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Speaker 1: Fantasy freaks and geeks. What's going on here? Listening to

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Live podcast? James go here with you

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Speaker 1: join alongside by MG, my god, Mark this in the building.

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Speaker 1: What's up? What's going on? Man? How you doing? Feeling good? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Filling it? Fill it? I mean the world comes both fun.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've been kind of locked and has been great,

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Speaker 1: which I'm feeling the pressure of the clock because we

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Speaker 1: got more games starting about half our podcast right now.

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Speaker 1: James Cup comes around once every four years. He's he's

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Speaker 1: itching to get out of here. All righty, we we

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Speaker 1: just started the show. Pell. I know, look, we got

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Speaker 1: some stuff to talk about. But June, the world comes here.

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Speaker 1: You know what, that's a good point. Making a strong

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Speaker 1: argument as a wizkid from Wisconsin alex Galhara, who oh,

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Speaker 1: I feel like this is gonna be the feelix Pots

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Speaker 1: today is gonna be vacated. We're going to certainly get

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Speaker 1: into some for the for the listeners who don't know, uh,

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Speaker 1: you knew, you knew that franchise. Matt Franciskovic left the podcast,

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Speaker 1: left NFL Media. He's working over at EA. Maybe you

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Speaker 1: heard that Matt Harmon leaving NFL media as well. He's

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Speaker 1: going over to Yahoo. We're gonna actually be speaking to

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Speaker 1: Matt Harmon because we didn't give him a proper send off. Man,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking to Matt Harmon a little later

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Speaker 1: in the program, uh, talk to him about what the

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Speaker 1: future holds for him. But late breaking news from last

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Speaker 1: night yesterday, the wiskit from Wisconsin, Alex Kilhar letting it

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Speaker 1: if you didn't see on Twitter last night or Facebook,

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Speaker 1: a lad agree back in Wisconsin. Actually had a number

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Speaker 1: It's not your last show. And I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of folks on Twitter I think it's your last show,

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Speaker 1: but it's not. We got a couple more, a couple

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Speaker 1: more in front of you here today. Can't get rid

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Speaker 1: say this though, man? And I said this last night

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be pursuing a life of public service, trying

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Speaker 1: And you're doing it by giving up a dream job

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Speaker 1: in where else but Green Bay. We talked about a

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Speaker 1: being very cooy with this injury. He isn't expected to

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Speaker 1: I thought he was like random Cobb actually fun little

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Speaker 1: But he hasn't been fantasy relevant unfortunately for Randall cop fan,

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Speaker 1: But sorry, Sully, if you're still back there. Reboot, reboots

425
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Speaker 1: and sequels, man, they're popular. I guess. So how about

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Speaker 1: this though, North's son, Scott Turner, he's the quarterback coach,

427
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Speaker 1: his nephew, Cameraturner he is the assistant quarterback coach. And

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Speaker 1: Norm's brother, Ron Turner, is an offensive consultantly. The family

429
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Speaker 1: stone is a family affair. It's about the Turners. You

430
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Speaker 1: guys got parents in high plaything want to hire a

431
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Speaker 1: friend of a friend? Was then that sounds like a

432
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Speaker 1: like a late or early nineties ABC sitcom or something.

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Speaker 1: Turners Here we go. Uh. They are entrusted with I guess,

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Speaker 1: advancing Cam Newton's career. I don't even know how to

435
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Speaker 1: put this. I mean, they they It's it's silly to

436
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 1: say improved Cam do because Cam doing is so great.

437
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,320
Speaker 1: They're dipping into the silliest of off season narratives, which

438
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Speaker 1: Chris Westlings lampooned a lot on their A TR Friends

439
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: of the A T and podcast. But like, there, we're

440
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Speaker 1: gonna improve his accuracy or we're gonna change this quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You know what, how would you just let the informer

442
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Speaker 1: m v P do his thing that led this team

443
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Speaker 1: to the playoffs and most of the moment he's been

444
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Speaker 1: successful what he does. Why do you want to change it?

445
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,880
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a little bit of familiarity obviously North

446
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Speaker 1: Turner and uh head coach. Oh my gosh, Ron Rivera.

447
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Speaker 1: I was like Ron, Yeah, Ron Rivera have a little

448
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Speaker 1: bit of history as well, going back to their San

449
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: Diego days. But um, I just I just don't understand

450
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Speaker 1: this move, man, And it's it's a move to me

451
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,680
Speaker 1: that makes me real nervous about every single offensive asset

452
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Speaker 1: and their current price in the Carolina offense. I mean,

453
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Speaker 1: I look at Christian McCaffrey. I'm a little bit worried

454
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Speaker 1: even C. J. Anderson, who they signed. Um, now that

455
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Steward has gone, makes me a little bit nervous.

456
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Speaker 1: Cam Newton, I mean, the one thing you know that

457
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Speaker 1: North Turner is gonna do, They're gonna chuck it deep downfield,

458
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,440
Speaker 1: and quite frankly, Cam Newtn't likes and chuck at deep downfield.

459
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Speaker 1: So in that way, at least it makes some sense.

460
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Speaker 1: I guess got some weapons to do it. They added

461
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Speaker 1: Torry Smith, I mean he's nearing the end, but they

462
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: also have Samuel coming back from injury, and Devin Funchess

463
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Speaker 1: is a big body that can still get deep. He's

464
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Speaker 1: you know, he's trimmed down a little bit. He's not not,

465
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Speaker 1: you know, a lightning fast deep threat, but he's the

466
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Speaker 1: kind of guy Cam could throw too. And then d

467
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Speaker 1: J Moore, who they drafted as well out of Maryland.

468
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just I don't know. To me, it's just, uh,

469
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Speaker 1: I think this offense could potentially take a step back.

470
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Speaker 1: I think North Turner's best days are way behind him,

471
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Speaker 1: um and I just don't think he's modernized his offense

472
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Speaker 1: to to fit the NFL game. So that's just and

473
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Speaker 1: I think that's borne itself out over the last you know, five, six, seven,

474
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Speaker 1: eight years. I mean the biggest indication will be whether

475
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Speaker 1: or not he figures out something new for Christian McCaffrey.

476
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: I mean that that had been the knock on Mike

477
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 1: Shula is that you know, they have this weapon who

478
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Speaker 1: was you know, considered to be like kind of a

479
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 1: game changer for them, and they have no idea how

480
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: to use and there wasn't anything you know, really special

481
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Speaker 1: about how they used I mean, he had he had

482
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 1: a good year, the numbers especially, but there was there

483
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 1: was nothing revolutionary about how they used this guy, which

484
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Speaker 1: I think Bod's even worse for Curtis Samuel because he

485
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: was sort of the he was yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

486
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Speaker 1: McCaffrey who was a running back who played receiver. Samuel

487
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Speaker 1: was a receiver who could play running back, and it

488
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Speaker 1: was sort of like, Okay, we don't even know to

489
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Speaker 1: do with this first one, so how are we gonnaigre

490
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Speaker 1: Samuel was? Samuel was a running back in college, though

491
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Speaker 1: he was always more a little bit more a man

492
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Speaker 1: without a position, which was why them taking him in

493
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 1: the second round was a little bit shocking. But well,

494
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Speaker 1: I think he started his career as a wide receiver

495
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 1: and then transition to running back. I mean, while he

496
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 1: was even more confusing that It's just look, I mean,

497
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 1: they've got versatile weapons and they tried to surround cam

498
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Speaker 1: with speed, which I I full advocate of why you

499
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 1: gotta get a creative mind to to to meld these

500
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 1: pieces together. You can't have a guy Norv Turner running

501
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: your standard nine nineties Cowboys offense again, just it just

502
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 1: bobbles the mind. Why would you do this given your personnel.

503
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: It just a lot of a lot of coaches don't

504
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: change and they are who they always were. But Ron

505
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,199
Speaker 1: Rivera was one of those coaches that did change his

506
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: tune a lot in Surolina and perhaps to be the

507
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: eternal optimist, that's why he hired Norv because Norv. Maybe

508
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,679
Speaker 1: that's also why Norv left Minnesota because he wanted to

509
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: do different things or who knows. That whole departure was

510
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: very awkward when he left Minnesota in mid season. So

511
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,120
Speaker 1: perhaps with their history and maybe they want to try

512
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 1: some new things. But the benefit is he Norv does

513
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: have good playmakers, and good playmakers have typically done well

514
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,200
Speaker 1: in his offenses and fantasy dating back to the Cowboys

515
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: and even the Chargers, and he doesn't doesn't might might

516
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: not bode well for the fringe players. But Cam Christian McCaffrey.

