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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the weekly NFL Fantasy Live Playoff podcast.

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Speaker 1: Jason Smith, alongside Michael Fabiano and Marcus Grant, gonna get

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Speaker 1: to all the big news in the NFL how it

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Speaker 1: affects your fantasy team, take a look at the playoffs

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Speaker 1: of Michael Fabiano has a very special sneak preview of

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Speaker 1: his top one fantasy facts. Also getting some Pro Bowl

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Speaker 1: stuff too. Is they're gonna get ready to draft their team.

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Speaker 1: Dion Sanders Jerry Rice are gonna do that coming up

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Speaker 1: in a few days. So we had a lot of

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Speaker 1: stuff to get to. So let's kick things off with

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Speaker 1: some of the big news from this week. And number one,

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Speaker 1: want to talk about rankings. We all love rankings. Alshon

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey is the number two wide receiver in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: This according to Brandon Marshall, who says he's just behind

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Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson for wide receivers. So if it goes Calvin Johnson,

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Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey on the official Brandon Marshall UH list, fabs,

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Speaker 1: what what's the official one, two three list on Michael

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Speaker 1: Fabiano's list. Well, I still have Marshall ranked higher than Jeffrey.

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Speaker 1: I met Brandon this morning seemed like a really good guy,

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Speaker 1: and I told him, you're in my keeper league. I

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Speaker 1: just won the league this season, and he um he was.

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Speaker 1: He was really uh knowledgeable. He knew how popular fantasy was.

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. He just said, you, dude,

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Speaker 1: you know how many leagues I've helped people win? Coupla.

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Speaker 1: I wish you had said, is it a PPR league?

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Speaker 1: Because in a PPR league, you know, I'm really I'm

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Speaker 1: really good in the PPR league. But I still go

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Speaker 1: with the guy who has as Elliot Harrison likes to say,

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Speaker 1: the skins on the wall, It's very close at this point.

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Speaker 1: Right now, Number one is still Calvin Johnson. There's no

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Speaker 1: question about that. Megatron despite the fact that he missed

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Speaker 1: some time this year, still finished third and fantasy points,

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Speaker 1: had that three d something yard game. He was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: He had the most twenty plus point performances among wide

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Speaker 1: receivers this season, so he has definitely going number one.

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Speaker 1: Number two. How do you not go with Josh Gordon?

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Speaker 1: How do you the guy was unbelievable, the top scoring

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Speaker 1: wide shee we in Fantasy despite missing the first two games,

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Speaker 1: and number three to Marius Thomas uh second and fantasy

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Speaker 1: points this year. Assuming Peyton Manning is healthy and fine

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Speaker 1: and everything's good to go next season, you can't bet

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Speaker 1: against the Marius Thomas. I have Brandon Marshall seventh, and

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Speaker 1: I have all Shine nine. Imagine, remember back when we thought, boy,

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Speaker 1: someone's not gonna get the football in Denver because he's

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Speaker 1: gonna how's he gonna find a way to keep everybody happy?

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Speaker 1: With that being said, remember Julius Thomas miss two games

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Speaker 1: and Welcoer missed most of the last half of the season,

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Speaker 1: so there were more opportunities there for a Decker uh

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Speaker 1: to produce good numbers, which is why he finished as

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Speaker 1: high as he did because if you remember earlier in

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Speaker 1: the year, Decker was inconsistent. People just had fitsch trying

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Speaker 1: to figure out when, uh they should start him and

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Speaker 1: if they should start him. How many tweets did you

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Speaker 1: get Marcus after Week one when Decker had the horrible

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Speaker 1: game and Becker, is it time to give up on

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Speaker 1: Eric Decker? Eric Decker is a bust? Yeah it was.

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Speaker 1: It was non stop, and you know, look, it was

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Speaker 1: it was what we kind of believe going into the

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Speaker 1: season that there were so many guys that Peyton Manning

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Speaker 1: have weeks where guys were gonna be, you know, unproductive,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I know that people freaked out. I

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Speaker 1: think I think when Julius Thomas caught that first touchdown,

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Speaker 1: everybody said, wait, when did Marris Thomas changed his number

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Speaker 1: to eighty? I think that's what everybody thought. No, you

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Speaker 1: mean to Marius Thomas, No Julius Thomas, No, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: right right. So but you know, after that that Decker

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Speaker 1: what we thought he was going to be. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he was a quality number two fantasy wide receiver. He

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Speaker 1: enough good performances that you could feel confident putting him

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Speaker 1: he was never going to be de Marius Thomas. He

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Speaker 1: was never going to be a Calvin Johnson. He was

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Speaker 1: I think we all knew that going into the season,

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Speaker 1: though now I have a little preview of the top

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Speaker 1: fantasy facts. Would you believe that the Denver Broncos or

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Speaker 1: same season. Five al your score? First time that happened

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Speaker 1: to Marius Thomas. No, Sean Marino, Julius Thomas, Eric Decker,

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Speaker 1: if if it's just Thomas and Welker Boyd, Decker's the

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. He gets a bit of a bounce Obviously,

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Speaker 1: to have a season like this two years are always difficult.

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Speaker 1: We've seen the in history. Guys that go for this

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Speaker 1: type of touchdown totals bounce back will come back to

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Speaker 1: earth a little bit. What what kind of bounce back? Uh?

