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Speaker 1: a lot of big news in the NFL. The suspension
Speaker 1: came down for Zekiel Elliott. Uh he got six games, people,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna definitely have to talk about the impact
Speaker 1: on the Cowboys for fantasy owners and on the NFC East.
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Speaker 1: trades have been going on in the NFL. The Bills
Speaker 1: decided they didn't like one of their cornerbacks and one
Speaker 1: of their wide receivers, so with two different trades, they
Speaker 1: replaced them both. Okay. Jordan Matthews moving from Philadelphia to Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins going all the way West, going back with
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Speaker 1: Let's get right into our top five and in the
Speaker 1: cipher right now with some news and notes around the league.
Speaker 1: We're gonna start on the baseball side of things. Okay,
Speaker 1: James Paxson, the Seattle Mariners starting pitcher, has been put
Speaker 1: on the ten day d L. That news just broke
Speaker 1: after you suffered a pectoral strain in last night's start.
Speaker 1: So keep an eye out on him and get him
Speaker 1: out of your lineups for next week. The Mets, and
Speaker 1: I know you're gonna love this, Florio, the Mets have
Speaker 1: called up first baseman Dominic Smith. This guy was mashing
Speaker 1: in the Pacific Coach League. We're hitting three thirty, seventeen
Speaker 1: home runs, seventies, six r b i s, and now
Speaker 1: the path to at bats is clear. Remember the Mets
Speaker 1: have traded Luca's Duda, They've traded Jay Bruce. It is
Speaker 1: a new day with guys like Dominic Smith and of
Speaker 1: course Ahmed Rosario. Cubs catcher Wilson Contraras he is expected
Speaker 1: to come back at some point this season, but it
Speaker 1: probably won't be until late September after roster's expand. Alex a.
Speaker 1: Villa may in fact get everyday work. He is in
Speaker 1: the sixth spot of that lineup today. And for the Yankees,
Speaker 1: starting pitcher C C. Sabathia has been placed on the
Speaker 1: ten day disabled list with that knee inflammation. They have
Speaker 1: recalled Jordan Montgomery from Triple A. However, honestly, guys, the
Speaker 1: news and notes for the NFL today is much bigger. Okay, First,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start small Dolphins second round pick ray Kwon McMillan,
Speaker 1: and I just had to say ray Kwan because you
Speaker 1: know I'm a Wu Tang fan, right, ray Kwon McMillan
Speaker 1: tore his a c L. This is the second round pick.
Speaker 1: He was gonna be there starting middle linebacker and now
Speaker 1: he is gone for the season. Then we had some
Speaker 1: trades today, Okay, we had some trades today centered in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: First of all, they the Bills trade wide receiver stud
Speaker 1: when healthy Sammy Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams for
Speaker 1: cornerback e j Gaines and a second round pick. Okay,
Speaker 1: and don't don't get it twisted. These picks I think
Speaker 1: are actually kind of important. Sammy Watkins reunites with Robert
Speaker 1: Woods out there in l A. But the Bills were
Speaker 1: not done. They then had a hole at wide receiver.
Speaker 1: So what did they do? They traded with the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles to get wide receiver Jordan Matthews and a third
Speaker 1: round pick for their cornerback Ronald Darby. That makes the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles secondary and defense, which was already a d
Speaker 1: v O A top five defense, a little bit better.
Speaker 1: They were, you know, kind of on the outs with
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews. A lot of rumors there. So the question
Speaker 1: is who which wide receiver kind of like improve their
Speaker 1: stock the most with all of these trades. And we
Speaker 1: got a poll question up there right now at F
Speaker 1: and T s Y Radio. You could always follow me
Speaker 1: ask me questions at spitting speeds. We've almost got two
Speaker 1: hundred votes already. Whose stock and fantasy football went up here?
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews going from the Eagles to the Bills, Sammy
Speaker 1: Watkins going from the Bills to the ram Or is
Speaker 1: it the Philadelphia Eagles wide out that did not move
Speaker 1: at all? Al Shan Jeffrey, the free agent pickup, who
Speaker 1: now may even get more targets. Right now, fifty percent
Speaker 1: of you think that it is al Sean who has
Speaker 1: the best, you know, kind of more potential with the
Speaker 1: moves today. But the biggest news of the day, it
Speaker 1: has come down from on High. Cowboys running back Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott will be facing a six game suspension for the
Speaker 1: violation of the Personal Conduct Policy. This is something that
Speaker 1: has been investigated for the better part of a year.
Speaker 1: This cloud has been hanging over the Cowboys and Zeke Elliott.
