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Speaker 1: Frankie Stampo, Michael Florio, I am Greg Sauceman Channel. Then,
Speaker 1: what's going on? How much? Greggy? It's finally here Friday.
Speaker 1: It's Friday, Friday. It is Friday. It's not just any Friday, though.
Speaker 1: It is a farewell to Florio Friday. Mikey, it's your
Speaker 1: last day as a BFF like in life and on
Speaker 1: the show us What's up Man in life as well? Wow,
Speaker 1: I've already never hear from us again after today. I've
Speaker 1: already told you, guys, I still want to I want
Speaker 1: to come on when I can. Well, it's invite you
Speaker 1: if we allow, If we allow it. Today on the show,
Speaker 1: we're gonna go over Florio's rankings, of course for this year,
Speaker 1: some of the the stuff that you wanted to point out.
Speaker 1: Um certainly gonna go over his rankings last year and
Speaker 1: let you know what isn't very good of him. We
Speaker 1: have quite a few surprises planned along the way. You're
Speaker 1: not gonna want to miss any part of the show.
Speaker 1: We have a lot planned, including Mike your first surprise.
Speaker 1: Right now? Are you ready? No? All right, we have
Speaker 1: a guest online, sir, how are you? I'm I'm pretty good,
Speaker 1: pretty good. There is here for your final day. Like,
Speaker 1: that's awesome. How have you been it's been a while. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've been. I've been really good. Uh, look at it.
Speaker 1: We can't let these other two clowns be the only
Speaker 1: voice on the show. So i'm I'm I'm here to
Speaker 1: fill in the real fantasy advice, such as yourself. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's good to be here. Man. It's sad that you
Speaker 1: won't be a fantacy best friend forever, but maybe your
Speaker 1: best best friend forever. R L. Real life. There you go.
Speaker 1: According to Greggy, whatever done, he's done with you for sure.
Speaker 1: Are you driving, l A, are you flying? You're driving? Well,
Speaker 1: I thought you can go through Nashville. I do want
Speaker 1: to go to Nashville very badly before we got this job.
Speaker 1: By the way, he Floria told me he was went
Speaker 1: in Nashville this summer well with his girlfriend. He was
Speaker 1: super excited to hang out with you, Eric, um and
Speaker 1: and then he got a do job. So and everything changed. No,
Speaker 1: that's life, e y. Speaking of Nashville and Tennessee. Did
Speaker 1: Jeff play the Titans in Tennessee this year? And I
Speaker 1: went with the idea flying out to Nashville going to
Speaker 1: that game? What do you think? Yeah, I mean you
Speaker 1: definitely should like Uh, so things have changed for me.
Speaker 1: I'm probably not gonna be here on Sundays, fair, probably
Speaker 1: not gonna watch a lot of football lessons on my phone.
Speaker 1: But that's that's a that's a good thing. I'm still
Speaker 1: deep into the fantasy, um prepping like crazy right now.
Speaker 1: As soon as hockey gets down. That's when I started.
Speaker 1: Uh it's a slow burn, but uh, the madness is
Speaker 1: at full capacity right now, that's for sure. Um. I
Speaker 1: heard a rumor started by you, Uh they're coming up
Speaker 1: soon right to hang out. I am yeah, yeah, started
Speaker 1: by me and uh Mike Anando have have graciually, uh
Speaker 1: graciously agreed to have me up there. So I'll be
Speaker 1: there on the tenth and uh doing the flex draft
Speaker 1: for a bunch of the guys. Uh the Jake Ceeley
Speaker 1: organizes on the eleventh stand from the twelfth, and then
Speaker 1: I'll fly out in the afternoon of the thirteen. So,
Speaker 1: uh so we're gonna have to get into something for sure.
Speaker 1: Absolutely we'll make we'll make it happen. And then there's
Speaker 1: a possibility back a week later. Now, right, there is
Speaker 1: a possibility. Um. I don't write the shows or or
Speaker 1: any say what goes on, but uh, fingers crossed that
Speaker 1: were there, Um, it would be my first Summer Slam.
Speaker 1: I mean in New York at Barclay Center. It would
Speaker 1: be uh definitely a dream come true. So it's fingers crossed,
Speaker 1: But I mean you just never know. It's a crazy
Speaker 1: that I live in, so you never know. Absolutely. Hey,
Speaker 1: last year Barclay Center, we were all there as you
Speaker 1: became the NXT Tag Team champions. That was awesome for us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: help the building for me. We all became the n
Speaker 1: ACTUALLY tax team champions. That was cool. One quarter of
Speaker 1: one third of the NX take right. It was great
Speaker 1: technically five because I mean my partner he's there too,
Speaker 1: So there's five five champ that's never been done. Yeah,
Speaker 1: probably raised for that, but whatever, um So Floria Well,
Speaker 1: I said on the show, I wanted to give you
Speaker 1: some device. So e y is just diving into his
Speaker 1: fantasy football uh study right now, So give him a
Speaker 1: player that he needs to be drafting this year. I
Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna like it, but I'm I'm with Frank.
Speaker 1: I know Frank feels very highly on these as well.
Speaker 1: I'm with the duo of Andrew Luck and t Y
Speaker 1: Hilton this year because I feel like both of them
Speaker 1: have the potential and we've already seen them do it
Speaker 1: to outlive their draft price. I can get to Hy
Speaker 1: Hilton in the third round. Andrew Luck as like we
Speaker 1: said the other day, like the tenth or eleventh quarterback
Speaker 1: off the board. You compare him with someone safe. I
Speaker 1: like taking that chance. And also you I mean, I
Speaker 1: guess in my time on this show during football season
Speaker 1: this year, my Blake Snell has been a Maori Cooper,
Speaker 1: which is crazy because I never would have thought I
Speaker 1: would be in an Amori Cooper. But I'm buying the
Speaker 1: John Gruden effect and him always getting the most out
Speaker 1: of his number one wide receiver. The John Gruden effect,
Speaker 1: by the way, I mean it is in full effect,
Speaker 1: Like it is a real thing. It's even affected gambling odds.
Speaker 1: I mean the Raiders over under win total at nine games, Greg,
Speaker 1: they have the same win total as the Los Angeles Rams.
Speaker 1: Doesn't anyone else find that crazy? The Oakland Raiders? Yeah crazy?
Speaker 1: I thought someone just like fire a cannon at us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's one way to wake you up, Greg. The magic
Speaker 1: eight ball that we have here, Just Phil, that's probably
Speaker 1: a bad sign. For bad sign because you're leaving. Oh Mike,
Speaker 1: all right, e y, I'm ARII Cooper you buying in? Uh?
Speaker 1: Like I think he has all the tools. But I mean,
Speaker 1: how many years are we going to do this to ourselves?
Speaker 1: What year? Year, three, year four? Of Like, Oh, he's
Speaker 1: the guy, he's the guy. He's the guy. He's not
Speaker 1: the guy. He's never been the guy. And to me,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, Jon Gruden hasn't been a
Speaker 1: coach and how many years has he adapted as he
Speaker 1: had changed his philosophy. I mean he's saying he's going
Speaker 1: back to football. Well that's I mean, we saw what
Speaker 1: happened with Jeff Fisher when he tried football with the Rams.
Speaker 1: I think the Rams have more skill than the Raiders do,
Speaker 1: so I mean Mario Cooper could be in trouble. I
Speaker 1: get it's a real thing. When he was a coach
Speaker 1: forty years ago, his number one receiver did really well.
Speaker 1: But football is different. There's three receivers on the field
Speaker 1: almost all the time. The guys are in hurry up,
Speaker 1: they're throwing the ball twice as much as they used to.
Speaker 1: There's committee backs, there's all this different stuff. Did John
Speaker 1: Gruden change I don't know. Well, I mean, we'll love
Speaker 1: to see I think Marie Cooper his ADP is about right.
