WEBVTT - SPEEDZ on the NBA Playoffs, Tom Loew, Injuries, and More! 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:06.280 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:15.120 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:18.279 Sports Radio Network. You are now screams into the Speeds 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:22.360 and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up next on that 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:33.279 cipher on the microphone. I wanted the yet Martinez, you 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.479 know what it is. It should boyd Dave Martinez a 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.879 k A speeds a k A to spitting statistician and 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.800 you're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.159 Sports Radio Network. Of course, I want to give a 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.800 big shout out to all of our sports Byline affiliates 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.120 around the country and with the American Forces Radio Network 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.200 around the world, making this a truly global show here. 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:55.280 And I got my boy Donnie Burns with me on 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.720 the ones and tools so hot that we sweat steam. 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.560 We're gonna have a lot of fun here today. You 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.319 know it's a holiday Monday. If you want to get 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.720 at me anytime at this hour, you can do that. 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:07.240 At eight four four, eight four three six, eight seven nine. 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:09.360 We got some pole questions up because we had the 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.959 first weekend of the NBA playoffs, or pole question up tonight. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:14.960 You can get that at at f n T s 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.679 Y Radio. That Twitter handle you can find me Dame 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.920 Martinez at Spitting Speeds. I want to find out after 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.960 the first weekend of the playoff, which team are you 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.360 kind of the most concerned about are you the most 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:29.920 disappointed by relative to their expectations. I got four options 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:31.760 out there because Donny Burns is gonna help me break 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.600 it down. As the Fantasy Freestyle NBA Playoffs correspondent. Wasn't 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.360 the Los Angeles Clippers Listen if they lose to a 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.640 Jazz team without Rudy Gobert, I think it could be 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.320 time to break up the Clippers myself, and then some 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.760 teams out east. Listen. I'm a little bit worried maybe 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.760 about this three seed Toronto Raptors. Could the Greek freak 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.160 do it on them? What about the Celtics that one seed? 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.720 Obviously we'll get into Isaiah Thomas and what happened this 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.720 weekend with him a little bit later on as well, 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.520 and uh, let me tell you something. Lebron James and 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.440 the Calves things that they could just flip the switch 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.960 Paul George, whether he gets the last shot or not, 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.040 we will find out, but they might be in some trouble. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.560 We'll talk about that as well with my boy Donnie Burns. 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.440 And you know, I wanted to say one thing Donnie 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.840 before we go to break. I gave you the Boston 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.560 Marathon happened today because it was Patriots Today. We're gonna 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.280 talk when we come back also about why it was 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:28.880 a historic and momentous anniversary for the Boston Marathon. Okay, 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:30.880 we're gonna come back and talk about that. We're gonna 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.119 put the fun in Functional sports radio. Big shout out though. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:35.800 Like I said at the top of the read, Jeffrey 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.200 Carew and Edna Kip a lot both from Kenya. Within 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.079 the Men's and women's Boston Marathon. We're gonna come back 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.320 do the site for the starting lineup. Have a little 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.120 bit of fun here. It's Monday, Dave Martinez, Donnie Burns 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.440 holding you down. Fantasy Freestyle in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.000 You know what it is, Exploit a Martinez a K 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.040 eight it spitting statistician. You're listening to the Fantasy Freestyle 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.720 live on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I gave a 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.360 shout out to the sports Byline affiliates, and you know 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.160 it is the Boston marathon today, So a special shout 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.079 out to anybody listening on w w z N fifteen 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.959 ten am out there in Boston in Massachusetts. Were also 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.840 in Newton, Massachusetts on eleven twenty am. And don't forget 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.640 fourteen seventy am and Framingham out there in Massachusetts. Happy 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.480 at Patriots Day to everybody. It's about the only time 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.600 a year though you're gonna hear me saying happy and 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.720 Patriots in the same sentence. You know, Speeds has spitting 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:38.520 statistician reps his j E T s Jets, Jets Jets begrudgingly. So, um, 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.440 Donnie Burns is in the building with me on the 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:42.720 ones and two, so I want to see what he 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.480 thinks about this because I know, um, you know, he's 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.960 he's with the kids his a AU team. We're gonna 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.520 talk about that a little bit later on, but you know, 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:56.360 this was a historic marathon, Donnie, and I think, uh, 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.280 you might want to take this nugget back to your 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.320 kids on the AU team. I think the line ends 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.440 they'd be reporting about to go to the National AU 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.480 Championships in a little bit later. They're gonna get that 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.120 flight out there. I'm really excited about that. Check this out. 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:13.080 Do you know, though, don Today was the fiftieth anniversary 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.200 of the first time a woman ran in the Boston 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:21.120 Marathon actually did Okay, So Catherine Switzer is her name. 