WEBVTT - 8/15 BFF's 2 Hour: NFL Preseason Week 2 Preview, MLB Best Bets 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.199 News out of Las Vegas. For the Los Angeles Lakers, 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:06.240 Marcus Cousins has reportedly suffered a knee injury during a 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:09.760 Monday of workout in Las Vegas, and he's currently undergoing 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.080 further testing by the Lakers medical staff in the NFL. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.119 On Wednesday's sports Illustrated to Albert pre Are reported that 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.880 the Vikings had made La Kwan Treadwell available in trades ESPNS. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.120 Dan Graziana was reporting Odell Beckham Jr. Miss Wednesday's practice 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:25.680 with a hit pointerer. In baseball, the Minnesota Twins and 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:27.880 acilated right hand pitcher in Michael Pinata from the ten 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.360 day injured list. Pinnato will return to the Twins starting 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.480 rotation on Thursday night against the Rangers after missing around 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:35.800 two weeks of the mild right tricept strain. For the 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.800 Seattle Mariners, Felix Hernandez through four scoreless innings and another 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.240 rehab start Wednesday with low A Everett and the oaklenn 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.600 Athletics have signed Matt Harvey to a minor league contract 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:47.360 toilport to Las Vegas. By Van Strafford. This has been 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:51.120 your Fantasy Sports Radio Network news update. Stay tuned to 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.519 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network for more updates at the 0:00:53.520 --> 0:01:09.760 top of every hour. Ladies and gents, this is the 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:36.959 thank Thank Yeah, we are back. This is the BFFC 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:40.520 Action Hour is live here from Studio thirty four. I 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.760 am Greg susmen No, Frank Stanford, e y still in 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:48.880 the house, Eric Young, what's happening? Man? Still loving tight ends? 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.760 You know it's uh, it's it's a very treacherous position. 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:54.800 It has been for years. But hopefully this is going 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:56.600 to help some people out. I know what helps me 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.560 talking about it, looking at it, talking it through, listening 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.280 to what you think it's. It's a good exercise to 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.600 make you sharper in your drafts and that, Uh, let's 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.880 keep the conversation going, Buddy, Absolutely so. Adam Schefter just 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.520 reported during the program that Ezekiel Elliott if and when 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.440 he gets a new contract. I thought the wording there 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.680 was very interesting. If and when he gets a new contract, 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:22.000 he's back down to a lowest weight he's ever been at, 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.440 or since his rookie season, in the low tow twenties 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.480 of the one he reports the camp here be ready 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.680 to rock. Maybe I'm reading a bit too much into this, 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:33.840 Eric Boy, if and when he signs a contract. Chefter 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.600 is plugged in. I'm with you, man, I know zeque 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.920 Eliot's number one guy. He's not my number one, he's 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:40.760 in my top four. I'm I feel a little bit 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.720 more confident in Iszekiel excuse me about Ezekiel Elliott today? Yeah, 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.120 like you said, Schefter is definitely plugged in. And this 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.440 is a guy that that lives and dies by his 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.840 reputation of breaking news. He's not going to break news 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.360 about Ezekiel Elliott and use the words if and when, 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.160 unless it's it's coming, It's coming. Jerry Jones is going 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.440 to pay this guy. He knows that Zack is in 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.400 his in his rookie rookie contracts. Still, this is the 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.160 last year he's gonna be able to stay on that. 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:10.000 The only time they're going to be able to probably 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.520 afford both is this year. They're going to go for it. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.880 Jerry Jones is not a stupid man. He knows that, Um, 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:18.040 they're gonna pay him. Ezekiel is gonna play and he's 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.320 still my number one. Yeah, I'll read you the exact 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.679 sweet while he's away. The Cowboys, Ekiel elliotts Wait is 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.680 in the low two twenties lowest spenses his rookie years, 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.160 per source. If and when the two sides can work 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.280 out a deal, Elliott be ready to go. If and 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.839 when the sides two sides can work out a deal, 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.160 it's not if it's it's when Ezekiel Elliott will be totally, 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.560 totally good. This also comes from the Shorlotte Observer, who 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:46.119 have been pumping up Curtis Samuel all off season, and 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.520 not surprisingly here Eric cam Newton has been able to 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.920 throw the deep ball more. There's a correlation there because 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.440 he has someone to throw it too, that's Curtis Samuel. 