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Speaker 1: four hundred and thirty one, the four hundred and thirty
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Speaker 1: We had a wild weekend, all right, and you know, Henry,
Speaker 1: I know you're in the chat. You've already hit me up. Ben.
Speaker 1: What's going on in the chat? Stats over beats cipher
Speaker 1: is assembling as usual. We had a wild card weekend.
Speaker 1: We're gonna break it down game by game. Tell you
Speaker 1: what I thought you could take away, not only to
Speaker 1: spind forward to make a little bit of cache for
Speaker 1: the rest of the playoffs, but also what it could
Speaker 1: mean for the future of fantasy football. Okay, you are
Speaker 1: always logging things into your mind that you want to
Speaker 1: remember as we move along, So like we will on
Speaker 1: a Monday. We're not doing waiver wires anymore, right because
Speaker 1: the fantasy football season is largely done, but we will
Speaker 1: do what speeds kind of got right and what Speed's
Speaker 1: got wrong in each game, all right, and then yes,
Speaker 1: what we need to do, Henry is we need to
Speaker 1: update speeds versus the kids. And uh, Henry is all over,
Speaker 1: how Danny and I did Danny, do you see Henry
Speaker 1: already in the chat He's already letting us know. But yes,
Speaker 1: we will detail this and why I was an interesting
Speaker 1: why I was an interesting week for us, But um,
Speaker 1: and then listen, I also wanted to talk. Remember last
Speaker 1: week I started talking about our sports resolutions for so
Speaker 1: Henry Henderson ben in the chatroom, Francisco, g Um, let
Speaker 1: me know what are your sports resolutions for the year?
Speaker 1: All right? And moving forward, I talked about like strikeouts mattering.
Speaker 1: I Also here's another one in can we not project
Speaker 1: what we think athletes should do because of what we
Speaker 1: want them to do, you know, like whether it's a
Speaker 1: guy like Zion Williamson or Trevor Lawrence or two attack
Speaker 1: of aaloa and how much they play in college or
Speaker 1: should they sit out like we say, oh, Zion hidn't
Speaker 1: have played, or if it's like Manny Machado getting a
Speaker 1: contract right, or the idea of the refs and instant
Speaker 1: re play, like can we just give that up? And
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that obviously with what happened in that
Speaker 1: end zone very close to the original sin for pass
Speaker 1: interference replay um that was happening last last year in
Speaker 1: the same building. But in any event, let's get it started.
Speaker 1: But we also we gotta pull a question up as
Speaker 1: it relates to the Saints as well, right, and my
Speaker 1: poll question here is should each team get a possession
Speaker 1: in overtime? Okay, because listen, remember at this point five
Speaker 1: ten years ago with the Minnesota Vikings and Brett farve Um,
Speaker 1: they uh went down the field to kick the field
Speaker 1: goal in that playoff game, and uh that was it.
Speaker 1: And so now it's like, oh, if you get a
Speaker 1: field goal, the other team gets a possession. What about
Speaker 1: just letting both teams get a possession? Should both teams
Speaker 1: get a possession? Maybe it's closer to college and people
Speaker 1: don't like it. Maybe people are like, listen, your defense
Speaker 1: is apart one of the three phases of this game.
Speaker 1: Just stop the other team. And you know, I don't disagree.
Speaker 1: You're gonna hear this retroactive stuff now because listen, the
Speaker 1: NFL is reactionary. It was reactionary to the past interference
Speaker 1: in the Dome last year, you know. And I wonder
Speaker 1: will this continue the drumbeat for the idea of both
Speaker 1: teams getting the ball in overtime? But we gotta pull
Speaker 1: question up. So let me know if you think, yes,
Speaker 1: both teams should get it, no, both teams shouldn't, or
Speaker 1: if this should maybe be like only a playoff rule
Speaker 1: similar to how listen, there's only instant replay in overtime
Speaker 1: and after the last two minutes without a challenge, so
Speaker 1: you know it would not be without precedent. Will and
Speaker 1: and and I've got another idea for this, alright, I'll
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Speaker 1: really really interesting in the NFL. Although you know it
Speaker 1: is tongue in cheek a little bit, all right, But
Speaker 1: for the teams who are still playing, the final eight teams,
Speaker 1: let's get into some of the injury concerns. These are
Speaker 1: the people you are going to need to think about
Speaker 1: as you know you're filling out DFS lineups for ISSI
Speaker 1: in a weekend. Some of you guys have playoff formats
Speaker 1: left and right. Okay, So here's what you need to know.
Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks, right, they moved on. Listen, Offensive tackle
Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown. You gotta worry about him still with that
Speaker 1: menisca's tear or the meniscus issue. Guard Mike you potty,
Speaker 1: So this is that offensive line, right, And I was
Speaker 1: talking about this when it comes to Seattle. But Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: you know, does Russell Wilson things? Right? So your potty,
Speaker 1: they say may come back for that game against Green Bay.
Speaker 1: That's two starting offensive Lineman. All right, to keep an
Speaker 1: eye on that. But but you know who was back
Speaker 1: to Daveon Clowney, and boy did he make an impact
Speaker 1: for those Seattle Seahawks yesterday on Houston. Gotta monitor will
Speaker 1: Fuller still okay, he did not play on Saturday. Now
Speaker 1: as the Texans move along to play the Kansas City
Speaker 1: Chiefs on they are the first game on Sunday, I
Speaker 1: believe will will Fuller be back in the lineup. That's
Speaker 1: something you gotta see. Listen in the same vein as
Speaker 1: Daveon Clowney coming back making an impact. J J. Watt
Speaker 1: came back and made an impact for the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1: As we'll talk about it on the other side of
Speaker 1: the break. I think his sack in the third quarter
Speaker 1: really was kind of the turning point for that first
Speaker 1: wild card game. We'll go through all four games in Minnesota, right,
Speaker 1: they they look pretty good. They did not have many injuries. Right,
Speaker 1: So what do you got. You got cook looking refreshed
Speaker 1: as hell. You got Madison, Uh, you know he's back,
Speaker 1: he got he got touches yesterday, so they look relatively
Speaker 1: healthy for Tennessee. You still had uh Adam Humphreeze maybe
Speaker 1: the monitor, but they look decent coming back. This week
Speaker 1: for San Francisco, Kwan Alexander needs to be looked at.
Speaker 1: The linebacker d Ford with a hamstring. Those two guys
Speaker 1: pieces of their defense they would need. You gotta watch that.
