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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man MG, Marcus

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Speaker 1: Grant and your backs grown it variants, you know, Neo

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Speaker 1: and the matrix. You know, the whole deal. At this point,

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Speaker 1: joined as always by produce a justin Michael F. Florio

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Speaker 1: Which Floria. I don't know if we've talked since the

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Speaker 1: whole thumbs down thing, Hobby Bayaz, but I think it's

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Speaker 1: Frankie Lindoor now are giving thumbs down to Mets fans

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Speaker 1: um as somebody who doesn't have a stake in it.

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Speaker 1: I am amused you already, Mets fan. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: you don't feel quite as amused by this thing. Um

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Speaker 1: part of me like, I'm not a fan who likes

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Speaker 1: to boo my own teams players, So I understand that

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Speaker 1: the players are like, hey, we don't like getting booed

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Speaker 1: by our home crowd. It doesn't make us play better.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, you cannot boo the fans

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Speaker 1: back like they pay to watch you. Late. You have

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Speaker 1: been in the worst stretch of the season, and especially

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Speaker 1: hobby bias. Like Hobby Bias came here like two weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: they've done nothing but lose and he's a free agent

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Speaker 1: at the end of the year. That's really gonna make

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Speaker 1: the what the Mets want to retain you. I don't

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Speaker 1: get it. It's it's it's amusing, um you know. And

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Speaker 1: I also think it's funny, especially you talk about Hobby Bias.

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Speaker 1: He's been there for two weeks, like a lot of

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Speaker 1: those fans have been there for life, like they have

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Speaker 1: been through a lot of pain. Uh you know, so

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Speaker 1: like your little thumbs down thing is not going to

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Speaker 1: really deter them. But you know, good luck Mets to

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Speaker 1: always be the story even when they've fallen out of

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Speaker 1: the right like that. It's funny at the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the year they were so good and people like, well,

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Speaker 1: maybe they've turned it around, and now they they've gone

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Speaker 1: back to being the Mets, and now there's there's comedy.

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Speaker 1: Now they're booing their own fans. How far they've fallen.

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Speaker 1: Oh that is that is entertaining. Um Uh. This is

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Speaker 1: not a baseball podcast, obviously, so we got plenty of

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Speaker 1: football stuff to talk about. We'll give you our all

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Speaker 1: preseason hype teams are gonna give you our guys that

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Speaker 1: we feel like we need to leave every single draft

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Speaker 1: with UH, and we're gonna give away the Madden Codes.

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Speaker 1: I know that we talked about that on the last show.

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Speaker 1: So we got a few submissions, will read a couple

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Speaker 1: of the ones we like, and we will announce who

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Speaker 1: are Madden Code winners are going to be. But first

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Speaker 1: we got some news headlines including UH and I opener

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Speaker 1: from this morning, and for me it was literally an

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Speaker 1: eye opener. I woke up, I rolled over as I

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Speaker 1: am wont to do, I grabbed my phone, I opened

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Speaker 1: up Twitter. It is a terrible habit. You shouldn't do it, kids,

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Speaker 1: but I am addicted to it. Do as I say,

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Speaker 1: not as I do in this situation. Um, the first

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Speaker 1: thing I see is a tweet from Tom Paris Placero

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Speaker 1: saying that the Patriots have cut Cam Newton. He is

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Speaker 1: no longer a New England Patriot. Obviously that means Mac

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Speaker 1: Jones is now your starter in New England. Certainly this

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Speaker 1: one caught everybody by surprise. These subsequent reports have been

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Speaker 1: that some of it has to do with Mac playing

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Speaker 1: an outbreak were to occur. Um, that's a whole different

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Speaker 1: set of circumstances that really has nothing to do with

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Speaker 1: your fantasy team. What does have to do with your

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Speaker 1: fantasy team, though, Florio? Is mac Jones now being the

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Speaker 1: And if so? Where? I think mac Jones is better

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Speaker 1: think Cam what he did last year that the twelve

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Speaker 1: points with his legs, which is very valuable in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones is not that style of quarterback. He's not

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Speaker 1: You've got to Zack Wilson and Mac Jones as your

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Speaker 1: a rotation. This would be awful for fantasy because Trey

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Speaker 1: Lance is someone that we know Marcus many people are

431
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Speaker 1: excited about for fantasy, But if he's in a rotation

432
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Speaker 1: and and we saw both of the touchdowns where a

433
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Speaker 1: rushing touchdown by each quarterback this last game, like something

434
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Speaker 1: like that makes this so unpredictable that I don't think

435
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Speaker 1: either Jimmy g or Trey Lance would really be trustable

436
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Speaker 1: for fantasy purposes. So I'm hoping that this is just

437
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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan doing what Kyle Shanahan has done since pre

438
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Speaker 1: NFL Draft, where he just lies about everything that doesn't

439
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Speaker 1: give us a bunch of half truths. But if this

440
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Speaker 1: is if this is the case for fantasy, I don't

441
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Speaker 1: think either one of them are really startable. I know

442
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Speaker 1: that that's sort of the frustrating part. I mean, I

443
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Speaker 1: think that in the short term it gives Trey Lance

444
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Speaker 1: a little bit of a value boost. I mean, you know,

445
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Speaker 1: him playing gives him more value than him not playing.

