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It's your boy, 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:44.880 Rocks at your voice, Speeds, dropping stats over beats is 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:49.440 the fantasy freestyle. Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Rocks and Speeds, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.720 we're gonna be holding you down in that little interim 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:54.640 first week Rocks in about four and a half months 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:58.000 where there is no football. What are we gonna do. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.880 It's a really really sad, sad sad weekends coming up. 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.920 But what I will say is that every single time 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:06.959 me and Speeds get together there to give you what 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.680 you need to win your league and win that catch. 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:14.160 It's essentially a skills competition. I'm flexing here live in 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.839 a story of Queen's. My man is up in Washington 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.320 Heights flexing on him. And we're gonna give you some 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.520 stuff to keep you focused on the prize ahead. And 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.000 whether that may be some news and notes from baseball, 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.160 or whether it's making sure you really took home everything 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.199 you needed to know from the football season this year 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.560 to get yourself ready for next year's draft. We got 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.160 you your speech, give me a ballpark about how long 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.160 until pitchers and catchers report right around Valentine's Day? But 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.520 um check it out one person. Unfortunately, the fantasy freestyle, 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.880 we need to give rest in peace for a little 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:49.640 bit out. You're done. Ventura Rocks you mentioned, were doing 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.920 that baseball and football at the same time. Tragically over 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:56.120 the weekend, killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:02:00.240 And he's not alone. Also Andy Marte, third baseman, utility guy, 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:04.200 also in a separate car crash, killed in the Dominican Republic. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.120 You also remember, like a year and a half ago, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:10.120 hospered to Vera's also killed in the Cardinals prospects in 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.240 the Dominican Republic. So many going on, and we were 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.080 talking about it before Roger Don't Eventora. He of the 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.200 hundred mile an hour fastball, but a sword in past, 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.679 you know, the electric stuff, but also triggering a few 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:26.600 bench bench clearing brawls. Yeah, he was definitely someone that 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.799 you got a sense was really having trouble maybe controlling 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.040 his emotions, but played with so much passion. He was 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.600 a sort of player that you could tell that his 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.239 teammates really really liked. But sometimes, you know, maybe he 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.680 might have someone pulling him aside in the dugout and saying, man, 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.600 you can't really be doing that still does. The Kansas 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.160 City Royals definitely wrapped their arms around him. I mean, 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:52.560 this is a guy who drilled Manny Machado, Adam eating uh, 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:56.560 Mike Trout and others to to start roles. But you're right, 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.600 the Kansas City Royals, like, you know, kind of really 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.240 cared about him. It's is in general manager said that 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.440 you know this firstson so much because they were working 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.680 with this kid. But I will say, James like this 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.639 kid with thirty nine wins over the three seasons when 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.320 he was there. That is when the Royals went to 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.519 the playoffs, even winning the World Series. Remember him Game 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.240 six of the World Series pitching seven shutout innings. Yeah, 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.280 that's that's obviously going to go down as the best 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.440 start in his short career. And you know, he put 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.440 up great numbers in in the two thousand and fourteen seasons, 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.240 took a couple of steps back in the years following that, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.640 but he was definitely still someone who was young in 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.960 his mid you know, mid twenties, had a plenty of 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:35.680 time to figure it out and really see if he 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.280 could have developed into that consistent top of the rotation starter. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.560 So our heart goes out to his family, you know, 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.720 pending the toxicology report, will be really interesting to see 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.000 whether or not his family gets the rest of the 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.520 guarantee heed money on his contrattract as it seems like 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.320 it's a stand there clause written in that, you know, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.000 if you happen to die as a result of a 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.040 car accident or any other accident where you may be intoxicated. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.760 We obviously don't know that yet. Uh, the contract does 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.000 not pay out, So for the sake of his family, 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.160 I certainly hope that that that it was just a 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.360 terrible accident. And one thing I did notice when he 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:08.480 was back in his native Dominican, he always did go 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.240 and spend time and coach with his youth team, So 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.040 it seemed like he was someone who was really into 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.440 giving back during the off season. And her heart certainly 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.240 goes out to his royal family and his family out 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.719 in the Dominican no doubt, no doubt. It makes me 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:24.039 also think Rocks. As I mentioned before, there was um, 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.599 you know a lot of Latin ballplayers and and all 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.720 the times that we're talking about them are remembering them. 