Speaker 1: This week for Green Bay, it's blog of the tackle. Okay,
Speaker 1: Ryan Blog a huge tackle, Pro Bowl caliber offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Still in the concussion protocol all right. For Baltimore, the
Speaker 1: big name is obviously mark Ingram the running back. He's
Speaker 1: coming back from a calf We think he's going to
Speaker 1: be good to go. And Kansas City remember my pick
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. They seem to be pretty healthy.
Speaker 1: Remember they were trying to manage the carries and the
Speaker 1: reps of Shady McCoy coming in with the extra week
Speaker 1: and uh, you know Andy Reid after the buy, things
Speaker 1: look good for the Kansas City Chiefs. I'll tell you why.
Speaker 1: I think it looks even better. Uh later on in
Speaker 1: the show and the news here we know about the
Speaker 1: Patriots will detail them that. But also, guys, the Carrots
Speaker 1: did the Cowboys did finally move on from Jason Garrett.
Speaker 1: They've hired Mike McCarthy. I'll tell you what I think
Speaker 1: on the other side. To be honest, it's six of one,
Speaker 1: half a dozen of the other. I don't know it
Speaker 1: moves the needle when I do think moves the needle more.
Speaker 1: Oh boy Ta declared for the draft, so teams are
Speaker 1: gonna trade up for him, all right, Dilley, Dilley will
Speaker 1: come on back. We'll break down everything from the four
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Speaker 1: Here with the stats over beat. Cipher to Cipher is
Speaker 1: live as usual, less so than normal. You know, fantasy
Speaker 1: football is done, but the real deal stats of beats
Speaker 1: Cipher in the building, Francisco g letting me know that.
Speaker 1: You know, I am the guy who still puts the
Speaker 1: money in the wall. And despite the speeds verse the
Speaker 1: kids record ben uh talking about how both teams should
Speaker 1: get a shot in overtime. I don't necessarily disagree. And
Speaker 1: he's asked me for next year already. Yeah, man, you
Speaker 1: gotta always get that depth. You always gotta keep thinking,
Speaker 1: all right, you always gotta build uh because you never
Speaker 1: know when someone's gonna go down, whether it's the bye weeks.
Speaker 1: But then remember when it comes to playoff time, you
Speaker 1: want to kind of sharpen that and condense your roster
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I do not think McCarthy is
Speaker 1: going to hurt Zeke. I've seen a lot of that
Speaker 1: out there already, been in social media and other places,
Speaker 1: that he's gonna somehow hurt Zeke because they split carries
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Listen, you have Zeke, who is
Speaker 1: one of the best uh three down backs in all
Speaker 1: the NFL. I think McCarthy will adjust, Okay, I think
Speaker 1: he should. I think he needs to. I think he will.
Speaker 1: I think it'll be fine, all right, But obviously we'll
Speaker 1: see more and ken Tony Pollard start to grow in
Speaker 1: his role. I guess maybe a little bit, but nothing
Speaker 1: to infringe upon. Zeke still being an RB one q
Speaker 1: q Q. Wilson says, hey, just play the entire full quarter,
Speaker 1: you know, and I don't like that's cool. The problem
Speaker 1: with that is, you know, football is such a violent game.
Speaker 1: People get hurt so much. You know you're gonna start
Speaker 1: to see a huge biking injuries after they've already played,
Speaker 1: and you're like, hey, they gotta be warriors. I get it.
Speaker 1: But just in the current climate and culture and context
Speaker 1: of the NFL, they'd never let that happen. Uh. And
Speaker 1: then my man Henry Henderson is wondering about Tom Brady.
Speaker 1: What will happen with Tom Brady next year? I think
Speaker 1: he might play somewhere else. I think this is an
Speaker 1: opportunity for him to get away. And remember that's why
Speaker 1: I've said this quarterback Merry go round is gonna be
Speaker 1: so interesting. I've been saying it for weeks, all right.
Speaker 1: I've had names like Rivers and Brady on this carousel.
Speaker 1: We'll do that coming up after the after the divisional round,
Speaker 1: and we'll take a deep look at the quarterback carousel
Speaker 1: as these things settle a little bit. But also listen, Ben,
Speaker 1: you were mentioned about McCarthy, and so they do finally
Speaker 1: hire mccap McCarthy. The first thing I'm gonna say is,
Speaker 1: I think they did Jason Garrett wrong. All right, Listen,
Speaker 1: I don't think they stringing him out like this. I
Speaker 1: don't care if he was lobbying for his job, but
Speaker 1: whatever it is, I think this is a bad look
Speaker 1: for the entire organization because it now also puts Garrett
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball if he wants to go get
Speaker 1: another job. Teams are interviewing not only for coaches, coordinator
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, and now he's kind of late
Speaker 1: to the party to get another job. So I don't
Speaker 1: think that was a good look. Um. And as McCarthy
Speaker 1: really gonna like challenge Jerry Jones. You know, we talked
Speaker 1: about it all the time. These teams that are run well,
Speaker 1: well run organizations, they do well. The teams that are
Speaker 1: messed up at the top is a is a veteran
Speaker 1: retread head coach really gonna move the needle. I'm not
Speaker 1: so sure. Okay, So we'll see Dallas has some pieces,
Speaker 1: but they got some decisions to make as well, obviously
Speaker 1: as it relates to Doc, as it relates to Amari.
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with that offensive line, which was
Speaker 1: one of the best in football, but has somewhat taken
Speaker 1: a step back. A lot of questions on the defensive
Speaker 1: side actually now with vander esh having next surgery, so
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. But yes, finally they move on
Speaker 1: from Garrett. They do in fire, they do in fact
Speaker 1: higher um by McCarthy. So let's talk about what we
Speaker 1: saw on these games. First one was the Houston Buffalo game.
Speaker 1: And listen, all of these games were crazy, and yes,
Speaker 1: Danny and I didn't have a good week, but like
Speaker 1: all these games were incredibly close, right, So the Houston Buffalo,
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you. And there's gonna be some recurring
Speaker 1: themes here, like, for example, the way that Houston um
Speaker 1: held the Bills to field goals at the beginning of
Speaker 1: this game, where in the second quarter of this game
Speaker 1: wasn't very important, much like Tennessee doing it with the
Speaker 1: goal line stand at the end of the second quarter
Speaker 1: with New England. Right, I think we saw the highs
Speaker 1: and the lows of Josh Allen. I am prepared to
Speaker 1: say that, remember my thing all year, one of the
Speaker 1: things Speed's got, right, Mar Jackson, Patrick Malmes and DeShawn
Speaker 1: Watson Right, And DeShawn Watson ultimately makes the signature play,
Speaker 1: the Superman play where two Buffalo Bills crash into him
Speaker 1: and he spins out and makes what is a game
Speaker 1: defining play. Right. But I gotta tell you, Josh Allen
Speaker 1: is right on the precipice from joining them. When Tom
Speaker 1: Brady moves along and this wave happens, You're gonna have
Speaker 1: my Homes in the west. You're gonna have Lamar in
Speaker 1: the north, You're gonna have Watson in the south. And
Speaker 1: even though I'm a Jets fan, you know Josh Allen
Speaker 1: is ahead right now of Baker Mayfield and Sam Donald
Speaker 1: and all that. And he was making some ridiculous places.
