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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, nam G

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, fully vaccinated and happy to be back outside

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Speaker 1: because it's summer and this is what we do. So

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Speaker 1: glad to be with you for another week. Producer Justin

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Speaker 1: is by our side and that we have continued or

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Speaker 1: continuing I should say, our cavalcade of fantasy analysts stars

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Speaker 1: that we've been doing all summer long. Uh. And for

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Speaker 1: this when we go back to the bullpen, we get

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Speaker 1: a familiar face coming back to join us. It is

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Speaker 1: our pal, the resident Aska Nerd himself. Are are resident

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Speaker 1: wide Receiver guy as well. It is the one and

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Speaker 1: only Matt Okada. Matt, it is good to talk to

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Speaker 1: you again. How have you been since we last spoke.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be back. Um, been pretty good. I

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm starting to get a little impatient.

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Speaker 1: This is the part of the NFL year where the

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Speaker 1: draft is too far act behind us for us to

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Speaker 1: be living on that high and the season is too

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Speaker 1: far away, and we're kind of in between camps saying

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Speaker 1: it's just as hun but I'm just filling my day

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Speaker 1: with best ball drafts. And so that works out there,

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Speaker 1: you go. I'm like, this is the time. I'm like,

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Speaker 1: let's all just stop and take a breath and let's

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Speaker 1: just go outside because, like, because the grind is really

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Speaker 1: going to hit us once training camp starts. So I'm like,

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Speaker 1: this is when we should all just I mean, I know,

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Speaker 1: we don't you know, the the the phrase all gas,

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Speaker 1: no breaks has become popular amongst fantasy Twitter, and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: a little bit. But whatever. All that being said, I

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Speaker 1: got lots of stuff I want to talk to you about.

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Speaker 1: A lot of it is sort of catching up with

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Speaker 1: how you feel now about some guys that maybe we

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Speaker 1: talked about during draft season, because in fact, the last

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Speaker 1: time you were on this show was just after the draft.

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Speaker 1: We did a big mock draft with several people. You

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Speaker 1: you're feeling about some guys. But I also, because I'm

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Speaker 1: want to just kind of pick your brain about some

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Speaker 1: of your draft strategies and how you're approaching things as

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Speaker 1: we're here in the middle of the summer. The first thing,

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Speaker 1: I have you noticed any big change in draft trends

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Speaker 1: way up, guys that have fallen, or just just strategy

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Speaker 1: things that that are different now when you're doing drafts

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Speaker 1: versus say, you know, April or May. Um. I think

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Speaker 1: we were seeing a little bit of this before the draft,

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Speaker 1: but this has to be the most wide receiver lists

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Speaker 1: top of the draft that I can remember in the

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Speaker 1: history of playing fantasy. Um, it's almost all running backs

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Speaker 1: a few reasons for that. Probably one of them is

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Speaker 1: you know, And it's when you sort of lay them

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Speaker 1: And the first one, Uh, you sort of teased this already,

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Speaker 1: want to be more vertical this year. Um, you talk

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Speaker 1: And then I think the other thing is I just

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Speaker 1: It's a nice situation I think all around, and I

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Speaker 1: still think he's a QB two at best this year,

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Speaker 1: let's slow down on that, right, Let's let's get let's

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Speaker 1: give this guy a chance. Like if we go through

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Speaker 1: too soon. It's way too soon to have this conversation, right,

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Speaker 1: I'm not crazy, am I? No? Yeah, I totally agree

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Speaker 1: You know, the one offseason that he did have, he

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Speaker 1: Now he gets a full one healthy with this coaching

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Speaker 1: staff kind of continuing to build and now a lot

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Speaker 1: of added weaponry. If you think about going from no

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Speaker 1: the forty Niners offense and run game, given Solo's background

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00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,760
Speaker 1: and the forty Niners run game has produced basically the

431
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,640
Speaker 1: most efficient running backs in the NFL for the last

432
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,760
Speaker 1: few years. They we haven't gotten true every one out

433
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,800
Speaker 1: of them because they've been mixing their guys so much.