Speaker 1: I mean, he could be a thing. He could be
Speaker 1: a thing, but I probably not gonna happ him on
Speaker 1: the name of my team's You know, it's amazing, um
Speaker 1: Florio that you you kind of started off like you
Speaker 1: while you're not gonna like this, you're gonna like this,
Speaker 1: and yet you didn't talk about the other dude you're
Speaker 1: stupidly high on You're afraid you're gonna get punched in
Speaker 1: the mouth. Which stud is this dude that's that has
Speaker 1: been a football player in like a decade. I did
Speaker 1: mention Angelo, but you didn't mention I didn't think you
Speaker 1: mentioned him to the height that he needed to be.
Speaker 1: You think he's the fastest riser all the fantasy foot
Speaker 1: I don't know if you agree or not, but I
Speaker 1: think has Andrew Luck, Like there's already reports that he's playing,
Speaker 1: and he's looking like his old self. As those reports
Speaker 1: come out, and as we start to if there is
Speaker 1: if he is healthy, and we start to see it
Speaker 1: and he plays well in preseason, I think he's going
Speaker 1: to climb up draft boards very quickly. And I don't
Speaker 1: think Greggy agrees. That's no, that's the key. I mean,
Speaker 1: look at it. I mean nothing personal against Andrew Luck.
Speaker 1: I think football is better with Andrew Luck. I think
Speaker 1: he's a great player. I love watching him play. He's tough,
Speaker 1: he's he's mobile, he's accurate. He can throw the ball
Speaker 1: down the field. But look at he had a surgery
Speaker 1: and he has a different throwing arm. I don't care
Speaker 1: what you say or how far medical science has advanced.
Speaker 1: He's got a different arm, and he's got to learn
Speaker 1: how to play that. Go back and read interviews Drew
Speaker 1: Brees when he was with the Chargers, he had his
Speaker 1: arm surgically repaired. Okay, look, medical medicine has advanced since then,
Speaker 1: but he talked about how he had to learn relearn
Speaker 1: how to throw me. I love Andrew Luck, but until
Speaker 1: I see it he's I'm not drafting him. I don't care.
Speaker 1: They said that he was gonna play last year, all
Speaker 1: the way up until like the fourth or fifth week there. Oh,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be back. He's gonna be back. We didn't play.
Speaker 1: He didn't play a single down. He didn't throw a football. Yes,
Speaker 1: he is technically a football player right now, but how
Speaker 1: good of a football player? I think that's still that
Speaker 1: still remains to be seen. Why if we get him
Speaker 1: in preseason and we see him you know this classic
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck slinging it down the field throughout the preseason
Speaker 1: and training camp, will that, you know, lessen your concerns
Speaker 1: about him? Absolutely? But I mean I haven't seen that.
Speaker 1: I've heard here and say that he's throwing the ball.
Speaker 1: I've heard them say that he's throwing the ball, but
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it. If if
Speaker 1: he plays well in preseason, would you be willing to
Speaker 1: draft him. I mean, no one will rock it up
Speaker 1: higher than him too. For me, I mean nobody. They're deep,
Speaker 1: They're might have the worst defense in the league. He's
Speaker 1: going to have to throw the ball. They didn't draft
Speaker 1: a running back. They're stuck with whoever the hell they
Speaker 1: have their Marlon Mack, these other two rookies that have
Speaker 1: never played it down in the NFL. He's going to
Speaker 1: have to throw the ball. They're going to have to
Speaker 1: throw it. I mean they're gonna throw to tow t
Speaker 1: Y Hilton and who knows who else. But it's, uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's uh, it remains to be seen. Like I
Speaker 1: I have to see him play. He has to play preseason.
Speaker 1: He has to be on the field when there's pads
Speaker 1: and people are running at him and knocking them down,
Speaker 1: and you know, like that's that all has to happen.
Speaker 1: I'm not just gonna reach for him because people remember
Speaker 1: who he was three or four years ago. You know,
Speaker 1: it's interesting, Mike, because you recommended Cooper, you recommended Luck.
Speaker 1: You also once recommended this player Seattle's right top three
Speaker 1: in rushing attempts every season that they drafted Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: that ended in when they finished twentie I do believe
Speaker 1: they want to run more this year and they're searching
Speaker 1: to find a consistent starter. Last season they went and
Speaker 1: acquire Eddie Lacy for a reason, and there will be
Speaker 1: plenty of work for him if he can stay healthy.
Speaker 1: It is also worth noting that Lacey is a career
Speaker 1: of four point four yards per carry rate. While I
Speaker 1: have soured a bit on Lacy throughout camp to his
Speaker 1: ankle issues and the resurgence of Thomas Rawls, I still
Speaker 1: think he's worth a gamble. Your recommendation so the find
Speaker 1: people up Rhado Experts was to draft Eddie Lacy. That
Speaker 1: was terrible advice, terrible, but I did draft Edye Lacy myself,
Speaker 1: so so you gave yourself terrible advice, and Mike, I
Speaker 1: think a lot of people did. Mike Kedam ranked is
Speaker 1: his rbe according to Rotal Experts rankings from last year,
Speaker 1: which nine spots higher than the expert consensus ranking. Where
Speaker 1: did it lay finishes? Do we know that oh man
Speaker 1: here in front of me oh man, it was very bad.
Speaker 1: He did get the work early on, and then he
Speaker 1: was fat and hurt. And so let me ask you this, Floria,
Speaker 1: are you now buying everything you wrote? Last year kind
Speaker 1: of held true? Right Like they've gone away from the
Speaker 1: running game even though they want to get back into it.
Speaker 1: They brought in Eddie Lacey, which was a disaster. Thomas
Speaker 1: Rawls was never healthy, so disaster. This year they did
Speaker 1: the other way. They use the first round draft selection
Speaker 1: on Rashand Penny, who I know a lot of people
Speaker 1: in the draft community are buying into you. Are you
Speaker 1: buying right back in Mikey to the Seattle running game?
Speaker 1: That's shot Penny. I do like Rashad Penny. I've taken
Speaker 1: him in the fourth round of some early drafts, but
Speaker 1: if he starts to get pushed up into like the third,
Speaker 1: which I don't think it is crazy. I've actually seen
Speaker 1: him go in the third round, I won't be taking
Speaker 1: him there. There's other running backs that I do have
Speaker 1: ranked higher than him who go in that same area.
Speaker 1: But I'm not shying off of Penny at all, Like
Speaker 1: I have multiple shares with him already taking him in
Speaker 1: the fourth I think even early on. I might have
Speaker 1: got him in the fifth and one, but mostly in
Speaker 1: the fourth round. Is my RB two e y Let
Speaker 1: me ask you, you know somebody that usually likes to
Speaker 1: be a bit more conservative in several last Max s Penny,
Speaker 1: rookie running back with Seattle. Is he somebody that you
Speaker 1: feel comfortable at this point you're draft prep drafting, I
Speaker 1: feel like a bit of it. I'm from the old school,
Speaker 1: so I don't feel comfortable taking rookies ever. But I mean,
Speaker 1: look at, like, like I said earlier, football has changed.
Speaker 1: You know, like a lot of these guys are drafted
Speaker 1: early and they're expected to play, and they're also expected
Speaker 1: to play well. So you know, Chris Carson being there,
Speaker 1: I guess c J. Prosise could possibly still be a thing,
Speaker 1: maybe third down back or whatever. But you know, here's
Speaker 1: what we know about the Seattle Seahawks and Pete Carroll
Speaker 1: is it's a competition. The best running back is gonna play.
Speaker 1: And there's nothing that I appreciate more than that. You mean, like,
Speaker 1: I love that. That's the thing they spend all that
Speaker 1: money on on uh what's his name, Flynn or whatever
Speaker 1: it was the Green Bay Packers or they spent all
Speaker 1: that Matt Flynn, they spent all that money, and then
Speaker 1: they bring in Russell Wilson. They got him later in
Speaker 1: the draft. He's short, he's this, he's that. No one's
Speaker 1: expecting him. And Pete Carroll said, look, he's a better
Speaker 1: quarterback and he's a rookie, and I don't care. He's
Speaker 1: gonna play because he gives us the best chance to win.