Speaker 1: He ran for ninety five yards. Okay, he made some
Speaker 1: throws as well. In his first playoffs start. The arrow
Speaker 1: was pointing up for Buffalo. But we also said some
Speaker 1: bone head nonsense. All right, We saw the lateral, We
Speaker 1: saw him taking the intentional grounding and towards the end
Speaker 1: of regulation, we saw him in overtime decided to chuck
Speaker 1: at forty yards downfield to double coverage to his full back. Hello,
Speaker 1: he played to win the game. Um, but you know
Speaker 1: he wants to make plays. He's still raw rough around
Speaker 1: the asia edges and will make those mistakes. Right. The
Speaker 1: wat sack was huge. And I also gotta tell you,
Speaker 1: Devin Single Charry, here's something I gotta tell you, guys,
Speaker 1: market down Jilly, if you're if you're watching and listening,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary is one of these rookie running backs who
Speaker 1: have been ascending. I said it all the time, and
Speaker 1: you know how last year I was on the second
Speaker 1: year sending wide receivers. I will be on that as well.
Speaker 1: But the second year talent is I like these guys
Speaker 1: taking a jump, and Devin Singletary I think could be
Speaker 1: a high end RB two next year. He may even
Speaker 1: be able to sneak into you know, back end RB
Speaker 1: one territory. If someone comes out in August and he's
Speaker 1: rated ranked as like you're eleven or twelfth running back
Speaker 1: or you know, eleven through fourteen fifteen, I ain't mad
Speaker 1: at that alright, Devin Singletary, the arrow is pointing up
Speaker 1: and this this Buffalo team. I like it. But with
Speaker 1: with with Houston. Listen, you see DeShawn Watson making the play,
Speaker 1: but Shawn Watson also got sacked seven times. That offensive
Speaker 1: line is still a problem. I've told you it's been
Speaker 1: a problem. It continues to be a problem. And with
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs defense getting better and better, Terrell
Speaker 1: sucks now right, I'm worried that they're gonna get too
Speaker 1: much pressure on DeShawn Watson and they can continue to
Speaker 1: get to him. Will he make plays, probably, but he's
Speaker 1: gonna be under pressure all day long. That Kansas City
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense is getting better. Um. In the Tennessee New
Speaker 1: England game, which was next on Saturday night, listen, let
Speaker 1: first talk about the game. Another huge goal line stand shot. Evans,
Speaker 1: a linebacker on Tennessee, had himself a night. Okay, he
Speaker 1: was all over the field. That goal line stand really
Speaker 1: was big because if not if goes SEV seven, they
Speaker 1: may they may not come back and score at the
Speaker 1: begin the end of the second half. That was huge
Speaker 1: a right. Also, Derek M. F Henry all December, I
Speaker 1: was telling you about Derrick Henry right, and how he
Speaker 1: provides the balance. And for the eight, for the A. J.
Speaker 1: Brown and the Ryan Tannehill, they knew it was coming
Speaker 1: and he ran on them anyway. Thirty four carries a
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two yards and a touchdown yard reception
Speaker 1: that I thought was in a touchdown anyway, two hundred
Speaker 1: scrimmage yards. And here's the thing, the Pats knew it
Speaker 1: was coming. Uh, maybe they took away the over the
Speaker 1: top right A J. Brown didn't do much, but it
Speaker 1: don't matter. As you saw as time went on, they
Speaker 1: wanted no part of tackling Derrick Henry. And the thing
Speaker 1: is is that might be in play this weekend when
Speaker 1: they play Baltimore, all right, because it's gonna be raining
Speaker 1: on Saturday night in Baltimore, and over time, it is
Speaker 1: tough to tackle Derrick Henry. And I'll also say this,
Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel, gotta give him a little bit of love too.
Speaker 1: If you saw them take the delay a game and
Speaker 1: then take the false start with the penalty to wind,
Speaker 1: they wound a minute and like twenty five seconds off
Speaker 1: of clock there right before the five minute mark. And
Speaker 1: that was brilliant, Okay, Belichick knew it. I knew it
Speaker 1: when we saw what was going on. We have seen
Speaker 1: Belichick try this earlier in the season, and then you
Speaker 1: know it's a big time difference. Tom Brady got the
Speaker 1: ball back, but with twenty seconds left ultimately to a
Speaker 1: pick six. If he's got a minute forty there, it's different. Alright.
Speaker 1: So that was great play by Vrabel that stood away.
Speaker 1: And of course now we do have to address are
Speaker 1: the Patriots done. I think the first domino to fall
Speaker 1: is Josh McDaniels already hearing stuff about Brady. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna give him a hometown discount. Oh, it wouldn't be
Speaker 1: surprised if he've moved on. Listen, we saw it with
Speaker 1: Joe Montana, we saw it with Joe Namath, we saw
Speaker 1: it with Peyton Manning. Okay, it's not unprecedented for an
Speaker 1: all time great to close out going somewhere else. And
Speaker 1: the Patriots are always a step ahead of the game, right,
Speaker 1: So I think McDaniels will be the first one to go.
Speaker 1: The offensive coordinator. I think he will take the job
Speaker 1: this time, whether it's in New York or Cleveland or Carolina.
Speaker 1: And then why would Brady want to do it. You
Speaker 1: heard of all the tension. Maybe he wants to ride
Speaker 1: off in the sunset somewhere else. I don't know where
Speaker 1: it's gonna be just yet. If you put a gun
Speaker 1: to my head, and I know Henry was asking about it,
Speaker 1: like and that's a pole and we will do that
Speaker 1: as a poll question maybe next week, all right, but
Speaker 1: I think he's playing somewhere else to be quiet, honest,
Speaker 1: all right? Yes, you know I said this was the
Speaker 1: end of it, and boy didn't come crashing down on
Speaker 1: Saturday night. When we come back, we uh take our
Speaker 1: takeaways from the NFC game. It's so fresh and so clean.
