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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly

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Speaker 1: source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice.

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Speaker 2: What's up and Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly off

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Speaker 2: season editions with your host John Lagaza and my friend

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Speaker 2: and cohort mister Jake Trowbridge. Again, no rest for the

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Speaker 2: weary here what off season? Off season? What off season? Jape?

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Speaker 2: The ball keeps rolling and we're here to cover it.

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Speaker 2: I actually got some positive feedback from a very close

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Speaker 2: friend of mine who said you and I make a

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Speaker 2: really good pair. And he said, you do a good

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Speaker 2: job of keeping me in line. How about that?

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't know about that. I don't know how

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Speaker 1: great I necessarily am or even need to be about that.

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Speaker 2: John.

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Speaker 1: The beauty I think comes from your whirlwind, whirling, dervish nature.

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Speaker 1: We don't want to lose that right right.

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Speaker 2: We want to we'd like to rationally suppress right without

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Speaker 2: without totally throttling. But it's true, you know, nothing like

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Speaker 2: a little If you ever directed energy weapon, you gotta

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Speaker 2: make sure we're pointing it in the right way. I

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Speaker 2: held that one for audio because again, we're just a

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Speaker 2: really close friend of mine who has been following a

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Speaker 2: lot of my work and my you know, trajectory. Doing content,

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Speaker 2: I get a positive but also negative feedback. And of

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Speaker 2: all the stuff I've done, probably the brightest has been

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Speaker 2: between you and I. All Right, so enough of the powdering.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into the nuts and bolts. We're gonna be

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Speaker 2: covering some more moves, some retentions, some new locations, and

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Speaker 2: then you know, again using Underdog ADP, which is very

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Speaker 2: short because it's moving, we're gonna talk about winners and losers,

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Speaker 2: fantasy effects, how we feel. Let's start under center. Now,

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Speaker 2: this one is really really interesting. We probably could spend

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Speaker 2: the entire episode on it, and I'll try not to.

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Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins, Okay, so I have the whole thing. Kirk

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Speaker 2: Cousins signs a five year, one hundred and seven two

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Speaker 2: million dollar deal with the Raiders. Now the big stress

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Speaker 2: years at eighty. Now the big thing is generally that

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Speaker 2: kind of money you're playing, Jake. We know the Raiders

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Speaker 2: are on the clock, right, They're on the clock. In

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Speaker 2: the draft, everyone expected Mendoza, you know, to be the

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Speaker 2: smash pick one oh one. So I don't know if

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Speaker 2: you've put a lot of thought into this. I don't

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Speaker 2: really have a very formed question because there's so many

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Speaker 2: ways does cousins play. Will they still draft Mendoza? Will

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Speaker 2: they draft Mendoza and have him rest and maybe learn? Right,

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Speaker 2: maybe sit and learn. We haven't seen that in a while,

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Speaker 2: So the flora is yours.

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Speaker 1: You're right, we haven't seen that in a while, arguably

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Speaker 1: too long. Though perhaps this might not be the worst thing.

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Speaker 1: I would just like to say, first though, John, can

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Speaker 1: we be done with the it's a five year contract,

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Speaker 1: it's a one year contract, it's a three year contract.

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Speaker 1: What happened to the days where they would just be like,

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Speaker 1: this is how much money it is, and then we

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Speaker 2: I miss that, John, Yeah, he here you go. I'm

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Speaker 2: just so glad I've given up on that. Remember we

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Speaker 2: We were talking about the Chiefs and how they were

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Speaker 2: in the worst cap spot and on its face, it

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Speaker 2: didn't look like there was any chance they could land

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Speaker 2: pump the brakes on understanding these contracts. I do like

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Speaker 2: the guarantee, right, The guarantees are the numbers that I

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Speaker 2: I mentioned that man. I mean, he's twenty million. Is

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Speaker 1: I mean that's a that's a big contract for a tutor.

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Speaker 1: That's a lot of dollars signs for a teacher. However,

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Speaker 1: I have long been of the mindset that drafting Fernando

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Speaker 2: Do this.

