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Speaker 1: Wow, Fantasy Freaks, what's up and welcome into the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fan Podcast. James here with you, John Locks by the

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Speaker 1: ways kid from Wisconsin, Alex Bill, what's up. I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to be here. Uh. You know, we had a nice

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Speaker 1: long weekend, a real day was it was very fun.

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Speaker 1: Do you guys do anything cool? We some of them.

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Speaker 1: I have a friend getting married in uh next weekend,

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Speaker 1: this coming weekend in Alabama, but some of us weren't

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Speaker 1: other things like that. It's kind of like they're tough

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Speaker 1: What is going on? It's at a country club somewhere

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Speaker 1: in Alabama and uh so we went out with him

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Speaker 1: We actually did kind of a little ky town throw down,

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Speaker 1: oh kre barbecue in Tregue karaoke good. So that was

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. Perfect And I wasn't invited. What's

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Speaker 1: come on up, you know it's We did end up

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Speaker 1: up at one of the karaoke joints. You took us

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, what's going on that much manual day weekend?

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Speaker 1: I was in the beautiful city of Chicago shown over

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Okay, um, yeah, I went out enjoyed the

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Speaker 1: Cubs games. Um with our pal Fantasy Live. Um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was great. I Mean I've been a regally before,

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Speaker 1: but it's always fun. It's just such a great fun

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Speaker 1: going party and hang out like awesome. Uh. The next

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Speaker 1: day I certainly nerded out and I was at the

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Speaker 1: it's a couple of pencils, pencil sharpener, but you're in

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Speaker 1: the building. What's up? What's up? How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Pretty good. How is your long weekend? It was good.

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Speaker 1: It's funny that Marcus went to Chicago. My best friend

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Speaker 1: the traveler exchange program. Yeah, exactly. I think that's what

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Speaker 1: front of us here Today we're gonna be doing a

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Speaker 1: roster reset of the NFC North, the Bears, the Packers,

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Speaker 1: This is a very very intriguing division in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Will close out the round of daily depths, but we

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Speaker 1: start your show as we always do, with your top

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Speaker 1: fantasy headlines. Oh my god, the news we really do

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Speaker 1: have breaking here? Hey, did you guys though the diegels

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Speaker 1: badgets to playing at the silver Ball? Just breaking news,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's get right to it. Brandon Marshall wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: not the linebacker. Wide receiver. Brandon Marshall shockingly signed by

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Speaker 1: Seattle to a one year deal. It could be worth

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Speaker 1: up to I think two million dollars, is the report there.

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Speaker 1: Thirty four year old Brandon Marshall played in five games

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Speaker 1: last season, compiling a grand total of four receiving yards.

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Speaker 1: The team we're talking about, Seattle now lost pass catchers

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham and Paul richardson this offseason. I say shockingly

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Speaker 1: because I did not think Brandon Marshall would find a

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Speaker 1: home uh before does Brian? How is this? How? How?

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Speaker 1: How is that cost too much money? I guess that's

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Speaker 1: realize he's probably getting closer to the same market value

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Speaker 1: that Marshall. It's two million with incentives, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean, It's like up to two million. And they

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Speaker 1: said on the A T N podcast yesterday that the

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Speaker 1: not getting the veteran minimum, but he is. And I

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Speaker 1: like this move makes sense football wise because Philidda are Philadelphia.

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Speaker 1: Seattle needs bodies in the passing game and Marshall is

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Speaker 1: a veteran. However, I'm not too concerned about this like

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Speaker 1: ruining Doug Baldwin's value or even Tyler Lockett's like deep

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Speaker 1: sleeper credentials. I mean, Brandon Marshall the last two years

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Speaker 1: has caught just three touchdowns in his last hundred and

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Speaker 1: sixty one targets to like the notion that he's a

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Speaker 1: And also he's posted a catch rate of under forty

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Speaker 1: had a phenomenal career. He's awesome player. Love what he's

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Speaker 1: fantastic if you've never seen it, about his struggle health awareness,

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Speaker 1: to health awareness and things like that. But I don't

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Speaker 1: think that we need to overreact for fantasy. If anything,

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Speaker 1: his arrival might to more casual people even decrease the

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Speaker 1: value of Baldwin, unlock it and benefit you for taking him.

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Speaker 1: Remember remembering forty two year old Jerry Rice played eleven

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Speaker 1: games for the Seattle Seahawk. Indeed that was the weirdest

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know Rice play. It was a two

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Speaker 1: catches three and sixty two yards and three touchdowns. That's

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Speaker 1: probably low. I think I think Marshall will get you

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Speaker 1: probably more than that, but think he get But here's

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Speaker 1: over I'll take the hard under. But I mean I'm

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Speaker 1: with Alex. I don't I don't expect him to really

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Speaker 1: be Fantasy relevant this year. You know, I'm not. I'm

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Speaker 1: not changing my outlook on any of the other Seahawks

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Speaker 1: because Brandon Marshall suddenly showed up there. Yeah, man, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think it's one of those things where, um, I

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Speaker 1: why I mentioned Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson. You know,

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Speaker 1: leaving the team, it leaves certainly a large vacuum of targets,

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Speaker 1: um that are upper grabs. You know, you would think

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Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Um, there's a lot of reports

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Speaker 1: another reason. That's why bigger picture, I kind of I

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Speaker 1: because I think this team could be passing a lot

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Speaker 1: pretty sure they passed more than they did last year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, good lord, yeah, quite possibly. The offensive line

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Speaker 1: fundamentally changes that offense and they just don't have the pieces. Instead,

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Speaker 1: through free agency, retirements, injuries and stuff like that, and

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Speaker 1: their their division got a lot better the last two years.

