1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, it is Tuesday, February eight, two thousand, 2 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: twenty two. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: we're still calling them the football Team. My Marcus Grant 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: alongside Michael Left Florial producer Justin is at the controls 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: and it is officially Super Bowl Week. We have made 6 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: it to, uh, the final week of the NFL season. 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: I mean that's not counting everything that happens in the 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: offseason and what happened, but this is the final week 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: of game play in the NFL year and Florida. We 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: started this thing back in what August, I guess when 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: you would talk about like preseason games and stuff. Um, 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: I feel like it always it always feels like it's 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: a long time but always comes quickly all at the 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: same time. If that makes any sense, No, it does, 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: because I describe it like that all the time. People 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: are like, how how this season must be? You know, 17 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: so long? And I'm like, it feels long when you're 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: in it, Like every week is like because you live 19 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: week to week in this and when we're like this, 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: but then at the end of the year, it's like, wow, 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: it was just August, like yesterday, right exactly, and so 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: now here we are into February, one last game to 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: be played. We will talk a lot about that later 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: on in the week, which I guess is a perfect 25 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: way to also let you know. Normally, you know, we 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: do these shows on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This week, though, 27 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 1: we're gonna push from back to Friday, so it should 28 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: be released about Friday evening. Floria and I will be 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: on Radio Row on Friday, hopefully be able to get 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: some good interviews with some players that we can use 31 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: all throughout the off season. And so at that time 32 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: we'll record our podcast for the week. We will dive 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: a little more deeply into the Super Bowl between the 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: Bengals and the Rams, but I do have some fun 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: things we can kick around a little bit later on 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: in this show as well. But also in this show'm 37 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: gonna talk about some over and underperforming players and see 38 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: how that might relate into the football season. But first 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: I gotta talk about a thing that happened last week 40 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: we didn't get to on Thursday show, But the the 41 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: Washington football team, I guess it is now just a 42 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: Washington football team. They changed their name. They are officially 43 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders, UM they unbeknownst to them that things 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: sort of leaked ahead of time. I guess somebody got 45 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: a drone shot of their stadium and saw the banner 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: and that's how it sort of slipped out, although they 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: also sort of, I think, kind of inadvertently leaked it 48 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: on their own as well. UM, simple question, do you 49 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: like the name? I think this is a hot take. 50 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: Judging from like Twitter, I don't really have a strong 51 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: opinion on the name, Like I don't love it. I'm 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: not like, oh, that's an awesome name. But I'm also 53 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: not like it's a team name, you know, like you're 54 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: very limited. Um. I hated the Washington Football Team Initially. 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: I was like, this is lazy and boring, and then 56 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: it grew on me. So maybe this will grow on 57 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: me as well. But I think I'm gonna miss the 58 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: w f T. I'm gonna miss the w f T. 59 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 1: I liked football team. I feel like it's better than Commanders. 60 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: I mean, not being a fan personally of the team. 61 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna, you know, rail against it one way 62 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: or another. I don't really care. I'm not buying any 63 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: merch for them. Um, but I do like football team. 64 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: I still think they missed an opportunity to originally be 65 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: the Washington Football Club. They could have just been the FC. 66 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: They could have kept that forever and ever and kept 67 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: in rolling. They could have tapped into the whole soccer 68 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: market by selling scars in the whole thing. But um, sure, Commanders, Fine, Uh, 69 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: you're right. I think it'll probably grow on us after 70 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: a while, after like five years of this, will just 71 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: be calling them the Commanders and it will be a 72 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: big deal. Yeah. Um, it didn't actually make me wonder though. 