Speaker 1: So I think that's the best thing for Rashad Penny.
Speaker 1: I mean, do we really believe that Chris Carson is
Speaker 1: a better running back than Rashard Penny. I don't think
Speaker 1: I believe that. And I think Richard Penny is gonna start.
Speaker 1: During the Power Hour Frank yesterday, which you can do,
Speaker 1: you have a chance to check it out. We had
Speaker 1: everybody we work with around this table drinking and talking football,
Speaker 1: and one of the PPR backs we didn't get to
Speaker 1: was Chris Carson. And we mentioned the ridic and we
Speaker 1: mentioned Chris Thompson Chris Carson. We didn't mention, is there
Speaker 1: any hindrance for you drafting Rashad Penny because of Chris Carson. No.
Speaker 1: I have cooled a little bit. I know we when
Speaker 1: we did the Who's this year's Todd Gurley, I spoke
Speaker 1: about Rashad Penny um and I said, look volume Trump's efficiency,
Speaker 1: And I mentioned last year, six out of the top
Speaker 1: twelve running backs average four point zero yards for carrier less,
Speaker 1: so not great in terms of efficiency. So even if
Speaker 1: the Seahawks offensive line isn't great, I think we're shot
Speaker 1: Penny can still be valuable. But you know, they're talking
Speaker 1: of Chris Carson more and more. I don't think that
Speaker 1: it's really I think, you know, they used the first
Speaker 1: round pick on Rashad Penny for a reason. I've lowered
Speaker 1: him a little bit in my rankings. But I think
Speaker 1: where Mike said, you know that three four swing, especially
Speaker 1: if you get him in the fourth round, I do
Speaker 1: like that. I do think he's gonna be the main
Speaker 1: back on this team. Ryan Schottenheimer. As boring of an
Speaker 1: offense as you can get, they're going to run the
Speaker 1: ball there, or at least they're going to try. And
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be with versus Penny. I'm not
Speaker 1: really sipping this Chris Carson kool aid all that much.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's in uh, you know, five to seven touches
Speaker 1: per games something like that. I don't think he has
Speaker 1: a significant role. Do you think Brian Shenheimer's signed Sean Green.
Speaker 1: There's a chance you probably find him in like the
Speaker 1: CFL somewhere or whatever wherever Sean Green is right now, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll probably find a way to get him in there.
Speaker 1: Right there you go. Just breaking news Eric for you
Speaker 1: from Adam Schefter. The Titans have agreed to an extension
Speaker 1: with Delanny Walker. So what do you talk about extensively
Speaker 1: on the program yesterday? Um? Eric, are you we we
Speaker 1: weren't sure about Delaney Walker if you can continue it right, like,
Speaker 1: keep it going being as solid as he has his
Speaker 1: entire career with your Titans. Do you feel comfortable drafting
Speaker 1: Delaney Walk? Yeah, I mean comprules I feel drafting any
Speaker 1: tight end around where he's gonna go. I mean, to me,
Speaker 1: he's He's Jason Witten all over again. There's no way
Speaker 1: the Delaney Walker, especially with the receivers that they have there,
Speaker 1: is going to win you a league. That's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1: If you want to tight end to when your league,
Speaker 1: then you gotta take Gronk in the second round, or
Speaker 1: or Kelsey or or one of those guys. But Delaney
Speaker 1: Walker is steady. And look at if you're drafting, if
Speaker 1: you're a person that has to get a tight end.
Speaker 1: I mean all leagues have tight ends. Scott fish Bowl,
Speaker 1: you know, puts a premium on tight ends. Delaney Walkers
Speaker 1: as safe as it gets. He is the ten Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: Jason Witten, he's the security blanket and he's reliable. Uh
Speaker 1: and and uh. I mean you can't really do much
Speaker 1: better than that unless you want to draft really high,
Speaker 1: right of course, unlessie want to draft the Zach Errs,
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, Rold Grenkowski, Teer, Frankie. Yeah. And I think
Speaker 1: you know the guys who spoke about yesterday, Jimmy Graham,
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen, Evan Angram, Delaney Walker. That's really like the
Speaker 1: I would say round five through seven agreed riving six,
Speaker 1: those of the tight ends, and I said, no to me.
Speaker 1: Out of that group, to Landy, Walker is the safest.
Speaker 1: There's concerns over targets with the Giants, same thing with
Speaker 1: the Panthers, and then you don't know how Jimmy Graham's
Speaker 1: gonna work with Aaron Rodgers. So to me, Walker is
Speaker 1: the safest of that group. E Y sticking around. When
Speaker 1: we come back, we hit moving to the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Have some more surprises coming your way. And the wide
Speaker 1: receivers that Floria recommended the draft last year. Um yeah,
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Speaker 1: Michael Florio's final show as a member of the Fantasy
Speaker 1: best Friends Forever e y is. Here is your first
Speaker 1: surprise of the day. Certainly more to come, excluding right now,
Speaker 1: as we have another guest on the line for you,
Speaker 1: Mike Florio. Guest say hello, Hello Florio. Hello, that's a
Speaker 1: great conversation you guys. Uh, Mike, you don't know who
Speaker 1: this is. He doesn't know who this is. Guest. I am.
Speaker 1: I thought it was Scotty Angle, but I I don't
Speaker 1: even say hello. It was the man that brought you
Speaker 1: to this company, that brought you to the Fantasy Sports
Speaker 1: Network from just being a writer at roto Experts. He
Speaker 1: is the King, Scott Angel, host the Road of Experts
Speaker 1: in the morning, Scotty, what's up. Good to be with you. Guys.
Speaker 1: Had great fun last night. Uh, fortunately giving Mike as sendoff,
Speaker 1: but uh, you know it's it's uh, it's great. We're
Speaker 1: happy for him. We're also sad to see him go. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, I feel for Frank Stamfel honestly, you know,
Speaker 1: I know we joke around a lot, but you know,
Speaker 1: frankin uh and Mike, you know, grew up together in
Speaker 1: the same area in Queens. You know, there were schoolmates together,
Speaker 1: et cetera. And what a great story about how the
Speaker 1: two of them both started as interns and worked their
Speaker 1: way up at the ranks in our company as best friends,
Speaker 1: you know, both outside and inside the organization. And now
Speaker 1: there's a fork in the road and it's gonna split,
Speaker 1: going to towards Los Angeles, and you know, just I think,
Speaker 1: I think, I think Frank and Mike or a great
Speaker 1: story and uh, you know Mike. You know, I've had
Speaker 1: a lot of people work for me, but you know,
Speaker 1: Mike was the one who like he never ever like
Speaker 1: you know, gave me, uh gave me any reason to
Speaker 1: ever be angry at him, you know, or like you know'
Speaker 1: to ever stress over when his article was coming, or uh,
Speaker 1: you know that he was gonna give me, give me
Speaker 1: some you know, some pushback on something like one of
Speaker 1: the best guys I would ever say I I'd ever
Speaker 1: work with. It's almost like maybe he's a long lost
Speaker 1: son of Nando Davino. This is like changing the channel
Speaker 1: heat for me. I was like, there can only be
Speaker 1: coast man. You gotta hold down each coast. So Greg's
Speaker 1: got to move to the middle of the country. There
Speaker 1: you go. You think you did very you do very well.
Speaker 1: There I got. I got the middle of the country coverage. Alright,
Speaker 1: No one, no one's messing with me over here out
Speaker 1: of all of us going, why how you doing? Scotty.
