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

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

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Speaker 1: Marcus Man still masking and socially distancing when and where necessary,

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Speaker 1: Joined by Michael F Florio and producer Steve and we're

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Speaker 1: continuing our exit interviews. UM. I look, let's just jump

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Speaker 1: into it right because I want to get step in

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Speaker 1: here to uh, Floria, I'm gonna get your thoughts on this.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know what I wanted to talk about to

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Speaker 1: start the show until literally maybe half an hour before

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Speaker 1: we sat down to record this, because, Uh, this morning,

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Speaker 1: as I was sitting eating my breakfast and I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: watching Twitter, Dan Campbell is having his press conference and

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Speaker 1: I see the quotes scrolling through. Um, and Steve, you

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Speaker 1: gave us a great analogy last time about what it

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Speaker 1: was like to have Dan camp Higher as the coach.

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Speaker 1: It's like, basically, you wanted like a great Christmas present

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Speaker 1: and you get like a botchy ball or something like that,

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Speaker 1: and you're like, this is nice. Have about to do

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Speaker 1: with it? Um? Well, along those lines, just some of

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Speaker 1: the quotes coming out of the press conference were incredible.

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Speaker 1: And I know, Steve, you said you haven't you. You

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Speaker 1: didn't see anything, You haven't heard anything, you haven't read anything. Right,

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Speaker 1: you don't know. I haven't seen anything. So anything you

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Speaker 1: have to tell me right now, I'm here for the

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Speaker 1: first time. This is this is this is the marquee.

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Speaker 1: This was the money quote of the press conference. And

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Speaker 1: you know, every every coach goes in and talks about

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Speaker 1: what identity they want to build and and what kind

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Speaker 1: of team they want to create. Um, so here's the quote.

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Speaker 1: This team is gonna take on the identity of this city.

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Speaker 1: This city has been down and it found a way

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Speaker 1: to get up. It found a way to overcome adversity.

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Speaker 1: So this team is going to be built on We're

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Speaker 1: gonna kick you in the teeth, and when you punch

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Speaker 1: us back, we're going to smile at you. And when

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Speaker 1: you knock us down, we're going to get up. And

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Speaker 1: on the way up, we're gonna bite a kneecap off.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna stand up, and then it's going to take

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Speaker 1: two more shots to knock us down. And on the

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Speaker 1: way up, we're gonna take your other kneecap and we're

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Speaker 1: going to get up, and it's gonna take three shots

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Speaker 1: gonna take another hunk out of you. Before long, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be the last one standing. I know this is

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Speaker 1: an audio podcast, but I'm watching your face as I'm

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Speaker 1: reading this quote. It is priceless. I want to get

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Speaker 1: you are are you? How are you feeling now about this?

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Speaker 1: It's all I expected you to end that sentence like

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Speaker 1: fifteen times. You started out like, Okay, it's pretty good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to try its headlick some up and down times. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I get that, But what in the world what is

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Speaker 1: it about inciting your kneecaps? I mean, I think you

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Speaker 1: guys have been penalized at least fifteen yards just on

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Speaker 1: the press conference. Oh my goodness. Um you know you

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Speaker 1: call them like a PC principle, like maybe like really

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Speaker 1: really intense, and UM, I guess that's what we have. Yea,

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Speaker 1: someone has to oh Lee smokes, could anyone prep him?

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, My biggest question is this biting kneecaps

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Speaker 1: make you stronger? Because he was like, it's gonna take

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Speaker 1: two shots to get us down. They were gonna bite

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Speaker 1: us down. I don't know, and like, can you bite

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Speaker 1: don't think that's the type of like attack that Detroit

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Speaker 1: but all the shops took it a little too far. Um,

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Speaker 1: He's excited. He some good things to the Lions in

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Speaker 1: the future, and he'll turn it back back down the line,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure. But yeah, that that was a lot, so

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Speaker 1: he certainly wouldn't talk about biting off kneecaps or anything

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Speaker 1: good good luck to you, Steve. Good luck to all

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Speaker 1: Lions fans out there there. We wish you the best.

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Speaker 1: On that note, let's get back into our exit interviews.

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Speaker 1: Here we have teams twenty one through four. Uh, let's

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colt to finish the eleven and five. Um. Again,

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Speaker 1: I thought they were they were a good team. I

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Speaker 1: better ceilings. The other part of it is like the

428
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,920
Speaker 1: touchdowns are great, and obviously they're they're key. He's generally

429
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,160
Speaker 1: not a huge passing yardage guy either. I mean, did

430
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,600
Speaker 1: not have four thousand yards this year. Um, you know

431
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 1: has has has a couple of four thousand yard seasons

432
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,400
Speaker 1: in his career, but even those are a few few

433
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,679
Speaker 1: years in the rear view mirrors. So um, and as

434
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,200
Speaker 1: long as Derrick Henry is there, they are still going

435
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 1: to run the ball quite a bit, which sort of

436
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,879
Speaker 1: kind of depresses I think what his passing totals could

437
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,840
Speaker 1: eventually be. So maybe you're right, maybe it is eleven.

