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Speaker 1: Wow, yea yea, what is up? Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 1: of the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man,

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Speaker 1: MG Marcus Grants, still vaccinated, still hoping to get back outside,

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Speaker 1: From anyway, that's neither here nor there. We got another

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Speaker 1: fun show for you today. As a training camp rolls along,

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Speaker 1: Producer Justin is alongside as always. We are glad to

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Speaker 1: be back with you two times a week now, that is,

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Speaker 1: uh for from now until the foreseeable future, until either

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Speaker 1: A guy who I've watched, I've seen his career sort

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Speaker 1: he writes at four for four, among a number of

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Speaker 1: other places that believe contributor NBC Sports Edge too. If

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Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, and uh it is Chris Allen, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure I've left something out of the bio. Please fill

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Speaker 1: in the gaps that I have missed. The only other

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you bringing me on today, And for

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Speaker 1: just a few minutes here, because let's say not just

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Speaker 1: I'm happy to get this chance to talk with you today. Well, dude,

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Speaker 1: I'm glad to see you kind of just blossom and

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Speaker 1: Let's start off with some training camp bits here, and UM,

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Speaker 1: Tyler Boyden that stretch. I feel like it's just more

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Speaker 1: every like during this, like in the during the off season,

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Speaker 1: but I'm actually like, I'm in on some of those

433
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Speaker 1: guys too. I've talked about Aaron Rodgers, I talked about

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert and likedn Jalen Hurts, but Herbert especially because, yeah,

435
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Speaker 1: I bought into him last season. I mean, after the

436
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Speaker 1: to Rod Taylor thing. He gets thrown in at the

437
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Speaker 1: last minute, I mean, and it completely balls out for

438
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Speaker 1: the rest of the season and he I think, to

439
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,560
Speaker 1: meet me personally, I think Justin Jefferson should have got

440
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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, but I understand, like why they

441
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Speaker 1: gave it to Herbert. Totally get it. But the kid

442
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,400
Speaker 1: played well, like it almost a complete one eight from

443
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Speaker 1: what folks thought of him coming out of college. All

444
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Speaker 1: good things. But when you talk about overvalued quarterbacks, it's

445
00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,080
Speaker 1: not necessarily the fact that they're going to bust. It's

446
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Speaker 1: just that, well, if you're drafting him at QB six

447
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Speaker 1: and you're thinking that they could ascend into QB three,

448
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 1: but you should also at least consider the fact that

449
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,359
Speaker 1: they could slide three spots in the other direction and

450
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Speaker 1: maybe finish as QB nine, QB ten, QB eleven. So

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Speaker 1: that's Really why I write that piece is to just

452
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Speaker 1: tell folks like, hey, consider the full range of outcomes

453
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Speaker 1: instead of just saying, well, I'm going to draft this

454
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Speaker 1: guy high because I think you can go even higher. Well,

455
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,040
Speaker 1: if you can go even higher, he can also you know,

456
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Speaker 1: go a bit lower as well, because just because the

457
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Speaker 1: statistical probability of that happening, so Justin Herbert, it's especially

458
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Speaker 1: especially possible because of the play caller that they currently

459
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Speaker 1: have there. They bring in Joe Lombardi, who, again it

460
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Speaker 1: was he was associated with Drew b Drew Brees like

461
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Speaker 1: throughout the most of his career, and all good things

462
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Speaker 1: to come from like Drew Brees. I mean we're talking

463
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Speaker 1: about just pinpoint accuracy. I mean, we've in his connection

464
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Speaker 1: with Michael Thomas, I mean all, I mean, everything is

465
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Speaker 1: good at a macro level. But then when you zoom

466
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Speaker 1: in and you compare that to what Justin Herbert did

467
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Speaker 1: or how he operated last season, almost a complete stylistic

468
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Speaker 1: difference between those two offensive play calling types the Chargers

469
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Speaker 1: last season, they were up paced in terms of like

470
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Speaker 1: neutral passing rate, like neutral pace, like the neutral place,

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Speaker 1: like during the neutral situations in games. I mean, all

472
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Speaker 1: of it. And even like rushing attempts as well, because

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Speaker 1: we saw a little bit of mobility out of Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: None of that has been the case for Joe Lombardi

475
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Speaker 1: and the Saints. They operated at a slower pace because

476
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Speaker 1: at least for them, they knew that Drew Brees could

477
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Speaker 1: get the ball wherever they needed to as long as

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Speaker 1: it was within like ten yards, you know, from the

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Speaker 1: last scrimmage. I mean, but all of those things, it's

480
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Speaker 1: just it makes it harder for me to buy into,

481
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Speaker 1: at least the fact that Herbert can hit his ceiling

482
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Speaker 1: versus it being possible that hey, maybe they start off slow,

483
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Speaker 1: maybe Herbert winds up having to take a couple of

484
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Speaker 1: steps back while he's still figuring out the offense. We

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Speaker 1: might see more of a resurgence towards the middle of

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Speaker 1: the season. The anal you that I gave, I gave

487
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Speaker 1: him the piece was just that maybe everybody should remember

488
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Speaker 1: that first like six weeks or so with Baker Mayfield

489
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Speaker 1: and Kevin Stefanski, where it was slow, more rushing production

490
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Speaker 1: than passing production. Odell gets hurt. But then after those

491
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 1: weather bad weather games the weeks ten and week twelve,

492
00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: the offense took off and then they wind up giving

493
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs of running for their money in the playoffs.