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:22.880 She was the first woman. She was actually like they 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.359 tried to kick her off the course in nineteen sixty seven. 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:30.000 She entered as just like k Switzer when uh, and 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.520 she literally said back then, she thought the marathon was 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.400 a man's race. In those days, they considered women too 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:39.520 fragile to run in the marathon. Fifty years later, you know, 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.600 obviously we think very differently, and uh, you know when 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.800 we have these conversations about rights in our country and all. 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.520 But um, what I thought was kind of interesting. Check 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:51.320 this out. She ran it again today. She ran it 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:55.480 again today. This woman, Kathryn Switzer in um in nineteen 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:59.920 sixty seven, she ran it in four hours and twenty men. 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:06.359 It's fifty years later, she ran it in four hours 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.920 and forty four minutes. I think that's pretty impressive. Don 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.359 you think, uh, fifty years later you could, uh, you 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.760 could run a marathon and only twenty minutes longer than 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:17.080 you did. Just don't even think I could do that 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.119 right now? That's what I'm saying, it's such a great 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.279 story because the Boston Marathon was in a bad spot first. 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.040 Oh yeah, after the bombing a couple of years ago. 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:25.920 I'm very happy to see it's back on his feet. 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.040 Absolutely absolutely And this woman, you know again, big shout out, 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.360 tip of the cap here fantasy freestyle with Katherine Switzer. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.080 You know she um she's won thirty plus marathon. She 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.919 won the New York City Marathon in nineteen seventy four. 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.760 And just in case you were wondering, women were officially 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.880 allowed to enter marathon starting in nineteen seventy two. So 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.680 I did want to make that point there as we 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.880 celebrate our country today and you know, the right for 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.440 everybody to run in marathons. And I know all my 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.200 listeners on the American Forces Radio Network, you know feel 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:54.760 what I'm saying here. That is what they're out there 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.719 protecting and serving every day out there around the world, 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.600 and we do appreciate it. Let's keep it moving though, 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.200 get it too speeds to start in line up here. 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.719 Things you need to know about Major League Baseball after 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:06.880 the weekend. We have some injury notes after the weekend. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.320 I think it's important for you guys to know. J 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.799 Happ is having an m r I on his elbow. 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.120 He left the start last night after payin in that elbow. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.440 Keep an eye there. He has had injury issues in 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.040 the past. Rich Hill left his start. Listen rich Hill. 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.320 They moved him to the d L because of a blister. 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.440 He finally comes back, he leaves his start early because 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.880 of the blister. Again. I'm starting to worry about this 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.839 is a longer term issue. Miguel Cabrera left Sunday's game, 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.640 yesterday's game with a back injury. Okay, Miguel Cabrera, despite 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.520 what people think, he's gonna fall off the face of 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.720 the earth, kind of like Albert Poolhols they thought would listen, 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.520 Miguel Cabrera is still a beast. He went he had 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.920 like three fifteen last year. He had like thirty eight 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.520 home runs last year. So him missing any time would 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.440 be problems for the Detroit Tigers and for fantasy owners. Recently, 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.440 just today, just this afternoon, the Oakland A's announced that 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.159 Kendall Graveman is going to the ten day DL with 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.760 the shoulders train. Graveman was off to a pretty nice 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.600 little start um and his first three starts he was 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.040 among the most added pictures. Early on in the first 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.080 couple of weeks, sat to hear that he is going 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.560 to the ten day d L for Oakland. Matt Kemp 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:15.280 likely returning from the d L this week on Wednesday. 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.880 He's coming back from a hamstring injury. Remember I've been 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.280 talking a little bit about the string of hamstring injuries 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:22.400 at the beginning of the season, and I'm excited to 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:26.120 share that we will have licensed certified athletic trainer Thomas 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.880 Lowe on the show. A little bit later on, we 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.920 interviewed him, you know, asking about a lot of the 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.120 injuries that happened, and we did touch on this hamstring 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.760 issue along with a lot of other stuff we're gonna 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.560 play over the next couple of shows here this week. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.800 I'm really excited and thanks again to Thomas slow for 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.680 joining the show. Also, I've been telling you this for 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:46.800 about a week now. Rangers manister Jeff Banister is saying 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:50.520 that he will meet with coaches today to discuss that 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.720 closer situation. Okay, Remember I told you Sam Dyson was 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.960 not the man for it. I told you it was 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.880 gonna be Matt Bush. Hopefully you picked him up last 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.080 week and are not late to the train. Let's keep 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.280 it moving though here. We had the whole weekend. Remember 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.720 I gave you pictures. I gave you pictures all weekend. 