Speaker 1: Scotty is also uh bff of mine. Uh is also
Speaker 1: responsible for for me uh coming in and doing the
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Network draft. I think it was the very
Speaker 1: first time I spoke to him, and he talked to
Speaker 1: Mike Nando about me coming in doing some TV. So
Speaker 1: Scott's Scott's a good guy and he's got an eye
Speaker 1: for talent, doesn't he. I don't think there's a person
Speaker 1: in the in the industry that Scott hasn't hired that,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean you you, you guys, you guys
Speaker 1: earned it yourself. It's uh, you know, but it was
Speaker 1: interesting because, uh, you know, e Y was on Twitter
Speaker 1: saying he was looking for a fantasy you know, a
Speaker 1: fantasy expert. Fantasy experts lead to get contacted. And when
Speaker 1: my my uncle who was a long time wrestling writer,
Speaker 1: Bill Apter, uh vouched for me with e Y and
Speaker 1: then we brought e Y in, and you know, even
Speaker 1: even Greg Sussman. I mean, like I remember, you know,
Speaker 1: meeting Greg Sussman on press row at Madison Square Garden, US,
Speaker 1: sharing dinners in the press room together, you know, and
Speaker 1: I got got a lot of fond memories about when
Speaker 1: I first first met Mr Sussman as well. You know,
Speaker 1: It's interesting, um, Scott, because the talent that you speak
Speaker 1: of and this talent that that you brought in, uh,
Speaker 1: they had recommendations like this Jones is a polished route
Speaker 1: runner and pass catcher. He said the FBS record for
Speaker 1: most career receptions with three ninety nine and the most
Speaker 1: it see season one eight. I think he could be
Speaker 1: the weapon the Bills have been searching for opposite Sammy Watkins.
Speaker 1: The three Bills leaders and targets with twenty sixteen or
Speaker 1: either gone or injured. While Watkins sees a ton of
Speaker 1: targets if he stays healthy, Jones should see his fair share.
Speaker 1: That was Mike Florio as a Homer recommending and say Jones,
Speaker 1: And I say one thing. I was a hundred percent
Speaker 1: wrong on Sat Jones. But there were multiple receivers you
Speaker 1: could have picked over him, like I was high on
Speaker 1: Martavis Bryant. I had him ranked highly. And I'm not
Speaker 1: done yet. I have plenty wad receivers here. Okay, keep going.
Speaker 1: I wasn't done yet, because I was, I was, I was.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna follow up, Mike, are you talking about this?
Speaker 1: That reports indicate that John Brown was dealing with sickle
Speaker 1: cell as well as assist on his spine last season,
Speaker 1: and according to reports, the siste has been removed, his
Speaker 1: medical issues are under control and he's looking like the
Speaker 1: brown of I am buying into this, and depending on
Speaker 1: how you draft, I'll take a shot on him as
Speaker 1: my wide receiver. Four. Yeah, you could have built a
Speaker 1: very bad water receiver coler with some of these uh
Speaker 1: because martey Is Briant was wide receiver one. As you
Speaker 1: keep preferring to, I've named three, I've made four and five.
Speaker 1: Would you like to think the next one was? No,
Speaker 1: he's not even on this list. I had twelve. How
Speaker 1: about Jeremy Macklin, Joel Pryor was Eric? Yeah, there are
Speaker 1: bowload of targets now available in Baltimore. They lost Titan
Speaker 1: Dennis Pina, they lost Steve Smith, Kamar Aikin, Kyle Use
Speaker 1: check screw over Sean Perriman. I think Macklin could leave
Speaker 1: this team in targets. I also buying the fact that
Speaker 1: it was her last year. I think listen to it.
Speaker 1: He could be a very safe wide receiver. Three And
Speaker 1: as of now, you don't need to pay that price,
Speaker 1: although I expect that's a climb. I can't even defend
Speaker 1: every everything with everything that you're reading here, you know,
Speaker 1: it's almost like you're priming him for his new UH
Speaker 1: position at NFL dot com announcing that now he's you know,
Speaker 1: he's he's going to be a research assistant. And the
Speaker 1: way you were said making it sound that he needn't
Speaker 1: go to his research, well, we actually had an announcer
Speaker 1: for FLOORA was going Scott, but thank you. Okay, it's fine,
Speaker 1: it's not there's there's my first grew up of the day.
Speaker 1: There you go, Um, Scott. We appreciate you stopping by,
Speaker 1: um and we'll look forward to hearing you on Monday
Speaker 1: morning with Dana Rhodo experts. Yeah, and uh, you know, Mike,
Speaker 1: I wish you. I wish you all the best of
Speaker 1: luck here. You're you're a great guy and you deserve
Speaker 1: all this success. And I've never heard anybody say a
Speaker 1: bad word about you, Mike. Do you want to say
Speaker 1: all these they used to Scott, the guy that brought
Speaker 1: you in. Yes, I was going to respond to him.
Speaker 1: I say thank you very much, Scotty. I would not
Speaker 1: be here without you, obviously, to be honor as an
Speaker 1: intern and then as a writer. And it was even
Speaker 1: Scott who called me and offered me this job here
Speaker 1: at F and T s Y Radio. So basically every
Speaker 1: job I've and he was one of my references from
Speaker 1: my new job. I would not be anywhere without Scott
Speaker 1: Angles or Scotty, thank you very much. And on top
Speaker 1: of it, Scott killed it at karaoke last night, Yes
Speaker 1: he did. Scott was Scott was a superstar at karaoke
Speaker 1: last night. The Angles in general, yeah, they were the
Speaker 1: big winners of karaoke. I thought we did well. The
Speaker 1: oh we did great, Florio said, I brought you in, Mike,
Speaker 1: I am your father. Now you're actually Sean's father is
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Speaker 1: I want to get to one of the rookie running
Speaker 1: backs in Florio really like last year and see what
Speaker 1: you think about him this year. Uh. And that is
Speaker 1: the main one as he said, and that was Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams wasn't great last year. So there's another call Florio
Speaker 1: got wrong. Do you like Jamal Williams or Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: or Time Montgomery? How do you break down this Packers
Speaker 1: running back situation? Eric, Yeah, I think it's a mess, uh,
Speaker 1: just like it was last year, because there's there's three
Speaker 1: guys there. I think without the suspension, I think Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones is the most talented. Uh. He can do everything
Speaker 1: and there's things that he can do very well. Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams is a guy that I like as well, but
Speaker 1: I mean he's a he's a straight head back. He's
Speaker 1: not gonna catch a ton of passes. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't think he's great out of the shotgun. I
Speaker 1: think he's more of a bruising back. But he's going
Speaker 1: to get the start, I believe. I think Tie Montgomery
Speaker 1: will be the change of pace guy. Uh, and that
Speaker 1: won't change he was a receiver. Um. But I think
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, like in basketball right now, he's a guy
Speaker 1: that you can get pretty late because people like go.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it is two games, but it's only
Speaker 1: two games. So it's a guy that you can kind
Speaker 1: of get a little bit like they're in beastball leagues
Speaker 1: that I think when he comes back, maybe not right away,
Speaker 1: but over time he will take over and will be
Speaker 1: the the main back in that offense. And we all
Speaker 1: know everyone in Green Bay is is worth something in
Speaker 1: the fantasy world. It's true. It's just what how much
Speaker 1: are they worth when you draft me? Frank yea, yeah,
Speaker 1: And I know we're here to like poop poo florio
Speaker 1: and that's all good and fun for sure. Jamal Williams
Speaker 1: finishes RB twenty nine last year Mike had him ranks.
Speaker 1: It's pretty good. I'll take it. I didn't even know
Speaker 1: that it's pretty good. I just looked it up right now.
Speaker 1: And you know, I actually agree with what I was saying.
Speaker 1: I think Aaron Jones is coming at a huge discount
Speaker 1: right now. I think he is the most talented running
Speaker 1: back in this backfield. It could be a headache, for sure,
Speaker 1: but I love the discount that you're getting because of
Speaker 1: the two games suspension. Plus we mentioned this on the
Speaker 1: Power Hour yesterday, Greggy. The Packers first two games are
Speaker 1: against the Bears and the Vikings. If Jamal Williams struggles
Speaker 1: in those first two games. When Aaron Jones comes back
Speaker 1: in week three, he has a chance to come back
Speaker 1: and seize that opportunity. So you know, Jamal Williams less
Speaker 1: than four yards per carry last year, Aaron Jones five
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry um. I think overall he
Speaker 1: is the better running back. I would be surprised if
Speaker 1: he leads his team and touches from week three on.