Speaker 1: And then we get two speeds versus the kids. Danny
Speaker 1: and I reluctantly update the standings of speeds versus kids
Speaker 1: after these NFC takeaways. Let me know what your resolutions
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Speaker 1: to Drew Dinkmeyer. Yesterday we were going over um our
Speaker 1: lineups for the slate of yesterday's games, and no, we
Speaker 1: we killed it. I told people I like Feeling better
Speaker 1: than Stefan Digs and he was cheaper. I told people
Speaker 1: I liked, oh yeah, dk Metcalf better than Tyler Lockett
Speaker 1: and he was cheaper. And similarly, I said, I believe
Speaker 1: in God Dallas Goddard over zach Ertz. All three of
Speaker 1: those things would have helped your DFS lineup. I hope
Speaker 1: you hit that cache. With the stats of beat Cipher.
Speaker 1: We got someone new and the cipher. Travis Daisy is
Speaker 1: talking about how you know Drew Brees and Josh Allen
Speaker 1: both holding the ball turning the ball over, And while
Speaker 1: that is true, Travis, and welcome to the Cipher. I
Speaker 1: hope you become real deal stats of beat Cipher. For me,
Speaker 1: the key of the Saints vikings the game was Dalvin Cook.
Speaker 1: All Right. We saw in the same way that I'm
Speaker 1: talking about Derrick Henry and the commitment to the run game.
Speaker 1: And we also saw just a few weeks ago Minnesota
Speaker 1: without Dalvin Cook, when everybody thought Mike Boone was gonna
Speaker 1: take them to a Fantasy Championship, right, And I said
Speaker 1: it then real deal stats of beat Cipher crew, you
Speaker 1: know what it is, Alright. I said that without that balance,
Speaker 1: her Cousins gets turned into a volume thrower, and that
Speaker 1: is not good for the Minnesota Vikings. It's not good
Speaker 1: for most teams quarterbacks. Right, But they didn't have that balance. Well, boy,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, did they get it back yesterday? And boy,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, was that a true lynchpin of this game.
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cocos carries nine yards, two touchdowns, thirty six more
Speaker 1: in the past game. Madison even running okay, five carries
Speaker 1: for twenty yards, but that commitment, that's thirty three carries
Speaker 1: in the same way Derrick Henry is able to run
Speaker 1: thirty four times, right, And to me, that is what
Speaker 1: allows the passing game to be effective. That's what allows
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins to be able to hit you over the
Speaker 1: top like he did with Delon at the end of
Speaker 1: the game, or you know, gashing them over the middle
Speaker 1: of the field. Right. That run game having balance, I
Speaker 1: think was very interesting. Compare that with Alvin Kamara getting
Speaker 1: the ball seven times for twenty one yards, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? And It's not like they were games
Speaker 1: scripted out of it. They were within the score for
Speaker 1: most of this game, right, But that commitment to the
Speaker 1: running game, that is very important the teams that can
Speaker 1: do that. We have said it all year long here
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Freestyle. That was a huge piece in
Speaker 1: the pack. That the fact that Cook was back and
Speaker 1: able to give that to the Minnesota Vikings, I felt
Speaker 1: was a big deal from Minnesota in that game. The
Speaker 1: return of feeling. We nailed the Adam Feeling props. We
Speaker 1: just told you about that he had criminally low props.
Speaker 1: On Sunday he had over three and a half of receptions.
Speaker 1: He goes seven for one nine on Pro Football Today.
Speaker 1: Yesterday morning we gave out that we liked the feeling
Speaker 1: props um And now obviously three years in a row
Speaker 1: for the Saints, right losing and walk off fashion, whether
Speaker 1: it's two digs in the miracle, whether it's the ot
Speaker 1: kick with the Rams last year, or what happened yesterday.
Speaker 1: And I hear people bitching and moaning all the time.
Speaker 1: You know they should have called pass in Affeerance on
Speaker 1: Rudolph and like, isn't that what the rule is for?
Speaker 1: And yes, but I don't think it was as egregious
Speaker 1: as most people. I think the more interesting thing is
Speaker 1: will they evolve the rules for the idea of the overtime?
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you my wacky idea for overtime a
Speaker 1: little bit later on in this show, in the last segment.
Speaker 1: Where as you know, here we put the fun and
Speaker 1: functional sports content right um. And here's the other thing
Speaker 1: for me, Taysom Hill. Honestly, where might you draft Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill next year? Is it worth it to draft Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill next year? Will he be the QB two for
Speaker 1: the Saints next year? Because if he is in reality,
Speaker 1: like if Teddy Bridgewater signed somewhere else, all right, Carolina, Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: the Chargers, who knows, you can't really have Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: be like your technical official QB two and also be
Speaker 1: out there running, you know, catching passes on punt block coverage, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, throwing passes, running the ball. You can't have.
Speaker 1: And it's too valuable of an asset if he's your
Speaker 1: actual QB two. But if he's doing all this stuff,
Speaker 1: is he draftable in fantasy? I think it's really really
Speaker 1: interesting And we're gonna have a poll question on that
Speaker 1: in the upcoming months as well. And then the last game. Listen,
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Carson Wentz gets banged out right,
Speaker 1: and uh, you can't really. The question is, and Henry
Speaker 1: asked it here in the chat room. I hear him
Speaker 1: say this, Uh is Carson Wentz. Now get the tag right,
Speaker 1: the injury prone? You got a concussion? Do you know,
Speaker 1: like what percent of the NFL has gotten a concussion before? Like,
Speaker 1: it's pretty damn high. I would say it's an even
Speaker 1: higher percentage than the percentage of the NBA that has
Speaker 1: a tattoo. All right, So you know, it's just unlucky, really,
Speaker 1: And I know in this day and age of the
Speaker 1: independent assessment, this was gonna happen. People think it happened
Speaker 1: Tom Raybuddy in the Super Bowl and they covered it up.
Speaker 1: So this is not the first time the last time
Speaker 1: we're gonna see this happen where the quarterback goes down
Speaker 1: because of a hit and it's just it's just a
Speaker 1: bad situation. Carson Wentz finally gets through sixteen games. You
Speaker 1: think it's his chance to reclaim the narrative for this
Speaker 1: as his team, and there he goes out. Josh McCown.
Speaker 1: You know, admirable effort, but the band's over forty right,
Speaker 1: was coaching high school football, was on the set of ESPN.