73 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: She's talking about team names, right, and for the most part, 74 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: they're sort of generic. They generally talk about like either 75 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: they're just some generic sort of you know, aggressive kind 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: of animal um or they do they have something to 77 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: do with the region the team is in. Do you 78 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: have any like best or worst names that jump out 79 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: at you. I think for most professional sports teams, they're 80 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: they're pretty boring. Like you said, they're generic, they have 81 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 1: something to do with the area. My favorite ones because 82 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: there's so few are ones that don't end in an 83 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: s because there's just very few in each sport. But 84 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: I think for if you really want the best team names, 85 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: you have to go to minor league baseball, and and 86 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: that's why it was pretty sad a couple of years 87 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: ago when Stud Muffins wasn't the voted winner for the 88 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: Mets minor league teams. I know that there's the the 89 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: Binghamton Rumble Ponies, which is pretty good. Um. Yeah, the 90 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: minor league baseball for sure is is the champ when 91 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: it comes to those although I will say this, I 92 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: feel like, because we obviously living in southern California, Long 93 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: Beach State, Um, they simultaneously have the best and worst 94 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: because now they're just the beach, right like, there's a 95 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: Long Beach State beach. They were they were once the 96 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: forty niners. Now there's just the beach. And I'm like, 97 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: that's sort of landed boring the Leonardo DiCaprio movie from 98 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: the nineties, right like that, they're they're like a weird 99 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: sci fi action film or whatever that that nobody really saw. Um. 100 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: But at the same time, their baseball team is the 101 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: dirt Bags, which is awesome, right like it's it's I mean, 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: it was a really created because of the style they 103 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: play where they steal bases and they hustle hard and 104 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: they slide hard and they get dirty and so they 105 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: have just become officially the dirt bags in baseball, so 106 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: that to me kind of stood out with the beach sucks. 107 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: I would love like just if no one knows what 108 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: that is, Like someone wearing a shirt that just says 109 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: like dirt bag across it. You can buy, you can 110 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: buy merch that says dirt bag. You can get shirts 111 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: and probably hats it just says like dirt bags on it. 112 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, so I don't know, maybe you just 113 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: roll down the Long Beach, we get some dirt bags 114 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: gear just just rock that so it'll be interesting. Alright. 115 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: So anyway, the commanders there in our lives, I would 116 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: probably end up still calling them the football team on occasion, 117 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: just because that's who I am. The worst part of 118 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: their unveiling was the mannequin that was wearing the seven 119 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: teen jersey was like the smallest, skinniest mannequin I've ever seen, 120 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: And I was like, well, are you doing, Terry McLaurin, like, yeah, 121 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: although apparently people seem the like uniforms, like the black 122 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: uniforms don't seem too bad, the white ones like they 123 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: seem okay. Yeah, so we just like the uniforms seemed 124 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: like they been pretty popular, so we just have to 125 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: settle way to the name and figure out if if 126 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: we like the name. UM. Also, the people who shot 127 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: a video themselves basically ripping off the you know, the 128 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: jingle from a national insurance company. Um, you should be 129 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: ashamed of yourself. That's all I'm gonna say with that, 130 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: all right, um our pal Synthea Freeland, there's plenty of 131 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: great work on TV and at NFL dot com. She 132 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: put together a list of her five most overperforming and 133 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: underperforming units from the past year. So this is like 134 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: like different groups, whether it's defensive line, wide receivers, running backs, 135 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: so on and so forth. I went and picked a 136 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: handful that we're more fantasy relevant and got to kick 137 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: these around. Because the first one her most overperforming unit 138 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: was the Patriots quarterbacks. Obviously, that mostly refers to Mac Jones, 139 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: who ended up having I think maybe a better season 140 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: than a lot of people would have anticipated. I pointed 141 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: out that he had a better fantasy season, certainly than 142 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. UM. Not that we got excited about Mac Jones, 143 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: but because of Cynthia sort of projecting, you know, based 144 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: on her measurements and her metrics, that they overperformed this year. 145 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: Does this mean maybe we