Speaker 1: Once he returns, they're a different team though, right, Like,
Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't have a quarterback, so that you
Speaker 1: know they didn't the first couple of weeks. They barely
Speaker 1: even threw the ball, so it's not like they had
Speaker 1: to to respect the passing game at all. Having Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers there is maybe the best quarterback in football. I mean,
Speaker 1: you have no choice, but respect doesn't matter who's lining
Speaker 1: up on the outside in the slot. That's going to
Speaker 1: create I think a lot of opportunity for the running backs.
Speaker 1: But I mean each week it's gonna be a dark prow. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it probably will be. And and you're right because it's
Speaker 1: annoing euy that you want on the pieces, all these
Speaker 1: pieces of the Packer offense. And remember last year I
Speaker 1: had the hell huge discussion about Time Montgomery and he
Speaker 1: went off in week one and we're like, wow, I
Speaker 1: wish I had more shares and then only lasted so long.
Speaker 1: You won't pieces of this offense and it's just trying
Speaker 1: to find them. Yeah, And look, they're all coming at
Speaker 1: value right now. Like if we knew that there was
Speaker 1: an RB one on this team, they'd be going in
Speaker 1: like the third fourth round where Time Montgomery was going
Speaker 1: last year. But right now, Jamal Williams, you're getting him
Speaker 1: round six, round seven, Aaron Jones, you're getting him two
Speaker 1: rounds later than that Time Montgomery, you're getting for basically nothing.
Speaker 1: He's dirt cheap, so you're not You don't have to
Speaker 1: pay a premium for these guys right now. And if
Speaker 1: you ask me, I think you know, Aaron Jones going
Speaker 1: in like that nine tenth round range is the best value,
Speaker 1: like your RB four, RB five, And I think the
Speaker 1: chance that he starts at some point, I think it's
Speaker 1: great value. I know he spend it the first two weeks,
Speaker 1: but I agree. But before the suspension, when he was
Speaker 1: going like a little bit earlier than Jamal Williams, I
Speaker 1: was in on Jamal Williams there because I want whichever
Speaker 1: one of the two is cheaper, because I do agree
Speaker 1: with that these guys that you're gonna want one of
Speaker 1: the too, one of these two running backs. But I
Speaker 1: think the one thing that we kind of overlook with
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, he was playing with Brett Hunley, Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: running with Aaron Rodgers, Like he said, two completely different scenarios.
Speaker 1: In one they knew all right, first and second down,
Speaker 1: they're running the ball of Jamal Williams. It's a lot
Speaker 1: harder to run when you don't have space, when you
Speaker 1: have to respect the quarterback like they did when Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones was out there, it's a little bit easier. I
Speaker 1: think Aaron Jones the best runner of the three. I
Speaker 1: think is the best pass catcher. I think Jamal Williams
Speaker 1: is the best of both worlds. That was Jake Seeley's
Speaker 1: point last year that Jamal Williams kind of do it
Speaker 1: all and he's the best in past protection as well,
Speaker 1: which matters a big It matters when Aaron Rodgers quarter Eric.
Speaker 1: Do you think there were rumors. I guess it's months
Speaker 1: ago now, but there are umors of time on Gummery
Speaker 1: would find a lot of his touches because as a
Speaker 1: wide receiver again and that they were going to move
Speaker 1: him back and he do you believe that? I think
Speaker 1: that depends on training camp and what Geronald Allison is
Speaker 1: going to be. I think that's another guy that you
Speaker 1: can get super late that look like he could be
Speaker 1: the number two And if you're asking me right now
Speaker 1: to bet that's who I bet is the number two
Speaker 1: wide receiver there possibly look at I've never liked Davante Adams.
Speaker 1: I think Jerar Millison could be you know, the one A,
Speaker 1: one B. So I think you know right now in
Speaker 1: Best Ball League especially like that's he's a value man
Speaker 1: and I've got him on almost every best ball team
Speaker 1: that I can do. Makes sense of the best ball
Speaker 1: team for sure, And I think listen to the if
Speaker 1: you're draft, there's worst players to take a shot on
Speaker 1: the Geronimo Allison. He's a favorite for the number three jobs. Yes,
Speaker 1: what number one? He's being drafted right now, Greg, like
Speaker 1: in a DP sixty's you're kidding him because absolutely nothing.
Speaker 1: They've already said. He's gonna open up as the number
Speaker 1: three wide receiver. I think Randall Cobb projects more as
Speaker 1: like the slot receiver in this offense. But they run
Speaker 1: a lot of three wide receiver sets, so him over
Speaker 1: the middle and you have Allison and Davantae Adams on
Speaker 1: the outside. Again what I was saying earlier, it's not
Speaker 1: just with the running backs. You want as much exposure
Speaker 1: to this passing attack as you could possibly get. And
Speaker 1: Geronimo Allison at wide receiver sixty eight, that is that
Speaker 1: is a great like late round, like one of your
Speaker 1: last round flyer picks. It is like a wide receiver five,
Speaker 1: wide receiver six. You know what I don't mind doing here, Greg,
Speaker 1: In the best Ball format, if you take Davanta Adams
Speaker 1: in the second or third, take Geronimo Allison with one
Speaker 1: of your last picks. In case like an injury occurs
Speaker 1: or a concussion pops up again, Geronimo Allison slots in
Speaker 1: as like a handcuff wide receiver, especially in best Ball.
Speaker 1: So that that stemmed from that conversation stem from Mike Florio.
Speaker 1: Um really like Jamal Williams last year. Do you know
Speaker 1: who the second rookie running back you really liked last
Speaker 1: year was? No, there was Joe Williams of San Francisco.
Speaker 1: I don't think I liked him. You did. I'm reading it.
Speaker 1: It says Joe Williams running back forty nine. The next
Speaker 1: one was good. It was cream Hunt, which was about you,
Speaker 1: and then last was uh some J P. Ryan. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I like Joe Williams a little bit this year. How
Speaker 1: come uh for me? I mean the running back thing,
Speaker 1: it just depends on how you're going to look at
Speaker 1: Matt Brita and I don't I mean, I think he's small.
Speaker 1: I think he's a third down guy. And McKinnon he
Speaker 1: gets hurt. I mean, you know, I mean he's always hurt.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's a big enough guy to be
Speaker 1: a featured back, and we're going to make him the
Speaker 1: featured back. And I think Joe Williams is a guy
Speaker 1: that he does everything well. And you know, he's a
Speaker 1: guy that they look very high. He had an injury,
Speaker 1: I mean that's that kind of thing happens. But he's
Speaker 1: a guy that you can get super super late right now.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, it could be uh, it
Speaker 1: could be a real thing, you know, Week four, Week five.
Speaker 1: I think Joe Williams could end up being a guy
Speaker 1: who pops up on the waiver wire this year. We've
Speaker 1: already voiced our I want to say our displeasure with
Speaker 1: Jack McKinnon or you know, we're just all I want
Speaker 1: to say, we're down on him, and you know we're
Speaker 1: not really sipping the kool aid that everyone else is.