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Speaker 1: I was just talking to Marcus about this. Seven quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: So Peyton Manning could see and likely we'll see. I

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Speaker 1: Plus if he goes for forty again, it would be very,

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Speaker 1: very shocking to me. Let's just put it that way.

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Speaker 1: It hasn't happened. It doesn't happen, all right. Let's move

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Speaker 1: on to the greatest catchers of all time, because I

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Speaker 1: all these great catchers. But no, according to Jim Harbaugh,

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Speaker 1: the greatest catcher ever is Michael Crabtree. I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: because he's a Niners guy. I love Crabtree. Uh. I

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Speaker 1: was worried when he got hurt about Kaepernick. And by

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Speaker 1: a draft bargain. You watch out, you watch out for

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Speaker 1: May project for the season and rookies and everything, because

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Speaker 1: like books. Yeah, so you want to stat on Crabtree, Knick.

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Speaker 1: Kaepernick started eleven games this year without Michael Crabtree. In

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Speaker 1: those games, he averaged just barely over fifteen fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: In the five games Crabtree played this year, Kaepernick scored

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Speaker 1: what about in most leagues where people are saying, I'm

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Speaker 1: the fifth round. But people who get that quarterback, itch,

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Speaker 1: it will probably be somewhere in the fourth round. I

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Speaker 1: I just took C. J. Spiller and Calvin Johnson. Now

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Speaker 1: I go C J. Spiller and Calvin and then Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: and I think I'm gonna win this fake league. We're

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Speaker 1: never gonna play out because of our team. But you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's hard when you see those names there after

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Speaker 1: I'm still gonna go wide receiver. You want to know

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Speaker 1: a reason to wait on quarterbacks? Give me another one.

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Speaker 1: I will take that pick all the way to the bank. Wow. Um,

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00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,600
Speaker 1: I like Randall Cobb. I guess going to the old

426
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Speaker 1: Skins on the Wall theory, I think I like Jordy

427
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,720
Speaker 1: Nelson just a tad bit better. But I like what

428
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,679
Speaker 1: they do with com Obviously, they get him the football

429
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,720
Speaker 1: in the passing game, and I like that they get

430
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Speaker 1: him the football in the running game. I mean, we

431
00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,159
Speaker 1: we saw before he got hurt he would take he

432
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,320
Speaker 1: would take handoff, he would take endo round so he

433
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,280
Speaker 1: would pick up rushing yards as well, and I certainly

434
00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,640
Speaker 1: like that. I mean, the more ways you can get

435
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,480
Speaker 1: the football in the hands of guy, the more valuable

436
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,320
Speaker 1: it's going to make him. But I think, just in

437
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 1: terms of having produced year in and year out, I

438
00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,000
Speaker 1: think Jordy Nelson has a slight edge for me. There

439
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,800
Speaker 1: really no mention if James Jones close. You love James,

440
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 1: you know, all I said before the year was that

441
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:34,080
Speaker 1: James Jones is not gonna score fourteen touch down even

442
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,359
Speaker 1: not score fourteen touch zones. You don't know, Yeah, what

443
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,359
Speaker 1: are you gonna do when the Jets signed James Jones

444
00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:44,080
Speaker 1: that I really won't like. Smith will come in with

445
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Speaker 1: a James Jones thought. You know what he might be

446
00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,280
Speaker 1: If he goes to the Jets, he might become their

447
00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:53,640
Speaker 1: number one receiver. I mean, no, David Nelson still number one.

448
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,520
Speaker 1: It's gonna be James Jones. You want to talk about

449
00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,280
Speaker 1: our free agent who is going to make a major

450
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Speaker 1: impact one where or the other is No Sean If

451
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,919
Speaker 1: he stays in Denver or if he leaves. That's one

452
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 1: of the major storylines of the off season. If he

453
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,679
Speaker 1: leaves Denver, his value decreases for yes, and Monty Balls

454
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 1: goes through the roof because they trusted him a little

455
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,000
Speaker 1: bit more for no good reason. They trusted Monty Ball

456
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,119
Speaker 1: towards the end of the sea. No Sean is smart.

457
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,680
Speaker 1: He'll stay in Denver because that's where he's gonna put

458
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 1: up the best stats and he'll have the best chance

459
00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,920
Speaker 1: to win a Super Bowl if they win at this season. Though,

460
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 1: maybe he goes for the money and takes the money

461
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,160
Speaker 1: and suddenly you're starting running back for the Cleveland Brown

462
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,520
Speaker 1: does No Sean Marino. It could happen. I think Tate's

463
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,639
Speaker 1: going to go there. Ben tape, but it could happen,

464
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,760
Speaker 1: so that that's one of the storylines that the fantasy

465
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,280
Speaker 1: fans out there are gonna have to really watch in

466
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Speaker 1: the off season, is what happens to no Sean Marino.

467
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's still twenty six. He has a

468
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 1: lot of trend on his tires, he doesn't have a

469
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,159
Speaker 1: lot of carries exactly, and he can cry like crazy.

470
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Speaker 1: Was going to say that you knew that there just

471
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Speaker 1: how how well do I know Jason Smith over the years?

