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You know that I'm one 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:35.720 of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.159 This sh your boy, Dane Martinez, a ka speeds a 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:42.120 ka to spitting statistician and you are listening live to 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.720 the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:47.440 Of course, as usual, I want to give a big 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.479 shout out to all our sports byline affiliates around the 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.160 country and to the service men and women out there 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:55.520 getting a little taste to home listening on the American 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.800 Forces Radio Network to the spitting statistician helping you win 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.880 your leagues and win that cash. It is a Thursday, 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.080 and I got my man the Love Doctor with me 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.000 Donnie Burns on a one and twols so hot that 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.000 we sweat steam. We got a good show for you 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.320 on Thursday. Big things going on right here in Rock 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.800 and Riley's studio thirty four in Midtown Manhattan. People are 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:17.600 celebrating it. You know. Maybe it's because it's the end 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.080 of the school year, you know, and school is officially 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.800 out for summer. People are celebrating right now happy hour status. 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.480 But what we're gonna do is we are going to 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:27.679 hold you down. I'm gonna tell you who to start 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.039 tonight in Major League Baseball to try and win that cash. Also, 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.800 we have a Tim Tebow siding. There is Tim Tebow news. Okay, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.960 so you know we're gonna bring it to you here 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.720 in the Fantasy Freestyle. Got a little hint for you. 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.319 He was promoted, So we'll talk a little bit about 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.760 that as well as I give you my spotlight on 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.320 a different NFL team each day. Today we keep it 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.760 moving and finish up the a f C North. We 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.920 talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers. They have the second highest 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.960 wind total in the a f C according to Vegas. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.640 Are they a threat to the Patriots? Should they be 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.760 the high the second highest over under tootal in the 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.240 a f C. We will get into that, and as 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.959 you know, we will continue with our greatest of all 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:15.680 time sports movies. We have an upset brewing right now 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.440 in the football region. It's a five twelve matchup, so 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.200 just like March Madness. Maybe that is where the upset 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.760 will come. It's uh, the program versus the water boy. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.160 We also have another one seed in action in the 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.400 baseball region. If you build it, they will come feel 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.640 the dreams as an action. And uh also, uh, you 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:41.480 know University of Michigan standout Taco Charlton, who's with Dallas 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.959 right now, got drafted. He's uh, he got an endorsement gig. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.760 You'll never guess what Taco Charlton is endorsing. All that 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.280 and more. Coming back on the Fantasy Freestyles, boy Day 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.280 Martinez speeds the spitting statistician. I got Donnie Burns into 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.560 building with me. Let's get it okay Fantasy Freestyle here 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:19.079 on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.520 to the Fantasy Freestyle. I mean, boy, Dame Martinez holding 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.000 you down on a Thursday from seven a p m. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:25.520 If you want to get at me this hour, you 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.520 absolutely can holler at your boy at eight four four 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.320 eight four three six eight seven nine, and you could 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.840 also catch us on Twitter in a number of ways. 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.720 Get at us at F and T s Y Radio. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.400 You can always ask me questions, follow me as well 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:43.000 at spitting speeds on Twitter. We got those pole questions up, 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.240 so hopefully you know, you find ways that you can 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.640 engage with the show. All right, that's what we're trying 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:49.800 to do. Let's start it off looking at news around 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:54.000 Major League Baseball. Last night, stud third baseman for the 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.240 Chicago Cubs, Chris Bryant in US, and he rolled his 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:01.360 ankle on third base, not while playing third base, physically 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.120 on third base catching a pop up. They say he 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.960 thinks he can avoid the disabled lists, but he might 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:12.960 miss sometime. Rangers starting pitcher earlier today, Andrew Cashner was 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:16.440 hit by a broken bat Okay, a broken back kind 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.320 of sawed off, helicoptered and hit him in the forearm 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.480 in that game against the Indians earlier today. They are 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.320 saying they think he avoided catastrophe and he should be 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:29.760 okay to make his next start. Uh. The Atlanta Braves 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.520 have decided that enough is enough with bar Tolo Cologne 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.080 and they have designated him for assignment. Bartolo Cologne in 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:41.680 thirteen starts had a ballooned up eight point one four 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.520 e r A, but now again, word after he was 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.840 d f ade that former team that New York Mets 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.200 might be interested in continuing to smell a little bit 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.760 of that bar Tolo cologne. The Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.400 Chase Anderson. He's been sent to the d L with 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.880 an oblique strain, and right now it's important to know 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.960 if you are sent to the d L at this point, 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.119 you are in essence out through the All Star break. 