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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the NFL Fantasy Live Podcast Playoff edition.

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Speaker 1: Every week, we're gonna take a look back at the

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Speaker 1: happenings in the NFL during the playoffs, what that means

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Speaker 1: for Fantasy and push things forward. Guys are all here,

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Speaker 1: Jason Smith, Adam Right, Martinus Grant, Michael Fabiano. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: we'll get this some crazy stuff as well. But Black

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Speaker 1: Monday is here, gentleman, and this means we all lost

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Speaker 1: our jobs. So sorry, but we're all doing in a

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Speaker 1: different direction. And uh Jerry O'Connell is going to be

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Speaker 1: an analyst next year along with Bobby Flay and uh

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Speaker 1: so will the Bella Twins. So fabs, I appreciate, thank

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Speaker 1: you for your time here the Bella Twins. I'll still

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Speaker 1: watch the show. In that case, So, who's gonna reimburse

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Speaker 1: me for my lunch I just had? Oh yeah, this

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Speaker 1: is unfortunate payroll. If you can, they should have really

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Speaker 1: stopped you at the door. They really should have, Adam

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Speaker 1: Surpres let me back in the building like on Black Monday.

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Speaker 1: Like I avoid bosses, like I kind of thinking they

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Speaker 1: can't can't do anything. That's kind of like like was

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Speaker 1: rank your all day? Like, that's one more day. George

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Speaker 1: stands at me. Can't fire me if they can't find me,

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Speaker 1: exactly leave your car in the parking lot for like

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Speaker 1: three weeks. He's really working hard. I haven't seen them

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Speaker 1: at all. That's because it stands up. But it's a

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Speaker 1: black Corolla, so it could really be anybody. There's another

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Speaker 1: black Corolla in the parking lot that has a cow

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Speaker 1: Save Fullerton license plate frame, which I would just assume

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Speaker 1: most people just believe it's me. Oh, that's the one

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Speaker 1: I keyed. I mean that that was the you gotta look.

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Speaker 1: You gotta look for the one with the Angels license

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Speaker 1: plate frame. Okay, So that person gets to their car

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Speaker 1: every day and says another note about something I didn't say, Well,

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Speaker 1: who is this guy that they think has this car?

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Speaker 1: You hit a car, and you know how you're supposed

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Speaker 1: to leave a note. My noise says that helps no one.

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Speaker 1: I rubbed up against the car last year, Fabs and

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Speaker 1: I went to lunch and he was my witness. It wasn't.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't Jason actually physically rubbing up against the car.

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Speaker 1: He rubbed his car up against another car, and I

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Speaker 1: left a note and the person never called me. You've

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Speaker 1: done your diligence at that number. What happened? I left

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Speaker 1: the phone number just wasn't necessary. I met you. The

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Speaker 1: person walked up and said, who put this on my car?

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Speaker 1: And threw it away and then got home and said,

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Speaker 1: oh oh, what happened? Back, I'm like, uh, this venue

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Speaker 1: all right. Let's get into the guys that some fantasy

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Speaker 1: value and fantasy conversation for some of the head coaches

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Speaker 1: who were fired. Start with Mike Shanahan let go. This

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Speaker 1: wasn't a surprise for anybody. We thought this was happening.

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Speaker 1: We had early reports on Sunday morning of week seventeen

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Speaker 1: that Shanahan was gonna go. But now here's r G

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Speaker 1: Three's gonna have a new head coach, and we see

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Speaker 1: who's the more powerful guy in the organization. You know,

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Speaker 1: I see this guy's and I think this is a

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Speaker 1: great thing for r G three. Mike Shanahan his whole career,

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Speaker 1: he's never really developed young quarterbacks. His track record with

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Speaker 1: I think whoever comes in is going to realize he

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Speaker 1: actually goes up a little bit from there. Would you

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Speaker 1: consider Jake Plumber a young guy when he took him over,

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Speaker 1: Like when Jake Plumber went to Denver, I thought he

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Speaker 1: little bit older. But the problem is what's what Mike

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Speaker 1: Shanahan talked about in is ex is exit interview was

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Speaker 1: that there isn't just enough, There isn't enough talent in

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Speaker 1: Washington and that was really the big thing to me

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Speaker 1: and I I I really wish they would have given

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Speaker 1: Shanahan some more time there because they just weren't. They

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Speaker 1: just didn't have the talent. He was absolutely right those

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Speaker 1: salary cap restrictions. Losing all the picks to get r

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Speaker 1: G three left that team pretty barren. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see Alfred Morris get those twenty

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Speaker 1: Terry Allen trying to take some carries here anywhere? Now, Fabbs,

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Speaker 1: you actually let your strategy for next season out on

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Live on Sunday. You said you were gonna wait

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Speaker 1: and take RG three late because you believe in the

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Speaker 1: beast or a quarterback like that, right, But you like

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Speaker 1: RG three. I do, and I like that Shanahan won't

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Speaker 1: that this is good news for Robert Griffin the third.

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Speaker 1: It's also good news that he's had over a full

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Speaker 1: year now and he will have a full training camp

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Speaker 1: next season and a full preseason. We expect, uh that

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Speaker 1: been for most of his career, both at Baylor and

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Speaker 1: his a rookie with the Washington Redskins. I already started

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Speaker 1: doing my quarterback rankings for next season and he's not

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford was, I'll take that value all day long.

