WEBVTT - Off-Field NFL Stories, AL West Fantasy Baseball Preview! 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.120 You are now about to witness the strength of fantasy 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:11.680 knowledge Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.880 to the Speeds and Spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.560 next on that cipher on the microphone. You know that 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:28.720 I'm one of the best. Yet Martinez, you know what 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.040 it is. It should boyd Dane Martinez a k A. 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.920 Speeds a k A to Spitting Statistician a k a. 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:38.479 The stable Genius and vocal Minority, And welcome to another 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.600 edition of the Fantasy Freestyle. I'm back with of course 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.559 the hashtag stats over Beat cipher and you can hear 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.720 us on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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Okay, we're gonna 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.800 talk about all the player movements as always, but there's 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:25.319 some other issues that are definitely out there. One, if 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.560 you know, because you've been listening to speeds and the 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.679 stats over beat Cipher, because I'm talking about players safety, 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.920 I've been talking about the concussion protocol. We talked about 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.679 it all playoffs long as it related to Cam Newton, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.360 as it related to Rob Gronkowski, as it related to 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.360 Travis Kelsey. And you know they're going to sort of 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.200 quote unquote make some improvements. We're gonna see what the 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:50.840 enhancements are with additional unaffiliated neurologists. They're seeing if they 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.000 can handle it centrally. Is that the biggest issue we 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.480 need to talk about over the off season or is 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.760 it how they define a catch? We almost talk about 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.120 it free single week. Remember the big Steelers Patriots game 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.400 late in the season. It even came to pass into 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.440 Super Bowl with the touchdown that Zach Hurts had that 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.839 people thought might have gotten overturned. Chris collins Worth certainly did. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.440 Will we be able to redefine a catch or is 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.600 it other pieces of say officiating technology we saw this 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.680 year they break out index cards to try to measure 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:23.800 was it a first down or not to see if 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:25.840 it was you know, they could fit the index card. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.919 And do they have to get better with the technology. 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.480 We've seen things like the overhead cams and pylon cams, 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.079 all these next gen stats. Can they really take that 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.799 to the next place. If you want to get your 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.040 verice hurt here on the status, over beat cipher and 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.880 the fantasy freestyle, just let me know, hit me up 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.600 on Twitter. Always be hollering at the poll. Some people 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.560 always getting down Clayton Trey hand Liberty Finder and the like. 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:50.760 But let's get into some of these news and notes 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.359 around the NFL right now, because later on in the show, 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.520 I'm gonna start doing my division by division previews from 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.920 Major League Baseball. We're gonna kick that off with the 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.680 A L. West. But we do have some news and 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.040 notes around the NFL. The first thing, and this is 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:04.760 this is kind of hot off the presses in this 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.600 could have impact in the free agent market. Uh. Former 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.639 Bengals quarterback A. J. McCarron actually won his grievance with 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.880 the NFL. This was about a two game stint that 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.400 the Bengals put him on like kind of the non 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:22.840 football injury list, thus affecting his service time. Okay, but 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.000 he won his grievance. He does, in fact having enough 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.680 service time to be a free agent. He is going 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.919 to be in the mix. Now. Remember, I think he's 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.799 gonna wind up with the Cleveland Browns. And here's why. 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.840 Because people are talking about or they're gonna throw all 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.000 this money at Kirk Cousins. If I'm Kirk Cousins, I 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.160 want to go to a team that's close, not Cleveland. 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.160 I want to go up to Minnesota where on the 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.480 final piece. I want to go to Denver where I 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:44.960 could be the final piece. I want to go to 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.440 Jacksonville where I could be the final piece, not in Cleveland. 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.400 All right, So if you remember back in the seasons, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.360 the Browns tried to trade for AJ mccarroen Hell, they 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.240 did trade for a J. McCarron, but in true Cleveland 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.840 Brown's fashion, they couldn't get the April work to the 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.280 league in time and so it didn't go down. I 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.440 think this time around his former coach, Hugh Jackson, remember 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.360 he was in Cincinnati, he is going to make the move. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.000 He's gonna make the offer and get a j mccaren 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.760 I think to be in the quarterback mix. Notwithstanding, they 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.440 still can go ahead and draft a quarterback coming up 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:22.040 in April and the other news. Check this out. Johnny Manziel, 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.159 Johnny Football is trying to make a comeback. He's first 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:26.680 of all, you know, I want to give a shout 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.919 out to him because I guess he's been diagnosis bipolar. 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.200 He's kind of working through it. I think he's shown 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.320 some maturity in this last time around, and he's saying, listen, 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.039 I know I'm gonna come back trail. I know I 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:37.760 gotta work for everything. I get. He's gonna be in 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.680 this spring league that the uh that football is doing. Okay, 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.240 it's gonna be four teams. It's kind of a two 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.719 week showcase. Johnny Manzel is gonna be in that. We 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.560 heard rumors about him being in the XFL. The Hamilton 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:49.919 Tiger Cats and the CFL have been recruiting him. But 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:52.040 so we'll keep an eye off for the next uh 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:56.200 you know move for Johnny Football. Also in Denver. It 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.839 looks like listen, if you listen to the show. I 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.680 know my man Pete stan Island was loving us when 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:05.479 we talked about Davontae Booker as that running back for Denver. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:07.440 I was on him. I thought he was the heir apparent. 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.160 I said it was going to happen. There are now 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.680 multiple reports out there that they really want Booker to 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.039 be that lead running back in Denver. It looks like 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.720 c Jamison may be done with the Broncos. He was 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.120 actually critical of them firing their runnings back coach previously, 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.479 Eric Studsville, so he could be on his way out. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:27.080 Davontae Booker rising in value, especially in keeper leagues. The 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.960 Lions may in fact be interested in Dion Lewis. Okay, 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.280 this is something I mentioned. I mentioned Deanon Lewis on 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.600 my last episode where you saw me Live at a 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.040 Studio thirty four. I was talking about Dion Lewis may 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.479 try to go somewhere else. I think the Lions could 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.600 be a good suitor for them. Remember the defensive coordinator 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:47.040 Mac Patricia just went over there to become their new 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.320 head coach. That do have a hole at running back. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.040 I fantasized about the idea of Levian Bell going back 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:56.159 to Michigan, but Dean Lewis could be an interesting fit there. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.280 From my mom, Jim Bob Cooder. You know, I gotta 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.360 get Jim Bob uterin anytime I possibly can to add 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.520 him to the Merry Go round out there in Detroit. Also, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.320 last episode, I talked about how I didn't think Larry 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.120 Fitzgerald did want to come back. I thought that, you know, 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.560 he probably could recognize that with a new coach, the 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.600 new quarterback, that he would kind of be part of 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.400 a rebuild. Why do that, you know, to to cap 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.200 off your career. But reports are now coming that he 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.600 has told his new head coach world Stick he will 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.920 in fact come back to the Arizona Cardinals. So listen. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.400 If he's gonna come back, he's gonna be a very 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.000 productive receiver. It will be their number one receiver. I 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.160 just hope it doesn't, you know, all um, you know, 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.920 kind of fall off cliff for Larry Fitzgerald. Maybe he's 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.919 coming back to go a little bit higher on some 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.600 of those all time list. But here's what I want 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:42.080 to do. I want I had the full question I'm 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.479 there before when we're doing this segment here, you know, 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.320 here on the site for on a Fantasy Freestyle. What 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:48.880 I want to talk about are some of these things 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.760 that I think are gonna be big offseason stories outside 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.440 of player movement. Okay, later on in the month before 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.200 the draft, before the new league year, we're gonna preview everything. 0:06:57.200 --> 0:07:00.479 We'll we'll preview, you know, we'll preview the draft, preview 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.600 the biggest injuries that you need to watch in the 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.400 off season people coming back on the implications of those, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.599 will preview free agent situations, maybe position by position. I 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.400 gave you a little bit of insight in that on 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.120 the last show earlier this week. But there's also some 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:14.880 other topics out there. And the first one I want 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.840 to talk about is, you know, the concussion protocol, players safety, 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.960 the brain injuries. You know, you hear me talk about 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.640 the pain medication that goes into this as relates to 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.120 players safety, the tour goal and how I'm an advocate 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.880 for cashtag cat athlete. But there were actually a record 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.440 number of concussions in the NFL reship, all right, there 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.520 were two d eighty one concussions this year, the most ever, 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:36.680 well at least in the last like six thoughts and 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.840 ten years since they've actually been tracking the damn things. 