1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:01,160 Speaker 1: Ladies and Jules. 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 2: You want experience during your football season, well buckle up, 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 2: sweet cheeks. What we've got all the experience in the world. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 2: This is I want your Flex with Dan Bayer and 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: Mike Harmon. Mike and Dan break down everything you need 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 2: to set your lineups, from position rankings. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 3: To starts and sits. 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: The guys help you make those hard decisions. And now 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: let's get your flex sod here's Dan Bayer and Mike Harmon. 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 4: All right, if you're listening to this, you've probably made 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 4: it pretty far in your fantasy league and maybe on 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 4: the verge of entering a championship game. Congratulations to you. 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 4: It is I want your Flex like we are getting 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 4: down to the end. He is Mike Harmon. Hit him 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 4: up at Swollen Dome, find me at Dan Bayer on Fox, 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 4: and you can find Ian Roddy at Dean Roddy Underscore. 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 4: And if you listen just because you love the podcast, 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 4: we love you that much more. 19 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: But let's be real, we have called it winning time. Boy. 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: There were some matchups. 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 4: I don't know if the NFL we have problems with 22 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 4: the schedule, Mike, but the NFL set up certain matchups 23 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 4: for week sixteen, and we got more points than we 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 4: could handle in certain contests. 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, just absolute insanity across the board. Capping it with 26 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 5: a five touchdown performance from Brock Purdy, who really could 27 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 5: kind of do whatever he wanted against that Indianapolis defense. 28 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 5: We saw some of the same. I mean Philip Rivers 29 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 5: quarterback thirteen for the week. Unfortunately you had that pick 30 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 5: six at the end. Otherwise he would have been QB 31 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 5: eleven's good job, right, and I mean just insane right 32 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 5: coming up on the board, and then he had that 33 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 5: miss to Warren that would have been another touchdown. So 34 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 5: ifs and bots, candies and nuts. Trevor Lawrence continued his greatness. 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 5: Thought he was running up against Denver. Didn't trust it here, 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 5: I was wrong, But justin Herbert gave you a big 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 5: fantasy performance. If you trusted him, he paid off. Joe 38 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,639 Speaker 5: Burrow responded from that anemic, pathetic week fifteen teen, outing 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: with a twenty nine point performance. Did you have the 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,639 Speaker 5: guts to start him? That is the question right based 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 5: on the down in the mouth. But yeah, just across 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 5: the board, some absolute chaos and it's good, right, especially 43 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 5: in those primetime games which have been let's call it 44 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 5: what it is. There have been some dogs with fleas 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 5: over the last couple of weeks, so to get the 46 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 5: thriller like we had, even though there weren't a lot 47 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 5: of points, but overtime Chicago in Green Bay and some 48 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: of the other fireworks that we got, Jalen Hurts actually 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 5: using his legs and Saquon Barkley scoring before he sat down. 50 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 5: Ashton Genty, if you had the guts to start him, 51 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 5: please let me know at Swollen Dome. I'd love to know. 52 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 3: If he was. 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 5: And I'm not just talking a flex position. I'm talking 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 5: an RB one or RB two. If you had the 55 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 5: guts to start and please let me know, I will 56 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 5: send you a trading card or if nothing else, just 57 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 5: a hardy hello, because I mean just absolutely insane. But 58 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: I guess the thing I would say is, outside of Genty, 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 5: who is the top running back in standard leagues and 60 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 5: when we get into the half points across the league, yeah, 61 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 5: he still finishes first, just ahead of Chase Brown, is 62 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 5: that we did have a lot of the usual suspects 63 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 5: show up big for us in a playoff week, which 64 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 5: for fantasy purposes, we know that has not been the 65 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: case of consistency has not been our friend, which is 66 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 5: great for the podcast, but certainly in navigating the fantasy 67 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 5: waters has been really choppy all year. 68 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 4: Well, the funny thing is is, if you've listened to 69 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 4: this podcast, you know that Ashton genty has been a 70 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 4: topic of conversation because of a trade that I did 71 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 4: earlier on in the season in my long time league. 72 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 4: And I think that the pieces in this trade are 73 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 4: so interesting because I told you guys, throughout the year, 74 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 4: I lamented on how bad of a trade it was 75 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 4: because my central piece that I got in it was 76 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson, and we all know how bad it's been 77 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 4: for Justin Jefferson. It has been well documented. The other 78 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 4: pieces that I got were a banged up Chuba Hubbard 79 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: who came back too soon from his injury, and Romandre 80 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 4: Stevenson who went down with an injury and then came 81 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 4: back to have Trevianna Henderson now in a workload split 82 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 4: in the Patriots backfield after Henderson had those big runs 83 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 4: against Tampa. 84 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: So my value on in that deal was not good. 85 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: However, guys, I gave up Rashi Rice, I gave up 86 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: Davante Adams, and I gave up Ashton Genty, who I 87 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 4: did not believe in, So I was two for two 88 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 4: with Rice and Adams for playoff. Wise, of those guys 89 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 4: weren't even available neither played in Week sixteen, But Ashton 90 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 4: Genty coming through when it matters the most then makes 91 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 4: me wonder maybe I never should have done that trade. 92 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 4: So like leading into the week guys and seeing all 93 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 4: Rashie Rice isn't playing against the Titans and Devanta Adams 94 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: was out against the Seahawks on Thursday night, I'm like, geez, 95 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have had any of those guys. Genty ends 96 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 4: up being the reason on why I should have done 97 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 4: the trade. The funny thing is if I would have 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 4: played Ramandre Stevenson overt Trevon Henderson, who I did also have, 99 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 4: I could have won my game. Nots ifs and bots 100 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 4: in you know, candy and nuts and the whole deal. 101 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 4: But the trade that I've always talked about throughout this season, 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 4: that's how it ultimately bit me in the butt is 103 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 4: I didn't believe in Ashton Genty and in Week sixteen, 104 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 4: if you would have been on my team, he sure 105 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 4: could have helped. 