Fantasy free style. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know what it is. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.279 It's your boy, Rocks and Speeds holding you down. We're 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.960 dropping stats over beats. This is the Fantasy Free style, 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.280 and it is getting into week sixteen. So if you're 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.880 listening now on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network or on 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:50.880 the audio Boom, on the stitcher, on the Google Play, 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.520 on the app, if you're subscribing on iTunes and listening now, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:58.680 it's probably because you're in your Fantasy championship. So congrats 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.360 to you, right, Rocks, with about all these people still listening, 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.320 and they're probably listening because they're in their championship, and 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.280 they're probably in their championship because they were listening. It's 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.160 a beautiful cycle. Right. Yeah, you know, we learned about 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.640 this correlation doesn't always equal causation, but in this case, 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.880 I think that it does. So shout out to everybody 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.280 who had a successful season. We're gonna give you what 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:23.479 you need this week to take home that trophy. Whether 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.720 you've got one of those little digital badge trophies in 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.640 the Yahoo league or whether your league got one of 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.840 those big monstrosities, get to carve your name on it 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.919 this year, you know. Shout out also to everybody playing dfs, 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:37.720 keeping their interests alive the show. Shout out to everybody 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:39.720 who doesn't even really mess with fantasy they just listen 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.039 to us because we got some of the best sports 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.520 content out there, all for free on that fantasy sports 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.120 radio network. You know what it is, rob, so we 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.600 put the fun and functional sports radio. I gotta ask you, though, 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.880 you mentioned kind of like the trophies, and that gets 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:55.880 me to thinking. You know, like I competed in a 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.680 number of fantasy football leagues, and some of them, you know, 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:00.640 or for money, and some of them are more money, 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.120 some of them for less money, some of them are 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.080 for no money. Right to me, I mean, the money 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.640 is great at all, but it's really about that pride, right, 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.960 It's really about to be able. Let's say to your colleagues, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.440 or say to your boys, or say to whoever it is, look, 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.800 I won, right. Do you think more people care about 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.919 um the status or actually winning their league and winning 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.960 that dash. I think a lot of it really depends 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.080 on who else is in your league, and obviously, of 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.200 course how much money. You know, the home league that 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.360 you and I have been playing in together for almost 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.359 a decade, you know, it's it's incentivized. Certainly, it's not 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.680 the most insane incentive in the world, but for that 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.760 league where you really know the vast majority of the 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.200 people in the league really really well, you're gonna see 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.040 them out at the bar. It's gonna be something that 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.320 you can use as a talking point. You know. We 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.840 make fun of our good friend Matt, who's in the 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.119 championship this week, for not having a ring for him. 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.760 I'm sure he wants to win for pride. He'll take 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.079 the money, but he's gonna be hoping that he wins 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:58.920 for pride. So you know, I think as long as 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.040 you know the people and it's not like you know 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.440 you're playing for you know, you're gonna lose the mortgage 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.480 chairman if you don't win the league. You know, I 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:07.240 think for a lot of people it's pride. I do 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.919 think also though, and we've talked about this in our 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.840 league and also in the charity poker tournament that you 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.960 and I playing often, they're going to create a trophy 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.239 and actually have the names from years past of all 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.679 the winners. And I think that's awesome. Also, even then, 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.040 when you know your trophy is in someone else's house, 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.200 it's got your name up there, Pe'll be like, oh man, 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.120 James won the league twice high and you've only won 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.480 it once, even though it was last year. Rox is 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:35.000 kind of nasty, huh. I definitely recommend that in your league, 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.800 get a championship trophy, have the names on it, maybe 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.240 get a championship belt, like you're a boxer in the 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.080 w w E. But you gotta have some way to 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.120 commemorate it. Let me ask you, though, this rock to 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.800 commemorating the winners. I also like league where you have 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.400 to do something if you are the loser. You know, 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.040 whether it's something like financial for the winner, or whether 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.800 it's like I've seen leagues where people gotta get like 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.160 a tattoo of the winners choosing, or like take an 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:04.720 embarrassing picture or tweet something out that is embarrassing. I mean, 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.160 what do you think about the Booby Prize? Um, yeah, 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.880 shout to Shout to England the Booby Prize. It's one 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.440 