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Speaker 1: There are two offenses, maybe even you know, two offenses

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Speaker 1: That's what I mean, That's why that's I'm explaining why

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Speaker 1: That's why I like Baldwin. Unlock it, Okay, good, I

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Speaker 1: like it. Kareem Hunt said he is focusing on the

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Speaker 1: Charch Anddrick West was the primary pass catcher. They threw

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Speaker 1: Andrick West out there. For some reason. Spencer were returns

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Speaker 1: as a potential back up as well. What do we

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Speaker 1: make of the news that Kareem Hunt we'll see an

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Speaker 1: expanded role potentially in the passing game, Marcus Grant, I

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Speaker 1: um and and let the league in rushing. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: probably playing in that number two spots Sharkandrick West maybe

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Speaker 1: gets bumped down a little bit. But if if Cream

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Speaker 1: Hunt can do more things to stay on the field, um,

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Speaker 1: you know that that is a big plus. I'm also

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Speaker 1: curious how he will fit in. I mean, I guess

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Speaker 1: And getting Jimmy Graham is a nice upgrade for the

426
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Speaker 1: red zone. I mean, over the last two years, Davante

427
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,639
Speaker 1: Adams leads all wide receivers and receiving touchdowns, and Jimmy

428
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,879
Speaker 1: Grant leads all tight ends in receiving touchdowns, So that

429
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,359
Speaker 1: Packers offenses is set up, especially when they get near

430
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,600
Speaker 1: the red zone, because those guys are excellent threats there.

431
00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 1: I think, well, we certainly need to keep our eye

432
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 1: on that wide receiver three battle, whether it is incumbent

433
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 1: Geronimo Allison or even Trevor Davis or one of these

434
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 1: new rookies. Um. Randall Cobb is a name to circle

435
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,919
Speaker 1: in your drafts. He uh, Rogers loves him. Obviously, he

436
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,399
Speaker 1: had that epic three touchdown game in the playoffs I

437
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 1: think two years ago, caught the hill Mary against the

438
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 1: Giants too. Um, and he's just tumbling in drafts like

439
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,440
Speaker 1: to round eight nine ten. Uh, And I saw a

440
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 1: stat I was trying to find it this morning, but

441
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,719
Speaker 1: I couldn't get it. With something like Aaron Rodgers has,

442
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 1: in his fully healthy seasons, has had two top twenty

443
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 1: four PPR wide receivers in like every year except one,

444
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 1: and that was the year when the sky fell and

445
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 1: Rogers was the QB eight or whatever. So Cobbs, remember

446
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:48,680
Speaker 1: how people talked about is Rogers Cook? Remember that? Oh

447
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 1: my god, the guy through like we're talking like talking

448
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: like he's you know, got one ft in the grave.

449
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,119
Speaker 1: But I think Cobb is Cobb is the name to circle.

450
00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: Like the passing attack is probably gonna be pretty concentrated

451
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: between isn't it guys? Isn't it possible that it is

452
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,640
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and Jimmy Graham. Oh yeah, I think they're

453
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be the main two. But Cobb

454
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: is going to have a big role as well. Yeah,

455
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 1: you know you mentioned Randall cob It's interesting to me too, because, um,

456
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 1: when Aaron Rodgers, you know, suffered the broken collub and

457
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 1: then came back, a lot of folks were there was

458
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: a lot of press clippings as to oh Jordy Nelson

459
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: might see a revival here, and really it was Randall

460
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,680
Speaker 1: call Yeah, cop, I mean they tried to he tried

461
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,679
Speaker 1: to get to Jordy, but like Rogers wasn't right in

462
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 1: that Carolina game, but Cobb was the one that was

463
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: able to get more open. And we'll still match at Nightmare. Yeah,

464
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,880
Speaker 1: And I know, uh, even our our dear friend Matt

465
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: Harmon has been working on all his reception perception stuff

466
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: and about that. He's believing in the Cob bounce back season.

467
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,400
Speaker 1: I mean, you remember the heights that Cop hit. It's

468
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 1: it's forever ago now, but one catches nearly yards twelve touchdowns.

469
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 1: Can I go back to Davante Adams last MG, Mike,

470
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: It's it's one of those things where I think people

471
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Speaker 1: casual fans are not able to wrap their minds around

472
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Speaker 1: Davante Adams being a top twelve, top fifteen player in

473
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Speaker 1: fantasy drafts. Um, I think they the stench of a

474
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 1: couple of years back and all the drops and all

475
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: those things, Uh still linger. And because when I when

476
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,919
Speaker 1: I did the mock draft, when we did the staff

477
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 1: mock draft and I took I think I took Davante Adams. Boy,

478
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,880
Speaker 1: it was a top fifteen, it was top fifteen pick,

479
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: and a lot of folks there was a lot of

480
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,160
Speaker 1: question marks on that pick. Um, and your mentions because

481
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: I'm not in the in the draft, Oh no, no,

482
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 1: I know, and we we drafted with a bunch of

483
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 1: industry folks, So I mean, obviously people you know, there

484
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,919
Speaker 1: was no question there. But I'm just saying in the