472
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 1: I knew that he was going to say something to

473
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Speaker 1: the effect of, if you're in a league where you

474
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Speaker 1: get Fantasy points? Was the first round pick? Here's how

475
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,480
Speaker 1: much you know Michael Fabiano Without looking at his computer,

476
00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,080
Speaker 1: I know he's got a picture of the Bella Twins

477
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 1: up on one of his brows. Sorry, that was my

478
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: second choice, was Kate Upton. All right, now we've avoided

479
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 1: this long enough. Let's get to the NFL Playoff Challenge

480
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Speaker 1: where I you know what you want to talk about

481
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Speaker 1: taking it down the chick, thanks for playing, and then yeah,

482
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Speaker 1: you know what, there's a list I have on my

483
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,680
Speaker 1: refrigerator of things I will never do again, and certain

484
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,840
Speaker 1: things like drinking after two AM. C J. Spiller is

485
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 1: on that list too, and now picking the Cincinnati Bengals

486
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Speaker 1: to do anything is on that Andy Dalton is the

487
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: quarterback they were so set. I mean, I loved how

488
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,640
Speaker 1: everything and Playoff Challenge fads. You can explain all the rules.

489
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,280
Speaker 1: You still play Playoff Chlege if you want to, and

490
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: it's got. It's a really fun deal to keep your

491
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Speaker 1: fantasy season going. It is. First, I'm gonna give another stat. Okay,

492
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: I mentioned Andy Dalton. He was fifth and fantasy points

493
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,360
Speaker 1: among quarterbacks this season, which is ridiculous, and sixth overall

494
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 1: among all players. Sixth Andy Dalton. Okay, he wasn't consistent though.

495
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: Look at his numbers. He recorded fewer than sixteen fantasy

496
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: points in half of his starts and eighteen of his

497
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 1: thirty three touchdown passes, and more than fifty of his

498
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: fantasy points came in five games. Yeah, he's single handedly one.

499
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 1: He single handedly cost you eight. He hurts you there,

500
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: there's no question about that. So going back to that

501
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 1: uh scenario where you're in trouble. Now I'm cooked. You

502
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: have to replace call of the Bengals. Um, Now you

503
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: kind of have to really take a gamble. You really

504
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,439
Speaker 1: have to say, this is the maybe maybe you go.

505
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,400
Speaker 1: You know what I'm doing, and I'm gonna go all

506
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,199
Speaker 1: Patriots are all niners. Now, well here here's because everyone's

507
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,399
Speaker 1: gonna pick Seahawks and brown You're right, every's picking Seahawks

508
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: and Broncos. Because now I had to figure out what's

509
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,640
Speaker 1: my way to get the most Fantasy points. So here's

510
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: my fallocause I already thought what I'm gonna do. People

511
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 1: are gonna pick Seahawks and Broncos. And there's people who

512
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Speaker 1: forty niners. I'll took all forty niners, so they're always

513
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: going to have more points than me in the first round.

514
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 1: There's people who took you know, a couple of the

515
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Speaker 1: t account. I'm moving on here. I'm gonna go and

516
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick all Chargers because I think the fewest

517
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,160
Speaker 1: amount of people went Chargers because they're eight and eight.

518
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 1: They barely got in and they weren't gonna win on

519
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: the road in the rain again the Cincinnati Bengals. Never

520
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 1: again on the Bengals. So I'm gonna go all Chargers

521
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 1: and hope that they can continue this miraculous ride and

522
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: I can catch up to people as other teams get

523
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: a limited If you remember too, was it that the

524
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 1: last four Super Bowl champions have played the Eagles in

525
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: their home opener, and so the Chargers fit that bill

526
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: this year, I'm going all Charges. You know what, though,

527
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: I'm not confident they're gonna do it, but to win.

528
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,960
Speaker 1: It's so you picked the Bengals, Now you're picking the Chargers.

529
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: And not only did I didn't get any did the

530
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: Bengals losing San Diego is morning right now as Jason

531
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 1: Smith has just cursed their football team. I would have

532
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 1: liked I wouldn't have even minded so much if the

533
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: Bengals lost thirty eight thirty seven. Dalton went out with

534
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Speaker 1: three sixty and four touch Okay, and ay j Green, No,

535
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: they're score one touch how many times? And boy, the

536
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: first the first example that comes to my mind is

537
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: Mark sanch has to be quite honest with you, because

538
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: he finished tenth and Fantasy points at one year, and

539
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: there's no way I had him anywhere near my top

540
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,520
Speaker 1: fifteen the following season. But a player who finishes in

541
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,920
Speaker 1: the top five in Fantasy points at his position that

542
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: isn't even in the top twelve the next year it

543
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: doesn't happen very oft a Dalton. I mean, you can

544
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,679
Speaker 1: make an argument for twelve quarterbacks being drafted ahead of him.

545
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: You could probably make an argument for argument for fifteen.

546
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 1: He's gonna he'll be be a high end to Rothisberger,

547
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. I mean, those guys are all in the

548
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: conversation for being drafted ahead of Andy Dalton, right, he'll

549
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: be He'll be a high end to someone. Someone will

550
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: take him as their second quarterback and feel, Okay, no

551
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: matter what's going on with my quarterback spot, I have

552
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 1: my starter and I have Andy Dalton if I need him. Yeah.

