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This is a 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.640 Jada Kiss track why and it ends with you know 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.880 why they made the new twenties because I got all 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.360 the old ones. And that's what we do here on 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.120 the Fantasy Freestyle. Help you win your leagues and win 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.839 that cash. So they gotta put new twenties, new fifties, 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.279 new hundreds in circulation. That's what we're gonna do. Let's 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.400 start it off around major League Baseball. I got some 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.120 news and notes for you here on the Fantasy Sports 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.919 Radio Network. Big trade in Major League Baseball over the weekend. 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.960 I have been saying for weeks. I have been saying 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.799 for months that the Washington Nationals will make a trade 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.919 for a closer. I thought it was gonna be David 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.080 Robertson when Chicago started waving the flag. But they made 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.760 a deal over the weekend with the Oakland A's and 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.880 they got not one, but two potential closers, getting Ryan 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:23.880 Madsen and Sean Doolittle, both of them I think will 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.600 be in the mix for the closer role in Washington. 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.039 The national say ending Blake Trennon and a couple of 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.800 other prospects across over to Oakland. Don't get it twisted. 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.760 Trendon could be in the mix for saves out there 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.720 in Oakland, so I wouldn't drop him just yet if 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.080 you do have him on your roster, but watch out 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.599 and be sensitive to what Dusty Baker says right now. 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.480 Will it be Doolittle, Will it be Madison. Doolittle is 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.080 the lefty, so maybe they save him for more matchups, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.480 but I do think both of them will get saves 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:57.840 for the Nationals. Moving forward. We told you earlier last 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.520 week that the Marlins seemed to be in full on 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.719 sel mode. There are a number of people that I've 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.839 reported that there was interest, of course in Giancarlo Stanton. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.800 It looks like there's also now interest in their reliever, 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:13.159 A J. Ramos. They have said pretty much everybody is 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.160 on the table. The only guys they think they are 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.440 going to, uh call kind of untouchable are justin Born, 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.400 Marcelo Zuna, Christian Yellow and don't forget about a guy 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.960 like Dan stray Ley and Mr Rial Muto behind the plate. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:28.440 Other than that, we can see a lot of Marlins 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.919 going and there are reports indicating that part of the 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.200 reason why the Marlins will be sellers. If you remember 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.719 Jeffrey Lauria has out there getting ready to sell the team. 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.239 Remember we talked about Jeff Bush and Derek Jeter putting 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.520 in bids for the Marlins. This could be part of it, 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.760 clearing the books a little bit to a new ownership 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.400 group doesn't have huge, long veteran contracts. Keep an eye 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:55.000 on that. Also, in trade deadline moves, there are reports 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.559 out today that the Atlanta Braves are very open quote 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:03.239 unquote to trading their ace Julio Tehran. Tehran is actually 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.040 going tonight, but he is pitching at home. Remember I've 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.440 been talking about his home road splits. Their absolutely ridiculous. 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.360 His e r A on the road this year is 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.360 two point five three. That sounds like an ace. His 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:19.080 e r A at home in Hotlanta is seven point 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.440 five eight. So maybe a change of scenery is best 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:26.320 for all involved. One injury note to give you Giants 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.600 first basement. Brandon Belt sprained his left wrist over the 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.360 weekend checking his swing on a check swing. He was 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.360 That happened on Saturday. He was scratched from the lineup Sunday. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.440 He's listed as a day to day. Keep an eye 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.240 out on that. So here's what we do we hold 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.880 ourselves accountable here on the Fantasy Freestyle. So let me 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.160 go over some of the guys I told you about 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.440 over the weekend. Listen, I told you I wasn't gonna 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.960 pay the ten thousand, nine hundred for Jacob de Graham 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.320 on Friday. Hopefully you didn't listen to me. He did 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.960 throw eight innings and struck out eleven. That was good stuff. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:58.880 That was much better than the guys I told you 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.280 to save money with. I told you Johnny Quado was 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.040 an option against the Padres. He was throwing okay, but 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.640 only when three innings, had a blister on his hand 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.160 after that and was pulled. I also mentioned Garrett Cole. 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.840 He got to a quality start six innings, only two runs, 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.840 but only struck out four. Clearly, de Grom was the 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.280 way to go on Friday. On Saturday, I told you 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.280 looked to that game in Boston where Luis Severino was 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.960 going up against Chris Sale. Both of those pictures delivered. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.120 Remember that game was one one after nine innings. He 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.600 went all the way to sixteen before the Yankees won 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.560 four to one. I also, listen, I was sick with 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.080 my picks on Saturday. I told you about Michael Fulmer. 