517
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Speaker 1: I even like CJ. C J. Anderson a lot, especially

518
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Speaker 1: where he's going all right, well, they go, I I

519
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: will say this, you'll you look at his offenses, the

520
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: ones that he's taken over, they've all dipped. So I

521
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: just don't I see nothing. I see no positives from

522
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Speaker 1: the North Turner signing. But whatever we're talking about, man,

523
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Speaker 1: Greg Olsen, I see. I mean you gotta hear. Yeah,

524
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Speaker 1: said he's that top. I mean, like, okay, the the

525
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Speaker 1: narrative says that North Turners they tied in with exactly,

526
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: like exactly. I mean again, we go back to the

527
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Speaker 1: nineties nineties with with this narrative. That's what's so crazy

528
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: is that, Oh, he's gonna get so much out of Kyle.

529
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Speaker 1: He got nothing out of Kyle Rudolph. I mean it's like, okay,

530
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Speaker 1: I just again, we'll move on. The team signed CJ.

531
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Speaker 1: Anderson as we as we mentioned, Jonathan Stewart gone, uh

532
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: he was signing inexplicably by David gedtlman. I don't know why.

533
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: Uh he saw that coming, by the way. The moment,

534
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 1: the moment he was like, go by the Panthers. I

535
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: mean he's probably gonna h C J. Anderson expected to

536
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: form but once to punch with Christian McCaffrey, who we mentioned,

537
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Speaker 1: had a pretty good PPR, certainly a PPR season at

538
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Speaker 1: the running back position last year. What do we think

539
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: abou Christian McCaffrey c J Anderson. I love this duo too.

540
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: I think I think in PPR you gotta go high

541
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Speaker 1: for Christian McCaffrey. I mean, just because eighty catches at

542
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: running back he had last year. He might not hit

543
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: the threshold again, but that having that in his range

544
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: of possibilities is so insantilizing. But then McCAT anderson, like

545
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 1: John Stewart, had over twohunter touches last year and was

546
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 1: a shell of the former. Like fantasy back that we

547
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 1: remember drafting in years is better right now? Start coming

548
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: off a thousand years season last year. So like these

549
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: two could be like that rare type of backfield where

550
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: you look at the final standings in the year and

551
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 1: it's like Christian McCaffrey's the eighth over eighth highest scoring

552
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 1: running back and they're c J. It's sitting there at

553
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 1: like thirteenth or whatever because you got eight hundred yards

554
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,400
Speaker 1: and nine touchdowns. I like it. I like it a lot.

555
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: As we mentioned, they tried to surround Cam Newton with

556
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: a little bit of speed. They traded for Tory Smith.

557
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: They traded or excuse me, they drafted wide receiver d J. Moore,

558
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: who plays a little closer to the line of scrimmage,

559
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 1: but with ball in his hands, he's got quite He's

560
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: got some speed on the outside as well. You know

561
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: about Christian McCaffrey, Curtis Amuel coming back from injury as well.

562
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: He's a speeder, speedster as well. So, uh, they've got

563
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: some speed certainly, Uh in this Carolina offense. We're gonna

564
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: talk to Matt Harmon coming up about d J. Moore

565
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: as well. As you mentioned, Greg Olsen had his contract extended.

566
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: There were some question marks to whether or not he

567
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: was going to retire, but whatever. He played in just

568
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: seven games last year after breaking a foot early in

569
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: the season. It kind of dealt with that injury all

570
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: throughout uh the seen campaign as well. Is greg Olsen

571
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 1: I put in top five? I think that might be

572
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: a little aggressive. How about a top seven tied end

573
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: for Greg Olsen? Are we are you paying with the

574
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: premium because he's a name for this guy, he's right

575
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 1: at the edge. For me, the elite guys like if

576
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: it if it gets down and he's the top tight

577
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: end on the board. Chances arm I'm probably waiting and

578
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: just going after somebody else. I kind of think so Tony,

579
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,719
Speaker 1: like a Trey Burton or somebody a little bit later

580
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: in the draft. I don't have where his ADP is

581
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: right now, but if I just had to guess off

582
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Speaker 1: top of my head, i'd probably say somewhere, you know,

583
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: in the in the eighth round. It would probably be

584
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: what I would would think that drafters are wrong. Oh really,

585
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: what is it calculated? That's calculate? That's crazy. Oh no,

586
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: he although I was saying, I was saying, in the

587
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: eighth round of a ten teamer, so that pick eight,

588
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: what is that in in twelve teamers? F calculator? So

589
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: this is um just pick sixty sixty too much. That's

590
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: that's too that's way too price. You form, you can't

591
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: do it. Yeah and again, and mostly it's because he's

592
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: been such a long time staple at the at the

593
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: Tata position and you know, blah blah blah, and he's

594
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: a name, but at that price, I'm out. Uh. Falcons

595
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: ten and six. Last year, first little playmaker Tailor Gabriel

596
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: was signed away by Chicago, a loss on the offensive

597
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: side of the ball. But they did draft wide receiver

598
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley out of Alabama. It seems like the same old,

599
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: same old Falcons. Though, really, when I was kind of

600
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: doing the research on the Falcons, sarcus to starking it

601
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: up over there, Julio Jones has a little bit of

602
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: contract dispute, but you know he'll be there. I'm sure

603
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: he'll be there. DeVante Freeman, uh is probably their best

604
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: running back asset in terms of fantasy Tevin Coleman certainly

605
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: will get some burnt as well. Julio Jones, DeVante Freeman.

606
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: They're going the second round. Any problems with the price there,

607
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: absolutely not, Nope, none. The consternation over Julio Jones is

608
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: one of my favorite things to watch because I just

609
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: I do understand. Yes, he's a highly volatile player and

610
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: not a touchdown man. How many times has he finished

611
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 1: outside the top ten wide receivers in PPR the last

612
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: four years? It's it's not that answer is zero, of course,

613
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: but he's a phenomenal player. Nobody's nobody's saying he's not

614
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: a phenomen But on a week to week basis, this

615
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 1: guy's fantasies. I mean fantasies a week, he's gonna he's

616
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 1: gonna dingy a couple of times. But over the last

617
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: four years too, he's averaged a hundred and three catches,

618
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: fifteen hundred yards and six touchdowns a year. The touchdown

619
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: but that's what I'm saying. The touchdowns to me is problematic.

620
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he's the three years this last year his

621
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: three hurt everybody, no doubt, but the three years before

622
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: he had six, eight and six. That's not like that

623
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: upsetting of a touchdown number. Antonio Brown hit those numbers

624
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: a lot. He's sure he's had his double digit years

625
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: as well, But like, if you're gonna get six to

626
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: ten touchdowns and four hundred yards a year plus eighty

627
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: two a hundred and thirty receptions, like sign signed me up,

628
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, he's a little outside that that top tier

629
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: because of their touchdown upside like a b the nuke

630
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: the hotel. Michael Thomas even now looks like a guy

631
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 1: that's going to push for double digits every year. But

632
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: like if if Julio has fallen to me in the

633
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: second round, jump for joy every day because he's going

634
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: in mid to late part of the second round. Yeah,

635
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: I love it, and I think all of the things,

636
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: all the concerns that I had brought up, are being

637
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: priced into into where he's going as well. And touchdowns

638
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: are often the most fickle and unpredictable thing too. But

639
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 1: even in terms of yardage wise, I mean, it's just

640
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: he's said over fourteen hundred yards each of the past

641
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: four year. Totally get that. But like this, I understand,

642
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: but this is a guy you're talking about the weeks

643
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: where he'll give you two hundred and he'll follow it

644
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: up with That's what I'm worried about. That's exactly and

645
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: that's exactly what's happened the last couple of years. I mean,

646
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,479
Speaker 1: this is a guy that on a week to week basis,

647
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: he's either a game winner or a week winner or

648
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: or he's give this. Here's the thing though, it's it's

649
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: not it's and I'm bringing up Ted getting in. It's

650
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: that Ted Gain type volatility, like like within the range

651
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: of outcomes with Julio Jones, like you are gonna skew

652
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: more toward the big games than you are the nothing games.