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:32.520 We talked about this passion, this enthusiasm, this giving back, 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.720 this joy kind of that they played the game with. 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.680 And it makes me also think, man, about these unwritten 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.600 rules of baseball. You know, Um, some of the things 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.560 like that guys like ya C. L. Puig Uh you 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.120 know get kind of uh kind of kind of talk 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.359 smack about. And also things like the bat flip of 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.520 Joey Batista and things like that. You know. But yet 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:57.200 I saw Many Ramirez last week in Taiwan hit his 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.000 hit another home run out there. He's out there playing 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.000 in Taiwan, and and and that's just Many me. Many, 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.440 that's the that's the incredible excitable joy. And they also 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.880 flip their bats out there in in the in the 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.599 far in the Far East, in the Pacific. You know. 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.400 So here's what I'm thinking. Here's what I'm thinking, Rocks. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:20.719 There is the World Baseball Classic coming up in in March. 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:22.520 You know how like it used to be the All 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.280 Star Game, it was like this time it counts from 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.359 home field advantage. I think of the World Baseball Classic 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.840 should be for the unwritten rules of baseball. So if 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.760 the Dominican team wins the World Baseball Classic, then the 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:38.800 global world has to adopt the cultural elements of the 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:42.800 Dominican Baseball game. And then like, we're gonna see all 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.440 sorts of interesting things, and if it's the Japanese team, 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.599 it'll be all sorts of other things. So we'll go 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:53.160 to rotation, will have the nets up in the stadiums. 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.320 You know what I'm saying, We'll have the thundersticks everywhere 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.640 the Yeah, absolutely absolutely, that's what I think we can. 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.240 We should. That's the one way to settle the under 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.560 rules of baseball. At this time, it counts w B 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:09.680 STO what do you think? That's an interesting idea? Certainly, 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.640 I do think that though a lot of times to 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.520 w BC is an is an opportunity for for teams 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.720 to maybe show off the supremacy of the way that 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:19.480 they not only just the talent that they have, but 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.760 the way that they treat the game, whether having having 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.480 pictures throw three pitches a day or whatever like they 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:29.039 do in Japan, or mabing, bunting guys across over things 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.680 of that nature, the finer points of the game, how 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.880 they manage their teams, for sure. But I do think 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:35.839 though that you know that some of the exuberants that 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.320 you talked about and the obvious love for the game, 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.680 you know, speaking of Manny in his in his mid forties, 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.320 still part of at a baseball He's planning for the 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.360 love right now, and I think that that's something that's 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.200 something you can't diminish. And a lot of times I 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.320 feel like it's construed as showing someone up or trying 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.120 to big dog it, but really it's like, you know, 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:54.400 it's the sort of thing that we take for granted 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.239 in sports like football, where you know, you spike the football, 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.080 you maybe do a little dance. You're not showing up 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.880 your opponent. You're so lebrating all those hours you practice, 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.040 all those years you know you you you were playing, 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.120 you were trying to hope to get an opportunity in 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.080 the Major League. So you know, I'm maybe, uh, I'm 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:10.600 a little bit of a younger guy than some of 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.480 these people in the you know, the baseball writers out 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:15.080 there that are voting on the Hall of Fame and 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.600 and all that stuff. So it's never really bothered me. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.800 And you know, speed just just going back. You know, 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.160 twenty five years people hated Can Griffe Jr. Because he 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:23.960 lost hat backwards. Ken Griffey Jr. I think we can 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.200 all agree was a complete class act. But the fact 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.800 that he had the nerve to wear his hat backwards, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.160 violating one of the unwritten rules of which way the 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.320 brim was supposed to face, rubbed a lot of people 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:34.800 the wrong way. And I think it's just part of 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.080 the way that our country and our world continues to 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.240 evolve and we continue to accept viewpoints that maybe very 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.600 a little further from the traditional that we grew up knowing, 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.640 no doubt, no doubt. Let's keep it moving though. You know, 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.640 despite the fact that there is no football this week, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.160 we all getting geared up for Super Bowl fifty one, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.680 the Atlanta Falcons and the Noidaly Patriots. Right now, the 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:59.680 Patriots are minus three. I wanna go over. Obviously, these 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.120 guys are going to play in the Super Bowl, but 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.760 interesting to see that all week Julio Jones will not practice. 