494
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Speaker 1: I can see the same situation happening for the Chargers

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Speaker 1: in Herbert. It's just that we're drafting him at what

496
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Speaker 1: QB six, QB seven, like right around where Russell Wilson goes,

497
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Speaker 1: and he could still finish high. But it could be

498
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Speaker 1: QB nine, QB ten, something like that. So it's just

499
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Speaker 1: something to consider. Yeah, No, I mean, and I think

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Speaker 1: I know this time of year we love talking up players, right,

501
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Speaker 1: And I tweeted the other day that we were at

502
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Speaker 1: the point in the year where I can throw out

503
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Speaker 1: probably any offensive skill position player on any roster, and

504
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,640
Speaker 1: somebody will make a case for why that player should

505
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Speaker 1: be drafted. Because we always were so optimistic this time

506
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Speaker 1: of year. Uh and mostly because if you write something

507
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Speaker 1: negative then you get called a hater uh and you

508
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: are are are a fire storm and it's awful and ugly,

509
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Speaker 1: but whatever. Um. But I do think it's worth taking

510
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Speaker 1: into account the potential. I don't say downside, right, because

511
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Speaker 1: if you're still talking about Justin Herbert is like the

512
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Speaker 1: QB nine or ten, like that's a pretty good year. Um.

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Speaker 1: But I will ask what I will ask you though

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Speaker 1: you talk about Joe Lombardi and what it was like

515
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Speaker 1: with that Saints offense and how they were a little

516
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Speaker 1: bit slower paced, do you foresee potentially then a little

517
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Speaker 1: bit of extra love for a guy like Austin Ekeler,

518
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Speaker 1: who you know, we're starting to sort of call Alvin

519
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 1: Camara light a little bit. Can he pick up that

520
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 1: slack if they're not necessarily forcing the ball downfield, if

521
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: they're doing different things, does that mean Eckler ends up

522
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Speaker 1: eating a little more? Absolutely, because the type of offensive

523
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Speaker 1: scheme that Lombardi runs, So this is like getting like

524
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Speaker 1: way more into like the excess and nose portion, which

525
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,200
Speaker 1: I dabble in. I don't hunter person understand, but so

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Speaker 1: I think if I remember in correctly, Lombardi runs and

527
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Speaker 1: air Hart Perkins system that's slightly different than what Justin

528
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Speaker 1: Herbert has done. And so like when actually flip that

529
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Speaker 1: air coreel system and like Justin and Herbert actually ran

530
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: a air Heart per consistant last year, but in that

531
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Speaker 1: system or in that scheme rather like part of their

532
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: reads or like the first reads is the running back end,

533
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Speaker 1: the tight end, So which all sounds great, and we

534
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Speaker 1: actually saw most of that, Like that's why album Kamara

535
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Speaker 1: was getting targeted like so much, and we saw like

536
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Speaker 1: more at least historically with some of the great tight

537
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Speaker 1: ends that the Saints have produced in the past. We're

538
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Speaker 1: still holding out hope for Adam Troutman, but that at

539
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: least bodes well for a guy like Austin Ekeler, who's

540
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Speaker 1: that's really what we want out of him. I know

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Speaker 1: that they're still expecting guys like Larry Rowntree and then

542
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Speaker 1: also let's say Joshua Kelly to kind of play that

543
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Speaker 1: goal line like short yardage role, but Austin Neckler should

544
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Speaker 1: still be the guy eating it up between the twenties,

545
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Speaker 1: still being involved in the passing game, because that's essentially

546
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Speaker 1: what that scheme has been predicated on. So yeah, if

547
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Speaker 1: you're if I like me personally, if I'm less on

548
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, then of course the focus then should shift

549
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Speaker 1: to the running game, because at least at this at

550
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Speaker 1: this time, we know that Austin Neckler is the starter.

551
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Speaker 1: We know that he has been and should continue to

552
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Speaker 1: be a part of the passing game, and they're also

553
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: now part of the scheme that at least focuses on

554
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Speaker 1: that position as being a part of the passing game.

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Speaker 1: So I think it all arrows do indicate that Ekeler,

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Speaker 1: even if there is a downshift in production from Herbert

557
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Speaker 1: just to start the season, that at least should shift

558
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Speaker 1: over to at least passing production or at least receiving

559
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: production for Austin Neckler to start off this season. I

560
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: love him, Love that the is though I wasn't excited

561
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: enough about Austin Ekeler, right, I mean those workout videos,

562
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Speaker 1: I mean they already had us pumped like Ekeler already.

