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Speaker 1: So this game is called nine times. Yeah, the premises
Speaker 1: it is. It's great, it's called and it's the way
Speaker 1: that this game works. Matt. If we magically played this
Speaker 1: season nine times, how many times would something happen? And
Speaker 1: I'll explain to something in each of these cases. So
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Speaker 1: here we go. Question number one, if this season were played,
Speaker 1: how many times would Carolina running back Christian McCaffrey be
Speaker 1: the top scoring running back? Okay, well, he's played about
Speaker 1: nine times in the last two years, actually played ten
Speaker 1: total games, sorry, about nine, about nine about nine When
Speaker 1: he was able to play, he was very good, but
Speaker 1: he was not the dominant running back he was back
Speaker 1: in which was also run Rivera's last season in Carolina.
Speaker 1: If this season were played nine times, I think he'd
Speaker 1: play all seventeen games only three times, and of those
Speaker 1: three seasons, i'd give CMC the top spot in one
Speaker 1: of the three. If healthy, he's got that upside, but
Speaker 1: I worry that the mileage is catching up to him,
Speaker 1: and considering he just hasn't been healthy for two years,
Speaker 1: it's tough to think that he can get through a
Speaker 1: full season unscathed. So final answer, one out of nine.
Speaker 1: I like your answer, and I think I'm fundamentally impored
Speaker 1: with that. I worry about soft tissue injuries a lot
Speaker 1: more than like a broken leg. You know, I know
Speaker 1: what you're gonna come back from with the broken leg.
Speaker 1: You know it's gonna be fine. Players with a history
Speaker 1: of soft tissue injuries they tend to escalate and get
Speaker 1: worse over time. I'm worried about that part. If this
Speaker 1: season we're played, how many times would Rams wide receiver
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup repeat as the highest scoring wide receiver. Dude
Speaker 1: had a hundred and ninety one targets last year. That
Speaker 1: was more than That's a lot twenty more than anyone else.
Speaker 1: By the way, Cooper Cup had a number four overall
Speaker 1: year in twenty nineteen with Jared Goff as this quarter ac.
Speaker 1: I mean there's injury to consider with god with a Cup,
Speaker 1: as he did miss half a year with injuries once
Speaker 1: in his five year career. There's also a couple of
Speaker 1: other good candidates that could just pop up and and
Speaker 1: get him. Jefferson, I have Davante Adams on the shortlist.
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs I think has a chance to be a
Speaker 1: guy who goes off with Josh Allen and Jamaar Chase.
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody would be surprised if one of
Speaker 1: those guys had a crazy good year. But still, the
Speaker 1: connection with Stafford is so good. They have breakfast together.
Speaker 1: The offense runs through Cooper Cup there in l A.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take out two of those nine seasons
Speaker 1: with weird injury stuff Stafford gets hurt hurt either one.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take two more with just outlandish play from
Speaker 1: another wide receiver. I think he finishes as the top
Speaker 1: wide receiver in five of those nine seasons. It doesn't
Speaker 1: happen often, but it could happen here. There's not a
Speaker 1: good reason for him not to repeat. And Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: did exactly this for like four years in a row
Speaker 1: in in Pittsburgh. So I think that Cooper Cup has
Speaker 1: that ability can be done nine times. Question number three,
Speaker 1: if this season we're played, how many times would quarterback
Speaker 1: Tray Lance finishes a top ten quarterback? By the way, charge,
Speaker 1: how many times are we going to ask questions? Well?
Speaker 1: How nine times? Okay, that's good because you have to right,
Speaker 1: gotta do nine questions? Yes, um. I highlighted this in
Speaker 1: last week's podcast Time not a Tray Lance believer and
Speaker 1: I am, and you are and four of the least
Speaker 1: optimist yeah, and four. The last five years San Francisco's
Speaker 1: offense set a bottom half quarterback position in Fantasy points.