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.840 They're gonna manage his rep because of those foots and 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.440 if you know, because of his foot injuries, those ligament injuries. 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.040 He's been dealing with a lot of pain. But I'll 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.120 tell you what, sign me up for having to deal 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:15.680 with that much pain and putting forth that kind of 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.560 performance that he put forth in the NMC Championship. Also 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.920 very interesting to see Alex Mack, who I have been 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.360 touting as the glue of that offensive line, he had 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.960 a little bit of an ankle injury. Um, he's not 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:31.160 gonna practice all week. Um, but obviously those guys will 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:32.880 play on the Patriots side. The one thing I would 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.880 want to point out, they've revealed that the Black Unicorn 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:37.800 has been playing for the last few months with a 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:42.080 cracked bone in his ankle. He's obviously gonna play as well. 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.199 Rocks you think, Um, are there any injuries you want 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.559 to talk about, any early looks at how this might 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.800 impact the game. I mean, Julio's obviously gonna tour do 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.400 all him up right, Yeah, I think he's gonna be fine. 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.680 I think Alex mcken who who did come back into 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.360 the game after he suffered but looked like it could 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.560 have been a really serious injury, came back. But you know, 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.200 I want are you're bringing up the Martellis Bennett black 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.319 Unicorn injury and that was not something that ever showed 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.040 up on the injury report. If I'm wrong, listen, listen, listen. 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.079 I'm glad you mentioned that, rock because we gotta get 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.520 into this. We'll talk about the black Unicorn as an example. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:19.040 Remember last week how Richard Sherman and uh, you know, 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:25.120 the the Arrow admitted that he had this m but 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.440 it wasn't on it, but it wasn't on the injury report. 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.200 So thus maybe they're getting docked the second round pick. Well, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.439 I am very very intrigued that this week a team 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.280 that was eliminated was the Pittsburgh Steelers, and we found 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:40.280 out after that game that the Pittsburgh Steelers knew about 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:45.280 Levy on Bell's groin injury before that. Mike Tomlin this 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:49.000 week was very careful about the words that he used 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:53.280 to describe the injury with leby On bells very very 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.680 cautious to say that it was not significant. That's the 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.960 exact same verbiage that Lee that reads in the league 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.319 rules about being like a violation. So I don't know 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:05.640 what the Patriots did or did not say with Martella's Bennett. 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.360 My guess would be that they followed the rules but 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.679 did not disclose much information. What do you think because 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.559 now that the data phill has stop themselves a kind 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.600 of a hole here, they now kind of if they're 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:19.120 gonna punish Seahawks, they kind of have to punish the 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.960 Steelers also, do they really want to get into this? Uh? 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:24.840 You know, I mean, it's one of those things that 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.120 I think that there needs to be parody, and it's 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.160 one of the things the NFL has always struggled with. 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.400 I also think that having these kind of hard and 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.280 fast rules with things that maybe it's it's something that 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:38.360 a player says to a coach after they're eliminated. You know, man, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.200 my knee has really been jacked up for the last 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.880 you know, last eight weeks because they about it. Yeah, 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:46.960 that's a fair point. But you also, you know, some 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.000 of these coaches, uh, they do a little bit of 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.440 coach speak, and sometimes I feel like they get caught 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.199 out there just kind of trying to be a little 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.480 bit innocuous. I think the Pete Carroll thing with Richard 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.720 Sherman is a little bit of a bigger deal because 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.880 he was not nearly as guarded in his comments. Um, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.640 And I also think it's it's one thing that the 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.520 Patriots you mentioned maybe going by the letter of the law, 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.920 but they've forever been playing games with the injury report 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.959 more so than any team in the league. You've actually 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:12.920 seen a lot of other teams who have not nearly 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.640 come close to matching the Patriot success try to kind 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.000 of imitate what they do. Listing a million guys as 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.559 it used to be questionable, now it's maybe as probable 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.360 or limited in practice, uh, you know, the practice portion 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:26.280 of practice that's open to the media. So to me, 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:27.880 I mean, it's really the people that lose in this 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.360 situation is the fantasy sports players, and that's our audience 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:34.439 here and the American betting public who's out there trying 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.439 to make these decisions based on all the available information 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.719 and come to find out that the information that we're 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.120 getting is incomplete, if not downright misleading. So it's just 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.120 another issue that Roger Goodell, let's say, has failed to 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.520 