Speaker 1: He is going to miss six games now, Florio. One
Speaker 1: of the things I've been telling Chris Bavona as we
Speaker 1: previewed the Cowboys earlier in this week, is with or
Speaker 1: without Zeke. The first four opponents that the Cowboys have,
Speaker 1: there's some stout front sevens that they're facing. They open
Speaker 1: with the Giants and my Man snacks Harrison and then
Speaker 1: they go to Denver to face that defense. Week three,
Speaker 1: they have the Arizona Cardinals. Even without Calais Campbell, they
Speaker 1: got a big front seven. And in week four they
Speaker 1: have Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams. This could Maine.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys offense sputters at the beginning. We're gonna talk
Speaker 1: a little bit more about this Florio in the next segment,
Speaker 1: but I am fading the Dallas Cowboys. They are gazy
Speaker 1: to me. All Right, we got a couple of more minutes.
Speaker 1: I want to tell you some takeaways I had. Remember
Speaker 1: there was seven games in preseason football last night, so
Speaker 1: I think, um, there's a lot of stuff to talk about. Okay,
Speaker 1: So here's the biggest takeaway I have. We officially have
Speaker 1: a quarterback controversy in Chicago. All right, and listen. After
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans played on Wednesday, I told you to
Speaker 1: pump the brakes on Deshaun Watson, and I would normally
Speaker 1: say the same thing about what I saw out of
Speaker 1: Mitchell Drabinsky. But here's the thing. I watched that game.
Speaker 1: I watched that game on the NFL network. It didn't
Speaker 1: help that Mike Glennon brew up six literally on the
Speaker 1: first drive to Chris Harris Jr. That doesn't help. But
Speaker 1: Drabinsky really showed me something. I Uh, I've been kind
Speaker 1: of making fun of him for a little while because
Speaker 1: of the Mitch and Mitchell and all this stuff. But
Speaker 1: let me tell you something. Eighteen out of hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty six yards one touchdown he had another one where
Speaker 1: through Ruben Randall to like the one yard line. I
Speaker 1: thought initially that he got in, but I'm gonna tell
Speaker 1: you something. It's not really about the results. It's about
Speaker 1: the inputs. I saw really solid accuracy out of Mitchell Drabinsky.
Speaker 1: I saw a really solid mobility out of Mitchell Robinsky.
Speaker 1: I saw a kind of command of grown men in
Speaker 1: the huddle out of Mitchell Trabinsky. Um, maybe we have
Speaker 1: an issue here and Mike, as you know, I have
Speaker 1: pounded the Bears under five and a half wins hard.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. Victor Cruz also looked viable, although it
Speaker 1: didn't look like he almost got killed and was down
Speaker 1: on the field at one point, but he came back.
Speaker 1: You got Ruben Ramdle a lot of former giants there,
Speaker 1: so I'm not sure about that. Uh. You know, so
Speaker 1: I think this could be something for the Bears. That's
Speaker 1: a big that's a big issue. So that's one thing.
Speaker 1: I got a bunch more takeaways here on the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network with our Sports Byline affiliates. That's what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. So we got some more takeaways. We gotta
Speaker 1: keep it going here. Another game where I looked and
Speaker 1: I saw some young quarterbacks was the Philadelphia Green Bay game.
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz looked all right as well. He was perfect
Speaker 1: four for four on a touchdown drive. He also kept
Speaker 1: a play alive, which is really what you need to
Speaker 1: do in the NFL these days, and it's gonna be
Speaker 1: great that he gets to hand the ball off to
Speaker 1: Legarrett Blunt. This guy only had four carries for nine yards,
Speaker 1: but that will definitely help Carson Wentz development. I also
Speaker 1: like for the Eagles, Derek Barnett, their first round pick
Speaker 1: out of Tennessee, got two sacks in the first half.
Speaker 1: You add him to a guy like Brandon Graham and
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox and that makes them Philadelphia Eagles. Out with
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby as well, I'm telling you the Eagles defense
Speaker 1: will be interesting. Also on the Green Bay side of things,
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you something. Time Montgom refumbled. Okay, and
Speaker 1: usually I don't care about things in preseason games. But
Speaker 1: the fact that Time Montgom refumbled, I think only adds
Speaker 1: credibility to the fact that Jamal Williams, who me and
Speaker 1: the all in kid Jake Seely nationally acclaimed top rancor
Speaker 1: and guy who was in studio a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1: Today we all think Jamal Williams can push Time Montgomery.
Speaker 1: Him fumbling is not a good start for that battle.
Speaker 1: I get another game. I want to talk about Cleveland,
Speaker 1: New Orleans. DeShawn Kaiser. He looked good as well. I'm
Speaker 1: telling DeShawn Watson looked good. Mitchell Trobisky looked good. DeShawn
Speaker 1: Kaiser also looked good, going eleven for eighteen for a
Speaker 1: hundred eighty four yards a touchdown as well. He was
Speaker 1: throwing the deep ball pretty well. I'm telling you, Hugh
Speaker 1: Jackson wants to kind of mold this piece of clay.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Kaiser is going to start games for the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Browns this year. Brock made some decent throws. Brock Oswiler,
Speaker 1: that is who started the game. But he went six
Speaker 1: of fourteen. That's an under fifty percent completion percentage. Okay.