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.560 They've only started tracking them since two thousand and eleven. 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:45.280 But here's my take on it. Okay, I don't get 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.760 what the NFL is doing. The NFL is actually coming 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.400 out saying that this is a bad thing, like they're 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.200 disappointed that the numbers are up. It's something that they 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.240 challenge on. They want the numbers to go down. I 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.000 think this is a better another example of why this 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.320 is a poor way of looking at it. In fact, 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.000 I think the fact that they had this many concussions 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:04.920 is a good thing. You know why, because that means 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.440 they're identifying them. Okay, that means they're putting a focus 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.560 on them. The two eight one are more than ever, 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.600 but the major increase was forty five that were found 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:19.360 in practice. We're talking about practice, Yes, we're talking about practice. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.320 This would have never been the case, you know before 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.080 they would have just kept on running them out there. 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:28.440 That is actual sensitivity two players safety. Okay, I think 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.160 it's not about trying to get the number down. I 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.280 think because we're putting an increased attention on it that 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:37.800 it's actually a good thing. But the NFL shouldn't still 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.600 shouldn't have this combat if messaging around it. Later on 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.920 this spring, we're gonna have back our licensed athletic certified 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.800 trainer Um, Thomas Lowe, because we've been talking to him 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.120 a lot about the concussions, about concussion protocol, about the 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.800 tent on the sideline. So we're gonna bring him back. 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:55.680 But I do think it's actually a good thing because 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.120 they are now identifying concussions and they're teaching people how 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.640 to tackle, and they're finding them in practice. They're not 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.319 letting them play in the game coming up, and that's 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.440 actually a good thing as it relates to players safety. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.319 The other part here that we're gonna be hearing about 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:14.640 left and right. Okay, We're gonna be hearing about this, um, 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.520 you know, all the way through offseason workouts through because 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.280 what we're also gonna have this, we're gonna have players 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.160 retire out of nowhere. That's been happening the last couple 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:27.520 of years. Okay, Um, well, we're gonna also be hearing 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.920 about is this idea of what is a catch? Okay, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.960 because we've been hearing about it in terms of you know, 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.480 the Jesse James play in terms of it was a 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:41.000 Sterling Shepherd play earlier this year and like Week two 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.079 where he made the catch, took like four steps then 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.199 rolled out of aunds kind of like almost by the 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.480 tunnel and then let loose is the ball. Then it's 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.679 called the incomplete pass instead of a touchdown like it 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.800 should have been in that game for the New York 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.000 Football Giants. Okay, but here's the thing. It sounds like 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:01.319 Goodell is open to actually I acknowledging that this is 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:02.920 an issue that needs to be worked on, and I 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.520 think this is the the first domino that really needs 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.839 to fall for this to happen. Okay, check out what 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.520 Roger Goodell said recently. He says, quote, I am not 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.240 just somewhat concerned. I am concerned. He said, when you know, 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.880 when this was on Colin Coward Show, he said, it's 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.319 particularly in going to the ground that I think it 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.760 is creating a lot of the confusion. And here's the thing. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.760 It's this idea, the line of when do you become 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.080 a receiver and when do you become a runner? All Right, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:34.199 And so for example, in the Jesse James catch in 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:39.640 the Steelers Patriots game, they said he was still a receiver. 