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Speaker 1: those guys, but I'll take Robert Griffin third. I know,

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Speaker 1: a young quarterback, Mike Shanahan did a pretty good job

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Speaker 1: of grooming r G three his rookie season. Pretty good, right,

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Speaker 1: Can we not credit him for that? He did, you

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Speaker 1: know what, because he let him play. You're right, because

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Speaker 1: his rookie year, he let him play because he realized, okay,

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Speaker 1: him do his thing. So he did his thing. Now

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Speaker 1: second year was more of a mad scientist. We want

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Speaker 1: you want. But Shannehan still wanted him to conform to

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Speaker 1: that that was ever a good long term fit from

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Speaker 1: the beginning, just because you know, eventually they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: at loggerheads and you know, the hunter million dollar quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: get that, But again, we don't know which direction Daniel

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Speaker 1: his history of hiring coaches, it's not very good, so

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Speaker 1: I'm not. And plus you have to wonder what kind

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Speaker 1: and want to work for Fabiano the in the fantasy department.

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Speaker 1: It's a tough interview. It's a tough boss. Hey man.

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Speaker 1: The only reason Marcus Grant it's become a Monterio Hartisty

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Speaker 1: I always I always say they're out there montereo. I

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Speaker 1: brought mon Terry Hardisty to the interview. I have to

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Speaker 1: give people tests because people come in here they think

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Speaker 1: they know fantasy and they don't. Uh. There's not a

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Speaker 1: do what we do. And I asked Marcus if Peyton

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Speaker 1: that's a long time ago went down. I went down

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Speaker 1: with an injured knee what would your fantasy analysis be?

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Speaker 1: And out of all the people I interviewed, Monterio Hardesty's

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Speaker 1: name only came up once from Marcus. You got the

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Speaker 1: job because and he's done pretty well. Beer. Now you're

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Speaker 1: on TV, you're doing podcasts, you're exploring. He's still only

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Speaker 1: getting a beer. You look like Geno Smiths And I've

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Speaker 1: had some good stuff happened to me too. All right,

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Speaker 1: Now we mentioned Matthew Stafford there for a second. The

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Speaker 1: other big news of fantasy wise talk about what is

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Speaker 1: in store for him next season. Jim Schwartz is out

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Speaker 1: in Detroit. Certainly they're gonna keep their nucleus attacked. A

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Speaker 1: lot of guys getting paid lot of money. But here's

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, who was asked the other day, would you

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Speaker 1: work with a quarterback grew in the off season to

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Speaker 1: get better? And he said not, probably not. How nervous

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Speaker 1: are you about Stafford going to next year knowing there's

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Speaker 1: so much uncertainty around him. I am very nervous about him.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's one of those guys who

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Speaker 1: when Matt Stafford is on, he is fantastic. When he's not,

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Speaker 1: it's a disaster. And I think the bigger thing that

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Speaker 1: we learned this season is that without Calvin Johnson Matt Stafford,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's like it's like any of us out

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Speaker 1: there trying to play quarterback. I mean, the the Lions

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Speaker 1: his optimum level, the Lions offense is terrible. Matt Stafford

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Speaker 1: still makes awful decisions. I know he has said that

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Speaker 1: he would like to have some input on who the

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Speaker 1: next coach will be for Detroit. I don't think that's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen, but I mean he's one of those guys

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Speaker 1: that I think came into this year as a borderline

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Speaker 1: top ten quarterback, and I feel like we haven't learned

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Speaker 1: much more about Matt Stafford just because he is not

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Speaker 1: a consistent option for you. Even though he wasn't good

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Speaker 1: at the end of this year. Look at his numbers overall,

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Speaker 1: though he's still finished in the top eight and Fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: The one game where Megatron didn't play, he scored twenty

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Speaker 1: have faith in Stafford. We have to see who they

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Speaker 1: all that kind of mess in the next few weeks

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Speaker 1: and months. But I still have faith in Stafford right

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Speaker 1: there in the same area as a Robbert Griffin the

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Speaker 1: third a guy that I will get late. It's the

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Speaker 1: same strategy we utilize with Stafford this season. So so

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Speaker 1: ninth round I think was his ADP this year. Staff

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Speaker 1: around there next year? Yeah, I mean, why not at

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Speaker 1: the head coach is the biggest thing for me when

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Speaker 1: I look at the Lions and I'm starting to look

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Speaker 1: So basically, you go in, you go to NFL dot

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Speaker 1: Where you going with your playoff challenge lineup? Man? I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm not getting cute. Uh, Seattle's going to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: They lost that game at home to Arizona. That was

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's a wake up call. That stadium is

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Speaker 1: and I ended up going with Julius Thomas two at

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00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,639
Speaker 1: tight end and then my kicker, how she good? My

428
00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,760
Speaker 1: defense were the Seahawks. I just anything could happened. I mean,

429
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,919
Speaker 1: the Saints lost to the Seahawks a few years back

430
00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,040
Speaker 1: when the Seahawks got in as the NFC West representative

431
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,359
Speaker 1: and they were what seven and nine that season, so

432
00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,960
Speaker 1: anything had happened in the National Football League. But I

433
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,560
Speaker 1: just think it's gonna be really tough to beat Seattle

434
00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,320
Speaker 1: in Seattle in front of that crowd. It's probably going

435
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,920
Speaker 1: to be Carolina in Seattle or San Francisco, uh meeting

436
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,720
Speaker 1: in the NFC Championship game to decide who goes to

437
00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,119
Speaker 1: Snowy Jersey. I'm not really happy that you guys are

438
00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:58,960
Speaker 1: all in on the forts like this. This makes me

439
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:12,280
Speaker 1: really nervous one and I'm good in the in the

440
00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 1: odd numbered years, that's when you want me. Like I

441
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,440
Speaker 1: nailed that Giant's pick two years ago, I nailed the Cardinals.