563
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Speaker 1: So it's just that just more fuel to fire, more

564
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Speaker 1: fuel to the fires, all it is. Another thing you

565
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Speaker 1: wrote about was potential quarterback breakouts, And what I thought

566
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Speaker 1: was interesting was that you included three veteran guys there

567
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Speaker 1: and look to be like you weren't suggesting that all

568
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, you know, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Kirk Cousins or

569
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Speaker 1: Derek Carr, we're gonna be knocking on the door like

570
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Speaker 1: the top five or anything. You kind of had them

571
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Speaker 1: listed to sort of QB two potential breakouts. But when

572
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Speaker 1: you look at that group, is there one that you

573
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Speaker 1: look at and says this guy does have some fringe

574
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Speaker 1: QB one potential if things sort of break right this year. Yeah,

575
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Speaker 1: I think Ryan Fitzpatrick definitely has that because he has

576
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Speaker 1: been that in the past. I think over the last

577
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Speaker 1: two two and a half seasons, we've seen like thirty

578
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Speaker 1: starts from Ryan Fitzpatrick. He's finished as a QB one

579
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Speaker 1: and eleven and those starts, so just about over a

580
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Speaker 1: third of those starts, like he's won up as a

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Speaker 1: QB one. So for whether it's been with Tampa, whether

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Speaker 1: it's now when he was down in Miami, essentially like

583
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Speaker 1: replacing Tour, getting benched forward to regardless of the game,

584
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: like you know, depends on which game you're talking about,

585
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 1: you know, throwing touchdowns with like his what face mask,

586
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Speaker 1: getting like ripped to the side, just all those other

587
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Speaker 1: things that get associated with Ryan Fitzpatrick. We've seen him

588
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,440
Speaker 1: ball out like year year over year. And so now

589
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Speaker 1: you move him from a situation where at the end

590
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Speaker 1: of last season, what two of was passing to who

591
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Speaker 1: was a Jackeen, Grant mac Hollins, some of those guys,

592
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Speaker 1: and now you move him to a situation where his

593
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Speaker 1: starting right receiver is Terry McLaurin. He assuming he comes

594
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Speaker 1: back and gets off pop Curtis Samuel's involved. We love

595
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Speaker 1: Logan Thomas and then all by the way, you get

596
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Speaker 1: a wide receiver, can running back who's actually starting to

597
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: ascend more as a as a running back in Antonio Gibson.

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Speaker 1: So it's just you surround him with these playmakers at

599
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: least a decent offensive line, and then now you have

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Speaker 1: the makings of what could be a guy that knocks

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Speaker 1: on the QB one door on a weekly basis in

602
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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. And now I know that after last season

603
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: some folks can be concerned about just the Washington offense

604
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Speaker 1: as a whole, but I think you do at least

605
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: need to contextualize, like what they had to do. I

606
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 1: almost think about it as the way that uh Matt

607
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: Naggie has been essentially almost like, you know, had his

608
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 1: hands tied behind his back by the quarterbacks that he's

609
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: had to you know, throw out there on the field.

610
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: Same thing with Ron River and Scott Turner, because who

611
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Speaker 1: were they starting last season. It's what Kyle Allen Taylor, Heineke,

612
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 1: Alex Smith just how can you really run a functional

613
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Speaker 1: offense when you're having to rely on guys like that

614
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean all hail to Alex Smith, like

615
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: the late round QB goat, but still it's we can't

616
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Speaker 1: really wind up like converting some of that into fantasy

617
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Speaker 1: production if those of the guys that are slinging the

618
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: ball around the field, so all of their stuff from

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Speaker 1: like all of their efficiency metrics from last season, I

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Speaker 1: think can essentially be tossed out because they were slower,

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Speaker 1: I mean slower in terms of neutral pace and neutral

622
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Speaker 1: passing than they have been in years past, red zone passing,

623
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Speaker 1: offensive efficiency, pretty much every single metric that you would

624
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: look for in an offense took a step back, and

625
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: that was highly correlated to the fact that these are

626
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks they were tritting out. So now if you

627
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Speaker 1: bring in Ryan Fitzpatrick, who while he has he is

628
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: considered to be somewhat of a gun slinger, he's at

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Speaker 1: least been more accurate, more efficient as a passer, and

630
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Speaker 1: he's been able to at least operate well on the

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Speaker 1: red zone. And oh, by the way, it's still for

632
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: regardless of how old he is, the dude is still

633
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: running down the field like a crazy person. I can't

634
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: imagine doing that. I'm thirty eight years old. I'm not

635
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: doing any of that, like what he's doing out there

636
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: in the field, but he still like puts his body

637
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: on the line like whenever he feels like it. So

638
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 1: it's just that's the type of quarterback that you would

639
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: want in order to activate and enable those pass catchers

640
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: because we're still talking about guys like Diammy Brown as

641
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: possible like draft targets and drafts. I mean, so if

642
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 1: you're talking about rookie wide receiver threes as guys that

643
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: you can potentially draft, you know you should be in

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00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: on that passer at that point. So that's why at

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Speaker 1: least Ryan Fitzpatrick, I think, at the very least, like

646
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: while his floor might not be there given the right matchup,

647
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: and we know that Washington concerned, they're beginning playing against

648
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: Philadelphia twice, Dallas twice, so I can see them as

649
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: at least see if Fitzpatrick is being the guy that

650
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: we turn to as a at the very least a

651
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: streamer with quarterback one upside on a weekly basis. Yeah, No,

652
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: he absolutely has great streaming potential. I mean, I keep

653
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: saying that I don't want him as my weekly starting

654
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: quarterback because I prefer my rollercoasters at amusement parks and

655
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: not roster. But on any given week, you know that

656
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: he's got that potential to go out, you know, like

657
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: any any even week with the right matchup ran fit

658
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: Patrick and go out and put up a thirty point

659
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: fantasy game for you, Like it is very very possible. Um,

660
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: the fear is you put him in there and he

661
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 1: gives you like one of those twelves or something like that.