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Speaker 1: You can do a bridge quarterback situation, kind of keep

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Speaker 1: I think it's better than throwing him into that particular

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Speaker 2: Yes, so many good points, and yet and it's not

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Speaker 2: saying none of it is addressed because we just don't

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to ignore all of the other verbiage in

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Speaker 2: put some perspective, Bendoza right now is one fifty. Kirk

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Speaker 2: will be in essence of market shock, Cousins is going

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Speaker 2: he's going to move up into at least like QB

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Speaker 2: I think you have to consider him back in QB two.

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Speaker 2: I think the Mendoza price will probably slide. That doesn't

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Speaker 2: what though, one fifty ADP for a player that's not starting.

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Speaker 2: That's a loss, right, we wouldn't generally be investing in

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Speaker 2: Are you bullish, Parish or neutral on you know, Bowers

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Speaker 1: I think the nice thing about Kirk signing there, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: He's not what he used to be even in terms of,

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Speaker 1: which is an area where Kirk Cousins says historically kind

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Speaker 1: Even if Fernando Mendoza does look as good as people

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Speaker 2: So I'd rather a.

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Speaker 1: Safety security feature like Kirk Cousins be the starter early

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Speaker 1: on so that I feel better about drafting Bowers. Are

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Speaker 2: Moving down with this or moving up? I think he

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Speaker 2: and mine is usually this chasing the unknown, uncertainty upside

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Speaker 2: not how you do this, especially with premium picks. That's

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Speaker 2: not how you do this. We as a fantasy football

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Speaker 2: collective should like Bowers more with Cousins than we do

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Speaker 2: guess we could put a bow on that. I'm bullish

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Speaker 2: Raiders don't select Mendoza at one oh one, Cousins needs

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Speaker 2: to be going like fifty. He's seventy one hundred picks

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Speaker 2: That was a really interesting move. Now, I want you

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Speaker 2: I think it's just from fantasy wounds unhealed chick. So

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Speaker 2: status is at very least uncertain right now. Field's definitely

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Speaker 2: a different type of quarterback, not nearly a cerebral or efficient.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, take it away, Does Reed see something?

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Speaker 2: Are they just looking for a guy to I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I get why you're afraid. First of all,

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Speaker 2: Know what they're doing, Jake. I'm starting to have fever

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Speaker 2: dreams that there's some grand conspiracy behind, you know, some

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Speaker 2: smoky room. The Jets are going to move up into

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Speaker 2: the one now that the Raiders have their quarterback. Part

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Speaker 2: of that bounty. Right. What you were saying, I'm trying

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Speaker 2: to lean into the great analysis you've given is that

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Speaker 2: you know what maybe the Raiders said. Man, That Fantasy

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Speaker 2: force Mendoza into what could be a losing situation. Let's

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Speaker 1: Know, but I think it's nice to go from that

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Speaker 2: So we actually mentioned Mahomes at pick ninety earlier on

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Speaker 2: Is it possible that he sees fields for what he is,

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Speaker 2: my circuitous way, do you think this could take away

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Speaker 1: if it's just justin fields under center for however many games,

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Speaker 1: But I could see maybe some red zone vulturing happening

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Speaker 1: they go like Taysom Hill with it. If that's kind

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Speaker 1: of this ability, I don't think that they would do that.

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Speaker 2: I hope that they don't do that. Sehn.

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Speaker 1: Let's wish cast that they don't do that and leave

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't think it's a major threat,

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Speaker 2: still going very late, like it didn't really move much,

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Speaker 2: you'll probably just make him a natural pair with Mahomes

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Speaker 2: in case he misses a game or two. Maybe you

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Speaker 2: with the ken Walker thing, because right, those downstream effects

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Speaker 2: and those touchdowns just matters so much. All right, So

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Speaker 2: obviously I haven't done much to improve my brevity. But

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Speaker 2: It's pick fifty seven, is all right? DeAndre Swift, Chicago

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Speaker 2: DeMont maybe getting a chance at like a real RB

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Speaker 1: John. You're saying he had picked fifty seven and then

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Speaker 1: you cushed it next to those names, and I think

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Speaker 1: just he's never really been an efficient back. He'll be

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Speaker 1: having Nick Chubb on your fantasy team last year? I