442
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,560
Speaker 1: I nailed the Cardinals Steelers Super Bowl four years ago.

443
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,439
Speaker 1: I predicted that as my preseason picks Patriots, Patriots, and Niners.

444
00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,200
Speaker 1: My preseason pick for the Super Bowl this year was

445
00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,399
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Saints, and you can stick with that.

446
00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,920
Speaker 1: I mean the saying if they would have been the

447
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,720
Speaker 1: number two seed, I would have felt really good about it.

448
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,639
Speaker 1: I feel great about the charge As long as the

449
00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,440
Speaker 1: Patriots can knock off the Chargers in the a f

450
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,240
Speaker 1: C Championship game, I think they're they're in good ship Chargers.

451
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,480
Speaker 1: A f C Championship game. Of course, Chargers will beat

452
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,400
Speaker 1: the Bengals, will go to denvermin I'd say Peyton Manning

453
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,280
Speaker 1: against the Chargers in the playoffs. I wonder how that

454
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,919
Speaker 1: will play out like it always does, and then they

455
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,200
Speaker 1: have to go to through New England, and I think

456
00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,479
Speaker 1: the magic would run out there that I thought you'd

457
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,440
Speaker 1: load up on Chargers then for your playoff runt, you

458
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 1: would think because that that's the situation where That's why

459
00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,240
Speaker 1: I was able in with the Bengals. I can take

460
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,800
Speaker 1: two running backs on the banks so they both get

461
00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,080
Speaker 1: the football a lot. With the Chargers, that really lines up.

462
00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,760
Speaker 1: You could take both if you if you believe in

463
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,920
Speaker 1: the charges, you could taketh and they get You can't

464
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,680
Speaker 1: take two wider receivers from that team, No you can't.

465
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,399
Speaker 1: You just take Keenan Allen and that's it. That's about it. Now.

466
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,480
Speaker 1: That's the thing in the reason I agree with you

467
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,520
Speaker 1: on the Seahawks that I think who's gonna go in

468
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,040
Speaker 1: there and win games like that? Not impossible? And I

469
00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,480
Speaker 1: think a lot of people are going to do that,

470
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,480
Speaker 1: you know, I think a lot of people are gonna

471
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,960
Speaker 1: do They're gonna load up on the Seahawks. I'm like,

472
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 1: if I can do this and they win, I can

473
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 1: leap frog those you know, those people that load up

474
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,399
Speaker 1: on seat you're going they're better off taking a wild

475
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 1: card team. Plus, when these teams have weeks off to

476
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,560
Speaker 1: get ready, they don't, they don't play as well. Men.

477
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 1: It's three of the last four years the team that's

478
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,119
Speaker 1: played on wild Card weekend has made it to the

479
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,159
Speaker 1: super Bowl. Right, even more frequently than that, But it

480
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 1: seems like one of the teams we see this weekend

481
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,640
Speaker 1: will probably end up at MetLife Stadium. One of them will.

482
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 1: I like it better when there was just one wild

483
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,359
Speaker 1: card playoff team in each conference, so all four teams

484
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 1: had to play, right, Not the way it happened. It

485
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,439
Speaker 1: was just the one by because there was three there

486
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: was three now byes at one point, right right, No, No,

487
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,800
Speaker 1: the first the team that finished first had the buy.

488
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 1: And then it was because there's only three was the

489
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 1: three divisions, so you had the other two division winners

490
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,000
Speaker 1: and then the other wild cards. So like the number

491
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,880
Speaker 1: one seed got the wild card team and the two

492
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 1: other division winners played each other. I felt that was

493
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 1: that's better. Nobody should have a bye. I don't know.

494
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,879
Speaker 1: I kind of like, especially in fantasy, I love having byes,

495
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 1: especially you know, I went out in the first round

496
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 1: in our expertsly because Money had a better week than

497
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 1: I did. I'm like, yeah, I really need to get

498
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 1: that by that. You know, I don't want to play

499
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 1: when I don't have to. You know that that's the thing.

500
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 1: If I don't have to play, I'm okay. I'm okay

501
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: with the with the rust. Uh you know, from a

502
00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: real football standpoint, I'm okay with the rust because I

503
00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 1: could play the first week and I could have a

504
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 1: horrible week and something could happen to me. Yeah, you

505
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,440
Speaker 1: don't don't want to do that. That's tough. A lot

506
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,240
Speaker 1: of luck involved in the postseason, there is. So you're

507
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: going you have a couple of Broncos receivers and you

508
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 1: have Seahawks. Seahawks and Broncos. Now, I know you're not

509
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,120
Speaker 1: going with your own San Francisco forty Niners now because

510
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 1: I don't want to jinx it. I am actually going

511
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 1: heavy on the Broncos with a couple of Seahawks sprinkled in.

512
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: But I reserve the right to change my mind if

513
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 1: something strikes me between now and Saturday. What could strike you? Um?

514
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: Fear and Peyton Manning. Yeah, honestly that that's a big

515
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 1: one for me for I've got Peyton, but I do

516
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: know Peyton's track record. Stop now, I'm afraid of guys.

517
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,000
Speaker 1: Everybody is getting onto this. But this is good though.

518
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,160
Speaker 1: This is you know what, This is the perfect situation

519
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 1: for Peyton Manning because when he talks about like who

520
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: wrote the narrative, Peyton Manning wrote the narrative. He's the

521
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: one who wrote You're the one who loses in the playoffs.