Speaker 1: What are you gonna do? You know? More guys even
Speaker 1: went down, right, Uh, Brandon Graham I think went down
Speaker 1: at one part of the game, Like come on, man,
Speaker 1: you know, Um, I don't know though, hen we do
Speaker 1: what I call him injury prone. I don't think necessarily,
Speaker 1: I really don't. All right, Um, I think it's just
Speaker 1: really snake bit, to be quite honest. But you know,
Speaker 1: remember the other things where you know it's his freak
Speaker 1: injury sometimes, you know, and backs and knee act. I
Speaker 1: can't actually call him injury prone. Here's what I will say,
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf revelation. Right, Um, we talked about some of
Speaker 1: these ascending second year players. There are a couple in
Speaker 1: this game over this weekend. Devin Singletary has one. A J. Brown,
Speaker 1: even though he had his one for four was one
Speaker 1: and in this game, I still say Miles Sanders is one.
Speaker 1: But DK Metcalf broke out right seven catches, one sixt
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Him and A J. Brown we're at
Speaker 1: all missed together. Okay, they are in for big things.
Speaker 1: I will take both of them as wide receiver twos.
Speaker 1: Maybe high end wide receiver threes, low end wide receiver twos.
Speaker 1: There inside people's top twenty five. Just like in how
Speaker 1: this year we were talking about guys like Godwin, D J. Moore,
Speaker 1: you know, even Calvin Ridley early, you know Courtland Sutton
Speaker 1: right the second year wide outs. This year it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a J. Brown, DK Metcalf making that kind of
Speaker 1: jump in my opinion. The last I'll say is, you
Speaker 1: know Russell Wilson. I say all the time these three
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the a f C that just make plays, right, Well,
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is the one. In the NFC. I was saying,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz was making plays. You know, Aaron Rodgers makes plays,
Speaker 1: but Russell Wilson is the one. There was a sequence
Speaker 1: where he like ran for third eighteen yards on third
Speaker 1: and seventeen something like that, and then when he was
Speaker 1: starting to scramble, they bring in Malcolm Jenkins to kind
Speaker 1: of be a spy in the next third down and
Speaker 1: long and what does he do? Stay in the pocket,
Speaker 1: shows some agility within the pocket, then deliver the ball
Speaker 1: right over the middle, right where the safety would be
Speaker 1: what do they do with Russell Wilson when theyre when
Speaker 1: every other team would just be running the ball to,
Speaker 1: you know, drain the clock. They gets a third down,
Speaker 1: you know they kind of have to run the ball. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: they trust Russell Wilson. And guess what I would too.
Speaker 1: He makes the throw to DK Metcalf. But here's the thing,
Speaker 1: if that wasn't there, he knows to take the sack,
Speaker 1: keep the clock running. He gets out of bounds when
Speaker 1: needs to, he slides when he needs to. He makes
Speaker 1: the plays and that's why he's an m VP candidate.
Speaker 1: Thirty one touchdowns, five interceptions. Obviously, Lamar is gonna win
Speaker 1: the m VP in most people's opinion. I was holding
Speaker 1: out that it could have been Russell, and I even
Speaker 1: now defer that it's probably Lamar. But contrast that with
Speaker 1: what we saw out of Josh Allen to my man
Speaker 1: Travis Daisy's point, Contrast what we saw at a Josh
Speaker 1: Allen lateraling in balls, chucking a downfield bull coverage to
Speaker 1: your fullback in overtime. Contrast that with the trust that
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll puts in Russell Wilson, right, or that you
Speaker 1: see Andy Reid put in Mahomes or even Bill O'Brien
Speaker 1: and Watson. Right, it's gonna get there for Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: it is there for Russell Wilson, and that's the difference.
Speaker 1: So those were the four games. But Danny, we didn't
Speaker 1: do that well, bro Um like, we picked them all.
Speaker 1: And I gotta say, the Bills game that goes to overtime,
Speaker 1: I still hit. I hit Buffalo plus three and a half.
Speaker 1: So we made we cached there, Danny, You and I
Speaker 1: we knew this Patriots team was right for the picking.
Speaker 1: We were just scarred to pull the trigger. I said,
Speaker 1: they lose on the road and maybe some in the Echoes.
Speaker 1: You know, we had Tennessee plus the five and a half.
Speaker 1: We did not have Tennessee outright. Um that Saints game,
Speaker 1: we all we were both on the Saints, as was
Speaker 1: most of America. Right. Although there was late money, Danny,
Speaker 1: a lot of late money. The points were changed from
Speaker 1: like eight and a half down to seven on Sunday morning,
Speaker 1: So there was a lot of late money backing the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings and that turned out to be smart money.
Speaker 1: And then you know, with this Eagles game, listen a
Speaker 1: lot of my analysis was based on Carson Wentz being
Speaker 1: a hot quarterback who was making plays for four straight
Speaker 1: weeks that the Eagles needed him to get in. Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz was taken away and Josh mccount did admirable stuff,
Speaker 1: but you know it was ultimately not enough. Also, to
Speaker 1: check this out, we we only got a minute left
Speaker 1: to the break. Now in these overtime games, we got
Speaker 1: this full question up, and I'm shocked fifty of you
Speaker 1: say yes, both teams should get a possession. So let
Speaker 1: me tell you what I think we should do. To
Speaker 1: Ben and Henry Henderson checked this out, I think instead
Speaker 1: of a coin toss at overtime, both teams should walk
Speaker 1: out with a folded up piece of paper and people
Speaker 1: are like, oh, in college, they start from the twenty
Speaker 1: five and all that, and one team should be like,
Speaker 1: if we start our drive on your thirty five yard line,
Speaker 1: will get in the end zone, and the other team,
Speaker 1: blind bidding, should be like, all right, we can do
Speaker 1: it from the twenty eight yard line. We could do
Speaker 1: it from the thirty five yard line, and then whoever
Speaker 1: thinks they can do it from further away, it's a
Speaker 1: one possession challenge. They score and get in they win,
Speaker 1: they get stopped, game over, they lose, And so there's strategy.
Speaker 1: We can do it from the twenty eight yard line,
Speaker 1: not now, we could do it from the thirty two.
Speaker 1: Not now, we could do it from the forty one.
Speaker 1: And then it's kind of like name that tune. You
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Danny, I can name that song
Speaker 1: in four notes, three notes. Okay, name that tune. I
Speaker 1: could score from the forty five yard line. All right,
Speaker 1: let's see you do it. Try and win the game.