438
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,399
Speaker 1: So maybe maybe both things can be true, right that

439
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 1: we can sort of believe that Ryan Tannehill is a

440
00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,919
Speaker 1: good fantasy quarterback who deserves respect, will also realizing that

441
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,560
Speaker 1: there probably are you know, eight to ten guys that

442
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,200
Speaker 1: are you know, have have higher ceilings and better outlooks

443
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 1: than him throughout the season. Sorry, Ryan, Um, just it

444
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,840
Speaker 1: is what it is. A couple of years ago for

445
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill would have been I mean, we never would

446
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 1: have said it. That's true, That is very true. We

447
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 1: never would have thought, I mean, you know, those last

448
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,479
Speaker 1: couple of years in Miami would fit. We figured, you know,

449
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: this is sort of the end of the line. I mean,

450
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,040
Speaker 1: if you had to go to other team to be

451
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,199
Speaker 1: a backup, right and and it was only because a

452
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,119
Speaker 1: combination of poor performance and a little bit of an

453
00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 1: injury with Marcus Mariota that Tannehill got in there. Uh,

454
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: and then he took advantage of the opportunity. But yeah,

455
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 1: I mean it looked like he was sort of on

456
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,880
Speaker 1: that path to being a journeyman backup for the rest

457
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: of his career. So I definitely crudos to him for

458
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,959
Speaker 1: for turning it around at this point. So yo, from

459
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 1: number twenty two two, the team that would be in

460
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 1: the twenty third spot, which is the Seattle Seahawks. Unfortunately

461
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,280
Speaker 1: for them, that pick belongs to the New York Jets.

462
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 1: But uh, this is where the Seahawks would pick, So

463
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 1: this is where we're gonna talk about him. Twelve and four.

464
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 1: This past season, they go out, they win the NFC

465
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 1: West and then just sort of lay an egg kind

466
00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,119
Speaker 1: of in the playoffs. They're really just ugly looking loss

467
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 1: to the Rams in the postseason. Uh. And it's just

468
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, is it Is it fair to just

469
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 1: say this is like a tale of two halves of

470
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: the season, at least for Russell Wilson. The first half

471
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 1: of the season Russell Wilson cooked. Second half of the season,

472
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson did not cook at all. Um, So I

473
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 1: guess I guess you know, the first half was good,

474
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 1: second half was bad. What what say you about the

475
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 1: Seahawks this year? Um? I think it really was a

476
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,640
Speaker 1: tale of two different parts of the season. And when

477
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: I looked into it. I saw that like from week

478
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 1: it was week twelve on, especially that Russell Wilson was

479
00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,760
Speaker 1: really shoggled, like to the point where I don't believe

480
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,160
Speaker 1: he scored twenty points in any of those games. And

481
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: I looked at it and they were throwing six percent

482
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 1: less in that final stretch of the season than they

483
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: were early on, which to me is like, hey, another

484
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: reason we should let Russ cook because your offensive clicking.

485
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 1: He was an m v P favorite tea never is,

486
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 1: but he was. In the first half of this season.

487
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf was looking like an absolute star, and then

488
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,200
Speaker 1: you decided, hey, let's start running the ball more, and

489
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 1: your offense just never got back on track. It looked

490
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: dismal for all of your players, not even just Russ,

491
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: Like DK wasn't the same down the stretch lock it

492
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: faded hard, and now we hear Marcus Pete Carroll saying

493
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: we need to go back to running the ball more,

494
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: we need to run it more efficiently. And to me,

495
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: it's why I have Russell Wilson nine in the early

496
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 1: QB rankings, and it's why I had d k as

497
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 1: my in my top five when I put it out rankings.

498
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:38,479
Speaker 1: You know, a couple of weeks ago, and I think

499
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna lower him because if you're going back to

500
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,119
Speaker 1: running the ball, to me, that's very scary because from

501
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: two thousand ten of twenty nineteen, no team ran the

502
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: ball more than the Seahawks, and that was all Pete

503
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 1: Carroll's tenures. So this was the first year they let

504
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:54,639
Speaker 1: Russ cook and now they're like, yeah, let's go to well,

505
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,239
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, they let Russ cook. And there

506
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: was a point in which I sort of understood pulling

507
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: it back a little bit. Right midway through the season.

508
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,639
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was sort of a turnover machine. He was

509
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: throwing a ton of interceptions, maybe trying to do a

510
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 1: little bit too much. And then the so the Seahawks

511
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: sort of, you know that they took the spatula out

512
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: of his hand, right, they didn't let him cook quite

513
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 1: as much, but it felt like they went completely the

514
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,880
Speaker 1: other direction right where they completely tied his hands. Uh.