of those things that can often be lost in translation. Um, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.279 I like it. The only thing that I worry about 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.280 is that with a lot of these leagues, you know, 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.800 sometimes people draft pay attention for one or two weeks 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.719 and then they tune out, and they're not necessarily the 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.600 people you want to have back in your league year 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.000 after your These are the people who will also balk 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.039 at being asked to pay another fifty dollars after, you know, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.800 after they've already bought in and stopped paying attention. I 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:40.159 do like something maybe like you know, change your Facebook 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.520 profile picture for a week or something like that. You know, 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.760 just like it's a little bit embarrassing, but it's done 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.000 in good fun and it's not really gonna make anyone 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.039 like angry or upset, you know. And I do also 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.240 think though that you know, it's it's important also in 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.559 a way that you do want to incentivize those teams 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.159 who are at the bottom, to continue setting their line up, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.960 to continue being active on the to make sure that 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.839 there's not a competitive imbalances that can really screw things up. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.240 And if you're one of those teams that you know 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.640 that that you watch your opponent that you're maybe fighting 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.200 for the last playoff spot with, you know, get these 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.920 easy wins against teams that that still have Adrian Peterson 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.040 in their lineup, that still have you know, Jamal Charles 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:20.159 and their visitor. They're barely playing. Um. You know, that's 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.400 really really frustrating. It's not good for the league. And 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.479 I also don't think though that that the commissioner should 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.680 have to be stepping in and setting other people's lineups. 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.160 I'm completely against that. And check it out, Rocks. If 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.880 anybody had any questions for us about how maybe to 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.400 structure their league or structure like a payout system or 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.840 an embarrassment system. At the end, I remember we want 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.400 talked about building a whole like Siria B League to 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.560 relegate right, Rocks. If people want to get at us, 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.440 they can get us at Fantasy Freestyle. That Fantasy Freestyle 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.479 Twitter hand will leave off the last because Rocks and 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.760 Speeds may up no errors will be happy to talk 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.720 about lead construction with you. Before the Rocks. You also 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:59.359 mentioned our boy Maddy G. We have another Fantasy Freestyle listener, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.240 Maddie Ge. They have heard him, uh in the mailbag 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.760 before he actually reached out to us say that he 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.480 went four for four in his league's making the semifinals. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.280 So Maddie G out there. We hope you're doing well. 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.760 We hope in some of those leagues you are still involved, 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.560 still with your team and live in the championship. This week, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.280 Week sixteen, Hey, Rocks, you know someone who is not 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:26.160 still live with their team. Guts Bradley of the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:30.360 They finally ended that kind of uh, I guess dumpster 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.920 fire regression. You know, at the beginning of the season, 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.880 a lot of people actually thought that Jacksonville had the 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.360 chance to be kind of like a sexy sleeper pick, 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.960 and we talked about that. We thought that the defense 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:43.880 was gonna be much improved. That was one of our 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.160 big talking boys. The Jags were not going to be 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:51.440 relying on that garbage time from portals anymore. And you know, uh, boy, 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.080 were we wrong. We were just no production at any 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.800 point from that offense, and you know, Gus Bradley, you know, 0:06:57.839 --> 0:06:59.880 you feel bad. He came over from Seattle. He was 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.560 really a big get for this Jacksonville team that hasn't 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.280 really had much success in a while. And you know what, though, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.760 Gus Bradley, this is just coming out. And then the 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:13.080 last day or so, he was actually on the flight home. Yeah, 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.640 that awkward. It's like it's like when you break up 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.080 with your girlfriend and then you both you both are 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.320 on the same train or something like that. I once, uh, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.760 I once had a girlfriend. We broke up. We shared 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.120 um season tickets to the right field bleachers of Yankee Stadium, 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.120 and then we didn't know what was gonna happen, how 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:31.680 to break up the tickets because we still wanted the 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:36.280 playoff games that were involved. Uh So, yeah, interesting the analogy, 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.520 you know. I'm I'm you're right, though, man, I thought 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.640 the Jaguars and the Raiders were two teams that were 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.800 gonna be primed to take a step forward. It did 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.360 happen in Oakland. It did not happen in Jacksonville. A Rocks, 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.000 I know you also going into the season, I believe 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.880 in PPR settings you had Alan Robinson as a top 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.880 five pick, and you've seen the frustration he has had 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.960 all season long with Blake Wordles. A lot of people 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:02.840 thought that Blake Bortles was gonna be a top ten 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.240 quarterback and that Bordles service continues. Here's where I think 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.640 the big issue was, if you want to know the truth, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.640 their defense has improved slightly. You know what I think 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:17.080 is the biggest culprit. Whatever illness that Chris Ivory had 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.200 in the beginning of the season, I think really set 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.679 them back. Chris Ivory was their big free agent signing 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.880 who was supposed to, you know, like have teams respect 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.920 the running game so that Blake Bortles and Allen Robinson 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.240 Marquis Lee has become your boy, you know um, and 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.280 then he just missed the first few games. T J 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.320 Yelden was not doing it. In the first five weeks. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.000 They were like a few games where Blake Bortles was 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.720 the team's leading rusher, and I think they went all 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.800 downhill from there. But Rocks, let me tell you something, 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.800 because you know, Amir Khan is like they're there, their 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.000 owner shot Khan and you know how they're like the 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.319 kind of adopted team of London. They go out there 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.200 every year. So you know what, I think Harry Potter 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.520 should be their new coach. I don't know about that 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.199 can make magic happened. There's definitely there's definitely gonna be 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.120 a bunch of changes. Julius Thomas is another player that 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:07.280 a lot of you know, we thought he was going 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.079 to be back healthy, a real red zone threat. Um, 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.720 nothing worked out for them, and it's going to be 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.160 up to someone else next year to try and write 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:18.240 that ship. And they're saying as they search for head coach, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.240 they're not going to force them over the next head 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.440 coaches to play Blake Bortles. I mean, he's a guy 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.280 that you know, we've seen it before with some of 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.800 these coaches that are known for being good with quarterbacks. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.480 John Bruden certainly comes to mind, Jim Bob Cooer, Jim 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.720 Bob Cooter that really have the ability to kind of 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.240 turn these guys careers around. But uh, I think that 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.040 you know, it's unclear even if they're gonna pick up 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:41.520 his fifth year option and that's guaranteed for injury only, 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.000 but that could get interesting. You know, those are some 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:48.160 interesting decisions. UM, let me ask continue this way Rocks. Um, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.640 you know We've talked a lot about some of those 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.040 veteran quarterbacks that are gonna be on the Merrygo Round 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:58.280 next year. Tony Romo, potentially Clarkson Palmer Um see Ryan Fitzpatrick, 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.760 fitz pat forward here. There's gonna be Brian Hoyer probably 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.240 out there. We're getting news now, you know, Blake Portals 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.040 might be on that Merry Go round as well. We're 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.839 also getting news out of Buffalo that the Bills are 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:15.319 not committed to Syrod Taylor. There's an option to be triggered. 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:19.839 I'm telling you, if I'm Buffalo, Tyrod Taylor is not 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.480 the problem. So I asked you this one with Romo, 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.559 this Patrick. If you're a team that's in need of 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.000 a quarterback, say you're the Bears, do you look at 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.920 Romo or even Cutler or Fitzy or do you take 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.280 a shot thinking that you're the guy who can fix 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.240 this young guy Blake Bortles. We can take Blake Bortles 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:41.200 over Gino Smith. Yes, Blake Portals. Blake Bortles has had 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.679 you know, it's he's far He's far from that version 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.520 of Blake Bortles right now. Blake Bortles has had sustained 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.319 success in the NFL. That's something that cannot be said 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:53.440 for Gino Smith. One more name. Keep in mind Todd 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.240 that I want to add to that list that you 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.280 that you just put out there. And and as a 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.120 Saints fan, I'm hoping it's not the case. I'm starting 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.600 to hear rumors out of New Orleans that this is 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.080 a team that's rebuilding. They're constantly in a terrible cap 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.640 situation because of Mickey loom Is kicking the can down 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.680 the road. Drew Brees is something like a thirty plus 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.200 million dollar cap hit for this team. I don't think 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:19.400 he has any guaranteed money beyond this year. They're talking 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:23.680 about maybe a willingness to trade Sean Peyton. I will 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:27.160 shed a tear when when that's not h the most 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.000 exciting hour to have NFL anymore. Because even this year, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.160 the Saints have really been a great offense, and as 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.880 they have historically, the problems have been on the defensive 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.320 side of the ball. So there will be quarterbacks out 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.360 this year. Um and because I think that this year's 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.280 quarterback class in the draft not as strong as it 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.160 was previous years. Right, Yeah, that's absolutely true. The guys 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:45.720 you need to look out in the draft class. If 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.280 you're one of these teams like San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago. 