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.719 There are only ten days left in the official first 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:13.400 half of the season. Zach Britton, the stud closer for 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.880 the Baltimore Orioles. He threw a scoreless rehabening. They're gonna 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.760 have him back on the mound on Friday, and it 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.920 looks like he is on track to return right after 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.240 Independence Day on July five. The last thing I'll let 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.559 you know here is that the Yankees are making some moves. 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:30.680 It looks like Tyler Austin is likely headed to the 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.919 d L. They have repurchased the contract of first baseman 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.560 Chris Carter. We'll see how many times he strikes out 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.000 in the next couple of weeks. All right, let's keep 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.600 him moving here. On Fantasy Freestop last night last night, 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:47.880 the high end starters were Steven Stroudsburg and you Darvish Stroudsburg. Boy, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:52.039 did he deliver thirteen strikeouts in seven innings, only given 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.839 up two runs. However, I told you that if you 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.279 wanted a nice little sp two or if you wanted 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.400 to go off the beaten path. The guy I told 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.440 you last night was Toronto blue Jay's stud Marcus Stroman. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.480 He was only four hundred last night against the Orioles. 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.960 I told you that he had a quality start every 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.640 time he went out at home since the middle of April, 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:16.960 and last night was no different. He gave you seven 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:21.360 and two thirds of scoreless baseball. He struck out eight 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.040 as the blue Jay's beat the Orioles four to nothing. 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:28.159 I also told you about Zack Godley against the Cardinals. 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.080 He went seven innings, he struck out seven as well 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.840 a k per nine. He did, however, give up three runs. 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.120 Did not get the win. But that's not a horrible 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.320 out in getting you seven k's in seven innings. So 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.320 let's look at tonight. Tonight there are eight games on 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.160 the night slate and one of them has Clayton Kershaw 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.320 on it. Okay, so Clayton Kershaw, with his twelve thousand, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.960 five hundred price he was moved up a day because 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.760 Brandon McCarthy is out with an injury. Listen, this is 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.760 the obvious play. I am never gonna say that Clayton 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:02.479 Kershaw is a bad person to go with. UM. Sure 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.680 you know, but you don't be. You don't need to 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.880 listen to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network to know that 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.320 Clayton Kershaw is good at baseball. You also have a 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.040 chrisch Archer today. Chris Archer's going at ten thousand, four 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.640 hundred on FanDuel. This is a guy who in his 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.920 last six starts has pretty much been alternating between like 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.320 only giving up two runs, given up four runs, only 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.040 giving up two runs, given up four runs. Okay, However, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.280 he has had at least seven strikeouts and six of 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.720 his last seven starts. I like that tonight he's well 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.960 worth the ten thousand, four hundred on FanDuel. However, if 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.280 you want to go a little bit different, I submit 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.160 to you, Hi May Garcia of the Atlanta Braves. He 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.800 is all the way down at seventies seven hundred on FanDuel. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.080 We're talking about five thousand dollars less than Clayton Kershaw. Tonight. 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:53.520 I make Garcia is pitching at San Diego against the Padres. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.480 The Padres right now, big shout out to the Unicorns 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.360 out there in San Diego. They have the worst run 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.760 total in Major League Baseball. The Padres have only scored 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:07.840 two hundred and eighty one runs all season long. I 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:12.600 like Harmmade Garcia tonight at Petco Park against the Padres. 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.040 Now listen, this is also a great park shift. Remember 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.080 sun Trust has been playing with a crazy power alley 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.320 to right center field, and he goes away from Atlanta, 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.880 goes to San Diego with a huge, cavernous park. I 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:29.200 think it sets up nicely for Hi Garcia tonight in 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:35.480 San Diego. Remember five thousand dollars cheaper than Clayton Kershaw. Okay. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.240 The next thing I want to tell you though, I 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.160 have Tim Tebow news, okay, and I mean when Tim 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.480 Tebow does anything, we gotta talk a little bit about 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:48.040 Tim Tebow. Um. Check this out. Timmy Tebow has played 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.400 in sixty four games so far in Low A Ball 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.000 and he had a sixty o p s. If you 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:59.480 don't know, that's not that good. You know you're looking 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.720 for op s is you know, with your fantasy guys 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.440 and in your season long as you're seeing guys you 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.520 know with eight hundred nine h ops that's what you're 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.600 really looking for on on base percentage, plus you're slugging percentage. Okay, 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.800 guys like Aaron Judge or above a thousand at eleven hundred, 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:18.520 you're not gonna see that sustainable. But six is certainly 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.480 not something to write home about. But here's the deal. 