653
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: And I think that's the difference, is that the the

654
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: opportunity for those blow up games. Is there a lot

655
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: more often with Julio Jones and it is with you know,

656
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 1: name any other receiver you're gonna get, you know after

657
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: the fifth round or something. All Right, there you go,

658
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: um again, Devanta. We haven't talked about Davonte Freeman, but

659
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's slipped a little bit. But I

660
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: think a lot of folks are a little b concerned

661
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: about the the workload movingen Does this team start to

662
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: transition a little bit more towards Tevin Coleman. I think

663
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: that's kind of where a little bit of concern is

664
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: as well. I don't know, I don't think so. Freeman

665
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: just had some injuries last year. He still had a

666
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: solid year, but he is the he is the primary

667
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: guy in this backfield, and they used Tevin Coleman as

668
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: the change of pace weapon X sort of thing, mix

669
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: him in. So I think Freeman coming at a discount

670
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: now is really great for fantasy. I feel it. I

671
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: feel it. I like him in the in the middle

672
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: to late part of the second round as well. Especially

673
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 1: one last thing on Julia Jones. Last year, he had

674
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: seventy plus receiving yards in eleven of sixteen games. Last year. Okay,

675
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: what about those he had sixty in a couple, he

676
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: had twenty in a couple, But like, still eleven of

677
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: sixteen games, you're getting at least seven points in the

678
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: standard league, not counting touchdowns. In PPR he had you know,

679
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: eighty eight receptions too, So you're atting all those. That's

680
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: looking at more like almost like se the weeks. You're

681
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: getting twelve points plus in from your PPR guy. There

682
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: you go. Tampa Bay Buccaneers five and eleven last year.

683
00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: How they did not let go of Dirk Cutter, I

684
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: do not know, but he is back per Adam Schefter.

685
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston is being suspended three games for allegedly groping

686
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: a female uber driver while in the Scottsdale, Arizona area. Uh,

687
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: they've said, actually the three games was one rumor, but

688
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,879
Speaker 1: most of the people with a deep sourcing have said

689
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: it's several. And there hasn't been an official number put

690
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,760
Speaker 1: on it yet. Oh that's interesting. Although I think Chefty

691
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: did say three in his did he? I think I

692
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: think the original the original report was three. But I mean,

693
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: we know how these things, these are all kinds. He

694
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: hasn't been served as of yet either. By the way,

695
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,879
Speaker 1: this is just this is just reporting that's happening around

696
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,280
Speaker 1: the NFL. Uh. That's just something that will have to monitor.

697
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,399
Speaker 1: It's not really much to say about it other than

698
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the guy's not really getting drafted very

699
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: high anyways for fantasy. He shouldn't shouldn't get drafted at all.

700
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: Now if he's going to be suspended, that's exactly right,

701
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: and I think that's probably what we'll see. So again,

702
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,399
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston news, will we'll see what's gonna happen there.

703
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: Will it have an impact on Mike Evans DeShawn Jackson. Yeah, absolutely,

704
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,959
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick is out there slaying it. But I mean, yeah,

705
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: it will. But will it be that drastic? That's yeah,

706
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: you're right, it's not like it's not like it's some

707
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: random slappy coming off the street to come right start

708
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,880
Speaker 1: like it's I mean, I've made the joke Sor did

709
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: harmon and he got more retweets likes for But whatever

710
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: that NFL by laws say that, you know, Ryan fitz

711
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: Patrick has to start at least a couple of games

712
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: every single season, Like those are the rules. This is

713
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: what we said last year. This was my hot take

714
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 1: last year was that Ryan fitzpat life finds a way.

715
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 1: Byan Fitzpatrick finds a way. It doesn't matter. It's amazing

716
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: how many teams he has gone to. Amazing, And every

717
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: single time he starts a couple of games, he starts

718
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: a few games. It's unbelievable. I don't know how he

719
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: does it, but yeah, certainly something to monitor, especially if

720
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: you are worried about the production for Mike Evans, although

721
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,879
Speaker 1: I'm not really because Fitzpatrick is he's a funneler man,

722
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: and you know he's got to funnel them targets over

723
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: to Mike. Now, the person that may get hurt by

724
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: all this as I think it pours a little bit

725
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 1: of cold water on the Chris Godwin hype. Um. Yeah,

726
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: because I just don't know how deep down the receiving

727
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: depth chart that Fitzpatrick's going to go. It'll it'll be

728
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: primarily think Evans and uh D Jackson and the tight ends.

729
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: Although he didn't throw the camera bread last year for

730
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: Harvard Harvard by it's like, what's going on, Harvard guy,

731
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: You're not throwing it to him? I don't know. Uh,

732
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: So there you go. It's uh, it's certainly again something

733
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: that we're going to monitor here, uh and get you

734
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: the latest win. We get some updates as well. They

735
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: drafted Ronald Jones out of USC Marcus Grant go ahead, um,

736
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: no fight on And I like. I like the fit.

737
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: I like I like his skill set and what he

738
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: can do in that offense. And I like the fact

739
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: that you know, he's not he's not in a s

740
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,399
Speaker 1: Quan type position where they're expecting him to come in

741
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: and be the guy and just dominate, so he can

742
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: kind of grow into the role a little bit. Um.

743
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: You know, I think right now he tops out for

744
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: me at best as an RB three UM, with potential

745
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: to grow beyond that depending on how he fits in

746
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: the offense. There's a lot to worry about in this

747
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: backfield right now because Peyton Barber played so well at

748
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: the end of last year. They still love Charles Sims

749
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: and they're going to Yeah, and Greg Almand, great beat

750
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: reporter for the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times, and

751
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: reported that the word right now is that Ronald Jones

752
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: is going to share the load with third deer pro

753
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 1: Pryton Barbara and Charles Sims will have a chance to

754
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: keep the third down roll he held last season. That's

755
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: so like that's gonna eat in. There's certainly a chance

756
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: where um Ronald Jones, once actual pads come on and

757
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: it's preseason, has a Dalvin Cook like emergence where like

758
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: they're just talent, just can't write. We're like, we're we

759
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: have Jack McKinnon who can be a third down back,

760
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: and we have Latavias Murray to share that load, but

761
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: we're gonna give it all the Dalvin. So there is

762
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 1: certainly that possibility. But until we see that coming to

763
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 1: fruition in the preseason and training camp, tread with caution,

764
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 1: right it comes to Rojoe, Charles Simms is sort of

765
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: like the strawberry section of a box with Neopolitan ice cream.

766
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 1: Like it's it's good, it's fine, it's it's delicious and tasty,

767
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: but like I would rather have a whole box full

768
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: of just chocolate and vanilla. So, like, you know, aren't

769
00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: you get neopolitan strawberry in the Neopolitan bro Alright, So

770
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: it's the whole point. If it's appeal, it's batting out.

771
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: But it's like they're like they keep they keep feeding this.

772
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: Charles Sims every year, and like I. By the way,

773
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: I always hear this argument about neopolitan ice. Maybe I

774
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: don't want to buy three cartons of ice cream. Maybe

775
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: I just want to buy one, and sometimes I want

776
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,839
Speaker 1: the strawberry. Sometimes I want to go right, that's fair,

777
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: And maybe maybe I want all three. I don't know.

778
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever heard that argument before, but

779
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: I like it. I like it. Look as a as

780
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: a fatty. I don't want to get I know what's

781
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: gonna happen to those three cartons of ice. I'm gonna

782
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: eat them all. That's the problem. You know, you can

783
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:37,280
Speaker 1: just buy the small little pints so good, I scream

784
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: is so good. By the way, I just wanted to

785
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: mention the fantasy dst here. They don't have a great

786
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: schedule early on, but it's just a team that you

787
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: want to flag. And I think there's a sneaky little

788
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 1: unit here. Gerald McCoy is a beast inside. They drafted

789
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 1: Via Villa as another huge body inside. Then on the outside,

790
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: remember they signed JPP and they've got Vinny Curry there

791
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: as all from Philadelphia, who I thought played extremely well

792
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: for that Eagles unit. So their front line looking great.