485
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: mentions because again, I think casual fans can't wrap their

486
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 1: mind around Davante Adams being a top flight, top ten

487
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,719
Speaker 1: Fantasy wide receivers. I think a lot of that is

488
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: that for years, Jordy Nelson was the headliner in that

489
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver group, you know, and I think ye look

490
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,679
Speaker 1: understanding it for us, you know, since we spent so

491
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 1: much time with it, we are certainly a little bit

492
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: more sensitive to roster chain inges and in statistical you know,

493
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: shifts in that sort of thing. But if you are

494
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, folks who are just getting folks

495
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,679
Speaker 1: were coming into this, you know, people who may not

496
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 1: pick up this podcast until we get to August or

497
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 1: still thinking about Fantasy until you know, July or August. Um, Yeah,

498
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 1: there is still that you know, Hey, wait, okay, Jordy

499
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: Nelson is not there anymore and trying to reevaluate the landscape.

500
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,360
Speaker 1: So I mean, I understand it. It's just kind of

501
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: of think re educating people who are catching up a

502
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 1: little bit later than everybody else. But I think I

503
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 1: think eventually folks are gonna catch on. I do think

504
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 1: the Randall Cop heart is interesting because, as Alex mentioned,

505
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: Matt Harmon has definitely been all over this, especially in

506
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 1: the last week or so. And again, this is another

507
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: one where I think a lot of people aren't necessarily

508
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 1: looking at the situation through looking at their feelings and

509
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 1: and and in your heart, in your heart, you know

510
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: Randall Cop has hurt you. He has hurt you seep, right,

511
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 1: And so you're not necessarily looking at the fact that

512
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Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson isn't there, that they're still trying to find

513
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,280
Speaker 1: a third wide receiver or anything like that. You just

514
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: know that, you know, you probably went all in on

515
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: Randall Cog the last couple of years and you came

516
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,199
Speaker 1: up with very little, and you're just not willing to

517
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: put your hand on that hot stove again. Can I

518
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 1: can I throw out a name? No, no, no, can

519
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,439
Speaker 1: I throw that name back at I'm just saying, how

520
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: about how about if he works into the slot role,

521
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: that's the role that he was supposed to play, And

522
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 1: how about if they he cuts into Randall COM's production

523
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,360
Speaker 1: as well, and and kind of neutralizes both there. Everything

524
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: the team has been saying is that he's still a

525
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: quote unquote running back, and I think they would rather

526
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 1: keep him there for the depth. I mean, they don't

527
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: go out and draft three wide receivers in the span

528
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: of like three rounds unless but still they all they

529
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: all addressed a certain need. They were all size, speed

530
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: guys on the outside. I also read an article this

531
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: morning about how Aaron Rodgers was saying there was a

532
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 1: good chance Davante Adams will play more in the slot too,

533
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: because then they get Jimmy Graham and Davante Adams in

534
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 1: the slot as well, and that's a big matchup nightmare.

535
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: So I would not expect time on come ready to

536
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: get at all. And then again, we haven't touched the backfield,

537
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: and we should touch it quick before we move on.

538
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 1: But Aaron Jones love him in the middle rounds Jamal

539
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 1: Williams Worth to pick up later. I saw Graham Barfield

540
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 1: uh from Fantasy Guru dot com. I think is where

541
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 1: Graham's at right now and Matthew Berry tweeting back and

542
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: forth yesterday and Barry said He had a source on

543
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: the team that said, Uh, it'll probably be a committee

544
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,199
Speaker 1: early on, but Aaron Jones is the one that you

545
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: want to have by mid season. Yeah, I mean just

546
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 1: the explosiveness and and the overall upside. I don't know

547
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: what the upside is for Jamal Williams, but the upside

548
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: for Aaron Jones, I mean, if he can control that backfield, watch, yeah,

549
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be good. Um did want to very very quickly,

550
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: Uh expectations. Can we get some staff projections maybe and

551
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: maybe some round projections that you would like to take

552
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham. I think he's firmly in, especially with Hunter

553
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 1: Henry and going down with the torn A c L.

554
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: I think Jimmy Graham should be considered in that upper

555
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: echelon of elite tight ends tight end three. Yeah, I'd

556
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: probably take him. I mean, you want you to take

557
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: Kelsey and Gronk, and I'd probably put Earth's off the

558
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: board before for him too, I think, yeah, yeah, yeah,

559
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: I might, especially with Earth's like Trey Burton's leaving Earth's

560
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: played the full season, he probably finally shook the I

561
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: can only score points in December. I'll still filling that

562
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,639
Speaker 1: forget about the past. But Jimmy Graham, like, if he

563
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: doesn't score double digit touchdowns this season, I would say,

564
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: that's honestly an upset. Really yes, wow, okay, all right,

565
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: well given that, I mean, what are we talking here?