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.240 He had not turned into a runner. So despite the 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:45.400 fact that he had crossed the plateau of the goal line, 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.880 he is still a receiver. So because of that, you 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.160 have to maintain it through the catch and through the ground. However, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.640 in the Super Bowl, made the catch and then because 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.760 he you know, I guess the term was made tattoo 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.360 step and made a football move, then he is then 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:07.280 a runner. So as soon as crosses playing the goal line, 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.200 you know, it is in fact a touchdown, and anything 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:13.280 that happens after that is no invoid. But they're gonna 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.400 have to think about this. You show the Corey commends catch, 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.680 They're gonna really have to look. They're gonna really have 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.079 to look at this. But here's this is what I 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.760 think is a funny part. Rogerodella said that he's established 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:25.600 a panel. He has established the panel of five Hall 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:30.320 of Fame wide receivers and coaches, and they're going to 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:34.480 present um their recommendations to the owners at the owner's meetings. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.280 That like the beginning of March, the middle of March, 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.160 it's right around the start of the new league year, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.280 when the free agency buzz is going to be happening. 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.640 You know, we're gonna see some player movement, but this 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.440 is also gonna happen. So I want to drop people's 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.080 attention to this. The you know, Hall of Fame wide 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.360 receiver and coaches panel are going to present their recommendation 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.800 of what it is that makes a catch. I have 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.760 a platform and it's very simple, and I guarante, damn 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.840 tee you that it's going to be more simple than 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.400 anything they come up with, because this has been a 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.440 moving target for a long time. Here's what I think 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.600 we do. You know how they talk about that they 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.760 you're gonna centralize replay in New York and you know 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.640 having somewhere else forget about that. You know how speeds 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.920 used to uh practice pick playoff games against the kids. 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.719 I think we can have a panel of kids. I 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.800 think we can have a panel of like seven year 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.440 olds watching the games and it could be like, all right, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.920 you know, was this to catch? And they just show 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:29.480 it to and if the kids are like, yeah, of 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.120 course he courted, then boom, it's a catch and that's it. 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.200 And that rule was binding kind of like the U. S. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.520 Supreme Court and be binding to be the end. You 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.839 can't appeal anywhere, no replay, Just ask the kids. Or 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:42.360 if it wasn't like seven year olds, right, what if 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.480 we just ask you know, we could beat the panel 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:49.199 at at the bar at the bar of you know, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.439 a neutral third city. You know, if it's uh, if 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.760 it's the Cowboys against the Giants, it can't be a 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:57.600 bar in New York, you know what I mean. You 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:59.360 get a bar, You get a bar in uh, you 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:01.920 get a bar in Seattle. And just ask seven people like, 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.760 yo was this catch? Because I really think that we're 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.000 going way too overboard. And I was saying this throughout 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.400 the football season where we had the hashtag game of 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.600 inches and we had like the fumble out of bounds 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.280 that becomes a touch back. I was saying that instant replay, 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.719 the technology is actually a problem. It's getting too good. 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.960 When you slow something down too much, you know, you're 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.400 you're gonna see the ball moving, like in the Corey 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.640 Clement play in the Super Bowl. You are going to 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.000 see like, oh my god, yeah that ball moved just 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.680 a little bit. It becomes very very hard. And and 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.600 when you have these chips in the ball, remember they 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.520 had the chip in the ball um when they were 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:45.160 measuring the one thing about narrowing the goal posts, and 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.840 they did that experiment, and you've got chips and players 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:49.880 shoulder pads, so they give you the next gence that 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.840 being like tree Hill is running twenty three point four 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.520 miles an hour, you know, or the path that he took. 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.880 You know, if you have all of these enhancements, because 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.720 would be able to figure out what it catches. But 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.760 I think if we're if we should be able to 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.280 not have sixty six five year old refs that can't 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.400 keep up with play, and what we should do is 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.520 be able to uh have a kind of more authentic 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.960 way because these replays are not cutting it. But what 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.360 these what the technology is doing. What the technology is 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.640 doing is providing a whole window of new stats, right, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.680 the whole window of of new data. I mean football 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.080 at first. You know, the guy over at Stats School Sports, 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.560 this guy's named Emery Carry, He's a scientist. He said 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:31.880 that three years ago he would have said that the 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.920 sports science um in the NFL was behind compared to 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.160 other sports. Okay, now it is catching up. Okay, we 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.760 had chips into shoulder pads and it's kind of like 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.560 an arms race. You know. This is the next wave 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.760 of getting the getting the leg up on the competition, right, 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:52.160 getting more big data, getting more getting more information to 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.080 work with to get that that little edge on other teams, 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.040 you know, and that's what they said um Matt Barrios. 