553
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,919
Speaker 1: Although you know, the thing about Dalton which has been

554
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 1: so vexing is that he is generally fairly good in

555
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 1: the regular season. It's the playoffs that have been his

556
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 1: buggaboo me. It's sort of the opposite of what we

557
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 1: saw with Joe Flacco, where last year he was fantastic

558
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: in the postseason but has been a fairly mediocre at

559
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: best fantasy quarterback because the regular season number aren't all

560
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: that great. I like how Marcus said vexing. That's the

561
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,680
Speaker 1: best word on the podcast so far is Matt and

562
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: Joan Rivers facelift I think are the biggest things where

563
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: people are gonna take away from Rivers facelift. Yeah, she um,

564
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: she's had some work done. Right now, now, both of

565
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: you guys went, You went Denver, Seattle, right you your playoffs.

566
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: I don't have any points, you have no points, but

567
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: everything you get this round is double. And I like

568
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: the fact that the Saints are going to Seattle because

569
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: I would have rather seen the Saints Seahawks for my

570
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: purposes than Niner Seahawks, because that would have been a

571
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: defensive struggle. I feel I'm feeling good if I took

572
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 1: the nighte if I took my chance to say I'm

573
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: gonna take the Niners from the first round and try

574
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 1: to get them going all the way through, because I

575
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,920
Speaker 1: love how it lines up for how many you know

576
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 1: how many Fantasy points Breeze hadn't earlier this year in Seattle,

577
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: it was like eighty. It was not good. It was

578
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 1: not good. But I like the matchup this. I like

579
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Speaker 1: that that the fact that Carolina beat San Francisco earlier

580
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: this year. San Francisco's hungrier Kapepernicas is peaking, so it's crabtree.

581
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,439
Speaker 1: If I had gone with the San Francisco forty Niners

582
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 1: as my team in the he won all Niners. I'm

583
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: feeling really win this week. Oh, I think the Niners

584
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,680
Speaker 1: win this week, and it's gonna be a better game.

585
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: It's going to be roll over for the Seahawks here

586
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 1: in Seattle. Experience is going to be a very big factor.

587
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: I think in that game, the Niners clearly have it.

588
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: They went to the Super Bowl last year, Cam Newton

589
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:33,120
Speaker 1: playoff experience, it's just it's just not there now. These

590
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: two teams played earlier in the season and it was

591
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,879
Speaker 1: a very close game if you remember, I believe it

592
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: was like ten to nine scoring game. Uh can the

593
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: Panthers beat him again? I don't know. I I always

594
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: have a hard time believing that a team who was

595
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 1: brand new to the playoffs in their first game is

596
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: gonna come up big. I always, I'm always that game

597
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 1: in San Francis was in Francisco, I'm always. I mean,

598
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: it's one thing to play that way and play fact

599
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: and loose during the regular season, but the playoffs from

600
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: entirely different animal. The intensity is ratchet up. You got

601
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: a team that's been there, that's talented on both sides

602
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 1: of the football, It's tough for me to think, yeah,

603
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: the nine the Panthers are gonna suddenly be battle tested

604
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: enough to say, oh no, no no, we we can. We

605
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 1: can shut down the Niners and win this game again.

606
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: I just don't see that happen well. And I mean

607
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: crab Tree is kind of the X factor in this

608
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: whole thing. You know, he wasn't there where they played earlier. Um,

609
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: so that that really changed. That's something else that that

610
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: defense has to think about. Now they've got to worry about,

611
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,719
Speaker 1: you know, not only Bolded and Davis in the passing game,

612
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: They've got to worry about crab Tree, which hopefully, you know,

613
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: if you're a Niners fan, makes things better for Frank Gore,

614
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: who really couldn't get going against the Panthers the last time,

615
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: and he struggled running the football. Um, you know. And

616
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, they seem to take the leash off

617
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: Kaepernick when it comes to running the ball in the playoffs.

618
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: They didn't have him run a lot during the regular season,

619
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: but he runs, and he he had did you have

620
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: a hundred yards against the Packers? Are close to think

621
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: running the football? Um, you know. And it's just we

622
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: didn't see that from him during the regular season, so

623
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: this is a team now with all weapons firing right now.

624
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: Thing that worries me though, the Niners. Man, the last

625
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: time they went to Seattle, they got smoked. I mean

626
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: they got and yes, crab Trees back, but Harvin could

627
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: potentially be back personal Harvan could be back for the Seahawks,

628
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: so maybe he becomes an X factor in their offense.

629
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: But I've said it for most of the second half

630
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: of the season, I'm all on board with the Seattle

631
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: Seahawks going to the Super Bowl. If if any team

632
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: goes into Seattle and beats them in the playoffs, that

633
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: team is going to be the team that wins the

634
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. The Niners can go in and do it.

635
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got to consider them a real threat

636
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: to either the Broncos or the Patriots, assuming that those

637
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Speaker 1: are the two teams from the a f C that

638
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Speaker 1: are the most likely to go. Yeah, especially now they're

639
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Speaker 1: going on on the road in the cold and this

640
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: what what's the dentist green in the cold and to

641
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: win in a hostile environment, to be able to do

642
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: that all the way to New York and think, okay,

643
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: well they've slayed those demons You can't just sit back

644
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: and say, well, now they're fighting adversity, and can Colin

645
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: Kaepernick throwing the wind and all these different things. Speaking

646
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: on the Super Bowl, by the way, having a little

647
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Speaker 1: get together in my place that you guys are invited.

