WEBVTT - Hoosiers vs. Blue Chips, AFC West Recap, Phelps and a Shark, and more! 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:05.720 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:14.560 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.239 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:21.599 Speeds and Spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:26.080 that safe buc on the microphone. You know that I'm 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:34.280 one of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:36.600 It's your boy, Dane Martinez, a k A. Speeds a 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.360 k A to spitting Statistician, and you are listening live 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.400 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.440 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As usual. I want to give 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.160 a big shout out to our sports Byline affiliates around 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.800 the country and to the service men and women out 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.120 there listening on American Forces Radio Network getting a little 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.800 taste of home from your boy Speeds and Spitting Statistician 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:01.320 helping you win your leagues and win that cash. I 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.520 got a man, Chris Bavona on the ones in twos 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.360 keeping it's so hot that we sweat stein and I 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.880 gotta tell you something. These are the kind of weeks 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:11.800 I love doing live radio. Earlier in the week, the 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.880 news of the J. D. Martinez trade broke while we 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:18.160 were on air, and now in the last couple of hours, 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:23.360 we have heard that Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving has 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:27.800 requested a trade away from the Cleveland Cavaliers. It sounds 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.240 like he doesn't want to be in Lebron James and 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.760 Shadow anymore. And not only did he request the trade, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:37.880 but we have heard four specific teams that he may 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:41.560 be interested in being traded to. The San Antonio Spurs, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.560 the Miami Heat, the New York Knicks of all teams, 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:48.120 and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Something Thibodeau might be doing a 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.120 little something in Minnesota. We're gonna get into that a 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.520 little bit later on. I got my man, Jason Day 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.480 sus is gonna break it down with us a little 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.800 bit later on. Also, as you know, we've been going 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.040 team by team in the NFL. I've been breaking down 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:05.280 the teams of the a f C West all week long. 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.800 I'll give you my recap of that division. Who I think, 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.519 uh you know, will be over under in their wind total, 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.400 who will make the playoffs from that division. We also 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.720 we're gonna take a look at college football. You know, 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:21.160 we talk about football getting started in the buzz around 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.359 fantasy football, it is also time to start looking into 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.720 college football, so I'm gonna talk about a few new 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.760 coaches in new places at Origron at l s U 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.320 and Tom Herman in Texas. And also, you know who 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.040 these first round quarterbacks might be next year. So we're 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.040 gonna get into all that. If you want to get 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.080 at me, you can at eight four four eight four 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.680 three six eight seven nine. Also follow us on Twitter 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.320 at f and t s Y Radio at Spitting Speeds. 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.600 I got those poll questions up there right now as 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.160 we crown the greatest sports movie of all time. 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The Executive Edge 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.240 Fantasy Football package features articles, videos, and rankings that will 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.720 help you be the man in your home office at 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.560 high stakes leagues. U Plus, you get private access to 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.800 the Fantasy Executive Snapchat where you can interact with me directly. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.480 Head on over the RTAL westpers dot com and sign 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.920 up for the Executive Edge Fantasy Football Package. Shoot with 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.120 me all season long and win big in seventeen with 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.160 the Executive Edge Fantasy Football Package powered by Roto Experts 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:14.360 dot com. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle, which your 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:18.680 boy Dane Martinez right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.480 Let's get into Major League Baseball real quick. As we 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.800 get into the starting lineup, you know I gotta help 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.840 you win some cash for the weekend when you're going 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.360 out to your barbecues and stuff. It is hot here 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.800 in New York City, so everybody is keeping it so 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.440 hot that we sweat steam. First of all, the Seattle 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:38.040 Mariners have traded with Cardinals for left handed pitcher Marco Gonzalez. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.480 This guy was in the miners, but was blowing up 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.200 in the miners with a two point seven eight e 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:46.880 r a sixty four strikeouts in seventy four innings. So 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.960 he may get called up to add to that bullpen. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.160 It sounds like the Mariners are going for it. Remember 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.840 they traded for David Phelps yesterday. It seems like they 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.080 are bolstering their pitching for a run to try to 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.960 challenge for the wild Card at least probably won't be 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.520 against the Houston Astros and Houston Nastros are running away 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.599 and hiding in the American League. Also, I talked about 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.880 this earlier in the week. The Milwaukee Brewers seemed to 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:14.719 be going hard for Tiger's closer, Justin Wilson and for 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.800 Justin Verlander, looking to get some arms there as they 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.040 compete with the Chicago Cubs in the n L Central. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.720 Let me tell you, and I say it again with 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.760 the trading deadline coming up, the best way to play 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.040 this if you play fantasy baseball, and if you're listening 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.000 to the Fantasy Sports radio network I imagine you do. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:36.560 There is fluidity in the closer market right now. Okay, 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.680 for example, Justin Wilson, wherever he winds up, he will 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.080 likely not be the closer. He will be the setup man. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.880 So if you had Wilson, you're losing saves. But for 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.280 every spot where you lose something, there is an opportunity created. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:52.360 Former Yankee current Detroit Tiger Shane Green is probably in 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.840 line to take that role from Wilson if the Tigers 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.159 do in fact deal him so, that would be a 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:02.040 nice speculative ad I have said that all week long 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.680 again with the Brewers, Ryan Braun, their stud outfielder, should 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.520 be back this weekend. He's been battling nagging calf and 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.279 wrist injuries all season long. He actually revealed recently that 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.200 he had a quarter zone shot in his wrist before 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:19.040 the All Star break. Cubs third baseman Chris Bryant, remember 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.000 he's got that finger issue sliding into third base earlier 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.000 in the week, It is likely that he will sit 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:27.760 all weekend long. The New York Mets are um giving 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.480 as Drubal Cabrera some reps in practice at third base. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:35.120 They think this may increase his trade value as the 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:38.320 trading deadline approaches. Maybe they are showcasing him. Remember the 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:42.400 Boston Red Sox could be viable. They just dfid Pablo Sandoval, 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.840 and there is reports that the Cleveland Indians may be 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.599 interested in getting as Drubal Cabrera to be kind of 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:52.839 a super utility guy for them. Speaking of Pablo Sandoval, 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.839 it is likely that he is gonna land back where 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.560 he started his career with the San Francisco Giants. He 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.640 may sign as early as this weekend, although it probably 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.560 will be to a minor league deal. To start. Last 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.440 note that I want to give you. Brandon Philip, second 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.680 baseman for the Braves, left last night's game. He is 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.760 considered day to day with a hamstring an issue. So 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.720 let's get into what I said last night, because unlike 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:19.520 other shows, okay, I hold myself accountable here on the 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.080 Fantasy Freestyle, I go back and tell you what I 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.720 said last night and how that would have worked. So 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.520 last night, you know, Madison bum Gardner went and he 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.640 was the most expensive pitcher on the slate at eleven thousand, 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.920 two hundred on FanDuel, I said, you could do better 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.520 going cheaper than Madison bum Gardner. Okay, and Matt bum 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:39.480 did not have a great outing. He with six and 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.040 a third and gave up four runs. I told you 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.280 two guys that I like that we're cheaper, and listen, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.480 you should have listened to your boys Speeds the spitting 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:51.640 statistician last night. I gave you Luis Severino at Seattle. 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.280 This guy going into the game Gate had thirty five 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.680 strikeouts in his last twenty six innings, pitched about eleven 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.280 ks per nine. What did he do? He apped it 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.160 up with seven shutout innings in Seattle, striking out six 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.360 as the Yankees beat the Mariners four to one. I 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.440 also told you as my biggest fade the public of 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:14.200 him all. You know, I went against the Los Angeles Dodgers. 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.640 The Los Angeles Dodgers or something like thirty one and 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.640 four out of their last thirty five games. But I 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.080 told you that if you wanted a cheap play, that 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.120 Mike Fultonevitch was the guy I was picking that they 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.320 would finally end their ten game winning streak. And you 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:32.600 know what they did. Mike Fultonevitch, he uh only gave 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.520 up three runs, striking out five across six plus innings 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:40.840 as the Braves beat the Dodgers six to three. So 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:45.880 then we look at the weekend starting with tonight, and 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.240 tonight you got three big boys going. Okay, you got 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.920 Chris Sale, you got Max Scherzer, you got Alex Would. 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.040 All of them are viable options. Okay, Sail at the Angels, 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.840 Scherzer at the Diamondbacks and would at home against the Braves. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:02.480 But again, I'm gonna give you a cheaper guy. You 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.840 can go down to eight six hundred on FanDuel and 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.679 find Trevor k Hill. Trevor k Hill has been great 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.599 in his last six starts, all the way back to 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.280 May in fact, including a little d L stint that 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.559 he had, But I like him against the San Francisco 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:20.280 Giants tonight. Remember the Giants are the third worst offense 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.080 in all of Major League Baseball. I've only scored three 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.679 hundred seventy five runs so far, and k Hill has 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.120 that strikeout upside forty one strikeouts in his last thirty 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.240 three innings pitched. As we look to the rest of 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.320 the slate on the weekend, Colin mq makes his astro's 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.960 debut for the season against Baltimore. Danny Salazar also back 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.800 for the Cleveland Indians, but I like Chris Archer against 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.360 Texas on Saturday. Also to note, remember I've been telling 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.280 you about Julio Tehran and his ridiculous home road splits. Well, 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.360 he's on the road on Saturday, so you may want 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.319 to give him a try on Sunday. I think it's 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.839 from some pretty interesting games. The Marlins verse the Reds. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.160 You got Tom Kohler and Sal Romano. You need to 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.559 pick the bats in this game. Kohler has a seven 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.319 point nine to e r A with Saramano has a 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.240 seven point five year right. You got Lance McCullers at Baltimore. 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.800 I like him, but then again, it's Clayton Kershaw a 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:12.840 day against that, Lina. So if you want to spend 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.959 the money for Clayton Kershaw, that is never a bad deal. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.240 I have a baseball story though that I want to 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.720 tell you guys about. I think it's kind of interesting. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.960 I don't know what Cubs fans are thinking, as you know, 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.439 the Cubs broke their curse last year and won the 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:32.040 World Series. Did you know though, So, like, you know, 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.199 there's a couple of people, a lot of people across 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.880 this country though, that were you know, bet the Cubs 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:38.640 every year to win the World Series. You know, it's 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.360 just something they do. It's a tradition that they do. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.080 And this year, well last year, if you did it, 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.040 you finally got paid off. You know, you finally got 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.360 paid off and it was awesome. Did you know though, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:58.200 that thirty percent of the tickets in Vegas for the 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:03.240 Cubs to win the World Series have gone uncashed. They 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.040 are not claiming their money. People who bet the Cups 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.600 and win the World Series are now rather they would 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.920 rather have like the momento, have the ticket that proved 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.360 they did it than have the damn money. How crazy 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.959 is that? Okay, we have Uh. Jason Symbol, who's vice 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.560 president of risk management, says that they actually had to 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.720 go back and check for like three times to make 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.079 sure there was no mistake. Okay over at the Golden 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.959 Nugget in Vegas on the strip. Uh, their tickets have 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:37.719 gone uncashed, including a pair of six hundred dollar bets 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.200 on the Cups to win the World Series at six 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.959 to one that would be paying paying off at thirty 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.880 six hundred dollars, and people instead of having their thirty 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.920 six hundred dollars want to have the momento. I think 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:53.040 it's absolutely crazy, and they say it is definitely way 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:57.600 bigger than normal to have something like thirty of tickets 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.520 go uncashed on a futures bet like that. But check 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.600 this out. Brian Glickman, he's a thirty two year old 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:07.120 guy in Chicago. He uh, you know, he plays the 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.160 ten dollar bet on the clubs to win the World Series. 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:13.160 He says he does it every year, Okay, and uh. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.440 He says though, that he's not gonna cash his in 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:20.880 and I quote between ticket stubs, winning towels, a lucky 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:22.920 penny I picked up when I landed in Cleveland for 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.960 Game six and the winning bet from Vegas. I'm gonna 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.880 do something really cool with all these mementos. I'm not 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:33.080 cashing it. Let me advise all these Cubs fans right now, 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.439 here's what you need to do. We live in an 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:40.760 era of great, great technology. Take a picture of the 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.720 damn ticket, and then you sat and print it out, 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.360 and you still have your memento, and then you also 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.640 have your thirty six hundred dollars. What are people doing 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.240 if I if I win the bet, You know, I 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.640 could still tell my friends that I bet the Cubs 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.560 to win the World Series. I can will take a 0:12:56.640 --> 0:13:00.080 picture of it. I even listen on my NFL you 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.720 tres beets. Last year, I took pictures of them and 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:05.880 before I mailed them in, because you gotta mail them 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.079 in sometimes to cash them, and you still can't do that. 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.120 So I took pictures of them and I showed my 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.480 people look, I was right on, like you know, the 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.520 Bears under or whatever it was. You know, I don't 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.880 understand what people are doing. I think it's absolutely crazy. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.559 Apparently there are more every year. There are more tickets 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.760 on the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series twice, 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:28.319 more than any other Major League Baseball team. So you 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.080 gotta think, if it finally cash for the first time 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.760 in a hundred and eight years, maybe you should actually 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:38.120 get that cash. That is the motto of the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:43.520 after all, to get that cash. So my point of 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.199 view for Cup Spence. When we come back, though, we're 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.000 gonna shift gears a little bit. We're gonna go back 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.240 into football, and we're gonna look at that a f 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.360 C West again like I told you. And we're also 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.800 gonna do is We're gonna bring back my conversation about 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.480 you know, player safety in a very interesting way. All 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.200 that and more, we come back here on the Fantasy 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:07.240 Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy sports radio network. Yeah. 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:15.760 Rutal Experts dot Com Executive Fantasy Football Black Rand new 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.920 for two thousand seventeen, Rhotal Experts dot Com presents the 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.280 Executive Edge Fantasy Football package Roll with me to the 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.480 seventeen season as I get you ready to draft and 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.840 dominate all season long. It's only gonna cost you twenty 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.280 bucks to win your fantasy league this year. Hell, you 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.800 spend ten times out on a Friday night and leave 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:38.680 empty handed. 