793
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: And then the backers Kwan, Alexander Lavante, David. Those guys

794
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: are good players, man, So up front, I kind of

795
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: sort of like what I'm seeing here. Although their schedule

796
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 1: doesn't really line up very dision, I'm just saying it's

797
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a sneaky little unit. Um. Their their

798
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: back line guys aren't that great. Obviously, their cornerback play

799
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit questionable. But I

800
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: really like what they got going on up front. So

801
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: it's just something to kind of keep in mind. All right,

802
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: enough of the NFC South. We did it, and we

803
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: go to the horn and we welcome in. Wow, it's

804
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 1: a sad day. Former NFL Fantasy Podcast. Remember Matt Harmon

805
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 1: on the show joining us today. You know it's uh,

806
00:39:54,560 --> 00:40:00,479
Speaker 1: it's been a wild pal welcome back, not white. Under

807
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: the circumstances, anybody thought, huh no, not so much, No,

808
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: not so much. Uh, let's let's peel back the curtain

809
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,280
Speaker 1: a little bit here. Um. You know you're you're time

810
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 1: had come, uh to go on hiatus, your your yearly sabbatical,

811
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: and pretty much every single person thought you were coming back. Um,

812
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: we're talking about from everyone in this room to you know,

813
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: executive types. Pretty much everyone thought that you you thought

814
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: you were coming back for God's sex. So we didn't

815
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 1: really make a big deal of your quote unquote last

816
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: show because we're like, what's what's the big deal? He'll

817
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 1: be back in two months, you know what I mean? Yeah,

818
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: and and here we are. You are not going to

819
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 1: be coming back, uh to NFL media. Do you want

820
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: to give all the listeners out there, the the the

821
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: rundown of who, what, when, where and why and how?

822
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, this was definitely not something that was expected,

823
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 1: uh you know a few months ago even really like

824
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: you know, it seems like a couple of weeks ago.

825
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: I don't know, but uh yeah, basically, I mean, yes,

826
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: we're feel if we're peeling back the curtain. Uh you know, yeah,

827
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: I thought I would be coming back to the NFL,

828
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: coming back to the podcast in a couple you know,

829
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: in a few months, And basically guy got a better

830
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: offer somewhere else and I took it. I mean, that's

831
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: the kind of the bottom line of it. It's almost

832
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: like it's almost like the NFL media gave you that

833
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,240
Speaker 1: transition tank. Somebody came in with a better off swooped

834
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: in better offer, you know, and and then and they

835
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 1: don't want to match. So that's what happened. That's exactly

836
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,280
Speaker 1: that's exactly right. Basically they were like, oh, well, nobody's

837
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: gonna sign this guy and have to give them away

838
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: two first round picks, and yeah, yeah, yeah, well not

839
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: we we we in this room had nothing to do

840
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: with it, exactly right. All right, we'll tell the folks

841
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: where you're going and what you're gonna be doing there. Yeah,

842
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: so I am going to Yahoo. I could not be

843
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: more excited about. Obviously, it was a tough decision at

844
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: the time, seemingly because now I love you guys, I

845
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: love everything I was doing in nfl UM But like

846
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 1: I said, this was this was a great offer, and um,

847
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: I'm really excited about what I'm gonna be doing. They're

848
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,240
Speaker 1: going to be doing a lot, uh, to be honest

849
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: with you, like a big focus will be on kind

850
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: of crafting their voice on social media to kind of

851
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: fit what I think, which is, you know, questionable decision

852
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: by them, but I love it. I love it. But

853
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: but but also we'll be doing a lot of a

854
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: lot of writing, a lot of on camera stuff, and

855
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of reception perception to To be honest,

856
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: I had a really good conversation with a few people

857
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: there the other day and how we can kind of

858
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: partner the work I've been doing with the fantasy footballers

859
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 1: in their draft kit to what I'm doing, what I'm

860
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: gonna be doing a Yahoo. So it's it's a lot

861
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,760
Speaker 1: of exciting stuff, you know. It's uh and you're working

862
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: with some great people over there. You know, Brad Evans

863
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: obviously is a pillar in the fantasy community. And Liz

864
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,359
Speaker 1: Losa two who has been on this podcast, I believe, yes, yes,

865
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,759
Speaker 1: Liz Losa who has been on this podcast as well,

866
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: a great writer there at Yahoo. Is well, it's just

867
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 1: a great team over there. We're nothing but excited for you.

868
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: It's interesting, man, Like you know, you and I had

869
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 1: that conversation just to let the listeners know when you

870
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: first found out about this whole deal. Matt Harmon and

871
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: I had a conversation. I almost had to convince this

872
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: guy that this is an amazing deal. I was super

873
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: excited for I was so happy and and you know,

874
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 1: and obviously I think Harmon's heart was still here in NFL,

875
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: but I was just so I was a static for you, man, Yeah, yeah, no,

876
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 1: And I appreciate that. And it did take a little

877
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: bit to kind of come around to just, you know,

878
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: just like look at it from a faith value. Yeah,

879
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: and that that's hard to do sometimes when when we

880
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: have such a unique and great team like we had

881
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: an NFL. You know, obviously obviously the signs were all

882
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: pointing kind of the direction to go somewhere else, and

883
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: and the and time, I mean, look, the band is,

884
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: the band is definitely breaking up. We've all kind of

885
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: said for a long time that this that what we

886
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: had was really special and but a unique moment in

887
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:02,439
Speaker 1: time that I think we knew wasn't gonna last forever. Um, hey,

888
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: listen your story For those of the folks that might

889
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 1: not know, I think it's an inspiration, man. I think

890
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: it's a real inspiration to other young aspiring writers. I

891
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 1: gotta be honest with man, I think it's also a millennials,

892
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,720
Speaker 1: you know, dream scenario. Everything happened for you so fast,

893
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,919
Speaker 1: and I know probably you living in it probably didn't

894
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: feel like it's fast. But from a from an outsider's perspective,

895
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: um objective perspective, Man, I look at your career and

896
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: I said, man, this guy is just a straight rocket

897
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: ship moving up the ranks. But talk about why, talk

898
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: about the why you think you were able to do

899
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 1: what you did. I mean, that's a a long story,

900
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: I think, obviously, but if we can condense it to

901
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 1: kind of just some some basic themes. You know, I

902
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: made the decision probably about four years ago now to

903
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: basically escw all the plans I had accumulated throughout my

904
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: time as like an undergraduate at Lynchford College so become uh,

905
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,239
Speaker 1: you know, an eventual like a voice in the academic

906
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: field for social theory and all that, like go back

907
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: to school to get a master's, go back to school

908
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: to get a PhD, continue all the research I was

909
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: doing as an undergraduate. I basically just decided to to

910
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 1: just forgo all that and decided to try to be

911
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: a football writer. And when I did that, I decided

912
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: that I was not gonna be out worked by anybody,

913
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: you know, like I was a nobody, and most people

914
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: that that are nobody's. Like most people don't end up

915
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: making it like that's that's the truth. But those of

916
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,759
Speaker 1: us that do, the universal theme to all of that

917
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: is just we all of all busted our asses basically,

918
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: and like, that's that's kind of the thing I think

919
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 1: that anybody can take away from it. The only universal

920
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 1: theme is that everybody that does it work really hard

921
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: and was determined to not be out worked by anybody.

922
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: And and you know, I've made sacrifices, I've I've done

923
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: things that you know, maybe seem stupid at the time,

924
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: but they've all ended up working out. So I think

925
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: that's probably the biggest thing of it. Yeah, I know,

926
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: it's it sounds. It sounds when you say it like that,

927
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: it sounds easy, but it's so hard. I mean, you know,

928
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: reception perception. First of all, great idea. You did come

929
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: up with a tremendous idea that definitely helped catapult your

930
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: career certainly. I mean we're talking about four years. You're

931
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,359
Speaker 1: going from you know, nowhere to to now you're one

932
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: of the prominent voices, gonna be one of the prominent

933
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: fantasy voices, certainly at Yahoo and and just in the

934
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: fantasy sphere in generally, it's a it's a tremendous story

935
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: working hard, not being out worked by your your competitors.