Speaker 1: I've not as far as to say, like, I think
Speaker 1: Matt Read has a chance to like take over the
Speaker 1: starting role at some point. He is a very small
Speaker 1: running back, but he ran well last year. I just
Speaker 1: think Jack McKinnon look a guy who hasn't done it before,
Speaker 1: hasn't been a workhorse running back. I have concerns over
Speaker 1: him being drafted in the second round right now. I
Speaker 1: just there's no way I could get behind that. I
Speaker 1: think there's a chance that between Brita Joe Williams, one
Speaker 1: of these guys pops off as the backup behind h
Speaker 1: Jerck McKinnon this year. The thing I'll say to E
Speaker 1: wise point Joe Williams could potentially become like a goal
Speaker 1: line back there. I don't think it's exactly he's rep
Speaker 1: read his way too small and Jerk McKinnon has never
Speaker 1: really done it in his career, so I know I
Speaker 1: get it he's a freak athlete, but I read something
Speaker 1: the other day that we're like, when he's playing in
Speaker 1: shorts and T shirt, he's one of those guys that
Speaker 1: just pops and he's great on every metric. Then you
Speaker 1: look at the metrics of him playing and it's not
Speaker 1: nearly to that same extent. So I, you guys know this,
Speaker 1: I have a lot of concerns about McKinnon. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: before we hit the break, I want to get to
Speaker 1: smash p Ryan with the Redskins. Obviously it was terrible
Speaker 1: last year. They spent early round draft pick on Darius Guys,
Speaker 1: who people are again very very high on. We know
Speaker 1: how Eric feels about rookie running back. How high on
Speaker 1: the rookie running back list. I guess Mike is guys
Speaker 1: for you guys is well third because obviously Say Kwan
Speaker 1: is one. I almost I almost forget him about Say
Speaker 1: because he's by default the number one rookie running back.
Speaker 1: I think I have Penny one spot higher than guys currently. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I have guys higher in standard and then in half
Speaker 1: point and full point PPR. I'll have ra Shot Penny
Speaker 1: ahead of him. But Darius, guys is my second rookie
Speaker 1: running back. I have him as RB fourteen right now,
Speaker 1: e y, I know you don't really like running well
Speaker 1: rookie play rookies in general because of your old school mentality.
Speaker 1: Other than see Kawan Barkley. Is there any rookie running
Speaker 1: back that you do feel comfortable drafting? Yeah, I'm actually
Speaker 1: I'm pretty high on Darius Guys. I got him above
Speaker 1: Penny uh Sony, Michelle Kenyan, Drake, Royce Freeman, Um, Ronald Jones.
Speaker 1: I think there's a real opportunity and for him in Washington,
Speaker 1: and uh they're they're gonna want to lean on the
Speaker 1: running backs, and like and and Aaron Rodgers. He loved
Speaker 1: to throw to the running back, all right, I know,
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that. Oh my god, who can't
Speaker 1: think of the other guy's name? All right, Chris Thompson.
Speaker 1: I can't remember Chris Stompson. Thompson, I know Thompson's there.
Speaker 1: But guys is the number one, I think, I agree,
Speaker 1: the guy that can get the tellsons. Alex Smith and
Speaker 1: Rodgers both love passing the running backs. Let's take a break,
Speaker 1: we'll come back. It's finals twenty minutes of Florio's career
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Speaker 1: minutes there. BF career Mike been all eminem today. I've
Speaker 1: noticed that. Well it's for you, Manny, I like it.
Speaker 1: It's your favorite. You're trying to make you happy. That's
Speaker 1: where were going on in your terrible records last year.
Speaker 1: Many Boys Radio Network BFFs Eric Young here, like Florio,
Speaker 1: Frank Staffle, Scott Angle just stopped by, and that leads
Speaker 1: us to our next guest, our final guest of the day. Uh, sir, Hello,
Speaker 1: how are you yo? What's up? How's it going? Maddie
Speaker 1: mo my man? What's up? We needed Maddie and Maddie
Speaker 1: move here and on the vff's on your last day, Mike.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't miss it. I wouldn't miss it. Uh, Florio, Sorry,
Speaker 1: I could make it to the last night. And it's
Speaker 1: a tough job to follow up on the King, that
Speaker 1: beautiful basket that he is. But uh, it's an honor
Speaker 1: to be on on the last segment for you. Thank you, Maddie,
Speaker 1: mo Be and Maddie all go way back. I used
Speaker 1: to talk baseball with him on Twitter before I even
Speaker 1: knew him, before either of us worked here. So those
Speaker 1: way back, Maddie. While I'm excited for you, fantastic he
Speaker 1: lovel hopefully found his path. Man, go to l A
Speaker 1: Hawaii in Chicago, Like that'd be pretty cool. That's lived
Speaker 1: a hell of a life. It's been fun. It's been fun. Matt.
Speaker 1: Why do we do have you for a couple of
Speaker 1: moments here? I have to ask, because you were you
Speaker 1: were the guy last year to me because I suppose
Speaker 1: to you every day. Obviously that was all about Kareem Haunt.
Speaker 1: Every draft you did, you did not care. Uh, you
Speaker 1: did not care when you had to take him. You
Speaker 1: were getting Kareem Hunt. Now, you also did that with
Speaker 1: Corey Davis, which we'll leave out for now, but Kareem
Speaker 1: Hunt was your boy. Who is that guy this year
Speaker 1: that you're going to make sure you have on the
Speaker 1: majority of your teams for the rookie. As far as
Speaker 1: the rookie running back, yeah, I really like Darius Guys.
Speaker 1: I think it was you know, the draft stocked trumbled
Speaker 1: course of the interviews and maybe the issues and stuff,
Speaker 1: but this is a tremendous running back and tremendous talent,
Speaker 1: and uh, I think you know he's gonna get the opportunity.
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson is still there, but I think the Redskin
Speaker 1: team is gonna be a lot better than a lot
Speaker 1: of people think, especially the offensive line. Very underrated offensive
Speaker 1: line that was banged up last year. But Darius Guys,
Speaker 1: I think gonna be the first and second down back
Speaker 1: just being on the field with Alex Smith. Alex Smith
Speaker 1: as much as he is, he'll fall into thirty thirty
Speaker 1: five receptions throughout the year. I mean, people thought Leonard
Speaker 1: Fournett couldn't catch the ball coming out of l s U.
Speaker 1: He proved people wrong. I think he could catch forty
Speaker 1: plus passes this year. Just being on the field with
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. I love Chris Thompson this year. I think
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson's awesome. They could both were they could both
Speaker 1: be profitable players together. I feel the same way about
Speaker 1: the New England backfield. Great. You know. I spoke about
Speaker 1: birt head lands and even with the you know, like
Speaker 1: howe hold on to him and look were evening Da
Speaker 1: Lewis got healthy and he was the you know, the
Speaker 1: driving force there Birkhead when he got back, you know,
Speaker 1: And I think the same will happen with Sonny Michelle
Speaker 1: and Birkhead. And I even like dio Lewis going to Tennessee.
Speaker 1: They paid him a lot of money. So I'm still
Speaker 1: on Patriot and ex Patriot running backs. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of people saying they don't want the headache, they
Speaker 1: don't want to figure out Belichecks. Look, this is a
Speaker 1: team that's gonna be one of the top scoring teams
Speaker 1: in the league. The running backs have done very well
Speaker 1: in the last couple of years, so I think it's
Speaker 1: something you should be home good on. E Y. I know,
Speaker 1: New England has not been a source for you to
Speaker 1: go for the running backs. You've kind of been like,
Speaker 1: I don't want to deal with this. Has that changed
Speaker 1: this year for a team that you have to Sonny
Speaker 1: Michelle so early, with the success that Rex Burke had
Speaker 1: had last season, No, I'm avoiding it. It's a it's
Speaker 1: a mass. I mean, what's his name, the last name
Speaker 1: of Gray. I mean, he came out of nowhere, like
Speaker 1: who knows, who knows is gonna happen there? It's that's
Speaker 1: It's the biggest dart throw of them all. And Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick is totally unpredictable. And I mean, like, look the Patriots,
Speaker 1: I think you know they score points every year. Um,
Speaker 1: you mean Tom Brady is a great you know, gron
Speaker 1: Kraski is great. But week to week it's a total guest.
Speaker 1: I mean, because they gain plan completely different every single week.
Speaker 1: They don't. They're not like just a running team or
Speaker 1: just a tight end team or just a passing team.