648
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: We won't be in New York, will be here in

649
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: the comforts of the warm weather in southern California. Christian

650
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: feel free to come on by too. I really hope

651
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Speaker 1: it snows. It's not going to snow out here. I

652
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: really hope it's snows. I really do imagine Christian. Christian

653
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Speaker 1: is higher on the total pull than three of us, clearly,

654
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Speaker 1: But think about a Super Bowl where it's snow. It's

655
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Speaker 1: gonna be the most watch sporting event in the history

656
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Speaker 1: of sporting events, maybe even more than soccer. Well maybe not,

657
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: maybe not soccer. Let me throw this outlet, it's going

658
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: to be huge. Let me play Devil's Advocate for you

659
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: for a sef the Jets will not be there, Maybe

660
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: maybe send it contingent Woody Johnson will be theye. He'll

661
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: wave to everybody and he'll take the Lombardi Trophy away

662
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: from whoever it is at the end and hold up

663
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: and say next year, it's us. But let me throw

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Speaker 1: this out there. The game. If the game is played

665
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Speaker 1: in the snow, think about how this is gonna play out.

666
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: It'll be a sloppy game. A team is gonna win.

667
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: Whoever wins, it does, but the but the team who

668
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: loses is going to talk about the weather and how

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Speaker 1: the snow affected them and the general consensus about the

670
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: Super Bowl afterwards. It's not gonna be the team that

671
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: wins is not going to get the ultimate respect for

672
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: winning because fans are gonna say, oh, yeah, that was

673
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: the game of the snow where where the teams not

674
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Speaker 1: just have to play each other, but they had to

675
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: play the elements as well, And we're gonna take away

676
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: the level of a continent from woever wins, because well,

677
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,479
Speaker 1: it was a crazy game was played in this imagine

678
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: if it's Manning Manning in the snow under thirty degrees

679
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: against say the Seahawks, who they don't play in a

680
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: lot of snow, but they know how to play in

681
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: cold and wet conditions. Playing in the Great Northwest. I

682
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: really do. I hope it snows, you know, not like

683
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Speaker 1: anything like we saw in Philadelphia where they were making

684
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,239
Speaker 1: snow angels in between catches. It was so deep on

685
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Speaker 1: the field. But that would be that would be fantastic,

686
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: how memorable it would be, so memorable it would be

687
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: it would be memorable. Are fans, but I think you

688
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: would look at that game and say that was the

689
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 1: one in the snow. There's always gonna be people who

690
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: are gonna want to complain about everything. Like me, every

691
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl should be played in Miami or Sanda won

692
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: a game where it was what Yeah, but it's different

693
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: in the playoffs because you know, you work your way

694
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Speaker 1: through when you earn a home field advantage in the playoffs.

695
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, everybody should be able to use all their weapons. Like,

696
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: no part of your your offensive or defensive arsenal should

697
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: be taken away because of things beyond your control. It's

698
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: just I mean, you know why the NFL is doing this, absolutely,

699
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: it's because it's it's almost a tribute to Wellington Marrow

700
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: because he always wanted to have a Super Bowl in

701
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Speaker 1: New York and it was always frowned upon because of

702
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Speaker 1: the weather. And I I am excited even more so

703
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: than than than I am for previous room. Don't have

704
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: to sit out in it. You're excited about more about

705
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: giving me some of your top one facts right now?

706
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: You want some of those? You want some more? Give me,

707
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Speaker 1: give me three great ones. Give me one that involves

708
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Speaker 1: the Jets. Why do I have to get I actually

709
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: do have some that involved the Jets. Plas, because I

710
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: know you did well, We'll go with this one first.

711
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning had four hundred nine Fantasy points almost four

712
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: broke the NFL record for passing hours in the season

713
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: touchdown passes in a season. Uh and remember the stat

714
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Speaker 1: that I told you a little bit earlier that Peyton

715
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: mannings fifty five touchdown passes this year are more than

716
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Speaker 1: the Jets have had in the last three years combined. Yeah, yeah,

717
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: that's something. Peyton did not have the best fantasy season

718
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: since nineteen sixty. Who did best fantasy season since the

719
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: nineteen Ladanian Thomlins two thousand and six. He had thirty

720
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: three total touchdowns because if you remember, he had thirty

721
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: one rushing receiving, but he also had two touchdown passes.

722
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: He had four five Fantasy points. So Peyton, as great

723
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: as he was, not the greatest of all time, at

724
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Speaker 1: least since nineteen sixty. I gave you the stat about

725
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks who were thrown for forty plus touchdowns in

726
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: the season, only one's gone back to back. I gave

727
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: you the stat about Tom Brady. Um, here's another one,

728
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: and this involves to Cam Newton. Since nineteen sixty, no

729
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: player has started his career in the first three seasons

730
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: with more Fantasy points than Cam Newton. He's had nearly

731
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,240
Speaker 1: a thousand fantasy points in his first three seasons combined,

732
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: despite the fact that his fantasy points have actually dropped

733
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,320
Speaker 1: in each of those three seasons, but he's still finished

734
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: no worse than in the top five in fantasy points

735
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: among quarterbacks. Now, this one's gonna be tough. Which player