106 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, But like the extra taco or cheeseburger or half 107 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 5: order of fries that you steal from your kid or 108 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 5: whatever else. I mean, it's or the relationship back in 109 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 5: the day, it's like, well, if I'd done that this 110 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 5: the other it's like it's gone, it's done. Yeah, there's 111 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 5: nothing you can do. And so this one you just go, hey, 112 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 5: he showed up in week sixteen. Who the hell would 113 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 5: have seen that coming? 114 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 4: Well, And the reason that I bring it up is 115 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 4: if you look at what Genty has done, and you 116 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 4: look at what he's done over the last month. 117 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: Fifty yards. 118 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: This is just his rushing stats, thirty one yards, thirty yards, 119 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 4: five yards, and then then you're facing the Texans. To 120 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: Mike's point, and let's also be real, if you had 121 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 4: shares of Ashton Genty, your team probably wasn't great this season. 122 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 4: So you may not even have made it to week 123 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 4: sixteen because you were playing Ashton Genty. 124 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 5: Because drafted what top seven, top ten for most eighth overall. 125 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: I got them at eight overall in our league. 126 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 4: And then the receiving sets, he was at least getting 127 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 4: some catches and that ends up being his only reception 128 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 4: against the Texans was the. 129 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: Sixty yard or so there's just no way that you can. 130 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 4: You can like Ashton Genty is going to be a 131 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 4: story in leagues for years to come because somebody decided 132 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 4: to play him to Mike's point and ended up bringing 133 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 4: them Fantasy gold. 134 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: The mutant world of fantasy football. We love it, tuly Is. 135 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 5: We love the chaos, but it will bite you in 136 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 5: the ass. 137 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 4: Well, let's let's also just tackle the elephant in the 138 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 4: room here, because I think many people got burned by 139 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 4: Trevion Henderson, none more so than Mike Harmon, who in 140 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 4: the Guillotine League not only lost Trevion Henderson, he loses 141 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: George Kittle to that ankle injury after Kittle was shredding 142 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 4: the Colts on Monday Night Football. And so I, at 143 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 4: Mike's expense, advanced in our Fox Sports Radio Guillotine League. 144 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 4: But I'd have to imagine is I had Traveon Henderson 145 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 4: in my longtime league and others. 146 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: Did as well. 147 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 4: If you had Trevion Henderson, he put you in a 148 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 4: bad spot with that head injury on Sunday night. 149 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, very difficult spot. 150 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 5: Not that I was looking for a max you know, 151 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 5: ceiling kind of situation, right, because Stevenson is still there 152 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 5: to siphon off some of the touches, but the fact 153 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 5: that it becomes a non starter, right and in the 154 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 5: Guillotine League, right to because I think some folks might 155 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 5: have had similar circumstance. Right. One of the guys we 156 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 5: spotlighted on the podcast, and it wasn't Bear's fandom. Like, look, 157 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 5: if the guy's going to score twenty points, he's going 158 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 5: to score twenty points better in my line than on 159 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 5: my bench. 160 00:07:59,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 3: Right. 161 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 5: I know what the Bears defense was, But Josh Jacobs 162 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: was a true game time decision, Jay Glazer, everybody else. 163 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 5: That's the reporting for Saturday nights game against Chicago. So 164 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 5: I sat him and put in Henderson. Now Jacobs ends 165 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: up having a more sizable workload twelve carries when I 166 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 5: think fourteen touches total. I still would have I would 167 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 5: have still lost to you, but I would have lost 168 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 5: by point one point five or something like it. 169 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 3: Like it was a negatible. 170 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 5: I looked at it for a minute kind of went huh, 171 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 5: that's interesting, and then I shut it down again. It's well, 172 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 5: you know, the the ifs and butts of it all, 173 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 5: but it's just that scenario if you're just hoping and wishing, 174 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 5: not that he's gonna have, you know, a solid four 175 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 5: yards of carry, just you're gonna get one explosive play 176 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: that's gonna put you over, not even needing the touchdown, 177 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 5: just saying hey, I'll get one or two twenty yard 178 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 5: runs out of this broken play. 179 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 3: Or a slip screen or whatever it is. 180 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 5: And instead he's out with the head injury early and 181 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 5: that game got wild. Wow, that was an insane game. 182 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 5: Lots of questions there in Baltimore, but a great game 183 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 5: for Derrick Henry until the final twelve fifty three when 184 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 5: he didn't give you any more. Stats man, how would 185 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 5: you feel there? I mean, you got a great game, 186 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 5: so you're like, oh, that's huge. Yeah, but then he 187 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 5: doesn't see the ball. 188 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 4: That's the that's I don't know how you guys watch 189 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 4: fantasy like watch these games in Fantasy mode, but when 190 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 4: you are locked in, like to Mike's point, you kind 191 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 4: of see how the game changes, in the game evolves, 192 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 4: and all of a sudden you realize like you had 193 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 4: something in the bag, and all of a sudden it say, 194 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 4: like wait a second year, something's not right. This isn't happening. 195 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 4: Why in all of these events end up playing out 196 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 4: in the way that you feared. And I feel like 197 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 4: their situations like that that just in that game, and 198 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 4: mentioning the Trevion Henderson injury, there are people who had 199 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 4: Drake May that benefited because now the Patriots running game 200 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 4: is running at half capacity because you have no Trevion Anderson, 201 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 4: so you rely on Ramandre Stevenson. But Drake May ends 202 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 4: up throwing it all over the yard and helps lead 203 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 4: that comeback. So so many domino effects from certain situations. 204 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, just a wild week across the board. As you 205 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 5: let off with, I mean, we got we got points, 206 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 5: so plenty of plenty of fantasy points to be had, 207 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 5: just a question of did they get distributed. 208 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 3: To your squads right? 