Speaker 1: I think it's more fun that way. Offense and defense
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Speaker 1: for the stats over Beats Cipher, Welcome back. It's Fantasy
Speaker 1: Freestyle episode four hundred and thirty one. As my man
Speaker 1: Henry knows, as Ben knows, it is the four hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty first convening of the stats over Beats Cipher,
Speaker 1: Henry knows what I'm talking about. Name that tune style, right,
Speaker 1: So I think what it would be is whoever says
Speaker 1: they could score from further away would have to do
Speaker 1: it or try to do it right. And so if
Speaker 1: you have a great defense, maybe you want to be
Speaker 1: on defense, right, so you say something real short, like
Speaker 1: the ten yard line, knowing the other team is gonna
Speaker 1: be like, yeah, I can score from midfield, and you're like,
Speaker 1: I go ahead, give it a shot, brother, Right, if
Speaker 1: you got a really good offense, would you be like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I can score, get me the ball. Uh, Derek says,
Speaker 1: have both teams have a possession from midfield? That would
Speaker 1: be like college or you know, I like the idea
Speaker 1: of the strategy. I'm I'm obviously being a little bit
Speaker 1: you know, tongue cheek because they would never allow coaches
Speaker 1: to actually have to think about this, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. And then you know in the chat room
Speaker 1: also it sounds like we're organizing and meet up of
Speaker 1: the stats Overbeat Cipher. You know, everybody. I love how
Speaker 1: the Cipher gets down. Obviously, the Cipher's a family. Feel um,
Speaker 1: Happy holidays, Happy New Year to everybody. It seems like
Speaker 1: we're kind of like now through the holidays, right, the
Speaker 1: tree is now gone here in the studio even um,
Speaker 1: so we're back to the grind again. And and you know, Danny,
Speaker 1: one of the people in the Cipher was very big
Speaker 1: with us over the holidays, you know, obviously sent me
Speaker 1: some very emotional gifts and stuff. Was Danny Lee from
Speaker 1: the undisclosed location, right Danny's and uh, I bring him
Speaker 1: up because remember last week, his daughter Cora made some
Speaker 1: picks we've been running his His wife was not excited
Speaker 1: with Cora's pick for remember the Patriots Titans game. But
Speaker 1: it turns out that Cora was correct, Danny Um. And
Speaker 1: Cora was not only correct on that one, Danny, but
Speaker 1: Cora our status over Beat Cipher Shorty rock Um, it's
Speaker 1: tied for first place. Danny. She went three and one,
Speaker 1: Cora went three and one. Had the Texans had the Titans,
Speaker 1: had the Seahawks didn't have the Saints, she is tied
Speaker 1: for first place. There was another lovely young lady who
Speaker 1: went three in one, and that was Michaela. Michaela went
Speaker 1: three in one as well. So Michaela is eight years old,
Speaker 1: she went three and one. Cora is four years old.
Speaker 1: She went three and one, all right, Danny. Then a
Speaker 1: bunch of kids went two and two. Casper, the four
Speaker 1: year old Audrey Goose. Arianna who you know, picked the seagulls.
Speaker 1: So what do you think I gave her the sea
Speaker 1: because then she said, excuse me, I gave her the
Speaker 1: Eagles because she then said the Philadelphia Eagles afterwards, so
Speaker 1: we gave her a loss. There there you see the
Speaker 1: standings on the screen. So two of the kids are
Speaker 1: out in front. They got three wins. A bunch of
Speaker 1: kids finished five hundred, Dylan, Zoe, Ozzy and Jasmine only
Speaker 1: one win. And then Danny, we didn't uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we got the big poop prize. We didn't do well
Speaker 1: that that that didn't go the way now, so so
Speaker 1: you can take this off because we don't need that,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want that to be like a
Speaker 1: commercial for US or um. But Danny yea um. But Danny,
Speaker 1: here's where I think it is interesting. You know our
Speaker 1: home girls, Zoe with her controversy right, well, were the
Speaker 1: two teams that are involved in the controversy with Zoe.
Speaker 1: Zoe has been for three years loving Philadelphia Eagles. Zoe's
Speaker 1: dad is a fan of what team, Danny, do you remember?
Speaker 1: So at East we won't have controversy with Zoe for
Speaker 1: the rest of the way out, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Eagles are gone, Saints are gone. So at least now
Speaker 1: there will be no more pressure from my my boy
Speaker 1: Matt on Zoe's dad on Zoey's picks. I think that's
Speaker 1: a win win. And now here's the thing. Here's the thing, Danny,
Speaker 1: all these parents, I notified them. They gotta come on,
Speaker 1: they got I gave them matchups for this week if
Speaker 1: they want to, you know, keep up like MICHAELA and Cora.
Speaker 1: You know, Danny Lee, if Cora wants a shot at
Speaker 1: the title, I need her picks for this week. Because
Speaker 1: remember we're not doing percentage, We're doing total number of
Speaker 1: correct picks, all right, So it's easy Ariana or Audrey
Speaker 1: or Andy. They can pop up over them. I need
Speaker 1: all picks for the Thursday show, Danny. So we still
Speaker 1: have a chance. Okay, we still have a chance. I
Speaker 1: mean if we go perfectly. I think we do. Because
Speaker 1: here's the other thing. And I was telling my fiance
Speaker 1: about this earlier today. Listen, Core is four years old, Okay,
Speaker 1: was like four eight years old. So here's what I
Speaker 1: think is pop able, Danny. And they just did big
Speaker 1: things picking the Texans and the Titans, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So when their parents asked them about the
Speaker 1: games this week, and for example, they're like the Titans
Speaker 1: versus the Ravens, I think the kids are gonna pick
Speaker 1: the same teams over again because it's like familiar names
Speaker 1: and they'll be happy they won. You know. For five
Speaker 1: year old is like, oh I won with the Titans.
Speaker 1: Give me the Titans again, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I think they'll pick the same names. And that could
Speaker 1: bode well for us because the teams with the boys incoming,
Speaker 1: you know, we we could we could make Hey, we
Speaker 1: could gain on these kids, Danny by picking like the
Speaker 1: Ravens and the Chiefs. You know what I mean. I
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know what the kids are gonna say,
Speaker 1: but I think it's possible that they may. It may
Speaker 1: just trigger happy memories. They're like, oh I want with
Speaker 1: the Vikings. Vikings. You know, remember Zoe, she's like Eagles, Eagles,
Speaker 1: no matter what, almost right, So sometimes they latch onto
Speaker 1: a team name. So I think we got an opening here, Danny.
Speaker 1: What do you think I mean? I get I'm here.
Speaker 1: Here's the thing. I'm gonna worry if if our picks
Speaker 1: are the exact same, because we did up right, all right,
Speaker 1: So we gotta make well. I like, I mean, I
Speaker 1: like a lot of the teams that have buys, Danny,
Speaker 1: because remember we pick and for anybody who's new uh
Speaker 1: to this speeds versu the kids or to the status
Speaker 1: over beat cipher, we're picking them straight up, all right.
