1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: here's your host, Paul. Welcome to our first off season edition, 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchi and co host today 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: Brian Johnson. It's uh, it feels weird talking about the 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: off season wins Week eighteen, but it's the fantasy off season. 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: What a week it has been. It really has um 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: as of this morning, Friday morning, all excellent news on tomorrow, Hamlin, 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: and that it looks like, you know, optimistically, everything's gonna 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: work out great. Yeah, he supposedly was on like a 13 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: zoom call with the team. Yeah, of course that's a 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: private manner, but I think everyone would love to see 15 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: that video at some point because yeah, for sure that 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: a great, pretty heartwarming stuff there really is. And um, 17 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: from from his standpoint, it really it could not have 18 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: worked out any better. I think, as horrific as the 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: whole thing. And it's in totality, you know, it sure 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: looks like at the end of the day, there's no 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: reason to think that he will not come out of 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: this in in in great shape, And whether or not 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: that means an NFL career does not matter to me 24 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: at all whatsoever. Um. You know, it may turn out 25 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: that whatever, you know, whatever condition he had, may prevent 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: him from ever playing the NFL again, But who cares. 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: You know, you know you're gonna be alive, and you 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: know gonna gonna have a you know, presumably a great 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: rest of his life. And I don't want to speculate 30 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: that he's gonna play again, but I there is a chance, 31 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: just based on Chris Pronger, the hockey player, he got 32 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: hit in the chest with a like a slapshot or 33 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: something in the same essentially the same thing happened. You 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: wanted to cardiac cardiac arrest. But uh, he went on 35 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: to play like twelve years after that. So hopefully hopefully 36 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: can play again for sure. Uh. Over the course of 37 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: the show, we're gonna talk about how commissioners and leagues 38 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: should deal with the Bills, Bengal situation, and resolving your 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: championship from last week. There's still some leagues out there 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: that are unsettled. We'll give you some broad based advice 41 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: on that. Um, we're gonna talk about how to play 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. We love fantasy football in the NFL 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: playoffs super fun. You get to try do things we'll 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: give you. We'll talk about how we like to play 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: UM and how to disperse players for that. And then 46 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: at the end of the show, I want to talk 47 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: about some of your prefer DFS angles for Week A team. Yeah, 48 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: it's probably one of the better weeks to play DFS 49 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: if you're one of the trick you right, if you're brave. 50 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: There's there's a lot of people that just opt out 51 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: of Week eighteen or make bad angles on Week A 52 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: team just because they assume big game players are gonna 53 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: play when they're not. And I we'll talk about the 54 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: teams you should really be focusing on, and probably those 55 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: teams you should be fading. And then but then some 56 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: guys chasing some incentives in But yeah, we'll get to 57 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: that in a little bit. Sounds good. Let's start with 58 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: commissioners and leagues that still have a Week seventeen championship 59 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: to figure out. Uh. The advice that I've been giving people, 60 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: Brian is first and foremost for commissioners, ask your first 61 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: and second place teams to work it out among themselves. Really, 62 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: we don't want to make you into the bad guy. 63 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: And my goal is to not have the commissioner have 64 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: to make a call between who wins and who loses. 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: And if we have found overwhelmingly the teams that were 66 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: in the finals have have been able to work it 67 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: out themselves in an equitable fashion, and that's the best thing. 68 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: And we we should preface this with that we're talking 69 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: solely private leagues, home league, you call him. Any contest 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: operator out there, they had to make the tough choice 71 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: to just not count, like they can't go to projected 72 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: points or we're not talking about No, we're not talking 73 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: about home friends and family leagues. Yes, yea um, and 74 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: so but then if your first since I could place 75 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: teams can't work it out, now it's back on you, 76 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: commissioner to have to make some kind of ruling. This 77 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: is not ideal. I know there's some commissioners that that 78 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: really think they've they dig the power trip of being 79 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: the commissioner and they want to own this decision. But again, 80 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: this is not the this is not the best spot 81 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: for this. The worst thing I think any commissioner can 82 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: do is use any form of past performance because you 83 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: are picking a winner. Yeah, and that's I don't think 84 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: that's ever. That's not a healthy position to put yourself 85 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: in his commissioner and put the loser in because at 86 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: that point, you know, we've seen people recommend things like, well, 87 