should give mac Jones a 146 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: little more credit when it comes to drafts next year. 147 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think, you know how we 148 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: always say like that there's Jalen Hurts is like the 149 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: poster boy of like way better in fantasy than in 150 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: real life. Mac Jones is like the opposite of that. 151 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: Like he's a really really good real life quarterback. He 152 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: got the Patriots to the playoffs. He did what he 153 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: was asked to do. He deserves a ton of credit 154 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: for that. But he doesn't run. They don't ask him 155 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: to do, you know, a whole bunch with his arm. 156 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: He had a few, very few games with even over 157 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: twenty Fantasy points this past year. So uh, he finished 158 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: twenty nine overall in points per game. But if you 159 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: you know, get rid of guys who played like a 160 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: game or two, he's higher than that, but still well 161 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: outside the top twenty. I think that he's just a 162 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: better real life game manager type of quarterback. He doesn't 163 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: add enough with his legs. There's not gonna be a 164 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: lot of passing volume in that on the Patriots. At 165 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: least they're they're gonna rely on the run game in 166 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: the defense a lot. So, uh, he's a good story. 167 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: He outlived my expectations. I'm really not that interested for 168 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: fantasy though. I also think part of it is all 169 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: the things that you mentioned, right, the fact that they 170 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: don't ask him to do a ton, the fact that 171 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: he doesn't run. I don't think it helps that he 172 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have a lot of great pass catchers around 173 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: him either. Um. You know, I know they went out 174 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: last season and they tried to make some upgrades and 175 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: they were better. I think as a group it's one 176 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: twenty one. Then they were in Uh still wasn't particularly great. 177 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: So I think you're right, Mac Jones. I think is 178 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: going to be interesting to watch develop. I think he 179 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: can be a good quarterback. I don't think it's going 180 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: to be interesting for fantasy, although, and I hate to 181 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: say this because now people are gonna, like, you know, 182 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: say I'm making comparison. Tom Brady wasn't a great fantasy 183 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: quarterback early in his career. It was sort of the 184 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: midway point of his career. I mean definitely started with 185 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: that fifty touchdown season in two thousand seven, and he 186 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: sort of kind of went next level the first four 187 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: or five years of his career, not a great fantasy quarterback. 188 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: I watched his first part of his first Super Bowl 189 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: win the other day on on the network, and the 190 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: way they talk about him, man like, the Patriots do 191 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: not have a good offense, they have no passing attack. 192 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: They need to win with their defense. And I'm like, 193 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: this is this is the guy that we call the 194 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: goat now, Like it's funny how how different it was 195 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: just twenty years ago. Well, I mean in that first 196 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl win when they beat the Rams. The Rams 197 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: were a big favorite in that game, if you remember, 198 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: Brady drove them down to get a game winning field goal. 199 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: But at the beginning of that drive, I believe was 200 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: John Madden, who was doing color and said, well, the 201 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: Patriots are just kneel on the ball. Here, go to overtime, 202 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: see what happens. And then, of course Brady leads them 203 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: to a win, and the legend sort of begun from there. 204 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: He also and while I was watching that, he overthrew 205 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: his running back and like a checkdown and I was like, oh, man, like, 206 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: this is what he's known for now. He was messing 207 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: that up then. Uh. I would love to watch that 208 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: game with Tom Brady and just you know, to see 209 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: what he said, what he thinks about and how he 210 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: feels about it, like now in retrospect, like I can't believe, 211 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's like we're going back and looking at 212 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: high school pictures of yourself. Sort of Yeah, whatever, um 213 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: our next underperforming or overperforming group? I should say the 214 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: Rams running backs. Obviously we didn't see cam Makers for 215 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: much of the year. He came back late in the 216 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: season in the time guys like Darrell Henderson, Sony Michelle, 217 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: We're getting a lot of work. But Acres came back 218 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: and has been lights out, you know, late in the 219 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: season and all through the playoffs. We sort of talked 220 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: about this before, but sort of throwing in the fact 221 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: that that group as a whole overperformed. Um are we 222 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: making a case if he's not already there for cam 223 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: Akers to be a first round pick next year. I 224 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: think he's gonna start off and like the second round. 