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.440 Let's hold speeds accountable, yo. I told you on Friday 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.400 that I like Danny Duffy because he was pitching against 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.600 the Angels and on Ace day the Angels were not 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.080 throwing out an ace. Yeah, Duffy got the win for you, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.840 seven innings, pitch warner and run, six strikeouts. I also 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.200 told you that I liked that ten o'clock matchup, that 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.360 late matchup that was Astro's A's. I like Dallas Kaikel. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:31.080 He got the win, seven innings, only one run, seven strikeouts. 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.760 Liked him. Graveman pitched well in that game also, But 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.840 obviously there was a little bit of an injury there 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.280 because you did go to the d L just today 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.800 on Saturday. There were a couple of pictures I told 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.920 you that I was high on that you can trust, 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.000 and boy did they come through for you. And now 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.280 I'm telling you, guys, look at these guys. If somehow 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.000 these guys are not owned in your league, you need 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.960 to go and get them right now, right now, My boy, 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.320 Mike Florio is on this guy. I've been on this 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.200 guy for a while talking about James Paxton. He had 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:04.000 another incredible outing against the Rangers on Saturday, when eight 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:07.599 innings scoreless, struck out nine. I think this is the 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:09.760 year this guy has been a hyped fantasy darling. I've 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:11.960 been saying it year after year. This is the year 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.000 he puts it all together. Watch out for big things 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:18.520 out of Paxton. And don't look now, but Irwin Santana 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.160 is three and oh what is zero point for one 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:23.559 e r A. He had a complete game shutout on 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.480 Saturday against the Chide Socks. He struck out eight in 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:30.160 that effort as well. Obviously, Chris Sale went on Saturday 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.280 striking out twelve. So if you like that k upside, 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.360 there's a guy to go. Then yesterday, you know, it 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.760 was a holiday for many people. There weren't that many 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.280 starters that I wanted to talk about. One of the 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.120 guys that I did like was Charlie Morton. He got 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:44.240 his start pushed back to today tonight because of a 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.640 rain out for the Astros. And then also I told 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.800 you about Michael Pineda and that Sunday night game against 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:51.960 the Cards. He looked good through seven innings, got the wind, 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.520 struck out six tour and runs he only gave up 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:56.959 I was telling you in what really I thought was 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.360 the big part about that though, was that he was 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.680 going against Adam Waynewright, and I said that Adam Waynewright 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.679 looked done. Waynewright gave up ten hits and only five 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:07.000 innings in uh that matchup on Sunday. I'm telling you 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:11.000 Waynewright does not look like he used to. Let me 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.240 tell you about two guys that I think you can 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.640 go with tonight on Monday Slate. The first one, I 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.000 like this guy. I've been talking about this guy. I 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.160 liked him last start, and he had a nice start 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.960 last time out. I am always on this guy, and 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.760 it's Robbie Ray. I'm on Robbie Ray tonight at eight 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.800 thousand on FanDuel. I am a believer of Robbie Ray, 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:34.360 especially when he is not pitching in that hitter's ballpark 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.000 that he has his home now in Arizona. When he's 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.079 not in Arizona and by association, in that division, when 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.959 he's not pitching against Colorado or in Corps, I think 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.000 you've gotta look at his starts that are not in 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.040 Colorado or Arizona. When you can get a chance of 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.440 Robbie Ray that upside in strikeouts. He's got fourteen strikeouts 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.640 in twelve innings pitched so far. That paces to another 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.679 two hundred strikeouts season for Robbie Ray. I like him 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:02.679 at eight thousand tonight. The other I like Listen. I've 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.200 been big on Charlie Morton all year. Also, Okay, he's 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.480 going up against the Angels tonight at only if you 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.600 want to spend down. He's rested obviously, had that extra 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:15.440 night rest because of the rain out yesterday. And he's 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.240 one of these guys that have seen an uptick in 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.720 velocity in his first few starts, and his first few 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.160 starts were against the Seattle Manerness. He's now going to 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.440 what I think is a much easier lineup. Uh, So 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.520 you might get more K potential leaving from a guy 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.199 like Charlie Morton. Then you might think he's been striking 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:34.320 out more people. That radar gun has been an up again. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.480 Remember remember also we've been talking about it on the 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.160 Fantasy Freestyle that a lot of people are gonna be 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:44.959 up because they are measuring miles per hour differently this year. 