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.640 This connection certainly seems real or both Cam Newton Curtis 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.920 Samuel rising up your draft board. Yeah, Cam Newton is 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.200 for sure. I feel like this is guy like guys 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.960 like Kyler Murray and you know, we gut quarterbacks. Lamar 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.360 Jackson stuff. Are being drafted in front of cam Newton, 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.960 You're insane. Cam Newton has been one of the best 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.600 fantasy quarterbacks in the last five years. He was running 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.480 the football when these guys were still in college. He's 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:19.560 going to continue to the run the football. He's a 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.360 massive guy. Uh. They're saying that they redid his his 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.160 throwing motion, which did worry me. But all the reports 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.200 out of camp is that there he's looking the best 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.240 he's ever looked. He will move up um for me 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:33.839 um and for me, he's the best hybrid. He's not 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:35.719 a guy that's great at throwing the ball, but we 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:37.800 know he runs and he runs in the red zone 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.760 and he's decent throwing. And having Samuel d. J. Moore, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.560 greg Olsen back and Kristi McCaffrey catching the ball, this 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.480 is gonna be a potent offense. And Cam Newton is 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:51.000 gonna he's gonna pay dividends big time. Absolutely, I'm all 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:52.680 in on Cam. I've said this a lot, that he's 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.640 a quarterback that I'm actively targeting here in draft. He 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.080 is my number six quarterback overall. He is a type 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.920 of player that can win you leagues because he doesn't 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.599 do everything with that shoulder and obviously with his legs, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.760 with that bold or that big frame, he's extremely extremely helpful. Now, 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.200 we talked to Don moncreeve earlier in the off season. 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.040 They compared to James Washington whatnot. Now I didn't even 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.880 realize this, but Don moncreave hadn't practice with the Steelers 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.599 for about a week because he broke his finger. And 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:23.560 as who James Washington was in that preseason game, this 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:25.599 fight is really on. Maybe, as we've talked about Vance 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.000 McDonald earlier, he's the one that steps up. But this 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.160 Moncreave versus James Washington competition still seems to be going 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.480 full of throttle. Yeah, And I think a couple of 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.760 weeks ago everyone was saying, for sure it's Moncrief's job. Um. 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.360 Things that I've heard is that Washington is just not 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.920 a good practice player. And this has happened before. We've 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.600 heard from superstar players. I think I can remember a 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.680 few years back saying Steve Smith was a guy that 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.320 that wasn't a good practice player, would drop balls, would 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.160 not be involved, and wouldn't be going hard or as 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:58.760 hard as we were used to it. But when those 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.039 lights come on Sunday, Steves is one of, if not 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:05.240 the most ferocious competitors in the NFL. Small guy, slight guy, 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.080 but battled for the ball, caught balls over the mail, real, 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:12.080 super tough, super resilient, could jump, could catch good run routes. 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.960 He did everything. But this is the thing with Washington. 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.240 Washington was draft high and we know something about Pittsburgh 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.480 is Pittsburgh is good at finding wide receivers. These guys 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.919 could both pay dividends. I can't remember who it was 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.039 in our draft, but I think he went eight nine 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.320 or nine ten and picked them both. That could be 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:28.840 a hell of a move at that level. Yeah, it 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.440 was Day Martinez spitting speed. Yeah, host the friend Fantasy Freestyle. 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:34.560 You can check that out later tonight, seven pms from 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.320 time right here on fcs Y. And he wasn't sure 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.040 which one he wanted, so he took both. And even 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.320 if they don't both work out, it's eight nine, as 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.200 you said, Eric, and he's like, hey, why not, I'm 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:48.279 guaranteed the second wide receiver. I'm not messing around. And 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.440 we spoke earlier this week would you do that with 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.960 Green Bay with Geronimo Allison and Marquez Valdez Scanty. I said, 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.039 I wouldn't do that, but as you said, it could 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.839 ultimately a major major dividends if the second wide receiver 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.400 of Pittsburgh has this season that many believe he ultimately could. 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:07.919 We'll see what happens there in that situation with those 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.320 wide receivers. Now, I speaking wide receivers, I gotta be 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.680 of Odell Beckham who has his hip injury and he's 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.440 probably not gonna play in the second preseason game. And 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.720 I get it. It's fine. You want your guys. Doesn't 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:22.160 always feel like Odell is just always nicked up. Yeah, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.520 I mean, this is something that he's he This has 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.800 been part of owning Odell Beckham is you're going to 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:31.320 deal with this. Part of that, I think is he's 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:35.560 He's just he's a soft player. He gets hurt, and 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.240 when he's hurt, he tells people. He lets everybody know 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.880 around him. UM, and he has played her. I'm not 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.520 saying that that he's weak or or he's not a competitor. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.720 When he's on the field, he's a competitor. But the 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:50.640 reality is his injuries hinder this guy. He's always hurt. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.120 There always seems to be something wrong. I know I've 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.320 owned him before in the past, and every week you're 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.240 wondering is he gonna play, is he gonna start? Is 0:07:58.240 --> 0:07:59.640 is he going to play even for the rest of 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.360 the year. So this, I mean doesn't surprise me. He's 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.320 a veteran UM. You know, they're probably just they're always 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.240 gonna go on the side of caution and keep him 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.680 out preseason is not that important. Um, I'm still I'm 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.440 not going to move him anywhere, but this is something 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.520 to watch and you're just going to deal with us 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.600 all year with Odell Beckham. This is who he is. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.560 Not ultimately moving him anywhere drastically. But for me, like 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:24.840 I have Odell and Tyreekhill back to back, and I 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.680 know frank and and Florio have Tyreek Hill once but 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:32.480 higher than Odell Beckham. I get it. I get it. 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.920 Maybe that's the only thing I would do, like you said, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.960 certainly not doing anything drastic. Do you want? We appreciate 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.880 it is always a man. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.160 Talk to you and the whimsical Brian Kendrick tomorrow. I 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:45.840 can't wait for this. Yeah, it's give me an auction 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:47.679 draft show. I'm excited to hear what's going all his 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.920 auctions and see what's going on. All right, So let's 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:53.440 think a great We'll come back a lot of Betty 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.320 stuff to get into. You bet you will join us too, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:09:03.480 Let's arap stick around. Hey, thanks for downloading the podcast, 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.679 and remember if you want to listen live, download the 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.679 I Heart Radio app, download the tune and app and 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.360 just search for Fantasy Sports Radio Network and you could 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.520 listen to this program live. Also, if you want to 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.000 watch the video of this podcast, check us out on YouTube, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.440 on twitch, or on Periscope and type in you guess 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:27.480 dude Fantasy Sports Network. You'll find us there. Enjoy the 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:40.040 show and thanks for listening. Back with you here on 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.880 the BFFs. Gregg Susman with you. Chris Ventures gonna join 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.520 us in a little bit. I got a lot of 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.079 netting stuff to get you, baseball football and the like. 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:50.760 Venture and I also draft back to back in the 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.120 G S T League UH this weekend, So I'd like 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.400 to get his thoughts on that. I'm very open book 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.480 when it comes to this stuff. I find it interesting. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.800 And maybe it's because we've been doing this for a 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.280 long time, all of us, and I played in a 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.680 lot of fantasy leagues long before I was in front 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.559 of a camera's talking about it. But I feel like 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.320 I'm more of an open book than I've ever been. 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.920 Like when I have a draft, as I said, the 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.679 Holy Draft on Sunday, it's an auction after the G 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.640 S T and Venture and I, as I said, are 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.520 back to back and like he's not hiding who he wants. 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.360 I'm not hiding who I want. It's we're open books 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:27.360 about this, and I think maybe that's just simply confidence 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.839 in ourselves and who we want. And it is what 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.560 it is, and the dominoes are going to fall where 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.959 they may. But it's funny because for years, like I 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.000 would never tell anybody that, who do you want? Well, 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:40.280 if you listen to the show, you'll find out exactly 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.679 who I want, And especially in an auction, like I 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:44.520 could tell you every guy that I want if you 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.920 want a price and force me go right ahead. But 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.439 I have never I at least this year, I've never 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:54.400 have felt more passionate about it than I do. Now 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.360 that you can know everybody what I want, you want 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.240 to know exactly what I want. I sat here for 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.120 five months talking about how much I like James Conner. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.000 You know what. I sat with Ventra a couple of 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.600 hours ago being like, all right, what are you doing 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.520 at eleven? I have ten I need to figure out 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:08.920 what I want to do in the second round, and 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.920 he goes, well, I like this wide receiver, I like 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.560 this running back. That's my plan And I'm very honest, 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.280 like I could try to screw him over and lie 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:19.840 to him and say, hey, in the at the tenth spot, 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.199 I'm gonna take one guy that just swerved to throw 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.520 him off his game. But like, why, I don't need 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:27.520 that upper hand. I am confident in my abilities. I 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.520 don't know that Frank in my car, but I am 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:34.800 confident in my abilities that there's no need to hide anything. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:38.559 There's no need to lie. It's all very very clear 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.959 and transparent. And Jake used to talking about I know 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.800 Florio did too, especially in his home league. He used 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.800 to say, Oh, these guys, they go earlier because I 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.880 want him. That's okay, Like fine, Like in a state draft, 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.360 if people want to do that, I'm prepared for it. 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.800 I can go in a lot of different directions here. Um, 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.920 I can go in many different ways. Scott Angele used 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.120 to say, there's a million ways to win a fantasy league, 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.320 and it's true, and he doesn't care about picks. He'd 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.360 never be someone to trade up for a pick because 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.120 he thinks he could win from anywhere and just because 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:16.960 you know that he likes Cooper Cup and I'll never 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.319 forget At the G S. T League a couple of 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.079 years back, I went up to him and I flipp 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:22.480 from the burn when I took Cooper Coup and he 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.000 doesn't care. It doesn't matter because there's a million guys 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.480 that he likes. There's a million ways to win, so 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:31.640 ultimately there's nothing to hide. And I think it's very, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.199 very honest, and I'm gonnaways going to be honest with 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.320 you because I'm an open book and I'm an hide 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.640 and I don't think you should be worried about it either. 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:41.319 You like who you like, and there's never anything to 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:46.839 worry about when it comes to um being secretive from 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.439 your league mates. It's all good. If you want to 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.200 chime into that, well, feel free in our YouTube chat 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:59.119 at Greg Susman on Twitter at Fantasy BFS. That's ultimately, 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.599 all you need to do is just be honest, be 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.520 clear in your fantasy leaves. You guys know me. You've 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.440 been listening to me for for years at this point, 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:11.080 talk about these topics. And I'm a strategy type of guy, 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.800 like I love having the strategy um conversations with you 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.160 guys because I think they're almost more fun because I 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.400 put this back in my ear, Um, i think they're 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.559 more fun than sitting here and talking about oh, one 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.520 guy versus one guy. We do that and it's a 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:29.760 good conversation. And again, open book. I'm learning stuff constantly, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.839 or Frank will throw it out and Florio will throw 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:34.880 it out and e Y will throw it out. You 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.040 see me, you sitting here, You see me staring deep 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.160 into my computer, like, all right, move this guy now, 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.040 because of an open book. I don't mind being the 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:45.640 one that's going to sit here and tell you I 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.599 don't know everything. I love sitting and chatting with you 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.240 guys because you teach me stuff. When how many times 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.000 have you told me, well this about this guy? And 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:59.480 I'm moving just literally this morning talking about strategy, right, Florio? 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.679 Can I have the tenth overall pick the Sunday? And admittedly, 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.160 I'm gonna be very clear, half of you guys listening 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.960 play in our league. I want James Conner or Levy 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:11.680 on Bell I have the tenth pick. Is that possible? 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.520 I don't know, but I want that because mainly old 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.560 yet be out of an argument with Florio and Frank. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.080 But also I like my team's gonna shape up a 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.800 little bit more. And I'm telling you that straight up. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.200 I want Levy on Bell or I want James Connor, 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.760 and if I don't get those guys, everything's gonna have 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.360 to change. So because of that, and I was trying 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.280 to do contingencies and whatnot, I wound up looking more 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.520 into Joe Mixon. And it's a guy that, as I 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.160 pull up my notes here, it's a guy who I'm like. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.520 It was really much better than I thought. Last year. 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:46.600 I talked about the brutalness of the offensive line and 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:50.160 it's not good. You look what Joe Mixon did in 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:53.080 weeks twelve through seventeen seventeen doesn't count for fantasy whatever. 