225 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: But uh, at least I did at my first Best 226 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: Ball draft already because I'm crazy, and I took him 227 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: in the end of the second round. I could see though, 228 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: with you know, a strong summer hearing how great he is, 229 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: especially if he has a good game in the Super 230 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Bowl and then a strong summer next year. I think 231 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: he will either return to the first round or early 232 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: second round because he's awesome. I mean, I know that 233 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: the production you know, against like the Box, people were saying, oh, 234 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: the production wasn't great. I was like, he played over 235 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: the snaps and had over twenty touches six months removed 236 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: from a surgery that we all thought could have ended 237 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 1: his career. Like, give the guy a pass for that 238 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: the volume. If they trust him so much now, I 239 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: think they'll trust him next year. I think he'll be 240 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: a borderline first round pick at the least well. And 241 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: I also think you know, you sort of put in 242 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: the context that that stuff against the Buccaneers, right talking 243 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: about how good their run defense was, Um, the fact that, yeah, 244 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: he didn't have a ton of production, it feels like 245 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: it can it can kind of be forgiven, um, just 246 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 1: because a lot of people didn't have a lot of 247 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: success running against the Buccaneers. I do think that we're 248 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: going to get to a point late in the summer 249 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: where people are talking about cam Akers kind of near 250 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: the end of the first round there. Um, I think 251 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: that hype is gonna build all throughout the off season, 252 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: and you're right, if he has a good Super Bowl, 253 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: then it's it's gonna be super off the charts there, 254 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: all right. So let's get to the underperformers. One of 255 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: the five on the list that Cynthia had with the 256 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: Giants wide receivers, and it was pretty awful for that group. 257 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: I mean, Kenny Golladay had the same number of touchdowns 258 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: as you and I. Um, you know, Darius Tony was 259 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: sort of in and out of the lineup. Now they 260 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: got a new head coach, Brian Dable comes over from 261 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. He's the new headman there for the Giants. 262 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: I asked us about Tony specifically, but I guess I 263 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: can apply to you know, Kenny Golladay, Sterley Shephard, just 264 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: kind of everybody across the board. How much can Brian 265 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: Dable help get these guys going? I mean, are does that? 266 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: Does that create an any intrigue for you? And maybe 267 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: drafting a Giants wide receiver. The only Giants wide receiver 268 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm really excited for is cal Darius Tony. UM. I 269 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: had an article that came out last Friday where it 270 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: was players to buy back in on next year, and 271 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: Caldarius Tony is one of them. I think he'll be 272 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: pretty cheap in drafts uh And in Cynthia's article, she 273 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: talks about how the reason why they underform so much 274 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: is because none of them creates separation. The only one 275 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: who did a good job last year creating separation is 276 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: Candarius Tony. He's very explosive. I think his rookie year 277 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: it was kind of a lost year. He had that 278 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: one great game against the Cowboys number one ranked defense 279 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: where he went for nearly two hundred yards, but besides that, 280 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: he was in and out of the lineup. He was 281 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: banged up at times, and then down the stretch with 282 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: Mike Lennon and Jake from I mean, there was no 283 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: success at all there to be had with bland play calling. 284 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: So I think naturally upgrading your play callers should help. 285 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: But also having Daniel Jones and hopefully a better pack 286 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: up quarterback in case something happens to Daniel Jones. Plus 287 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: with him just being another year in the league, he 288 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: was a better route runner, and then he got credit 289 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: for coming out of college. I'm excited for Tony, and 290 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna have too much hype coming 291 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: into next year. I also think, you know, he seemed 292 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: to be the guy that they really made the most 293 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: effort to try and get the ball in his hands 294 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: out in space. You know, we saw a lot of 295 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: the times when they just dump the ball off to 296 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: him and just let him work, let him use his athleticism. 