Speaker 1: But that's Jimmy Gray Lance. He just brings a whole
Speaker 1: another factor. I mean, yeah, rushing. If he's actually good,
Speaker 1: I just don't trust the situation at all. But if
Speaker 1: the and it's aligned, I must concede that Lance could
Speaker 1: run his way to an absolutely huge season and pass
Speaker 1: accurately enough that Deebo could take some five yard passes
Speaker 1: and take them to distance. I'll give him two out
Speaker 1: of nine times for Trey Lance yeah, I'm probably double
Speaker 1: the optimism. But you know it makes sense. You know,
Speaker 1: he's he's all upside and downside. We did our Make
Speaker 1: or Break podcast a couple of weeks ago, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think he's Now we've talked about Tray Lance in
Speaker 1: three straight weeks. But yeah, how many of these do
Speaker 1: you think in these nine seasons? Does Trey Lance start
Speaker 1: all seventeen games? That's a big ask for every quarterball,
Speaker 1: But I would say in half of the nine, now, yeah, maybe,
Speaker 1: well if if half of the nine, yeah, alright, so
Speaker 1: then I'm saying two out of those. Actually, you know what,
Speaker 1: the way, when you present it that way, that sounds reasonable.
Speaker 1: Let's go to uh question number four. If this season
Speaker 1: we're played, how many times would Falcons tight end? I'll
Speaker 1: pit score nine times, nine times, like exactly nine times
Speaker 1: or more nine or more times, because it's exactly it's
Speaker 1: very hard to do. Pretty sweet. You can get a
Speaker 1: sports book on that one. Uh. So let's operate on
Speaker 1: nine or more. Um, let's look at how many total
Speaker 1: tight ends have scored nine times or more over the
Speaker 1: last four years. Last year there were four tight ends
Speaker 1: who scored exactly nine times, and that was it we
Speaker 1: scored more than that. UM in nineteen and twenty or sorry,
Speaker 1: in it happened three times. In eighteen it only happened
Speaker 1: twice each year. And in seventeen, by the way, going
Speaker 1: back five years, it was only Jimmy Graham, the Seattle Seahawk.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham. I forgot that he had a ten touchdown
Speaker 1: season as a must have been right after they got executed.
Speaker 1: That right, it must have been so as a whole.
Speaker 1: Even with you know, legendary Travis Kelsey years and George
Speaker 1: Kittle and Mark Andrews and all these great players, it's
Speaker 1: a rarity that any tight end gets there. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say that three tight ends could get there this year.
Speaker 1: Three Okay, I bet Pits is in that group at
Speaker 1: least twice. So I'm gonna evoke why cleft and say
Speaker 1: to time to time, UM, I think it's maybe a
Speaker 1: little more than that, but not much. I think you're
Speaker 1: in the right ballpark here, two, three, four times out
Speaker 1: of nine. With Kyle, we're looking at times, we're looking
Speaker 1: at maybe half a chance that any tight end gets there.
Speaker 1: And then which guy to be a guy who scored
Speaker 1: one time last year and has a nine x increase
Speaker 1: in touchdowns behind the passing arm of Marcus Mariotte. Well,
Speaker 1: whatever amount of touchdowns he gets this year, it's that
Speaker 1: many X question number four. If this season we're played,
Speaker 1: how many times would Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams outscore
Speaker 1: last year's Packers receiver Davante Adams. It's a very meta question, right,
Speaker 1: this year's Davante Adams versus last year Super Bowl prop
Speaker 1: that questions, um, well, he won't get the complete target
Speaker 1: share he saw in Green Bay. I think that we
Speaker 1: could agree on that, right. Renfrew and Waller are just
Speaker 1: too good for them to be cast aside. Uh and
Speaker 1: and Derek carrs developed some good trust there. That means
Speaker 1: either Derek Carr will have to throw a lot more
Speaker 1: than Aaron Rodgers did last year, which he did, by
Speaker 1: the way, through like sixty more passes than Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: did last day through the exact same amount of passes,
Speaker 1: maybe each through the same amount. Uh or Davanta Adams
Speaker 1: is going to need to be extraordinarily efficient with the
Speaker 1: with the targets he does get. Um So, in order
Speaker 1: for Adams to beat the target total, I think car
Speaker 1: would probably have to throw six the thirty times next year,
Speaker 1: which would put him in the top five, and passes attempted,
Speaker 1: not the top guy, not the bottom guy, he'd be
Speaker 1: right in the top five there. I'm not sure that's
Speaker 1: what Josh McDaniels will want to do with his offense.