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.800 He got promoted. He got promoted. He's now in High 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:29.280 A Ball. He's at Port St. Lucy and uh, he 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.480 had his first game the other night at this new 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.280 level at High A Ball. You know what he did 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.800 in his first game. He went yard. He hit a 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:41.120 home run that is now his fourth home run of 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.680 the season combined with Low A and High A. I 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.240 don't think he's gonna wind up getting promoted all the 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.520 way up to the Mets this season. But I will 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.560 say this, if they decide to sell off all their parts, 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.520 you know, there's definitely the potential they sell as Drubal Cabrera, 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.440 they wind up trading a guy like Ja Bluce. I 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.640 think a guy like Addison Read could also be moved 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.600 for the Mets. Maybe another reason why they might be 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.600 interested in Bartolo Colognas because they know they're gonna ship 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.880 off as much as they can. Also, maybe Curtis Granderson 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.880 could be on the move. If that happens and the 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.720 Mets wave the white flag and they need to put 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:20.440 butts in the seats in city field after the summer 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:24.280 is over, don't get it twisted. You might see Tim 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.680 Tebow in Queens. The other note, that's kind of interesting. 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.480 Let's listen, Tim Tebow has now hit four home runs 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:36.560 in professional baseball this season. If you remember, all the 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.960 way back to nine, there was another kind of like 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:46.120 epic uh you know, athlete, and that was Michael Jordan's 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:51.079 who had his sware into baseball in all season long, 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.000 he only hit three home runs. Now, granted he was 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.320 in Double A, not High A or low A ball, 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:03.840 but Tim Tebow has now officially passed Michael Jordan's on 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.680 the all time home run list. So I think that 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.720 is pretty interesting. That's what we do here on Fantasy Freestyle. 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.480 We mix giving you the fun and functional sports radio 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:14.600 along with what you need to win your leagues and 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.600 win that cash. One of the things, though you may 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.000 have heard recently, is that you know this, this is 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:24.000 this possible merger right between Draft Kings and Fan Duel, 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.640 But we don't know if that's actually gonna happen. There 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.520 is another there is another kind of obstacle to it. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.719 Right now, Um, the FTC is saying that if they did, 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.440 in fact merge, they would be a monopoly in the 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.480 daily Fantasy injury industry. And you're right, uh FanDuel and 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.320 Draft Kings together they make up about nine of it. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.920 But is the industry DFS or is the industry all 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.839 of fantasy because a lot of people believe that the 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.760 DFS is actually not a meaningful substitute for you know, 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:57.120 like paid uh season long leagues. You know, like these 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.199 are not the same thing. They're kind of like oil 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.880 and water. It's a different it's a different way of 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.920 going about it. And also listen, DFS right now is 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.400 legal in twelve states. Remember we talked about this how 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:12.280 Vermont was the last state to legalize Daily Fantasy Stay tuned, Okay, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.960 because fan duel and DraftKings, between their ad budgets going 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.520 after each other, between the legal fees that they are 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.480 both paying, I think ultimately this is gonna happen. You 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.920 remember Speeds, the spitting statistician has said sports gambling is 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.240 going to be legalized. There's just too much money in it. 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.400 And these sports leagues right now, especially the NFL, are 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:35.600 realizing that they will maintain engagement, maintain viewership. Remember those 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.160 ratings went down, so with the fact that maybe we 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.600 can get more eyes to the set if we do 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:45.720 legalize this. I don't care about these blocks that's happening 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.040 by the FTC or what happens. This is going to happen. 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.880 You heard it here first. You heard it from speeds 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.160 and spitting statistician. When we come back, though, we're gonna 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.400 turn our spotlight to the Pittsburgh Steelers. We've got a 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.559 lot of fantasy goodness in that lineup, Donnie Burns and 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.480 day Mark Tenas. We're gonna break it down here on 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:05.800 Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.560 Welcome back. As the beat drops. You don't know what 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.760 it is. We're dropping stats over beats here on the 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:34.080 Fantasy Freestyle on me Boy, Dane Martinez holding you down 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:37.320 with Donnie Burns, the love Doctor, keeping it so hot 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.440 that we sweats teamed yo. He gave you a little 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.959 bit of overnight celebrity by twist Um when we were 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.600 coming out of break Twister. Maybe the only guy on 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:49.599 the radio that can talk faster than the spitting statistician. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.640 But let's get into the cipher right now. News and 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.560 notes around the NFL. Like I said, it is a 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.880 downtime in the NFL. The only news that I have 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.360 for you is that Broncos or new Broncos run back 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.240 Jamal Charles is saying that he is able to now 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.439 do everything that he feels normal. He is even cutting 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.800 in practice that is usually the last hurdle for someone 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.200 coming back from a knee injury. He says that he 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.880 feels good. Remember, he's gonna be pushing guys like c 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.560 j Anson and Davante Booker for carries and for touches 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:22.400 in that Denver offense. I, however, I am concerned about 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.480 that Denver offense. Okay, I love me some Damarius Thomas 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.480 and some Emmanuel Sanders. That's not the problem. The problem 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.680 is these guys do not know who they're starting quarterback 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.440 is gonna be? Is it gonna be Paxton Lynch, is 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.040 gonna be Trevor Simeon. But the issue, in my opinion, honestly, 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.960 they have Donald Stevenson as their left tackle. Okay, and 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.440 uh in the a f C West, they each week 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.960 are gonna be going up against guys like Joey Boatsa 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.560 on the Chargers justin Houston. In Kansas City, it would 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.400 DeFord as well. And oh, a little guy named Khalio 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.760 Mack when they play the Raiders. You need to have 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.640 that left tackle spot a little bit more solidified. And 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:02.280 Stevenson is no good. He is blunt, guts trash to me. 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.240 And so that puts whether it's Paxton Lynch or Trevor 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.360 Simeon in danger when we do our little spotlights on 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:09.800 team by team. When I get to the a f 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:12.400 C West, I'm telling you right now, I think the 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:16.360 Denver Broncos are the last place team in the a 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.160 f C West, But from now we are still in 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.640 the a f C North. Earlier this week, we talked Ravens, 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.800 we talked Bengals, we talked Cleveland. Brown to Donnie Burns 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.040 and myself think will no longer be a laughing stock. 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.920 We think we're taking the over on their four wind projection. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.240 They will not be the worst team in the NFL. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.720 They are building something and may take a little while, 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.640 but you know, the laughing stock could be reserved here 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.440 in New York instead of in Cleveland. But we finished 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.640 the a f C North today with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:49.320 The Pittsburgh Steelers have the second highest wind total in 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.120 the a f C in terms of the over unders 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.880 in Vegas. Vegas thinks that they're over under is ten 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.560 and a half winds. I gotta tell you about the 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:01.760 Steelers last year. Last year, I was on the Steelers. 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.640 Last year, the Steelers were my pick to represent the 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:08.440 a f C in the Super Bowl. I loved the Steelers. 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:13.360 Here's what happened though. Ben Roethlisberger is going to miss time. 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.120 Ben Roethlisberger consistently gets hurt. We all talk about how 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.440 tough he is, how country strong he is, how much 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:23.040 of a leader he is. There's some other things in 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.320 Ben Roethlisberger's past that we don't want to get into 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.880 right now that may say that he's not a leader. 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:31.840 But regardless, Okay, here's the thing though, even when he 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:36.200 was in last year, he took a step back. He 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.600 regressed a little bit. I'm not sure how much Big 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.360 Ben has in the tank if you want, the gods 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.200 on his truth and that goes for that entire class. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:49.600 Like with him, Eli Eli regressed a bunch last year. 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.160 These are guys that are entering their mid to late thirties, 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.880 and that is you know, that is when sometimes it 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.720 falls off a cliff. Here's the other thing, though, when 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:02.200 we talk about the Killer Bees, Ben Roethlisberger, Levian bell An, 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:07.120 Tonio Brown, these are guys that honestly have only been 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:12.560 together for fifty percent of the weeks since Levian came 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.800 onto this team. Now at this point, what like four 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.960 years ago, they have only actually played together half of 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.080 the time in those games, and when those games are 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.960 happening to be in Hines Field. This is an offense 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.880 that could be the most explosive offense in all of football. 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:35.280 I give you that. However, I don't think Ben Roethlisberger 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:38.080 is going to stay healthy. And because of that reason, 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.000 I agree with my man Corey Parts in the Fantasy 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:46.200 Executive he has Ben Roethlisberger as his fifteenth ranked quarterback 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.879 this year. If you tell me he plays sixteen games, 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.520 I'll show you a top ten quarterback. If you tell 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.120 me he plays sixteen games, I'll show you a team 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.639 that likely would get a first round by in the 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.720 A f C playoffs. Here's the thing I don't think 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:04.280 at is going to happen, and I'm down on Big 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:07.119 Ben this year. I'm fading him. I think he's a 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:11.440 fool gazzy. I think he's someone you need to forget about. However, 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.040 when we talk about the running back position, you got 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.000 my man, Levan Bell. Call me on my Bell phone. 