515
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: And I know some of it was they were getting

516
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: their running backs healthy again. Chris Carson was coming back,

517
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 1: so they're gonna give him the opportunity there, but it

518
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: just felt like they went into an offensive shell what

519
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 1: I think helped them down the stretches that their defense

520
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 1: got better. Let's let's let's not forget the first part

521
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: of the season. We were we were targeting the Seahawks

522
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: defense hard because they were giving up you know, jards

523
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 1: and points left and right. I mean, they were on

524
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: pace to be a historically bad defense. Uh. And then

525
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 1: somewhere midway through the season they figured it out, they

526
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: turned it around, they got better, which definitely helped them

527
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: win games when their offense wasn't playing well. So that

528
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,719
Speaker 1: was a good thing. But I do worry. I'm with you.

529
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,680
Speaker 1: I'm sort of afraid that they go back to being

530
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,360
Speaker 1: this run heavy offense again that we see and look.

531
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: I like Chris Carson. I think he's a good back,

532
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 1: but I don't think you can consistently be successful if

533
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: you feel like Chris Carson has got to touch the

534
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: ball twenty times a game. Um, I just don't think

535
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 1: that's going to work, especially when you saw Dk Metcalf

536
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: really blossom this year. Uh. The fact that he looks

537
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 1: like a legitimate wide receiver one. Uh. And I'm old

538
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: enough to remember when people were worried that his three

539
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,320
Speaker 1: cone drill was going to doom him in the National

540
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: Football League, and it turns out that hey, you know,

541
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: and maybe it's not so important that you can't run

542
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,400
Speaker 1: around three cones, uh, you know, faster than a whole

543
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: bunch of other Look like, k I don't think it matters.

544
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,679
Speaker 1: I think it matters, right, I mean, look, I was

545
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 1: there in Indianapolis at the combine that year when he

546
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,439
Speaker 1: ran his forty and like a murmur went through the

547
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,120
Speaker 1: crowd when they found out what the time was. Then

548
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 1: the three cone drill happened, and there's a whole lot

549
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: of tweets about, hey, maybe he should take a yoga

550
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: and pilates class and like more flexible that like now

551
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: he's chasing down Buddha Baker on interceptions and like nobody

552
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: cares so um. So I would like to see maybe

553
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: some balance between what what we saw at the start

554
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: of the year with Russ kind of being everything, and

555
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 1: at the end of the year with Russ sort of

556
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,199
Speaker 1: you know, taking a back seat in that offense. What

557
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: I liked most early on markets too, was like they

558
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: didn't get away from like Chris Carson, they just started

559
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: throwing him the ball more, right, I mean that opens

560
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: up so much in your offense. That was a weird

561
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: thing too, because we were all I mean, you know,

562
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: it was sort of like with a lot of running

563
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: backs like, well, Chris Carson doesn't catch the football and

564
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: so maybe that's gonna cap his production. And then uh,

565
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: in week one six targets were like, oh, well this

566
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 1: is new and this is gonna change things. Uh. You know,

567
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 1: for the most part, I will say that that they

568
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,199
Speaker 1: sort of kept it up. He had a couple of

569
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: six target games. He had a seven target game, so

570
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: they sort of worked that in and maybe that's something

571
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: they have to do more of. Uh next year. Um,

572
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: you talked about Tyler Lockett and just you know, the

573
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: peaks and valleys he had next year last year, So

574
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: next year, where where would you target him? Um? Breaking

575
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: down his overall season total versus the week to week?

576
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,680
Speaker 1: How are how are you evaluating him next year? Yeah?

577
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,280
Speaker 1: I mean he finished as the wade receiver eight this year, Marcus,

578
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: he had a career high in fantasy points of fantasy

579
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 1: points per game, but yet it feels like he was

580
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 1: a bust. And I know you said it before. He

581
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: scored something like thirty of his fantasy points in two

582
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: games like that that is ridiculous, and I had him

583
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: in a few teams this year, and after that fifty

584
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: point performance, I was feeling great. And then basically after

585
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: that you were lucky if you got double digits out

586
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 1: of him. So for me, knowing the inconsistency that he

587
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: brought this past year, knowing that DK metcalf is a

588
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: bigger um target share, and then then he's had in

589
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: the last couple of years because he has been the

590
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: lead receiver there, and I think it would surprise a

591
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: lot of people that Lockett had more targets and a

592
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: higher target share than DK this year. I don't expect

593
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: that next year, Like I think DK Metcalfe is the

594
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: alpha here. And for me, knowing that they're saying they

595
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: want to run the ball more and that there's d

596
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: K and all that, I don't think. I think like

597
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: rounds four or five is where I would start to

598
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: consider him roar around five, not even really round four.