522
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: Nobody else is making up this story. Your record is

523
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,680
Speaker 1: what it is. You're nine and eleven in the playoffs. Okay,

524
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 1: so you've you've written that yourself. You can shove that

525
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,239
Speaker 1: yourself where the sun doesn't shine. He's the one who

526
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: said it, not me. Here's the thing. He's gonna get

527
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 1: two playoff games in the snow. He's gonna get a

528
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 1: super Bowl in the snow. If he wins the super

529
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: Bowl this year, he puts it the rest. He's the

530
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: best quarterback of all times. What worries me is a

531
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 1: matchup in Denver with Brady in the a f C

532
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 1: Championship game. That's the one that worries me. Belichick can

533
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 1: beat that team, and that's the I think that's the

534
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 1: team that we're not talking about because the Patriots, for

535
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 1: everything that seemed to have gone wrong, I mean, you know,

536
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: they lost West Welker. What are they gonna do. Danny

537
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: Ammondola is as fragile as assault team. I mean, everything bad. Uh.

538
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 1: You know, the defense had its issues this year. Vince

539
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,440
Speaker 1: Wilford getting hurt didn't help, you know, drawing Mayo getting hurt.

540
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 1: And you know there's a two seed there there, the

541
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 1: two seed. Tom Brady maybe wasn't a fantasy stud most

542
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 1: of the year, but found a way to get wins,

543
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: and he's kind of found his stride the last part

544
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 1: of the season. And that's the squad that you know,

545
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 1: I don't feel like any of us are really talking about.

546
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: So the Patriots, they could be the wild card in

547
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: this NFL playoff challenge because if you're going with the Broncos,

548
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 1: like a lot of people are, then you're looking past

549
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning's issues in the postseason, we'll call them, and

550
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,400
Speaker 1: you're looking past Tom Brady being one of the best

551
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: postseason quarterbacks in the history of the league. Yeah, it's

552
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:27,639
Speaker 1: it's it's difficult. It's difficult for me to say what

553
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,200
Speaker 1: scared you. I'm just trying to think of the last

554
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: time I opened a bag of Saulteens and didn't break

555
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,119
Speaker 1: the first one. That's a very good you know, I

556
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 1: didn't think about that, But that's a very aproposed comparison there. Yeah,

557
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 1: it's like opening the thing of pringles. You know what,

558
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 1: Your first couple are gonna be broken, right, and then

559
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: the ones in the bottom too. Can't wait? Yeah, can't

560
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,919
Speaker 1: they fix that? I don't know, it's two You've had

561
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: that red can for a lot of technology. Today, I

562
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 1: took out my phone, recorded a thirty second hit, emailed

563
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,639
Speaker 1: it to some kid who does a podcast in Great Britain,

564
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: and that can happen. Then I cannot open. Then I

565
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: always make sure when I buy it, I take it

566
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: and I very gently turn it over just to hear

567
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 1: how many little pieces fall down the other way. And

568
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,120
Speaker 1: if there's too many, you really do that? Oh yeah,

569
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:15,880
Speaker 1: I put it And if there's too many, I feel

570
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: there's too many, I put it back on. No, this

571
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: is a good one because it doesn't have the sort

572
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: of like buying fruit by the way I should I

573
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: should mention it was first take UK with my friend

574
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: Ali Connolly, very nice. I gotta give him a shout

575
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: out because you'll probably listen to this and get upset

576
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,880
Speaker 1: at me. Well no, and then'll then I'll play your

577
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: your little thirty second hit again where I was ripping

578
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: him for thirty seconds. Yes, all right, let's move on

579
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 1: to some other fantasy news. As we had put a

580
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: rearview mirror and look ahead, we saw a tweet from

581
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: bent Tate. I mean, it's not really surprised, but he

582
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,639
Speaker 1: tweeted earlier today or earlier on Monday, rather that his

583
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: return to the Texans is unlikely, he said, quote cleaned

584
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,640
Speaker 1: out my locker. Gonna miss the guys on this team.

585
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: We have a lot of good people. Everyone was cool,

586
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: from the trainers to equipment guys. Made it a good

587
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: time here. Carry on for the rest of my career.

588
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: Thanks for all the support, but odds are I won't

589
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: be back. I wish she wouldn't mince words and just

590
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: tell us to Cleveland. Lombardi loved him coming out of Auburn.

591
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: Loved him. Lombardi thought he was going to be the

592
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,400
Speaker 1: rookie of the year. He loved him. He's going to Cleveland.

593
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: I'm worried that Joe Banners got too much control of

594
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: that team. I could see bent take because there's other

595
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: teams that need running backs. To Arizona would be the

596
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: one that's the one I like. It would be a

597
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: good good fit for him right there. Yeah, they can.

598
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: They can cut paid on Richard Mendenhall and Ellington's going

599
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: to be that complimentary guy and he's gonna be yeah

600
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: like Giovanni, Bernard C. J. Spiller, somebody like that. Who

601
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,239
Speaker 1: you think, like, oh my god, I want this guy

602
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: to take the ball every time, but he's just never

603
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: gonna do it where where would take goes to situation

604
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: where he's a number one running back, which is gonna

605
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: happen wherever he goes, because he's got that kind of

606
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,679
Speaker 1: value attached to him. Second round pick for him? How

607
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: high in the second round? Where do you guys go

608
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: for Bent take? It depends does he end up on

609
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: a team with Andre Ellington or does he end up

610
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,640
Speaker 1: on a team that doesn't have that change of pace

611
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: scap back and he is the man second or third round,

612
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: I would say, and I'm more leaning towards the third round.