662
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,479
Speaker 1: But I mean, there's a reason that we love all

663
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: the pieces of around him. There's a reason that you know,

664
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: we're super excited about Terry McLaurin and and why I

665
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: would love a healthy Curtis Samuel in this offense. And

666
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: even Logan Thomas who last year, uh Logan Thomas had

667
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: felt like for a good portion of the season was

668
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: just out there getting his steps in because he was

669
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: running routes, but they weren't looking in his direction. Now

670
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: they've got a quarterback that can get him the football

671
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: and get him the football downfield, and we know Fits

672
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: is not afraid to throw the ball into traffic, no

673
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: fear about that whatsoever. So that does that that really

674
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: elevates everybody in that group. So I'm excited I don't know.

675
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: I'm really excited kind of about this Washington offense. I

676
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 1: think they could be really fun to watch this year,

677
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: which is kind of weird to say, especially well, actually

678
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: not that weird considering what they almost They almost toppled

679
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 1: the Bucks like in the playoffs like last year. Then

680
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: that was with Heineke, So I can get why, like

681
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: folks would be excited about them. And I know that

682
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: some of the detractors might say, well, if we look

683
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: at Washington's defense, we know that's going to at least

684
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: cap like some of that upside. I'm not essentially, I'm

685
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: not really on that train. Because if if we're worried

686
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: about defenses stopping the potential I guess productivity of the offense,

687
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: that means that you're definitely not drafting any of the Steelers,

688
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: You're not drafting any of the Rams, You're not drafting

689
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: any of the Ravens. I mean, there's so many other

690
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: good defenses out there with fantasy assets that we continually

691
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: draft high u every year. So if you're worried about

692
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: the Washington defense really capping the upside of all those guys,

693
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: then you better not being on any of those offenses either.

694
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: Because you gotta keep that same energy, bro, and like

695
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: just because it doesn't make any sense why this offense

696
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: would be the one that you want to be out on. Right, No,

697
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,959
Speaker 1: that makes plenty of sense. I I I can appreciate that.

698
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: Um So on Tuesday, I asked Michelle Maduke about you

699
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: know who's gonna break out? And I put the questions here,

700
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: you know who's more likely to break out? Daniel Jones

701
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: or Drew Lock. She very grudgingly, she very grudgingly took

702
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. She wasn't happy about it, but that was

703
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: the direction she went. You do have Daniel Jones as

704
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: a potential breakout candidate. You seem slightly more enthusiastic, and

705
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: I just want to hear you make the case for

706
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: why we buy in on Danny Dimes this year. I'm

707
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: trying to squint and see especially I'm trying to squint

708
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: from the bottom of a pile apparently at the Giants practice,

709
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: and see how this could potentially work out. But this

710
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: was before I wrote this, before the Kenny Golladay injury.

711
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: The apparently just complete mishaps that have been happening at practice.

712
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: So apparently can Darius Tony like you still can't seem

713
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: to get on pace with the rest of his quarterbacks whatever.

714
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: But from Daniel Jones specifically back in his rookie season.

715
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 1: One of the studies that I've done for four before

716
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: at least looks at first year first year efficiency from

717
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: a quarterback and looks at like how that affects, like

718
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: there at least their efficiency moving forward over the next

719
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: a couple of seasons, and Daniel Jones at like with

720
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: his EPA per play, it did show that he was

721
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: at least above average like for the for his rookie class.

722
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: So at least there at least that gives us something.

723
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: But also with the injuries and stuff that were sustained

724
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: last season two, say Kwan Barkley among the rest of

725
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: the folks, I can understand like why he wound up

726
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: taking a step back, and he took a huge step back.

727
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: He was already at or just below the line in

728
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: terms of touchdown rate, which essentially just how many touchdowns

729
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: to score divided by pass attempts. I think he actually

730
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: dropped from about like four point five four point six

731
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: all the way down to like two and some change.

732
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: So if you want to play the bet that his

733
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: touchdown rate would increase. Also, his rushing comes back, because

734
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: we saw that during the twenty nineteen campaign with the

735
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: pass catchers that they've invested in over the off season.

736
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: At least that at least gives me some optimism for him.

737
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,959
Speaker 1: That's purely an analytical take, because everything else sounds awful,

738
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: Like coming out of there, Jason Garrett insisting that you

739
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: know you have to call him coach, and like all

740
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: this other stuff, it just seems like a wild ride,

741
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: like out like out in New Jersey, like out of

742
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: East Rutherford. I don't want anything else to do with it,

743
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: but I will say at least his profile marks him

744
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: as somebody that could wind up having a breakout season.

745
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: All right, that's fair enough. I mean I sort of

746
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: I was in last year. I was like, Okay, this

747
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: is this is gonna be it, this is gonna be

748
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: the year that that it comes true. Obviously it didn't. Um.