599
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: I'm not sure he falls that far because people always

600
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: love Tyler Lockett and fantasy drafts, but he's just not

601
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: someone um for the first time. I don't think I'm

602
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: gonna have a whole bunch of Tyler Lockett and people

603
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: love him in fantasy drafts, and I do fear that

604
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: it will be a thing where people look at his

605
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: season long total and not looking into the week to

606
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: week and to be like, well, hey, look he was

607
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: a top ten receiver last year and look at the

608
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: numbers he put up. But I think anybody who had

609
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: him on their roster and endured those week two weeks

610
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: will understand the frustration that comes along with it. And

611
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: you know, I remember maybe three quarters of the way

612
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: through the season sort of looking at it and breaking

613
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: it down. Uh. You talk about the target share, and

614
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, Tyler Lockett this year sort

615
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: of turned into a Jarvis Landry type guy where they

616
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: weren't using him down the field. I mean those downfield

617
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: shots were almost going exclusively to Metcalf and for Locket,

618
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: it was a lot of underneath stuff. And so that's

619
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: why he had the target share that he did. That's

620
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 1: why he out targeted everybody else on the team. Um,

621
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: but he wasn't picking up yards in chunks, unless you know,

622
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: he would break a couple of tackles and have a big, long,

623
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, run after the catch sort of thing. Um,

624
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: he just was not a chunk player. Every once in

625
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: a while they would get him downfield to take those shots,

626
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: but they generally weren't using him that way, and that

627
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: that is a frustrating way to little I always say,

628
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: it's when your guy catches the football and the blue

629
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage line is still on the screen. Um,

630
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: it's just not exciting, you know. Uh. So that's the

631
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: thing I think to take an account with with Tyler

632
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: Lockett into one. Can't you already hear people being like

633
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: looking at the year long numbers for him and Metcalf

634
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: and being like, oh, well, you can get K production

635
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: two rounds later with Tyler Lockett exactly, Which is funny

636
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: because I think I said that about DK this year, like, hey,

637
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: you can get tied a lock and production from DK

638
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: like a couple of rounds later, So why wouldn't you

639
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: do it? But it's it's going to flip. Uh, But

640
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: I still think I would. I would pay up for

641
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: d K over Tyler Lockett in all right, our last

642
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: team in this round of the exit interviews. Uh, the

643
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: number twenty four pick belonging to the Pittsburgh Steelers twelve

644
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: and four this year. And I don't know how else

645
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: to say it other than the Steelers were kind of

646
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: a mess. And you know, I think some of it

647
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: had to do with their on field performance, some of

648
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,959
Speaker 1: it had to do with just being I think a

649
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: legacy team like the Steelers left teams, you know, the Steelers,

650
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, I think in summer spect, you know, like

651
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: the Giants. H you know, these teams were like long

652
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: legacy teams who have such a long history in the league,

653
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: who had sustained success. When things aren't going right. Um,

654
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 1: and then you hear from their fan base, you hear

655
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 1: from the national media about how bad things are. It

656
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: makes things out like they're way worse than they possibly are.

657
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: I mean, people talked about the Steelers at some point

658
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: like they were the Jaguars, right, but like they were

659
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 1: twelve and four, they get to the postseason. Um, I

660
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: know it wasn't always pretty, but yeah, defensively they were fantastic,

661
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: and I guess, I guess Florio, the issue comes because

662
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: offensively it was sort of ugly, right, Um, what what

663
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:43,959
Speaker 1: was good? I guess you know, I'm trying to I'm

664
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: trying to really come up with something. What for you

665
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: was good about the Steelers offense in not a whole lot.

666
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: If I had to pick one, though, I would say

667
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson because uh, it was like a running joke

668
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: early on in the year, at least I kept saying

669
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: it like, if he stays healthy, is gonna get double

670
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: digit targets. And then throughout the year, even the game

671
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: that he got benched for those drops, he finished that

672
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: game tied for the team lead in targets. Like so

673
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: he was just a consistent borderline wide receiver one, maybe

674
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: wide receiver two that you can just rely on the

675
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: volume each week. And I felt like he was always

676
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: a good value in in you know, whether it be

677
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: daily or he just kind of was overlooked a lot

678
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: this year because so many people were like, but Juju

679
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: is better, and some people were saying James Washington and

680
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: Claypool were better and not. I was just like, hey,

681
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: give me the guy who was getting all the targets.

682
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: So I thought he was a big bright spot for

683
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: his team. I think Claypool showed that he belongs in

684
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: the NFL, and and that was also good for them

685
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: because he was one of those receivers coming into that

686
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: we were like, has a very high ceiling, but is

687
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: he gonna pan out. You know, he's kind of raw.

688
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh just they know what they're doing when it comes

689
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: to drafting wide receivers. I admit I didn't know what

690
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: to make of Chase Claypool before the season started. Um.