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I got my man, Chris the bounty Hunter 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.000 Bovona with me on the ones and twos, given it 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:29.440 so hot that we sweat still. You know what it is? Okay, Chris? 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.840 What do we got there? We got like a lion roaring? 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:33.560 Is that what we got as a new drop? A 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.720 little manimal for a little manimal. Okay? But now you know, 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:38.800 I thought you said you like the bounty Hunter. I 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:44.960 still gotta stick with manimal hunter animals. Okay, Okay, I 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.200 see what you're doing. Okay. Obviously Bivona is having fun 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.240 in the control room here on the Fantasy Freestyle on 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.040 the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let's get into 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.800 the site for a real quick I have some news 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.400 in the NFL that I want to share with you. Um. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:03.520 Cincinnati bang Old cornerback Adam pac Man Jones has been 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:07.840 suspended for one game, the season opener against the Ravens, 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.800 for violation of the personal Conduct Policy. He had an 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.280 incident in a Cincinnati hotel in January. He pleaded guilty 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.960 to that incident in May, so he will sit out 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:21.520 the season opener for the Bengals. And speaking of suspensions 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:26.160 for personal conduct, Ezekiel Elliott, they're saying now that the 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.720 NFL has wrapped up its investigation as to all of 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.440 the conduct of Ezekiel Elliott. You know, there's a laundry 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:34.600 list of things that have been happening. We've been talking 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.160 about it all week long. UM, So it looks like 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.760 any word on any suspension for Zeke will come down 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.920 next week. I believe that he will be suspended for 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.400 the first two games of the season. However, what I 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.760 will say to you, because I know many people right 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.120 now are having their fantasy football drafts are starting to 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:55.560 consider this, he is still my third ranked running back 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:59.400 in my rankings, behind only Levy On Bell and David Johnson. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.280 I still have Ezekiel Elliott as my number three running back. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.119 And if you are sitting there that there is no 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:08.199 reason unless we hear that the suspension is far longer, 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.240 there is no reason to pass over Ezekiel Elliott for 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.399 you know whoever. It would be like a Davante Freeman 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.639 or Melvin Gordon or anybody like that, or Shady McCoy. 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:22.359 And here's why you are. 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So I mentioned to you 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.400 guys that if you if you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:32.760 and you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle last football season, 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:34.600 you know, one of the things I was talking about 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:38.160 a lot was this idea of player safety with the concussions, 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.800 with the protocol, with the dark quiet room. You know, 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.000 remember we had Thomas Lowe, the license certified athletic trainer 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:46.840 on with us a number of times, and we talked 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.520 about all the things that the NFL you know, does 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:53.359 basically ignoring player safety. We talked about the Torah doll, 0:19:53.440 --> 0:19:56.080 how they're getting shot up with all these painkillers. We 0:19:56.160 --> 0:20:00.280 also talked about how Thursday night football is know, not 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:04.520 helpful for players. You know, it really takes that the 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.119 football player's body almost that long just to be ready 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:09.359 to go into another game where they're gonna you know, 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.000 basically that says if they were in five car crashes. 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:16.560 You know. But we also are learning more and more 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:19.520 about the effects of playing football, you know, all of 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.159 these all of these head injuries, all of the symptoms 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:26.760 that many football players are having after their careers, you know, 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:30.000 whether it be these violent episodes, the sensitivity to light, 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:32.560 the dizziness, all of those things. And I wanted to 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:36.200 make a point here. I read an interesting article on 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:40.160 Vice and they profiled um a twenty six year old 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:44.760 guy named Khalil Glaud and he, you know, many people 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.359 don't know his name. He was in the NFL for 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:50.720 only three seasons. One of those seasons he played on 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:53.879 the Tampa Bay Bucks practice squad. You know, not a 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:57.280 big name. But here's the deal. That doesn't mean his 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:01.399 his collisions were any less violent, that doesn't mean the 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:05.280 risk to his health was any less, you know. And 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:07.639 the the article made the point that these kind of 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.760 fringe performers like Khalil Glaude, you know, they even have 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:17.760 more incentive to do things like hide concussions from the 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:20.480 medical staff. You know, these guys that are on fringe 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:23.080 players that maybe are on practice squads, they have to 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.440 do everything possible to try to get to the big show. 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:29.159 It's the same thing if you think about when you 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:32.200 think about steroids in baseball, right and how many people 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.400 believe it's actually minor league baseball players that where it's 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:37.919 even a bigger problem because these are guys still trying 0:21:38.000 --> 0:21:40.240 to get to the show, still trying to get that 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:45.720 one professional contract, to get generational wealth for their family. 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:50.400 And so this guy, Khalil Glaud had one big hit 0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:53.639 that he even remembers as kind of the cause of 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:56.080 all of the symptoms he's having now. And it was 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:59.040 in the last preseason game. It was in the last 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:01.399 preseason game when this guy, you know, he's at the 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:03.480