749
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they've they've given him more in theory, more weapons,

750
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: more help around there, so it's just a matter of

751
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: them being functional. That's yes, you know, I mean, Gola

752
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: Day has hurt you. You talk about Darius Tone, I

753
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: mean even see Kwan Barkley doesn't sound super confident in

754
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: his recovery and his rehab, so it's like it's three

755
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 1: at least two and a half really important pieces that

756
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,399
Speaker 1: aren't there right now. Yeah, and then if they keep

757
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: dog piling on him in practice, then who knows what's

758
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: gonna happen there? Yeah? All right, I did stay. I

759
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: played who's more likely to break out with Michelle earlier

760
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: this week. I want to keep it rolling with you here,

761
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: So I got uh four either oars here and want

762
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: to get your thoughts. In fact, I went all rookies

763
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: here in this one, so on which ones are the

764
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: most likely to break out? So a quarterback Trey Lance,

765
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: who is the new hotness apparently in San Francisco forty

766
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: Niners camp or Justin Fields? Who's more likely to break out?

767
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,280
Speaker 1: You think? For me it has to be Trey Lance,

768
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: Like I've been. This sounds awful coming for me because

769
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: I live in Ohio, so I have to root for

770
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: a mile house state guys like coming out. But it

771
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: just every time I hear something about Trade Lance, it's

772
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 1: just nothing but positive. I think he's throwing like one

773
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: pick so far, like when he's been able to run

774
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: with the ones and just the tantalizing thought of having

775
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback that can also hit on the deep

776
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: pass in and Kyle Shanahan offense. It's just it's too much, Marcus.

777
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: It really is for me in order to fit, because

778
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: that's what we wanted, right. We wanted when we heard

779
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: that they that the sand when the forty Niners had

780
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: traded up to number three, we wanted a guy like

781
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: either Fields or trade Lance to be that pick. Some

782
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 1: folks wanted like where everybody was on the Mac Jones train,

783
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: but like you want a mobile quarterback to be a

784
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: part of that offense because we've seen it in the

785
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: past where Jimmy Garoppolo wasn't getting it done. He might

786
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: be at least a league average pocket passer, but that

787
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: doesn't unlock the Shanahan offense. Trade Lance does. Justin Fields

788
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: would have, but we're stuck. We have lands. So it's

789
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: just that's that's what I want. That's the key to

790
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: really for fantasy football as well, because we've known for

791
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: years on end that the Konami code or having a

792
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: rushing quarterback is really what unlocks fantasy production at the

793
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: quarterback position. So if I can get that guy that

794
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: really has that as both the upside as a let's

795
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: see a functional passer, which at the very least we

796
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: can say Lance has. He also has like the rushing skill.

797
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: We know that from the him coming out of North

798
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 1: Dakota State. We only has the rushing production as well.

799
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: And then on top of that, think about the weapons

800
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,720
Speaker 1: around him. An ascending wide receiver in Brandon, a Yuk

801
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,439
Speaker 1: still got Deebo Samuel George Kittle, who even if he's

802
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: not as good as if he's not going to be

803
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: a great receiving weapon because I know some folks are

804
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: down on him as a tight end, as a top

805
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: three tight end, at the very least we know he

806
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: can block, so Trey Lance at all intersects at him,

807
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 1: all of that production that we hope for the four

808
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: nine intersects at him. It's really just a function of

809
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,439
Speaker 1: when he gets to start, and I'm hoping it's sooner

810
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: rather than later, to be quite honest, mean, if you

811
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 1: listen to the talk, it does sound like it might

812
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: be sooner rather later. All I know is the forty

813
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: Niners tweeted out a video of Trade Lance throwing a

814
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: deep ball in every forty fan I knew just they

815
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 1: wish they could go back in time and have him

816
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: throwing that ball to Emmanuel Sanders and oh yeah, that's

817
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: kind of hurt. Yeah, it was like, where was this

818
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago? A big spot, so that

819
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: that'll be interesting to watch, all right, Travis E. T

820
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: N or Javonte Williams, Then the easy answer has to

821
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 1: be Travis C. T N. All the reports currently coming

822
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: out of camp in Denver has already asserted Melvin Gordon

823
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 1: as the RB one. From a contractual standpoint, completely understand

824
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: how much they're paying Melvin Gordon that w like nine

825
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: million or something like that, it makes sense that they

826
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: would at least put him as the figurehead for that

827
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 1: rushing attack. We'll see how that changes throughout the season.

828
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: It could wind up being DeVonta winds up taking over

829
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: towards the middle of the season. Back in this season.

830
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: What have you? But Travis et N. I don't care

831
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: what urban Meyer says about this, a two headed rotation

832
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 1: between him and Carlos Hide, get on out of here

833
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 1: with that. I'm somewhat intrigued by James Robinson's like still

834
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,919
Speaker 1: having some sort of role. But if we're already hearing

835
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: about Travis e t N still like already working out

836
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: like as a wide receiver and like boosting those chops

837
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: in the passing game. We already know like what type

838
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: of role and like that breakaway speed he can have

839
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: like as a rusher him also are already having a

840
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: connection with Trevor Lawrence. Sign me up for for all

841
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 1: of that, especially in a division that is I mean

842
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: completely wrecked with either injuries or just like awful situations

843
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: from the Texans to the Cults, the type that means

844
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: just it seems like that whole division is right for

845
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: the taking, and I think the Jaguars are like one

846
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: of those better long shot bets to wind up winning

847
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: the division, especially now with the Carson Winson just like injury.