613
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: I like all those situations, and I like Cleveland, I

614
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 1: like Arizona, even Oakland, not probably not on Oakland. But

615
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 1: you know, even if he's got somebody there, I still

616
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 1: feel that he could be a a r B two

617
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: for you, right or the very least a flex the

618
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,360
Speaker 1: one issue. Oh he'll he'll certainly be a flexible. Get

619
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 1: him that leaf if you get him in the third round,

620
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: because chances are you're gonna be the second round and

621
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: you drafted like if you have Marshawn Lynch, for instance,

622
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: as your first round pick, Bent it is my number

623
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 1: two guy, you'll even if he's splitting if you get

624
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: him as a flex. Assuming that he ends up in

625
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: a team that's gonna start him, uh, and he'll be

626
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: the guy. Then that's that's really good. Well you could do.

627
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: You could go first, first to second round running back,

628
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 1: and then he could still be there when you pick

629
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: in the third round. We'll see. I I contend that

630
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: too many people are going to go quarterback crazy and

631
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: they're gonna see what Peyton Manning did. He's gonna score

632
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: a hunter few your fantasy points next season and people

633
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: are gonna be disappointed. That's still a pretty good scene,

634
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: I know, but that's what I'm saying. The same thing

635
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: happened with Tom Brady, happened with Danian Tomlins, and these

636
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: guys go crazy and put up these numbers. I think

637
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: the fear is, though. I think what's gonna happen is

638
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: a lot of people will start reaching for running backs

639
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 1: early that probably don't deserve to go. But do you

640
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: think so, because let me give an example. At this

641
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: time last year, did did Doug Martin deserve to be

642
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,719
Speaker 1: a first round pick? Yeah? I did, Yeah, But I mean,

643
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: but last year you looked at Doug Martin and said,

644
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: this guy is worthy of being a first round pick. Like,

645
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: I don't know that Levian Bell is as good this

646
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 1: next year as he is this year. I think Levian

647
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: Bell steps back either a lot of question marks. And

648
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: if I'm if I'm sitting at the end of my

649
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: first round and I have a question between say, you know,

650
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: a a Benta to Levian Bell and and Aaron Rodgers,

651
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: I might be semped to go more the quarterback. But

652
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: see that I'm not sure that I reach at the

653
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: end of the first round for a running back that

654
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: I don't think. I think most people out there who

655
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: are sort of more laid back about fantasy, they're not

656
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: so crazy into it. They're going to see the numbers

657
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: and they're going to do that. They're gonna go with

658
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees or something

659
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: like that, whereas Adam and I, for example, that's not

660
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: gonna happen. You know what I do feel though, if

661
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning loses in the playoffs, that's huge for fantasy

662
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: because then he's gonna try again. He's gonna go out,

663
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna try to he's gonna try to throw seventy touchdown.

664
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: Then he is gonna try to make us forget that

665
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,479
Speaker 1: he doesn't win in the playoffs so much that he's

666
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: gonna try to go for six thousand yards seventy touchdown

667
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: passes and it still won't matter, because if you don't

668
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: win the big games, you know what, you cannot be

669
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 1: considered one of the You cannot be considered the best

670
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: of all time. But you know what, So I would

671
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 1: I start thinking about Peyton Manning like they're in the

672
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: second round, maybe the end of the first round. If

673
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: he gets especially they get bounced in their first playoff game,

674
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: like no, no, lie, he will throw seventy touchdown passes,

675
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: they'll never run the ball, they'll resign Eric Decker, They'll

676
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: go out and get three more receivers, say okay, I

677
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,719
Speaker 1: need five wide if we're gonna make this. No, it's

678
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: amazing about what Peyton did. He came within ten points

679
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: of breaking the all time record for Fantasy points scored

680
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: in a single season. That was Ladanian Thomason and No.

681
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: Six when he had thirty one, and he was just

682
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: so he would have played the second half against the Raiders.

683
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: He had it. But I don't know that John Fox

684
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: got in his ear and said, hey, Peyton, you got Yeah,

685
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: But ten more points and you break the all time

686
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: record for fantasy. You want to stay in there? Probably

687
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: not all right now, you guys bring up the quarterbacks.

688
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: Let's let's do this all through the postseason. We're gonna

689
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,479
Speaker 1: spotlight different positions as you look forward for its fantasy

690
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: in the off season. And let's start with some quarterbacks

691
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: here for a few minutes. We mentioned a few of

692
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 1: them already today. We just talked about Peyton Manning a

693
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: little bit. Matthew Stafford, we mentioned him r G three.

694
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: But here's some guys who had seasons we didn't expect,

695
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: both good and bad. Tell me what you guys think

696
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: going into next season for them. Philip Rivers, number five

697
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: quarterback in Fantasy. Here he is with thirty two touchdowns,

698
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: eleven picks. Likely he has re rejuvenated his career, had

699
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 1: a big Gay Day on Sunday, not so much the

700
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: last few weeks. But where's Philip Rivers? Where do you

701
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,239
Speaker 1: do with him next year? I think I had him

702
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: twelve eleven or twelve. I don't buy it. Yeah, I

703
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: kind of feel that way, and he was great this year.