566
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: Eight hundred yards ten touchdowns? Nine hundred yards? Yeah, something

567
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 1: something along those lines. He might might not have the

568
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: yard might not have the yardage maybe like in the

569
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: you know, seven hundred range, sixty eight hundred, but like

570
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: touchdowns he worth? Is he worth a seventh round? So

571
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: I was going to say, like, sixth eighth is where

572
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 1: I start looking at him. Where to go? Anywhere between

573
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: seventy and ninety Yeah, he went at eight two in

574
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 1: our mock we did last month. FABS took him in

575
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: round seven, and I know I was mad because I

576
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: wanted to I I he was falling, and I was like,

577
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: I took a wide receiver that round instead, And I

578
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: was like, I bet I can get him on stretch

579
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: back around and I got you, all right? So yeah,

580
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: anywhere between I think seventy five to ninety is I

581
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: think a good value for Jimmy Graham. All right, let's

582
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: go to the Lions nine and seven. Last year, Jim

583
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 1: Caldwell was let go after four seasons. Matt Patricia was

584
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 1: tabbed as their new head coach. He's a defensive minded guy,

585
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: uh so, thus he actually held on to Jim Bob

586
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: Cooder as his offensive coordinator, so the offense should look

587
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: and feel relatively the same. Going into eighteen, the team

588
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: signed Legarrett Blunt and then drafted carry On Johnson out

589
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: of Auburn to fill out that backfield. Eric Ebron was

590
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: allowed to walk. Former Seahawk Luke Wilson and former Falcon

591
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: Levine toy Lolo will compete. I would imagine four starter

592
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: minutes as well. MG My Gude Marcus Grant your take

593
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: on the off season four the Lions. Um, it's interesting.

594
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: I I still look at this and I have a

595
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: lot of questions, just how the only things I know

596
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 1: for sure? You know, I'm okay with Matt Stafford as

597
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: kind of a stream the late round quarterback sort of thing. Uh.

598
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: You know, I know that that Marvin Jones and Golden

599
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: Tate will be fine. I'm starting to buy into the

600
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: Kinney Golladay buzz. Once a gett I think I think

601
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: he could take a step forward this year. Beyond that,

602
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: like I don't want any part of a Lions tight

603
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: end um, and I just I just don't know what

604
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: to do about the backfield. And I feel like this

605
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: is I feel like this is a conversation we're gonna

606
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: have pretty much all the way through the summer. Is

607
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: how you know how these things are gonna I mean, obviously,

608
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: first off, we gotta figure out, you know, who's going

609
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: to be there and who's not. You know, we're talking

610
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: about a mirab Dula maybe not being there, and how

611
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: these roles are gonna shake out. But it got way

612
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,239
Speaker 1: too many runnacks, got so many running backs, and so

613
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: you know, we're still trying to figure out how this

614
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: committee potentially will work. So I think it will be

615
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: a committee between Runt and Johnson and you know, either

616
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: or or Abdulah, whichever one ends up staying um, I

617
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: would like nervous. I think a Merabdulah should play special teams. Uh.

618
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: He played special teams in Nebraska. I think he was

619
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: good in that role. I don't think he's got a

620
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: clear cut role um in the Lions backfield. And I

621
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: know it probably hurts because of the draft capital they

622
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: spent on him, But if he could carve out a

623
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: role as special teamers. Hey, why the hell not? Um?

624
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: You know, I would imagine Zack Center is probably gonna

625
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: either be a practice squad guy slash cut um. You

626
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: know who else they got Dwayne Washington, um is a

627
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: big body practice squad guy and were cut as well.

628
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: So the backfield, I don't know, Man, It's gonna be

629
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: a little bit confusing, obviously, because I really liked what

630
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: I saw from Lagarrett Blunt last year with Philadelphia. You

631
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: gotta keep in mind the advanced numbers man on la

632
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt were so impressive. They were so impressive. Um,

633
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: you know, he was the Philadelphia offensive line. Remember they

634
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: had some injuries um there. But when Lagatt Blunt got

635
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: the ball, generally defense is new they were gonna run, right,

636
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: So the defense was penetrating the backfield on a lot

637
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: of his carries. Despite that, Lagartt Blunt yards gained after

638
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: close was one of the best he was in the end.

639
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: To give you the actual number, because I wrote about

640
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: this and I did a piece recently the sleeper backfields.

641
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: I think we talked about it a bit last week,

642
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: but Blunt had average four point four yards per carry,

643
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: which was the fifth most, tied for the fifth most

644
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: among backs with at least a hundred fifty plus totes.

645
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: So that's like good company. That's I mean, he's fifth

646
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: most behind like Todd Gurley, Kareem Zeke, like mark Ingram,

647
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: Like that's a really good company. And the next Gen

648
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: Status were saying his yards gained after close four point

649
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: five one yards per carry after that, he was the

650
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: fourth most elusive back in the league based on a

651
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: similar threshold. It's amazing. I mean, he had such a

652
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: great season last year, uh and really helped keep that

653
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: Philadelphia offense will float. He just didn't get into the

654
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: end zone a lot, which was the problem for fans,

655
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 1: which is so weird for Lagart Blunt right, Corey Clement

656
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: had four touchdowns in that backfield last year. So I

657
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: don't know, Man, it's gonna be some combination carry They

658
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: like harry On Johnson. Obviously they spent a very high

659
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: draft pick on carry On, so we'll see. I mean,

660
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: he's been getting good reviews out of O T A

661
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: S again who carry on O T S. Yeah, he's

662
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: been getting some good reviews. But I think I think

663
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 1: um he and Blunt are nice values to take in

664
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: standard leagues, you don't want to reach for him. But Johnson,

665
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: especially because of the muddy nature of that backfield, I

666
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: think is sliding a little bit in drafts, and I

667
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: would take him couple digit rounds though, No, I don't

668
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: think so. I think he's going in like the seven