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.920 They've moved to the stat cast, which is different than 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.440 how they were measuring over the last couple of years. Okay, 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.079 So instead of measuring the ball when it crosses the plate, 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.520 they're measuring it at its fastest point, which is when 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.080 it comes straight out of the picture's hand. Okay. So 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:03.520 that means that you know, you're gonna see an uptick 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:05.680 in velocity and a lot of people. And I'm gonna 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.000 tell you the other thing. What it really means is 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.200 if you see people that have a little bit of 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:14.800 a downtick this season, that should concern you even more, 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.200 like my man Sam Dyson, who has gone down from 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:23.200 an average fastball oft two down to point nine. And 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.480 that's even with this compensation of the new gun. So 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.760 I think they're about to make that move in Texas 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.319 pretty soon when we come back. I'm gonna bring my 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.319 boy Donnie Burns. We're gonna go into speed Cipher, we're 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.520 gonna talk NBA playoffs, and then we're gonna have that 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.000 interview with Thomas Lowe as well. A lot of good 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.480 things stick around Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.400 I'll be here a whole hour hollow at your boy, 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:58.840 you know, Dane Martinez, were right here, come back. You 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.760 know what it is is boy Dame Martinez, and you're 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:04.440 listening to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.439 Network of course, on all our Sports Byline affiliates and 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.559 our American Forces Radio network as well, making this a 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.559 global show with my boy Donnie Burns keeping it hot, 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.880 making us blow up like a Samsung seven. Let's get 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.040 into the site for now. I want to give you 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.000 some news and notes real quick. Here in the NFL, 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:23.600 with the draft approaching, Bill O'Brien, coach of the Houston Texans, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.400 they are saying that they quote unquote love Patrick Mahomes. 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.599 This is the kid out of Texas Tech. He is 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:31.520 rising up a lot of draft boards. They say his 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.640 armed talent is to die for. Here's the thing, though, 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.400 he's another one of those quarterbacks that come out of 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.760 the spread offense. He's gonna have to move from Texas 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.280 Tech where And they're the way they call signals all 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.079 the way to you know, like I mentioned before, commanding 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.160 men in a huddle and the verbiage, the language and 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.040 not and the footwork coming behind center. Well, so we 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.280 will see some people are thinking that the Texans may 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:53.839 try to get into the back end of the first 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.000 half to try to get Patrick Mahomes quarterback out of 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.760 Texas Tech. On the flip side, the Broncos worried about 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.520 last year's first round draft pick back then Lynch's workout habits. 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.520 They're saying that, uh, you know, they're trying to teach 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.040 him this idea of like, you know, being first first 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.880 man into the gym, last man out head in the books, 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.199 and that it's not going as well. This is something 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.360 you hear a lot of this smoking fire around the draft, 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.160 a lot of misinformation on a a lot of fake news. 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.280 But I will say this, Packton Lynch one way or 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.640 the other. You gotta chance. You got a chance, kid, 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.360 You got a chance to be the starting quarterback for 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.320 the Denver Broncos. You better have your head into books 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.760 as much as you possibly can. Of course, Trevor Simeon 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.120 the other option out there in Denver. Uh. Lagarrett Blunt 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.240 still has a deal on the table with the New 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:41.320 England Patriots, but it has not been signed yet. Makes 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.320 me wonder what is that offer for they low balling 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.480 Lagarrett Blunt. And here's the other thing I'm gonna tell 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:50.160 you Lagarret Blunt, sign that deal right now. Sign it now, 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.040 because you don't know what's gonna happen where these dominoes, 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.520 where the other shoe is going to drop. They signed 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.360 Rex Burkehead for over three million a year. They clearly 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.200 have plans for him. We heard last week that Marshawn 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.600 Lynch was talking about, Oh, if I come out of 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.800 retirement and I can't go to Oakland, I'd be down 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:07.960 to go to New England. Of course you'd be down 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:09.800 to go to New England. Who's not down to go 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.200 to New England? Right? So what does that mean? Maybe, 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.800 Adrian Peterson, you know you got. If you're Lagarrett Blunt, 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.640 you need to sign that deal before you're left without 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.240 a chair when the music stops. Also, a couple of 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.960 retirements I want to let everybody know about here, Fantasy 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.320 Freestyle and your boys speeds and spitting statistician tip our 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.360 cap to two wide receivers that helped me win my 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.480 leagues and win that cash in the past. The first 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.800 is Roddy White. Roddie White officially retires from the Atlanta 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:39.320 Falcons all time Falcons leader and receptions with eight oh 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.880 eight in yards with over ten thousand, ten thousand, eight 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.280 hundred sixty three and six three touchdowns. The four time 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:50.360 Pro bowler calls it quits this offseason. Also, Andre Johnson, 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:52.280 he signed the one day contract to retire as a 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:56.960 Houston Texan. UM. This guy was a beast east and 