434
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 1: But Michael Carter, to me, is so much better than

435
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,720
Speaker 1: p Ryan and Coleman that he should win this job

436
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,920
Speaker 1: outright pretty soon. And so again, the butt Jets thing

437
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,639
Speaker 1: is there. But if the Jets do take that step

438
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 1: forward that we talked about being possible, now you're looking

439
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,000
Speaker 1: at Michael Carter, an extremely talented, talented running back. In

440
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,840
Speaker 1: my opinion, I had him as the running back to

441
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,920
Speaker 1: in this class before the draft, which was a hot

442
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,800
Speaker 1: take all of it. But a very talented running back

443
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,160
Speaker 1: in a system that could be great on an offense

444
00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,400
Speaker 1: that maybe on the upswing. That's pretty exciting. I think

445
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,919
Speaker 1: he has redraft value. I think he can be a

446
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,960
Speaker 1: low end RB two for sure, and he's probably going

447
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: a little bit later than that, actually good amount later

448
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 1: than that in most drafts, unless you're playing with a

449
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:16,360
Speaker 1: bunch of dynasty nerds um. But for the question mark

450
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,119
Speaker 1: of the Jets, it does cap his upside, probably because

451
00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: he's not going to be a fifteen touchdown guy almost certainly.

452
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,679
Speaker 1: There is always that the butt Jets remains. But I

453
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,439
Speaker 1: still do like him. I'm calling it a win, alright, cool, Like,

454
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,560
Speaker 1: I just feel like he was one of the running

455
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 1: backs and you talked about how they a lot of

456
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 1: the top running backs didn't land and necessarily friendly spots.

457
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,880
Speaker 1: He was one of the guys who did because as

458
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,720
Speaker 1: you mentioned, the other guys there don't frighten anybody. Um,

459
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 1: so there there's ample opportunity for him to, uh you know,

460
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 1: even if he's not a three down back, to at

461
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 1: least get so much of the work that you feel

462
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,400
Speaker 1: confident having him in your lineup. And uh and who knows,

463
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 1: maybe if the Jets actually do turn things around, Um,

464
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,280
Speaker 1: you know, we'll be excited about it. We're not, yeah exactly.

465
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we've seen it happen and we're honestly,

466
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,080
Speaker 1: we're not that far away from I remembers a few

467
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 1: years ago. Uh, the hashtag never Jets was floating around

468
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 1: on Fantasy Twitter, and we're not. You know, we were.

469
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 1: We've moved past that. There are at least guys that

470
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 1: we are worth we're excited about talking about, and we

471
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: feel like are worth drafting, whereas a few years ago

472
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: that that just wasn't the case with them. So that

473
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 1: brings me too. I got a handful of of wide

474
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: receiver rooms that I went through that I just I

475
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: feel like they have major question mark. They don't They

476
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,080
Speaker 1: either you know, have guys that uh we're either we're

477
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,560
Speaker 1: not drafting anybody, or they come with major question marks.

478
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: We just don't feel great about them. Uh So I

479
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,680
Speaker 1: wanted to kind of get your thoughts and the first one, uh,

480
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: this one maybe it's a little close to home for you, Matt,

481
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,399
Speaker 1: but the New England Patriots, uh you know, and I

482
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: know they went out and they added a bunch of pieces.

483
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,640
Speaker 1: You know, Nelson Aghaloor was sort of the I guess

484
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 1: the crown jewel of their wide receiver hall, which look

485
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: even even as an SC guy, I'm like, I don't

486
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 1: know that's what I brag about, but you know, this

487
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: is this is what it is. I mean, is there

488
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 1: anybody in that wide receiver group you would be drafting

489
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 1: before say the tenth round. I'm pretty sure that's the

490
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: first time Nelson Agilor has been called the crown jewels

491
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: in the NFL level at least. Um No, there is not.