297 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: That was the thing that you didn't see with all 298 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: their other receivers. Um is the Kidney Golliday dream dead? 299 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: Is it over? Nowday took that bag and ran man. 300 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: He But the thing I remember last year when that happened, 301 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: talking with you and us being like we don't think 302 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: it's a great fit, and like that was like the 303 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:11,479 Speaker 1: narrative of that signing. So Dave Gettleman, good job. Yeah, 304 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: I mean, so far it has not worked out. They're 305 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: sort of committed to him, at least for the foreseeable future. 306 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: So we'll see if if Brian Dabele can kind of 307 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: get that thing turn the right direction. UM. Another underperforming 308 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: group the Bears offensive line. Obviously we're not drafting any 309 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: Bears offensive lineman, but we do have expectations for Justin fields. 310 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: Does this make you worried if they can't If they 311 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: can't figure out how to shore up that offensive line. Uh, 312 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: do we have to maybe pull back some of our 313 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: enthusiasm about justin fields. As of right now, I'm not 314 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: too worried because the Bears have all their draft picks, 315 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: they have a good amount of cap space as well. 316 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: But if they don't, you know, like you said, if 317 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: they don't show up that offensive line, then I'll start 318 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: to be a little bit worried if there's no upgrades 319 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: there because inner articles Cynthia does say that justin field 320 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: style of play is one that leads to more sacks. Uh, 321 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: And that is true. But also like we want him 322 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: to be able to run, We want him to be 323 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: able to have some time to throw that deep ball 324 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: that that I'm excited to see him throws. So uh, 325 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: we know a bad old line can definitely drag down 326 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: quarterback place. So if they don't do anything to address it, 327 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: whether it be in free agency or the draft. And 328 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: I don't mean like we used our fourth round pick 329 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: on a no lineman. I mean like using substantial uh 330 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: either cap space or draft picks to upgrade that old line, 331 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: then I'll be worried. Well, I'm also curious because you know, 332 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: I don't as a mount. No much about Luke Getzi, 333 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: their new offensive coordinator, right, the guy that they brought 334 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: in other than he worked with Aaron Rodgers and that 335 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: Packers offense as the quarterbacks coach. So in terms of 336 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: what he wants to do, you know, how he's gonna 337 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: call the plays? You know, I think we're still sort 338 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: of waiting to see there. So there are a lot 339 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: of things around justin fields that, um, you know have 340 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,120 Speaker 1: me at least thinking a little bit. So right now, 341 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm still certainly all in, but I'm with you. I'm 342 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: gonna keep an eye on what the Bears do, especially 343 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: in terms of building that offensive line in front of him, Uh, 344 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: to you know, see see if he can perform next year. Uh. 345 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: Last one under performing the Browns pass catchers, I mean 346 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: kind of come across the board, right. Obviously they get 347 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: rid of Odell Beckham. Um, but you know, Jarvis Landry 348 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: has was kind of up and down. They had a 349 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: lot of injuries in that group. Uh. Is there anybody 350 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: there that we are interested in for next season for fantasy? 351 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: Not really Like it's it's the running backs and that's 352 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: kind of it because like I think Jarvis Landry is stilly, 353 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: really useful real life wide receiver. I think Donovan People's 354 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: Jones could be a good field stretcher, but I don't 355 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: trust their offensive system, which is built around the run game. 356 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: I don't trust Baker Mayfield enough on a weekly basis. 