209 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 5: And I can say with without hesitation, including a couple 210 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 5: of last minute deactivations for players when I was no 211 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: longer near my phone, they all went against me, Dan, 212 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 5: But you know what, you're the beneficiary and now you 213 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 5: have to go defeat. Former producer of the podcast, Ryan Berschinge. 214 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 4: I think I've got a tall task. I don't know 215 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 4: if a team can can match up. 216 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. We've got. 217 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 4: Another guy on this podcast, Ian Roddy, is in a 218 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 4: championship league. And we were talking before the pod and 219 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 4: Ian was breaking it down and this is kind of 220 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 4: a family league, right, Ian, this is the family So. 221 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 6: Well, I'm actually I'm in I'm in the championship in 222 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 6: in a league that that I that's very serious with 223 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 6: a decent buy in. 224 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 4: Okay, So you're in two championship which the ones the 225 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 4: two week right exactly? 226 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: Okay. 227 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 6: So the other the confusion was last week. If you 228 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 6: guys remember on last week's pod, I had said that 229 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 6: I had uh uh, I had a week one bye all, 230 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 6: I had a bye week a first round by. That's 231 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 6: why I meant to say a first round by in 232 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,479 Speaker 6: one league. And that's the one that I take seriously, 233 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 6: and that's I'm in the championship now. And I said 234 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 6: that I'd gone oh for four in the other ones. 235 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 6: But it turns out that I actually survived one of 236 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 6: those because one of them was actually a two week 237 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 6: long match Okay, So I'm still alive in that one 238 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 6: and I actually ended up winning the matchups. So and 239 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 6: that and that's in my girlfriend's family league, so that 240 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 6: one is less less serious, you know, like you know, 241 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 6: everyone in there's a ball noer and stuff, but it's 242 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 6: still you know, it's a champion, it's a championship, But 243 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 6: the other one I definitely am sweating over more. 244 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 4: This is why I bring it up because it's girlfriend. 245 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 4: It's not yet fiance, correct correct? Okay, so it's girlfriend's family, 246 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 4: but by the sounds of it, you're very comfortable being 247 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: around her family. 248 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 6: Yes, correct. 249 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 4: Let me ask you this, Mike, because I'm pondering this 250 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 4: as well. Better for Ian to win the league because 251 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 4: he's in sports and the family looks at him as 252 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 4: someone is like, man, that guy knows his stuff. Or 253 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: better to bow out to curry favor with the family. 254 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: What say you? 255 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 6: This is an important question because this is going to 256 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 6: determine how I go about this, because I do I 257 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 6: throw it? 258 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: Yes? 259 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 4: Right, Like, if Ian wins the league, is he now 260 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: the a hole that came into the family and stole 261 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 4: the league championship? 262 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: Right? 263 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: And hecky works at Fox Sports Radio, so of course 264 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 4: he has an advantage. It's like, why did you bring 265 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 4: this ringer into the family? Right then? 266 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 6: But then if I don't win, it's like don't you 267 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 6: work in sports? 268 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: Well? 269 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 3: But that's that's I mean, that's. 270 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: The hard part right, there's some innocence to it. 271 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, you're you're in a difficult spot. 272 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 5: Who are you playing In the title again, it's it's 273 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 5: my girlfriend's brother, her brother, and he knows his stuff, 274 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 5: so you know it's a I could feasibly Yeah, I mean, look, 275 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 5: if it was dad or their uncle or something, then 276 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 5: then maybe you know, you take a dive. 277 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: Like we're we're putting on a sham boxing promotion. But 278 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: it's it's a brother, I think because he's gonna talk. 279 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 4: You think so, the reason being, it just dawned on 280 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 4: me and I'm sorry to interrupt. You're gonna be looked 281 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 4: at as the good loser, right like like there there's 282 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 4: gonna be so much favor curried to you for losing, Like, man, 283 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 4: look at look at it. Well Ian took that Like 284 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 4: Ian was just in strike. Like, this guy's a cool dude. 285 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: He didn't get mad. He's totally good for our daughter. Like, 286 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 4: this is the guy that we want in our family. 287 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 4: He didn't go around peacocky when he had an early lead. 288 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 4: This is he took his loss with grace and humility. 289 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 6: Great intel. 290 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think you need to lose. 291 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 5: See, I think you lose and you flip tables and 292 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 5: you're pissed and you create a ruckus. 293 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 6: You got a complete opposite message. 294 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 5: Same not Wow, I trust that guy with my life. Look, 295 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 5: he'll defend our daughter. 296 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, but no, I think the fact that I'm at 297 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 6: least in the championship is it covers the base of like, 298 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 6: don't you work in sports? You know I'm in the championship. 299 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 6: So now if I lose, it's it's okay that I don't. 300 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 6: I don't know. I'm not gonna not gonna purposely lose 301 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 6: either way. 302 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 4: But if you went three and eleven, they would look 303 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 4: down on you. 304 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it would say this guy can't even get that right. 305 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, See, you're almost in a no win even competing. Yeah, 306 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 5: because if it goes badly, then it's like, all right, 307 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 5: this guy isn't I mean. 308 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: I think he he found his pocket. I don't know. 309 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: That's just nice sweet spot right there. 310 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 311 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 6: I think I'm with you, Dan, I think I'm in 312 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 6: a good spot here. 313 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: Knock that on. 314 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: All right, So if you're in any family leagues, maybe 315 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 4: it's better that you don't win it. 316 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: If it's dealing with in laws and others. That's the thing. 317 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 4: If it was your own family, Ian, just go and 318 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 4: win the thing, right, But if it's girl, if it's 319 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 4: girlfriend's family, I think you're in a little bit of 320 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 4: a different situation. 