Speaker 1: Maybe he will. He's got a lot of weapons there.
Speaker 1: But then you also have to think that twenty nine
Speaker 1: year old Davante Adams, who turns thirty in December, will
Speaker 1: need to be more dynamic. And it's worth noting that
Speaker 1: Adams hasn't played a full season in three years. He's
Speaker 1: gonna miss a game or two or here there with injury.
Speaker 1: Too many special things need to happen for him to
Speaker 1: beat last year. So I'm gonna say he'll only do
Speaker 1: it once out of nine times. We're gonna take a break.
Speaker 1: We came back, you will. You gotta tell me what
Speaker 1: you think about I think that's about right. Okay, one
Speaker 1: or two times is about right. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously here in Rogers an amazing quarterback. I like, I'm
Speaker 1: way higher and Derek Carr than other people are, you know,
Speaker 1: factoring that part, and I think Derek carrs is capable
Speaker 1: of being of of being a top seven eight quarterback
Speaker 1: in this degree. So you know, I think that I
Speaker 1: think the opportunities there, So I'd give him like two
Speaker 1: out of two or three out of Stavante Adams. Last
Speaker 1: year's pretty day. It's pretty good. Last year he was
Speaker 1: when we come back. Four more questions as we continue
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Speaker 1: eight seven times? About nine If this season we're played,
Speaker 1: this is question number six. If this season we're played,
Speaker 1: turns how many times would Seattle running back Rashad Penny
Speaker 1: outscore teammate rookie runner Kenneth Walker. Seattle is really weird
Speaker 1: as a city now as a city. I love it,
Speaker 1: but it's it's it's it's weird. Just man Walker seems
Speaker 1: like the way better option. But they're just weirdly loyal
Speaker 1: to Penny there, who they could have just let go
Speaker 1: at the end. Of last season. Penny must be like
Speaker 1: a big Pete Carroll guy, a big locker room guy,
Speaker 1: just one of those guys that that Pete really loves. Frankly,
Speaker 1: he's going to get the first crack. Is the starting
Speaker 1: running back this year? I think? Um. And let's say
Speaker 1: Penny stays completely healthy for four of these nine seasons,
Speaker 1: because he doesn't have a very good track record of health,
Speaker 1: So completely healthy for ye, generous, that's generous out of
Speaker 1: those four years. He maybe holds the job with his talent.
Speaker 1: Want maybe zero half a time? Alright, one half one,
Speaker 1: one half of a can you go a ninth of one?
Speaker 1: Ninth ninth? Very good time? Yes, I'm with you on that.
Speaker 1: I guess I'm not a big believer in Richard Penn,
Speaker 1: even though you know, he admittedly looked very good in
Speaker 1: December last year, but that is it. The whole rest
Speaker 1: of his career has been disappointing for sure. Question number seven,
Speaker 1: if this season were played, how many times would Rob
Speaker 1: Gronkowski unretired? This was like this one. This was the
Speaker 1: most ridiculous question that you asked of me, and so
Speaker 1: I gave you a ridiculous answer. What number would GROUNK
Speaker 1: pair with nine six six question nine times. Question number eight.
Speaker 1: If this season we're played nine times nine, how many
Speaker 1: times would Ronald Jones lead the yeves backfield and fantasy points?
Speaker 1: This question just makes me Sad's design I was Ronald
Speaker 1: Jones should make you sad. Okay, it just makes me.