936
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 1: It sounds so easy and basic, but it's hard to

937
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: do that. When you're not sure what the end goal

938
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,319
Speaker 1: is going to be. And I think that right there

939
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: is what stops a lot of young people is you're

940
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 1: not sure what the future holds. So how do you

941
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 1: stay motivated to keep writing every single day, doing research

942
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,399
Speaker 1: every single day, and staying on top of this thing

943
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: every single day? It's that it's that drive that I

944
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: see in you um and and a lot of us

945
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: in this room. I think that have allowed us to

946
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 1: kind of get to where we are today. You know

947
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: what I would say too, it's also just kind of

948
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: like trusting that there's a that there's a plan that's

949
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: you know, if even if you can't see it like

950
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: that it's going to lead you somewhere, and that everything

951
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: you're doing builds to something else. You know, some little

952
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 1: podcasts that you do is eventually going to take you

953
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 1: to here. You know, it can introduce you to a

954
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: new person, uh in a different space, And I think

955
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: that's key that a lot of that a lot of

956
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: people have learned as they're coming up is that we

957
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: all kind of end up relying on each other. And

958
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 1: that's what's so cool honestly about the fantasy community and

959
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: what I think we just don't get enough credit for

960
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: from outside outsiders or whatever. Is that everybody supports the

961
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: hell out of each other, like not only just those

962
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: of us that work together at NFL, but like people

963
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: at other companies, Like I only ended up getting this

964
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 1: job at Yahoo because some of their analysts like recommended

965
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: me to go through that process. And I only ended

966
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: up in NFL because Alex was familiar with my writing elsewhere.

967
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 1: And it's just those connections are so key, and you

968
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:11,839
Speaker 1: should never like exkew other people and like always ask

969
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,320
Speaker 1: for help, and like I've asked, you know, Marcus and James,

970
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: like both of you guys, as I've made this decision,

971
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: app for help along the way and everything like that.

972
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: So Charlie, we said, hello, he's ready. I thought he's

973
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 1: not getting enough attention right now talking about yourself. He's like,

974
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: I hear this every day, this pre morning speed. I

975
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 1: like it. Hey, I'd be a little bit remiss if

976
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: I didn't get these other two guys to talk about

977
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: your career here. But and Alex will start with you. You

978
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: You guys live together. You guys are are still continue

979
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,919
Speaker 1: to be very close friends. Um, you know, having kind

980
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 1: of being part of that hiring process and really seeing

981
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: his career flourish here at NFL Media. I'd love to

982
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: get your take on what you have seen thus far

983
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 1: from Matt harm I mean, I've seen everything Matt talked about.

984
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: You know, we were trying to build up a different

985
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: brand of fantasy over here, and we liked Matt's approach

986
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,880
Speaker 1: to his writing, his his ability as a writer, his

987
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 1: his in depth analytical views, and then get tried to

988
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 1: give him every opportunity he could have here to expand

989
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: upon that, working with things like next gen stats and

990
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 1: other things. And when you hire good people and put

991
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,760
Speaker 1: them in positions to succeed, they're going to do that. Marcus,

992
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 1: I know you've worked as well, you know, from the

993
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: editorial side and kind of working hand in hand with

994
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: with Matt as well. Um, I guess what were your

995
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 1: takeaways from some of his work? Um, I feel like Matt.

996
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: Matt made me better at my job. I mean, I

997
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 1: think that's the biggest takeaway from me is that, you know,

998
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: he he brought a different perspective and he had kind

999
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: of a different way of looking at things, and you know,

1000
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 1: and look, it helped that part of what we we

1001
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 1: did here, and Matt was A big part of it

1002
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,400
Speaker 1: was sort of connecting us to the greater fantasy community.

1003
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: I don't know that that NFL fantasy had that connection

1004
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: as as strongly before Matt got here, and so it

1005
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,320
Speaker 1: it certainly opened this up, I think, to new arguments,

1006
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: new ways of look at things. And and really, truely

1007
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: I say this, since really it made me way better

1008
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,879
Speaker 1: at my job than I was before he got here,

1009
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,040
Speaker 1: I would agree with that. I think I would piggyback

1010
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 1: on that the fact that and again, you know, I

1011
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,719
Speaker 1: buttered my bread here, you know, doing the TV thing.

1012
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 1: But I enjoyed writing. I liked writing, and uh and

1013
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 1: I particularly liked writing about football and fantasy football in particular.

1014
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:26,400
Speaker 1: But um, look, man, you don't get to where you

1015
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: get to without being hyper competitive. And I'm a hyper

1016
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 1: competitive dude. And you read Matt Harmon's pieces and you're like, man,

1017
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: I gotta step my game up. I better step my

1018
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,799
Speaker 1: game up, because I tell you what, this dude's gonna

1019
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 1: kill me out here. So and you're right, Marcus Man,

1020
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: he he did. People noticed his work and by proxy

1021
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 1: noticed our work as well. Um, and I think that

1022
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: raised the entire profile of the fantasy department here at

1023
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: NFL Media. So uh, certainly we are losing I mean

1024
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 1: a tremendous as. It feels like I'm like listening to

1025
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 1: my own funeral. Well, you know, it's weird for you

1026
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: because it's the first time we've ever said nice things

1027
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 1: about as much as like a egomaniac as uh, sometimes

1028
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:12,080
Speaker 1: I might come across like one of the things that

1029
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: I'm worse at is like taking compliments. I've never been

1030
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 1: good good at like hearing that because it just makes

1031
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: me feel weird. We can take it all back, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1032
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 1: let's let's tell that. But on the on that note

1033
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,680
Speaker 1: to like just know the cool part was there. I

1034
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 1: feel like we were all accountable to each other and

1035
00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 1: we all like made each other better there and and

1036
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: that's something that I've always kind of taken, you know,

1037
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 1: if we're talking about how you get how you get

1038
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: ahead in this industry and like being um connected to

1039
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: other people, you know. And I got the job at NFL.

1040
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: I had a lot of people from kind of you

1041
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:51,359
Speaker 1: know the quote unquote fantasy Twitter or whatever, you know,

1042
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 1: people that were down there just grinding part time or whatever.

1043
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:57,879
Speaker 1: Um where I was a lot of people reach out

1044
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 1: to me and said like, hey, man, like when you

1045
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,399
Speaker 1: got that job, felt like we all got that job.

1046
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,239
Speaker 1: Like that's interesting, the cool thing to hear one. But

1047
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 1: it's also like, oh man, I better not screw this up.

1048
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:10,640
Speaker 1: So it's just just something that like, when you're accountable

1049
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: to other people and you have you build that community,

1050
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: whether it was us at work or the larger fantasy

1051
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: community in general. I think that's why we're I think

1052
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,359
Speaker 1: that's why fantasy analysis is so great, is because we're

1053
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: all pushing each other, um to be better. True. Um,

1054
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 1: you know it's funny too, man, because for whatever reason,

1055
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 1: a lot of folks uh, and we played this up too,

1056
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:34,359
Speaker 1: but a lot of folks thought that that you and

1057
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 1: I had uh some kind of some kind of beef

1058
00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 1: or something, which I think was just it was kind

1059
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: of a fake, made up, you know, beef that we

1060
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,879
Speaker 1: kind of came up with. Uh. Either an idiot on

1061
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 1: national television. I've called many people an idiot. I'm not sure.

1062
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: I'm not sure why anybody thought there was any heat.

1063
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 1: Hard to say, I know, it's so funny, Uh no listen,

1064
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,600
Speaker 1: but off air, uh it was, it's been nothing but

1065
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: love between the two of us there, So just to

1066
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:05,440
Speaker 1: kind of. I guess again, peel peel the curtain back

1067
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 1: a little bit. Hey, listen, before we let you go, man,

1068
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: can we ask you a couple of fantasy questions. I mean,

1069
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: I get that's great, you're you're not officially I'm officially

1070
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,319
Speaker 1: started at Yeah, who yet? So this is all off

1071
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:21,760
Speaker 1: the clock. You guys to send me some royalties whatever

1072
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 1: you guys, I'll buy you a beer. I mean, you

1073
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 1: know how much we're getting paid. Um, give me. I

1074
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 1: dubbed you the wide receiver prognosticators, So I'll give you

1075
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 1: some wide receiver layups here. But give me a fantasy

1076
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: sleeper at the wide receiver position whose ADP might be

1077
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:50,200
Speaker 1: in the eighth round or later. Man, A great question.