848
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: It's like, give me Travis e TN for sure in

849
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 1: that one, all right? Uh Yeah, I like Davontae Williams,

850
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: But I think you're right. I think at least at

851
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: the beginning, e t N has a easier path to

852
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: a bigger role uh in his office. And I'm very

853
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: curious to see what urban Meyer is going to do

854
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: between having e t N having laviska channel who I

855
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: absolutely love, uh, now having Travis Trevor Lawrence there at

856
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback spot, like, he's got a lot of movable,

857
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: interesting pieces. I'm curious to see what he does with them.

858
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 1: I'm also praying that he doesn't go, you know, Sean

859
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: Payton and start using Tim Tebow in like a like

860
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,439
Speaker 1: a Taysom Hill roll or something like that with absolutely

861
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: awful um So I'm sort of keeping my fingers crossed that.

862
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: By the way, if you're Melvin Gordon, you might be

863
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,439
Speaker 1: happy that Javonte Williams is there because in the past

864
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: he keeps ending up in situations with undrafted free agents

865
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: who keep pushing him for his job right, and with

866
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: the Chargers it was Austin Eckler who kept pushing him

867
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: and pushing him he gets the dinner Philip Lindsay who

868
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: was pushing him. So maybe he's happy to have a

869
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,959
Speaker 1: drafted rookie instead of the guys you have before. Um

870
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,959
Speaker 1: okay wide receivers Jalen Waddle or Elijah Moore, Elijah More.

871
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: It has to be I say that because I don't

872
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: want Harmon coming after me if I were to say,

873
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: like Waddle after that, But it has to be Liisa

874
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: more Right, we've already heard about the I guess the

875
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: flexibility of the diversity. When it comes to Elijah More,

876
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: they've been lining him up all over the field X

877
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 1: Z slot doesn't matter, and More has been able to shine,

878
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: whether it's been any of the backup quarterbacks before Zack

879
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: Wilson like finished his holdout, or now that Wilson has

880
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: been a part of the full like when they're running

881
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: with the ones. So from a like ride receiver standpoint,

882
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: I want the guy that has that sort of capability

883
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 1: to move across the field different formations, operate out of

884
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 1: different positions, like like as a wide receiver over the

885
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: guy that we know for the most part is going

886
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: to be pigeonholed into the slot already profiles is that

887
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: and also on top of that, dealing with an injury

888
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: like as the I mean, like the rest of the

889
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: wide receivers down in Miami, to the point where Bert

890
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: Alert heard more about Albert Wilson down in Miami as well.

891
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,479
Speaker 1: So it's just I get why folks are excited about

892
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle in Miami with twa downfield passing being more

893
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: ust of an offense behind that, at least for me,

894
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 1: I want to see or I want to get behind

895
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: a wide receiver that at least shows that capability of

896
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: being able to play like multiple positions right out of

897
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: the gate, and more has that in space? Are you?

898
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: I'm allowing myself to get excited about the Jets, And

899
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 1: there's a part of me that's like, don't do it

900
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,359
Speaker 1: like we you know, like you know, it's it's it's

901
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: Lucy pulling the football the way right, But like part

902
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: of me is getting excited about about what the Jets

903
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: can be because of Elijah more Right, because of Michael

904
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: carter Um. You know, I don't know if I'm all

905
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: in on Zach Wilson yet, but at least he brings

906
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: something new and he brings kind of a new energy

907
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,959
Speaker 1: and a new moxie to this team. I mean, they

908
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: signed Corey Davis, and I'm curious what he can be.

909
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I may regret this, you know, when we

910
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 1: get to like October November, But right now I'm sort

911
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 1: of excited about the Jets. Am I crazy? You know?

912
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: If we're talking about Celan Cole actually being like fantasy

913
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: relevant in the Year of our Lord one, then we

914
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: should at least like have like they pay some attention

915
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: to the Jets, right, but it comes back all the

916
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 1: way to to Robert Salo, like I have to give

917
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: him credit on almost instantly turning around a program that

918
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: has essentially been the laughing stock of the league at

919
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: the very least the a f C East for the

920
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: past like few seasons, like because he's was it all

921
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 1: to make a term de gasified, like the entire organization

922
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 1: like in seemingly a few months. And I have to

923
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: give him credit because we are excited about that passing game,

924
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: whether it's more like Davis like you mentioned, I mean,

925
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: the only guy that we really have concerns about is

926
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: Denzel mims all, but like what we'll see if he

927
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: can make it. We'll see what he can do in

928
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: his second year. But yeah, if you install a Kyle

929
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: Shanahan like system out in like out in New York,

930
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,800
Speaker 1: that that could be fun, right, because we've always liked

931
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: all the past catchers associated with the forty Niners and

932
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,439
Speaker 1: even like the Falcons before Shanahan came over from there.

933
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 1: So it's just why can't they do something similar in

934
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 1: New York? And from the sound of it, it looks

935
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: like they're doing it, yes or no? Is this the

936
00:42:55,520 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: Herndon year. Finally, No, I keep holding on and I

937
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: keep holding on. I mean, Christopher Herndon the fourth like

938
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 1: this was your year, man, but he's already like he's

939
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: already been like sunk on the depth chart as well.

940
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: So it's just it's horror for me to get behind.

941
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: Like we'll always have was that one game, that one

942
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: game like where he flashed and then that's it. That's

943
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: all we did, alright, last the last last one. Uh.