Speaker 1: Look at Clyde Edwards Hilaire and the NFL draft, and
Speaker 1: if the Chiefs would have selected Jonathan Taylor, any of
Speaker 1: the next four skill players, they would have had Tee Higgins,
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, DeAndre Swift or Jonathan Taylor, just any of
Speaker 1: the next four. Oh man, that's bad um. Unfortunately, Clyde
Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire is just a guy. So the Chiefs went
Speaker 1: out and got someone who might be even more of
Speaker 1: just a guy. So here comes Ronald Jones. They're both
Speaker 1: so bland that there's an outside shot that Derek Gore
Speaker 1: or Jerick McKinnon or rookie Isaiah Pacheco caught one of
Speaker 1: those nine years. I'm gonna say that each of those
Speaker 1: guys in this fictitious nine times world, each of them
Speaker 1: steal one year the top running back, and then there's
Speaker 1: six years left and we're just gonna split it in
Speaker 1: half between Clyde and Ronald Jones because they're both so
Speaker 1: so I'll say three times Ronald Jones finishes as a
Speaker 1: as the top Chiefs runner. I think that might be generous.
Speaker 1: To be honest, I wish I wish there was more
Speaker 1: better competition so I could just zero. I wish so too,
Speaker 1: But this is not a strong backfield right now, and
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones I have very little confidence in. But so
Speaker 1: do you think do you think between Ronald Jones and
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire like one of them is significantly better
Speaker 1: than the other the way they've used Clyde Edwards a layer, No,
Speaker 1: but I think I swear they haven't used him to
Speaker 1: the best of his abilities. They never throw to a
Speaker 1: guy who's a good pass catcher, They never give him
Speaker 1: any space to work with. He's elusive, but you know,
Speaker 1: he's always finds himself trying to, you know, run behind
Speaker 1: lines that don't give him much space. And it's so weird.
Speaker 1: That's that's why I think that they just split there
Speaker 1: the rest of those ugly times. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: for our our final, our ninth can we can we
Speaker 1: use a different sounder for this question. Please, if this
Speaker 1: season we're played nine times, how many times would nope,
Speaker 1: Sad Trombone Ski, Yes, Mitch Drabinsky. How many times would
Speaker 1: Mitch Robinsky start seventeen games for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So, Church,
Speaker 1: this is a sneaky schedule question, a little bit um.
Speaker 1: The Steelers start this way at since oops, New England
Speaker 1: at Cleveland, Jets at home at Buffalo Tampa. That's the
Speaker 1: first six weeks. That feels like one win. They're gonna
Speaker 1: start the season one in five if things play out
Speaker 1: as as just if the favorite wins, I think Trubisky
Speaker 1: would have to go four and two to keep the job,
Speaker 1: because if you want to get a rookie ready and
Speaker 1: not feed them to the Wolves, you'd don't throw him
Speaker 1: in those first six games. You start him on Sunday
Speaker 1: Night Football against Miami in week seven, bright lights, big City.
Speaker 1: Then they get Philly the next week, followed by a
Speaker 1: by to correct any issues and let Kenny Pickett kind
Speaker 1: of start his reign as the quarterback there. So I
Speaker 1: don't think true Bisky can go four and two in
Speaker 1: those six games. So I'll say Sad Trombone Ski stays Sad.
Speaker 1: In every one of these nine seasons, he would start
Speaker 1: seventeen games, zero out of nine times. You know, you
Speaker 1: make a compelling case. This is uh we feel. I'm
Speaker 1: optimistic that he's going to be better with a year
Speaker 1: removed from Chicago and learning from in a good Buffalo
Speaker 1: offense and a good system. I want to believe he's
Speaker 1: gonna be better. But man, you know, I hadn't factored
Speaker 1: in that schedule so much, and you're right those that
Speaker 1: is a brutal start to the season. I could see
Speaker 1: him being out by the bye week or earlier. Yeah,
Speaker 1: kind of weird that true Bisky didn't end up in
Speaker 1: New York with Brian Dable. Yeah, a little bit. But
Speaker 1: know I think you wanted a chance to start. I
Speaker 1: think you would have had a chance to start New York.
Speaker 1: Yeah maybe, Danny, I don't know. It seems like they've
Speaker 1: got a certain commitment to him for whatever we be.
Speaker 1: You're right, sooner or later there was a decent chance
Speaker 1: that at some point, Sad trombone, can we have the
Speaker 1: extended one? Please? I really should have played it underneath
Speaker 1: the whole thing. It's so bad. It's the worst trombone
Speaker 1: recorded trombone solo in the history of mankind. Yeah, this
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