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.720 He's the CEO of Catapult Sports. They they're talking about 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.800 wearable technologies, video analytics. This is really the next wave. 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:05.960 He says that once coaches realize they can get a 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:10.160 competitive advantage, any skepticism fades away very quickly. The same 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.160 coach who only want to look at tape ten years 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.280 ago now needs all their video loaded on an iPad 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.280 so they can watch it on the flight, on the 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:21.720 team flight. Okay, wearables, that's that's that's where it's at 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.040 right now. But here's my question. My question is, like 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:25.920 what happens to all the big data is that they're 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.560 gonna be used against players in their contract negotiations. You know, 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:31.960 this is gonna be very interesting for the new collective 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:35.360 bargaining agreement for the season. Okay, here's the other thing. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.520 The other thing I really like, boll is this virtual reality. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.200 You're seeing some teams use this. You're seeing some teams 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.680 using this. This is like a completely different frontier like this, 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.040 circling it back to the beginning here here in the 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.200 fantasy freestyle. This would be good for player safety, okay, 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.880 because you're not getting banged around in practice forty five 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.440 concussions that happen in practice, that won't happen if you 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.800 were doing reps on virtual reality players that are rehabbing 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:02.400 from injury, they can see still actually run more than 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:06.280 just quote unquote mental reps. Right, everybody could get first 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.800 team reps. You know, the Giants might have been able 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.080 to develop Davis Webb this year in a real way, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.320 you know, So keep an eye out on for that, 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.320 and and you know, maybe maybe virtual reality I'll help 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.440 us decide what what it catches? What a catch isn't 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:23.160 you know? Check this out though. That's my football take 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.400 real quick here on the Fantasy Freestyle. And like I said, 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.240 I got the poll question up. I want to see 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.080 what do you guys think is the uh, you know, 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:34.160 biggest issue for the NFL this offseason doesn't around player 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.640 safety and the concussions, is the what is it? Catch? 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:38.600 Is that? How do we really harness some of this 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.080 technology in the right way or something else? 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I was talking to you that I was 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.760 going to get into the division by division freeviews for 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:34.879 fantasy baseball because check it out, all right, now that 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:37.560 football is done, all right, We're gonna do is we're 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.760 gonna give you insight on player movement and of course 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.399 football is always gonna be covered here with stats over 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:45.040 the cipher. I have the poll question up already, Like 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:46.200 I said, what do you think would be one of 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.879 the biggest offseason stories. We're gonna get into previews and 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:51.520 free agency and impact as well. But you know we're 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.119 getting into fantasy baseball season, all right. So for the 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.800 next couple of episodes, what we're gonna do is, we're 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.959 gonna go into you know, division by division, but I'm 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:01.280 gona do is I'm gonna give you kind of my 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:05.520 offensive like scare ranks, which offenses you know, kind of 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.680 ranked them scare me the most. And I'll tell you about, 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:10.960 you know, the power in each lineup and you know 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.800 may maybe some places you may want to go in 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.040 your fantasy draft. And we'll talk about the arms, we'll 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.120 talk about closers for for overall, for the division. I'll 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.720 give you my diamonds, I'll give you my full gazes. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:23.720 And then what I'll also do is I'll give you 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.320 my projected standings kind of if you you know, you 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:28.800 should put any shekels on any of these teams in 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:31.240 the playoffs. And just to just to tell you, last 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:34.080