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Speaker 1: But what I do like for this, you're talking about

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Speaker 1: downstream effects. I actually like this for Woody Marx. Obviously

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Speaker 1: in PPR formats John to actually be a pretty solid

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's gonna be depending on how my

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Speaker 2: having to decide on these guys at pick sixty that

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Speaker 2: frankly i'm not enamored with. There are wide receivers i'd

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Speaker 2: I think I'm with you there, though. The touchdown equity

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Speaker 2: I'm projecting Montgomery for the you know, vast majority of

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Speaker 2: didn't realize how enticing that what he Mark's pass catching

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Speaker 2: profile is. Again, when you said it, I knew it

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Speaker 2: was right because your stuff is so good, But on

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Speaker 2: the on paper, I didn't realize it. You know, it

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Speaker 2: I think it's going too high because inside the top

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Speaker 2: sixty picks, I like a little more pass catching Montgomery,

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Speaker 2: not a total zero. But I believe this really defines

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Speaker 2: the roles very clearly, right, and I think I think

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Speaker 2: that's the points we were both making. Next up, Chris

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Speaker 2: Teuton as one. Chris Rodriguez to lacint Allen, who he

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Speaker 2: saw kind of frustrate fantasy managers at points. Again, speaking

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Speaker 2: feel like it's Teuton ORB one season, where Rodriguez is

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Speaker 2: I don't think Tuton is discluded from it, excluded from

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Speaker 1: I don't want you to get my hopes up, is

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Speaker 1: the problem. I've already. I had my hopes set so

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Speaker 1: him do that, right, I can take the high value

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Speaker 1: touches for Bacial Touton. I got to give Rodriguez some props, though,

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Speaker 1: John I thought he was the best running back on

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Speaker 1: to like him a lot. We never know really with coaches,

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Speaker 1: John if they're just trying to hype up the new

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Speaker 2: I think I got Bacial Tuton coming in at ADP

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Speaker 2: I'm not even I'm worlds apart on that one, right,

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Speaker 2: I'm worlds apart as far as career trajectory, potential upside,

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Speaker 2: not just fantasy football. We need to be malleable, right,

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Speaker 2: We need to kind of move right like Bruce Lee.

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Speaker 2: We hear so many people complaining about loads and running

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Speaker 2: off you again because this was a little bit of

429
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 2: a sticker shock in the other direction. I thought Rodriguez

430
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 2: would be going very late. Chris Rodriguez is going next

431
00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 2: to Aaron Jones, Zach charbon Ay, Tyrone Tracy. I mean

432
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,160
Speaker 2: if you're worried about Scatterbo. You should like Tracy. So

433
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 2: I do not like the Rodriguez price. I thought he

434
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 2: was going very late. You share my sentiment on that.

435
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 2: Rodriguez a little expensive for what we feel like is

436
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:13,639
Speaker 2: a clear backup.

437
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 1: He's expensive, and that just says to me that not

438
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: everybody thinks like we do, that he is the clear backup,

439
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,439
Speaker 1: that he is at least gonna get fifty percent of

440
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,520
Speaker 1: the workload, maybe more, and maybe he does get most

441
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 1: of the touchdowns. And at that price, if you get

442
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,479
Speaker 1: a touchdown a game or thereabouts, okay, you're you're all

443
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,960
Speaker 1: right obviously spending that, but that is interesting.

444
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,679
Speaker 2: You get just a tremendous gold star for me, if

445
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 2: only my arm could reach the Midwest. I have a

446
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 2: gold star for your wonderful nose. Because that's what this

447
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 2: is all about, the thing that we do fantasy football.

448
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 2: Right again, I mentioned being malleable, but it's understanding markets.

449
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 2: These things are dynamic, and what you just did is

450
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 2: so brilliant and is what people need to be doing,

451
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 2: which is looking at markets and then using that like

452
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 2: determination as an assertion. It's the truth that was the

453
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 2: real determined issue in chake. That was just so awesome

454
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 2: because I missed that and I thought it and saw it,

455
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 2: but I didn't frame it, and you really.

456
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: Nailed it back stars today, I'm so lovey to be

457
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: on the.