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: I'm taking the average of the players performances over the 88 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: month of December because that's more recent, and I'm averaging 89 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: those and I'm applying him to the week seventeen. I'm like, jeez, 90 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: this is you are putting yourself in a position to 91 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: to pick winners and that is not good. And projected 92 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: points to kind of falls in that bucket. I think 93 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: those aren't real their projections and yep, and even PA 94 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: points projected points, they're all based, you know, on the 95 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: average performance. But most of the times the players have 96 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: spike weeks, so you can't you know, one week they 97 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: have thirty points and then the two. So yeah, I'm 98 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: not a fan of either of those routes. Really, I'll 99 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: say this, if one of the two teams was highly 100 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: likely to win, you know, if this if they played 101 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: the game a hundred times and this one team was 102 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: gonna win the time, then I would probably just go ahead. 103 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: And you know, again, if I'm a commissioner who has 104 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: to make the call and one of them is overwhelmingly favorite, 105 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: then I would just pick that person. We're in an 106 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: Empire league together and I was in the third place game, 107 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: not playing you, and I've had like a chance to win, 108 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: And I talked to the other manager her and I said, hey, 109 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: if he was a little closer, I would totally split 110 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: this with you. And he was he was like, he 111 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: was sotly. Finally he's like, yeah, you you were gonna 112 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: beat me, so like really cool. And another league, I 113 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: was in third place game it would have come down 114 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: to the wire probably and I said, I was like, 115 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: let's split it, and he said, I'm fine with that. 116 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: We were gonna play Week eight team, but we were 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: kind of like, we're kind of tired of season, but 118 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: third place, So yeah, that's that's definitely a good alternative. Now, 119 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: if the outcome is in doubt and your commissioner has 120 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: to make a ruling, um, your ruling can be I'm 121 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: splitting the pot. I'm just not getting in the You 122 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: guys are splitting the pot. You two couldn't come up 123 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: with a solution. But I'm doing it for you. I'm 124 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: splitting the pot. Totally valid to do that as a commissioner, 125 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: and in just in terms of like emotionally setting you know, 126 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: putting out, putting yourself in a position to be the 127 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: bad person, that's a very safe way to go. Just 128 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: you know, Brian, you're gonna split the pot with Fish. 129 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: You two guys. You know, I'm sorry that it worked 130 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: out this way, but you know that's it. That's my ruling. 131 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: And then the other is I think the final scenario 132 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: that you could use, but I really don't like it. 133 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: As you again, you can't use pass performance, but if 134 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: you want to play out week eighteen you could. I 135 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: don't like it. Many good players are not going to play, 136 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: so I really don't recommend it. But that's so that's 137 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: the that's the scenario again. Ideally, the first and second 138 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: place teams working out among themselves. If they can't, the commissioner, 139 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: you gotta get involved. If one team was highly likely 140 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: to win, make that team the winner. If the outcome 141 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: was in doubt, I'd split the pot. And if you 142 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: still can't do that, then I would play out Week teens. 143 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: One other option I've heard, which I don't love, but 144 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: I like it better than the past performance of their 145 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: projected points is you can swap in your highest scoring 146 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: bench players that could fill you know, oh yeah from 147 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: last week best effective approach. Yeah, I had. I had 148 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: one league, my Whiskey League, my coveted Whiskey League, which 149 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: I love. It's it's run by Scott Steve's aban in 150 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: in Milwaukee, and uh and Washington and um. It came 151 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: down to me and versus one other guy and again 152 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: the so Guillotine League. All seventeen losers sent a bottle 153 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: of whiskey into the winner. And I'm in the finals. 154 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: I'm up by two points heading into Monday night. I 155 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: have Jamaar Chase, but he had Josh Allen Tee Higgins, 156 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: So I conceded. I didn't want to um, but there 157 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: wasn't a very very you know, the only scenario really 158 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: were Jamaar Chase was gonna outscore Josh Allen and tie Higgins. 