446
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Speaker 1: But it will be incredibly frustrating if this is how

447
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Speaker 1: it works. And you're right, if this is actually were

448
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,480
Speaker 1: to catch on, um didn't suddenly Patrick mahomes in like

449
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Speaker 1: the second or third round feels great, Like it feels

450
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Speaker 1: that almost feels too low. If we have a bunch

451
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Speaker 1: of quarterback rotations and Mahomes is your workhorse quarterback. It

452
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,239
Speaker 1: sounds weird. You know what's gonna happen though, right more,

453
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Speaker 1: I guess that this is a rotation, like people are

454
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Speaker 1: gonna bench Trey Lance and then he's gonna have a

455
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Speaker 1: game where he rushes for like eight yards in a touchdown,

456
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Speaker 1: and then everyone's gonna get him in their lineup and

457
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Speaker 1: he's gonna score like three points the next week, right

458
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Speaker 1: because the next week it'll be the Jimmy g throws

459
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Speaker 1: for like two seventy five and three touchdowns sort a week.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's gonna be miserable. So let's let's

461
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Speaker 1: hope that doesn't happen. Um. Yeah uh, Speaking of which,

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of folks are doing their fantasy

463
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Speaker 1: drafts in the next week, probably over the weekend. We

464
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Speaker 1: still have a whole other week of of dead period

465
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Speaker 1: before we actually get into the season. But anyway, if

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Speaker 1: you are looking to dominate your fantasy leagues this season,

467
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Speaker 1: you can check out the Fantasy Draft Spectacular presented by

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Speaker 1: Sunday Ticket Dot TVs Adam Rank, joined by a whole

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Speaker 1: host of experts plus me and Florida are there too,

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Speaker 1: some NFL legends, celebrities. It's a two hour special to

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Speaker 1: break down this year's top players, breakout rookies, sleepers, and more.

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Speaker 1: You can catch out the Fantasy Draft Spectacular live today

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Speaker 1: today being Tuesday, five pm Eastern, in the NFL Fantasy App,

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Speaker 1: NFL App, NFL dot Com, and YouTube. So by the

475
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Speaker 1: time this is out and you're listening to it, the

476
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Draft Spectacular might be airing in those places, And

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Speaker 1: if you don't catch it live, it will be available

478
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Speaker 1: on demand in all of those same places. Probably YouTube

479
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Speaker 1: will be the best place to find it on demand

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Speaker 1: if you want to do it there. But it's a

481
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Speaker 1: lot of fun. I was in there, I talk Brookies

482
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Speaker 1: with Rank Florio. I know you and Kimmy checks did

483
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Speaker 1: a mock draft. I think Tory Holt is in there.

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Speaker 1: Um I remember work done. I think is another guy

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Speaker 1: who who stopped by to say hello. So it's a

486
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Speaker 1: lot of fun. Check it out if you get a chance. Um,

487
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Speaker 1: all right, Uh, Now that we have reached the end

488
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Speaker 1: of the preseason, I don't know what we call what

489
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,200
Speaker 1: do we call this dead week? Because this is new,

490
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,159
Speaker 1: like we've never had this before. Like we need a

491
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Speaker 1: name for because it's not really the preseason, but it's

492
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Speaker 1: like the not the season, Like, can I say it's you,

493
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Speaker 1: Can I say it's the for the the NFL season

494
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Speaker 1: that you can get bleaked out whatever? Um So, anyway,

495
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Speaker 1: that being said, we came up with our all hype

496
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Speaker 1: preseason team. We each name the quarterback, running back, wide receiver,

497
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Speaker 1: and tight end. Uh. There were some guys that I

498
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 1: felt like there was only really one real answer, and

499
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: you will figure out who those guys are. So let's start.

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Speaker 1: You're all preseason or your preseason all hyped team quarterback?