492
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: This is a hot mess. The fact that Nelson Aglory

493
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: is the crown jewel, which I would probably agree with,

494
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: it tells you everything you need to know. They're gonna

495
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: be guys going in that range like Curtis Samuel, Michael Galla,

496
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: Michael Williams, Jamison Crowder, who I just mentioned. Those guys

497
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 1: are all going tenth round or even a little bit later,

498
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: I'm taking all those guys over Agilore without a second hesitation.

499
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 1: For one thing, I don't expect a wide receiver to

500
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: lead this team in targets. I probably don't expect a

501
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 1: wide receiver to finish top three in targets. I think

502
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: the tight ends that they added probably lead the team,

503
00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,040
Speaker 1: and maybe even James White slides in UH in the

504
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,239
Speaker 1: third spot, even though I know he've disappeared last year.

505
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,679
Speaker 1: I don't know why that happened. Is very sad, but

506
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: I think he can come back. So No, I do

507
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: not want the potentially third or fourth target, not that

508
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,159
Speaker 1: great receiver for a Cam Newton that I do not

509
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: trust yet unless we see a huge revitalization or a

510
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback in Mac Jones that maybe can be okay, maybe,

511
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: but this team does not want to play through the

512
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Clearly the talent is not there. I'm probably

513
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,199
Speaker 1: not drafting any of these guys because I don't think

514
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,439
Speaker 1: you're really gonna get value, but I'm definitely not drafting

515
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,440
Speaker 1: them before the tenth round. UH side note, which which

516
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: are the tight ends are you taking first? Which are

517
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: the tight ends there? Do you feel more confident in

518
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: this is really tough. I feel like I probably changed

519
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: my mind every couple of weeks. Right now, I'm feeling

520
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry a little bit. Um. I think he has

521
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 1: a little bit higher upside. I think he has a

522
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 1: better chance to be that elite guy that we've you know,

523
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: seen guys like Darren Waller become, whereas John H. Smith,

524
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: I feel like it's more likely to be the safer,

525
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: like Jared Cook kind of guy. Maybe. Um So I'm

526
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 1: okay to draft both and I might just end up

527
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: going by a DP and seeing which one was a

528
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: better value because they feel pretty similar. But right now

529
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: I think I'm leaning a little bit towards Henry. Right Yeah,

530
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know that I have a strong

531
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: opinion one way or another. I love John new Smith

532
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 1: last year. I have previously been a big fan of

533
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry with all these years with the Chargers, and

534
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: I just contend that, you know, it would have been

535
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,159
Speaker 1: so much better for all of us if they had

536
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: gone two different teams instead of going to the same team.

537
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 1: Uh So, yeah, I like both of those guys. I

538
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: don't feel really strongly one way or another, and I

539
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 1: think you're right. Whichever one is probably the better draft

540
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: value is the one you want to kind of target

541
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: in on um the Colts. I like the group of

542
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,640
Speaker 1: wide receivers they have, but I keep saying they are

543
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: long on potential and short on production. You know, we

544
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 1: we keep waiting for them to sort of pop um.

545
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: We saw it a little bit with Michael Pittman last year.

546
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: Is there a true wide receiver one that you see

547
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 1: on this roster? A true wide receiver one? I probably

548
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 1: can't in good conscience say yes. I say that as

549
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: the biggest Michael Pittman true third that there is. I

550
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 1: think I have him on all five of my Dynasty

551
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,679
Speaker 1: teams that I have because I've just been training for

552
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: him wherever I didn't actually get him into rookie draft.

553
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 1: I love Michael Pittman. I think he has a ton

554
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: of potential. We didn't see it necessarily statistically last year overall,

555
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,359
Speaker 1: but I think we saw flashes of his talent, and

556
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 1: I do believe that he is a very talented player.

557
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: A lot of people forget he was the thirty fourth

558
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: pick in the draft. They took him ahead of Jonathan Taylor.