159 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: Either te Higgins was gonna have to get iced for 160 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: the whole game or get hurt. Well, you know, Josh Allen, 161 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: he kind of tweaked his knee a little bit. It 162 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 1: did a little bit. I mean, you're still gonna play. 163 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: But yeah, I think you deserve at least a couple 164 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: of bottles out of that. I'm hoping. I'm hoping the 165 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: winner sees it that way. He's Josh and listening. Okay, 166 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: let's talk about planning and playing in the playoffs. Yeah, Brian, 167 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: perfect time first, the perfect time to test drive any 168 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: scoring system changes you're contemplating. Its particularly scoring system. Uh, 169 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: there's so many other weird things about the way that 170 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: you play in the playoffs that a lot of the 171 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: other things that you might be contemplating you can't do. 172 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: But if you've always wanted to try tight end point 173 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: and a half PPR, if you want you whatever, whatever, 174 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: whatever you're thinking about, this is a there's a good 175 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to test drive it. We encourage you to to, 176 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: uh to try. Yeah, And if you still use kickers 177 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: and defense in your league, this is the perfect time 178 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: to not do it and see how when you do 179 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: do it in the playoffs. Absolutely, absolutely, all right, here's 180 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: how I would set it up, and that's how I 181 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: do set it up. So, first, your playoff league should 182 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: have seven teams, and that's because there are fourteen teams 183 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: that get into the NFL playoffs, So you want seven 184 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: teams participating in it because that way everybody gets two 185 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: and exactly to team quarterbacks, team kickers, and team defense. 186 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: If you want to use, it's the perfect time, everect 187 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: time to use that. I'll defer to you. I guess fine, 188 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: but yeah, totally seven seven. You can go less two, 189 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: but seven max, Yeah, seven, seven. I think seven is 190 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: perfect because it forces people into really undesirable teams. And 191 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, everybody's gonna have two quarterbacks, so who's gonna 192 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: get that last team that nobody wants? And you know, 193 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: I love it. I think seven is the perfect number. 194 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: But Okay, you're right, you can play with less for 195 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: those and then because again, because there's four teen teams left, 196 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: I'd use exactly fourteen roster spots, Brian, So that would 197 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: be we We already mentioned the two team kickers, the 198 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: two team quarterbacks, the two team defense. That's six or fourteen, 199 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: three running backs, three receivers, a tight end, and reflex 200 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: that brings you a fourteen fourteen roster spots fourteen NFL teams. 201 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: Now that's gonna open up a few things. I'm talking 202 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: about a second, Uh, there's no bench. Everybody scores so 203 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: no bench, no bench start, it's everybody place. The playoffs, 204 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: you don't even have many that many guys going, and 205 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: due to Bie weeks and stuff, you know, like the 206 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: Eagles aren't gonna go. Uh, there are no transactions to 207 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: be made. Your draft is the final thing. No transactions 208 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: the key to winning in the playoffs. You want to 209 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: identify teams that are gonna play three or four games. 210 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: That's the single biggest thing is who's gonna Who's gonna 211 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 1: which which teams like San Francisco. You think San Francisco 212 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: could easily make a run everyone whatever, whether the ninth 213 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: strate and the most sorry, most desirable is the teams 214 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: that can make a run. But also I don't have 215 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: a buy in San Francisco that the perfect for that, 216 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: right and it looks like Buffalo is shaping up to 217 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: be that team right now. Uh in Kansas City probably 218 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: will be the one seed Buffalo. You know, you could 219 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: get four games out of Buffalo, you can get four 220 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: games out of San Francisco. That puts a huge premium 221 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: on those players for sure. All Right, and then the 222 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: last thing I want to mention from just a strategy 223 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: standpoint is as you're as you're holding your draft, your auction. 224 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about how to disperse players. In a 225 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: second quarterbacks, kickers and defenses in real in regular season 226 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: fantasy especially, kickers and defense are not very important. Here 227 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: they are because the reason and they're not important in 228 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: the in the regular season is they're all about the same, 229 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: they don't They all score about the same and everyone 230 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: has and everyone has on it. But in the playoffs, 231 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: when your kicker gets knocked out, Dang, there's eleven points 232 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: I'm not getting every week. Even dang there's two points. 233 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: I'm not getting every point every Kickers and defenses have 234 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: way more importance in the playoffs, like for the good teams. 235 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: You'll see those guys going before, like you know, Travis e. 236 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: T N assuming that the Jaguars and the playoffs, like 237 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: I'd rather have the Bills defense, yes, which makes it 238 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: really fun. It's another part of the playoffs. Okay, yeah, 239 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm I'm wormed back up to kickers and defense and 240 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: proud of you, proud of you. So now the question 241 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: is how to disperse the players. Of course, you can 242 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: just have a draft. That's easy, but what are some 243 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: other things you could do? Obviously, the auction. I love, 244 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: we love auctions. UM auctions have some limitations this time here. 245 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: I don't think like you can use the ESPN auction 246 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: engine or the Yahoo auction engine for the playoffs. But 247 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: maybe you can. I'm not sure about that. So mostly 248 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: it might just be getting everybody together in one place, 249 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: one time. It could be getting everybody together on his zoom. Yeah, 250 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: and Matt had his white board idea to tell people 251 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: about it. I think I got I haven't done this 252 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: yet with him. I think it's a really good idea. 253 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,599 Speaker 1: But yeah, you'll have a white board. It could just 254 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: be a piece of paper. You don't have to have 255 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: a white board. But you know, player makes it easier. 