691
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: You know that there was talking maybe he'd potentially be

692
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: a tight end. Um, you know, just kind of a

693
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,720
Speaker 1: big body guy who you know, was just I forgot

694
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: about the time. Yeah, you know, they talked about it,

695
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 1: maybe in a tight end at some point. I mean

696
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: I think at Notre Dame, you know, he was listed

697
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 1: as a wide receiver, but I feel like he just

698
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: fell into the general category of pass catcher, um, because

699
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: they could kind of do a lot of different things

700
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: with him. Uh. He obviously announced his presence with that

701
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 1: huge four touchdown game he had fairly early in the season. Um,

702
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: but he was also very hit or miss. Uh. You know,

703
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: again that that old cop out of saying he's a

704
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: good bestball guy, which he kind of was this year

705
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: because they were there were peaks and there were valleys

706
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: with him. I know, look, I completely agree with you

707
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: what you say about Deante Johnson. He was a guy

708
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: getting the targets. He's the guy who seems to be

709
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: the number one wide receiver. I kept sort of throwing

710
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 1: my lot in with Juju though, every single week because

711
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: the production seemed more consistent. Um. He was frustrating to

712
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: watch in the sense that he had he had nineties

713
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 1: seven catches for eight hundred and thirty one yards. That's gross, Like,

714
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: that's just gross, eight point six yards per catch. Um.

715
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: I mean he really was sort of a checkdown guy

716
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: more than anything. They just used him kind of as

717
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: an outlet, uh, because I don't know why, to be

718
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 1: honest with you, I really don't UM. And I also

719
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: feel like by the end of the year, we heard

720
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: more about ju Ju's TikTok exploits uh than we did

721
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: about anything he did on the field. So I do

722
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: think going forward, Deontae Johnson is that guy. UM. He's

723
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: the one that we're gonna target first off the board. UM.

724
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: He's the guy that probably has the biggest upside. Hopefully

725
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: he buys a new pair of hands in the off

726
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: season and breaks them in. UM. So that was good.

727
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 1: As for bad, I mean, can we just say everything else?

728
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: Then Roethlisberger looks. But Roethlisberger looks like he's washed at

729
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: this point. I mean he's rug. We talked about Drew

730
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 1: Brees and his inability to really push the ball down

731
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 1: the field. Roethlisberger had some of the same issues. I

732
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: think that really sort of hamstrung the offense. Uh, the

733
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: running game could never get going with James Conner, you know,

734
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: being sort of in and out of the lineup in

735
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,800
Speaker 1: in unproductive than trying to be any smell at times

736
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: and not really getting a whole lot to show for it.

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00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: Um it just it really was not like the Stealers

738
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: offense we had come to know a few years ago

739
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: when they were really humming along. I mean, there are

740
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: some some real issues that they gotta fix in this offense. Yeah,

741
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 1: I I think they need to move on from Connor

742
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: and Snell and all those backs in their back like

743
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: they do not have the answer. I don't think for

744
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: they're starting running back on the roster now. Connor has

745
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: the talent, he's just never available and that is a

746
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: I mean, the best ability is availability, so he has

747
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: to be out there. And Big Ben I think, really

748
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: held this offense back. Markets six point nine air yards

749
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: per past attempts career low he had one season prior

750
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: in his whole career below eight. So to me, that

751
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,720
Speaker 1: is why Deontay Johnson was getting so much targets because

752
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: he is more of that no shifty, get open, quick

753
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,240
Speaker 1: guy and you could get him the ball. That's why

754
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: Juju had. I tweeted late in the season, like when

755
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,800
Speaker 1: did Juju become a tight end? Because it was exactly

756
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,919
Speaker 1: what you said, like career low, a dot career low,

757
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: like yards after the catch. They were just using him

758
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: basically to move the chains and that was it. And

759
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: I have flashbacks to when Juju was playing alongside a

760
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: b is one of the best down field threats. Where

761
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 1: did that go? Like, he hasn't lost that ability, still

762
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: super young, and I think Big Bad needs as sad

763
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,280
Speaker 1: as it is, I think he needs to join Rivers

764
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: and probably Drew Brees in in retirement because he is

765
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,439
Speaker 1: not the same quarterback since that elbow injury last year.

766
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: He's just trying to get the ball out of his

767
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: hands as quickly as possible. And for a team that

768
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: has pretty explosive playmakers, I would say like bringing Jamis

769
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 1: Winston or something like that, I would be so much fun.

770
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: But Margaret's did you see which quarterback they brought in?

771
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins yes, I saw that he's not. Don't. No,

772
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: I don't understand that. I don't um, especially because if

773
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 1: you're the Steelers, I would want I would want a

774
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: backup quarterback because because Roethlisberger says he wants to come

775
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: back next year, um, and you know he's still under contract. UM.