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.280 He threw eight innings of only one run ball as 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.760 the Tigers beat the Blue Jays eleven to one. He 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.320 struck out three. I also told you about Alex Would. 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.600 Now Alex would only win six innings, but they were 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.520 six shutout innings. He struck out four as the Dodgers 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.760 beat the Marlins seven and one. Alex Wood is now 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.360 eleven and oh on the season. In that game, hopefully 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.840 if you had Cody Bellinger, you enjoyed the fact that 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.600 he had. He hit four. The psychle Madison bum Garner 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:05.000 Russo turned on Saturday nice first first outing from that 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.679 bike accident. He went seven, given up three runs, so 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.199 there's a quality start. He struck out five. And then 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.080 on Sunday I told you about two things. I said 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.240 Richell was placed in the Marlins. I said he was 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.360 only gonna go five or six innings, but those would 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.480 be five or six dope innings. That's what I said. 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.800 On Friday, what do you do? On Sunday he went 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.480 five innings, but he struck out nine in those five 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.280 innings and only gave up one run, kind of what 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.760 I told you. I also told you that Jose Quintana 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.199 was making his debut for the Cubs, and it was 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.120 interesting because it was against it. It was an intro 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.679 league game against the Orioles. I thought he would um 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.560 enjoy that familiarity with an A L team for his 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.280 Cubs debut, and I said he was worth the Look 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.000 what he do. He went seven shutout innings and he 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:50.280 struck out twelve Baltimore Orioles. So hopefully you listen to 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.880 Speeds there and had him in your lineups. Tonight is 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.120 an interesting day around Major League Baseball. The guys on 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.480 the DFS Lineup Block show, Tony Sencada, Benny Cardi, they 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.760 were talking about it as well. They were saying that 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:06.320 there's not much pitching tonight, that there's ways that you 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.240 can go all the way down and not pay for 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.800 the top guys. To me, the top guy if you 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.840 are going to spend money is Lance mcculors. Lance mcculors 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.000 is going for nine hundred dollars on fan duel against 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.920 the Seattle Mariners tonight. He got hit up in his 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:23.160 last start at Toronto. But listen, he has been pretty 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.320 much He's been pretty good all season long. Those Houston 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.040 Astros are the best team in the American League. He's 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:30.959 only given up five or and runs like he did 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.880 against Toronto and his last start, that's the only time 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.199 he's done that since the month of April. He also 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.280 last month in the month of June, had four straight 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:40.920 starts where he struck out eight guys. So the strikeout 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.079 upside is there. He's viable for a win, as you know, 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.760 a member of the Houston Astros there, I like mccullors. 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.480 If you truly have stones, though, and you truly want 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.240 to show your testicular fortitude, I think the way to 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.280 go is look at this San Diego Colorado game. All 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.960 the way down. You can get Harmon Marquez for sixty 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.439 two hundred. My man Benny Riccardi on the Lineup Block 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:05.280 show was talking about Luis Perdomo. These are guys who 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.440 can get for thousands of dollars cheaper. So if you 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.440 want to do things like stack the Astros bats, you know, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.160 or get Aaron Judge in your lineup, you can do 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.360 that going down with your starters, and I think that 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.880 might be the move tonight. One thing I wanted to 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:23.760 talk about. I've had this on my kind of agenda 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:25.880 to talk to you guys about for a long time. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.600 I read the Player's Tribune, you know, and and there's 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.040 a feature there called the Letter to my younger Self. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.920 And I recently saw, you know, one of my favorite 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.520 guys in the core four of the Yankees, Jorge Posada, 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:42.600 he he penned a letter to his former self and 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.840 it was a really interesting read. I recommend that you 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.760 read this. He was talking about all of the hard 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.559 work and effort that his father in Puerto Rico made 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.600 him go through. That he was kind of like Mr 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.800 Miyagi from the Karate Kid. Things like he was literally 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.760 having him do chores around the farm and around the house, 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.000 which his dad knew was targeting the muscles he would 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.560 need a little bit later on, much like you know, 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.840 paint the fence, wax on, wax off, that sort of stuff. 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.640 And then the other thing that Jorge's dad did that 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.480 I thought was awesome when he was twelve years years 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.160 old and he was killing literal league out in Puerto Rico. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:21.679 He made Jorge become a switch hitter. He made him 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.000 start to hit lefty when he was like twelve years old, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.760 and he went from dominating to um struggling, and that 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:31.240 idea of him struggling. I think was very interesting. Um 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.520 Then Jorge goes on to talk about like, you know, 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.200 he he he thought he was a shortstop. You know, 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.040 he thought he was a shortstop. And how one day 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.080 when he was kind of uh like in the minors, 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.160 that they had an opening a catch or they had injuries, 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.160 and he, you know, told his younger self, put your 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.200 hand up and say you can catch that. It will 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.000 be your ticket. And you know, I I love that 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.679 part of the story because I, growing up in a 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.199 AU ball had the same kind of thing. I was 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:58.679 like the fourth outfielder on a team, and I was 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:00.880 also like the third string catch year and we actually 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:02.480 got to it and I wound up catching and getting 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.960 my playing time that way as well. He said, you know, 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.000 told himself he's gonna have to be patient with it. 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.360 He had thirty eight pass balls his first year in 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.360 the minors as a catcher. But how it went and grew, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.560 and it talks about how he became friends with Derek Jeter, 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.760 how he became friends with Mariano and Andy Petted back 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.720 in nine, what he learned from Joe Girardi and Joe 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.160 Tory as catchers, and then how he spun it around 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.520 and paid it forward with a guy like Francisco Savelli 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:29.960 when he was coming up. And I bring that up 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.280 because I was mentioned the Astros before at Lance mccolors 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.680 a few months ago. I talked about how Carlos Beltrn 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.880 is playing that role, how he wanted his locker next 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:41.240 to Korea and Altuve and Springer this year the nurture 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.640 those kids, and those kids are showing up. So maybe 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.120 it does have something to do with that veteran presence 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.679 of a guy like Carlos Beltron, of a guy like 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.640 Brian McCarn of a guy like Kevan gaddis holding them down. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.560 So I think that's interesting to see how the veterans 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.760 pay it forward and how you need to tell yourself 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.520 going into it the income. When we come back, we're 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.199 gonna go to football. We're talking about the Kansas City Chiefs. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.800 We're gonna be previewing them. I got JP who at 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.800 me keeping it soul hot that we sweat them, that 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:21.400 bust the ROMs Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Ezekiel, Elliott, 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:29.240 Carl Anthony, Talents, Corey Seeger. Those are the rookies of 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:34.080 the year, much like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, the 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:40.280 fastest growing fantasy sports network on radio, is completely free 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.320 seven listen to us live in f ANDC s Y 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.360 dot com slash Radio or download the app right now 0:14:46.680 --> 0:15:01.320 in the Google Place to weere or on isulands. Welcome 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.680 back to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.240 winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As usual, let me give 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.680 a shout out to our sports byline affiliates, and we're 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.200 about to preview the Kansas City Chiefs, so out there 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.360 in Missouri and Kansas City, big shout out to anybody 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.600 listening right now on eight ten am w HB in 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.520 Kansas City, Missouri, and also out there in uh Troy, 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.120 Missouri twelve eight a m. The k y r OH 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.440 radio station of our sports byline affiliates, and of course 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.680 to the service men and women out there listening on 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:35.360 American Forces Radio Network. Let's get into new uh the 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.680 NFL real quick. We got some news and notes from 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.520 around the league. First of all, out in Chicago. Remember 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.280 we've been talking about how the Bear signed Mike Glenn 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.560 into this three year, fifty four million dollar deal, and 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.760 then they went up and traded one up spot up 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.160 in the draft to go ahead and draft Mitchell. Don't 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.640 call me Mitch Trabinsky. So there was some something interesting, 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.880 maybe drama around that. What exactly were they doing. There 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.000 are now reports out of Chicago that actually Mike glenn 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:03.560 And will be slated to start all season long, and 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.880 that he has a quote unquote strong grip on the 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.520 starting job. We'll see, because remember, if you listen to 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.600 my previews with the NFC North last week, I said, 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:13.880 I think the Bear is gonna be one of the 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.360 worst teams in football. I have them pegged that winning 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.880 three or four games this year. So if we're in 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.120 the second half of the season and Mike Glennan is 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.880 not getting the job done, or even if he's playing okay, 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.280 but they are completely out of it, I could still 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:31.360 see Mitchell Trabinsky getting starts for the Bears in year one. 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.640 In a shocking piece of news, the Carolina Panthers have 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:39.160 fired their general manager, Dave Gettleman. This comes as a surprise. Okay, 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.080 the Panthers fell off a little bit last year, but 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:45.200 did make the playoffs in each of Gettleman's previous three years. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.440 There has been some drama around them. You've heard things 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.160 like Greg Olsen saying he might hold out and some 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:56.920 other contract negotiations. So ultimately owner Richardson decided to fire 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.680 the general manager, Dave Gettleman. Keep an eye on that. 