357 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: So that's what we've been seeing the last couple of 358 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: years with these past catchers in Cleveland. They're so up 359 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: and down, and I think we can finally put it 360 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: to rest, Marcus, it was not odellsand I think that's 361 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: the case. Um, you know, uh shout out to Odell 362 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: Beckham Senior for learning final cut pro to help his 363 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: son end up in a better opportunity and now his 364 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: his kids playing for a super Bowl title. So uh yeah, 365 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: I think we can all say that that it was 366 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: not Odell that was the issue there in Cleveland. Um yeah, 367 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think there's anything that's really exciting 368 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,239 Speaker 1: about this group next you know, next year. Um, like 369 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: you said, maybe there's some guys late in drafts or 370 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: off the waiver wire that that maybe gets you kind 371 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: of intrigued, but but there's not much that that's gonna 372 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: get you too fired up about this group. Alright. It's 373 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: like a quick. Great, we'll come back and we'll start 374 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: to kind of dig into some fun type Super Bowl things. 375 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: Like I said, we'll get into the meat of it 376 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: a little bit later on in the week, but we'll 377 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: kind of kick around some fun topics that's not X 378 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. So you might have 379 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: heard there is a big game coming up on Sunday 380 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: at Sofi Stadium. It is Super Bowl fifty six the 381 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: Bengals and the Rams. I guess just say the Rams 382 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: and the Bengals because the Bengals are the home team. Uh. 383 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: The first thing about this, it is super Bowl fifty six. 384 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: L v I. I don't know that anything uses Roman 385 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: numerals anymore except for the Super Bowl because like we 386 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: stopped making Rocky movies. Um, does the Super Bowl just 387 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: need to go away from Roman numerals and just start 388 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: using actual numbers now? Unless any of the higher ups 389 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: who are listening and feel very strongly about it, I 390 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: think they need to get away from the Roman numeorl um. 391 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: You know, I came from the research department here and uh, 392 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: when I used to be a researcher at this time 393 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: of the year, I would have to have a tab 394 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: open at all times to convert Roman numerals because I 395 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: don't know them at all. So you'd be like Super 396 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: Bowl in nineteen nine, who played in it, and they'd 397 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: be like, what number is it? And I'd be like, 398 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: hold up, i gotta go to my Roman numeral calculator, 399 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: like because I truly have no idea, and I think 400 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: it will be easier to remember if we just fully 401 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: embraced the number, Like, let's just do that and make 402 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: it easy for people. I remember studying Roman numerals, like 403 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, elementary school, maybe junior high, but like 404 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: I don't have any use for them. It was just 405 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: kind of a novelty thing, right, Like it was just 406 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: kind of like a cute novelty thing. So like it 407 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 1: even now, because I don't use it, like it fades 408 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: away and I do have to like think, I'm like, okay, wait, 409 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: al is fifty and and I'm like, yeah, it's just 410 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: no point to it. And and honestly, I thought when 411 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: they got to Super Bowl fifty, right, they had been 412 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: Roman numerals, and then they went to fifty and it 413 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,719 Speaker 1: was just five zero, and that seemed like the perfect 414 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: time to just make the switch and just go back 415 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: to numbers at that point, but now they go back 416 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: to the Roman numerals, so this week is like this 417 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: year is l v I, next year is l v 418 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: I I. It's just it's just cumbersome, Like how will 419 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 1: Roman numerals go back to like the Roman Empire? Right? 420 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: Can you imagine using anything else that's that old today? Like, 421 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: I mean, it wouldn't work. It's just weird, like it 422 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: doesn't I know, Like I guess the point is that 423 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 1: it's supposed to make it feel like super and special, 424 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: but it's like it's a super Bowl. People already care, 425 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: like we don't need to prop it up. Like everyone 426 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: that the whole country stops on the day of the 427 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl's not going to affect it at all, like 428 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: not even a little bit. Also side note, I think 429 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl should go back to letting each city 430 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: sort of design its own logo. Like now the logo 431 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: is pretty much the same. It's just the trophy and 432 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,239 Speaker 1: it's like the Roman numerals and stuff, they're all kind 433 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: of boring. Like I sort of missed it back in 434 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: the day when every city had something special, like New 435 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: Orleans would do a New Orleans theme thing and you 436 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: know whatever, we should go back to that too. That's 437 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: just my two cents. Um, there's always superstitions. There's always 438 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: like sort of weird facts about the Super Bowl. There 439 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,959 Speaker 1: are two that, at least on paper, seem to be 440 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: going against the Bengals. They are the home team this year, 441 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: which means they get to pick what jersey they're going 442 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: to wear. So they decided to go with their black uniforms. 