776
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: If I'm the Steelers, I want to back up quarterback

777
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: that I can feel confident can come in and and

778
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: keep the offense, you know, moving competently. Right, because you

779
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: have a quarterback in Roethlisberger who's getting up there in age,

780
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: who has been honest, he has a lengthy injury history.

781
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: It feels like every year, even if Ben doesn't miss games,

782
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: that he's going in there at like not only going

783
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 1: in at like, but like letting everybody know that he's

784
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: going in at eight percent. Like Ben's not shy about

785
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: telling you when he's hurt. UM routinely leave games and

786
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: just be standing on the sideline. So if that's the case, like,

787
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 1: I want a backup quarterback that I feel like, Okay, look,

788
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: if something happens to Ben, there's a guy I can

789
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: go in there and we're not gonna just completely fall apart.

790
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: And maybe Dwayne Haskins still has a future in this league, right.

791
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he didn't get a ton of opportunity in Washington.

792
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: What he did get he did not necessarily do well with.

793
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean he's done. But he also is

794
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: still a project. And if I'm the Steelers, I don't

795
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 1: I don't need a project as a backup quarterback. I

796
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: need a guy. I need a Jamis Winston, right, I

797
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 1: need I need an Andy Dalton. You know, like, even

798
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,839
Speaker 1: even when things went bad for the Cowboys, you at

799
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: least had a level of confidence that Andy Dalton could

800
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: kind of keep it together. That's kind of what the

801
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: Steelers need. So I saw the Haskins thing, uh, and

802
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: it didn't make sense to me at all. Um, you

803
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: already have a project quarterback in Mason Rudolph and we

804
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: it hasn't worked out there. And did you see, dude

805
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,320
Speaker 1: that they're talking to Hugh Jackson. That's me, the offensive coordinator.

806
00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: Don't really want to lose. I confused by what's happening

807
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. Um, but that begs the question right with

808
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: been saying he wants to come back and play another year.

809
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 1: If he is back, like you know soon, he probably

810
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: will be Um does that the press where you are

811
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: targeting any of those past catchers. I mean, look, I

812
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,919
Speaker 1: don't know if Juju is gonna be there, but Deonte, Claypool,

813
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 1: James Washington Um, do you hesitate on those guys if

814
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: Ben is the quarterback next year? Yeah, I think I

815
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: think I would be okay with Deonte because we've seen

816
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: that the volume will especially if Juju leaves, Like, I

817
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: think that opens up even more because those were the

818
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,879
Speaker 1: consistent top two targets each week. But like a Claypool

819
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: is someone that I was really excited about and he

820
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: is so explosive, But can I trust Big Band to

821
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 1: not only get him the ball down field, but to

822
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: throw the ball down field? It doesn't feel like it

823
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: because last year it was everything you heard, especially in

824
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: the playoffs and stuff, was how quick Big Ben is

825
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: getting the ball out of his hands. This year was

826
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: on three it was like two and a half seconds.

827
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: That does not give you a lot of time to

828
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: get down the field and get open. So I think

829
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: it does hurt a lot of those pass catchers besides

830
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: the short yardage guys, which because that's what I anticipate

831
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: Ben is going to do in that case, maybe Juju

832
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: sticks around and you know, get another you know, I've

833
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: other nineties something catches for like you know, eight yards.

834
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: You know it would be fun. I think you would

835
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: love it. Usc connection and ju Look, I have been

836
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: I have been sort of in my mind trying to reunite,

837
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: I should say, to connect Juju and Donald. Um. In

838
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,839
Speaker 1: my head, like for a while, I was thinking, well,

839
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: maybe maybe the Bears can somehow make a deal for

840
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: Donald and then sign you re signed Allen Robinson and

841
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: then bring in Juju and put that offense together. But

842
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 1: if we want to make it happen in Pittsburgh, I'm

843
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,879
Speaker 1: down for that. To bring Donald in kind of let

844
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: him sort of rehabilitate himself and his his image a

845
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,240
Speaker 1: little bit there on the field, get Juju the ball.

846
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,399
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. I think it would be fun

847
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 1: together right briefly, um, but yeah, I think it'd be interesting.

848
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: That would be that'd be kind of cool. Um. Which

849
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: actually reminds me. If you're not playing the playoff Challenge,

850
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: you can still jump in and do that. There are

851
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 1: championship games obviously this weekend. So if you have not

852
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: started whatever, you know, you you you have limited options.

853
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: But It's still the way to kind of jump in,

854
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: uh play, enjoy the games, have a good time this weekend.