944
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: I'm on Ross st. Brown or Rashad Bateman Bateman. I

945
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: think I have to go with Bateman here, not just

946
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: because I do think that this one's actually like fairly

947
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: close to me, because from what I'm hearing so far,

948
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: I'm in ross St. Brown, at least by most reports,

949
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: is showing like he's going to be their starting slot receiver.

950
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: I think he might have to battle it out with

951
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 1: Calif Raymond, if I'm not mistaken, who has shown up

952
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: in decent spots in the past, like when he was

953
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: still with Tennessee. But with Bateman with what Marky's Brown

954
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: like nursing an injury. Uh, and what Sammy Watkins is

955
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: basically the highlight of camp, which is kind of odd

956
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: to say, we'll actually take that back. Sammy Watkins shows

957
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 1: up during camp, but then when we come to rely

958
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: on him during that season, it's like, oh, Sammy Watkins

959
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,919
Speaker 1: heading to the blue ten. Okay, all right, that's fine.

960
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 1: I remember this. But now with Bateman actually had a

961
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,879
Speaker 1: chance to talk with Harmon about this one as well,

962
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,879
Speaker 1: because I think where Bateman wins on the field, that's

963
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: where historically Lamar Jackson has been the most inefficient in

964
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: terms of passing. He wins on those timing routes, those

965
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: out routes, those curl routes, those dig routes, and that's

966
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: really where Lamar Jackson struggles. But that's what you need

967
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: from Lamar Jackson because if they wind up falling into

968
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: the situations where it's like third and five, third and

969
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: six or something like that, Lamar Jackson has basically dropped back,

970
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: scanned the field, everybody's covered, and he has to run

971
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 1: like like like he has like his hair's on fire.

972
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 1: So Bateman can be that guy that can create that

973
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: separation on those routes and help actually converting some of

974
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: those drives where we're not really relying as much on

975
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson for his legs in order to extend drives.

976
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: So I think overall, Bateman makes Lamar Jackson a more

977
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: efficient passer. We're not going to see him as send

978
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: to you know, Aaron Rodgers heights in terms of passing.

979
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:06,760
Speaker 1: No no, no no, no no no, that's not what we're expecting.

980
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,240
Speaker 1: But the very least it makes him a more accurate pastor.

981
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: It makes him a more efficient passer, and that's what

982
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,280
Speaker 1: at least sustains some of Lamar Jackson's like current value

983
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,919
Speaker 1: like QB four, KB three, like somewhere in there. And

984
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: that's where I think like Bateman can really like shine

985
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 1: in his rookie season, especially with most of the past

986
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: catchers being injured. There assuming Lamar Jackson gets back to action,

987
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: since I think he's still on the COVID list, I'm

988
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: not mistaken, well if that, but if that's the case,

989
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: then I think he has like the better chance of

990
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: getting that connection with Lamar Jackson as soon as possible,

991
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: and then that's what we'll translate to fantasy production for

992
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: at least from week one on, and we're not waiting

993
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: for him to kind of catch up, you know, and

994
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: like wind up being one of those guys that starts

995
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: to shine towards the middle of the season, kind of

996
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,879
Speaker 1: like Justin Jefferson from last year. All right, Uh yeah,

997
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 1: I've just been you know, I like bish Bateman's talent.

998
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: I just haven't been able to get excited about him

999
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,840
Speaker 1: because of the situation around him. But you know, I'm

1000
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 1: not completely out on him. And I love a mon

1001
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: Ross Brown because one name but our cool name go Trojan's.

1002
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: And you know that that fact that you know, people

1003
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: keep people keep saying the name Cooper Cup when they

1004
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,680
Speaker 1: talk about the money, what kind of what his role

1005
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: could be? Uh? So that that's that? All right? Before

1006
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: let you go, I would like to do some rapid

1007
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: fire kind of fun that not necessarily fantasy related questions.

1008
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: I know that you, on top of being a fantasy

1009
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,799
Speaker 1: writer and and everything you do, uh, you are an

1010
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: accomplished home brewer. Uh. In fact, you sent me some

1011
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,879
Speaker 1: of your wares not that long ago, which is we're

1012
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: greatly enjoyed. Thank you again so much for that. Um,

1013
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: what is your favorite style of beer to brew? My

1014
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,839
Speaker 1: favorite style of beer to brew is a milk chek

1015
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,360
Speaker 1: i p A. So it's essentially a I p A

1016
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: that uses not really like the bitter type hops but

1017
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: more of those that have like the fretty aroma fretty

1018
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: flavor like type hops and then also you throw in

1019
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 1: a dash of lactose so you get that like you know,

1020
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: that mouth field that goes with basically drinking a Sunday

1021
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: or something like that. And then on top of that,

1022
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: because I like to like essentially the mad Scientists when

1023
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: it comes to making beers, I'll throw in some fruit

1024
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: along with it. I'll actually take like literal like chunks

1025
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 1: of fruit tossing the keg with it to infuse it

1026
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: with some good flavors, so uh, strawberry, pineapple, I mean

1027
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 1: anything like that in order to really like bring that

1028
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 1: fruity aroma and also that flavor along with it. So

1029
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: it's actually a version of that that I'm brewing for

1030
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: a competition that I'm that I'm going to here with

1031
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 1: the next actually it's the week after the Fantasy Football

1032
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 1: expos Uh, so I'll be doing that like towards the

1033
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: back end of this month. And just I just love

1034
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: it because I know that a lot of folks don't

1035
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: like I pas in general. It's considered like one of

1036
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 1: the you know, if you like I PA s like

1037
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: you're you're a beer snob and all the other stuff.