559
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: That is what the Colts sea in Michael Pittman. We've

560
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,959
Speaker 1: seen what Jonathan Taylor has become. Wide receivers typically take

561
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,040
Speaker 1: a little longer to develop. I think that Michael and

562
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 1: could break out in the year two. I think he

563
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: is the team's wide receiver one, just in terms of targets,

564
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: most likely receptions, probably every stat But to call him

565
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 1: a true wide receiver one, I don't think I can

566
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 1: fairly do that. I'm invested in him, and I hope

567
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: that that is the case, and I leaned towards it

568
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: being the case somewhat soon, but more likely he's kind

569
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: of a mixed wide receiver one for the team that

570
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: ends up being a wide receiver three for fantasy. I

571
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: think of it as, you know, being a baseball guy,

572
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: like you have a number one picture and then you

573
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 1: have an ACE. And I don't think the Colts have

574
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 1: an ace. They got they you know, they have potentially

575
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: number one picture. They've got a guy who's going to

576
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: lead their team, and targets, as you mention, targets, receptions,

577
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: r is probably all those things. Um, but I don't think, yeah,

578
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: I don't think he is that guy that you're like, yeah,

579
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: he's a wide receiver one for sure. For sure. Um,

580
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: but you know, I do hope that things go well.

581
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: I else because I also sort of am believing that

582
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: we will see a Carson Wentz revitalization this year. I

583
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: think that's going to happen in Indianapolis, and part of

584
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: it will mean that these wide receivers are making plays

585
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: for him. UM. I mean along those lines, do you

586
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: have any level of faith in Zach Pascal or Paris

587
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: Campbell or any of those other guys to to really

588
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: take a leap this year? M M, not to not

589
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: necessarily take a leap to continue being like an okay

590
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: flex option. Maybe like Pascal was a flexible guy recently,

591
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell hasn't quite hit that. So maybe you could

592
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: say he's gonna take a little bit of a leap

593
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: because I do think he could be a flexible guy. Um.

594
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: I suppose he's flexible regardless that he plays a professional sport,

595
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: but flex a blie to say, um and agree with

596
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: you and Carson Wentz. I actually just wrote a bounce

597
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: back candidates article for ball Blasts and had him as

598
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: my quarterback on that list because legitimately, unless he touched

599
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: a ball that was cursed by aliens like in space

600
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: jam and someone sucked at his powers. He's got about

601
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: back from what we saw last year. So I do

602
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: have faith in him, which means I have faith in

603
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: this offense, which means I have faith in some of

604
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: these receivers to degree. You know, if they made a

605
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: space Gym movie, like, wouldn't the monstars just look like

606
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 1: regular defensive linemen like it? Would they just all look

607
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: like you know, like like Aaron Donald, Aaron Donald and

608
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 1: Donmian Sue and like Myles Garretty they look like mons

609
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: stars on their own. That was That was just a

610
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: random thought I had as you were talking there. Sorry, UM,

611
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: I'm here for it. Thanks, I appreciate it. We'll stay

612
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 1: in the division and moved to the Houston Texans. And

613
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 1: you're talking about the quarterback situations that have left question

614
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: marks with Green Bay, uh in New Orleans, you know

615
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: kind of among them, obviously there's a huge one down

616
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: in Houston. Um, you know, with us having no idea

617
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: what's going to happen with Deshaun Watson, they wouldn't added

618
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,959
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of wide receivers to this offseason. At

619
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: wide receivers also, I should say this offseason, but none

620
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: of them are really exciting. Is there is there anybody

621
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: there that interests you besides Brandon Cooks. I guess it

622
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: depends on how you define interests, um, but I will

623
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: say that I'm willing to take a stab at Kiki

624
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: Qt in deep PPR leagues. Now, if if we get

625
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: the news that Watson is not only going to be

626
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: cleared from the mess that he's in right now and

627
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: not suspended by the NFL for anything related to that,

628
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: both of which are big question marks, and that he's

629
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,479
Speaker 1: not being traded, maybe I feel a little bit more

630
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: confident about drafting someone from Houston. But with that currently

631
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: up in the air, I am willing to go in

632
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: on Kiki Q two to a degree. Listen, this guy

633
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: has been plagued by injury awful for his whole career,