855
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,280
Speaker 1: You can go to Playoff Challenge dot Fantasy dot NFL

856
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: dot com. I know that's a mouthful. Uh just google

857
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: Playoff Challenge. Uh, and you can. I should say, you

858
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: know internet searching. I shouldn't use the proper name, right

859
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: because maybe you use a different search engine. I don't know. Uh,

860
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: so internet search for Playoff Challenge right, ask jeeves it

861
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: uh is ulti Vista still around? You can try that

862
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: one too. I have no idea. Um, So there you go.

863
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: But along those lines, it is championship weekend, so I

864
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:00,720
Speaker 1: know a lot of folks out there are also playing

865
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 1: Daily Fantasy, so I felt like, let's keep this going.

866
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 1: Let's keep putting together our DFS laps for the week.

867
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: So for you, with four teams left in the running,

868
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,760
Speaker 1: how did you put together a line up? I I

869
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: built around. I went starts and scrubs. I say like,

870
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: I got a lot of the higher priced players in.

871
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: I went with Josh Allen over Mahomes just because I

872
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: needed to save that salary. So I went with Alan

873
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones as my RB one. Ronald Jones is my

874
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: RB two at forty six hundred heat. You know, I

875
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 1: was off of Rojoe coming into the year, but this

876
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: is explosive than for Net and thirteam carries last week.

877
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: Maybe this is the week they just really let him

878
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 1: take that backfield over again. And a great matchup against

879
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: the Packers run d uh and then from my receivers

880
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, and I had to go cheap

881
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 1: on the third, so I went with Gabe Davis, who

882
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: has been getting more involved as of late. And what

883
00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,399
Speaker 1: I'm hoping is they shootout between the Chiefs and the Bills. UH.

884
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: And then tight end, I had Travis Kelsey and then

885
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,760
Speaker 1: my flex is Dawson Knox and my defense was the Bucks.

886
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: So very very either stars or very cheap option. So

887
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 1: as you were reading it, um, I was worried, afraid,

888
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: amused that we had some sort of mind meld going

889
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: on because the first four identical. I went Josh Allen,

890
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, Ronald Jones, and DeVante Adams to start with UH,

891
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: and then after the we we sort of diverge a

892
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: little bit. I went John Brown, Um, you know, because

893
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,240
Speaker 1: I wanted to sort of stack somebody if I could

894
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 1: with Josh Allen, but I also needed to kind of

895
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,439
Speaker 1: save some salary in there, so I went with John Brown.

896
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 1: Is my second receiver, UM, Marcus Valdez Scantling, maybe just

897
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: to get some deep shots down the field. Even if

898
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 1: he s is a guy that is sort of you know,

899
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: he's always gonna have I think one or two really

900
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: bad drops at some point in the game, but he

901
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: might also make some miraculous catch and maybe even find

902
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: his way into the end zone, especially if there's like

903
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 1: a blown coverage or something like that. So I said,

904
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,800
Speaker 1: was my third wide receiver? I did you Travis Kelsey

905
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: at the tie end, because I mean, why wouldn't you.

906
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 1: UM My flex was Cole Beasley, so I kind of

907
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: double stacked, I guess if you will with Josh Allen.

908
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: So I got Beasley in as a flex. And then

909
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: my defense is the Bills, which UH was sort of

910
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: you know, not knowing completely where Patrick Mahomes is going

911
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: to be. Uh. I know that right now he's making

912
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: his way through the concussion protocol. There's optimism that he

913
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: will play, UM, but you know, in the event that

914
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: it doesn't work out, and the Chiefs have to start

915
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: Chad Himmy in that game. Um that I felt like,

916
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: maybe we'll give a shot to the Bills defensively. But

917
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 1: I'm amused though that we uh, we are very We're

918
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: very similar, like five five of the same players, believe Yeah.

919
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: So uh so if you guys out there have a

920
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: wildly different lineup, would love to see it. Uh, definitely,

921
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: you can screenshot it to us and and send it

922
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,840
Speaker 1: to us on Twitter. Uh and you know, we just

923
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: I'll have a good time about it. Um. Obviously I

924
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 1: know which game is going to draw the majority of

925
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: your attention. I just gotta ask. I mean, going into

926
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,919
Speaker 1: Championship Sunday, how are you feeling right now about the Bills. Um,

927
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good, believe it or not, because it's

928
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: there's something to be said. Like when, like last the

929
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: first two playoff games, I kind of was going in

930
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: like like the first one, I was like, the Bills

931
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: have to win today, and the second one, I was like,

932
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be disappointed if they lose to Baltimore. Now though,

933
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: going up against the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, you know, the

934
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,800
Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champs, I feel like you're playing with

935
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: house money at this point, but so many people are

936
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: kind of like, the Bills had a good run, this

937
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 1: is where it ends. Then I'm like, maybe they could

938
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 1: come out and surprise a lot of people because they're

939
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 1: playing their best football of the year right now. So

940
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:48,799
Speaker 1: that's all you can ask is really all you can

941
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,399
Speaker 1: ask for. I mean, for what it's worth. I think

942
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 1: they win. I think they shocked the world. Um. You

943
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: know the Chiefs obviously a very good team, but this

944
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:01,840
Speaker 1: offense isn't clicking quite like it was this time last year. Um.