Speaker 1: On the New Orleans side of things, Alvin Kamaro four
Speaker 1: carries thirty five yards. I'm telling you Alvin Kamara is
Speaker 1: a back to stash in longer term dynasty leagues. By
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, when they figure out
Speaker 1: that Adrian Peterson can't run from the shotgun, this is
Speaker 1: gonna be Alvin Kamara getting more burned. Okay, the last game,
Speaker 1: because we do have one more minute, real quick, Washington Baltimore.
Speaker 1: I want to talk about this because uh I was
Speaker 1: high on some J. P Ryan. No, no, no, not anymore.
Speaker 1: This guy. He thought it was bad to tie time
Speaker 1: Montgomery fumbled. J p Ryan fumbled. They didn't lose it.
Speaker 1: He fumbled, he dropped the pass, he mits the Blitz
Speaker 1: pick up. I think Rob Kelly is gonna be entrenched
Speaker 1: as the starter in Washington. P Ryan making too many mistakes.
Speaker 1: On the Baltimore side of things. Ryan Mallett no looking good.
Speaker 1: Another fifty percent completion percentage, three point two yards per attempt.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, do they hope Joe Flacco is back in time?
Speaker 1: But you know who is in mid season form? Justin Tucker,
Speaker 1: who at the end of the first half nailed a
Speaker 1: fifty nine yard field goal. He's in mid season form
Speaker 1: when we come back, I'm gonna chop it up about
Speaker 1: the NFC East when my man Mike Florio, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about our diamonds are fo gazes. We're gonna see
Speaker 1: if he can guess what you listeners said on all
Speaker 1: the polls. And also I want to ask him about
Speaker 1: Terrence West in a related note, because I thought he
Speaker 1: had a good game. I've been on team Danny Woodhead.
Speaker 1: Maybe I need to hop off and get up on
Speaker 1: the West train. We'll see when we come back. Fantasy
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Speaker 1: boy Mike Florio with me on the ones and two
Speaker 1: today keeping it so hot that we sweat steam. Here's
Speaker 1: what we're gonna do this segment, Mike, because we've been
Speaker 1: previewing a different team every day here on Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: as we get ready for Fantasy football drafts, and we
Speaker 1: were in the NFC East this week, it is a
Speaker 1: propos that we have the Dallas Cowboys with this news
Speaker 1: of Zeke Elliott. So here's what I want to do, Mike.
Speaker 1: I want to tell you first what the over under
Speaker 1: for the team is, right, and then I want to
Speaker 1: see if you would go over and under, and I
Speaker 1: want to see if you could guess what our listeners said,
Speaker 1: because we do that poll every day. Okay, then I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give you for each team my diamond and the
Speaker 1: rough and my fantasy fool Gazey. Alright, that's the fool Gaze,
Speaker 1: the guy you need to forget about. And we're gonna
Speaker 1: have a little discussion and see if you agree with me,
Speaker 1: see if you think I'm crazy. How does that sound like?
Speaker 1: Sounds fantastic. Let's start off with the Dallas Cowboys. Okay, now,
Speaker 1: let it be known that this happened before the news
Speaker 1: of Ezekia Elliott. The over under on their season win
Speaker 1: total is nine and a half. What do you think?
Speaker 1: What do you think? And what do you think? The
Speaker 1: people said? Remember this was yesterday, before the news of
Speaker 1: the suspension. So I mean, I kind of wish you
Speaker 1: threw money. I know you threw some money on the
Speaker 1: Jets and Bears. I wish you threw someone that I
Speaker 1: would have taken the under. But there's a lot of
Speaker 1: Cowboys fans out there. I bet you a lot of
Speaker 1: listeners voted the over. Okay, uh, thirty percent did take
Speaker 1: the over, but forty five percent took the under on
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. I think this is a team that
Speaker 1: is primed to regress anyway. That's why my fool gay
Speaker 1: zy for this team is Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott was
Speaker 1: QB six last year with thirty six hundred sixty seven yards,
Speaker 1: twenty three touchdowns and four interceptions. Aaron Rodgers had seven interceptions.
Speaker 1: M v P Matt Ryan had seven interceptions. There is
Speaker 1: no way that we don't see some turnover regression. Obviously,
Speaker 1: now with Zeke out also with the Cowboys, may ask
Speaker 1: Dak to win a little bit more on the strength
Speaker 1: of his arm. I don't think that's gonna be the case.
Speaker 1: My man, Corey Parkson, the fantasy executive who we all
Speaker 1: no loves the Cowboys. He has him as QB seven.
Speaker 1: I have him all the way down as QB fourteen.
Speaker 1: Where do you feel about Dak Prescott. I'm in your camp.
Speaker 1: I have him around QB fourteen as well. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's no way he goes another sixteen
Speaker 1: games only turning the wall over like four or five times.