Speaker 1: Not with spread. Okay, So because we had the Titans
Speaker 1: plus some points, I had Buffalo plus three and a half.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, I got the point the half points,
Speaker 1: so that was all good, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: So against the spread, we were fine. I gave out unders,
Speaker 1: we gave up, I gave out prop bets, whether it
Speaker 1: was thelan or DK metcalf so on balance. Still with
Speaker 1: with with the the picks, that we gave out, you know,
Speaker 1: for money, I still did all right last weekend. But
Speaker 1: Danny on bat like, just straight up, I like these
Speaker 1: buy teams, Like, you know, it's gonna be very hard
Speaker 1: for me to bet or give out straight up, not
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, or the Kansas City Chiefs, or the
Speaker 1: Niners or even the Packers. To be quite honest, I think,
Speaker 1: like I don't know that they're going to cover the
Speaker 1: point spreads. Ten is a lot of points, and what
Speaker 1: I think is gonna be a knockout, drag him fight
Speaker 1: in Baltimore and Tennessee. Ten is a lot of points
Speaker 1: or eight and a half, whatever it is. Ten is
Speaker 1: a lot of points for Kansas City, right because they're
Speaker 1: playing even a more conservative kind of game and last
Speaker 1: year it's not as flashy, you know. Um uh ten
Speaker 1: San San Francisco, listen. San Francisco plays a lot of
Speaker 1: tight games, and Minnesota maybe might want to grind them out.
Speaker 1: So my point is that these favorites, I don't know
Speaker 1: if they'll cover the spread, and I'll give out my
Speaker 1: picks a t s on Thursday, but I do think
Speaker 1: straight up I'm gonna lean towards these buy teams, Danny.
Speaker 1: So hopefully the kids aren't onto him, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, they don't know about Lamar Jackson. I don't
Speaker 1: think maybe they do, maybe that's there there there, but
Speaker 1: I doubt it. Well except for Tito because remember Tito
Speaker 1: or Dylan, he's been uh you know, all the kids
Speaker 1: at school are sending him Seahawks videos, right, So he
Speaker 1: was probably on DK Metcalf, you know, he was probably like, Yo,
Speaker 1: they're giving me all these Seahawks videos at school. So
Speaker 1: we'll see. But we'll make our official picks on the Thursday, Danny.
Speaker 1: But we got some ground to make up. Brother man,
Speaker 1: do you think we can? I mean it's gonna be tough.
Speaker 1: We gotta. It was maybe the first year kid beat speeds.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing. The it's on the parents to
Speaker 1: the parents have to actually send in the video. Okay,
Speaker 1: I will welcome all the video, and I promise you, Danny,
Speaker 1: I sent reminders to all of the parents today. But
Speaker 1: if they don't send them in, hey, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, you gotta be in a twining. But in
Speaker 1: any event, you know, one of the we got this wrong, Okay,
Speaker 1: we got a lot of things wrong. Uh, straight up
Speaker 1: over the weekend. But we usually do what species got right,
Speaker 1: what speedies got wrong. I wanted to take a different
Speaker 1: twinge on that and talk about what were the biggest
Speaker 1: busts of the fantasy season in two thousand and nineteen
Speaker 1: and what are their potential for bounce back, you know,
Speaker 1: and a lot of these I was on. So for example,
Speaker 1: um at the running back positions, one of the biggest
Speaker 1: bus was Danny and Williams. All Right, he was the
Speaker 1: first round pick. I was saying all season he was
Speaker 1: gonna be a fool gazzy. I told you to forget
Speaker 1: about him going into fantasy draft seasons. He finished his
Speaker 1: RB thirty eight, outside of even flex consideration in the
Speaker 1: twelve team league right four in nine yards five touch shown.
Speaker 1: It was the injuries, and that's the thing I said.
Speaker 1: He was not gonna able to handle the three down workload,
Speaker 1: which everyone thought. I still don't think next year. I think, listen,
Speaker 1: he might be healthy, he might be a good back,
Speaker 1: he might improve on his thirty eight ranking. But watch
Speaker 1: Darwin Thompson next year. Okay, they're still gonna wind up
Speaker 1: as a committee in Kansas City. And one of the
Speaker 1: things we're learned is you want to try to get
Speaker 1: to there where the committee is only two people instead
Speaker 1: of three. This is gonna be a full on committee
Speaker 1: next year. So Damian Williams has, in my opinion, not
Speaker 1: a ton of bounce back potential, not all the way
Speaker 1: back to the low end RB one level that a
Speaker 1: lot of people thought. Um, a lot of people talk
Speaker 1: about bus at the running back position was like Kamara
Speaker 1: or se Kwan. I don't buy it. Yeah, they were
Speaker 1: drafted in the top four overall, but Kamara finished like
Speaker 1: RB nine or ten. Se Kwan finished RB ten. I
Speaker 1: think it was. We had it up on the screen,
Speaker 1: um a few weeks ago. It's not a bust, all right.
Speaker 1: They still returned a B one value for you. I
Speaker 1: know they didn't get full of what you're gonna get.
Speaker 1: But like this year coming up, if you draft Zeke
Speaker 1: Elliott and he winds up RB eight or a Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook or or um or you know Nick Chubb. Let's
Speaker 1: say let's say you draft Nick Chubb number four, number
Speaker 1: three or four overall, which I'm sure is viable. I
Speaker 1: gotta dig into it a little bit more, and he
Speaker 1: finishes his RB nine, you know, I mean, yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a little bit below what you thought, but it's not
Speaker 1: a problem. Been David Johnson was a big one. And
Speaker 1: the thing is for me, he was going in the
Speaker 1: first round. He finished RBT. But for me, I think
Speaker 1: he has a better bounce back potential than Damian Williams.
Speaker 1: Why because he's a free agent alright, So someone is
Speaker 1: going to go after him with a scheme in mind
Speaker 1: because they think he is a good fit. And I
Speaker 1: think that is helpful. So don't sleep on David Johnson.
Speaker 1: Will he be a first round talent? Probably not. Would
Speaker 1: I take one of these ascending second year guys like
Speaker 1: a Devin Singletary ahead of David Johnson maybe, but it
Speaker 1: depends on where DJ lands, And that's why you should
Speaker 1: keep your I out on him. On wide receiver, listen,
Speaker 1: Feeling was going second round, finished wide out sixty four.
Speaker 1: That was a lot of injuries, right, that can happen
Speaker 1: to anybody, But Delon is over at that age. Now,
Speaker 1: remember it happened to a J Green, Doug Baldwin walked away.