1078
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 1: Some of the guys I've kind of found myself drafting

1079
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 1: a lot lately, Like there's some there's some very obvious

1080
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: values who I think aren't aren't ever gonna get sit

1081
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: up because they're not sexy guys like Richard Matthews. I've

1082
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:07,239
Speaker 1: been drafting a lot. Um. It's funny. I think everybody's

1083
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 1: expecting Tennessee to take a little bit of a jump,

1084
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,839
Speaker 1: and most of their weapons that that jump has kind

1085
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: of been priced into the running backs are our high picks.

1086
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: Corey Davis is a high pick. Delaney Walker is still

1087
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:21,959
Speaker 1: a good mid round tight end. The only two guys

1088
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:25,280
Speaker 1: that that boost hasn't been priced up in is Richard

1089
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: Matthews and ironically the quarterback, which doesn't make any sense. Um.

1090
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: So Matthews is a guy I've been taking a lot late, um,

1091
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:34,400
Speaker 1: And I could say the same for a guy like

1092
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: Alan hearns Um when I went back and looked at

1093
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:42,279
Speaker 1: his reception perception from this past season. He's definitely not

1094
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: a guy who you know, gets a ton of separation

1095
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: on on on outside routes or against press coverage. But

1096
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: I think the fact that they're looking to move him

1097
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,279
Speaker 1: around a lot in Dallas, and that's kind of the

1098
00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:56,919
Speaker 1: reports out of minicamp. You know, they're not having Cole

1099
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: Beasley stick as a strict slot receiver. I think of

1100
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 1: Alan Earrington kind of be like a forty to slot

1101
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,040
Speaker 1: snap guy. He could be kind of like a poor

1102
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:08,479
Speaker 1: man's Adam feeling in that office. I mean, very poor

1103
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 1: man right, right, right, But but I mean he consistently

1104
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 1: goes like eleventh round even in best ball drafts, and

1105
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 1: I am just constantly drafting him there, and it's like,

1106
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: so those are the those are the guys that like

1107
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:25,680
Speaker 1: are super I don't know, unsexy, but are gonna OutKick

1108
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 1: their ADP. And then but then a guy that I

1109
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: think could be like a legit breakout candidate who I

1110
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 1: have been drafting more and more is Josh Dockson from Washington. UM.

1111
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 1: I think he's the guy that if everything comes together there,

1112
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:40,920
Speaker 1: if he can be more than a jump ball receiver,

1113
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,160
Speaker 1: which based on what I saw of him at a

1114
00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 1: TCU charting him for reception perception, I think he can be.

1115
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: I think he's the guy who could be the clear

1116
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: number one of that offense. And I really like the way.

1117
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: I don't know about you guys, but I really like

1118
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,160
Speaker 1: the way this Washington offense sets up UM. Even with

1119
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,399
Speaker 1: Alex Smith subbing in for Kirk Cousins, I mean, other

1120
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 1: than guy, there's nobody, uh, you know Washington uniform that

1121
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 1: we're seeing go relatively high. Chris Thompson's going super late. Uh,

1122
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 1: We're seeing both of the receivers go super late as well,

1123
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: Thompson's I see Thompson going alut in the middle rounds.

1124
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: Geis is the highest ADP but even he's only going

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00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:18,360
Speaker 1: in like round four, round five, which I'm I'm I'm

1126
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,359
Speaker 1: intrigued by that because Gruten has done such a great job,

1127
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:24,200
Speaker 1: you know, morphing the offense to to his player. So

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00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: I'm with you, man, I'm I like Dockson. I I

1129
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:31,800
Speaker 1: tend to lean towards Paul Richardson in this offense because

1130
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:34,400
Speaker 1: I think he's a better route runner, um and just

1131
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: given the fact that Alex Smith doesn't throw jump balls,

1132
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:39,880
Speaker 1: he just doesn't, he just will refuse to throw jump balls.

1133
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:42,440
Speaker 1: I just wonder if he's going to start to favor

1134
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 1: Paul Richardson in terms of a route running ability, um,

1135
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: you know, in that offense, but but yet to be seen. Certainly, Yeah,

1136
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,560
Speaker 1: I think that's fair. Those two guys like they have

1137
00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: even if Duckston doesn't hit his feeling. I think Richardson

1138
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 1: and Docton actually have really similar skill sets because both

1139
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 1: are really great contested catch receivers but also can get vertical. Uh.

1140
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,160
Speaker 1: And I just think if one of them is going

1141
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: to grow beyond what we've already seen in their NFL career,

1142
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:11,960
Speaker 1: I think it's probably going to be, uh docks In

1143
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:13,880
Speaker 1: rather than Richard sent I love that. You gotta love

1144
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: the touchdown upside to just he's such a red zone threat. Um,

1145
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,800
Speaker 1: let me ask you one more question. It's your hometown team.

1146
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 1: It's the Carolina Panthers. They spent the first round draft

1147
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:24,480
Speaker 1: pick on d J. Moore. I really like him. Man,

1148
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: people from West Virginia cheer for I'm gonna say, I've

1149
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:31,360
Speaker 1: literally never lived in the state of North Carolina. But whatever,

1150
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:33,720
Speaker 1: it's you know whatever, You've got family over there. What

1151
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 1: do you want me to say? The Mountaineers are your

1152
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: hometown team. I mean, we know that, but you know,

1153
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:41,120
Speaker 1: it's it's been a fun draft. I think I'll just

1154
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 1: be uh. D J. Moore first round wide receiver for

1155
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers. Um, I really love him in this offense.

1156
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:52,440
Speaker 1: Can you give me an idea of what reception perception

1157
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: says and how do you feel like he's going to

1158
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,680
Speaker 1: fit in with Cam Newton and the boys there? Yeah?

1159
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: I really like d J. Moore. You know, you and

1160
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 1: I James were together actually when this uh, when this

1161
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: pick came down. Yeah, yeah, I was a big, big

1162
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,880
Speaker 1: fan of it. And he's like, I think, the perfect

1163
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:10,680
Speaker 1: receiver what this offense needed, because he definitely brings some

1164
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 1: speed and playmaking ability, but he's also a guy that

1165
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 1: could create easy lay up grows for the quarterback because

1166
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,680
Speaker 1: he could separate early in routes, you know, out of

1167
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 1: the slot as the flanker. Um, they haven't really had

1168
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 1: that type of player. I mean, honestly in years and

1169
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:28,200
Speaker 1: in Carolina. Um, I don't know how this is gonna

1170
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:30,880
Speaker 1: split out in year one, and I haven't found found

1171
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,440
Speaker 1: myself being really drawn to H. D J. Moore at

1172
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: all at this point in draft. Not because they don't

1173
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:40,760
Speaker 1: like the player, but it's just a very crowded passing

1174
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:43,040
Speaker 1: attack right now, or at least it's top heavy, like

1175
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:45,880
Speaker 1: Devin Bunches. I don't think it's necessarily going anywhere. They

1176
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:49,160
Speaker 1: have Greg Olsen as a guy who's clearly gonna get

1177
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:51,600
Speaker 1: a hundred targets. You know, Christian McCaffrey is still gonna

1178
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: get seventy eight catches. Uh, it's tough, and it's tough

1179
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 1: out there to to find, Like you can easily see

1180
00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 1: a scenario he's the fourth guy in line in his

1181
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: rookie season. But all of those guys there that I

1182
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:06,360
Speaker 1: mentioned are at least pretty volatile. You know, Greg Olsen

1183
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: kind of on the back nine of his career, even

1184
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:11,400
Speaker 1: though he just got an extension. Devin Funches is not

1185
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:15,840
Speaker 1: I don't think he's a number one receiver. Uh. And

1186
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:17,600
Speaker 1: d J Moore, I do think it long term is

1187
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:20,880
Speaker 1: gonna be a better player. But again, so there's some

1188
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:23,520
Speaker 1: volatility there. But I just don't think more as a

1189
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,480
Speaker 1: player that I'm ever gonna be too drawn to drafting.