Speaker 1: I know Corey thinks so, but you know, Corey's uh,
Speaker 1: you know, all sunshine and rainbows and unicorns when it
Speaker 1: comes to the Dallas Cowboys. On the flip side, though.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you who I do love. I love Dez
Speaker 1: Bryan to have a bounce back yere. I think people
Speaker 1: have forgotten about how much Dez Brian can win you
Speaker 1: a week, how incredible of a red zone target he is,
Speaker 1: how much of a beast he is at the point
Speaker 1: of attack. This is a guy who had almost eight
Speaker 1: hundred yards and eight touchdowns and only thirteen games last year.
Speaker 1: I think he's another year removed from all his health issues.
Speaker 1: He's my diamond for the Cowboys. I think he's a
Speaker 1: guy that people don't think about anymore. He is my
Speaker 1: wide receiver eight overall. You like desser this this year
Speaker 1: I got him at wide receiver eight now too fantastic.
Speaker 1: Mike Florio and speeds. The spitting statistician are sympatico. We
Speaker 1: moved next to the NFC East. The next team I
Speaker 1: want to talk to you about is the New York
Speaker 1: Football Giants. Okay, the Giants over under for the season
Speaker 1: win total is eight and a half. Where would you go?
Speaker 1: Where do you think the people went? I think the
Speaker 1: people are gonna agree with me. I think that's an
Speaker 1: over I I think the Giants are you know, I
Speaker 1: think they're much They're very dangerous team on both the
Speaker 1: offensive side and the defensive side of the ball. So
Speaker 1: I mean, I think I saw this. I actually voted.
Speaker 1: I voted for the over, and I would like to
Speaker 1: think that the people would as well. Two thirds of
Speaker 1: the people agree with you. Sixty six say take the over.
Speaker 1: I have a huge diamond for this team. Okay, I
Speaker 1: think this guy is going far too late. Okay, um
Speaker 1: my man, Corey Parson has this guy as running back
Speaker 1: like fifty six. I don't care if it's a PPR
Speaker 1: league or not. I love Shane Verene. This year for
Speaker 1: the Giants. They were giving Shane Vereen work on early
Speaker 1: downs in between the tackles before he got hurt last year.
Speaker 1: There's no reason that he can't do the same thing
Speaker 1: that Danny Woodhead does. This is a guy Shane Vereen,
Speaker 1: who last three seasons in a row gets forty five
Speaker 1: fifty catches. This is a guy that Eli Manning can trust.
Speaker 1: And the other part of this is I'm telling you
Speaker 1: right now, I don't trust Paul Perkins to have a
Speaker 1: stranglehold on this job. Do you see any path where
Speaker 1: Shane Vereen is actually the Giants running back this year
Speaker 1: from Mike, I don't. I don't see that. I see
Speaker 1: him being their past catching back. I think Paul Perkins
Speaker 1: is gonna get the starting job. I think Orleans dark
Speaker 1: quote could be mixed in for short yardage or hopefully
Speaker 1: not but potentially goal on scenarios. I don't. I think
Speaker 1: it's Paul Perkins is the lead back, and if they
Speaker 1: go away from him, I think it becomes a pure committee.
Speaker 1: A pure committee. I still love Shane Vereen catching passes
Speaker 1: in New York. He will get forty five catches at
Speaker 1: this year. The other guy, The other question I have
Speaker 1: for you on the New York Giants, and this is
Speaker 1: kind of a phil thelosophical thing. Oldell Beckham is obviously
Speaker 1: a top five, top three wide receiver. My question with
Speaker 1: you is a similar question I would have with Mike Evans.
Speaker 1: What is the impact of having a new, legitimate number
Speaker 1: two wide receiver on the other side. Okay, some people
Speaker 1: think that, oh, now you can't roll coverages over to
Speaker 1: old Dell Beckham, right, so it's gonna be a benefit
Speaker 1: to old Dell Beckham. Other people would say, listen, he's
Speaker 1: gonna eat into his targets for a guy like Brandon Marshall,
Speaker 1: especially in the red zone. I think there's similar things
Speaker 1: with DeShawn Jackson's impact on a guy like Mike Evans.
Speaker 1: Do you think that having Brandon Marshall in the fold
Speaker 1: looking to get a thousand yards receiving for what would
Speaker 1: be an NFL record fifth different team, do you think
Speaker 1: that helps or hinders Odell Beckham. I think it helps him.
Speaker 1: I mean I could see Oldell Beckham repeating what he
Speaker 1: did last year. I think that maybe the targets drop
Speaker 1: a bit, but I, like you said, I think it
Speaker 1: is higher quality targets. And this is something I've spoke
Speaker 1: about before. I think it's funny that the players that
Speaker 1: we pick out and say, oh, adding someone who's gonna
Speaker 1: hurt this guy, and then we say somewhere else like
Speaker 1: A J. Green. We're all loving him because he's never
Speaker 1: had so many you know, weapons around him. But then
Speaker 1: Oldell Beckham and we we can make the same argument.