669
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: maybe to ten range. People tend to be more optimistic

670
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: on running backs and rookies too. I mean, Blunt is

671
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: there only on a one year deal. They would love

672
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: for Johnson to be the guy. Um, so I think

673
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: you want to take him first with that upside of

674
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: him being the featured guy. But Blunt is certainly not

675
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: somebody to ignore. Once it hits like double digits, I'll

676
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: tell you what, it's single digits. I I just can't

677
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: see value. Uh for carry on, john I just can't

678
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: see it. I mean, theo rigs gonna get some work

679
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Like I said, Look, Garrett Blunt

680
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: such a great player last year. Um, can you do

681
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: that again? I don't know. They address the offensive line

682
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 1: a little bit through the draft in a free agent

683
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: see as well, So I don't know. I think they

684
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: try might try to bring a little bit more balance,

685
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,239
Speaker 1: you know, Matt Patricia is gonna be there, and so

686
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: they're gonna want to try to play some strong defense. Well,

687
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: strong defense and strong running games they go hand in hand.

688
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: So man, I don't know, Man, it's single digits for

689
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: carry on Johnson. For me, is is a little bit

690
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: too pricey for me, all right. The Vikings thirteen and three,

691
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: they were the class of the NFC North last year.

692
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: Offensive coordinator Pat s Tremer is gone. He's now the

693
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 1: head coach of the New York Football Giants. He helped

694
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: turn the Vikings into a top ten scoring offense. A

695
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: note here, it's the first time since two thousand nine

696
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: Minnesota was the top ten scoring unit. John Di Filippo

697
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 1: is their new offensive coordinator now that Shermer is gone.

698
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,760
Speaker 1: He was formerly the Equals quarterbacks coach for the last

699
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: two season uh seasons. When I think about Pat Sherman,

700
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,760
Speaker 1: I think about the tremendous job that he did, because

701
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: has there been another team in NFL history that has

702
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,959
Speaker 1: been better at co coaching around injuries in Minnesota? Liking

703
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford, Um he got injured. Then you think about

704
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: the running back situation there. Dalvin Cook got hurt after

705
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 1: four games, and yet there they were there. They were

706
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: just within a hair's breadth of the Super Bowl and

707
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: just beaten by a team that probably coached around injuries

708
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: better than they did, because that's team to win the

709
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But your point stands, they were they were

710
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: exceptionally good at that UM. I think this offense is

711
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 1: set to thrive this year again. I mean they have

712
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: everything in place because of a decent offensive line. They

713
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: got an upgrade at quarterback, two elite wide receivers, a

714
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: very solid tight end, and an exceptional running back. He's

715
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: coming back from an injury, but it happened early enough

716
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: in the season last year, uh in Dalvin Cook and

717
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: his torn cl that he he should be good to go.

718
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook remember hurt after four games. In those four

719
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: games that he played, he was a top ten running

720
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: back in PPR formats, averaging more than sixteen points per game.

721
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: He had four hundred and forty four scrimmage yards in

722
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: just four games and two touchdowns as well. In that backfield,

723
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: Jerick McKinnon is now gone, so it's Latavius Murray, it's

724
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. MG. Your thoughts on Dalvin I love him,

725
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: I mean I loved him last year before he got hurt.

726
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: I'm you know, if there is uh upside, and we've

727
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: talked about this to the injuries that had happened relatively

728
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: early in the year, giving him some time to recover.

729
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: But I think he is set up to to be

730
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: the Bell Cow. There's no no more Jerick McKinnon. Um.

731
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: You know, Lettavias Murray is sort of a nice backup,

732
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: but that is what he is. I mean, this is

733
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: gonna be Dalvin Cook's backfield. And with all those those

734
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: other weapons in the passing game, you know, it's it's

735
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: not like Jacksonville or Leonard Fournett's going to see eight

736
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: men in the box every single time he took. You

737
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: gotta spread out the defense because of this Vikings offense.

738
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: So I think that Dalvin Cook is set up. I mean,

739
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: it wouldn't be surprised if he ends the years the

740
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: top five running back. He's top forty player all day long, right, yes,

741
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: oh yes, no doubt, right doubt. Um. By the way,

742
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 1: we mentioned Kirk Cousins, they added him obviously. It's so interesting.

743
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford case King Teddy Bridgewater where their quarterbacks last year,

744
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: They're all gone gone. Bradford, Arizona Keenoman Denver Teddy in

745
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: New York for the Jets. As of now, they were

746
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: like the halfway through the year, We're like, oh Man,

747
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: which which one of these guys are gonna keep? None?

748
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: Zero is the correct answer. Kirk Cousins fully guaranteed contract,

749
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: which is cool. Um hashtag trends. Since Brett Farve and

750
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: Dante Culpepper are the only Minnesota quarterbacks taft throne for

751
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: four thousand yards and touchdowns, two benchmarks Kirk Cousins has

752
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 1: seen repeatedly. Yeah, I would say he becomes the third.

753
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: And the thing I wonder about Kirk Cousins here with Minnesota,

754
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,720
Speaker 1: UM is Kyle Rudolph. It seemed as if Kirk Cousins,

755
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: and maybe it's just the Gruden offense, but so I

756
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,280
Speaker 1: don't know how it's gonna look with John d Filippo,

757
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: UM and and Zimmer there in Minnesota, but it seemed

758
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: as if Kirk Cousins really liked to target his tight

759
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: ends or at least utilize them a lot, uh in

760
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: the passing game. Now, Kyle Rudolph had a pretty good

761
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: season last year, UM, but it wasn't you know anything

762
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 1: to write home about. So now with Kirk Cousins under center.