501
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 1: Who is it? It's Trey Lance, someone we were just

502
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,119
Speaker 1: talking about. And the rookies are really getting hyped up

503
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,200
Speaker 1: this year, but none more than Trey Lance. Like you're

504
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: seeing people say this guy the minute he becomes a starter,

505
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: he is Like I said, I think Justin Fields is

506
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: a top ten fantasy quarterback. When he becomes a starter,

507
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: people are saying Trey Lance top seven. Some are even

508
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Speaker 1: saying he could be a top five fantasy quarterback as

509
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Speaker 1: a rookie. Look, I love Tred Lance, I said, I've

510
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Speaker 1: been targeting him as my QB two in a lot

511
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Speaker 1: of places. But who the hype markets you're a forty

512
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Speaker 1: Niners fan. You know what, The hype has not stopped

513
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Speaker 1: for him. It has not stopped at all. And he's

514
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: my he's my guy to Um, I really did. I

515
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Speaker 1: tried to look and see if there's somebody else, and

516
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,360
Speaker 1: you know, I thought, well, maybe maybe Jalen Hurts. But

517
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Speaker 1: you know, I think I think the hype is sort

518
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Speaker 1: of mellow for him. I think people have expectations. I

519
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 1: just don't see anyway around it. It's that's it's not

520
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. Maybe justin fields, but even then, Uh, Matt

521
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 1: Nagy has sort of stomped on that by repeatedly saying

522
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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is his starting quarterback. UM. Yeah, I mean

523
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,120
Speaker 1: like Trey Lance is going off the board and drafts

524
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Speaker 1: before guys that we know are going to start sixteen games.

525
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I I say what you will

526
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Speaker 1: abou Ryan Fitzpatrick. We know that he's going to be

527
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Speaker 1: the Week one starter, and as long as he doesn't

528
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Speaker 1: blow up too much, he's going to start. I say,

529
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Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen games. I gotta get that right. Seventeen games, uh,

530
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Speaker 1: this season, as long as things don't go sideways. Same

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Speaker 1: with twa. I mean, this is the guy who slated

532
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Speaker 1: to be the Dolphins starter all year long. These are

533
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Speaker 1: guys that are going after trade lance and I haven't

534
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Speaker 1: seen the top five hype that that blows my mind

535
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: because as much as I like him, Um that that's

536
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Speaker 1: a bridge too far from me. But I to think

537
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,879
Speaker 1: he's that guy. But I've seen some wild stuff on

538
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter this summer. Man. Um. This also was the

539
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Speaker 1: fact that like we we we we have too much

540
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Speaker 1: to do and too much time. I guess not enough

541
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Speaker 1: to do and too much time, so then we end

542
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Speaker 1: up with uh, some really wild that's man. That's that's

543
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: gonna throw me off all day. That's wild. Um running back?

544
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Speaker 1: Your your preseason all hype? Running back? Who is it?

545
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Speaker 1: This one hurts me, Marcus, because you know, I love

546
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Speaker 1: this guy and it's also Neckler. He is someone that

547
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Speaker 1: I liked last year a lot, and I like, I

548
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 1: still am cool taking him as like, you know, a

549
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: fit sixth overall pick, but like you have to pay

550
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: so much higher price now because everyone loves Austin Ekeler

551
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: the last couple of months. I mean, you can't open

552
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 1: up Twitter without seeing someone say something good about Austin Ekeler.

553
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: I mean I've done two drafts this week alone where

554
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,120
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler has gone fourth overall. Both times to Adam Rank,

555
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,239
Speaker 1: I shave my fist because he he knows I love him,

556
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: and he doesn't let me get him anywhere. Oh but

557
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: I think what's even hurt him even more Marcus is

558
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 1: Austin Ekelers on Twitter now embracing fantasy football, giving away

559
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,400
Speaker 1: sign jerseys, doing hosting a fantasy show. So with all

560
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: that said, I think it just it's made Austin necklar

561
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: like an even more cool, trendy fantasy pick. And now

562
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Speaker 1: it hurts. But if you don't have a top seven

563
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Speaker 1: eight pick, you might not get him where it's just

564
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Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, you're able to get him

565
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Speaker 1: at the back end of the first maybe even early

566
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Speaker 1: second round. Yeah, he's one that definitely I think that.

567
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Speaker 1: You know, I won't say the hype over blown because

568
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be really really good this year,

569
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 1: but it has driven up the draft price quite a bit.

570
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: And I know Adam Rank has taken him a couple

571
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,360
Speaker 1: of times just to uh see if he can throw

572
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 1: you off your game. I know that's been part of

573
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 1: his strategy. But he's he's one that I think a

574
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 1: lot of folks love this year. By the way, um

575
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: as Floria mentioned, he really is embracing fantasy and he's

576
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: doing shows. I know he's doing a show with our

577
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: friend Liz Losa over at Yahoo. I've seen him on

578
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: any number of different podcasts and that sort of thing.