Speaker 1: But no, him and Mike Evans are gonna be hurt
Speaker 1: by it. Some people say, I mean, you can make
Speaker 1: this case for a lot of the top wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown has Mark Tavis Bryant. You know that he
Speaker 1: didn't have last year, and Levi Onbell we've hardly seen
Speaker 1: them healthy all at the same time, so I think
Speaker 1: you could, honestly you get nitpicky when you try to
Speaker 1: use this argument for against wide receivers. Fair Enough, we
Speaker 1: are not in the defensive meetings in the week leading
Speaker 1: up to the game, so we don't know how they're
Speaker 1: gonna treat it. I understand. The next team in the
Speaker 1: NFC East that we got to talk about is the
Speaker 1: Washington football team. They're over under is actually the lowest
Speaker 1: in the division at seven and a half. Where do
Speaker 1: you think the value is. It's an interesting line. Seven
Speaker 1: and a half for the Washington football team. I think
Speaker 1: I could see that's close. I'm gonna say they're gonna
Speaker 1: I'm gona take the over. I could see them going
Speaker 1: eight and eate. I gotta tell you, Mike Way that
Speaker 1: one of the options we have in the poll, we
Speaker 1: have take the overtake the on there, and then we
Speaker 1: also have the option pass. It's a good line. Is
Speaker 1: that what you would do for Washington? Yeah? I would pass,
Speaker 1: And I think that's the way A lot of people
Speaker 1: probably voted. Of the people did vote that way, but
Speaker 1: fifty two percent believe in the Washington football team. They
Speaker 1: like that as though they were Kirk Cousins, and they
Speaker 1: are taking the over fifty two percent. I think that's
Speaker 1: a little crazy. I actually think Washington finishes in last
Speaker 1: place in this division. I gotta tell you two guys though,
Speaker 1: that I like on this team. Remember how I gave
Speaker 1: the news before that p Ryan like fumbled miss miss
Speaker 1: the blick excuse me, blitz pick up? You know, dropped
Speaker 1: the ball as well. I think people are forgetting about
Speaker 1: the pass catching back in this offense as well. You've
Speaker 1: got Chris Thompson, and he's a guy who you know.
Speaker 1: I don't think Rob Kelly is anything special. I don't
Speaker 1: think apparently some J. P. Ryan is and either this
Speaker 1: may be an interesting guy in PPR leagues. But the
Speaker 1: guy I really want to talk about is at the
Speaker 1: tight end position. I do not believe that Jordan Reid
Speaker 1: will be healthy for sixteen games. I don't think he'll
Speaker 1: be healthy for twelve. They signed Vernon Davis to an
Speaker 1: extension in the off season. Talk to me Florio about
Speaker 1: Vernon Davis if whether it's a read injury or two
Speaker 1: tight end sets. Is there any universe where um Vernon
Speaker 1: Davis v D is viable in the second half of
Speaker 1: the season. I think it would take a Read injury.
Speaker 1: But yeah, he is someone he goes super late in drafts,
Speaker 1: Like I've drafted him in my best Ball drafts just
Speaker 1: because I don't trust Jordan Read to get healthy. We've
Speaker 1: already seen him dealing with a foot issue. We know
Speaker 1: the concussion history. So yeah, and like you said, they
Speaker 1: went out and they paid Vernon Davis. They obviously value him.
Speaker 1: And when Jordan Read was hurt last year, Vernon Davis
Speaker 1: stepped up and was a tight end one in fantasy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and um, last question on half of you on Washington.
Speaker 1: You know a lot of buzz going on right now
Speaker 1: about Terrell Prior. I personally think Kirk Cousins eyes will
Speaker 1: still lock in with Jamison Crowder. I understand that Prior
Speaker 1: is rated higher and ranked higher, but when we talk
Speaker 1: about return on investment for where they're going in drafts,
Speaker 1: I think Crowder is the much better Washington wide receiver.
Speaker 1: By what do you think? I love Crowder, but I'm
Speaker 1: one of the high guys on Tarl Prior. I actually
Speaker 1: have them ranked twelve in standard leagues among wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I love both of these guys. I love Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 1: I'm in on the Redskins passing game. Oh wow, you
Speaker 1: think Kirk Cousins is gonna put up another like forty yards?
Speaker 1: So both of them are viable. Listen, I have them
Speaker 1: a little bit lower. I have them as but really
Speaker 1: close to each other. I think I have them as
Speaker 1: like wide out one and twenty three something like that.
Speaker 1: We we don't have a ton of time to talk
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, so let's start it now. Maybe pick it
Speaker 1: up when we come back after break. But do you think, uh,
Speaker 1: do you think the Eagles fans over under eight? Eight games?