256 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: It does. The player goes up you know whoever Patrick Mahomes. 257 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,599 Speaker 1: Everyone has twenty seconds to write down a number and 258 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 1: then you all flip flip up your white bar and 259 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: whoever is the camera and then but what happens if 260 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: there's a tie? Uh you left it tweet? I think 261 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: a tie. I think if you and I both flip 262 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: up fourteen, Patrick Mahomes, that we both have a fourteen 263 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: written down, everybody else is out, then you and I 264 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: have to write a new number. That's at least fourteen 265 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: well probably or at least fifteen probably right, Like like, 266 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: if I'm willing to I only want to go one 267 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: more dollar, but you're willing to go to more than 268 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: you'll you'll ultimately win. Patrick Um. So there's the the 269 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: white Board Zoom Auction League, which I think makes a 270 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: lot of sense. The other thing you can do we 271 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: mentioned there's exactly fourteen roster spots. Everybody just picks one 272 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: player from each NFL team, fill your anybody you want. 273 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: So then the question is do you get do you 274 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: go with the chalk like, okay, so I can I'm 275 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: allowed one forty niner? Do I take Christian McCaffrey. With 276 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: that kind of setting, I like where you you do 277 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: it every you can also do it every week. You 278 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: pick it, you know, set a lineup. But you can 279 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: only use a player once. So if I use McCaffrey 280 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: in the wild guard around, I can I can't use 281 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: them again for the rest of the the rest of 282 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yeah, that's more work than I'm usually willing 283 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: to do. I just say, you know, draft everybody you 284 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: know to give you one player from every team, and 285 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: that scales infinitely. You can you can have any number 286 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: of teams if you do that right. If I say 287 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: I don't need to just have seven teams in my 288 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: playoff league, I can have as many as I want 289 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: to have a thousand teams. Knowing that with all the 290 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: variations of play, if I said, give me one player 291 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: from fourteen different teams, enough people not everybody, you know, 292 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: Christian McAffrey, some people are gonna be like, I'm going 293 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: George Kemmel. Some people are gonna go, I'm going Niners defense, 294 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: which would be totally, totally cool. Niners defense is awesome 295 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: and they could play four games. We're talking about how great, 296 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: how much of an advantage it is to have a defense. 297 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: So there's so many different strategies and ways you can 298 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: go that way. Yeah, you certainly want to go contrarian, 299 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: uh at some positions, because yeah, most people will probably 300 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: pick Christian McCaffrey from Most people are gonna pick probably 301 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, yeah, from the Chiefs for their tight end. 302 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's a swing for the Fences movie. Yeah, 303 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs get knocked out and you just pick 304 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey or Patrick Mahomes or some other people, most 305 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: other people in your league have and you didn't and 306 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: then you're you're you're in a good spot. Correct, correct, 307 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: So um, that's the that's that's how you disperse players 308 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: is really up to and you can have a lot 309 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: of fun with that. Most people will still just do 310 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: a draft, but um, yeah, I love the I love 311 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: the playoff leaks. And regardless of how you if you 312 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: just do a regular draft or a regular auction, um 313 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: you in my mind and this this is the best 314 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: ball strategy to I play a lot of best ball 315 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: playoff leagues. You want to kind of not go all in, 316 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: but go hard on a team that's all based off 317 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: who who's available with your first pick, say you know 318 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: it's like first overall pick, I get Josh Allen, almost 319 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: ignore the ADP and just go grab Gabe Davis. Over leagues, 320 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: you do have to do some stacking in the playoffs 321 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: and just hope that team does play three and four games. Yeah, 322 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: and then if I'm heavy on the bills with the 323 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: Chiefs or an a f C team, I'm trying to 324 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: fill my other roster spots with NFC guys because you 325 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: don't want to be eliminating your own players from the 326 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: same conference. So a definitely a high level strategy you 327 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: want to keep in mind and think it all depends 328 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: on how many teams are in and in a seven 329 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: team league, I don't do that because it's too easy 330 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: to get beat out. And I'm just having run these 331 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: for twenty five years, I've found that the best the 332 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: approach that wins the most the people who I diversify. 