763
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: Does Kyle Rudolph maybe see an uptick in value because

764
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: he's going pretty late too. I think Kyle Rudolph is

765
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: what he is at this point in the NFL. Maybe

766
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,320
Speaker 1: if he gets a few more targets, sure that's great,

767
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: but uh, I think he's probably still going in that

768
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: like he's one of those great guys in the Delaney

769
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: Walker tier of tight ends where after you get clear

770
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: of the guys with the much higher ceilings. He's one

771
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 1: of those regular contributors. Worth noting, however, that d Filippo

772
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: is one year as an officive coordinator back in uh

773
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: Cleveland was which happened to be the barnyard Dogs breakout year.

774
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: Gary Barne targets seventy nine catches, a thousand yards and

775
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,839
Speaker 1: nine TD amazing. But I think I think Cousins is great.

776
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: He's an awesome value at quarterback. I love. I mean,

777
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 1: it pains me as a Packer fan to draft the Vikings,

778
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: but when Cousins falls and mocks and things like that, man,

779
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: I can't help but take them. This is a tough division, man,

780
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,280
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at this division. It's a division

781
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: on the rise. It's probably like parents are gonna be

782
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 1: are going to be markedly improved. I think the Vikings,

783
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: they were thirteen and three last year, they're gonna win

784
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: you know, eleven twelve, thirteen games. Again. Bottom of this

785
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 1: division is probably gonna be like eight and eight. That's

786
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 1: here saying like seven and nine is seven and nine

787
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: a solid respectable season. You know, the Jeff Fisher pie

788
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: in the sky goal is gonna be like the seller

789
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: dweller of the NFC North. Because this this division is

790
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: getting stacked. I mean we're hoping Aaron Rodgers stay is healthy.

791
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: Obviously also extreme games. But I mean the Lions too, man,

792
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: I mean, through no faults of their own, they might

793
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,839
Speaker 1: just you know, through no falls through that just because

794
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: the division. So they might win six games, somebody has

795
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: to be last. Or or there could be a team

796
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: in the division that wins ten games and misses the playoffs. God,

797
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: that would be brutal that But this is this is

798
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: a tough division, man, and all kinds of explosiveness to

799
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: which is which is fun to see. So um, I'm

800
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: really excited to see how this, uh, the NFC North

801
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 1: shakes out. But man, man, old man Bears, Packers, Lions

802
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: and Vikings. It's gonna be good TV. It's gonna be

803
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,879
Speaker 1: good TV, it's gonna be good games. I'm really looking

804
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: forward to it. All right, So there you go. That's

805
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 1: the roster reset for the m f C North. Let's

806
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: close out your show with a round of daily DAPs, DAPs, steps,

807
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 1: dog bites and dipping steps steps steps. You know, if

808
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: you like creepy rabbits, this movie is for you. Degenerate

809
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: artist is down there. This is why I love this

810
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: group of guys who were like world whom. All right,

811
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,919
Speaker 1: let's go MGM my got Marcus grat kick us off.

812
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 1: I wanted daily that the Americans. Tonight is the series finale?

813
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: Like this is it one? It's been six seasons and

814
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: if I feel like I'm one of like twenty seven

815
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: people who actually watched this show. Um, it's a great show.

816
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: It's a great show. It's an amazing show. But like

817
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: it doesn't it doesn't quite get the attention and the

818
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 1: love of like a lot of the other prestige TV shows.

819
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 1: Nobody talks about it the way they talk about you know,

820
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 1: even Westworld, Game of Thrones or anything like that. But

821
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: it's been fantastic from the jump, Carrie Russell, Matthew Reese,

822
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: no Imrick, everybody involved has been great. I didn't know

823
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: Carrie Russell could be that good. Yeah, I mean she's

824
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: a badass. She's total being. She's a badass. Yeah, uh

825
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: and um, but it's been so the story has been

826
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,479
Speaker 1: well done, and I feel like this last season has

827
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: arguably been as good or better than any of these

828
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: seasons that have come before it. So I just just

829
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: want to shout out the show and everybody involved in it.

830
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: It's been a fantastic ride and very much looking forward

831
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: to how they wrapped this all up. Things kind of

832
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: came to ahead at the end of last week's episode,

833
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: so I'm very curious to see how exactly they unravel it.

834
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: But if you if you haven't watched it, now that

835
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: it's over, it's the perfect time to find it. Binge

836
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,719
Speaker 1: watching all the way straight through. You have to worry

837
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 1: about that. You know, who might binge watch it? Who's

838
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 1: that producer, Christina? There you go, she's a binge watcher. There,

839
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,399
Speaker 1: haven't put up put it on your list of bene

840
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: you know. Well, actually, I'm just wrapping up a show

841
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: on Netflix. Now, hey, there you go. There it is Um,

842
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 1: it's I only watched the first two seasons. But but

843
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 1: the first two seasons were just terrific. I don't know

844
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: why I never kept watching it. I just got caught

845
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:27,240
Speaker 1: up another Stenn. This is your chance to revisit it. Actually,

846
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: you know what I think happened. I think my daughter

847
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Speaker 1: was born. That's that's important. So there you go. Producer Christina, Well,

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Speaker 1: we got for daily DAPs. I don't really have anything

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Speaker 1: come on this week. I mean I had a long weekend,

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Speaker 1: so daily dapping the long weekend, the holiday weekend, it

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Speaker 1: was what was the best place you win over the weekend?