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:58.560 Fine in week twelve, fourteen eighty nine, in week thirteen, 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:03.040 twelve eighty two, Week fourteen twenty six carries for a 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.960 hundred and eleven, Week fifteen twenty seven carries one twenty 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.120 nine sixteen wasn't good. Against Cleveland, he had seventeen for 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.200 sixty eight. Followed up against Pittsburgh in weeks seventeen with 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.320 seventeen for one oh five. That stretched where he clearly 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:20.000 finally got healthy. It was really good when he was 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:23.000 healthy early in the year. We swent in two seventeen 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:27.400 for ninety five, twenty one for eighty four when Joe 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:32.800 Mixon was healthy last year, he was really good. And 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:38.240 you put a coach in there like Zach Taylor, who's 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.760 going to utilize the talent that he has, seemingly better 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.760 than Marvin Lewis and the cast of characters that he 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:50.080 had as his coaching staff come around a lot more 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.800 to Joe Mixon today than I wasn't any time previously. 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.080 In this off season, I looked at Joe Mixon, I 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:58.360 looked at the offensive line, and I looked at the 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:02.400 Bagel's offense, and it sucks. It's terrible. But Joe Mixing 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:08.920 himself with that same brutal offensive line last year, it 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.720 was really good. He had games last year, including the 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.560 opener he had five receptions, seven targets from Andy Dalton. 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.040 Later in the year in Week fourteen, where he had 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.840 where he basically played every snap, five more receptions, six 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.760 more targets. If Joe Mixing is utilized in this role 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:32.000 and he's utilized as a true bell cow, which I 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:36.200 think he can, there's a lot to like with Joe Mixon. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.400 So the question became this morning between Frank Florio and 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.680 I Joe Mixon versus Todd Gurley, and as anybody that 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.920 reads um what Michael Florio says, or listening to our program, 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.440 he's the girly guy because he believes that Todd Gurley 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.080 has the ability to finishes the number one overall player. 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.960 Why because we've seen it. But the reason I'm now 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:57.960 coming around of mixing and if Frank's listening is gonna 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:02.280 love it's because the upside for Joe Mixon, I don't 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.800 think he's capped. The upside for Todd Gurley is he's 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.399 going to only have fifteen twenty carries per game or 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.320 fifteen twenty touches per game. Floria knows that his thought 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.280 is like, that's fine, how Gurley is good enough, and 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:19.280 it doesn't matter Joe Mixon when the six carries, I 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:23.160 stare at twenty seven carries, I stare at he had 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.600 two and thirty seven, or rushing attempts he had fifty 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.480 five targets. There's more to go around with Joe Mixon. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.320 And if I believe Zach Taylor and I be leave 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:34.479 this trend that if you know Sean McVeigh, you're going 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.840 to get hired. And for the good reason. There's a 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.119 lot to like. Zach Taylor was a part of that 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:45.119 crew that helped Todd Gurley have over two thousand rushing 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.680 yards and over two thousand total yards rather and over 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:52.760 thirty touchdowns over the last two seasons. Joe Mixon's falling 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.240 down draft boards, and now I'm kind of wondering why 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.600 there's major upside here. I know that Joe on Jerry's 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:05.240 left guard. I know that losing the left tackle really 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.600 hurts his running game. But as long as he's on 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.400 the field, and as long as Jeo Bernard is isolated, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.920 Joe Mixon is creeping right back in to this tier 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:22.120 with Nick Chubb and Dalvin Cook. Admittedly, I had surpassing 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.200 Joe Mixon, and I still do. I still have it Cook, 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.600 and then I still have it Cook, then Chubb and 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.560 then early Mixing. But they're all together, They're all in 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:35.800 that tire when it comes to this GST draft. I 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.960 just don't I don't want to get involved, and I 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:40.800 don't want to fight with my Teammate's not the issue 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.520 ending this kind of segment on a strategy conversation. That's 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.159 the issue. When you're in a league with partners. I 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:49.520 love being able to talk about my partner's having somebody 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:53.520 else that cares about my fantasy football league. But I 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:56.240 don't love that. I got Frank and one here. I 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:58.080 got Floria, my heir, and I'm the one with the 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.800 trigger and a year and no matter what I do, 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:03.760 that I'm wrong, not so fun. Let's take a break, 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:05.680 let me come back then move one of the gambling stuff. 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.080 I want to talk to Chris Ventro a lot about tonight, 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:11.119 a lot about some season totals as well gambling. The 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.960 rest of the way. Stick with us, BFFs. You're on 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:22.679 the fantasy sports network from the NFL to the NBA. 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.120 Daily Rodo dot Com is the place to win millions 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.720 in daily fantasy. You can get the best DFS NFL 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.320 coverage all season long for a price of one, or 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.320 dominate the entire Daily Fantasy Sports realm with the Elite 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.639 package at month. 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