579
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: Please be kind, please be please be nice. Right, at

580
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: some point, it is probably inevitable that Austin Ekeler is

581
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: going to have a bad game, He's going to have

582
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,439
Speaker 1: a down week. It happens to literally everybody. Do not

583
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: come for him, right, Like, this is sort of a

584
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 1: thing that we would love. We would love for more

585
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 1: players to sort of embrace the game, embrace what we do,

586
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: be a part of it, be interactive, be engaging. Um

587
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: this is an opportunity for us, as you know, fantasy

588
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: ball fans, to kind of, you know, maybe get a

589
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 1: little bit of an inside peek and and and draw

590
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: somebody else into the tent. So please don't blow this,

591
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 1: don't don't don't act like an ass if Austin Neckler

592
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: has a bad game, because you know, these opportunities are rare.

593
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 1: So let's let's sort of embrace it for what it

594
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 1: is and not I'll say this, if he is a

595
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: bad game, feel free to send me all the nasty

596
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: messages the one who has typed him up. Let's leave

597
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 1: Austin alone and let him enjoy being in the fantasy space.

598
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: There you go, there you there's your there's your outlet.

599
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: There so that so now you can get those and

600
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,360
Speaker 1: you can get it when the pro football top guy

601
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Speaker 1: makes a take that that that makes everybody upset to

602
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: what have I done? You? Where? Um so mine? Actually,

603
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, I forgot mine. Mine is Nah Harris, who

604
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Speaker 1: I think we we sort of liked from the moment

605
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: he got drafted. But the more we have seen him

606
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Speaker 1: in the preseason, and the more we have seen the

607
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: way the Steelers plan to run uh their backfield situation, Uh,

608
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Speaker 1: it just gives me reason to believe that that he's

609
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Speaker 1: We've seen his a d he shoot up. I'm really

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Speaker 1: surprised that he hasn't crept into the back part of

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Speaker 1: the first round. I'm still seeing him a lot of

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Speaker 1: times kind of early second round. I really thought that

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Speaker 1: by the time we got to this point in the summer,

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Speaker 1: we would be talking about Nagy Harris uh, somewhere around

615
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Speaker 1: ten eleven twelve. That hasn't quite happened yet, But I

616
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Speaker 1: do think the hype is really really big for him,

617
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Speaker 1: partially because he's a he's a new workhorse that we've

618
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Speaker 1: sort of added to the mix. We want as many

619
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Speaker 1: of them as we can get, and especially after last

620
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 1: year when we saw the Steelers have to use multiple

621
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: backs where it was James Conner, Benny Snell, a whole

622
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: bunch of different guys kind of getting opportunities, this looks

623
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Speaker 1: like it's going to be the Nagy Harris show. As

624
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: long as he's healthy, he's going to get a ton

625
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: of work. People keep kind of mentioning Levian bell Um

626
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: at least in terms of maybe usage. Perhaps that's what

627
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: it is. They're definitely different players, but you know, we

628
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,720
Speaker 1: could see that kind of workload for him. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: so he's the guy that that I'm sort of leaning towards.

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Speaker 1: I like him. I'm I'm glad to get him in

631
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Speaker 1: the second round because I really did think we'd be

632
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: talking about him as a first round guy by the

633
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: point the summer. Um your wide receiver, who is your

634
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: your all hype wide receiver? Mr? Ceedee Lamb another player

635
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: that I have been really high on and Marcus. I

636
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: don't know if you remember back to when we were

637
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: doing like way too early ranking videos in like January

638
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: and February. UM I had Ceedee Lamb as like my

639
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Speaker 1: wide receiver twelve and I actually had him ahead of

640
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Speaker 1: a Mariti Cooper and people then were saying like, oh,

641
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Speaker 1: that's a hot take stuff. Now, not only is it

642
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: the norm, Ceedee Lamb is routinely going as like a

643
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: top ten wide receiver. I'm seeing him go ahead of

644
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: Allan Robinson at times, and to me, I love Ceedee Lamb.

645
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: I just can't take him over someone that I know

646
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: is going to get around a hundred and fifty maybe

647
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: even more targets this year, whereas Lamb still does have

648
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: Cooper and Gallop there. I know the excitement, and it

649
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: especially was getting a lot of hype the first couple

650
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: of weeks of training camp when this guy was going

651
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: out there and making like ridiculous video game style catches

652
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: every day, and it just felt like a new clip

653
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: was coming out. And then we have him on hard Knocks,

654
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 1: which only adds to the hype. I mean, Ceedee Lamb's

655
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: hype train has not stopped at all this summer now,

656
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: ceedee Lamb. From the beginning, I mean, he was the

657
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: guy that I think everybody was pegging to have the

658
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: huge breakout season in that Dallas offense. And you're right.