1038
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: So like, while I do like I P A S,

1039
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,800
Speaker 1: I just like taking the style and making it into

1040
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: something that I prefer to drink, something that's not as bitter,

1041
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 1: still considered like a technically considered an I PA, but

1042
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:57,359
Speaker 1: just an offshoot that and like I can turn into

1043
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: something that I prefer that's awesome. Great. I you know what,

1044
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: I I don't hate I P A S. I think

1045
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 1: we've just become oversaturated with them. So yeah, trying to

1046
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: branch out. I love a good sour. I'm just saying

1047
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,240
Speaker 1: I've been getting back into those. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, Um,

1048
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: if you're on the grill, uh burgers, hot dogs or chicken,

1049
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 1: can I take like secret Option four and they're like

1050
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: some throw some ribs or something like that on there.

1051
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 1: I'm into smoking meat, like so like brisket, pulled pork ribs,

1052
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,319
Speaker 1: anything like that. That's what I prefer to do. I've

1053
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: been going into I've been trying to like get more

1054
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: into using like pellet smokers, because like I mentioned earlier,

1055
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: I'm an old man, so I can't like say it

1056
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:36,840
Speaker 1: like you know, ten twelve hours, like you know, smoking

1057
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: a pork shoulder or something like that, but that's what

1058
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: I prefer doing. I like having those like just like juicy,

1059
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: like you meats, like literally falling off the bone like

1060
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: type of things. So if I had the option, I

1061
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,840
Speaker 1: would just as rather just throw a you know, a

1062
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: few slabs of ribs like out on the smoker and

1063
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 1: just like wait for those to be done or like

1064
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,240
Speaker 1: I said, like brisket or pulled pork something along those lines. Alright, awesome, Okay,

1065
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: now you are you're a resident of Ohio. You're out

1066
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 1: there in the Midwest, which is the greatest great lake,

1067
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,399
Speaker 1: the greatest great lake. It might be a man, I'm

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Speaker 1: probably gonna get like kicked out of Ohio for this,

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Speaker 1: but I'll say, uh, probably like Michigan. I know, you're

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Speaker 1: not like if you're in Ohio, you're not supposed to

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Speaker 1: talk about the state up north, but I mean, like Michigan.

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Speaker 1: Probably for me, that's just because I mean where it's

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Speaker 1: at and it's not too far off a drive, but

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Speaker 1: far enough that you're actually essentially, like I don't know,

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Speaker 1: out in the wilderness, and you can be disconnected from people,

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Speaker 1: especially nowadays, like when we're always going and moving and

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Speaker 1: doing stuff and you know, stuck to our phones being

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Speaker 1: able to disconnect and go. You know, for me, it's

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Speaker 1: about not five ish hour drive. But in order to

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Speaker 1: do something like that, you do actually get a chance

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Speaker 1: to you know, be with your family, talk with other

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Speaker 1: folks like in person versus texting and all that. So

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Speaker 1: that's just my personal preference. We actually just did that,

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Speaker 1: uh early July with my entire family, where we got

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Speaker 1: to go out and uh just be on the lake

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Speaker 1: and you know, to do a little bit of fishing

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Speaker 1: while we're out there with my dad and all that.

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Speaker 1: So it's just that's just my personal preference, all right.

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Speaker 1: Any truth to the rumor that Lake Superior got its

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Speaker 1: name because it has an inferiority complex, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: That's a new one for me. I think I might

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Speaker 1: have heard that beforehand, but I mean that, I mean

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Speaker 1: that I wouldn't be surprised at all if that was

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Speaker 1: the case. Chris, it's been a great conversation. I've enjoyed it.

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Speaker 1: Um for folks who don't know where to find your stuff?

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Speaker 1: Where where can they? You can find me on Twitter

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Speaker 1: at Chris Allen f f w X. I get a

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Speaker 1: little bit more offseason research to do, so if anybody

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Speaker 1: doesn't know. The f f w X in my name

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Speaker 1: is Fantasy Football Weather. That's how I got into like

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Speaker 1: writing and actually being like on a name in this industry,

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Speaker 1: like quote unquote if that's even a thing. But I've

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Speaker 1: been doing most of that like for the past like

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Speaker 1: few seasons. Uh. So I actually have another piece that

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Speaker 1: should be coming out here soon, talking about like more

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Speaker 1: of the trends that I've seen, the data that I've collected.

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Speaker 1: But if you can't find me on or if you

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Speaker 1: don't see me on Twitter, uh, you can find some

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Speaker 1: of my work also at four or four Football Guys

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Speaker 1: then also NBC Sports Edge beautiful. That is awesome. Uh,

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Speaker 1: continue to your success. I wish you all the best

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Speaker 1: and hopefully you and I can can interface in person.

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Speaker 1: Uh and can't know Ohio in a couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: that'd be great, Yes, sir, I'll be there. Drinks on

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Speaker 1: me cool sounds awesome all right for us? That is it.

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Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. You know the drill. Tell to

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Speaker 1: it even when you can get odd. Be safe, take

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Speaker 1: care of yourselves, get vaccinated, and we'll see you next week. Warm.

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Speaker 1: I don't, I don't