333 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: So yeah, all right, let's talk. Um let's talk through 334 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: a week a teen DFS options. Brian, You've done a 335 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: bunch of work here, Um I have. I've got some 336 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: of the team motivations in front of me, but you've 337 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: put specific You've put some specific work into some advice 338 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: for people. It's it's kind of high level stuff too. 339 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: I mean in Week eighteen DFS, which used to be 340 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: Week seventeen, in terms of the last week, it's it's 341 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: really more about motivation than the matchup. And uh so 342 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk most sites. The main slate is just 343 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: the early afternoon, late afternoon games on Sunday. So unfortunately 344 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: this weekend that's going to remove motivated teams. Uh Kansas 345 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: City in the city Tennessee, Jacksonville on set matter day. 346 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: Green Bay is on Sunday night playing Detroit who could 347 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: be or not. Detroit's gonna go at green Bay hard. 348 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: And I think Dan Campbell's gonna play the win no 349 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: matter what. Definitely, uh. And you know, talking to Chad 350 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: Greenway today, he felt like team's gonna team would be 351 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: Lions will be trickier if they've been eliminated, because he 352 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: thinks they'll be looser, they'll be more willing to take 353 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: chances gamble um. He thinks they're they're more dangerous team 354 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: if the Lions have actually been eliminated, which could make 355 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 1: some sense. You know, there's not exactly a lot of 356 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: playoff pedigree and what would effectively be a playoff game 357 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: for the Lions. Outside of Jared Goff, I can see 358 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: them being a little bit tight in a game that 359 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: means this much. You know, the Lions haven't played a 360 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: meaningful final week of the season game in I don't know, 361 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: twenty years. I wholeheartedly agree with that, Like, if they 362 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: got nothing to lose, yeah, and green Bay's got everything 363 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: on the line at that point, I mean they do 364 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: either way, but yeah, I'm with you there. Um it 365 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: back to the main slate on Sunday. Not a ton 366 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: of teams that are gonna be motivated. But you certainly 367 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: want to be targeting well now, but we we basically 368 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 1: know how the Cincinnati Buffalo situation is playing out or 369 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: how they won't resume the game. Cincinnati Buffalo are motivated, 370 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: as are their opponents. Uh, the Ravens playing the Bengals. 371 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: Ravens are highly motivated for this game. They've got many 372 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: playoffs scenarios that unfrill with wins here and New England 373 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: and playing Buffalo, they win, has to win eligible. Yes, 374 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: Miami needs to beat the Jets, they'll make the playoffs. Pittsburgh, Uh, 375 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 1: well motivated as well against Cleveland. So those are teams 376 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: you want to target. Seattle certainly, and all these teams 377 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: mentioned so far are in the one o'clock window, one 378 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: eastern window. UM Philly playing an unmotivated Giants team, even 379 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: though the Giants have said they're gonna they're not playing, 380 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: they're started. If the Giants play their starters at all, 381 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: of some steak. If they play their starters more than 382 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: a series or two, it's a mistake. Now, so the 383 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: Philly Philly is going to beat the Giants. I mean 384 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: that you Philly is going to beat them. So so 385 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: Dallas and San Francisco will still have something to play 386 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: for that they'll both be playing for the two seed. 387 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: But there's gonna be a little scoreboard watching there. They 388 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: both play in the late afternoon. If Dallas and San 389 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: Francisco's winning, Yeah, but I'm saying that so Dallas can 390 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: get the two seeds, you know, like they have to 391 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: get loss. They have to get a Philly loss, which 392 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: isn't gonna happen. So yeah, it means Dallas not gonna 393 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: be too motivated. So Off is not going to be motivated. 394 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: And you know, of course all these unnotivated teams and 395 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: the teams that are well out of the playoffs, Yeah, 396 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: they're gonna want to take a look at guys. But 397 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: you're really playing with fire, trying to guess how much 398 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: usage of player is gonna get, like especially the star 399 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: players on a bad team. What's what's what's the point 400 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: in that? But I have identify I Well, I wanted 401 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: to get your opinion on the Vikings. I don't think 402 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: they if they do play, Um, if you do. If 403 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: they do play, I think it they played because they 404 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: can get two starters. They can get the Vikings, get 405 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: the TUCI, but they need they would need San Francisco 406 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: to lose to Arizona next in the late games, which 407 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: is not which is not happening, probably not. So there's 408 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: fourteen point underdogs. Uh, the Cardinals are David blows their 409 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: quarterback and they're not beating the Niners. So there's the 410 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: Vikings would be foolish