321 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 5: Oh the full on ted Lasso, Let's go win the 322 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 5: whole bleeping thing. 323 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: All right. 324 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 4: We're gonna take a look more in depth at week 325 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 4: sixteen outside of what Ashton genty did and so much more. 326 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 4: Hit Mike up at Swollen Dome, find Ian at Ian 327 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 4: Roddy Underscore. 328 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: You can find me at dan Byer on Fox. Plus. 329 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: We've got a report cards to do. And yeah, it's 330 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: championship a week. 331 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 4: Michael, have some waiver wires if you're a league allows 332 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: it four week seventeen that's coming up later on right here, 333 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 4: And I want. 334 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: Your flex it is I want your flex. 335 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 4: You can find me at dan Byer on five, find 336 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 4: Mike at Swellen Dom and find Ian Roddy at Ian 337 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: Roddy Underscore. All right, Mike, it was a long week sixteen, 338 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 4: Rams and Seahawks felt like they played a week ago. 339 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 4: What stood out for you with what was a crazy 340 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 4: week in a semi final week in a lot of 341 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 4: fantasy leagues, I. 342 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 3: Think where we found some value is number two. 343 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 5: Receivers came up big and some guys you would not 344 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 5: have expected. So this was the truly if you took 345 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: a flyer at your third wide receiver or in the 346 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 5: flex position, you were rewarded guys like Alec Pierce on 347 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 5: the Monday Night Game, guys like Quentin Johnston, topsy turvy, 348 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 5: but a good matchup, good opportunity came through big Stefan Diggs, 349 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 5: Zay Flowers. Except for the fumble, he still gave you 350 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 5: a really good, strong game over the. 351 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: Course of the day. 352 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 5: So I would say from a receiver standpoint, that's what 353 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 5: stood out. The running backs, we had most of our 354 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 5: usual suspects there. Here was our and we talked about 355 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 5: it on Friday's podcast, The Kenneth Walker Breakthrough Game, where 356 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 5: he finally finishes as a top ten for you, whether 357 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 5: again whether you had the guts to start him or not, 358 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 5: I think he still should have been in the top 359 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 5: twenty four as far as RB ones and twos, but 360 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 5: beyond that, Jamiir Gibbs and be remiss if I didn't 361 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 5: mention him right seven carries, two yards, and if you 362 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 5: stopped reading the box score and you hadn't seen the game. 363 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 5: At that point, your heart probably sank. 364 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, the receptions and stuff saved the day, but it 365 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 4: was a no go on the ground. 366 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 5: What did they have like twenty five yards on like 367 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 5: or something like that. As a team, he and Montgomery 368 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 5: did a whole lot of nothing but ten catches out 369 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 5: of the backfield. 370 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: Tadah, you got yourself some love. 371 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 5: So so that was great to see, you know, And 372 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 5: because we'd seen the on again, off again, right, it 373 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 5: was binary code except with threes instead of ones. 374 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 3: Three zero three zero three. 375 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 5: Zero, And then going back to the quarterbacks really fast 376 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 5: is that you did have a lot of our usual 377 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: heavyweights finished strongly for you, which is great, except for 378 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 5: Josh Allen. 379 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 4: That was that was a crazy one because you knew 380 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 4: Cleveland was gonna have a formidable defense. However, what happened 381 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: to Cleveland the week before, You're like, well, Josh Allen's 382 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 4: going to be able to make some hay with that. 383 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 4: Plus the Bills sure seemed to be rolling prior to that, 384 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 4: and then the ground game comes through. I knew Josh 385 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 4: Allen owners were really gonna be mad when Ty Johnson 386 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 4: scored the touchdown, Like you can live with James Cook, 387 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 4: like It may not make you happy, but you could 388 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 4: be like, Okay, what are we gonna do. Guy breaks 389 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 4: off forty eight yard touchdown run. But when you had 390 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 4: the goal line in those situations, are Red Zoner inside 391 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 4: the five yard line and they're running some hurry up 392 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 4: which you know the ki Alan completely thrives in. When 393 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 4: Johnson scored the touchdown, I'm like, uh oh, Josh Allen 394 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 4: owners are not going to be happy. 395 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, That's that's the one that stood out. I mean, 396 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 5: obviously there were some other, you know, maybe sleeper kind 397 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 5: of operations that came out to the fact that Josh 398 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 5: Johnson was back on a football field. 399 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: Hey, welcome back. 400 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 3: But the thing that wouldn't leave, and this. 401 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 4: Is like it is like his third stint with the Commanders. 402 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 4: I'm not even sure, but I know it's not it's 403 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 4: not like a new team to add. 404 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 5: To the lest Yeah, we were going through it, right, 405 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 5: because if you just go to his stats, he's only 406 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 5: got stats with I think nine different teams, but he's 407 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 5: been a part of fourteen, so a lot of practice 408 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 5: squad activation but not playing kind of situations in the. 409 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 6: Past if he were to obviously it's it's it's not 410 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 6: going to happen, because it's only fourteen, that's not even 411 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 6: half the league yet. But just say he were to 412 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 6: somehow be a part of every single NFL franchise, with 413 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 6: that alone warrant putting him in the Hall of Fame. 414 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 3: The fact that he was wanted that much. 415 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 6: He's the only player to ever be on every single 416 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 6: NFL franchise at some point in his career. 417 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: I'll tell you this much, and you guys know this, 418 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 4: but listeners of the pod may not know it. My 419 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 4: favorite all time athlete growing up and still to this day. 420 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 4: He's not obviously playing anymore, and everybody knows him now 421 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 4: for his media work is Jim Jackson. And Jim Jackson 422 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 4: was an All American at Ohio State for two years 423 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 4: at Ohio State Big Ten Freshman of the Year prior 424 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 4: to that, it was the fourth overall pick in the 425 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 4: nineteen ninety two NBA draft. Now I say that for 426 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 4: Ian's sake, because Ian wasn't born until two thousand. The 427 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 4: reason I bring it up is Jim Jackson was a 428 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 4: heck of an NBA player. His NBA career didn't end 429 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: until two thousand and six, but Jim Jackson played for 430 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 4: a lot of teams, and by a lot of teams, 431 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,959 Speaker 4: I mean twelve teams in the NBA, and as a 432 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 4: fan of his, wherever he went, that's the team I'm following. 