Speaker 1: Where would you go under? Under? All? Mike, we got
Speaker 1: to talk about this. I am high on the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about why when we come back
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Speaker 1: my man Mike Florio on ones in two. It's filling
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Speaker 1: We were talking about the Philadelphia Eagles, and you know,
Speaker 1: Florio's new to the Fantasy Freestyle. He doesn't know how
Speaker 1: high I am on the Eagles. Over under for this
Speaker 1: team is eight. Florio, Did you think that people were
Speaker 1: taking the under or that you are taking the under?
Speaker 1: I'm thinking both? Wow. So what is it? Are you
Speaker 1: allergic to Carson Wentz? You don't believe in alshon Jeffrey's
Speaker 1: soft tissue injury history? What's the rationale? I like Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: I think he is a fine NFL quarterback. I actually
Speaker 1: look for him to take a step forward this year.
Speaker 1: You hit it on the head. I I can't trust
Speaker 1: All Shan. Jeffrey Tory Smith is too boom or bus
Speaker 1: for me. I get it. Nelson aghilor in the slot now,
Speaker 1: but we haven't seen it yet. I like the on paper.
Speaker 1: Their weapons look great, but I just worry how consistent
Speaker 1: they're gonna be one and two if all Sean can
Speaker 1: stay healthy. Fair enough, fair enough. However, of the people
Speaker 1: who answered this pole disagree with you and say that
Speaker 1: they should take the over. Only thirty seven said take
Speaker 1: the under. Twenty three percent say it was an actual
Speaker 1: good line. I believe Florio that the Philadelphia Eagles are
Speaker 1: going to win the NFC East. I think they have
Speaker 1: a top five defense. I think they have a top
Speaker 1: five offensive line. I think Lea Garrett Blunt is a
Speaker 1: huge help to a young quarterback like Carson once. He
Speaker 1: is one of the only two running backs that were
Speaker 1: in the top twenty five of Fantasy football last year
Speaker 1: that changed teams. Le Garrett Blunt changing teams is a
Speaker 1: big deal that the people are not knowing or talking
Speaker 1: as much as I think they should. Will he get
Speaker 1: eight team touchdowns again? No, but he doesn't need to.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about a good NFL back to support a
Speaker 1: growing second year quarterback. The other thing that I think
Speaker 1: is huge for the Philadelphia Eagles, they will have all
Speaker 1: pro right tackle Lane Johnson not suspended and helping Carson
Speaker 1: went out. When Carson Wentz he started great last year
Speaker 1: and then he went down a little bit, and that
Speaker 1: coincided when Lane Johnson started their suspension. I think that
Speaker 1: is a huge difference. I think Wentz is a growing
Speaker 1: quarterback act that is going to be the guy that
Speaker 1: takes that step. Previously, I had a poll question like
Speaker 1: which young quarterback got the most in support this year?
Speaker 1: Was it Jamis Winston, you know, getting guys like O. J.
Speaker 1: Howard and Shan Jackson. Was it Marcus Mariota with Corey
Speaker 1: Davis that they drafted, getting Eric Decker. Was it Derek
Speaker 1: Carr getting you know, Marshawn Lynch to turn around and
Speaker 1: hand the ball off to. Or Carson Wentz with as
Speaker 1: you mentioned, Al Shan, Jeffrey Tory Smith, Legarrett Blunt. And
Speaker 1: I believe it's Carson Wentz. I believe they are setting
Speaker 1: him up to take that step. It doesn't help, though,
Speaker 1: that they don't have the Cowboys on their schedule until
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Speaker 1: it will not affect the Eagles. They actually have a
Speaker 1: very tough schedule the Philadelphia Eagles, but I am still
Speaker 1: high on them. I believe they can do big, big things. However,
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Speaker 1: though here on the Fantasy Freestyle and Florio. As you know,
Speaker 1: because I've been seeing you vote. Okay, I've been seeing
Speaker 1: you vote. You know that we are crowning the greatest
Speaker 1: sports movie of all time. Here on the Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: and we are down to the Elite eight. I hope
Speaker 1: you're excited. I'm excited, as you can tell. I'm about
Speaker 1: as excited as Tim Tebow was to join the Jets
Speaker 1: a few years ago. Okay, now we have eight movies left,
Speaker 1: so I want to get your thoughts on what the
Speaker 1: final four would be. And we also have a special
Speaker 1: guest that's going to chime in when it comes to
Speaker 1: the football region. But first up, in our baseball region,
Speaker 1: we have the number three seed Major League up against
Speaker 1: the number four seed, the sand Lot. These guys ran
Speaker 1: through the region beating movies like Field of Dreams and
Speaker 1: The Natural and Bull Dorum and Bad News Bears in
Speaker 1: a league of our own and things like that. The
Speaker 1: sand Lot versus Major League? Who do you think makes
Speaker 1: the final four? Florio, this is something I get crucified
Speaker 1: for it work all the time. What movie have you
Speaker 1: not seen? I have never seen Major League. That's absolutely ridiculous.