1190
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 1: Not to mention I mentioned it's it's crowded here among

1191
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 1: the past catchers, but this is a passing attack that's

1192
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: historically been pretty low volume, and I don't really see

1193
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:36,840
Speaker 1: any reason for that to change. It's a good point,

1194
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:39,400
Speaker 1: even with North Turner there, even if they want to

1195
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: get a little bit more vertical. Uh, you know again,

1196
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 1: you're right, it's been a pretty low volume passing offense there,

1197
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:49,160
Speaker 1: all right. Matt Harmon now of Yahoo joining us here

1198
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Live podcast sounds weird to say anything.

1199
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:55,439
Speaker 1: Any last thoughts you want to tell the listeners out there.

1200
00:59:57,080 --> 01:00:00,560
Speaker 1: I mean, thanks for listening to me on this podcast. Uh,

1201
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,040
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. I'm gonna miss doing

1202
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,720
Speaker 1: it with you guys. I'm gonna miss everybody that um

1203
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:09,320
Speaker 1: that listened to us, But hopefully you guys continue to

1204
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,440
Speaker 1: follow my work at Yahoo. I think it's gonna be

1205
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And hey, maybe i'll have a

1206
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 1: new podcast there for you to be listening too soon.

1207
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 1: We'll we'll see. Hey, there you go, more than one podcast.

1208
01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 1: It's not a it's not a betrayal situation. Don't don't

1209
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 1: worry everybody. I take good bye to you, but I'm

1210
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 1: gonna see you for beers tomorrow soth there you go. Yeah, right,

1211
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: all right, the great Matt Harmon joining us here on

1212
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,200
Speaker 1: the NFL Fancy Left Podcast. Matt, We're gonna miss you,

1213
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:38,760
Speaker 1: bell Yeah, all right, see you. Dap steps, dog bites

1214
01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:42,320
Speaker 1: and dipping step steps steps. You know, if you like

1215
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: creepy rabbits, this movie is for you. Degenerate Zilla is

1216
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 1: down there. This is why I love this group of guys.

1217
01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:52,200
Speaker 1: Were like a world when they're barely dap time, Alex

1218
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:55,480
Speaker 1: kealhar kick us off, pal Oh, I wasn't prepared. I

1219
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:59,240
Speaker 1: actually had pulled up the world call here we go

1220
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 1: see let me see. Oh that's what I wanted to

1221
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 1: talk about. Yes, I started the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary

1222
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:09,480
Speaker 1: that came on on PBS last fall. That's a ten

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01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:14,760
Speaker 1: part like seventeen and a half hour, h seventeen and

1224
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:18,720
Speaker 1: a half just shy of eighteen. But they put it

1225
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: on they put it on Netflix, and uh I started

1226
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:24,680
Speaker 1: it over the weekend, and it is amazing, like the depth,

1227
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:30,200
Speaker 1: the information, uh just the storytelling in general, Ken Burns

1228
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:32,200
Speaker 1: is amazing. But like this, I mean this, and like,

1229
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: you know, Vietnam is such a formative part of like

1230
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:38,400
Speaker 1: America as we know it today, and like I I know,

1231
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,000
Speaker 1: I know about it, but I don't know as in

1232
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:43,760
Speaker 1: depth as this trouble to go. So it's really really

1233
01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:46,840
Speaker 1: fascinating to watch that story unfold so far. So I

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01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 1: can't recommend it enough. It's on Netflix if you would

1235
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:51,120
Speaker 1: like to check it out. I am going to go

1236
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:53,280
Speaker 1: full millennial there and say, I don't know if I

1237
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:56,880
Speaker 1: can actually dedicate an entire work week to watching. Could

1238
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,120
Speaker 1: take your time with it, because I tried. I tried

1239
01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:03,560
Speaker 1: watching his bass ball thing. Baseball is great, and especially

1240
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:07,400
Speaker 1: because they've actually updated it like the nineties, and I

1241
01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:11,360
Speaker 1: know that it's good. You know, I just again a

1242
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:14,480
Speaker 1: hundred dollars of baseball history. I just I don't know

1243
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: how long it is. Basically, I used a section of

1244
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:18,920
Speaker 1: it to write a paper when I was like when

1245
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: I was in the eleventh grade, like yeah uh. And

1246
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:23,600
Speaker 1: then I also just want to say I watched that

1247
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: on VHS by the way, wow not not on laser disc.

1248
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 1: Also just wanted to say daily Depps and thanks to

1249
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 1: all the people that gave me words of support on Twitter, Facebook,

1250
01:02:35,120 --> 01:02:38,720
Speaker 1: in person otherwise. Really meant a lot. And the outpouring

1251
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,680
Speaker 1: of support was was fantastic and maybe get a little

1252
01:02:41,720 --> 01:02:43,920
Speaker 1: get a little emotional, So thank you to everybody for that.

1253
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 1: Your words were all appreciated. I tried to respond to

1254
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 1: like everybody that replied to the tweet. Two. If I

1255
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: missed you, I apologize. I mentions turned into a tire

1256
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:52,960
Speaker 1: fire there for a little while, a little um, but

1257
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,600
Speaker 1: I think I pretty much got everybody. So if not apologize,

1258
01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:58,640
Speaker 1: did your eye sweat a little bit at the at

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Speaker 1: the beginning from some some of the folks, But I

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Speaker 1: was able to keep it together. And that's my new

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Speaker 1: phrase now, is that because you know it's more manly,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Of course, got Marcus crime

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Speaker 1: what you get well, first, I mean I just want

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Speaker 1: to day leave that Alex go hard because of you

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Speaker 1: know what you guys know about NFL Fantasy right now,

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Speaker 1: even this podcast, like so much of it is because

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Speaker 1: of him, yep. Um, And so everything you have done

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01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:24,880
Speaker 1: has been fantastic. And I you know, I know I

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Speaker 1: said that Harmon made me better. You made me so

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Speaker 1: much better at my job, um because you you sacrificed

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Speaker 1: a lot to help make us who we are. Um.

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Speaker 1: And I will always, always, always always be grateful for that.

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Speaker 1: Thanks man, appreciate that's a lot. Go kicks Masks in Wisconsin. Uh.

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Speaker 1: It's fun to see where this podcast has come to

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01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,680
Speaker 1: for days of when I had to record it and

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Speaker 1: we didn't have trying to figure it out. Right, Lord,

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Speaker 1: now here we are, so here we are baby. Um.

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Speaker 1: So my other dapt adapts to our our pal Alex Wilke. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He and his now wife Angelo got married over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: It was fantastic. We had a great time at the

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Speaker 1: wedding there. Um. And my final depth is the world

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Speaker 1: comes been great, like the soccer itself has been fantastic.

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Speaker 1: That's the Jorgey Perez Navarro who's one of the announcers

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Speaker 1: for the World Cup. And you you if you've been

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Speaker 1: watching into the games, you know who he is, because

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Speaker 1: the dude has been just over the top excited and

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Speaker 1: hilarious soccer time time. I mean, look, the first game

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Speaker 1: I heard him do, like I think, I can't remember

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Speaker 1: which game it was, but he did the Prue game.