659
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like the first day of training

660
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: camp there was a video about him like making a

661
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: stupid one handed catch and like the rocket ship took off,

662
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: and you're right. It has not slowed down ever since then.

663
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: The hard knocks bump is only is only helping or

664
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: hurting depending on how you want to look at it. Uh,

665
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, it's only helping that value to go up.

666
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: Right now, I want to go Brandon aiyuk Um just

667
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: because I think the the conversation at the beginning of

668
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: the off season I think was who would you rather

669
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: have Brandon ayuk or Deebo Samuel And then I think

670
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: once the consensus sort of shifted towards a then it

671
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: became well, okay, well now where you have to draft

672
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: him um? And it started as kind of a mid

673
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: round thing. I think it's sort of settled in the

674
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: fifth round that that feels about where it's it's sort

675
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: of stopped. But I think you know at first there

676
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: was sort of a battle like are you you know

677
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: which side are you on? Now? I think everybody has

678
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: sort of kind of gravitated towards Team ayuk and I

679
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: think there's there's just a lot of excitement about what

680
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: he can be even with a healthy George Kittle and

681
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: a healthy Deebo Samuel in that offense, what they can

682
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: do with Brandon ayuk um and how that's gonna go.

683
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: I'm I'm salty when people grabbing my head of me

684
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: because I am always like trying to get him. Uh,

685
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: And it feels like now it's gotten harder for me

686
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: to get Brandon Ayuke in drafts because people seem to

687
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: be jumping on board. So like Ceede Lambon, Brandon Ayuka

688
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: two receivers, I'm always targeting. Uh, it's just gotten harder

689
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: because more people seem to like them and I don't

690
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 1: like that. And to give credit words due Marcus, you

691
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: were You were on ayoke before a lot of people,

692
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: so I know that's your guy. Although I will say

693
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: I got Deevo Samuel yesterday for two dollars in the

694
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 1: salary cap league. Cool taking that shot on Deebo. Are

695
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: you went for like twenty. You know, it's funny because

696
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: I think because we have gone so far towards ayuk Um,

697
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: it has made Deebo Samuel so undervalued now, So like

698
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: maybe maybe this is the time I still have a

699
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: few drafts left, Maybe this is the time for me

700
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: to pivot to Deebo Samuel just because, like, I don't

701
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be bad. I just like I look

702
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: a little bit better. But if you know, if people

703
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: are gonna just you know, neglect and ignore Deebo Samuel,

704
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 1: then I will gladly take advantage of that. So all right,

705
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: I felt like for tight end, it's probably only one

706
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: real answer. Uh, we both have the same guy. I

707
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: will let you say, who your your preseason all hype

708
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: tight end is. Yeah, there there could only be one, right,

709
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: because you know the elite tight ends are awesome. Yeah,

710
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: we hype up Kelsey and Waller, but we all know

711
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: they're great. And then every other tight end we basically say,

712
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: why reach on any of them? They're all the same

713
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: except for the one lone unicorn, the highest rookie tight

714
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: end ever drafted, Kyle Pitts. I mean, especially now that

715
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: they traded Julio Jones, I feel like that only through

716
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: more fuel to the hype train fire that for Kyle Pitts,

717
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: and we call him a nicorn, We say that he

718
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: is going to be the best rookie tight end ever.

719
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 1: Don't value him as a tight end, value him more

720
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 1: as a receiver. I mean, all that alone is stuff

721
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: that we never say about any other tight ends. So

722
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: that alone makes him, in my opinion, the most hyped

723
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: up tight end this offseason. Yeah, he had to play

724
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,760
Speaker 1: over the weekend where it's kind of like a little

725
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: I don't say a scream, but like you know, they

726
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: got it out to him on the sideline and he

727
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: just just took off like a shot, uh and picked

728
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: up a huge, chunky yards and that was You saw

729
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,280
Speaker 1: a whole lot of eyeball emojis associated with that play.

730
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: And and you're right. I mean, the I would say

731
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: we we've we've set the bar at the moon, but

732
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: that's probably too low. Like I feel like we have

733
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: set the bar which fairly somewhere like around Saturn with

734
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: him um and the expectations are super high. I still

735
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: I am nervous about drafting him where you have to

736
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: get him just because you are drafting him. I think

737
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: at his absolute ceiling. And so for that reason, I

738
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,400
Speaker 1: don't have a whole lot of Kyle pits. It just

739
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 1: makes me really nervous. But I do concede that, you know,

740
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: the opportunity is there, the possibility of him reaching that

741
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: is certainly there. And I do think this time next

742
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: year we will be talking about him among the the elites.

