WEBVTT - Championship Weekend Takeaways, Speedz vs. Kidz, Gymnastics Testimonies, and More! 0:00:01.200 --> 0:00:05.960 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:14.840 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:17.520 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.880 Speeds and spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.480 that sifer on the microphone. You know that I'm one 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:39.479 of the best. Yet Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.120 It should boy, Dame Martinez a k A. Speeds a 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:46.160 k A to spitting Statistician And you are listening live 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.519 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:53.959 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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The New England Patriots 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.320 will be there representing the a f C. Ho hum 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.640 uh and the Philadelphia Eagles, by the way, my pick 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:26.160 a long time ago will be representing the NFC. We 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.520 gotta do a little bit of update on speeds versus 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.320 the kids. I want your thoughts on how do we 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.519 consider the standings of speeds versus the kids at this point. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.680 And also there's a couple of things going on in 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.560 national headlines that I want to touch on. A little 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.120 bit later on, as we put the fun in functional 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.959 sports radio as it relates to sports. Okay, but I 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.120 mentioned that you could hit me up on Twitter. If 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.440 you went on Twitter right now at Spit and Speeds, 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.600 you would see the poll question of what most impressed 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.760 you about championships Sunday? Here are your options. Was it 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:01.880 that Philadelphia defense who took case keenum in the Minnesota 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.560 Vikings after the first drive and shut them out in 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.200 their thirty eight to seven win. Was it the play 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.680 of Eagles quarterback Nick Foles, who a lot of people 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.080 were saying, oh, when no Carston wentz, the Eagles have 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.800 no chance. All Nick Foles did was throw for three touchdowns, 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.519 no picks over three hundred yards and take his team 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.720 to the Super Bowl. Was it the Patriots come back? 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.600 You know, listen, Jaguars had them? Okay. Was it the 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:31.839 comeback operated once again by Belichick and Brady or what's 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.680 it the referees love for the Patriots and Tom Brady 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.600 which may have enabled that to happen. We're gonna talk 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.720 about it all. We're gonna talk about news and notes. 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.040 We're gonna talk about speeds versus the kids. We're gonna 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.320 get my takeaways, and we're gonna put the fun man 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.840 functional sports radio. So buckle up, strap in, sit tight 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.720 for the Fantasy Freestyle. Okay, right here on the Fantasy 0:03:51.760 --> 0:04:03.040 Sports Radio Network, let's go. 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Something right here on 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.720 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network is your boy Dame Martinez Speeds, 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:58.040 the smitten statistician, the stable genius of the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.719 But it's really about everybody here and the stats over 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.760 beat Cipher. We're gonna go to the cipher a little 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:04.919 bit later on in the show, as always, see what 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.440 people are saying about the poll question. Remember we got 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.360 the poll question up right now. What impressed you most 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.440 in Championship Sunday was the Philadelphia defense. Was it the 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.680 play of Nick Foles, Was it the Patriots come back, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:21.480 or was it the referees love for Tom Brady and 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.400 the New England Patriots. We've got some interesting poll results 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:26.279 that I'll get you a little bit later on, but 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.480 I have to talk about news and notes here from 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.560 around the NFL to get us started. First of all, 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.599 I don't know if you saw this, but Nick Foles 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.039 had a precautionary X ray on his ribs after the 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.840 NFC Championship game. They're saying he's fine, and remember now 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.839 he has two weeks to recover, obviously for the Super Bowl. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.440 Nick Foles will be fine. He says he's good. And 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.800 here's the thing. He was only sacked once. He was 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.960 only hit five times, so hopefully he'll be all right 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:57.240 in the rib area, and they will, you know, he'll 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.200 be good to go for the Super Bowl. Who will 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.880 also be good to go? Tom Brady. We knew this. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.320 They're talking about that thumb and the stitches. He played 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.479 without the glove, the manufactured all this drama gave him 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.840 ready made excuses, if you ask me, in case they 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.839 underperformed then didn't make it against Jack Jacksonville. They always 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.680 had that ready made excuse right there about Tom Brady's hand. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.479 His hand was fine, and then uh, we're gonna find 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:26.040 out he's gonna get those stitches removed this week, so 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.840 he will also be fine for the big game up 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:32.200 there in Minnesota. Speaking of injury and news, the Patriots 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:36.120 are quote unquote optimistic that Rob Gronkowski will also be 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:39.000 cleared for the Super Bowl. Oh he will. If you 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.320 were listening to the Fantasy freestyle last week, you know 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.719 I was talking about this concussion protocol and how it 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.760 relates to the NFL playeroffs. I am surprised that Gronk 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.840 did not come back in the game when they were 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.400 down in the second half and say, all of a sudden, 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.080 he passed all the tests at halftime. He's good to go. 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.719 I'm gonna tell you right now, anybody out there that 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.159 wants to bet me, I will give you odds. I 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:05.040 am saying Rob Gronkowski will clear the concussion protocol before 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.159 media day of the Super Bowl so that it is 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.680 not an issue and it is not something that has 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:14.720 talked about when everyone descends on Minnesota next week for 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.560 the Super Bowl. Okay, after one of the guys that 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.600 I was watching the games with because it was you know, 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.960 safety Barry Church that took him out. They were like, oh, 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.960 he just took gronk to Church. Shout out to my 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.160 man Tom Doug out there. Um, he'll be fine, He'll 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.800 be cleared, and he'll be out there. Whether he deserves 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.840 to be cleared or not. We'll talk about that, I'm 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.320 sure a couple of times over the next two weeks. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.600 We also have head coaching news. Okay, a lot of 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.600 head coaching news that have come out. Remember now two 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:45.280 more teams are out Jacksonville, Minnesota. That opens it up 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:49.240 in terms of announcements that can be made. But there 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.200 were a couple of rolls filled over the weekend. First 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:56.280 of all, in Tennessee, the Titans have hired Mike Vrabel 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.880 to be their new head coach. I gotta tell you something, 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.560 I don't know how I feel about this. Okay, I 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.880 agree that the Titans fall. Remember I ranked all the 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:09.200 positions or the head coach openings. I agree that the 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.160 Titans should be in a place that they are, in 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.560 a place where they needed to kind of reach for 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.360 a coordinate a coordinator. They weren't going to get the 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:21.880 big names. Okay, like Indianapolis, like the Raiders, that was open. Okay, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.280 so they go and reach and get Mike Vrabel. Here's 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:27.560 my thing, though, I thought that the priority for whoever 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.360 was coming in there in Tennessee needed to be someone 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:35.200 who could cultivate and develop Marcus Mariota. And I don't 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.400 know that former linebacker Mike Vrabel is the guy to 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.320 do that. What he needs is to hire a rock 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.480 solid offensive coordinator that can you know, where he can 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.719 kind of delegate an outsource that development of Mariota. I 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.000 think he needs to get a very trusted o CE, 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:55.240 maybe Todd Haley for example, although there is news out 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:59.520 there that Todd Haley continues to be um corded, shall 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.520 we say, by the Cleveland Browns in that same division 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.640 as Pittsburgh. I I want to keep my eye on 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.240 this Titans higher to see who do they hire at 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.120 the offensive coordinator, at the quarterbacks coach, because if you're 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.600 gonna hire a defensive minded guy, and don't get me wrong, 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.760 the Titans defense could use an overhaul, but you gotta 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.040 get someone who could develop Mariota or else, what are 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.240 you guys really doing? Similarly? All right, the vikings are 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:27.199 done as of yesterday. Today, the New York Football Giants 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:31.080 announced that Pat Shermer will be their next head coach. 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.559 That opens up questions for me. There have been rumors 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.520 that he's gonna try to bring Case Keenum with him 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.200 wherever he goes. The answer back to that has been 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.880 Case Keenom might get franchise. Let me tell you something, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.839 Case Keenum, I don't think he's getting franchise. When you're 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.599 a franchise tag quarterback, you average, you your salary is 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.080 the average of the top five guys at the position. 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:57.120 That would be way too much to pay Case Keenum. 