Speaker 1: Each week. It's completely different. It's a dart throw for
Speaker 1: all those guys. And I don't want the headache. I
Speaker 1: just don't want it, so I avoid New England Patriots
Speaker 1: period to he was point. Remember last year after they
Speaker 1: beat the Patriots beat the Titans in the playoffs, we
Speaker 1: were talking about how even though they had a multiple
Speaker 1: touchdown lead, everything in the numbers said that the way
Speaker 1: to attack the Titans was to pass the ball, and
Speaker 1: they were still throwing the ball up like three scores.
Speaker 1: So he's a percent right. They game plan to beat
Speaker 1: the opponent. They don't game plan for their strengths, and
Speaker 1: it will say if I'm gonna, I would like to
Speaker 1: just say, over the last couple of years, it's hard
Speaker 1: to stage back to talk about the fund stage backfield
Speaker 1: is usually one or two overall in fantasy pages have
Speaker 1: been right up there, and I know, I know the
Speaker 1: narrative has been ingrained so hard, and people don't let
Speaker 1: me look at what we Gotta Blunt did a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago. We look at what Louis did, Look
Speaker 1: at what Burken these guys are going to you know,
Speaker 1: they're gonna tack the ball to you know, get rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: I just think it's something you shouldn't toss away talking
Speaker 1: about him mo here on Florio's last day. Man, before
Speaker 1: I let you go, I want to I do want
Speaker 1: to ask you one more question in regards to who
Speaker 1: you really like. You give us the rookies and Sony Michelle,
Speaker 1: Um and Darius Guys. Is here just the player this
Speaker 1: year non rookie? Whoever? The guy that you've looked atter
Speaker 1: the first month ago and live here? Um? Who you
Speaker 1: really like? I mean, look, I think I'll throw him
Speaker 1: out there and we will pass him five real quick.
Speaker 1: And I think Samuel Watkins is a guy that once again,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna be back in on the price
Speaker 1: is great there, but as far as another day that
Speaker 1: I was in a relationships got hurt and kind of
Speaker 1: fell out of the lips for a while, it's as
Speaker 1: a fun days. I think this guy's talent is a
Speaker 1: nuts I think, you know, I think the possibilities for him,
Speaker 1: you know, he can finish as one of the best
Speaker 1: wide receivers in football this season. So I would I would.
Speaker 1: I know everybody's on feeling and feeling is fantastic as well,
Speaker 1: but I think there was plenty of room for Digs
Speaker 1: to climb up dot Lad. It's amazing he still like
Speaker 1: Samue Watkins even though he cut his dreads. It's wild,
Speaker 1: but you got to look at the situation is in
Speaker 1: there you go. Maddie Mojica, We appreciate it. I know
Speaker 1: you're still on Giann Lewis because you never quit him either.
Speaker 1: M Yes, I'm still obviously, gentlemen, thanks for having me
Speaker 1: Floorial all the best to deserve it. And thank you Matt,
Speaker 1: Thank you, Maddie Moe. We appreciate the time. Fantasy best
Speaker 1: Friends Forever kicking it all. And yet another guest has
Speaker 1: joined a program, Florio. Another surprise. Sir, Hello, and how
Speaker 1: are you. I am good. How are you best Friends Forever?
Speaker 1: We are doing well, Mr President, We are doing very
Speaker 1: very well. I am in Los Angeles as we speak.
Speaker 1: I spoke to Florio a couple of weeks ago, and
Speaker 1: I saw you guys do your U the karaoke last night,
Speaker 1: and it's just brought great joy, great far great joy.
Speaker 1: And listen, Florio is not only one of the uh
Speaker 1: nicest of men. But when you guys, the three of you,
Speaker 1: or three of the best fantasy baseball players in this country,
Speaker 1: and as you guys break up just a little bit,
Speaker 1: and one of your three you know, kind of lose
Speaker 1: one of your three. I just I just want to say,
Speaker 1: you guys are are super fun and awesome, and it
Speaker 1: is noted that the glad bush is uh it is
Speaker 1: moving up. We are which the in THEDD league. No,
Speaker 1: don't put your shoulder off, Frank, it's it'll look disgusting,
Speaker 1: all right. I wasn't on camera for that as Ian count.
Speaker 1: Of course, who's leading our GDD league in a major,
Speaker 1: major way. I'll say this Ian, there's now a permanent
Speaker 1: spot open at this table for baseball. Well, yes, like,
Speaker 1: when are you guys? All you're doing is football, and
Speaker 1: you know, I know my baseball is my is my failure. Wick,
Speaker 1: I'm not, I'm not doing football. But I did see listen.
Speaker 1: I just I I turned on Twitter. I just got
Speaker 1: back from slaying tennis here in beautiful Los Angeles and
Speaker 1: I turned it on and I saw you guys and
Speaker 1: almost like, damn, I want to get in and take
Speaker 1: goodbye to Michael and Tom. You know best depictions. You're
Speaker 1: gonna be awesome out here. You're gonna love it out here.
Speaker 1: It's freaking the best. And yeah, well I'm back home
Speaker 1: in about two weeks, so I would. I would love
Speaker 1: to come in and see with you guys. Of course,
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Sports Network, the Fantasy Sports Network is is
Speaker 1: a little bit less now without Florio because he's a
Speaker 1: he's a mensch, as you know what that means, my
Speaker 1: fellow juice up and uh, he's mentioned a great player.
Speaker 1: So there you go. I just wanted to I wanted
Speaker 1: to send my regards as well. There you go. Thank you. Ian.
Speaker 1: Then if you're ever back out in l A, especially
Speaker 1: during baseball season, we have to catch some happy hour
Speaker 1: baseball because I've been told that's the best thing about
Speaker 1: living on the West Coast. I'm telling you, man, you
Speaker 1: get to start watching baseball at four o'clock and keep
Speaker 1: watching till eleven. It's it is remarkably fun. But all
Speaker 1: my best to you guys. You guys are awesome. We
Speaker 1: appreciate it that I get to become a little bit,
Speaker 1: a little bit putty and show and I look forward
Speaker 1: to having to see at the table again soon. Follow
Speaker 1: Ian Cohn on Twitter. He's Mr President, He's fantastic. He's
Speaker 1: always welcome by. There we go. It's Ian Cohn, the
Speaker 1: last guest that we're gonna have on today's program. Mike
Speaker 1: because e Y is still here and you I'm really
Speaker 1: happy you're here. Um, because it's time to give our
Speaker 1: our gifts away. It's like Florida, is that? Is it fair?
Speaker 1: Is it time? Frank? Yeah? All right, I don't don't
Speaker 1: we gave enough. Those are your birthday gifts. We have
Speaker 1: your going we have your going away gifts. Now, you
Speaker 1: guys did way too much. So I'm gonna do this here.
Speaker 1: So our first gift. I know Ey really appreciates this
Speaker 1: because he likes it. Um, why don't you come here,
Speaker 1: flor what don't you Why don't you come to the
Speaker 1: real table. Let's let's come to the real table. Zoo
Speaker 1: out on the middle camera. I want you to be
Speaker 1: here with us, at the table where you belong. We're
Speaker 1: not bashing you anymore. We'll turn your we'll turn on
Speaker 1: on this Mike for you. So the first gift. And
Speaker 1: I know again e Y truly appreciates this. But congratulations.
Speaker 1: We wanted to just take this to l A with you.
Speaker 1: We've got you old jar peanut butter. We know how
Speaker 1: much you love peanut butter and you you liked it
Speaker 1: on our show, so we got your whole jar. So
Speaker 1: you can take it with you. I'm good. I will
Speaker 1: donate this back to you guys more toy. Maybe you
Speaker 1: gotta take it. I don't think I've spent money on this, fine,
Speaker 1: but I don't think anyone needs more peanut butter than
Speaker 1: the wine we'll give it. And it's probably true there is.
Speaker 1: I wish I could eat it every day, but I don't. Oh, hey, Maverick,
Speaker 1: is that his name? Yeah, Maverick says. Maverick says, uh,
Speaker 1: happy journeys and uh, and he looks ready for that.
Speaker 1: I was gonna be I was gonna lie and say,
Speaker 1: he's your birthday. But there's no way I can't quit them.