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:58.840 then really was one of the first people who introduced 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:02.080 that true like big receiver that you know, six three 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.960 six four, big guy on the outside that we now 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:08.160 see so often. Uh. Andre Johnson was really one of 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.480 the first guys to do that. It was a beast 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:14.160 in the mid two thousand's also important to note six 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.400 at least six Patriots are saying that they will skip 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.080 the White House visit this week when the world champion 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.200 Patriots go to visit the White House and the President 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:25.280 among them to High Tower and of course the Black Unicorn, 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.520 Martellis Bennett, he's always outspoken. UM, keep it a moving 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.480 now though here in the site, and we talked to 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:32.400 a little football. I want to go to basketball because 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.040 we had the first weekend of the NBA playoffs, So 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.200 we had four games yesterday for uh, four games on Saturday, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:42.360 like I mentioned to you, two games going on tonight. UM, 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.680 I'm bringing in Donnie Burns because he's my he's my 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.880 correspondent here on the Fantasy Freestyle. The poll question was 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.040 who is who are you most concerned about? Right, the Rafters, 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.440 the Clippers, the Calves or the Celtics. I gotta tell 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.760 you the truth, don My answer to my own poll 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.680 question is the Cleveland Cavaliers. And here's why the answer 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:04.720 should correct states relative to their expectations. Right. So, the Clippers, 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.679 I'm real worried about them potentially losing to a Utah 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.359 Jazz team without Rudy Gobert. I think they might be 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:15.040 breaking up CP three and Griffin and DeAndre Jordan's rivers 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.000 and may that that ship may have run its course 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.520 if they cannot beat the Utah Jazz without Rudy Gobert. 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.080 So I'd be a little bit concerned by them. But 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.240 relative to their expectations, they were only gonna win this 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.760 one series anyway, in my opinion, So that's why I 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.480 discount the Clippers in this question. Okay, the Raptors and 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.399 the Celtics. I think that's interesting and both remember the 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:42.000 Raptors got whacked by the Greek freak Giannikopo on Saturday. Uh, 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.600 looking like even though Kyle Lowry is back looking like 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.919 they may struggle in that six three matchup to get 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:51.879 out of the first round. And then Boston. Listen, I 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.800 like this Boston team. I I am a little bit. 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.159 I'm a little bit worried though, that they don't have 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:00.960 the experience in the playoffs that they might need. And listen, 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.119 Isaiah Thomas, when he went through this weekend with his 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.920 little sister passing away in the car accident, you saw 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:11.280 probably clips of him being emotional before the game. Um 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.200 So I'm not putting any blame on Isaiah Thomas or 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.359 the Celtics, but it did show that maybe they didn't 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:21.240 have that killer, that experience, that veteran presence, and against 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.400 the team like the Bulls, who were Dwyane Wade by 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:28.360 himself has more playoff experience than the entire Celtics lineup. 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:32.359 That gave me a little bit cause for pause. But 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:36.679 again relative to their expectations. These Cleveland Cavaliers, though, they 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.640 think they could just flip the switch, and I don't 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:43.000 think that happened against the Pacers. Uh on Sunday, they 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:45.760 tried like they might, but Paul George had a shot. 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:47.919 He just hit a ridiculous three to get it close. 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:51.760 And uh I don't think the Calves are really flipping 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.560 the switch as maybe they think they can. Hey, Donnie burn, 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:58.479 So I'm going with the Cleveland Cavaliers here. However, on 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.600 the pole that is the lowest choice. It's only six 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.439 of the people out there agree with speeds and spitting statistician, 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:06.240 what do you think about this time? So if we're 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:09.000 talking relative to what people thought was gonna happen, I'm 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.000 agreeing with you. I'm gonna go with the Calves. And 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:12.919 there's two teams I really want to talk about in 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:18.000 this poll, first being the Calves. They played relatively zero 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.680 defense like the Pacers. And here's the thing. The Pacers 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:23.800 were twenty nine and twelve at home, right, so the 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.359 Pacers played at Cleveland. The Pacers were one Paul George 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:30.640 fade away away from taking a game at Cleveland. Right. 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.960 If you they always say starry series don't start until 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:36.200 the road team wins a game, right that they almost 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:39.240 did that in game one. I'm really that's exactly the thing. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.639 Right if if Cleveland thinks that they could all just 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:45.960 turn to switch on and twelve at home for the 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:49.560 Pacers with the Lance Stevenson that looks like a rejuvenate 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:52.240 you know what I mean, He's gonna be blowing in ears. 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.040 You know. There's my thing on that and the other one. 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:57.080 I want to talk about the Clippers, and I completely 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.560 agree with you if they can't you know, get out 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:01.880