on many for many reasons, including 411 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: a horrible surface on the Chicago field and the fact 412 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: that they're short too offensive linemen in this game. So 413 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: I I just don't I can't see them risking Kirk Cousins, 414 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson knees, you know, just you don't think they're 415 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: gonna want I know, in the grand scheme, it's not important, 416 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: but Justin Jefferson chasing the but he's too far behind 417 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: now because of the dud game Jeffers. The fifteen yard 418 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: game Jefferson had last week really took the the possibility, 419 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: the realistic possible ability of getting the all time single 420 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: season record. What do you feel about t J. Hockenson 421 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: needs one hundred and two yards for a thousand. I 422 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: think they try to get him there, not unless he's 423 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: got money tied to that thousand. I don't think so. 424 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: And we don't know. Um, a couple other guys on 425 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: unmotivated teams who are also going for a thousand yards. 426 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: Michael Pitton needs a hundred and five. D. J. Moore 427 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: needs a D two. I kind of like more I 428 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: did against the Bucks. Yeah. I think it's a coaching 429 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: staff that Carolina coaching staff is still is still coaching 430 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: to try to earn the right to stay on his 431 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: coaches in the off season. Carolina got something of a 432 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: bad beat last week, and I trust them more than 433 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,239 Speaker 1: I trust New Orleans in their game. Yeah, totally. Uh, 434 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: Tyler al Gier needs a hundred yards exactly to hit 435 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: the thousand yard mark. I didn't realize he was, and 436 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: I feel like the Falcons are gonna want get him there, 437 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: get their rookie in a thousand yard Who was the 438 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: last thousand in the yard rusher for the Falcons card 439 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: Errol didn't do it last year. I probably go vic. Uh, 440 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: Steven Jackson, No, like he was running that well at 441 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: that point. Wardak had done rest of the Wow. Yeah, 442 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: I mean I think of him with the box. Um. Yeah, 443 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's a good question though, but it's 444 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: been a long time and Tyler l Geer's name, by 445 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: the way, you watch how many times we mentioned him 446 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: this in these in our offseason Fantasy Football weekly is Brian. 447 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: It's gonna come up all the time. These hot start, 448 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: these hot finished guys, excuse me, and end up carrying 449 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: tons of momentum in through the fantasy cycle at the 450 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: end of the year. And al Gear finishing really, really well, 451 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: arguably with the best couple of games of his career 452 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. And uh, they the Falcons 453 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: playing a Bucks team with really nothing to games. So 454 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: I think I like Algier a lot. Bucks are getting 455 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: trounced in the first round of the playoffs. You think 456 00:23:54,160 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: they're they're pretty much gonna face the Cowboys, right or five? Yep, 457 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 1: let's see. I mean they're playing at home. Yeah, they 458 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: do get that, they get the luxury of a home game, 459 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: but it's the whole other topic on whether or not 460 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: team should deserve that or not. I think they should 461 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: amend the rules too. If you win your division, but 462 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: your five hundred or worse don't home, Like how many 463 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: if you just don't get in seriously, who there's been 464 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: some remember the Seahawks were like and they won. They 465 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: were seven win team that went in the playoffs and 466 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: won their first game. We're gonna see it on the 467 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: in the a f C two with the whoever wins 468 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: Tennessee Jacksonville, they're gonna be five, will be nine, and 469 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: it will be nine in eight, I believe. I think 470 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: there but still not too impressive, not really desire of 471 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: a first round home game. Um. One other player, Gerald Everett? 472 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: Who Chargers playing? Am I blanking on who the Chargers 473 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: are playing? The Chargers don't have a ton to game. 474 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: They might have a little. They can get up to 475 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: the five seed, h um and, which would give them 476 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: the opportunity to play against Tennessee or Jacksonville, which should 477 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: be a much easier matchup than they have at the 478 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: sixth seed. So that's a That's why I think that's 479 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: a highly motivated Chargers team right against a Denver team 480 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: that has been dead in the water for a long time. 481 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a little skeptical about Austin. I don't know 482 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: if they're gonna like give Echo or thirty touches. But 483 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: Gerald Everett, I like Gerald Everett. UM he is five 484 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: catches short of sixty, and he has an incentive bonus 485 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: of two dollars if he gets sixty catches, and so 486 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: he does he slide a little that to the offensive coordinator, 487 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: I would, yeah, I want to so five. I'll take 488 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: five catches any day from a tight end, a cheap 489 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: tight end in DFS and uh. By the way, Denver 490 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: allowing the second most receptions to opposing tight end six 491 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: per game. So I like Everett a lot uh this weekend. 