433 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: After a while, it kind of got to be like, 434 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: all right, this a little tough. What are we doing here? 435 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 5: By former Ti Dan. You've done shows with Jim. I 436 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 5: did shows with Jim. He was always great. Now we 437 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 5: watch it like we launched a superstar in the media world. 438 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 4: You and I absolutely But the thing that I always 439 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: said to what you're saying about Josh Johnson is people 440 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 4: wanted him. 441 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: There was value. 442 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 4: The guys that weren't that good would have just ended 443 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: up not playing in the league anymore. 444 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: They would have gone overseas if they would have retired. 445 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: But he stuck around. 446 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 4: And so when you play on that many teams, you 447 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 4: absolutely have value. 448 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 5: Yes, greatness with Philip Rivers coming out and having the 449 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,239 Speaker 5: game he did again, we talked about it with San 450 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 5: Francisco having no pass rush, so you got a little 451 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 5: bit of love. Unfortunately, you didn't get the big points 452 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 5: from Tyler Warren like you might have hoped. Pierce ended 453 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 5: up being the hero of the day, and for Philip 454 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 5: Rivers's sake because he didn't have the pass rush could 455 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 5: actually push the ball to where Pierce became a factor. 456 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: As we know his yards per catch among the league leaders. 457 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 5: But I'll close the Josh Johnson loop by saying two 458 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 5: thousand and eight, him, Kalaias Campbell, and Joe Flacco three 459 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 5: of my heroes still. 460 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: Going yeah, going strong. 461 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 4: Joe Flacco is the perfect transition because I was going 462 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 4: to talk about the Cincinnati Bengals and the two things 463 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 4: that I want to say. One in a positive way, 464 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 4: Cincinnati routed the Dolphins and it was Joe Burrow against 465 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 4: Quinn Ewers, and that's just that's tough to do if 466 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 4: you're Quinn Yours and Joe Burrow throws for three hundred 467 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 4: and nine yards and four touchdowns, and I like quin 468 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 4: Yours and it's no knock on quin Yours. The point 469 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: is in the NFL and heading into Week sixteen, we're 470 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 4: having Quinn Yours, We're having Brady Cook, maybe we'll have 471 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 4: Riley Leonard, maybe we'll have Chris Ola Dokin, Like these 472 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 4: are the names that are going to be starting games 473 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 4: in Week seventeen because of injuries or teams just are 474 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 4: like let's start to eve evaluate players. I have a 475 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 4: real problem with the product of the league with that, 476 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 4: and so I give kudos to the Bengals because their 477 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 4: season is over with, but hey, let's continue to play, 478 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 4: and Joe Burrow wants to play, and they lit up 479 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 4: the Dolphins for forty five points. Chase Brown had a 480 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 4: great game, and as crazy as it was, Jamar Chase 481 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 4: has eleven targets. 482 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: He doesn't catch any of the. 483 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 4: Four touchdown passes with Cincinnati that was That was the 484 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 4: only crazy nugget. But I like how the Bengals are 485 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 4: just continuing to play and giving you the value. And 486 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 4: if you stuck with the guys and had t Higgins 487 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 4: and had Jamar Chase and had Chase Brown throughout the season, 488 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 4: they're paying off for you, where other teams are basically 489 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 4: punting on their season, which makes it a real stinker 490 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 4: for fantasy purposes, especially going into title games. 491 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 5: To that end, the fact that Joe Burrow rebounded from 492 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 5: whatever the hell that was against Baltimore, I don't even 493 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 5: know how to describe that. It's just to get in 494 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 5: to get scot whatever, But like that just didn't look 495 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 5: like a guy that didn't want to play football that weekend, 496 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 5: worst game of his career, and so to come back 497 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 5: with this effort. If you trusted him, you got rewarded. 498 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 5: You certainly were going to play Higgins when he got 499 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 5: you know, activated Brown had been fantastic weekend week out, 500 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 5: and jamar Chase. Even in last week's disaster debacle stinkers 501 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 5: you call it, Dan, he was still nine for one 502 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 5: thirty two, so you still felt good about him. But yeah, 503 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 5: to not fold up the tent. Thank you to the Bengals. 504 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 5: First time we might, first and last time we may 505 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 5: thank the Bengals as an organization for anything. 506 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, Ian, what stood up for you in week sixteen? 507 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 6: Well good transition because one of the things I was 508 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 6: going to bring up was Chase Brown. I just think 509 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 6: Chase Brown deserves some love on this podcast because I'm 510 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 6: actually looking at how he's done the last eight weeks. 511 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 6: Looks like it's been eight straight weeks of just rock 512 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 6: solid performances. Like obviously you put up thirty two point 513 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 6: nine this week, which was massive, but even before then, 514 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 6: it was sixteen, eighteen point five, eighteen point three, fifteen, 515 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 6: eighteen point seven, nineteen point two, twenty five and a half. 516 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 6: Like the dude's been nothing but consistent ever since Week 517 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 6: eight of the season, and as someone who has shares 518 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 6: of him in a lot of different leagues this year, 519 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 6: it's it really saved my season because things were not 520 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 6: looking well for him. So really good to see Chase 521 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 6: Brown on the come up here. 522 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's number seven since. 523 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 6: We ate, Wow, because I see on the season consistency 524 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 6: on the season, he's tenth at least that's in PPR 525 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 6: at least. 