Speaker 1: That was the best, alright, Mike, So there you go.
Speaker 1: Um to Peter Putter if you and Nicolette in your apartment. Okay.
Speaker 1: You know, we had a lot of requests for this
Speaker 1: in our YouTube chat today, so I wanted to make
Speaker 1: sure we got you your brand old bottle a baby
Speaker 1: oil you can take home you to lather yourself as
Speaker 1: much as you want in a brand new baby oil.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'll ever use this, but it's
Speaker 1: great because Ryan McGarry actually acts. If I could think
Speaker 1: of three Kodak moments of the show, and two of
Speaker 1: which were these ones. What was the third, Uh, I
Speaker 1: don't know, it's not really a part of the show,
Speaker 1: but being at n x T last year with us
Speaker 1: watching winning, that was one of the best moment. That
Speaker 1: was so cool. That was that was really cool. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: not gonna be here when you guys here, so you
Speaker 1: can't come with this and star WrestleMania. I could be well,
Speaker 1: see why if you're on the card at Mania, he'll
Speaker 1: be here. I'll go fingers cross boys. Absolutely that that
Speaker 1: would be remarkable. And now one of our favorite moments
Speaker 1: on the show. It was your anniversary, no doubt with Nicolette.
Speaker 1: He went on Facebook and You're just like, I love
Speaker 1: my hot honey. So here we go. We have gotten
Speaker 1: Mike Florio. He's a great cam this bed boy. We
Speaker 1: have gotten Mike Florio his own jar of hot honey.
Speaker 1: There you got change this camera, change cameras that one.
Speaker 1: There you go, We got of his own jar of
Speaker 1: hot honey. How's that? Mikey is great. Yeah, there is
Speaker 1: a backstory to that. I didn't just call her my
Speaker 1: hot honey. There was a store called Mike's Hot Honey.
Speaker 1: So we took over front of it, and now you
Speaker 1: own your own hot honey. This is great. You live
Speaker 1: with Nicolette and you own your hot I'm going to
Speaker 1: keep this one, honey, he could get now. The final
Speaker 1: gift that we that we purchased inner, butter and honey
Speaker 1: together is maybe the greatest type team of all time.
Speaker 1: Greater than as you try that. I'm just it's literally
Speaker 1: the best thing you can consume. You gotta try that now.
Speaker 1: I probably host toast toast toast butter, HOTEI spread it
Speaker 1: around with your finger, don't use a knife. Be a man.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go home, and no jelly honey, No jelly
Speaker 1: honey is king? I want to try it? Seems like
Speaker 1: a peanut, butter and banana guy to me. I can
Speaker 1: see that. You see that, uh, Mike. So the final
Speaker 1: gift we have for you, who would you say your
Speaker 1: your favorite fantasy call of your career was you? Guys
Speaker 1: know the answer to this. It's Blake Smell. Would you
Speaker 1: say it's Blake Smell? Because we got you a brand
Speaker 1: new cologne called Blake Smell. Congratulations, hilarious, there you go,
Speaker 1: enjoy it's also it is it is creak car no,
Speaker 1: no, no no, it's Blake smelling Blake, Blake Smell cologne. Mike Floria, Right,
Speaker 1: it's it's Blake Smell cologne that we got you to
Speaker 1: celebrate your time with us. It was your favorite call ever.
Speaker 1: I think it was it easily. Yeah, well can you
Speaker 1: turn it to the camera and they don't the chaos?
Speaker 1: You know, chaos I think of y and whatnot. Alright,
Speaker 1: so Florida, we have officially three minutes left in the program.
Speaker 1: You know, I guess we can say goodbyes now. I'm
Speaker 1: never going to see you again. Great truly thinks I'm
Speaker 1: just I'm gone. He's not done. He's not done. He's
Speaker 1: just moving to l A. Greg thinks I'm he's gone.
Speaker 1: I don't think I'll talk to us anyway. I think
Speaker 1: it'll be you, Frank and I and that's the new
Speaker 1: group probably like he's not welcome back on the show. Yeah, sure,
Speaker 1: Like you know, like in our text chat, which is
Speaker 1: like the four of us, it's only be three of
Speaker 1: us now, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, okay, you
Speaker 1: can't do that to me. I mean it is you
Speaker 1: don't have to do that. You can't write me off.
Speaker 1: I think we just I think we just did Floria.
Speaker 1: When we started the show two years ago. Now, we
Speaker 1: were like the fourth in Car in Cars, Incarceration in
Speaker 1: Car Nation of the VFFS, and I think this on
Speaker 1: the one that took off. We used to we used
Speaker 1: to host multiple shows in this network. I always look
Speaker 1: forward to you this hour with you guys and with
Speaker 1: the e Y and and all our other guests. It
Speaker 1: was the most fun where we're gonna sit here. And
Speaker 1: whether we were getting yelled at on YouTube for not
Speaker 1: talking anything about fantasy sports, I didn't care. And I
Speaker 1: didn't care that Frank wanted to change the open every day, um,
Speaker 1: because it was fun and just hanging out. We were
Speaker 1: able to have fun, all three of us together, and
Speaker 1: I think people saw the same people we were downstairs
Speaker 1: up here, And it was always my mission on the
Speaker 1: air was to be that to just hang out with
Speaker 1: my friends and talk sports or not talk sports, talk
Speaker 1: whatever you wanted to and people would like it and
Speaker 1: would you like it or you don't. I liked it,
Speaker 1: and that's the important thing here. Um, Mike, we're gonna
Speaker 1: miss We're gonna miss you. Um and good luck man. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: it's it's really surreal, man, Like last night traveling home
Speaker 1: drunk and I'm thinking about it, like we started on
Speaker 1: a website that we just made up on our own fantasy.
Speaker 1: On Dick, we do the research so you don't have
Speaker 1: to our slogan. It was just us two and another
Speaker 1: buddy of ours. We just loved fantasy and we started there.
Speaker 1: Next thing, you know, we end up Rhodo experts here.
Speaker 1: It's just like it's crazy that, you know, you just
Speaker 1: start on your own blog and you can take it
Speaker 1: this far. Now Mike's going across the country. So that
Speaker 1: just shows you like you can legit make your own
Speaker 1: path and do anything. It's not just like a cliche
Speaker 1: thing like we legitimately did it and Mike is doing
Speaker 1: it too. So it is awesome, man, it really is.
Speaker 1: We have a minute to go, Mike, Flora's yours man. Uh,
Speaker 1: the camera talks little, you know people. First of all,
Speaker 1: thank you, Greggy, because I know when I first started
Speaker 1: out doing this there was definitely a lot of growing pains.
Speaker 1: I feel like I've learned a lot from you as
Speaker 1: someone who you know, couldn't host the radio show, and
Speaker 1: I had no experience doing that really outside of hosting
Speaker 1: a podcast in Frank's basement. So that was awesome. Uh,
Speaker 1: Fantasy BFFs is more than just the name of this show.
Speaker 1: You guys are more than just co workers to me,
Speaker 1: you two, e y. I think I don't want to
Speaker 1: be written out of the group chat. I wanted to
Speaker 1: continue to be in it. Uh. I love talking to
Speaker 1: you guys anytime, anything football, baseball, anything related. I'm always
Speaker 1: the one hitting you guys up. So I'm gonna miss
Speaker 1: doing the show tremendously. I'm gonna miss the chat. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna miss you Frank, You're gonna miss you. Greg. I'nna
Speaker 1: miss you, e y. And I hope you guys keep
Speaker 1: killing in football season all right. For those watching on YouTube,
Speaker 1: stick around because they have a little bit more coming up.
Speaker 1: You're not gonna want to miss Leo's listening on the radio.
Speaker 1: Of course, Al melchior Fantis Baseball Hour is next for
Speaker 1: Eric Young, Ian Con, Matt Modique, Scott Angle, Frank Snaffle,
Speaker 1: and of course Michael Floria. I have Greg Sauceman has
Speaker 1: been an honor and a pleasure and fun