492 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: But see parum is They've been using param a lot 493 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: down the stretch here. I think they want trying to 494 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: figure out what they've really got in Donald parm For 495 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: those of us that are Donald Donald Parker from way 496 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 1: back and been waiting for him to finally like string 497 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: together four healthy games in a row, that would be 498 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: my only worry. But I like your motivation here. And 499 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: we have seen we've seen teams do this where they 500 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: will feed a guy who they like, good locker room guys. 501 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: They'll feed them to get them the money. How often 502 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: do you think the front office dissuades the coaching staff 503 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: from guys hitting there. I don't know, in real trouble. 504 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: If they did, I think they could get they could 505 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: get suited. If they did, they'd have to be very 506 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: cautious about it. Yeah, but I think in most cases 507 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: they they want their guys to get there. They can 508 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: certainly afford to pay them. They can't put at that 509 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: the owners can afford it. But some of them are, well, 510 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: not all of them, some of them are vampires. If 511 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: you believe the truth about about the Raiders, that they're 512 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,959 Speaker 1: so cash strapped that they can't afford to change coaches 513 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: if they wanted to. You know, that's you know, you've 514 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 1: got these You've got this asset of this incredibly valuable 515 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: foot all team. But it's not liquid money, it's value. 516 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: It's values entirely upon your sale of the team. And 517 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: there are there are some teams that you know, some 518 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: teams make wild amounts of money and some merely do okay. 519 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: And it might be Raiders might be one of those 520 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: teams that are just just doing okay. And I would 521 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: have thrown Josh Jacobs in the unmotivated list, But again, 522 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: the Raiders are playing on Saturday against the Chiefs. But 523 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: Jacobs essentially has the rushing title locked up already at 524 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: least like a hundred and fifty yards ahead of Nick Chubb. 525 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: And I don't think that. And we've been saying it 526 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: all season, Jacobs is not going to be a Raider 527 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: next year. Even they're gonna be losing my thirty of 528 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs who are just gonna So do they continue 529 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: grinding him up in Week eight? Team? Does he just 530 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs go to the coaches and go, look, I 531 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: got an offseason coming where I need to make my money. 532 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: I don't give me the ball. Yeah we'll see. I mean, 533 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: because he does have the rushing title locked up. Yeah, 534 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: you don't want to something bad to happen in a 535 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: totally meaningless game, so airing a free agency. But it's 536 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: it's that's this is what you're dealing with when you're 537 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: playing in the last week in in daily fantasy or 538 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: daily drafts, whatever. You gotta watch out for these land 539 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: mines and look for the motivating factors. So Hugh helped 540 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: you out a little. Houston and Indie's pretty fascinating because 541 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: Houston needs to lose to secure the number one pick 542 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: that gives them their choice of quarterbacks. Um Bears would 543 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: go to number two. They could flip flop. Indie can 544 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: move I believe all the way up to three with 545 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,959 Speaker 1: a loss in the draft. Um, right now, I think 546 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: they're sitting at five. Uh, so they're pretty motivated to 547 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 1: move to They need a quarterback as well. Yeah, I mean, 548 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: and it's really it's a Stroud or Young, right, and 549 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: it's a two quarterback. It's a two quarterbacks. And the 550 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: Bears probably aren't going to take the trade out. At 551 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: least'll trade out of they'll trade out of the spot 552 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: and they'll get they'll get paid handsomely for that. Yeah, 553 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: it's that's it's fat. You still want you assume the 554 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: Bears want to lose, and it almost seems like the 555 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: Vikings wanted to starting Nathan peter Man. You can't make 556 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: it more obvious than that. Well, do you think the 557 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: Vikings want to lose just to avoid the chance of 558 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: playing Green Bay because if they win, they'll get the 559 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: two seed. If so, the nine is itself to lose? 560 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: What to that is not losing to Atlanta? Sorry, Arizona 561 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: ain't happening. I don't think. Uh, Chicago's gonna get something 562 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: like three first round picks for their one first round pick, 563 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: a little bit like on you know, almost what they 564 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: had to give up to get justin fields. But they'll 565 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: get even more because this is the first pick of 566 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: the draft Justin Fields came off the board or whatever, 567 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: eight pick eight, So that'll be it'll be fascinating to 568 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: see how that plays out as well. And I haven't 569 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: crunched the numbers a ton, But what do you I 570 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: think there's a chance Lamar Jackson probably not a raven 571 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: next year, or there's a chance. What it like? I 572 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: feel like Houston most people think he's absolutely a raven. 