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00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: Come on now? Um, I guess Santa Monica and Venice

853
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:56,879
Speaker 1: that the boardwalk getting it was really nice. I thought

854
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: it was gonna be rainy all weekend, so I guess

855
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Speaker 1: Daily Dapping the weather too. It actually was nice all weekend. Yeah,

856
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: there you go, perfect. I like it all right. What

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Speaker 1: do we got? Alex gilhar first Daily depths to John

858
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Speaker 1: Mayer's music video Light. Uh he posted it last week. Um.

859
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 1: I don't care what you think about John Mayer. But

860
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: and I don't know if this is staged. My my

861
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: feeling is that he kind of faked this story. For

862
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: the publicity, but either way it's hilarious. So his tweet was,

863
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: I needed to make a video for New Light, but

864
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 1: nobody could agree on a budget parentheses music industry. Am

865
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Speaker 1: I right? So I went to a place downtown and

866
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: made this with a company that usually does a birthday

867
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Speaker 1: and bar mitzva videos. So it's like it's super cheesy

868
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: him on a green screen, all these weird backgrounds, locals.

869
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: It is hilarious. It's so funny. So credit to him

870
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: for just like you know, goofing around and doing that

871
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: daily depths to Solo. I saw it over the weekend.

872
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: Uh not amazing fun had too many for my opinion,

873
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: eye rolling, kind of like wink wink nods to the

874
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: series and Star Wars as a whole. But overall I

875
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: thought the main guy, Alden Einrich Aaron Reich uh did

876
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: did a great job as Solo. He didn't try to

877
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Speaker 1: be Harrison Ford, which would be a fool's errand, and

878
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: he still did the character justice and it was. It

879
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: was a fun little Star Wars romp and I hope

880
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: we get more of those. And then as a piggyback

881
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,280
Speaker 1: off of that, uh Minor Anti adapts to uh Disney

882
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 1: and in Lucasfilm in their thing because when they when

883
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: and I was tweeting about this over the weekend, because

884
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: they announced that James Mangold, who did Logan, wrote and

885
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: directed That is Gonna Now signed on to do a

886
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:37,320
Speaker 1: Boba Fett standalone film. Um when they when Disney acquired

887
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,280
Speaker 1: Lucasfilm and brought in Kathleen Kennedy, who worked with stevens

888
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,759
Speaker 1: Field for a long time to oversee it. She had

889
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: made a point that they were going to make an

890
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: effort to put uh diverse crew behind the camera in

891
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: terms of writing and directing and stuff. And so far,

892
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,240
Speaker 1: the only people that have directed or replaced the directors

893
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: or been signed onto direct movies have been white dudes.

894
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 1: And I was like, that's some bs and people. Look

895
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: what does it matter if they're white? And I'm like, one, like,

896
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: the color of anybody skin doesn't matter anything for their

897
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: directing credentials. So why would we not want to see

898
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: other people like get a shot at it. They have

899
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: different perspectives, different ideas, the universe might mean different things

900
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: to them, and too, if you say you're gonna do that,

901
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,240
Speaker 1: Kathleen Kennedy, then back it up. We're like six movies.

902
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: We're six movies in right now, and all the planned stuff.

903
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: They've got the two white guys from Game of Thrones

904
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 1: of a planned series. Ryan Johnson has another planned series.

905
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: James Mangold signed on to direct this, and I'm like,

906
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: just give literally anybody else's shot. There's so many talented

907
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: people out there. We don't need these retreads. You don't.

908
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 1: We don't need the same people we've seen. Give us

909
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: somebody else's shot. This is this is my chance to

910
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: write the we talked about. Here we go because Alex

911
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: and I last week talked about writing a Wedge Antillies.

912
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: That's also that's what I want to see making it

913
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: they a top gun with X wing fighters. It's like,

914
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,799
Speaker 1: it's it's Wed and Jack Porkins. That was and I

915
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 1: was talking abou my buddies too, and they were like

916
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: one of them is a little soured on the whole

917
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: Disney Star Wars stuff and and I was like, he

918
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 1: was like, what else could they do as a one off?

919
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: And I was like, give me the Wedge Utilist Rogue

920
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: Squadron one offer trilogy, Like how he became the best

921
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,799
Speaker 1: pilot in the Galaxy. I mean couldn't we also just

922
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Speaker 1: get a totally I mean outside of the known universe

923
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: right now, you know, like just give me like a

924
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 1: dark Jedi story in the outer regions of That's That's

925
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: more what I'm That's why I kind of like Solo

926
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Speaker 1: and I hope I like, I hope they don't build

927
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,840
Speaker 1: it into like a trilogy or anything, because I just

928
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: kind of like I liked Rogue one and I like this.

929
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,800
Speaker 1: I just like these little one off the little spices,

930
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: like you know, take me to different corners of the galaxy.