634
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: but when he's shown up, he's kind of shown out

635
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: every now and then again. And I don't know who

636
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: remembers this, because I certainly did it until I looked

637
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: into it. But last season he finished with a stretch

638
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: of five games where he averaged six tard it's five

639
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: catches and over seventy yards a game over the last

640
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: five games of last season. So when he's there, Especially

641
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: with Brandon Cooks kind of being a little bit more

642
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: of that downfield guy, Kiki Qt can be that PPR

643
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: guy if this offense is able to run with whatever

644
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: quarterback they've got, I think he has a chance. Now

645
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: he has to stay healthy, which is a pretty low

646
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: bar for him, but he's not going anywhere in drafts. Basically,

647
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: you're getting him for free with your last pick. So

648
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: because of that, I'm willing to throw that out there.

649
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: If you're in a deeper PPR league where you've got

650
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: like eighteen spots or nineteen spots, maybe seventeen spots, I'm

651
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: probably gonna be okay throwing a stab at Kiki Qt

652
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: for a little bit of wide receiver depth with the

653
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: chance that he becomes honestly the catch leader on this team.

654
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: Once a month, I go back and I look at

655
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: the Texans roster and look at their wide receivers, and

656
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: I am sort of underwhelmed all over again, Like I

657
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: I like, I look at it and I'm like, yeah,

658
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: this isn't really great, and then it just floats out

659
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: of my head and I come back and I'm like,

660
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: you know, like you know, Randall Cobb and Chris Conley

661
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: and you know, Dante Moncrieff and Andre Roberts and Tan

662
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: it's just like, I don't know what to do, Like

663
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: this is not this is not gonna work for anybody.

664
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: These are these are like all those NFL wide receiver

665
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: fours that the Patriots would always add and then they

666
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: have one touchdown in the Super Bowl and it would

667
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: seem like it worked out. I don't know to see

668
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: that being the case with the Texans guys, but that's

669
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: who these guys are. They are not contributors for fantasy.

670
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: That is that is very accurate, incredibly accurate. All right.

671
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: Last last wide receiver room with big question marks for

672
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,479
Speaker 1: me is the Raiders um because their top wide receiver

673
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: from last year was the crown jewel of the Patriots

674
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 1: wide receiver all we just talked about. Uh, they let

675
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: Nelson Aghaloor go and so now you know, obviously Darren

676
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: Waller is going to lead the team in targets. I

677
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: don't think there's any dispute about that. Hunter renfro is

678
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: still hanging around there. Brian Edwards, who I liked last

679
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: year as a deep sleeper and never really performed, He's

680
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: still there. But that's a long way of asking, is

681
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: this all set up for Henry Ruggs to step up

682
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: and be the guy we thought he could be. I

683
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: honestly do not think so. Now I'll preface this was

684
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: saying I wasn't a huge Rugs fan coming into his draft,

685
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: so I might be a little biased. But listen, he's

686
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 1: not going to eat in terms of targets, because that's

687
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: Darren Waller's do meain like you just mentioned, So he's

688
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: not gonna win for you for fantasy by having hundred

689
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: thirty targets. They added another deep threat in John Brown

690
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: who has while not he's not gonna blow anyone socks

691
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: off necessarily anymore, He's everywhere he goes, he seems to

692
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: be a decent contributor and to take targets and be

693
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: good with them. So I think he's probably gonna do

694
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 1: that and take a few more targets from Rugs. Derek

695
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: Carr is nothing special. That's like, I feel like that's

696
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: a decent compliment it to him. He's good, he's okay,

697
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 1: he's actually a decent deep ball thrower. But the issue

698
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 1: is that this offense is a conservative, old school, boring

699
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: offense that is not I don't think built to make

700
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 1: guys like Rugs succeed. If he was on the Titans

701
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: or which is still a run for his team, but

702
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: a team that is creative and opens the play action

703
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: game and all that stuff, or if he went to

704
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: the Packers or something like that, I would probably like

705
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,280
Speaker 1: Rugs a lot. I think he would have pretty high upside,