736
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 1: held that mark previously? Most fantasy points? One of greatest

737
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: running backs of all time. That's the only hint I

738
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: will give you. Actually, I think I think I know

739
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: this one, this one because you probably yeah yeah, So

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Speaker 1: so if if you know it, let's see if Smith

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, and he doesn't playing this is since

742
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Speaker 1: when in your lifetime? So since nineteen since nineteen Uh,

743
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Speaker 1: let's see, well, first three years. It's a running back

744
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: for three years in the league. Tony Dorset incorrect that

745
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 1: Tony Dorset I'm gonna better with Adrian Peterson. No, oh wow,

746
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,919
Speaker 1: think about think about it's it's more. I wouldn't say

747
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: old school, but um, it's it hasn't been. It's not

748
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: recent reason. I'm looking to see if there's a room. Yes,

749
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: I'm looking to see if there's a photo of him

750
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: in this room. So that right there, that that's that's

751
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: really interesting. And then a lot of the stats in

752
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: this column, which you'll be able to find on NFL

753
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 1: dot com after Marcus reads it for what four hours

754
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: that's gonna take to check it out. Um, of the

755
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 1: ten running backs based on Fantasy points, only four we're

756
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: drafted in the first round. That was Jamal Charles, Sean McCoy,

757
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: Marshawn Like, and Adrian Peterson. How about all the guys

758
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: who stunk that we all drafted in the first round.

759
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: We're not done yet. See Japiller and other the other

760
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,720
Speaker 1: backs to Marco Murray, Eddie Lacy, Fred Jackson. Fred Jackson

761
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: was ten in Fantasy points at running back and no,

762
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: Seaun weren't drafted until the fifth round or beyond. How

763
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: about that Jamal Charles, we talked about how great a

764
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 1: season he had, he had more fantasy points per game

765
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: than any running back in the league, and he had

766
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: more fantasy points per game than Adrian Peterson last season

767
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: when Peterson had his miraculous season rushing for over two

768
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: thousand yards. Speaking of Peterson, he was fantastic last year,

769
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 1: had two thousand ninety seven yards, top scoring running back

770
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: in Fantasy over three points. But as good as he is,

771
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: and we all compared him to a cyborg all year,

772
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: at least I did, he basically fell in line with

773
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: the rest of the two thousand yard rushers in terms

774
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: of what they did. The next season, he saw a

775
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: major drop off in yardage, a big drop off in

776
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,280
Speaker 1: fantasy points the year after an he missed some time

777
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: with the with the injury there. So as good as

778
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: he is and as great as he's been, Adrian Peterson

779
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: was basically what we thought he was going to be.

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00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: He didn't come back and duplicate the numbers that he

781
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: had in two thousand and twelve. I've got one here

782
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: for you on C. J. Spiller, which I know you're

783
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: gonna like, worst first round pick. Ever, that's pretty good start. Okay,

784
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: the two thousand and twelveth season where he broke out,

785
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: he averaged almost a full point per touch. It was

786
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: point eight five fantasy points per touch. Think of that.

787
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty amazing. Jamal Charles was right around

788
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 1: nine this season, which is amazing as well. This year

789
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: he didn't rank in the top twenty five and fantasy

790
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: points in this position, and his fantasy points per touch

791
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,280
Speaker 1: dropped to point five two. That's a that's a point

792
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: five too. So that is and and I gotta be

793
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: honest with you, some people think he's gonna bounce back

794
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 1: and have a good season. I don't know, man, what

795
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: has he been? We've seen the best if you can

796
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: get yeah, I mean you do kind of wonder what's

797
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: gonna happen with that. I mean he has been a workhorse.

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00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you've seen a lot of carries,

799
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,800
Speaker 1: a lot of touch, and I think until the Vikings

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00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: do more to build around Adrian Peterson, um, you know

801
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: he's going to be the guy that every defense schemes

802
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: to stop. Who was their quarterback too? You want to

803
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: know the interesting one? Uh, these are all interesting, but

804
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: Alfred Morris okay now didn't have as good of a year.

805
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: Three thirty eight fewer rushing yards, six fewer touchdowns, but

806
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 1: he led all running backs with six hundred and seventy

807
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: eight rushing yards after contact. That's more rushing yards. And

808
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: Ray Rice and Trent Richardson had to I think I

809
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,439
Speaker 1: had more rushing yards than Ray Rice and Trent richards

810
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: And they were both drafted in the first round, and

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00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: they were both drafted in the first the right guys.

812
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 1: Here's here's another one. If you take the best weekly

813
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: performances based on Fantasy points of Reggie Bush and Joit Bell,

814
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: Reggie Bush would add twelve, Drake bow would have four

815
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: of those to add up to sixteen. They would have

816
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: scored two hundred and fifty two fantasy points. That would

817
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: have been the fourth best among running backs. So Detroit's

818
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: offense was very running back friendly, which we knew. And

819
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: now that there's changes going on in Detroit, you really

820
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: need to look at what they do with that offense.

821
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: I'm really hoping that um that they get an offensive

822
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: guy in there. All right, So we spent a lot

823
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: of time here on the podcast so far talking fantasy

824
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: draft for next year. Let's talk about a draft that's

825
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: gonna happen in a couple of weeks. The one and

826
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: the two Chris Rose hosting this on NFL Network, Jerry

827
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: Rice and Dion Sanders pick their teams for the Pro Bowl. Uh,

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00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: it's a two part day. Day are two part situation.