704
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: I don't think he duplicates that he was not good

705
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season in fantasy. He

706
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: had one big game. It was against Kansas City. I

707
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: believe every other game it was kind of average. It

708
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 1: wasn't that great. I can actually look at his numbers

709
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: right now. It was a lot better the first seven

710
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 1: eight weeks. So let's look at let's look at his

711
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: last say eight games. Thirteen points, fourteen points, twenty seven

712
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: that was against Kansas City, pretty good, twelve nineteen against

713
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: the Giants, Okay, that's good. Fifteen and then seven seven

714
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: in the championship week, which I had him in one

715
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: of my leagues, and he that's a crusher. Yeah, So

716
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 1: not that good in the second half of the season.

717
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: So run let until where you got Himrick just outside

718
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: of the top ten and a lot. It's gonna depend

719
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: as ken Wizzen Hunt going to be back. Are they

720
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: gonna put somebody opposite of Keenan Allen? You know again,

721
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: I talked about Mike Evans earlier, and I really Mike

722
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: Evans ends up going in the top ten. He has

723
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: to once he starts going to the combine and working up.

724
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: But who's gonna be that opposite receiver? Eddie Royal's fine,

725
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: Vincent Brown's okay, I honestly, I wouldn't. I wouldn't regard

726
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: Vincent Brown that that well if I wasn't sitting next

727
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: to Aukbar seemingly every day. There's a lot of guys

728
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: we talked. Akbar went to San Diego State, as did

729
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: Vincent Brown, so he always you know, he he wraps

730
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,719
Speaker 1: his Mountain West guy. So it's cool. Um, So they

731
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: need another offensive weapon there, and they probably could use

732
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 1: another piece on the offensive line as well with Darius

733
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: Green if he steps up, because Antonio Gates plays well

734
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: in stretches, so they they they have a little bit

735
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: of work to do. And you know, of course, so

736
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: right now, Philip is outside of the top ten. But

737
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: you know, let's see what the team is looking like

738
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: in June, because he could easily sneak back up there

739
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: because he would be surplanting guys like Kaepernick and Russell

740
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: Wilson and things like that. So for right now, he's

741
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: at he's at about eleven or twelve, because I would

742
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: have Andy Dalton ahead of him because Dalton's weapons are

743
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: just it's another thing though, but Dalton, he's you're talking

744
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: about a guy who's like, he's not that steady quarterback

745
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: that will give you fifteen points. He'll give you thirty

746
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: points a week and they'll give you seven and you're like,

747
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: you're you're killing had seven games with fewer than sixteen

748
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: Fantasy points. Can you graft him as a one? No,

749
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: I don't even have him in my top twelve. He's

750
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 1: not gonna be in my top fifteen. Probably I have

751
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: to see us he'll be fifteen. I have a sneaking

752
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 1: suspicion that we're gonna have about six or eight guys

753
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: who legitimately could be ranked anywhere from like eleven to fifteen. Oh,

754
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: you're right, You're just gonna be so many of these

755
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 1: gonna because like so many of these guys, guys that

756
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: finished this year in the top ten in Fantasy points

757
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: at quarterback are guys that it's hard to trust on

758
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: a weekly basis. I mean, we're talking about Philip Rivers

759
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 1: and where whether or not he falls off. Andy Dalton

760
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: was feast or famine this year. Andrew Luck had a stretch.

761
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: We're gonna put Alex Smith. Yeah, Alex Smith another, I

762
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,720
Speaker 1: mean Andy Luck. We talked about the late in the season.

763
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: There were stretches where we just said, flat out you

764
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 1: can't play this guy this week just because he wasn't

765
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,800
Speaker 1: gonna perform. I mean, even Russell Wilson, you know, he

766
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,320
Speaker 1: went from being in the m v P con station

767
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: to a guy that you just weren't gonna trust from

768
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective because he might only get your twelve points.

769
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: I mean, there's so many quarterbacks that are just so

770
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: up and down that it's gonna be a monster to

771
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: try to rank some of these guys. And again, Marcus

772
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: is exactly right, because I've already started to do that,

773
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: and No Adams already started to do some rankings too.

774
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: It's gonna be just one group of guys that are

775
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: all very similar in value. Uh, where do you put

776
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan? Matt Ryan's right there with Stafford, He's right

777
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: there with say is he right there with the Brady

778
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, Ben Roethlisberger r G three? Where do you

779
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: put him? Uh? You know, a guy like Russell Wilson.

780
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: It's all a big bunch of quarterbacks with very similar value.

781
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: So if you don't get Peyton, or you don't get

782
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: Drew Brees, or you don't get Aaron Rodgers. Wait, do

783
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: you ever mentioned Nick? He's He's what I think I

784
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: have him at six. Is he like in a category

785
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: all by himself? Like you have the elite quarterbacks, You

786
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: have the guys you mentioned that you know Breese and Rod,

787
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 1: and then you have Nick Foles all by himself, and

788
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: then you have the other guys is there with like Brady? Though,

789
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 1: don't you think Brady's gonna bounce back next season? He'll

790
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: have Gronkowski back. We hope all of these young wide

791
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,840
Speaker 1: receivers I have a full season under their belt. They

792
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: should do something in the off season and to help

793
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: him as well. He's he was fourteen that fancy points

794
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: this year. I can't see him finishing outside of the

795
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 1: top ten two years in a row. But folds and

796
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: now his off season by falls ahead of Brady, but

797
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: you have him closer to there because you're down on

798
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: falls for next year, odd down on him. I just

799
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: hate Nick Foles for nixt year, said Sean McCoy. That

800
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: you hate Nick's going. He's gonna be overvalued. He's not

801
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: gonna be People are gonna try to wedge him into

802
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: the second round. Perhaps the third round. Production is not

803
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: gonna be there. We've seen a number of the second year,

804
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: second year starters come in and struggle a little bit.