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.439 Remember that number when Kirk Cousins was tagged last year 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.160 or the the year before that, the tag number for quarterbacks, 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:07.559 it's like twenty three four million dollars. Why would the 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.800 Minnesota Vikings franchise Case Keenom if it meant paying him 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:15.520 over twenty million dollars a year When that kind of 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.640 money can get them Alex Smith, that kind of money 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.480 can get them Tyrod Taylor. That kind of money, you know, 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.920 may not get Kirk Cousins, but why spend that on 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.559 Case Keenom. He will not be worth that, especially after 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.959 his regressive performance in the NFC championship game. We'll get 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.200 to that a little bit later on. My question is 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:35.679 what does that mean for Eli Manning if case Keenom 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:39.400 does follow Shermer to New York. We have more news. 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.840 The Cardinals have announced that they are going to hire 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:46.600 Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Wilkes as their new head coach. 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:48.960 I gotta tell you something. I don't know how I 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.520 feel about that one either, because here's the thing. Wilkes 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:55.199 is a defensive guy. If you asked right now, is 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.640 the problem in Arizona the defense? No, you have a 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:02.000 solid defense there the Honey Badger, Peterson and the rest. 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.319 It's the offense that needs development. Right, So here's my question. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.680 We're getting a new quarterback in Arizona Palmer's retiring. What 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.720 is this news? Does this move new? Does this news 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:17.080 move the needle for Larry Fitzgerald as Larry Fitzgerald excited 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:21.120 about this nondescript defensive coordinator coming to be the head coach? 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:23.839 Or does this inspire Larry to move on for the 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:27.160 last year or two of his career. I don't think 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.439 it's the former, so I questioned that higher as well. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.440 That leaves I believe the only vacancies now are the 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.400 Indianapolis Colts and the Detroit Lions. And here's the thing, 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.959 they are not openings because Josh McDaniels is going to 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.040 Indie and Matt Patricia is going to Detroit. They just 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.920 can't announce it because the New England Patriots are still playing. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.440 I also want to talk more about Minnesota real quick, 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:52.439 as they are now done. We know Schirmer's moving on 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.640 things of that nature. Check this out. Dalvin Cook, their 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.880 stud rookie running back. He has resumed jogging. Okay, remember 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.040 coming back from that a c L tear. There's still 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.360 no timetable for his return. He looks though, like he 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:05.960 is on schedule and should be back fine for training 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.280 camp and all that. For two eighteen, I will say 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.320 two other things, and this is what makes it hard 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.439 to keep a team strong for a long time. Check 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.000 this out. Jerick McKinnon, who's coming off one of his 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:22.880 best year as a pro scrimmage yards, five touchdowns. He's 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:26.280 saying he's about to hit free agency, and he's saying 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.880 he's he prefers to be in a situation where he 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.400 can be the lead back. He is not the lead 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.480 back in Minnesota. He is part of the committee along 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.079 with le Tavis Murray, Dalvin Cook returning. So Mike Jerick 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.600 McKinnon move on to be go to a place where 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.360 he could be the number one guy or at least 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.840 a featured part of a committee that, um you know, 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.800 that compromises the Minnesota Vikings. In a similar way, Teddy 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:55.400 Bridgewater says he quote unquote definitely sees himself as a starter. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.560 Will anyone pay him start a money? I don't know, 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.360 but that could impact the Vikings plan to try to 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:05.760 have Keenum and Bridgewater back. Okay, one of these guys 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.200 who are gonna get offers to be starters money, Do 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.040 you really think you're gonna be able to hold Teddy 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.760 Bridgewater at a ten million dollar contract at an eight 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:16.240 million dollar contract when you got teams like Jacksonville and 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:20.240 Denver and Arizona and the Jets all looking and maybe 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.920 one of them opens up their checkbook to pay a 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.679 guy like case King, to pay a guy like Teddy Bridgewater, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.839 to pay a guy like Sam Bradford. I think it's 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:34.400 going to be very, very interesting. So watch out for 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.600 the Minnesota Vikings coming apart at the seams. And that's 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:42.040 what happens when people get shine, um and praise and recognition. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.040 I want to see if case Keenum winds up there. 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.200 I want to see if Jareck McKinnon winds up there. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:50.080 I am not so sure. Here's what we gotta do, um. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.480 I want to talk to you about guys, about speeds 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.120 versus the kids, and I want to give you my takeaways, 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.920 you know, my takeaways and trends from Championships Sunday. Okay, 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.360 But before we do that, a real quick want to 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.679 check in on the poll question. Remember I said, is 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.679 it the Philly defense, the Pats come back, nick Foles play, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.960 or the ref's love for the Patriots? Right now, nick 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:16.400 foles play is number one with but in second place 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.880 twenty four percent of you say that the ref's love 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:25.160 for Tom Brady and by association, the New England Patriots 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:29.160 are the is the thing that impressed you most on 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.520 Championships Sunday. We're gonna get into that. I'm gonna give 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.040 you kind of my trends, my takeaways from the a 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:38.680 f C Championship game from the NFC Championship game. My 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.600 takeaways from the a f C game does involve the 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.720 referees on some level. But I'm gonna tell you that. 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.200 I'm gonna also give you my update on Speeds versus 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.000 the Kids. I went one and one on Sunday. Okay, 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.360 I had the Pats, but I also had the Vikings, 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:56.000 and you know what, I once again went against my 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:59.120 home dogs. I tell you guys about the home dogs 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.240 everything and go week. I had the home dog with 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.600 the Eagles. When they beat the Falcons, I abandoned my 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.560 home dogs. And then that team wearing the dog mass 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.920 they put it in my eye and made it to 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.400 the big game up there in Minnesota. We'll break down 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.680 Speeds versus the Kids and my takeaways from Championship Sunday 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.480 when we come back right here on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.560 and the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I'll see 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:28.400 you in a hot sec Hey there, everybody, it's me 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.320 Joe Peza Pia. 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It's your boy, 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:16.160 Dame Martinez Speeds, the spitting statistician, the stable genius of 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.240 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let's get into it. Let's 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:20.960 give you my trends, and my takeaway is kind of 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.600 the biggest things that I noticed, you know, from each 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.000 of the uh from each of the championship games. I 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.720 got probably like four or five takeaways from each one. Okay, 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.240 let's start with the a f C game. First thing 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:37.080 I want to say, I hope that anybody who listens 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.160 to the Fantasy Freestyle considers themselves part of the hashtag 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.720 stats overbeat Cipher. I hope you were thinking the same 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.640 thing I thought of when, like late in the second quarter, 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:51.960 Barry Church HiT's Rob Gronkowski helmet to helmet and then 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.560 all of a sudden, you know, people are like, huh 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.440 is Rob Gronkowski going to the locker room? Is he 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.800 going to the dark? Quiet him? They never took Gronk's 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.040 helmet away from him, and he was wearing his helmet right, 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.560 so I know where I was watching the game. I 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.639 ride away gave some eyes to people that I know 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.880 we're listening to Fantasy Freestyle and know that I've been 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.760 railing about this concussion protocol, which is a joke in 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.280 the NFL, And I was like, huh, we now have 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.600 our storyline. I was telling you people that you know, 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.959 after Big Ben was gone and after Drew Brees gets eliminated, 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.000 I said, there were two phases of the league still 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.840 left that could be an issue for the concussion protocol. 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.760 One was Tom Brady and the other was Rob Gronkowski. 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.080 And what do you know, We now have this narrative 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.080 of will Gronk get cleared by the Super Bowl? I 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.879 think he will. It is two weeks away, but he 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:45.320 has been concussed before. You never can tell a shot 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.440 called by your boys speeds the spitting statistician. We now 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.399 have a narrative. We now have a story. Honestly, that 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.680 was the first thing I thought about. As soon as 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.119 the helmets collided and he went into the sidelines. I 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.240 was like, huh, we're gonna be hearing about this for 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.920 the neck two weeks. I'm telling you right now, he's 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.919 gonna get cleared, whether he should or not. And it 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.400 is a shame because there listen, Gronk has been oft injured. 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.840 If anybody is slow to recover from a concussion protocol, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:15.800 they should not have to go out there. But if 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:20.120 you remember, Gronk was like compromised two Super Bowls ago. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.200 Remember I think he had like the ankle or whatever. 