526 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm looking at half right, but yeah, either either way, 527 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 5: it's it's still from where he started and he I 528 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 5: bet you if you go back through the data, he 529 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 5: got traded a lot. 530 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm sure, Yeah, absolutely, I consider it. I threw 531 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 6: out a few offers myself, glad no one took him. 532 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 6: And then the the other one I want to bring 533 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 6: up is just who is offensive rookie of the Year 534 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 6: this year, because like obviously Amecca Buca came out of 535 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 6: the gates super hot, but you know, he's kind of 536 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 6: slowed down recently. Tyler Warren kind of the same deal. 537 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 6: Traveon Henderson was the betting favorite coming into this weekend, 538 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 6: but he obviously just had that absolute dud. So I 539 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 6: simply don't know who's gonna win this, Like, is it 540 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 6: Jackson Dart, is it like probably Tyler Shuck. 541 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 3: At this point he's got four wins. 542 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 6: It's like it's such a confusing one because like usually 543 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 6: every year it feels like there's at least two guys 544 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 6: who could be in the conversation. But right now, it's like, 545 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 6: please someone winning Millen. He's got to be one of 546 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 6: the betting favorites right now. 547 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 4: Right, I'll tell you what, Like we mentioned Ashton genty 548 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 4: earlier that he should at least get combat pay for 549 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 4: playing behind that offensive line, So we. 550 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: Do have to we do have to throw. 551 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 3: Here's a trophy. 552 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: Seriously, you still took the ball every week. It feels 553 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 5: like a real man of genius kind of beer commercial 554 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 5: that we could put out there for him. 555 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 4: Kudos to you Las Vegas Raiders running back playing me 556 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 4: in that Carapi offensive line. 557 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: Crappy guys that you can block. Well. They had they 558 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: had they. 559 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: Had a CD that had like forty of those tracks 560 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 4: that I had. I guarantee i'd look at If I 561 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 4: would look at my CD collection that I have in 562 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 4: the closet that's just to the left of me, I 563 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 4: could find the whole catalog of Real Men of Genius. 564 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 3: That's fantastic. 565 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 4: And that was sung by uh the old singer of 566 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 4: Survivor the background. 567 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: Uh was it Jimmy Jamison? 568 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 3: Wow? 569 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: Is that who was? Yes? 570 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 4: He was the he was the he was the not 571 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 4: the arm the voice guy, but he was the singer. 572 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 4: I believe, I believe he was the one that did 573 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 4: those how about that look at you? 574 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: Yeah? 575 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 4: Anyway, Ian again before your time, But Real Men of 576 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 4: Genius was magnificent. 577 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: Good reference, Mike, that was a real good reference. 578 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 4: By the way, I don't remember when people actually cared 579 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 4: about offensive rookie the year. I right, like this is 580 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 4: but it's wide open and usually it's a quarterback. 581 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 5: But that's it, right, Yeah, It's like the Heisman Trophy. 582 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 5: Occasionally someone raises their hand and says I want in. 583 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 6: Well, it just feels like each year there's it's like, okay, 584 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 6: there's a debate like should it be this guy or 585 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 6: this guy? I remember a few years ago was Puka 586 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 6: Nakua versus whoever ended up winning it that year? I'm 587 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 6: completely blanking right now. I think it was a quarterback anyway, 588 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 6: you know, I'm blanking right now. 589 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 5: But there's I guess to Dan's point of do we 590 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 5: really talk about it a ton like when they do 591 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 5: these NFL honors. 592 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,719 Speaker 1: Yes, I don't think that we do, but maybe we should. 593 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: I I would. I would, honestly. 594 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 4: I would probably give it to Shook because I just 595 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 4: think that there's so much responsibility and he has played 596 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 4: well in the second half of the season. 597 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 6: Oh. 598 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 2: C J. 599 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 6: Stroud is where I was thinking, Okay, yeah, it was 600 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 6: between him and Nikua and Stroud won it. 601 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: The uh that would probably be my vote would be 602 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: Tyler Show. 603 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, the last couple of years. So Daniel Stroud, Garrett Wilson, gotcha, 604 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 5: Jamar Chase, Justin, Herbert Kyler, Murray Sakuon Barkley, Alvin Kamara, 605 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 5: Dak Prescott. Going back to twenty sixteen. 606 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 4: By the way, I have to correct my Survivor lead 607 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 4: singer Jimmy Jamison came after Dave Bickler. Dave Bickler is 608 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 4: the real Men of Genius singer who sang I of 609 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 4: the Tiger. So there's my correction. I did have to 610 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:32,959 Speaker 4: fact check myself. 611 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, but the fact that you knew it was a 612 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 5: Survivor singer, I'm giving you full credit. 613 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: Here's the deal. 614 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 4: And Ian Survivor was a great band in the eighties, 615 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 4: couple of different lead singers. You may know some of 616 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 4: their songs if you would hear them. But when you 617 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 4: hear when you hear the voice of the Real Men 618 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 4: of Genius, you cannot unhear it from Survivor. So then 619 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 4: when you listen to Survivor again and you hear it, 620 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 4: you're like, ah, Real Men of Genius, And I'll how 621 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 4: you put two and two together. 622 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,959 Speaker 1: If hey, that's a good, good work. If you can 623 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: get it, I'll tell you how much. 624 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 4: All Right, we're gonna do some report cards, and just 625 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 4: to let you know that's coming up next. Mike Scott 626 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 4: is Waiver Wire. Our midweek episode is going to focus 627 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 4: on the three Christmas Day games. It's a funky calendar 628 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 4: week with Christmas Eve on Wednesday. We know you're probably 629 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 4: not listening to a podcast on Thursday, but we can 630 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 4: hopefully help you with those lineups, especially with Championship week. 631 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 4: So that's going to be our midweek episode, and then 632 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 4: we'll be back with a rankings episode for you on 633 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 4: Friday entering into the weekend. So even though it's the 634 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 4: Christmas holiday, we'll give you a full three week of 635 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 4: episodes because of how much is at stake In week seventeen. 636 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 4: Coming up next Mike's Waiver Wire picks plus again, I'll 637 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 4: report cards. It's all next here and I want your flex. 638 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 4: It's report card time. Let's start off with Mike Carmen. 