458
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,680
Speaker 2: Hey Listen, my friend knew what he was talking about. Man,

459
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. He knew you me and

460
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 2: you were friends with life though. So it's it's it's

461
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 2: the truth that Riguez price tell and so does the

462
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 2: Teuton price, right, and and I just didn't piece together.

463
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 2: I was surprised at the Tuton price and being too low,

464
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 2: and surprised at the Rodriguez price being too high, and

465
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 2: then you nailed it. That's what the market feels that

466
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 2: these two players are much closer, which tells me, I'm

467
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,920
Speaker 2: going to get Tutin at a price I like, and

468
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 2: Rodriguez is going to go, probably in spots that might

469
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 2: frustrate us as Tutin drafters, because I do like the pair,

470
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 2: especially in bastball and stuff, but I don't force it.

471
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 2: And if he's going at a price I don't like,

472
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 2: I'm out. So that was really really awesome. Another Batman,

473
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 2: we have all the players that are really disappointed to

474
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 2: me over the years, it's Isaiah Pacheco. Oh Man, there

475
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,679
Speaker 2: there are screenshots, and I'm not proud of Jake. There

476
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 2: were articles and bold predictions and all of these things,

477
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 2: and I'm not proud of Isaiah. Pachecko signs on with Detroit.

478
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 2: I now, like this is like talk about wheels up.

479
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 2: If you're not into Pachecko. Jamier Gibbs right now is

480
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 2: making a case for the one oh one right behind

481
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 2: B Robinson. I won't. I won't hint Rich Robinson I'm

482
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,880
Speaker 2: talking about right, but it's B Robinson. So take it away.

483
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 2: On Pachecko. Do you think he's one of the lower

484
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 2: injury guys and we get a bounce back or has

485
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 2: that ship sailed?

486
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: I just think it's relying too heavily on touchdowns with Pachecko.

487
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: You're looking at him to step into as much of

488
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 1: a workload as David Montgomery historically got there. But if

489
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: I'm trying to decipher what the coaching staff and GM

490
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 1: are doing here, they're saying that, yes, they want to

491
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 1: give more work to Jamiir Gibbs, not more work to

492
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 1: the new guy coming in. They need't somebody, they can't

493
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: have just one guy, And obviously no backfield is just

494
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 1: going to have one guy, but Isaiah Pachecko. Maybe he'll

495
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: again vulture some touchdowns. Dave Montgomery historically a lot of

496
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 1: double digit touchdown seasons as the sort of number two

497
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: back or one be back with Detroit. Oh, I don't

498
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 1: think we have to be as worried about Pacheco being

499
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 1: that guy.

500
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 2: Not to be rude.

501
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,479
Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco very interesting, very fun runner, very powerful runner runner,

502
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 1: but not somebody that I'm afraid of, and not somebody

503
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 1: I'm drafting. John, Are you interested in drafting him? What's

504
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:25,399
Speaker 1: his ADP?

505
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 2: Not not anymore. I'm just I'm out, And I know

506
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 2: everybody has a price for the thousand dollars man. As

507
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,679
Speaker 2: I always say, he's in that backup range one sixty five,

508
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say no, I you know, no, I'd rather

509
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 2: have our buddy Woody Marks right there. You know, I'm

510
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 2: just I'm just not loving it. Dylan Samson is back there.

511
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 2: I like Dylan sh I actually really like Dylan Samson.

512
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 2: I understand, you know, Judkins probably lapped him, but unfortunately,

513
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 2: injuries are a real thing, and we have to think

514
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 2: of that next order, right, that next wave, And for me, yeah,

515
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 2: Pichecko again a mistake I've made, like automatically stacking and

516
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 2: pairing guys. You gotta think, if Heaven forbid, something happens

517
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: to gives and Pacheco is the guy. Do we even

518
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 2: want him? Is he even in RB one and right?