573 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: I think we on this show are more skeptical about 574 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: whether or not he's going to be a raven. I 575 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: think there's a small I think there's a I don't. 576 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's called a small chance. But 577 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: the Tech since seems like they have a lot of 578 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: money to spend. I'm sure they do. If they could 579 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: go get Lamar Jackson and then then they can first 580 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: first round pick, that would set them up pretty nice, 581 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: I think too so. But as Houston ready to win, 582 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Lamar Jackson went out nothing to 583 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: do with that. I don't think why would he want 584 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: to be a part of that. Well, if you if 585 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: you're getting they could you're getting a second and the 586 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: first in the second for the next three years. Yeah, 587 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: maybe you can get you can. You can. You can 588 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: get healthy in the NFL pretty fast, so maybe there'd 589 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: be that, But uh, the other side of it. As 590 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: I saw this go across my Twitter feed, am not 591 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: gonna get the numbers exactly right as we as we 592 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: wrap up the episode here, um under look, with Lamar 593 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: Jackson starts, the Ravens are like a seven fifty win 594 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: percentage in games without Lamar Jackson, there like a three 595 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: hundred win percentage since he's been there. Dud dude equals 596 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: wins for that team. At the end of the day, 597 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley is not. I was, Yeah, he looked better 598 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: last year. I was really hoping he's been hurt played 599 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: this week because he's hurt too. But uh so, yeah, 600 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't go. I wouldn't play Tyler Huntley against the Bengals, 601 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: even though that they have something to play for the Ravens. 602 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: Miami needs to win and there their young quarterbacks. Thompson 603 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: dude can play a bit. I liked it. We've seen 604 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: We've gotten a decent look at him in two different games. 605 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: He's looked. He's pretty good. That's probably one of the 606 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: primary stacks that would be going after even though it's 607 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: the Jets. But the Jets are the Jets don't care 608 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: at this. They don't like the Dolphins. That's a big rivalry. 609 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: But uh, I wouldn't. I wouldn't wouldn't fear the Jets 610 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: like I have in past weeks when it comes to 611 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: the passing game. Go are the standards of interdivisional rivalries. 612 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: It's Miami Jets really even on the on the scales 613 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: out of particularly big rivalry. My step dad when I 614 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: was like twelve or thirteen, it was a quick story 615 00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: you Pat Kerwin, h My stepdad was friends with Pat. 616 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: Talked to Pat Carowin asked him if he knows I 617 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: won't say my stepdad's name on the air, But anyway, 618 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: he was. He was a front office He worked in 619 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: the front office for the Jets and the Giant early nineties, 620 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 1: and my stepdad was friends with him and he hooked 621 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: him up and it wasn't a full time job, but 622 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: on home games he would go and you know, these 623 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: are the days when you take actual pictures of all 624 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: the sequences, and he would so he would like run 625 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: those up to the coordinator's box. Like before it was 626 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: all on iPads, just random stuff. So he did it 627 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: for phone, and I got to go to a ton 628 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: of Jets games. Never really was a Jets fan, but 629 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: that was the heated rivalry. I was at the Fake 630 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: Spike game and none that that was awesome. That was 631 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: That's like the most famous, like named game. I've been 632 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: to the Fake Spike game. But now the Jets and 633 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: Patriots is bigger rivalry. Yeah, and Patriots Miami is a 634 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: bigger rival because the Miami was the No matter how 635 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: bad Miami was, they always played the Patriots hard, including 636 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: the crazy Tony Sperrano led Wildcat Game, one of the 637 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: big big upsets of the Brady Belichick era. Growing up 638 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: in New Jersey, the Jets and Giants. You know, this 639 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: is pre red Zone this, you know, I'm talking nineties. 640 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: So they would never play at the same time, so 641 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: we would never We'd only get one game most Sundays, 642 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: one in the early afternoon and late afternoon Jets are Giants. 643 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: And I can't tell you how awful it was when 644 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: it was Jets Bills. Yeah, and this is like like 645 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: after the Bills, like running gone. But yeah, that was 646 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: after Thurman Thomas and Andre Reid and Kelly for the 647 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: four Peak of losses mid to late nineties, brutal, brutal times. 648 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, everybody. We are back every week of 649 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: the season. You already got that figured out. I think 650 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: is this is our We're in our off season mode. Um. 651 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: Next week we'll be breaking down all the playoff games 652 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: fantasy style, talking about who we like and who we 653 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: don't like and who you know how we think these 654 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: games are gonna go and we're happy to chat with 655 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: you throughout the remainder of the off season. 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