706
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: But the place he is with all those factors put together,

707
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: I don't think we're ever going to see it for

708
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:41,240
Speaker 1: this guy unless something crazy happens this year, I'm pretty

709
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: out on him. If you find someone in a Dynasty

710
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 1: league who is excited for some reason, I'd probably be

711
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: willing to sell him to that guy. I don't feel

712
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,439
Speaker 1: very confident about Rugs. I when when the Raiders drafted him,

713
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 1: I just immediately felt like, well, this is just not

714
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: a match. It's just not a machine in styles and

715
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: players style versus team off into styles, which is is

716
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 1: what you alluded to, um, Except then the thing that

717
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: I thought Ruggs was going to excel at is the

718
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: thing Nelson Aghalore did well. He was kind of that

719
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: stretched the field guy, and he was that big play

720
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: down the middle of the field guy, and I didn't

721
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: I didn't think that was coming from Agalore. Um. But then,

722
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, they go get John Brown, so that

723
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: that takes away it seems like that role. Uh so,

724
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 1: I don't know what they're going to do. Throw in

725
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: the fact also they get Kenyan Drake, who is going

726
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: to catch the ball to himself. I mean, obviously he's

727
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: gonna have a different role than Henry Ruggs, but he's

728
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 1: still going to take some of those targets away. Um. Yeah,

729
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: I I'm not willing to give up on Henry Ruggs,

730
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: but I'm also not willing to draft him, If that

731
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: makes sense. I think that's sort of where that's sort

732
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: of where I got with him. Alright, So we'll see,

733
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with that. But yeah, just that

734
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: was a few. I was going through them, like some

735
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: of these wide receiver rooms are not great. Um, so

736
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make Matt try to figure it out for

737
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: me and see how that works. Before we go, I'd

738
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 1: like to do some some fun rapid fire questions, and

739
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,399
Speaker 1: so I got a few for you here. The first one,

740
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: you guys a Patriots fan, do you have a favorite

741
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: Patriots logo or uniform that they've worn? In your your lifetime,

742
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: your history. Oh well, I'm tempted to go with the reds.

743
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: The red alternates with the old Patriot logo that I

744
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: think they're technically not allowed to wear anymore. But but

745
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: I gotta go with the whites. And it's simply because

746
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: of the super Bowl history. They've won four out of

747
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: their six super Bowls in the white jerseys. They won

748
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: the Seahawks Super Bowl and the Falcon Super Bowl in

749
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 1: the white jerseys, which were legitimately two of the greatest

750
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: football games of all time, accept no other explanation. Um,

751
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: and both of the Cursed Giant super Bowls happened in blue,

752
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: So get the blue out of my face. Yeah, I'll

753
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: take the whites. That's funny. I never I mean, I

754
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: never thought about that. Also, that's sort of the reason

755
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys don't wear because they historically have never

756
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: had success in them, so they always were white. So

757
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: maybe maybe you guys are sort of trending that direction there.

758
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:11,439
Speaker 1: All right. I know you you posted recently about your

759
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: your classic rock vinyl collection. Uh, you're sort of putting

760
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: those out there. You had, at least what I saw

761
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,760
Speaker 1: it was a pretty legitimate collection. Uh. Is there something

762
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: either that you you have you know let the public

763
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: know about, or something that you own privately that you

764
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: are completely unwilling to part with, an album that you

765
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: just cannot let go of. Oh boy, all right, I'm

766
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: gonna put myself on blast here because if asking the

767
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: question I'm unruly to part with, I feel like a

768
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,879
Speaker 1: little bit insinuates that some people are trying to take

769
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: it away from it. And my my pick is going

770
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: to be one that they're not trying to take away

771
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,760
Speaker 1: for themselves. They're just trying to shame me into throwing

772
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: it away. And it is creed Greatest Hits album. I

773
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: am in the Creed the vision of the scott Fish Bowl.