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:50.640 The Jets were might draft early and might be in 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.640 the quarterback market. You're obviously looking at DeShawn Watson out 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.719 of Cleanson. A lot of people know about him. He's 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.160 been a Heisman finalist the last two years. Clenson has 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.640 been in the National Championship conversation. There's the guy Trabinski. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.880 He's a guy coming on out of North Carolina. I've 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.400 heard that the Jets really like him. I don't want 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:08.800 them to go quarterback. I want them to get a 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.719 pass rusher. And there's a guy Brad Kaya out of 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.680 the University of Miami and Miami Hurricane. Word is that 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.360 the Chicago Bears are really hot on this guy Rocks. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.640 I know that you're a Saints fan. I gotta tell you, 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:26.440 um the Peyton Breese era. Uh, the window is closing 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.320 on it. You know, as we know, it's in the 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.720 twilight of that partnership, and they've always been joined at 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.080 the hip. If they do, in fact leave, I'm gonna 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.559 tell you exactly where both of them are going. Sean Payton, 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:38.320 if they're gonna talk about a trade, one team that 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.600 I've just heard that says that they are willing to 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.960 trade for a coach. Is that incredible job out there 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.000 in Los Angeles, the l A Rams. I heard sand 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.240 Plunky saying that they would be down to trade for 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.360 a coach. That would be a get for them that 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.160 alcohalify because they want that offensive mind. We talked about 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.480 that to develop maybe a Jared goff in that offense. 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.280 But I'll tell you about this, Drew Brees. If Drew 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:03.560 Brees is in any way, shape or form available, lock 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.640 it down. You know. I do my Shot Callers show Monday, 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.120 Wednesday Friday on a fantasy sports radio network. This is 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:12.120 Speeds calling his shot. If Drew Brees is anywhere that 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.800 is not New Orleans, Denver, Broncos. If you are Denver 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.480 and you are John Elway, who's the president, and you 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.600 know you've done it before, bringing in Peyton Manning, you trust, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.400 and you know about veteran quarterbacks that can do their thing. 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.760 You have that Super Bowl winning defense, You know what 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.320 it takes, you know what you need. You're telling me 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.560 that you wouldn't do whatever you had to do to 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.880 bring a future Hall of famer even though he was 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.240 at a pro bowler this year to Denver. I think 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.960 that would be the perfect fit and that Drew Brees 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.640 would be down with sure. Also to demanding Ris Thomas 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.280 and and Manny Sanders. That's interesting, that's interesting. The only 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.679 thing I would say about that doors that doors outdoors 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.959 Denver not so nice in those winter months. Um and 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.320 John a Way also knows, and Drew Brees hasn't shown 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.360 it yet. He did have He was awesome last week 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.720 against arrows Own, albeit in the dome. He had a 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.679 couple of weeks where he was maybe looking diminished, not 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.840 like Peyton Manning last year diminished, but a little wobble 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.280 on his passes that you're not used to seeing. One 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:14.840 other thing I would say is Simeon has been competent, decent. Okay, 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.000 they also have that first rounder that they just spent 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.200 on Paxston Lynch. He's a development project. I think that 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.960 maybe him to develop this defense is when now keep 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.400 to leave getting older, you know, uh, Marcus ware on 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.760 the back of getting older, the window is now they 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.320 don't have time to turn of lake borders around develop 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.000 a Paxton Lynch, because by the time you do that, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:39.280 that defense is no longer a championship defense. That's a 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.640 fair point. Interesting. I mean, hey, we still got a 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.920 lot of football to get We got off here. Man, 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.840 let's let's about I wanted to say one other thing 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.760 real quick, Yo, what's up with your boy on Duke 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.320 with the basketball? Yeah, Grayson Allen, you know, first of 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.640 all Roxin Steins here in the fantasy freestyle, we drop 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.480 stats over beachs. You know, we talk baseball. We're talking football. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.560 Rocks in any college basketball hold us down. We're gonna 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.680 be giving it to one yard diversity. But you yeah, 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.640 Grayson Allen, Man, Grayson Allen again, you know, tripping the kid. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.920 We're recording this on Thursday, so this is news. Oh 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.800 here's the thing. Yeah, there was that technical foul, But 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.160 did you see him on the bench straight up throwing 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.400 a temper tantrum literally pouting and screaming, and it took 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.760 like coaches to settle him down. This is not the 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.520 first time this has happened, and it makes me wonder. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.320 I know, this man is sort of teflon and untouchable. 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.560 It makes me wonder about coach k Yeah, this is 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.520 not not this is not him mounting off to some 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.720 like twenty seven year old coach on his first job. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.760 This is like one of the most recognizable coaches in 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.520 any sport in the United States. This is a guy 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.360 who's got Team USA, some of the biggest egos and 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.680 superstars on the planet, to play ball the way he 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:49.840 wants them to. And he can't. He can't have some 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.720 kid showing him up. It's bad for his brand. Also, 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.040 Grayson Allen, is that a college basketball player or a 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:58.760 law fer get your name right, son. A lot of 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:00.920 people go to Duke. Maybe I'm to come lawyers. This 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.800 guy might have just lost some money in the NBA Draft. 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.800 We'll find out about that. But however, listen, it's week sixteen, 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.000 it's championship week. You got Rocks and the speeds. We're 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.160 gonna hold you down. We're gonna go into these spotlight 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.120 games and be careful, guys, because with the holiday season, 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:20.080 there's a bunch of games on Saturdays. Make you set 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.600 your line up. That's the last thing you wanna do, man. 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.200 All Right, So what we're gonna do is we're gonna 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.720 focus on a couple of spotlight games right after this. 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.400 Then obviously we're gonna give you our flagship segment where 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.880 we do our game flow geniuses are diamonds and our 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.440 fool gazes. But when we come back here on the 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.600 Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Rocks and 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.000 Speeds are gonna focus in on those spotlight games in 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.200 week sixteen. Help you win your championship. We are dropping 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.360 stats over beats. It's the Fantasy Freestyle. When the Fantasy 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:56.720 Sports Radio Network like that, look that, you know what 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:01.160 it is, the Fantasy Freestyle and Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.400 It's your boy, Rocks, young fists full of rings. We 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:08.560 want man Speeds, the spit and statistician. That is a mouthful, 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.400 and we've got a mouthful of ideas about a couple 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.960 of games we're gonna break down for you in week sixteen. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.000 You know, the first one I want to talk about 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:20.879 is this Seattle Seahawks verse Arizona Cardinals game. You know, 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.000 this was one when I looked at the schedule early 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.359 in the year, I was like, this is gonna be 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.360 an incredible football game. Arizona didn't really hold up their 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:30.919 end of the bargain on this one, but one player 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:35.119 on Arizona that has is David Johnson. David Johnson is 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:39.520 having one of those Marshall Falk seasons for the ages. 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.800 He's basically proven to be matchup proof, but speeds at 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.720 on fan duel against that Seattle Seahawks defense at home. 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.359 Can we play him? I mean you can, but I 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.679 think there's probably better options. You know, you have to 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.719 have David Johnson at that crazy high price, because, like 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.240 you said, he's basically putting in like Priest Holmes kind 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.119 of work on a weekly basis. But um, you know, 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.359 I fade, I fade anybody against the Seattle defense. The 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.280 Seattle defense is second in the NFL, giving up only 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.520 sixteen point eight points per game. And don't forget the 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.760 last time these two teams played Rocks it was a 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:19.080 six six tie on Sunday Night Football. Um, there was 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:22.560 not one of the exactly and that was in Arizona. 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.560 This time it's in Seattle. So you gotta figure Seattle 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:27.840 is even better, right because they have one of the 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:30.879 best home field advantages in the NFL. So of course 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.360 I like David Johnson, but I think you can get 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.760 better value in DFS this week. Yeah, I agree with 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.880 you there. I would also say, um, coming on late 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.040 as he did last year, Tyler Lockett is starting to 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:46.560 get more and more involved in the offense. You know, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.720 he was someone that was being talked about as a 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.879 possible wide receiver to uh. This season did not really 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.240 happen for him. But I would just say, if you're 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.560 in a keeper league and somehow he has been dropped 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:02.160 and you've got spaced, pick him up and stash him. 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:06.800 I still think big things are coming for Tyler Lockett. Also, 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.720 one more player I want to talk about real quick 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.840 in this one is Carson Palmer. Carson Palmer had basically 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:15.120 been left for dead about three or four weeks ago. 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:19.080 He has played a lot better lately. Um. I don't 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:22.280 know if it was just overcoming that horrible playoff meltdown. 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:24.760 I don't know if there was still some injury concerns. 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.359 He's an older man. But I really think that Carson 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:30.600 Palmer now has a decent chance to be back next 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.919 year as the quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, which about 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.960 five or six weeks ago would have seemed completely far 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.000 fetched and unrealistic. What do you think about that, Speeds Rocks. 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.240 I hear you, and I know you know you love 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:46.000 Carson Palmer, second only to Julian Edelman, but at Seattle 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:48.040