Speaker 1: So I would vote sand Lot. That's absolutely ridiculous. But
Speaker 1: I don't even know if we can continue, Mike. Not
Speaker 1: only do I get crucified at work all the time,
Speaker 1: my friends crucified me for this all the time. All right,
Speaker 1: so you're voting for the sand Lot. You really need to.
Speaker 1: We need to lock you in a room one weekend
Speaker 1: and binge watching. Now people binge watch shows these days.
Speaker 1: We gotta string together all the major league movies for you.
Speaker 1: You don't know about Jobu and his Rum. You don't
Speaker 1: know about wild Thing Ricky Vaughan. I gotta educate you,
Speaker 1: young buck. All right, we'll keep it moving though. We
Speaker 1: go to the basketball region. Okay, I think you've seen
Speaker 1: these movies. The three seed White Men Can't Jump. He's
Speaker 1: competing for the regional final against the five seed Space Jam.
Speaker 1: These are newer movies, Mike, you've seen both of these. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love both of these. Okay, so what are we doing.
Speaker 1: It's hard to go against one of my favorite movies
Speaker 1: that start with the letter Q, The Stooky Brothers. Can
Speaker 1: you listen to or hear, Jimmy, do you understand the
Speaker 1: concept of dry mouthedness. I want White Men Can't Jump
Speaker 1: to win this all? And I love Spaceshan was one
Speaker 1: of my favorite movies as a kid. But White Men
Speaker 1: Can't Jump as a classic. Alright, fair enough, so your
Speaker 1: final four so far as the Sandlot, White men can't jump.
Speaker 1: Very interesting. Now, in our next regision, we call it
Speaker 1: the wild Card region, Okay, where we had, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we kind of had to mix some hockey movies, some
Speaker 1: golf movies, some race car movies, things like that. But
Speaker 1: we've got the one in two seeds advancing to the
Speaker 1: regional final. The number one seed is Rocky Okay, you'r Adrian.
Speaker 1: The number two seed is Caddy Shack. Both of these
Speaker 1: movies came out maybe a little before your time, So
Speaker 1: I gotta ask you, Mike, have you seen these movies.
Speaker 1: I've never seen Caddy Shack? Okay, But I've seen every
Speaker 1: Rocky movie multiple times, really, including like after number four. Yeah,
Speaker 1: five sucks, but I've seen Five multiple times. I've seen
Speaker 1: Rocky Balboa, I've seen Creed Okay, Okay, I've seen all
Speaker 1: of them, and I would easily vote Rocky okay. And
Speaker 1: you know, Rocky actually won an Oscar for Best Picture.
Speaker 1: I believe it was like nineteen seventy nine, Okay, So
Speaker 1: Chris Bovona thinks that it should be the rightful winner
Speaker 1: of this entire tournament because it actually won an Oscar,
Speaker 1: unlike any of the other movies. I think we have
Speaker 1: maybe Raging Builder or something like that. Okay, so you've
Speaker 1: got Rocky the Sandlot and white Men Can't Jump. Now
Speaker 1: we go to our football region, and I gotta tell
Speaker 1: you the truth, Mike. We had some upsets in the
Speaker 1: football region. Okay, the number three seed, remember the Titans
Speaker 1: lost in the first round too. We are marshall. In
Speaker 1: the sweet sixteen, we still had the one seed, but
Speaker 1: then the seven seed, the eleven seed, and the twelve
Speaker 1: seeds still viable. And it's very interesting because we're not
Speaker 1: the only people talking about this, Okay, Aaron Rodgers. Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers even recently on a on the part of My
Speaker 1: Take podcast was asked the same question, and I gotta
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, our listeners were some patico with
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Okay. In the sweet sixteen, the four final
Speaker 1: movies left for Rudy the water Boy, Friday Night Lights,
Speaker 1: and Varsity Blues. We are now down to the regional
Speaker 1: final of number one seed Rudy and number seven seed
Speaker 1: Varsity Blues is still live in the lowest seed available
Speaker 1: in our tournament. Listen to what Aaron Rodgers thinks it's
Speaker 1: his favorite football movie of all time. Check it out
Speaker 1: good tough. Varsity Blues was kind of the first one
Speaker 1: that really meant something to me, and we watched it
Speaker 1: in high school and it's about high school players. Obviously
Speaker 1: that was before remember remember the Titan, which is a
Speaker 1: great one as well, which I mean, you got the program,
Speaker 1: you got any even Sunday, we got Rudy. But I'm
Speaker 1: gonna stick with Varsity Blues and it's a good choice.
Speaker 1: And that you didn't say Friday Night Lights because everyone
Speaker 1: is saying that too, and it makes a good one.
Speaker 1: But it's all right. So Aaron Rodgers is going with
Speaker 1: Varsity Blues. Mike Floor AREO are you with Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: or not in this regional final matchup? I've never seen
Speaker 1: Varsity believe. Oh, come on, Florio. You need to check
Speaker 1: out the whipped cream bikini scene. Okay, you need to
Speaker 1: also check out Billy Bob. You need to check There's
Speaker 1: so many things in this movie. It is a cult classic.