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Speaker 1: The first Prue game in the group stage. He dropped

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Speaker 1: when he dropped the cool runnings dropped in the middle

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Speaker 1: of the broadcast. I was on board. I was. I

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Speaker 1: was fully so. That came after when the Danish dynamite

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Speaker 1: to Denmark. Denmark scored and he dropped a boom goes

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Speaker 1: the dynamite. Yes, like people people people claim he's biased,

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Speaker 1: He's really not. The guy is biased for soccer, just

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Speaker 1: excited and like his his excitement is infectious and so like,

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Speaker 1: props to him. I love it. He gets so amped

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Speaker 1: up when the shots and it's such a great balance

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Speaker 1: with like the play by play too, because they are

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Speaker 1: much more traditionally reserved and analytical, and so it it

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01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:02,040
Speaker 1: brings you down, but it bounces it out so well

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01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:05,040
Speaker 1: because he gets so amped for it. And man, he's

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Speaker 1: just makes watching a game that I love to watch

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Speaker 1: just so much more enjoyable. Hats off to him. J Perev.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing. I didn't think to get him in there,

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Speaker 1: but man, I just love that guy. Is he the

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Speaker 1: color guy or the places like sorry, the color guys

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Speaker 1: that when I met Sometimes it's a little more, a

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Speaker 1: little more analytical. I feel. I feel he's very this guy,

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Speaker 1: Jorge Navarro Perez Navara very uh fans are very split

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Speaker 1: on him, yes, but it's Twitter like that. But I

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Speaker 1: don't care. It's a guy. It's a guy with a

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Speaker 1: you know, Hispanic accent calling games for a lot of

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Speaker 1: Central American and Mexican teams, and he is from Mexico,

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Speaker 1: so he was obviously a little more invested in that game.

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Speaker 1: But as I tweeted out, I said, how dare Fox

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Speaker 1: put a former national team player in the booth to

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Speaker 1: commentate on their team when we frequently have Stu Holden

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Speaker 1: and Landed Donovan and Alexei Lawless and all of those

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Speaker 1: people in there, like, get off your high horse. And

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Speaker 1: he also called a great game in that Mexican Mexican

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Speaker 1: game that he he called, and he has been he

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Speaker 1: has been objective and excited for both sides and all

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Speaker 1: the other ones. He's just fantastic. There you go, all right,

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Speaker 1: there you go. I lock it. I will piggyback on

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Speaker 1: MG's daily dap. Alex gilhar uh. Again we talked about

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Speaker 1: the top of the show. But man, it just props

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Speaker 1: to you man. Uh, you know, what you're embarking on

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01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:24,440
Speaker 1: certainly is a long voyage and it's a rocky voyage

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01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:27,440
Speaker 1: as well as you are very well aware. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: for you to have stuck it out, um and kind

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Speaker 1: of seeing this plan through and again you got the

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Speaker 1: you got I mean, you just have an amazing job here, man,

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Speaker 1: you really do. Um And quite honestly, you know, emty

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Speaker 1: touched on a little bit. You're the architect of the

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Speaker 1: entire fantasy department here at NFL Media And and why

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Speaker 1: is that so people don't know what kind of goes

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Speaker 1: on beyond behind the scenes. But uh, Alex Gailhard was

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Speaker 1: the driver force behind bringing this podcast back uh to life.

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01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:59,480
Speaker 1: It was just a repurpose you know, audio portion of

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Speaker 1: the show and do that well, well, guess what now

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01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:04,560
Speaker 1: we're one of the more successful podcasts here in the

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Speaker 1: NFL Media group. Even though people don't want to recognize that.

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Speaker 1: That's fine still, Uh, I want to still get Harry

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Speaker 1: Potter and have to stay in that fine it's fine.

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01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:15,640
Speaker 1: We're just you know, we we have more listens and

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Speaker 1: downloads and than you know, a few other podcasts come by.

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Speaker 1: But who cares. Why do we need to look at

1350
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:23,520
Speaker 1: the numbers? Don't look at him. Don't. But Alex Caller

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Speaker 1: was certainly an architect. Look. He brought in uh Man franchise,

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Speaker 1: he brought in Man harmon Um and really just kind

1353
01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: of organized the thought process and the editorial side of

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Speaker 1: the content that you read on the NFL dot com

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Speaker 1: side as well. So Alex Ller is certainly an architect

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Speaker 1: of what this feels like. And it's just a totally

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Speaker 1: different feeling than what it was when I started here

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Speaker 1: four seasons ago. Four seasons ago. I gotta be honest

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Speaker 1: with you. I don't think anybody went to NFL dot

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Speaker 1: com fer fancy advice. I really don't. Very few people

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01:07:56,760 --> 01:08:00,240
Speaker 1: didn't anyways. Um now it's to me anyways, it kind

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01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:01,680
Speaker 1: of like a low key and I know it sounds

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Speaker 1: stupid because it's NFL dot Com, but it is. It's

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Speaker 1: a low key source of great information. Uh for I

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01:08:08,560 --> 01:08:13,280
Speaker 1: think fantasy players of all levels, beginner, medium, intermediate, expert,

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01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:15,840
Speaker 1: doesn't matter, you're gonna get something from NFL dot com,

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01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:17,600
Speaker 1: so so prompts to you on that as well. I

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Speaker 1: will give my final daily DAP to South Korea. Baby Korea,

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Speaker 1: let's go beat the Germans. Viva Korea. You know, well

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Speaker 1: here it is if you're a Mexican, that's true, true,

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Speaker 1: help Mexico get into the into the next round. I'm

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Speaker 1: happy for the Mexican fans man, but no to oh

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Speaker 1: win against Germany, the defending World Cup champions. It's just

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Speaker 1: it's it's crazy. It was a great moment in Korean football, uh,

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Speaker 1: Korean soccer history, so it's great. You know what's so

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Speaker 1: cool about the World Cup too? I feel like this

1377
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Speaker 1: doesn't quite happen as much in other tournaments, but it

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01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,240
Speaker 1: takes so long and you have to work so hard

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01:08:57,280 --> 01:08:59,479
Speaker 1: to get there that even if you're a team like

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Speaker 1: Korea who was mathematically eliminated from advancing in the tournament,

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Speaker 1: there's still so much national and personal pride on this stage. Perue. Yesterday,

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Speaker 1: Sully just said in my ear too, like they went

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Speaker 1: out and they went out to win against the former

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Speaker 1: national champions and our world champions, who had everything to

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Speaker 1: play for the result, and South Korea beat them. It's

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Speaker 1: just amazing. Even the Sunday, I mean, Panama gets on

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Speaker 1: the score where gets bludgeoned by England, but they scored

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Speaker 1: their first ever World Cup goal as a country, and

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Speaker 1: it was they go, that's the story. Like they were

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Speaker 1: down I think five oh, or it might have even

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Speaker 1: been six out at the point when that goal scored,

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Speaker 1: and they showed live reactions from Panama and you would

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01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:43,599
Speaker 1: have thought they just wanted like it's so cool. That's

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Speaker 1: why this tournament is so amazing. And the South South

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Speaker 1: Korea this morning, what a game and for and for

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Speaker 1: for countries like this, man, I mean, it's all positivity

1397
01:09:51,560 --> 01:09:53,680
Speaker 1: in a way, I feel bad. And by the way,

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01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,400
Speaker 1: daily depths to uh to to all the Maridona gifts

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Speaker 1: out there. Oh my god, Diego Merriton was just a fool.

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Speaker 1: He was acting a fool yesterday. Uh the gifts that

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Speaker 1: coming out of that match were just unblievable. He had

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01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:10,719
Speaker 1: been on the sauce. I think he was on something.

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01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:12,519
Speaker 1: He had to been on the sauce had to been

1404
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:17,080
Speaker 1: super saucy that match. Anyways, Yes, overall, nothing but positivity

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Speaker 1: for those topic countries. Uh So there you go, Daily

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Speaker 1: DAPs to to to the world Cup produces here close up. Well,

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Speaker 1: Daily DAPs to you guys. I feel like this feels

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Speaker 1: like a final episode here in their fields. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: Daily DAPs, you guys. I've only been producing for a

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Speaker 1: few weeks, so you guys are awesome and best of luck,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. It does feel a little bit

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Speaker 1: like a final episode, and the Twitter followers were asking

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Speaker 1: us for a finale, so here you go. Uh to

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Speaker 1: the ardent listeners of the NFL fans. We appreciate all

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Speaker 1: of you guys. Thank you so much. All right, so

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Speaker 1: there you go. Great show. We did get into our

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Speaker 1: feels here a little bit. It was a feelings podcast,

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Speaker 1: all right for MG my guy Marcus Grant for the

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Speaker 1: whiz Kid from Wisconsin producer Christina, and of course that

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Speaker 1: hardened as well. I'm James Colt, thanks for listening. I

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Speaker 1: don't go, don't go. M