443 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: Very cool. I get it. The Rams are gonna wear white. Um, 444 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: I think it was I got Randy pointed this out 445 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: to us in Slack a couple of days ago that 446 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: teams that were white in the Super Bowl have thirty 447 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: five wins to just twenty losses. So they've won thirty 448 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: five or fifty five Super Bowls. That seems bad. The 449 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: other thing that seems to be going against the Bengals, 450 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: al Michaels is calling the game, uh for NBC this year. 451 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: This will be his eleventh Super Bowl in the previous ten. 452 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: I looked this up. The NFC has won seven out 453 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: of the previous ten games that al Michaels has called. 454 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: I know this is not actual analysis. I know this 455 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: is all superstition and what have you. Is one of 456 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: these things more damning for the Bengals than the other. 457 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: Is there one that like You're like, hmmm, I don't 458 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: know that I like this for them. I would go 459 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: with the white jerseys of them because that's a that's 460 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: a pretty big sample size. And think back on it, 461 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, Mahomes and the Chiefs were red 462 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,719 Speaker 1: last year and and Brady was in white, and and 463 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: we know how that one turned out. Uh. I also 464 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: hate the fact that the Rams aren't wearing their blue 465 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 1: because I think they're blue and yellow jerseys and one 466 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: of the nicest in all of sports. So I was 467 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: really hoping that would be on full display. But hey, 468 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: I understand why they chose white. They're like, we get 469 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: the white jersey. We're going it's science. It's just science, right, 470 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: I mean, thirty five out of fifty five, that's a 471 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: pretty good sample size. That's a pretty good record. So uh, yeah, 472 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: that seems bad. I know that, you know, Joe Burrow 473 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: has you know, swag on a thousand um, but though 474 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know if it overcome superstition. 475 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 1: Also don't know if you can overcome the power of 476 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: the alb Michael's jinks um last one. Obviously A big 477 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: part of this is the Super Bowl halftime show this year. 478 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: Uh it is as star studded as they come. I 479 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: know on paper, Uh it looks like potentially the maybe 480 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: the best halftime show we have ever seen. Uh. If 481 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: you don't know who's in it by now, I can 482 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: just help you out. Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Kendrick Lamar, 483 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: Mary J. Blige, eminem All at the Super Bowl. So 484 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: and you you mentioned this in slack right, you have 485 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: a lot of artists who have a lot of hits 486 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: just individually, not to mention combined, and not a lot 487 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: of time to get through them all. So, uh, just 488 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: going across all five of those artists, give me three 489 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: songs that you are certain are going to be performed 490 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: at halftime. I think we're gonna get the Collapse for sure. 491 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: So like I think we get still Dre because that's 492 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: that's Dr Jane, Snoop Dogg. I think we get nothing 493 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: but a ey thing. And you know I wrapped that 494 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 1: on Fantasy Live. So if they need someone to background 495 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: sing or whatever just to get in the building, I'll 496 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: do it. And then I think we get forget about 497 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: Dre with because that's Dr Dre and Eminem. Uh. I 498 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: think Eminem plays like Lose Yourself too, so that's that's 499 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: a bonus song there. He's the hardest one for me 500 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: to figure out what he's gonna play because he's got 501 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: like twenty five albums and I'm thinking he doesn't play 502 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: anything that he's came out with in the last ten 503 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: years too. So yeah, I would think for for Eminem, 504 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be you know, he's gonna go back in 505 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: the catalog a little bit and he's gonna play some 506 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: of the older stuff there. I will say, I think 507 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna get California Love, because why wouldn't 508 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: between Dre and Snoop and Kindrick being from l a 509 