519
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 2: Kansas City tried this, They tried to make him a

520
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 2: feature back. He's had the touch totals and it never

521
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 2: got home for us. So I think I'm out because one,

522
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 2: I think Gibbs can handle the load. I think he

523
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 2: will handle the load. And I think even if Pacheco

524
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 2: gets a chance, he's not going to Jake. We had

525
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 2: a couple more running backs. I want to fast forward

526
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 2: through them. Want to talk about a couple of pass

527
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 2: catchers before we get out of here, because again it's

528
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 2: like backup in tertiary pieces, and you know me, I'll

529
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 2: get lost in any weed that you show me when

530
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 2: it comes to fantasy football. Lightning round on a couple

531
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 2: of wide receiver names, just like if you think they

532
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 2: matter or not. The first one I had was John Metchi.

533
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 2: He's a guy that I really liked, but he goes

534
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 2: to Carolina and now I guess they have a need

535
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,399
Speaker 2: for weaponry. I'm just worried about the ceiling there. I

536
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 2: kind of like the shower narrative when he was at Houston,

537
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,400
Speaker 2: and I think without that, I've gotten a little bit.

538
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 2: I've gotten a little bit cold on Metchi. Now he's

539
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 2: going really really late, like pick two forty, So I

540
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 2: guess you could add him. Does he move the needle

541
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 2: for you at all?

542
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: I mean, you said it. They need some other pass catchers.

543
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: They've got McMillan, they've got Jalen Cocher. They could really

544
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,679
Speaker 1: use the third guy to step up John Metchi. You know,

545
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: he flashed a little bit with the Jets last year.

546
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: There was a couple of weeks where it's like, Oh,

547
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: is he Is he doing this now? And then he

548
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: did not continue to do it.

549
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 2: Do you think he'll jump to get That's what I

550
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 2: meant to ask, oh, because that would be the path

551
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 2: to relevance.

552
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be necessarily the hardest thing

553
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: in the world, So I'm not confecting it, but I

554
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: could see it happening.

555
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, But that's one of those draft capital guys just

556
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 2: start chasing it, and you chase it over and over

557
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 2: and over, and then eventually one first round pick goes

558
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 2: crazy six years later and all of a sudden like

559
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 2: seventh year breakout. But he just got to be careful.

560
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 2: Well see, I think Mechi's very talented when he's playing.

561
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: We've seen him really look right. So right now, if

562
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 2: you want to get Mooney services, you have to take

563
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 2: him over Christian Kirk New Place in San Francisco. I'd

564
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 2: rather have Kirk, Malik Washington, who I don't receive a

565
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 2: wide receiver one in Miami. I have no idea or

566
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 2: other Titan we just talked out Jamior Dk. I'd probably

567
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 2: rather have all those guys.

568
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: The Giants have a star, you know, they have Mylak neighbors,

569
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: but they are desperate for a number two guy.

570
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 2: There.

571
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: Turn out Mooney thrived as a number two. He was

572
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: never gonna be a number one guy. So I don't

573
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: hate it. Do you hate this spot?

574
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 2: So Mooney served a wide receiver one role as far

575
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 2: as volume right, He ran four hundred and fifty five

576
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 2: routes seventy eight percent raw participation, earning just under five

577
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: targets a game, which is okay, but under one yard

578
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 2: per route, just over two yards after cats per reception,

579
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 2: which is not great more serving a deep roll. My

580
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,959
Speaker 2: worry here is not that he won't get opportunities or play,

581
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 2: it's the lack of production in the slot, which I

582
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,880
Speaker 2: think is the role opened up by the next player.

583
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 2: I was gonna mention who I actually have an updated

584
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 2: thing on, So I think money to the Giants, Man,

585
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 2: I don't know. I think I think I'm out because

586
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 2: I think there's too much of an overlap with k

587
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 2: neighbors and the role they're gonna serve. Because the Giants

588
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 2: moved on from Wandale that spot underneath. He got a

589
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 2: full year deal with Tennessee after a massive year. But man,

590
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 2: I hate picking on guys. You did it with Pacheco, right.

591
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 2: These guys are all awesome. They're world class athletes. We

592
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: never want to like come down to them. But Wandale

593
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 2: really felt like he benefited greatly from a situation. There

594
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 2: was just no weaponry off than the Giants. They were

595
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: constantly down facing all these zones and it was just

596
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 2: like slot dump, slot dump, slot dump. I don't know

597
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 2: if you're gonna get that from Tennessee, which doesn't kind

598
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: of pose the scene threat. Maybe even with Jackson Dart

599
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 2: in the background, So Wandale. Let me, let me bring

600
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 2: up his price, because I just can't see he's a

601
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 2: pick one hundred. There's no way I' getting one there.