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.159 He's gonna be out there. I just hope that he 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:29.280 actually deserves to be cleared for when they ultimately clear him. 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.720 But it is going to happen. Let's keep an eye 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.600 out on that. But if you are part of the 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:35.919 stats over beat Cipher, you had to be looking the 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.000 same way I was late second quarter like her. That 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:42.080 guy speeds, he was onto something. Hey, next one I 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.879 want to talk about I there's another shot called by 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.879 your boy speeds and spitting statistician. Okay, I was telling 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:52.120 you all last week that the Patriots would not attack 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.560 the outside as much right because of Ramsey and Boullie. 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.320 I said that where they would go would be over 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:02.000 the middle of the field. They lost Rob Gronkowski right, 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:08.040 but still Tom Brady had thirty eight passes on Sunday. 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:13.880 Fourteen of them we're targets for running backs, Louis White, 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:18.360 birkehead even twelve of them went to either the tight 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:19.880 end or the guy in the slot. It was Rob 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.760 Gronkowski for a while, but then Danny M and Dola. 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.080 And that's where we gotta go. If you heard me 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.600 on Friday giving out my lineup, I said, I like 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.520 Danny M and Dola. I said, his mom makes the 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.960 best meatballs. What did he do? Seven catches, eighty four 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:38.119 yards and two touchdowns without Gronk and those running backs. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.720 Aman Dola was the guy over the middle. I told 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:44.240 you about that. That is something that resonated with me. 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.960 Like I said, Brady's thirty eight attempts, fourteen of them 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:50.919 were two running backs, twelve were to the tight end 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.280 or the slot receiver. Only twelve of them were to 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:56.840 who I would say, a personnel on the outside right, 0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:59.600 guys like Cooks or Hogan. Even the door set I 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:01.840 think maybe got one. Here's what I'm gonna tell you. 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:06.320 This is my narrative exemplified. The part of this is 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:10.159 the fantasy herd there were so many options in the slot, 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.359 so many options out of the backfield options. It is 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:19.000 good for your real team, bad for the fantasy team. 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:22.760 I have been saying this all season long. It proved 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:25.880 itself again in the a f C Championship game where 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.800 the Pats move on because they had so many options. 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.320 Bad for you. Though, if like me, you had Rob 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.320 Gronkowski in your dfs, when you're trying to nail down 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:38.119 which of the herd is gonna pop pop off on 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:41.840 any given day, it is hard because of so many options. 0:20:41.880 --> 0:20:44.400 I thought it was really the Herd exemplified. So that's 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:49.960 my takeaway. Number two, number three momentum is Tom Brady's 0:20:50.000 --> 0:20:54.520 best friend. It's absolutely ridiculous. The Jags were up fourteen 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.240 to three. I know we hear the narrative of how 0:20:57.320 --> 0:21:00.439 the Falcons were up to three on these guys, but 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:04.960 I really believe like the Jacksonville Jaguars played scared after 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:08.640 they got up. I really do. I really do. Check 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.280 this out. Here are four drives in the second half. 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:15.760 These are the four drives where the um Jags didn't 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:17.760 like kick a field goal. Okay, remember they were up 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:20.760 fourteen ten. They finished the game with twenty points. They 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:23.240 had two drives that resulted in field goals. Here were 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:27.720 there other drives in the second half. Three plays for 0:21:27.880 --> 0:21:30.880 minus two yards, taking a minute twenty seven off the clock, 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:34.800 three plays for nine yards, taking a minute twenty four 0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:38.560 off the clock, five plays for twenty two yards, taking 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:41.400 two and a half minutes off the clock, three plays 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:44.240 from minus one yards, taking fifty five seconds off the clock. 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:52.080 At some point, you have to try to salt the 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.840 game away. Try to play like you have been playing 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:57.080 to get you the lead. You know you have to 0:21:57.119 --> 0:21:58.760 at some point go at it. How many times are 0:21:58.760 --> 0:22:01.240 they just gonna run Leonard four net into the middle 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:03.959 of the line. I understand they tried to reduce the 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:05.879 risk of Blake Bortles what they've been trying to do 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:10.600 all season. But Blake was fine. Blake went thirty six yards, 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:14.159 no turnovers from Blake Bortles. Okay, at some point they 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:16.760 needed to add something, be like, if we have one 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:19.439 more drive and can score, we are going to the 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:22.240 super Bowl. At some point they had to stop playing 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:26.400