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.160 One of the Rivers of the not San Diego, but 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:06.320 Los Angeles Chargers says, and get this, he hopes to 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.720 be the Chargers starting quarterback when they opened the new 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:12.800 stadium in l A. That happens in the year two 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:16.120 thousand and twenty, so that's still a long way off 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.359 for an aging sunsetting quarterback. Rivers current contract ends after 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.280 the two thousand nineteen season, and he will be thirty 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.520 eight years old at that time. But one of the 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.520 things we need to talk about because news have come out. 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.800 If you listen to the Fantasy Sports Radio network, you've 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.360 heard people talking about it all day long. You heard 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.320 my man on Friday, Corey Parsons, the Fantasy executive. He's 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:40.800 a Cowboys fan. Okay. Ezekiel Elliott was involved in an 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.920 incident at a bar over the weekend and TMZ is 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.760 even reporting they say they have witness videos say um 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.760 saying he punched someone. This is very bad timing. Okay. 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.879 The NFL is coming down on a decision on Ezekiel 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:58.600 Elliott's domestic violence investigation or case sometime. We believe this 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.359 week and even for this incident, we were giving word 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:06.040 that the Cowboys and Zeke were in fact bracing for 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.800 like a one to two games suspension. This is just 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:10.960 bad timing. You don't want to have your name in 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:14.280 the news at this point when people are deciding your fate. 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.080 At this point, Speeds think that's pretty safe to say 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:20.119 that Zeke Elliott will get a one or two games suspension. 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.879 So the question is what does that mean on your 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.760 draft board. I don't think it means that much. Okay, 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.879 I have Ezekiel Elliott ranked as my number three running 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.880 back heading into the season. And and my thing is this, 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.520 if you have, I have him behind Levian Bell and 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:39.120 David Johnson. Right, So, if you're still gonna draft Ezekiel Elliott, 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.480 you're drafting him to be your stud, not necessarily in 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.920 week one or two. You're drafting him to be your 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.040 stud in weeks fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen a k a. 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:52.359 The Fantasy playoffs. And so why downgrade what you want 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.280 for early in the season when you're gonna wind up 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.200 having him in the fantasy playoffs. This is the same 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.119 thing I said last year when Levian Bell missed the 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.200 first couple of games. I was like, don't worry about it. 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.960 Take Levian Bell with confidence, because in the Fantasy playoffs 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:07.840 he's gonna wind up helping you out. What did he 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.600 do in Week fourteen? I believe it was last year 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:12.359 against the Buffalo Bills. All he did was run for 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:14.760 like two hundred yards and get something like forty or 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.560 fifty Fantasy points. So if you followed my advice there, 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:20.200 he helped you win that playoff week. I think Ezekiel 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:24.720 Elliott will do the same exact thing. However, for Zeke Man, 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:27.040 you gotta get Jack together. Man. I understand you're the 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.080 life of the party and all that stuff, but you've 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.200 got an NFL career to worry about. You are the 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.480 league's leading rusher. You need uh to keep it stable 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:40.280 for the contending Dallas Cowboys. But Dallas is not where 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:44.200 we go today. Today we go to barbecue and Kansas 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:48.320 City with the Chiefs. I'm a little bit I'm a 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.800 little bit down on this team overall. I gotta tell 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:54.560 you something in in the moral of the story is 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.639 that I think a lot of things broke right for 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.720 the Chiefs last year. I think a lot of you know, 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.760 I think they had multiple offensive lineman play have their 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.280 career seasons, and I think there's going to be some 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.800 regression from the Kansas City Chiefs. So let's go position 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:10.760 by position. First of all, at the category position, I mean, 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.840 excuse me, At the quarterback spot, you got Alex Smith. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.240 Alex Smith is not a quarterback that is going to 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.720 excite you. He does get more rushing yards than you think, 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.360 but his thirty two passing yards, fifteen touchdowns and eight 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:26.280 interceptions that does not you know, does not really move 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.679 the needle. That's less than a touchdown per game. So 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.760 there's no reason why you need Alex Smith. I would 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.760 even say even in two quarterback dynasty leagues, things of 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:37.639 that nature, it doesn't matter. Super flex, I'm not looking 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.199 for Alex Smith. Remember, though, the Chiefs did make a 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:42.639 move in the NFL Draft and traded up all the 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:46.240 way to select a first round quarterback in Patty Mahomes. Now, 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:50.280 Mahomes is someone who I think has some intrigue, especially 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:52.320 in dynasty leagues. I don't think he's gonna get any 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.840