743
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: I mean it will be. I think it will go

744
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: from the Big three to the Big four next year

745
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,879
Speaker 1: with Kyle Pitts joining that group. And so I'm I'm

746
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: very curious to see him play this year. And you're right, no,

747
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: Julio Jones certainly opens some things up. It makes some

748
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: very very very interesting to watch, uh come come this season?

749
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: All right, So those are all hype guys. Next, I

750
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 1: had the you know, the hour guys, the guys that

751
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: you have to feel like you want in every single draft.

752
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: So I we each pick three. Who are the three

753
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,359
Speaker 1: guys that you you feel like you need to walk

754
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: away with every time you do a draft. For me,

755
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: a lot of it comes down to draft strategy. I'm

756
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: getting rbs early, which means I need to fill wide

757
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: receivers in the middle round, so I am shooting for

758
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: wide receivers that I think have the upside of greatly

759
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,959
Speaker 1: exceeding their draft costs. Jerry Judy is my guy. He's

760
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: one of them. Mike Williams is another, and then Marvin

761
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: Jones Jr. I think all three could outlive their a DP.

762
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy is coming with a lot more hight Now

763
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: we all know why he's great. I was speaking up

764
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: on him last podcast as well. But when Mike Williams,

765
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 1: I think that he could be in for a career year.

766
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 1: We've seen him post a thousand yards season, We've seen

767
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: him have double digit touchdowns in his season. We just

768
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: need him to put it together. And I think with

769
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: this new offensive coordinator saying he's going to play the

770
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: X in the Saint system, and then to me, the

771
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: biggest thing is justin Herbert right like he is, Williams

772
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 1: finally has a strong on quarterback that could take advantage

773
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: of his downfield skills no offense to Philip Rivers, that

774
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: is just not a strength of his like it is

775
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: for Herbert. And then with Marvin Jones Jr. I think

776
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: that he could lead this team in yards and touchdowns.

777
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: I mean, Marcus, he has been a top thirty wide

778
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: receiver in points per game four years in a row

779
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: and has at least nine touchdowns in the three season

780
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: the three of the last four years that he has

781
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: stayed healthy. And you get him after Channault and after

782
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: DJ Charks. So I love waiting until the ninth, tenth

783
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: round and getting Marvin Jones Jr. I've I've really kind

784
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: of you know, started to pick up Marvin Jones and

785
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: a lot more spaces just because of that. Like and

786
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,439
Speaker 1: and I love Chaneld. I'm certainly not ashamed to say

787
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: how much I'm a fan of l Visca Chanal. But um,

788
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: everything we saw so far this preseason suggested Jones is

789
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: going to get a ton of targets. He might end

790
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: up getting maybe the most targets on this team. Um.

791
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: And and right now, you're right, he's coming off the

792
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: board really really late. Also in an offense that's going

793
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: to be throwing the ball a lot. I mean, you know,

794
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are going to be losing a lot of games.

795
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence is probably gonna throw the football a lot.

796
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 1: And I think you know now with Travis e t

797
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: And unfortunately out for the season, Um, a lot of

798
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: those easy targets are sort of gone until maybe that

799
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: means some more downfield throws to to Marvin Jones. That'll

800
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: be interesting. Also, like the Mike Williams thing. Um, I

801
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: really think an interesting sort of stack is maybe a

802
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert Mike Williams stack. I know it's I know

803
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 1: the targets are gonna be there on the same level

804
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: as as for Keenan Allen or Austin Ekeler. But I think,

805
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: you know, the big playability and and maybe the touchdown

806
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: upside for Mike Williams makes it kind of an interesting

807
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: interesting stack to put together. There. It's probably easier to

808
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: get than a an Alan Herbert stack. Is the other

809
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: part of it too, um My three guys Gus Edwards,

810
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: who we talked about earlier. That gets a little bit

811
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: harder obviously now with the a DP going up. If

812
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: he's still there in the fifth round, though, I still

813
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: think it's worth the shot, just because he is the

814
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: lead running back and what is probably gonna be the

815
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: run heaviest offense in the league, and so I think

816
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: it's worth trying to get a shot at him. It

817
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,399
Speaker 1: was especially great when you know you were still able

818
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: to get him in like the ninth or tenth round.