945
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 1: You know that they have not won a game by

946
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: ten points or more in quite a while. Um, So

947
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,360
Speaker 1: like I look best, remember remember last year in the playoffs?

948
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,439
Speaker 1: Was it they they fell behind with twenty four nothing

949
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: something like that against the Texans and then just rolled

950
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:20,480
Speaker 1: steamrolled the rest of the way. Um, and you don't

951
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 1: have quite that look about them this year. So I think,

952
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: especially if the Bills can come out early and punch

953
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: them in the mouth, I don't know, buye a couple

954
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 1: of kneecaps early on in this game, Um, maybe they

955
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 1: can surprise somebody. So I I think it's gonna be

956
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: a fun game. I definitely do. Um on the other side,

957
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: between that the Packers in the Bucks any expectation there

958
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: for that one. I'm really excited as someone who has

959
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: no rooting interests in that in that game because all

960
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: my rooting interest is with the Bills. Like, I'm just excited.

961
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,440
Speaker 1: Like Brady and Rogers have never played in the playoffs before.

962
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:58,880
Speaker 1: Who knows how many years they each have left, so um,

963
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: I'm one of those people who are is who For

964
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: years I did hate Tom Brady because the would just

965
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: dominate the an f C East every single year. But

966
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm also a person who I like to appreciate greatness.

967
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: I don't like to to fully hate on it. Like

968
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: That's why I've come around him. A Lebron fan, I

969
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 1: rooted for the Warriors during that that run they had

970
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 1: because uh, yeah, we could get parody and have a

971
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:23,000
Speaker 1: different champ every year. But if there's a team that

972
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 1: or a person that can consistently succeed, to me, I'm like,

973
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,280
Speaker 1: enjoy it while you can because it's not gonna last forever.

974
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: So just watching these two legends go at it. I'm

975
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: excited for that game too, and especially because that was

976
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,120
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers loan. Bad Game of the Year came against

977
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: this book Um, yeah, that's absolutely true for me call packers. Um.

978
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: But like Tom Brady is great obviously has had an

979
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,879
Speaker 1: amazing career. Uh you know it's going to go down

980
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 1: as one of the if not the greatest ever. Um Yeah,

981
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,880
Speaker 1: I've seen enough of him in Super Bowls. That's fine. Also,

982
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: like of all all the the accomplishments and accolades and everything,

983
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: he's one. Like I don't know if I could stand

984
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 1: it that he would be the first quarterback to play

985
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl in his home stadium. Like I just like

986
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't with it and without Bill Belichick.

987
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: And that's all we're gonna hear, and it's gonna be.

988
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 1: It's gonna be insufferable. So uh, congrats on having an

989
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: amazing career. And I know Brady's not done, but the

990
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: go Pat Go. I also said that because I I

991
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: am always I've always been a huge Aaron Rodgers fan,

992
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 1: going back to his days at cal um You know,

993
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: I just remember watching him and enjoying his his career.

994
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,280
Speaker 1: They're also being a guy that wanted the forty Niners

995
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: to take him over Alex Smith away back when I

996
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: knew they should have taken Aaron Rodgers. He sat in

997
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 1: the green room, and he has made it a point

998
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: to try and punish the forty niners as much as

999
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,759
Speaker 1: possible every time he played him. So that's what I

1000
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 1: feel like. He does that to every team though, like

1001
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: he just thinks of reasons to hate every single team,

1002
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: like he hates the Bears, and he just to seriously,

1003
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 1: I mean he really he is the Michael Jordan's like

1004
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: you know, and then I took that personally like he

1005
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: is he really is that we built on spite. Yeah, absolutely,

1006
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the Aaron Rodgers petty point, like I've

1007
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 1: given it this year, the petty party, But maybe it

1008
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: actually goes back even further than that. It maybe it

1009
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 1: goes all the way back to him getting drafted, uh

1010
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 1: and and just taking it out on everybody for you know,

1011
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: the past fifteen sixteen years who knows, all right, So

1012
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 1: it should be a fun weekend of football. Of course,

1013
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:27,759
Speaker 1: we'll be back next week to kind of recap a

1014
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: little bit of that and keep our exit interviews going

1015
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: as well. In the meantime, for us, that is it.

1016
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

1017
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show, you know, the Drill Tell two

1018
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 1: friends to tell two friends, rate review, and remember when

1019
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 1: life gives you melons. You might be dyslexic, the safe,

1020
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: take care of yourselves, wear a mask, and we'll see

1021
00:50:45,520 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: you on Tuesday. Woman, I'm coming the boat while I

1022
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: don't all