Speaker 1: I personally agree with Aaron Rodgers. I like Varsity Blues.
Speaker 1: Does this mean, though, that you're voting for Rudy? I
Speaker 1: guess I would have to buy default. Although when you
Speaker 1: when I first looked at this football bracket. I did
Speaker 1: not want either of these movies to be the one
Speaker 1: that represented it. Okay, well one of them is. You know,
Speaker 1: the only problem I have with Rudy. You know he
Speaker 1: was off sides on that one play that he made.
Speaker 1: Was he Yeah, he was definitely offside. Go back and
Speaker 1: look at the tape, and I don't I don't like
Speaker 1: us kind of promoting cheating, and that's what that movie
Speaker 1: was doing. So I don't know. So you're gonna go Rudy. Okay.
Speaker 1: So so, Mike, you've got Rudy the sand Lot, White
Speaker 1: Men Can't Jump, and Rock of those movies. Mike, who
Speaker 1: do you think takes it all? And who would you
Speaker 1: want to take it all? I mean, I'm gonna imagine
Speaker 1: the listeners are like me and seeing how it dominates
Speaker 1: every other concert that's been in ongoing. White Men Can't
Speaker 1: Jump for the win. Wow, White Men Can't Jump is
Speaker 1: Mike Florio's pick to win the greatest movie of all
Speaker 1: time from the three seed, you know, And I just
Speaker 1: first of all, I wanna give a big shout out
Speaker 1: to whoever seeded all of these movies. By the way,
Speaker 1: that was your boy Day Martinez speeds the spitting statistician
Speaker 1: because we got valid matchups. You know, we got like
Speaker 1: a lot of three seeds. We got a one seed
Speaker 1: still in there. We have one Cinderella that's not crazy,
Speaker 1: and a seven seed. But we didn't have like, you know,
Speaker 1: thirteen verse eleven in the regional finals. We had ones, threes, fours.
Speaker 1: I think we did a pretty good job. But you
Speaker 1: got white men can't jump going the route. I am
Speaker 1: torn because white men can't jump and Major League two
Speaker 1: of the eight more these that are still alive are
Speaker 1: my two favorite sports movies of all time. Okay, so
Speaker 1: I understand the like Rudy as a one seed. I
Speaker 1: understand Rocky and the critically acclaimed movie that it is.
Speaker 1: But I'm with you. I want either Major League or
Speaker 1: white men can't jump to win it all. So I'm
Speaker 1: hopeful with you. The Elite Eight is going to kick
Speaker 1: off next week right here on the Fantasy Freestyle. We're
Speaker 1: gonna have a matchup one day every week. The final
Speaker 1: four will be decided by next Friday. So when Chris
Speaker 1: Bovona is back, we're gonna bring on my man Howie
Speaker 1: Balaban as well, and we're gonna break down the final
Speaker 1: four of the Greatest of All Time movie tournament. Let
Speaker 1: me give you some updates right now around Major League Baseball.
Speaker 1: Phillies are up on the Mets three one that game.
Speaker 1: In the second inning, however, Michael Confordo has gone yard
Speaker 1: for the home run of the season. I told you
Speaker 1: we would have a delay in Washington. That game has
Speaker 1: yet to start. UM. In the Bronx, the Red Sox
Speaker 1: up on the Yankees to nothing. Hanley Ramirez gon yard
Speaker 1: early in that game. Tigers up on the Twins one
Speaker 1: nothing in the third inning. UM. We also have the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays up on the Pirates one nothing that game
Speaker 1: in the third. We are scoreless after three in Tampa
Speaker 1: Indians and Rays. We are also scoreless in Miami Rockies
Speaker 1: and Marlins. I told you on DFS Lineup Block Show
Speaker 1: that I thought John Gray was an interesting guy going
Speaker 1: from Corps to Miami, an interesting park shift factor there.
Speaker 1: As you know, we also have preseason NFL football going
Speaker 1: on right now. We are early in the game at
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium. The Giants have kicked two field goals against
Speaker 1: the Steelers. Josh Dobbs, the fourth round pick out of Tennessee,
Speaker 1: under center for Pittsburgh. We also have a three nothing
Speaker 1: game down in Cincinnati. The Buccaneers are up three nothing
Speaker 1: on the Cincinnati Bengals, but I'm gonna check to see
Speaker 1: who the kicker is because Aguayo, that guy that they
Speaker 1: drafted early in the second round a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1: He's in a camp battle with Nick folks. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna check that out. And then Mike, when we come back,
Speaker 1: we're gonna tie a nice neat little bow. On this episode,
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about the Tampa Bay Bucks because Hard
Speaker 1: Knocked premiered on HBO this week, so we're gonna chop
Speaker 1: it up about that a little bit. Mike Florio filling
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