805
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson had his ups and downs. Colin Kaepernick had

806
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: his ups and downs. A lot of these guys in

807
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: their second year as a starter have not played as

808
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: well as they played during their first year, because now

809
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: teams are gonna have a whole off season to take

810
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: a look at what Nick Foles was doing. How you

811
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: make Nick Foles, how you play them a little bit.

812
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: They were talking about a little bit on Sunday Night

813
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: where if you get on Nick Foles too too quickly,

814
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: you know what, his eye level changes too much. Defensive

815
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: coordinators are gonna find ways to exploit that weakness of his.

816
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: He's probably gonna step back maybe a little. I mean,

817
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,320
Speaker 1: the guy cannot You're not gonna go the full season

818
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: throwing just what two inter It's not happening. I mean

819
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: r G three through just five during his rookie season

820
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 1: came out this season and then he was throwing them

821
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: all over the place. If you're going based on points

822
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: and you project what he did in was it ten

823
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: starts over sixteen games, he would just scored fantasy points.

824
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: He had been behind uh Peyton Manning. That's not gonna happen.

825
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: That's like Aaron Rodger's not gonna happen right exactly, So

826
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: for me if fouls isn't the fifth round. But I

827
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: don't even like to talk about these lead quarterbacks. I'm

828
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: not getting any of them because you're gonna you're gonna

829
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: get anyone. I'm not. Don'm not getting any of them now.

830
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: You know what it gets me about Fulls is my

831
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: best quarterback of all of my leagues this year, and

832
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: I picked them up off the waiver wire. That happens, though,

833
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: That happens with quarterbacks. You get a guy and you

834
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: can we saw this year more than anything that if

835
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: you don't have it, as long as you don't have

836
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: someone who's gonna torpedo you, like Tom Brady weeks five

837
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 1: through eight just absolutely murdered you, and you probably lost

838
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: three weeks in a row. You know, well, you were

839
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 1: also the guy that said after the draft, I just

840
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: won this league. I thought it was golden. That's like

841
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: you're you're like the guy who the girl just does

842
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: a number on him and he swears off girls forever.

843
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: Tom Brady just did such a number on you. You

844
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,280
Speaker 1: know me better than that. Smith. No, I'm sawing quarterbacks

845
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: now Okay, okay, yeah, that's not talking about But the

846
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 1: thing I like about Folds is that he put up

847
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,479
Speaker 1: all these fantasy points this year. He was twenty three.

848
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: As far as how many yards for game he throw,

849
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: mean through two yards a game. That's less than Ryan Fitzpatrick.

850
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: That's less than Jason Campbell. It's less than the counts,

851
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: the rushing Eli Manning. He was able to run the

852
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: football and that you know, that's not gonna change. And

853
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: the fact that there's another year in the system as

854
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 1: a hard and whereas he had limited reps coming into

855
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 1: this year, makes me think, look, nothing's gonna change. They're

856
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: still gonna run this offense. They're still gonna throw the

857
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: football as much as they do and run plays every

858
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: four seconds. So that that's why I like Folds, because

859
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: there's gonna be consistency from year one to year two.

860
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: Whereas he saw the Niners they change their offense early

861
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: on and Kaepernick struggled. The Seahawks tried, we gotta find

862
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,919
Speaker 1: a way to get Percy Harvan and when he gets healthy,

863
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: and those guys struggle because there's certain skill sets that

864
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: they have that teams can say, Okay, this is unique

865
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: skill set Kaepernick has. We can try to market against it.

866
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: Here's unique skill set that Russell Wilson has, we can

867
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: try to combat that. Here's an offense in in Philadelphia

868
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: that does what they want to do, and they're gonna

869
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: throw it up and they have a lot of weapons.

870
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: So that's why I like Folds because I don't know

871
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: that anything's gonna change for him. That's gonna make it

872
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: a detriment and then he will throw a few more

873
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: interceptions that that's something that's gonna I would like to

874
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 1: see the Eagles get another receiver to help out Um.

875
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: You know, I Riley Cooper. I think what he may

876
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,879
Speaker 1: be a free AGIN think at the end of the season, Well,

877
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: they could bring back Macklin who's a free agent. But

878
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: we'll see, We'll see what happens with that. And because

879
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: de Sean Jackson, for a talented as he is, has

880
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 1: a tendency to disappear for stretchers at a time. And

881
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: I am the one thing that I noticed on Sunday

882
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: night from Nick foles Um that I think is gonna

883
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 1: happen a lot. I think a lot of teams are

884
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 1: gonna study with the Cowboys did to him because they

885
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 1: gave him fits twice this year. I think a lot

886
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 1: of teams are gonna study that, and I think what

887
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: the Eagles need is that slot receiver, that guy who

888
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 1: can make tough catches in traffic, in short yardage, medium situations,

889
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: especially on third down. It's kind of a Victor Cruz type,

890
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 1: you know, just somebody that that can make those plays

891
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: and can be that outlet when he needs it because

892
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: you can't always get the ball downfield to de Shan Jackson.

893
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: Riley Cooper was too inconsistent. Brent Selleck is not a

894
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,360
Speaker 1: guy that that can, really, you know, I think, be

895
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 1: that outlet. That's the one thing I would like to

896
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: see the Eagles do for Folds this year. Now. Ben

897
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger is someone you wrote up a few minutes ago FABS.