602
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 2: Robinson to pick one hundred, how about you?

603
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: I just don't know. I think about Rondo Robinson with

604
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: the Giants a couple of years ago. Yeah, Giants really

605
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: do have a hole. Maybe Obj he's been, Odell Beckham

606
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: Junior has.

607
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 2: Been Oh my gosh, maybe oh go back to the Giants.

608
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: Who knows, But I do think with Wandell, like, look

609
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: at his twenty twenty four season. It's the funniest stat

610
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 1: line I've seen in recent memory. It was one hundred

611
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: and forty targets and he still did in the top

612
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: seven hundred receiving yards. You never see that. That is

613
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 1: truly hilarry free stuff. But in twenty twenty five, yeah,

614
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: he was much more proficient. Maybe we get that version

615
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: because there is no Malik neighbors in Tennessee, as we

616
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: were just talking about, So it is kind of wide

617
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: open for those guys right now. Maybe he does stand out,

618
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: but around one hundred, i'd have to see who else

619
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: is going there. Maybe I'd trick myself into thinking he's

620
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: a PPR scam, but we'll see.

621
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's that's like the best case scenario.

622
00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: So for me, that's too expensive for that best case scenario. Okay,

623
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 2: So I'm looking at the depth chart now that wide

624
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 2: receiver room is you know, Ridley wan Dale and Iyo

625
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 2: minor in DK, and that feels like a lot of

626
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 2: redundancy for me. That the DK. That stings for me

627
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 2: because I liked DK last year. Right now, he's giving

628
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 2: me vibes that they're gonna go the Shaheed route with him,

629
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 2: and I wonder if we at the table this one.

630
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 2: I wonder if team the new one of the metas

631
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 2: going on, is secure a legit playmaker as a as

632
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 2: a returner right one of the new Maybe this is

633
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 2: like a new pivot from the kicking changes to really

634
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 2: get a legitimate threat. DK is one of those guys.

635
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 2: Shaheed is one of those guys. They're on a very

636
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 2: short list, and I hope they're not trying to protect

637
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 2: him because we saw DK starting to grow. So maybe

638
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 2: it's my irrational exuberance for DK. I just think they're

639
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 2: going to cancel each other out so to tie in

640
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 2: the giant stuff again and again, my apologies everybody for

641
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: not being on top of the Mooney stuff. Really killer

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Speaker 2: because I had grabbed that maybe a week, but shows

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Speaker 2: you how fast the information moves. I'm gonna be avoiding redundancy.

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Speaker 2: I want players, especially in new scenarios, to not like

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Speaker 2: be trying to carve out a new role for themself

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Speaker 2: to succeed. You know, if there was a slot role

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Speaker 2: in Tennessee, I'd be all over Wandale. He's the perfect

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Speaker 2: be sharing a slot role because I don't think he

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Speaker 2: can win outside. Are they gonna try and make him

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Speaker 2: win outside? Not interested seeing for Mooney. We've never really

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Speaker 2: seen Mooney win inside in the slot. I know a

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Speaker 2: lot of guys can, but we haven't seen it. Maybe

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Speaker 2: that's something to look out for, and the exhibition stuff,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, I don't know. The wide receiver moves. Jake

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Speaker 2: not really inspiring me the way that the running backs

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Speaker 2: we are, So I think that'll do it for today's episode.

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Speaker 2: Did I miss anything on the whiteouts before we go?

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Speaker 1: I mean, just all due respect to Khaliff Raymond, who

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Speaker 1: is somehow still just trucking along year to year deal

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Speaker 1: this time, he's in Chicago. You'd love to see him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right. So from Jake and Joe on One

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Speaker 2: Dale and all the other slot merchants out there, make

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Speaker 2: sure to you know, subscribe and review the podcast Fantasy

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Speaker 2: Football Weekly Offseason. We'll see you next week and until

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Speaker 2: that man, Take it easy, everyone,