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:22.800 Levan Bell is, in my opinion, the number one not 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:27.960 running back, the number one player in fantasy football for 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.840 the year two thousand seventeen. This is a guy. I'm 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:35.000 telling you right now. He will get two thousand scrimmage yards. 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.880 Here's another guy I'm telling you right now. He could 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.800 be a wide receiver in the NFL. Right now, he's 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:45.080 gonna catch seventy balls in my opinion, he's gonna get 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:49.240 I don't know, twelve touchdowns. In my opinion, he is 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.240 a joy to watch. We talk about his patient style 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:56.399 finding holes. You know he's also doing that rap thing, okay, 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.480 and we know about that. We know Juice has got bars. 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.400 We Juice is trying to go to prom with young ladies. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.000 I love me some lady on Bell. I think if 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.720 you have him as the number one overall pick, if 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.120 you have the number one pick in your draft, I say, 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.440 do not get David Johnson. Do not go Ezekiel Elliott. 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.280 The right answer, in my opinion is lady on Bell. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.359 And if you want to know who I think the 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:24.040 number one wide receiver in the game is, Antonio Brown? 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:27.160 Is that man? Okay? I think what you have here 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:31.680 in Pittsburgh is white out one RB one that is incredible. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:35.280 The rest of it, I'm a little skeptical, Okay, I 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:38.240 don't know if Big Ben stays healthy. The second wide 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:41.119 receiver on this roster mark Tavis Bryant. This is a 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:44.320 guy who has the skill to pay the bills. Okay, 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.240 my man can do big things. The only problem is 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:51.080 I don't trust him. I don't trust him to not 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.680 only play sixteen games, I don't trust him to act 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.840 right for sixteen games. If you remember the NFL Draft 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.760 when the Steelers drafted Juju Smith Schuster, who I know, 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.080 my and Donnie Burns wants to talk about. Not hot second, 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:04.840 it was Martevis Brian, who had just come back from 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:09.160 a year's suspension, Who's talking about how Juju is really 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:13.119 gonna be replacing Eli Rodgers in essence starting beef with 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:16.040 another teammate, to the point where Mike Tomlin had to 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:19.400 actually interject and tell everybody to play nice. I think 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.560 that is a problem. I don't think Martavis Briant has 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:26.040 shown much maturity. If he plays in all these games, 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.200 he will be the wide receiver too for that team, 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.119 and he will be a viable fantasy option. The problem 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:35.040 is I can't trust him. I can't trust Briant, and 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.359 ultimately I can't trust Big Ben Roethlisberger. I do think 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:44.200 Landry Jones will start some games. However, However, the schedule 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:49.159 sets up really nicely for the Pittsburgh Steelers this year. Okay, 0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:52.600 remember they have the NFC North in the crossover. Okay, 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.040 the other d NFC division they played, They get the 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:57.720 two best teams in that division in my opinion, at home, 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.359 they get Green Bay at home, they get Men Soda. 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:03.480 At home. They have to go on the road to Chicago, 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:06.439 No big deal. They have to go to Detroit, no 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:08.560 big deal. If they have to go to lambeau Field 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.120 late in the season, that might have been a problem, 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:13.640 but no, they get to host the Green Bay Packers. 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.240 Same thing happens with some of their a f C 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:18.960 rivals that they have to play. They play the New 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.919 England Patriots this year. They get him at home, the 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:23.720 team they have to go see and I remember the 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.840 way they make the schedule is the Steelers will have 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:27.760 to play all the other first place teams in all 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:30.439 the other divisions. Okay, so that's Houston, that's New England, 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:34.639 that's Kansas City. They get to host the New England Patriots. 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:37.080 So this all falls in line where I think the 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:40.720 schedule is pretty good for them. Put me put a 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:42.359 gun to my head with an over under of ten 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.720 and a half, I'd say this is not one to bet. 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:47.760 I think the Steelers will finish ten and six, eleven 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:50.760 and five. I think this is definitely a playoff team. 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:57.160 But I just can't count on Big Ben. Donnie Burns. 0:21:57.400 --> 0:21:59.000 I know we were talking about this a little bit. 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:01.000 You love Juju Smith Shoestar. I'd love to hear your 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:02.919 take on him. And what do you think about a 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:05.680 guy like Big Ben? Are you gonna invest draft capital 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:08.680 in a guy who really has not played sixteen games 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:10.639 in a long time. Yeah. So here's my take on 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.720 the Steelers. Super fun team to watch, especially when the 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:17.080 Triple Bees are all playing. You kind of figure going 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:19.560 into each season that one of them is not going 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.080