931
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: What you're saying, don't don't give me a retread of

932
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: New Hope again and then destroy it in the subsequent

933
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: film kind of waste five hours and three years of

934
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Speaker 1: my life. I'm sorry, getting off on a tangent, James,

935
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:46,320
Speaker 1: what do you gotta day? With Twitter dot com? Was

936
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: very fun last night. I haven't I haven't been that

937
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: active on Twitter the last couple of weeks. I don't

938
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: know why, man, I've just been taking a little bit

939
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Speaker 1: of a break mentally. That's probably the best. Yeah, I

940
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,919
Speaker 1: think mentally I just needed a break from the old

941
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: Winter dot com. But I fired it up last night,

942
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:08,320
Speaker 1: and man, what a great night. Fired. I was absolutely

943
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: enthralled by this whole Brian Colangelo burner account thing. Um,

944
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: and there were so many memes and gifts, and you

945
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: should explain it to the people, because I had no

946
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,800
Speaker 1: idea what was going on, and Marcus explained it to

947
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 1: me before. So here's the deal. The ringer got a

948
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Speaker 1: tip that Brian Colangelo was using that I'm sorry, Yes,

949
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Speaker 1: the team president of the Philadelphia seventy sixers, who had,

950
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: by the way, in twenty I mean, they just had

951
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: a terrific season. Uh this year. Um, the process and

952
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 1: all that it was, it was a lot of fun,

953
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: you know. But Brian Colangelo, team president, apparently has at

954
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: least at least five burner Twitter accounts, so just fake

955
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: accounts that he created that he then uses two troll

956
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: his own players. He's trolled his own players. He's trolled

957
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: his own which is he's trolled. Uh. And the number

958
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 1: one thing that he likes to do is a defend himself,

959
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: Brian Colangelo and take shots at Sam Hinky, the GM

960
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:15,319
Speaker 1: who left him this just treasure trove of assets. It's

961
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: just wow, wow, wow, How petty do you have to be?

962
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,760
Speaker 1: You have the job, bro, Why are you taking shots

963
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: at the guy that you replaced. That is, I mean,

964
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: unbelievably petty. And also, by the way, you're the team president,

965
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: why do you need to create fake accounts to then

966
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 1: troll Joel emp Just call up right you have by

967
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 1: the way, you have his phone number. You're in a

968
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: position of power. You could just say, Joel, come up

969
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: to my office. We need to talk. And all of

970
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: a sudden it's Joel Embi Who's like, oh crap, here

971
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 1: we go. You know what I'm saying. You don't need

972
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,319
Speaker 1: to create burner accounts to troll these That just unbelievable.

973
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 1: I was completely and I was getting into the psychology

974
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:04,640
Speaker 1: of it. I was talking to my wife about why

975
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 1: would someone do this? Is it really him? Is in

976
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:11,319
Speaker 1: an intern who got a little feisty. It's just we

977
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,319
Speaker 1: were talking about it for for a while. It was

978
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And then and then when I'm

979
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: barely getting through that push a t comes out with

980
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: another distract of yeah and just set his world aflame,

981
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:29,720
Speaker 1: which was great. It was I mean, well, that beef

982
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 1: is it's beyond simmering. Now that that beef is cooked,

983
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: it's coming. You think this is you realize this is

984
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 1: all Both of these guys have albums coming out, right, push,

985
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: This is all set up, This is all good for that,

986
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:44,839
Speaker 1: This is all marketing. It's this. I mean, hey, I'm

987
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,839
Speaker 1: not mad at it. I'm just I'm not mad at

988
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 1: I'm just saying the thing. The thing that makes me

989
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,840
Speaker 1: think that it's it's not just all marketing, though, is

990
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: the fact that Push the T on the on the

991
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: cover art for this one particular song that he had

992
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 1: just released, it's Drake and Blackface. Ye that that's probably yeah, yeah,

993
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:06,480
Speaker 1: that is rough. Uh so yeah, so I don't know,

994
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 1: man um and so just getting listening to that, listening

995
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 1: to the content, reading the think pieces on pushing tas

996
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 1: news distraction, was there any mentions to dragon Blood, because

997
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:22,720
Speaker 1: then we certainly know it's marketing? Uh no, dragon Blood mentions. Okay,

998
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 1: I'm actually I'm actually hoping Kanye comes out with the Distract.

999
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 1: That would be fun. I'm hoping Kanye just goes away

1000
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,719
Speaker 1: for a while. Probably the best. Yeah, that'll probably don't

1001
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: don't release your album, just just take the one cop

1002
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 1: take the master track right now. Go go sit in

1003
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,319
Speaker 1: a in a cave, put in a lock box, do

1004
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: some self reflection, talk to Kim for a little while,

1005
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 1: come back to us. Um we. There's two options that

1006
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:50,720
Speaker 1: I would like for Kanye either a just just stop

1007
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:56,960
Speaker 1: or be my preference or send a couple of plays out.

1008
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:01,239
Speaker 1: Just stop that's one option. That's option Option B is

1009
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:04,680
Speaker 1: release a Drake distract. That's option B. Now I know

1010
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: option He's not gonna happen thereby give me Option B,

1011
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 1: so let's go there. Uh so that would be fun,

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00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: all right. So that's the show. For producer Christina, for

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00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,279
Speaker 1: the Whisket from Wisconsin, Alex Gelher, and for m g

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00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 1: my guy Marcus Grant. I'm James core The listening to

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00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: the NFL Fancy Lives podcast. Appreciate you're listening, Like, subscribe,

1016
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Speaker 1: do it all, do it right now. We'll catch you next.

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Speaker 1: My strict