829
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Speaker 1: Day one is an hour show. Day two is a

830
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: three hour show. That's where d On, Jerry, all the

831
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Speaker 1: captains are, their players are gonna be in attendance. Gonna

832
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. We've talked about this throughout

833
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 1: the season with the new Pro Bowl format being unconferenced,

834
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: So these Pro Football Hall of famers are going to

835
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: pick their teams. So let's just say, for argument's sake,

836
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,919
Speaker 1: we think dever in Seattle are gonna make the Super Bowl.

837
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 1: So those players are are out of the mix. Let's

838
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,959
Speaker 1: just say they're out of the right. You guys are

839
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: after I have a rehearsal tonight for the show that

840
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,399
Speaker 1: we're doing, and I'm going to be playing the role

841
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: of Jerry Rice. So how you Because it's such a

842
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: striking resemblance between you two stand the fantasy owner Jerry Rice,

843
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: not the player or not the person either. So um uh,

844
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: go ahead, and I think I know what you're gonna

845
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: Who are you picking first? Exactly? Well? Now you want

846
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: you want to hear something before you. Damn is playing

847
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: Don Sanders That, yeah, damnishek as as Dion. So he's

848
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,399
Speaker 1: gonna get the first pick. And so I'm already trying

849
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Speaker 1: to think of, well, who is he going to take there?

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Speaker 1: He's probably gonna take. Now, he's probably gonna we don't

851
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Speaker 1: have the restrictions he's gonna take. He's gonna take Peyton Manning.

852
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Speaker 1: I would think at least that he's gonna take Peyton Manning.

853
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning loves the Pro Bowl, he lives. But that's

854
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: that's a big because my team that's the favorite to

855
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Speaker 1: get to the Super Bowl. And sudden, right, you're without

856
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Speaker 1: your first pick. Right, Well, there's a lot of quarter

857
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: backs that are pretty good there. So uh, in the

858
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Speaker 1: National Football League, my first pick, if I can't take

859
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Speaker 1: any Seahawks and I can't take any Broncos, boy, probably

860
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: Drew brees Um. But then, and that goes against what

861
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,959
Speaker 1: I like to do in fantasy. But it's it's one game,

862
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: but it's a different kind of it's one running backs

863
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: don't carry the football. Probably gonna go with Breeze and

864
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: he loves he loves the Pro Bowl too, he loves

865
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: he plays in all of them he has, he puts

866
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: up big numbers. That's that's a pretty nice pick there.

867
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Speaker 1: I'd have to go breeze, all right, Marcus, if you

868
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Speaker 1: were picking number one, who would you pick? If I'm

869
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,400
Speaker 1: going number one, I probably go Drew Brees And then

870
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Speaker 1: too if we're if we're if we're eliminating all Broncos

871
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Speaker 1: and Seahawks. So all right, So if you can't get

872
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: Drew Brees, if Fabiano takes him ahead of you, who's

873
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: your who's your guy? That's a good call. The first

874
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: name that pops into my head is Geno Smith. Um,

875
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: probably Kim Newton. I think Cameron Jarrell. Uh, just you know,

876
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 1: the ability to throw with the name really Darrell, is

877
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: that right? And that's right around the whole Superman. It's yeah,

878
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: I mean it's not like jor L. But yes, it's

879
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: Cameron Jarrell Newton. I didn't know that, like when he

880
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: said it was all the middle names, it's him all

881
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 1: but wow, I didn't even realize that. That's pretty cool. Yeah,

882
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: I probably take Cam Newton with the second pick. And

883
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: then just you know, the the dual threat quarterback, uh,

884
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: the ability to run it and throw it. Well, and

885
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: FABS is right, because it's not. It's not like fantasy

886
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: where you're you know, you're drafting for the course of

887
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: a sixteen game season. You're basically trying to pick teams

888
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 1: for one game. I think Cam's the number two pick.

889
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: Who's the first defensive player to be drafted? Navarro Bowman

890
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,760
Speaker 1: was the highest screwing I d P. Yeah, so based

891
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: on fantasy points, if we're just going that way, it

892
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:51,439
Speaker 1: would be Bowman. But I'm gonna or Luke, right, because

893
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: als will be your first three guys that will get.

894
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: But see again, like it's just the fact that that

895
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: I've that I've had this fantasy mindset for so long.

896
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: I gotta be And I tell I tell guys this

897
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: all the time. You know, all I do is look

898
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 1: at stats and how players perform and matchups that I

899
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: don't even know the standings half of the time. Okay,

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00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: they won this game, the Cowboys, Yeah I know that.

901
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 1: Um So what why a rollout call on fourth down

902
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: for a guy that hasn't thrown a past like four years? Why?

903
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 1: Why that? Why? I love the Cowboys, But you know

904
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: my feelings about the whole situation. You hate watched the

905
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: Cowboys watcher. That's kind of how I watched the newsroom.

906
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: I'm hate watcher for it, and I hate being that,

907
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: but I hate watching it's uh, it's painful and and

908
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,399
Speaker 1: it's not gonna end anytime soon. That there is actually

909
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: another stat out there the the Cowboys are tied with

910
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Speaker 1: the Steelers. I believe thirty three playoff wins between the

911
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 1: two teams. They've they've tied for the most in NFL history.