Speaker 1: Keep an eye out these older receivers. That's why I
Speaker 1: like the second year, third year ascending ones and dealing's
Speaker 1: a little bit old so I wouldn't go back to
Speaker 1: the well for a bounce back with Delon. Juju was
Speaker 1: a big bus to me. He was going top six
Speaker 1: wide out, finished as wide receiver sixty five. He even
Speaker 1: played twelve games. Now I know the quarterback situation, but
Speaker 1: I don't know for next year. One of the things
Speaker 1: I said about Juju was that he benefited from all
Speaker 1: the attention Antonio Brown got, right, He benefited from that.
Speaker 1: Could he actually be the number one wide receiver for
Speaker 1: his team? Could he handle the kind of coverage he
Speaker 1: was gonna get? That still remains to be seen in
Speaker 1: my opinion. Yeah, like they'll likely have been back and
Speaker 1: maybe a healthy Connor and Deonte Johnson right right. But
Speaker 1: the thing is, I don't know if he's that dude
Speaker 1: to even handle shadow coverage and or a guy over
Speaker 1: the top, you know, and at the tight end position.
Speaker 1: Because we only got a couple of minutes. And I
Speaker 1: would also say, listen, people drafted Antonio Brown that was
Speaker 1: a bust. Odell Beckham was a top five six wide
Speaker 1: receiver as well. He finishes wide receiver still though a
Speaker 1: wide receiver two or three in most leagues, so you
Speaker 1: know this didn't have that was lofty expectations. We'll see
Speaker 1: if he sticks around in Cleveland. And then at the
Speaker 1: tight end position too. That I was on that you
Speaker 1: know we got wrong. One was O J. Howard, but
Speaker 1: we know about that right in the boost Arian system.
Speaker 1: I guess he didn't get there. Um he even but
Speaker 1: he even finished behind Cameron, making America breed again. So
Speaker 1: it was a disappointing year for O. J. Howard. We'll
Speaker 1: see if he has a bounced back. The other one
Speaker 1: was Vance Vans will make him dance. He finished his
Speaker 1: tight end thirty. Now listen, I told you about how
Speaker 1: there was some consistency at the tight end position, the
Speaker 1: top three guys like Cook, guys like Austin Hooper. I
Speaker 1: expect wall Or to be there again next year. I expect, um,
Speaker 1: you know, guys like having Ingram to be back, Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry to be back as repeat performances. Alright, So I
Speaker 1: do think you have other places to go and you
Speaker 1: could wait for that mid tier. It didn't work out
Speaker 1: if you did that with O. J. Howard this year,
Speaker 1: didn't work out if you did it with Vans this year.
Speaker 1: But there will be others, all right. We only got
Speaker 1: about a minute left, so check this out. Here's what
Speaker 1: we're gonna do, Danny on the Thursday show, we will
Speaker 1: preview divisional round. I think it's the best weekend in
Speaker 1: all of football. Wild Card weekend is school, but the
Speaker 1: big boys joined the fray this weekend and there's still
Speaker 1: two games on Saturday and Sunday. Okay, it is the
Speaker 1: best weekend of football in my opinion. Big shout out
Speaker 1: to the um left bell. Derek Scott says, I mean
Speaker 1: he finished as honestly, he finishes RB fourteen overall, so
Speaker 1: I mean he wasn't great, you know, but there were
Speaker 1: other bigger bus Absolutely will break down divisional weekend speeds
Speaker 1: versus the kids. Hopefully we got some entries. I'll give
Speaker 1: you a DFS lineup as well, and uh we'll see
Speaker 1: if there's more. Run New Year's resolutions and tell me
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Speaker 1: the chat. You've already hit me up. Ben. What's going
Speaker 1: on in the chat? Stat's all beat, Cipher is assembling
Speaker 1: as usual. We had a wild card weekend. We're gonna
Speaker 1: break it down game by game. Tell you what I
Speaker 1: thought you could take away, not only to spind forward
Speaker 1: to make a little bit of cache for the rest
Speaker 1: of the playoffs, but also what it could mean for
Speaker 1: the future of fantasy football. Okay, you are always logging
Speaker 1: things into your mind that you want to remember as
Speaker 1: we move along, so like we will on a Monday.
Speaker 1: We're not doing waiver wires anymore, right because the fantasy
Speaker 1: football season is largely done, but we will do what
Speaker 1: speeds kind of got right and what Speed's got wrong
Speaker 1: in each game? All right? And then yes, what we
Speaker 1: need to do, Henry is we need to update speeds
Speaker 1: versus two kids, and uh, Henry is all over, how
Speaker 1: Danny and I did? Danny? Do you see Henry already
Speaker 1: in the chat He's already letting us know. But yes,
Speaker 1: we will detail this and why I was an interesting
Speaker 1: why I was an interesting week for us? But um,
Speaker 1: and then listen, I also wanted to talk. Remember last
Speaker 1: week I started talking about our sports resolutions for so
Speaker 1: Henry Henderson ben in the chatroom, Francisco, g Um, let
Speaker 1: me know what are your sports resolutions for the year?
Speaker 1: All right? And moving forward? I talked about like strikeouts mattering.
Speaker 1: I also heres another one in can we not project
Speaker 1: what we think athletes should do because of what we
Speaker 1: want them to do? You know, like whether it's a
Speaker 1: guy like Zion Williamson or Trevor Lawrence or two attack
Speaker 1: of aloa and how much they play in college, or
Speaker 1: should they sit out like we say, oh, Zion shuldn't
Speaker 1: have played? Or if it's like Manny Machado getting a contract, right,
Speaker 1: or the idea of the refs and instant replay, like
Speaker 1: can we just give that up? And we'll talk about that.
Speaker 1: Obviously with what happened in that end zone, very close
Speaker 1: to the original sin for pass interference replay um that
Speaker 1: was happening last last year in the same building. But
Speaker 1: in any event, let's get it started. But we also
Speaker 1: we gotta pull a question up as it relates to
Speaker 1: the Saints as well, right, and my poll question here
Speaker 1: is should each team get a possession in overtime? Okay,
Speaker 1: because listen, remember at this point five ten years ago
Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Vikings and Brett farve Um, they uh
Speaker 1: went down the field and kicked the field goal in
Speaker 1: that playoff game, and uh that was it. And so
Speaker 1: now it's like, oh, if you get a field goal,
Speaker 1: the other team gets a possession. What about is just
Speaker 1: letting both teams get a possession? Should both teams get
Speaker 1: a possession? Maybe it's closer to college and people don't
Speaker 1: like it. Maybe people are like, listen, your defense is
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