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: super Bowl in California, they're gonna get California Love. I 510 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: think Kindrick gives us at least a little bit of 511 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: humble um, just because I want to hear a pack 512 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: Sofi stadium scream my left stroke just went viral. Um. 513 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: I just think that would be amazing. Uh. I mean, 514 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: if we're gonna get one Mary J. More Mary J. 515 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: Bligeh song, I think it's gonna be family family affair 516 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: because there will be some hate, ration, and holeration in 517 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: this dancer ree. Um so I think I think those 518 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: are the three we're gonna get. I'm trying to think 519 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: what I think lose yourself for sure, we'll get after that. 520 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: I don't I don't think there's a lock Like he 521 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: loves stand, but that's a bad venue to play that. 522 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: So like I don't think you played in stand at 523 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: super Bowl halftime, Like that's that's a good way to 524 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: just bring the whole place, you know, bring the mood down. 525 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: Like I know he's using Rap God as his like 526 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: song for the promos and stuff, but that again, seems 527 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: like a bad song for the venue. Yeah, I'm trying 528 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,479 Speaker 1: to think. I'm You're right, I'm really trying to think. 529 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: I mean, unless he does like he goes way way 530 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: back and does like my Name is or something like that, 531 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: Um yeah, it's gonna be hard to kind of figure 532 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: out what. And I don't like Rap God is almost 533 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: ten years old, Like, I don't think he plays anything 534 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: within the last decade. No, I can't imagine he does. Um, 535 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's just a good way to 536 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 1: sort of lose the crowd. Uh. If if that's what happens, 537 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: there's there's also some rumblings online that someone Kendrick Lamar 538 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: might announced a new album that's been you know, five 539 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: years in the making, all right, I mean you know 540 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: we've seen that before, right, I Mean Beyonce sort of 541 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: came out and put out a new single when she 542 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: performed one of the times she performed in super Bowl. 543 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to it, though. It's it's definitely 544 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. Um. It's weird. It's 545 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: like now it's like I realized what I watched the 546 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: super Bowl. There's no time to really take a break, 547 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: right because you're watching the game and then commercials happen. 548 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: You're like, well I want to see the commercials, and 549 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: it's super Bowl halftime happens, Like, well I can't walk 550 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: away now, Like there's no real time to take a 551 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: break or run to the bathroom through the super Bowl anymore. 552 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: The only real time is like the few minutes either 553 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: before or after the halftime show where they're like actually 554 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: trying to break down the first half, like that's when 555 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: you gotta run. Like but yeah, it's it's like four 556 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: hours of just NonStop maybe even more than four hours 557 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: of just non stop fun. And I always wonder like 558 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: who which big guests is the artist is going to 559 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: bring out? But do you think we get a guest 560 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: when they have Imagine you've got five, you have five 561 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: really big artists, all all performing. I can't imagine there's 562 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: gonna be space or time uh to bring out a guest. 563 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, maybe fifty centils of But 564 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: I was like, they can't do that. I have a 565 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: huge I mean, I don't know they pull out exhibit 566 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: or something like they stay sort of local, they you 567 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: know they do. I don't know, Like I feel like 568 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: like there are songs that they could bring exhibit out for, 569 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: but I don't know that you would do them in 570 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: that setting, uh, A family, a family event. So yeah, 571 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: all right, it's gonna be a good time though. It 572 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: would definitely be a good time and we look forward 573 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: to kind of a lot watching it all along with you. 574 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,719 Speaker 1: But of course we're not done. We have one more 575 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: show this week again, it's gonna be on Friday. We 576 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: will put that out where we will dig more into 577 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: the meat and potatoes of this whole thing. In the meantime, 578 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: that will do it for this edition of the NFL 579 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Podcast, Stay happy and safe and how if 580 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: they get vacs wearing masks, do good and live well. 581 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: We will talk to you on Friday. I don't I 582 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: don't