819
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: But even now, I still I still want to try

820
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: to get Gus Edwards as many places as I can.

821
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts another one. UM, you know he's got that upside,

822
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: but he's still sort of going a little bit later

823
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: in drafts. You're not You're definitely not having to draft

824
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,800
Speaker 1: him where you're going after a Kyler Kyler, Murray, Lamar Jackson,

825
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: even you know, a Justin Herbert somebody like that. You

826
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: can still wait a little bit longer, get a Jalen Hurts,

827
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: get that upside, and if you don't feel confident, just

828
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: go and draft a second quarterback later on in the draft, UH,

829
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: and just have that insurance just in case things don't

830
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: work out as planned with Hurts. But I think the

831
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 1: the right now, the risk in drafts UH is a

832
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 1: lot less than what the potential reward is if he

833
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: plays the way we think he can play. In one.

834
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: And then my third one is I'm on Ross st. Brown.

835
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: I have said it all offseason long, how how much

836
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: I'm excited about what he can do UH and what

837
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: his place is going to be. Excuse me, in this

838
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: Detroit offense, that only gets bigger. I think, uh, Brashott

839
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: Pairman got released. Um, it's you know, the the Lions

840
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: decided pretty early that that that was not going to

841
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: be the answer, so they let him go. And this

842
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: just seems to solidify St. Brown as the number two

843
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 1: target behind T. J. Hawkinson in that offense, and again,

844
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: an offense that might not be super great, but they're

845
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: gonna be throwing the ball a lot, They're gonna be

846
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,959
Speaker 1: playing from behind. Um, and if he can be sort

847
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: of Cooper Cup two point oh or Cooper Cup light

848
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: even Um, there's a lot of targets coming for I'm

849
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: on rass st Brown and the draft capital. I mean

850
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: it's next to nothing. You could probably wait till the

851
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,800
Speaker 1: fourteenth round and get him on Ross st Brown and uh,

852
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: you know, and prosper hopefully that's the plot all about

853
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: that pick, Marcus. I like st Brown a lot, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not one buying into this preseason narrative that the

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Speaker 1: lines three receiver set is gonna be Williams Cefast and

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Speaker 1: Calif Raymond. Like I think am on St. Brown is

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Speaker 1: going to be in at the very least and three

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Speaker 1: wide receiver sets as the slot receiver. And I agree

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Speaker 1: with what you said I think that he could be

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Speaker 1: like a poor man's Cooper Cup for Jared Goff in

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Speaker 1: this offense. Yeah, I think so. Umtually, his brother is

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Speaker 1: a free agent now. Uh, Equanimius got released by the

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Speaker 1: Packers this morning, so maybe there could be a Saint

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Speaker 1: Brown reunion in Detroit. They have a younger brother in college. Still,

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Speaker 1: they were one of Yeah, they're one of the most interesting.

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Speaker 1: They have to be the most interesting family, not just

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Speaker 1: in football, maybe in all of sports. Yeah. They the

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Speaker 1: Osiris is a receiver at Stanford, I believe um. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's still in college. The thing that always amuses me

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Speaker 1: about them is that the kids are all named St. Brown,

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Speaker 1: but their parents are just Brown. Um. The parents added

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Speaker 1: the Saints part. I guess to give it a little

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Speaker 1: more panash. I'm not really their dad. I had to

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Speaker 1: look stuff up about him, and their dad said that he, um,

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Speaker 1: he didn't believe that his kids were like ordinary, so

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Speaker 1: they didn't deserve ordinary names. And that's why they all

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Speaker 1: have like the names that they do, which is they

878
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Speaker 1: speak German. They lived in Germany for a bit. Their

879
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Speaker 1: dad was like a powerlifting champion, like Mr Universe or something. Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they have a really interesting backstory. Yeah, and they're like

881
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Speaker 1: the Ball Brothers of the NFL, just not as in

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00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: your face right exactly. Uh. Yeah, it's funny because they

883
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Speaker 1: all have very unique names, but their parents are John

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Speaker 1: and Miriam. So John Brown, John Brown, right, the most

885
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Speaker 1: generic name, such a common name, just John Brown, literally

886
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Speaker 1: an NFL player with that name exactly, which I feel

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Speaker 1: we haven't talked about John Brown, like, have you drafted him?

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Speaker 1: Do you have any interest in John Brown? And this

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00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: is right, I did, and I'll Scruden's lately has kind

890
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Speaker 1: of been saying like he's struggling to crack the starting lineup.