639 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 4: How'd your ledger look in a week sixteen? 640 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 5: Mike, let's see three of our top five finished in 641 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 5: the top two. Hurts was tenth. You got Drake May 642 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 5: at seven and brock Perty I had him thirty finished first, 643 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 5: I'll feel good, and Joe Burrow was the honorable mention. 644 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 5: He finished fifth, so slight victory there. We talked about 645 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 5: Josh Allen. I'll take the l he was second on 646 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 5: my board, figuring if nothing else he would be running 647 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 5: for his life from Miles Garrett. 648 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 3: Didn't even get that. 649 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 5: And then Jacoby Prisett failed me miserably, finishing twenty third 650 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 5: on the day running back position CMC. With another top 651 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 5: five performance, we take our win there. We talked about 652 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 5: the odd game that was Gibbs. Well, that didn't do 653 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 5: it for our fantasy team. That put him down at 654 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 5: nineteenth or thereabouts. Actually, no, sorry, that was my That 655 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 5: was understandard. The reset of this kills me, but he 656 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 5: still finished thirteenth with his seventeen point eight, so I'll 657 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 5: take the l there. Saquon Barkley with his one hundred 658 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 5: plus he finished top ten, so victory and Bijon had 659 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 5: himself a big game, particularly in the receiving side of things, 660 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 5: so that worked out pretty nicely. Jamar Chase got us 661 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 5: some love losses for the two members of the Detroit 662 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 5: Lions that found their way into the list. Aj Brown 663 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 5: had a solid game, not overwhelming, but we'll take a 664 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 5: We'll take a partial credit on that one. 665 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 4: I'll say this on the opposite side of that Lion 666 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 4: Steelers game. You may not have said Kenneth Gainwell is 667 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 4: going to catch a football near the end of the 668 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 4: first half on his back with his hand on the ground, 669 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 4: But he did, and he was one of your ninja 670 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 4: plays for this past weekend. 671 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, Gainwell came up big for us. There no question. 672 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 5: Another one hundred yard game for Tony Pollard. Do do 673 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 5: we just celebrate that he's still seeing the football. So 674 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 5: we got that loss with Jayden Reid because you ended 675 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 5: up having everybody up and going for Green Bay. And 676 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 5: then Jordan Love gets concussed, so it got weird. Rogers 677 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 5: was a hot play. He did us well, Herbert did 678 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 5: us well, Golf did us well. So we take those wins. 679 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 5: DK Metcalf lost forty million dollars, so I'll take the 680 00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 5: l there. 681 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 4: He did get me five points of my PPPF fan 682 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 4: points per punching fans, so that was good. 683 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: That was five points. 684 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, that MVP of the week and that yeah. 685 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 3: Folks are like, hey, he lost this much at salary. 686 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 5: I'm like, no, no, no, that trigger's a clause they get 687 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 5: out from forty billion. That's kind of a big deal. 688 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 5: Mcconkee scored. Is that enough to take a victory? 689 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 3: Lap? 690 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 5: Only four for forty three, but it's a win. And 691 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 5: then we had a couple of guys get hurt when 692 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 5: you're talking about Judkins and Henderson, So the incompletes there. 693 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 5: Josh Jacobs was on the down side, Javonte Williams had 694 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 5: just a day. Lamar Jackson left with injury, so again 695 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 5: incomplete the large back contusion fellas as we go forward there, 696 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 5: McLaurin did not a whole lot of anything again quarterback 697 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 5: play there and then in the terms of the other 698 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 5: ninja picks. We look at some suspect efforts. I guess 699 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 5: Kirk Cousins finished as a back end one. So that's 700 00:33:58,960 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 5: enough to take a w. 701 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I absolutely take the wins where you can get it, right, Ian, 702 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 4: Do you have any wins in the streaming defenses? 703 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean let's start with the l that was 704 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,919 Speaker 6: the Kansas City Chiefs. I told you to start their 705 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 6: defense if you could get him, and they only got 706 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 6: you one fantasy point if you took my advice there, 707 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,919 Speaker 6: so I apologize if you did. They allowed twenty four 708 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 6: points to cam Ward and the Titans. That was a surprise, 709 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 6: and they would have had a negative outing on the 710 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 6: day had they not gotten two sacks on Ward that 711 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 6: actually got them into the positive territory, earning you one 712 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 6: fantasy point. Other than the Chiefs though really positive. Week 713 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 6: got the Tennessee Titans defense on the other side of 714 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 6: that same game, they got you twelve fantasy points if 715 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,320 Speaker 6: you started them. Only allowed nine points to the Chiefs 716 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 6: and Gardner minshew, I hope his he's doing okay, and 717 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 6: then they also sacked him four times. And then lastly, 718 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 6: the best start of the three was the Minnesota Vikings 719 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,760 Speaker 6: got you thirteen fantasy points if you started them seven 720 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 6: points allowed and they got one interception and five sacks 721 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 6: on Jackson Darton the Giant and the Giants. That was 722 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 6: there opponent there. 723 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: Boy Jackson darts day. 724 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, speaking of three yards, speaking of another guy 725 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 6: who was in the offensive Rookie of the Year conversation 726 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 6: at one point this season and just completely dropped off that. 727 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 4: Oh man, hey, I'll tell you what though, Titans d 728 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 4: little safety for you. 729 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 6: It's oh good some did you mention the safety? 730 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: Thank you, Dan, Yeah, good advice on that one. 731 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 4: I gave you good advice on survivor barely Houston survived 732 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 4: against the Raiders. 733 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: That wasn't too difficult. 734 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 4: Saints, We're going to be a popular pick against Ian's Jets. 735 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 4: That ended up working out. What didn't work out was 736 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 4: my points of Palooza. A lot of games with high 737 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 4: point totals in Week sixteen, just not the one that 738 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 4: I picked, and that was Arizona and Atlanta. Still gave 739 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 4: you forty five points with Bijohn Robinson having a nice game, 740 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 4: but it did not turn into the shootout that we thought. 