912
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: But the Cowboys have one since, like so thirty two

913
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Speaker 1: from the start of the franchise's history to one since

914
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Speaker 1: to two thousand and thirteen. And what has been the

915
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: the the one steady presence there, Jerry Jones, good old JJ.

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Speaker 1: All right, now, let's let's finish up the podcast. I

917
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: don't know, I've been waiting for you to to do this,

918
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Speaker 1: and you haven't done it, despite the fact I've asked

919
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: you like three times. Give me give me a Geno

920
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: Smith stead give me something from give me the good

921
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: Geno Smith one. There's one really good one. The last

922
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Speaker 1: five weeks of the season for the Geno Smith one.

923
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Speaker 1: Last month he was he was one of the five

924
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 1: best players in Fantasy points at his position over the

925
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: last four weeks. I figured you'd like that Gino, I

926
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: mean Marcus And as bad as he was with his

927
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: interceptions and the fact that he didn't throw a touchdown

928
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: pass for like five weeks during the season, he was

929
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: still just shy of finishing in the top ten based

930
00:44:54,920 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: on Fantasy points among rookie quarterbacks since nineteen sixty Scott

931
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: to Sam Prep And a lot of it was the

932
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Speaker 1: fact that he scored what six rushing touchdowns. And as

933
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Speaker 1: much as I hate to do this because it's gonna

934
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,879
Speaker 1: just have Jason Smith pounding his chest, I really think

935
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you, If the Jets do

936
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: the right things in the off season, I wouldn't be

937
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 1: surprised if Geno Smith was a deep sleeper because you

938
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 1: guys know how much I love quarterbacks. You can't run

939
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: the football. Yeah, he's a he his best thing. He

940
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: could be a two with upside that that's what that's

941
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 1: his best. He could be a very low end two

942
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: upside that could end up being a guy that you

943
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: know what, you don't laugh when you when you advise

944
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: someone to take a flyer on Gino Smith this week

945
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,399
Speaker 1: because he's playing against a lousy team. In New York.

946
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: I don't trust him on the road yet, but they've

947
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: just got to give him some pass catchers. I mean,

948
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: they've got they've got decent running backs with between Chris

949
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 1: Ivory and ball Pal, they've got guys who can carry

950
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,919
Speaker 1: the football if they can get him at least one.

951
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: Is that the worst receiving corps in the league, Oh,

952
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: without a doubt, ye, I can't think of another one. Right,

953
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: salis led the team in receive accounty games. When when

954
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: Curly is your leading receiver, I mean he's really a

955
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: slot guy. He's a slot guy. Well just think about

956
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: this though, I think with this for Gino Smith, not

957
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: that I'm going to paint it one way, but he

958
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: still had a pretty decent end of the season despite

959
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: the fact he had nobody. I mean, it's not like

960
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: he walked in like Andrew Luckett said, Oh good, I

961
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,360
Speaker 1: got Reggie Wade and working with t Y Hillton. He

962
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 1: walked in with basically I'll take a lot of your

963
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: guy stick in the last four weeks. And Smith, you

964
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 1: could do the math on this. Seven passing yards so

965
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: under two game, which is which is not spectacular, four

966
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,479
Speaker 1: touchdown passes, but he rushed for a hundred and eighty

967
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: six yards and had three rushing touchdowns. In the last

968
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 1: four weeks, he had thirty eight more rushing yards than

969
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,879
Speaker 1: the second best quarterback, which was how many interceptions has.

970
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 1: I feel like he really cut down. That's that's been.

971
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: That was the big key with him is that he

972
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: cut down on the turnovers right during the regular season.

973
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: So nineteen in the first twelve weeks. Yeah, and and

974
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 1: that and that's the thing we talked about him with

975
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: Tebow is that you look at his stats throwing the football.

976
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: He's about ted fantasy points a game. You want to

977
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: go over the last month, and okay, that's ten fans point,

978
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: but thirty six fantasy points with his legs you talk about. Now, uh,

979
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Speaker 1: a below average day becomes a well above average day

980
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: when you added all that much. Funny too, Now I

981
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 1: have Russell Wilson on a few teams. Russell Wilson killed

982
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: me down the stretch. He was awful, awful in his

983
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 1: last four games. I have a stat on him in

984
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 1: that column as well. But if I had started Gino

985
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 1: Smith over Russell Wilson in the last four weeks of

986
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 1: this season, one of the leagues that I lost in

987
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: the championship. I would have won. Gino. Smith could have

988
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,799
Speaker 1: brought you a championship had you played him the final month.

989
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: He could have been the new Matt More. Dropped the mic.

990
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: He could have been the new Matt More. He could

991
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: have been more. He actually scored thirty five more Fantasy

992
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: points in Wilson in the last four weeks. Wow, there

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00:47:56,719 --> 00:47:59,879
Speaker 1: you go, and we close. I think we just leave

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Speaker 1: on that. Jason Smith, Michael Fabiano, Marcus Grant the weekly

995
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live Playoff podcast. Join us next week. We'll

996
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,160
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997
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Speaker 1: teams who eliminated, see what those players have to do

998
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