891
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Speaker 1: Then I've kind of soured on him, um because I

892
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Speaker 1: I still think they have incentive to get Henry Ruggs involved,

893
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: and Brian Edwards seems to be in in really high

894
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Speaker 1: standing with them there, so I wouldn't be surprised if

895
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Speaker 1: Brown is kind of a backup option to those two. Yeah,

896
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Speaker 1: I think that's probably fair. Um. Yeah, I like John

897
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Speaker 1: Brown and just you know, just really since he left Arizona,

898
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: it's been hard for him to stay healthy and uh

899
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Speaker 1: just be as productive as as he was early in

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Speaker 1: his career. Um, all right, Uh, we got maddened codes.

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Speaker 1: I announced that last week. I asked for folks to,

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00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: you know, give us a five star review. Uh, you know,

903
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: screenshot it, send it to us and let us know

904
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Speaker 1: what system you're playing for. So I've got three right here. Um,

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Speaker 1: and you know what, let's just keep it real. I

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Speaker 1: got three. We have two codes. We'll see if we

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Speaker 1: can wrangle a third, and we'll just we'll just what

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Speaker 1: kind of crown three winners? That that seems fair. That

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00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: seems fair, right, it seems good to me. All right? Cool?

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Speaker 1: Uh so let's read the three the three years that

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Speaker 1: I liked the most. Uh, this one from Kevin Tata. Tata,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I if I miss pronounce your name,

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Speaker 1: I apologize, Kevin, But the five star reviews says the

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Speaker 1: best fantasy podcast. This podcast has kept me fantasy relevant

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Speaker 1: and all of my leagues for over five years. The

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Speaker 1: only season I didn't make the playoffs was the year

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Speaker 1: I couldn't listen and study fantasy football because I was

918
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Speaker 1: going through Army boot camp and job training. Thank you

919
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: for your service. Glad to get back to the podcast.

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00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: Also still miss Rank co and Gil Hard though yeah,

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Speaker 1: well I mean Rank. We still have around and he

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Speaker 1: still shows up every once in a while. But Cohen

923
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Speaker 1: gil Hard, yeah you know missed those guys. We still

924
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: talk all the time. But yeah, that was a good time.

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Speaker 1: So thanks Kevin. Um, we will get you your code

926
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Speaker 1: and uh appreciate appreciate your listening for all these years

927
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: and best of luck this year. Uh. This one from

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Speaker 1: j Doe uh ja Dozight on Twitter her best fantasy

929
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Speaker 1: show ever. What's not to love about these guys? Can

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Speaker 1: me checks the most beautiful woman who knows her football

931
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Speaker 1: and I mean that with the most respect. Her and

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Speaker 1: her husband make a beautiful couple. Nice save Michael f

933
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Speaker 1: Florio is the man. He knows his sports and gets something.

934
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Speaker 1: He's got some style. Marcus Grant my guy is talent.

935
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Speaker 1: All the advice he gives one Adam Rank who can't

936
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Speaker 1: love this man? Funny, funny guy and a football guru.

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Speaker 1: I mean, flattery always works, So that was my personal favorite. Yeah. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: flattery goes a long way in this one, which gets

939
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Speaker 1: us to the one that I think I liked the mostest. Um.

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Speaker 1: This one from Jacob Brummel says dodging players like Neo

941
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Speaker 1: in the matrix Thanks to MG my guy Marcus Grant.

942
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Speaker 1: For years, I've had a better insight on which players

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Speaker 1: to dodge, just like Neo in the Matrix and March

944
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 1: Marcus dodging the Delta variant. This podcast will have you

945
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: realizing just how little you know about fantasy football and

946
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: how badly you need help on a weekly basis. If

947
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Speaker 1: you don't listen to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, you're

948
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Speaker 1: essentially a one legged duck that swims in circles. Don't

949
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Speaker 1: be a one leg duck that swims in circles. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate that he listens all the way to the end

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00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: and UH and remember some of the goofy things that

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Speaker 1: I throw on at the end of the podcast. UH,

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Speaker 1: So congrats to all three of you, Kevin, Jacob and

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Speaker 1: Jake Doza. We will reach out to you and UH

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Speaker 1: and get you some codes as soon as possible. So

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Speaker 1: enjoy congratulations, UH and for everybody else, appreciate you play

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00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: and appreciate you listening as well, which I guess feels

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00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 1: like a good spot to UH to sign off and

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00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: close this thing up. That is it. We are done.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

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Speaker 1: You know, the drill, tell to friends, to tell to friends,

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Speaker 1: rate review and remember what happens If you take no

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Speaker 1: dose and wash it down with Nike will be safe.

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Speaker 1: To care yourselves, get vaccinated and we will see you

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Speaker 1: on Thursday. Warm. I don't, don't at all co