741 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 4: Cincinnati and Miami could have been a good pick. Cowboys 742 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,800 Speaker 4: and Chargers were up there as well, but the Jaguars 743 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,720 Speaker 4: in Denver even one, and of course the Monday Night affair. 744 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 4: But Falcons and Cardinals, it was gonna be a little 745 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,840 Speaker 4: bit higher scoring than it was in the Desert. 746 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: Nonetheless, still some good games for some of the players 747 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: in that game. Willows, what's that? 748 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 3: What a week? 749 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:15,320 Speaker 1: Yeah? What a week? 750 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 4: Now we can take a breath and get ready for 751 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 4: Week seventeen. Whether it's a consolation bracket, maybe it's a 752 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 4: Toilet Bowl prize that you're trying to avoid, or just 753 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 4: going for. 754 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: The overall title. 755 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 4: Mike Carmen's got the waiver wire ads that you need 756 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 4: if you want to bring home or avoid any punishments. 757 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 1: Mike, what do you got? 758 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 5: Well, they're scoring twenty five or more every week. Yeah, 759 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 5: the run game's been solid. But Trevor Lawrence it wasn't 760 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,720 Speaker 5: just against the Jets. He's scoring against everybody these last 761 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,839 Speaker 5: few weeks. And he's got the Colts defense that just 762 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 5: got absolutely shredded by Brock Purty on Monday Night Football. 763 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,240 Speaker 5: So an opportunity here division they've already clinched a playoff, 764 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 5: Berth looking for more. Jacoby Brissett going up against the Bengals. 765 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 5: Fantasy owners were reticent to add him. Still available in 766 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 5: about half of league, so you got that opportunity. Chris Rodriguez, 767 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 5: we had him as a ninja a couple of weeks 768 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,879 Speaker 5: in a row. Well, we didn't include him this past week, 769 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 5: but he found the end zone, became the lead back, 770 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 5: sixty plus yards and a score. Going up against the 771 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 5: Cowboys defense this week gives us an opportunity if you 772 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 5: get desperate just because you need touches, Judkins will be gone, 773 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 5: so Raheem Sanders gets the nod. He had eleven carries 774 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 5: for forty two yards in Week sixteen, so perhaps an 775 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 5: opportunity there. Going a little deeper, go back to Parker, 776 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 5: Washington after a big game going up against the Colts. 777 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 5: You know me, Tyler Schuck will always find his way. 778 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 5: We talked about the offensive rookie of the year, but 779 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 5: we get him versus cam Ward. Tell me that's not 780 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 5: suddenly fascinating football. Tik's been playing better football, right. They're 781 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 5: still fighting, are they good? 782 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 4: No? 783 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 3: But they've got spots and they're showing a bit of heart. 784 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 3: I like that. 785 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 5: So a little bit of opportunity there, Tyler Aljier going 786 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 5: up against the Rams, just Bijon perhaps more as a 787 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 5: receiver and maybe you get a little bit of a 788 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 5: split workload there. And then we ad it because I 789 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 5: didn't have Woody Marks available to me last minute away 790 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 5: from the phone, and I was not terribly upset about it. 791 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 3: Life goes on. 792 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 5: But Jordan Juar Jordan going up against the Chargers not 793 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 5: the best of matchups. But again, we're just trying to 794 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 5: find some opportunities here in Week seventeen. 795 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 1: I'll that again. 796 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 4: The plan is for me to be at so Far 797 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 4: on Saturday as if the rain is done by them. 798 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,799 Speaker 1: I know that sounds very very. 799 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,320 Speaker 4: Weak, considering there are people who are dealing with single 800 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 4: digit temperatures and big amounts of snowfall and whatnot, but 801 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 4: it is the different animals we all know in southern 802 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 4: California when the rain's gonna come. 803 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm looking forward to that matchup. 804 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 4: Week seventeen schedule with those three games on Christmas Day 805 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 4: and then the double header on Saturday in the late window. 806 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,720 Speaker 4: Like Carrie Rhodes and I have, we have two games. 807 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: Now. 808 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,840 Speaker 4: I know that they want to highlight Eagles bills, but 809 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 4: when you only have two games, it's very weird, and 810 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 4: when the other game is basically loser gets number one pick, 811 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,799 Speaker 4: that actually may be more of the interesting contest that 812 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 4: we've got for big picture stuff because the Eagles and 813 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 4: Bills are both in the postseason, and sure there's some 814 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 4: things that could happen that could change their stance of 815 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 4: the season, but yeah, just a funky, funky week with 816 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 4: the Christmas holiday on Thursday. So here's the thing with 817 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 4: the Giants Raiders. Guys in mentioning that the teams that 818 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 4: could lose that game of whoever loses that game will 819 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 4: have the number one overall pick, it's not head to 820 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 4: head that will decide on a tiebreaker. They only do 821 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 4: it by strength of schedule. So if the Giants were 822 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 4: to lose to the Raiders, they don't have the advantage 823 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 4: over the Raiders because they lost to them. They would 824 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 4: only have the advantage in a tie if their strength 825 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 4: of schedule was not as good as the Raiders' strength 826 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 4: of schedule and that means the softer schedule for the 827 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 4: worst team actually gets the better pick. So that just 828 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 4: comes with the NFL Draft. That's how the tie breakers 829 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 4: are ended up broken. They don't go to head to 830 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 4: head matchups that could have taken place the previous season. 831 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 5: So do you still do you take it down for 832 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 5: you and put Jeff Hostetler in For Week seventeen. 833 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 4: They should bring out Hostetler to flip the coin, right, 834 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,040 Speaker 4: Giants and Raiders great. 835 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,040 Speaker 3: The most Hostetler? How great would that be? 836 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 4: Magnificent? Well, let's wrap this bad boy up. It is 837 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 4: Christmas week. We will be back with a midweek episode 838 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 4: and then rankings at the end of the week. So 839 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 4: for Ian Roddy, who will let us know at some 840 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 4: point on what he's going to decide to do with 841 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 4: his family league. And for Mike Harmon, I'm Dan Beyer. 842 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 4: Can't wait to talk to you next time right here, 843 00:40:53,800 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 4: and I want your flex