774
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: I also nominately nominated them to be a division. I'm

775
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: not sure if that's why he included him, but that's

776
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: what I mean. I will accept none of this slander

777
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: that Creed is just nickelback. They are one of the

778
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: greatest rock ballad bands of all time. Come on with

779
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: arms wide open higher. I will accept no slander against Creed,

780
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: So I will defend them to my last breath. And

781
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: while I like several of their albums a lot, I

782
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: just take the Greatest Hits and get all the best

783
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: songs on it and feel that maybe it's maybe a

784
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: little bit cheating, But that's what I'm going with, all right,

785
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: I did that answer. Um, you know, I don't. I

786
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: know that. You know, there's lots of Creed slander out there.

787
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: I can't say I participate in it at at at

788
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: any point, I've been told that the fit to the

789
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: last Breath was a Creed pun because I don't I

790
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: imagine that my Creed. I know that, I know that

791
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: my Creed knowledge is not super deep. So thank you

792
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: for that, justin putting that in front of me. Um,

793
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: I but I appreciate you defending it like you know

794
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: and sticking to your police on that one. So yeah,

795
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,839
Speaker 1: you know, you may get some tweets. I'm sure I will.

796
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 1: I made it public on Twitter, so I'm ready. All right.

797
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: So last one, Uh, if you could pick a non

798
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: football career this football thing doesn't work out for you,

799
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:21,760
Speaker 1: what would you be doing? Oh? Um, Well, my immediate

800
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: go to is to be a critic of some kind,

801
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: because how awesome is it just get paid to write

802
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: your opinion about something? So then it's just what am

803
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: I going to be the critic of? And listen. I

804
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: love movies. I could do movies. I like music. I could,

805
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: but I don't think anyone wants to hear my creed

806
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:44,879
Speaker 1: grad critique. But food that has to be the just

807
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: most foolishly amazing job that exists. You get to go

808
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 1: to great restaurants, get special meals tailored to you by

809
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: chefs that are better food than the vast majority of

810
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: the country ever gets to eat at all. But you

811
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: get to do it all the time time, and then

812
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 1: write about it, and then that's it. You should then

813
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: just go eat more food and write about it again.

814
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: How amazing would that be? Give me the food critic

815
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 1: job plus at least right now. We'll see if it

816
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: catches up with me eventually. But I have a freakish

817
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: metabolism that does not allow me to gain weight, so

818
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 1: I feel like I'd be pretty set in that regard

819
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: kind of let the critic from Ratatui who was always

820
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: super thin. I don't know. That's what I'm going with.

821
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: You know what, You and I are of the same

822
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: mind about this, because I have always said one of

823
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: my career goals is to get someone to pay for

824
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: me to travel and eat like that's all I really

825
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: want like, that's one of the things I want out

826
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: of my career before I know, before I leave this earth.

827
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: So you know, you and I are are of a

828
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 1: similar mind about that, So I fully endorse that that

829
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: potential career option if this thing doesn't work out. But

830
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: in the meantime, uh, this is going pretty well, and

831
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 1: we appreciate you jumping in, We appreciate having you on,

832
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: and we look forward to to get you back here

833
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 1: regularly soon sometime. But you know, the meantime, for folks

834
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: out there, where where can they find what you're doing?

835
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: Right now? On Twitter at Matt Okata that's where you

836
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: can shame my creed take, but you will be met

837
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: with combat, so do it at your own risk and

838
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: then check out ball Blast Football the website. We have

839
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: a Patreon that's popping off right now. We will also

840
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: be at the Fantasy Football Expo in Canton in August um,

841
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: so if you guys want to show up there, you

842
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: can do that. Awesome. Uh yeah, shout out to Kate

843
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,720
Speaker 1: and Michelle and everybody over at ball Blast for everything

844
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: they're doing. It's been it's been fun to watch this

845
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: thing grow and continue to succeed. So Matt We appreciate it.

846
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: Enjoy your summer and we'll talk again soon. How about

847
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 1: absolutely sounds good. Thanks for having me awesome. That is

848
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: it for us. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

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00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football show. You know the drill.

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