show a consistent approach to and has failed to show 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:52.800 leadership on Okay, okay, we move from one Pittsburgh Steelers 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.560 running back in Levy on Belt to an underreported story 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.240 that I think could be interesting. Hey, Rocks, you remember 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.400 Carlos Williams. Well, it seems like Pittsburgh Steelers have signed 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.240 Carlos Williams to a deal for next year, which I 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.360 think is very very interesting. And here's why. Um, if 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.240 you remember the Pittzog Steelers had not one, but two 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:16.200 different games when Chris Boswell had six field goals and 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.480 they said that they could and they struggled in the 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.480 red zone. Carl Loles Williams is the kind of back 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.520 who could really actually help them in that kind of 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.800 red zone goal line situation. Remember he blew up to 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.400 whatever it was too much six five pounds as a 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.240 you know, eating bond bonds with empathy pains with his 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.760 pregnant girlfriend or whatever it was. And then there was 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.360 definitely some other things going on as well. But I 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.400 think this is under report. It could this be the uh, 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.080 the exact the lick, sir, the Steelers might need with 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:47.199 D'Angelo Williams not getting any younger for next year. Uh. 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.160 You know, it's interesting because Carlos Williams, he did score 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.400 seven touchdowns as a rookie on the Bills in two 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.640 thou fifteen, was entirely out of the league last year, 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.840 blew up, and then he got suspended. I think he's 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.520 actually going to be suspended for the first two games 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.520 of the Sea And I think that this is more 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:06.400 maybe insurance for D'Angelo Williams. But the thing is, if 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.400 I am the Pittsburgh Steelers, I don't want to knucklehead 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.920 running backs on my roster. Yeah, you know, I mean 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:16.680 you might see you might see another one of those 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.520 uh you know, La Garrett Blunt situations where they're popped together. 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.080 Even so, you know, it's certainly and it's interesting. He 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.280 obviously has the skills to play in the NFL. The 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.560 issue is really is his head screwed on straight? But 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:29.440 he is, you know, he is a guy that looks 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.240 like he's got a nose for the goal line. And 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.440 while Levian Bell has been completely dominant, you certainly can't 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.480 ignore that the Steelers as a team excel at scoring 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.000 long touchdowns but have struggled in that red zone, particularly 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.360 as you said, when it counted the most. So it's 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.640 definitely something to keep an eye on. I also that 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.440 would not be at all surprised if he flamed out 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.400 in camp or just showed up overweight again. I don't know, 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.440 I don't know. I don't know if his girlfriend had 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.760 the baby or not. But you know, I bet that 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:57.400 there's plenty of plenty of women who would be happy 0:13:57.400 --> 0:13:59.040 to to to eat some bond bonds with him in 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.560 the offseason. Yeah, you know, as we keep it moving here, Rocks. 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.640 You know what else is happening in this off week 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.680 between the championship games and the Super Bowl. It see, 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:13.040 it is once again legal for coaches on these teams 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.840 to have interviews, and in the worst kept secret in 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.680 the NFL, Kyle Shanahan will have his second interview with 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.840 the only team left to fill their head coaching situation, 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.000 the San Francisco forty Niners. I've been saying it both 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.840 here on the Fantasy Freestyle and on shot callers on 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.680 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network that Kyle Shanahan was the 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.440 fit for the San Francisco forty Niners. I like that 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.800 job originally because they were gonna maybe be able to 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:40.840 come in with a GM, But now it looks like 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.800 Cops Hanhan is just gonna be the guy. Even before 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.600 his duties with the Atlanta Falcons going into Super Bowl 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.120 fifty one, he is going to have his second interview 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.360 with the Niners this weekend. That's the called shot from 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.200 Speed spins that decision. But what I find interesting, Rocks 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.400 that I want to get your take on, is we've 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.640 also getting reports that the forty nine ers maybe someone 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:06.040 who quote unquote goes hard after Kirk Cousins, if by 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.240 any way, shape or form he becomes out there right. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.120 And I just think this is important to know because 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.440 Coyle Shanahan did have him as their offensive coordinator quarterbacks 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.160 coach with the Washington football team and basically has developed 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.880 Cousins into something that now Washington likes because they now 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.600 like that see any possible connecting of the data, Rocks, 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.640 It's it's certainly interesting. I think that the the Washington 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:31.240 football team is definitely saying that they're open to a 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:35.120 long term deal with Kirk Cousins. They've also indicated that 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.320 in an absolute worst case scenario that they that they 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.880 might just tag him again. And you know, Kirk Cousins, 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:42.840 you know, hey, who is he to turn down twenty 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.360 four million dollars. I don't know if I'm Kyle Shanahan, though, 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:49.800 I'm just not sure going from a team that has 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.040 a winning culture, you know, going from a team that 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:53.880 that will at the very least be competing in the 0:15:53.920 --> 0:16:00.000 Super Bowl to completely dysfunctional forty Niners organization. And you know, 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.440 Jed York, the CEO of the really not someone who 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.840 has a very good reputation. Um, you know, Arthur Blank 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.920 seems like a pretty well liked guy out there in Atlanta. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.080 You know, I'm not really sure if that's if this 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:14.960 is as much of a done deal. I mean, it's 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.920 certainly one of those where there's smoke, there's fire, and 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.600 it's been happening all off season. But if I was 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.080 Kyle Shanahan, you know, every once in a while, it 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.320 pays to wait a few more years before you get 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.520 your feet wet and try and take on one of 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.040 these big rebuilding efforts, because it could really damage your 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.840 reputation in the league for years to come. I don't know, 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:37.640 we do. I smell a gentleman's pet rocks, uh, you know, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.560 I mean, I'm gonna need some sort of crop odds 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.160 here because he definitely is the odds on favorite. And 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.280 I'll give you two props. I'll give you two props. 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.960 You give me one prop to odd all right, I'll 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:52.200 take it. I'll take it. Kyle Shanahan, don't do it 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.720 interestingly enough. Let's you know what do if do you 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.200 think he is more or less likely to go somewhere 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:03.440 else if they win or lose the game. I think 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.360 he's more likely to jump the ship if they win, 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.160 because then he will he will always have on his resume, 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.199 He'll always have on his resume that he was you know, 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.200 he was the the o C on the Super Bowl 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.360 winning Atlanta Falcons offense. And you know, we may well 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.880 be looking at peak Matt Ryan right now and that's 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.280 what he'll always be remembered for. Um. Whereas if they lose, 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:24.600 he's you know, he's going to be in a good 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:29.359 situation exactly. And you know, hey, there's worst things you 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.160 could do then come back to an offense it's got 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.359 Julio Jones, Devanta Freeman, and Tevin Coleman with Matt Ryan 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.200 playing quarterback, no doubt. You know, when we come back 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.520 on the Fantasy Freestyle, Hey, Rocks, We're really excited because 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.040 one of our biggest listeners we had a chance to interview. 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:45.920 You've been listening to the Fantasy Freestyle for a while 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.159 now and did pretty good. We're gonna find out if 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.920 we were, in fact the key to his success had 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:52.840 more a little bit more when we come back. Then 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.520 later on, we're gonna do our flagship segments. This time, 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:59.800 we wanted season awards for the wide receiver position. Rocks 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.840 and Speeds will be dropping stats over the beats about 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.440 the wide receiver positions, letting you know who are diamonds, 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.760 who are games flu genius, and who who are fantasy 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.480 food gazies. Get about Yo, that's what's gonna happen. We 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:14.720 got Maddie g And to build them when we come back, 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.560 dropping stats over beats. It's the Fantasy Freestyle on the 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:23.320 award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Mantle full of trophies. 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:30.560 I want winners. I want people that want to win. 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.200 You cannot play with him, cannot win with him, cannot 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:38.359 coach with him, can't do it. Yeah, you know what 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.520 it is. This is Rocks and Seas dropping status repeats. 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.160 It's the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.560 Radio Networks. Hey, Rocks, check us out. We got a 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.200 big Times interview we're about to have. If you listen 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.920 to the Fantasy Freestyle. Over the course of the last 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.080 few years, you've heard Maddie g asked mad questions in 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.560 the mail bag and Rocks, we've been holding that cat 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.840 down right, one of the earliest proponents, one of the 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:05.320 earliest supporters. I think the first person actually to hit 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:09.320 us on the Gmail account at Fantasy Freestyle at gmail 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:10.680 dot com at least one of the one of the 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.760 first people outside of that Nigerian Prince scammers asking us 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:15.639 for some tips that he could use in his local 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.560 league to win that cash exactly. And so yo, in 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.840 this time we don't have in between now and the 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:24.439 Super Bowl, we wanted to have Maddie on and be 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.720 able to come on and talk about the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.199 talk about what we did for him to win his 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.680 league and win that cast. And we are at me 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:34.600 and honored to have Maddie Green with us right now. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.160 So that what's up to the people, Matt what's going 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.280