898
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 1: He talked about how he could figure into the picture

899
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: for next year because he largely went undrafted. He's probably

900
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,880
Speaker 1: undrafted at the end of a lot of teams and

901
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: a lot of teams a lot of leagues this year.

902
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: But if you're twenty eight touchdowns and Steelers show this nothing,

903
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: PAGs throwing fifty but they're gonna throw the football and

904
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: this is not Yeah, no, I get what you're saying.

905
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: But he's a two, right, But he's a two? But

906
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: is he a two with more upside? Like? Is he

907
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: a better fantasy quarterback now than the potentially had a

908
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 1: couple of years ago. I don't think Roethlisberger has any upside.

909
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: I think he's hit his ceiling and he's gonna be

910
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: a guy who can throw for at best forty one

911
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: hundred yards somewhere between twenty five and thirty touchdowns totals,

912
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: somewhere in that area. That ceiling is reached for Ben Roethlisberger.

913
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,719
Speaker 1: But he was a great value. If you look at

914
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: where he finished, He's right around the top twelve in

915
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: fantasy points among quarterbacks this season. Ben Roethlisberger to me,

916
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: is Charlie Lee brandt. Remember back in the nineties, Charlie

917
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: Leebrand number forty seven member. Back in the nineties when

918
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: the Braves were winning, you know, division titles year in

919
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: and year out. Throw harder than Charlie Leebrand. But they

920
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: were built around that pitching staff, you know, so you

921
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: knew you had Maddox, Smoltz and Glavit. You had those,

922
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: and every year the Braves are trying out a fifth star,

923
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: you'd be like, wow, they got that day. And you know,

924
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 1: like Charlie lee Brandt was guy you look at. You

925
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: get through the first three guys of four stars, and

926
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you're like, I think got Charlie

927
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: lie Brant too. That's Ben Roethlisberger. He's that Guy's going

928
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: to be somebody's number two quarterback. He's not gonna be

929
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: your number one fantasy wise, and you're gonna run up

930
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: on this team and you're gonna be all happy because hey,

931
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: we caught Aaron Rodgers out a buy. I'm gonna win

932
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: this week. And you really like, oh, he's got Ben Roethlisberger.

933
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: That's who been Rongelisberger. I think it's gonna be from

934
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective next year. Al Right, two guys on

935
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: the rock, Yes for the Braves. Yeah yeah. Lee Brandt

936
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,760
Speaker 1: was thirty seven. And then I don't forget Steve Avery

937
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: two was in that they had they had a heck

938
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: of a rose and then they won one. They had

939
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: a heck of a rotation, right is one of their

940
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: fifth starters for a while they had they got him

941
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: when Steve Avery couldn't do anything right, and they just

942
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: like they would just keep going through guy. It's like

943
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: smaalt Madics Glavin and and always Bobby Cox went with

944
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: Smaltz in the big game. His rookie year was seventy

945
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 1: nine with the reds Man. I feel old, I feel yeah,

946
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: and I feel like Greg Maddox's the best right handed

947
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: pitcher I've ever seen yet in a big game. It's

948
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: let's set it up for John Smolts to pitch that.

949
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: Smoltz was awful, but I'm like, how do you not

950
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: put him in the in the position to pitch two

951
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: three times in the series. That was always a bit

952
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: of a show. But that's the Braves and that's the

953
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: very Peyton Manning esque. A couple more quarterbacks because you

954
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: bring this up because you're high on both these guys

955
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: for bounce back for next season. They finished within ten

956
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: Fantasy points in one another this year. Matt Ryan, Ryan Tannehill.

957
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 1: Ryan conceivably is going to get all his weapons back

958
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: next year and they'll be healthy. Ryan Tannehill another year

959
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: depending on changes with the Miami Dolphins, but did make

960
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: some nice leaps from year one to year two. How

961
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: much do you like both these guys? Um, Let's say

962
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,359
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk too much about Matt Ryan

963
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: because I don't want people in my league snake and

964
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: them from me. But all of Europe is gonna hear this,

965
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: and how many how many European leagues do you do

966
00:43:54,920 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: to I don't like Matt Ryan then, so that's my

967
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: official stand. Go after Tannehill. We were talking about Sleepers

968
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: before for two thousand for two thousand and fourteen, and

969
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,439
Speaker 1: I was doing it before that Jets game game, like, yeah,

970
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: Tannehills look great, he's been very consistent. Then you watched

971
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: that game and you're like, no, this guy, I don't

972
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 1: know what's going on with the Dolphins because that was

973
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: one of the worst performances down a stretch. Now you

974
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: were making fun of the Chargers earlier, you're talking about

975
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: that was one of the worst performances down a stretch.

976
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: You went up against two mid card out of IT

977
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:36,920
Speaker 1: teams and the most points you could muster with seven

978
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: in two games against two teams that were out of

979
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: the playoffs, had nothing to play for, and and Philbin

980
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,400
Speaker 1: He's coming back like how was that possible? And then

981
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,359
Speaker 1: you know what you saw the reports Mike Um, excuse me, Ryan,

982
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: Tannehill lost faith and Mike Sherman. I don't like that

983
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,440
Speaker 1: situation at all. I'm gonna avoid, probably avoid all the Dolphins.

984
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not gonna get sucked suckered into looking

985
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: at Martin Miller, even though he had a pretty nice

986
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 1: game against the Jets. Mike Wallace is probably better than

987
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 1: a lot of people are giving him credit for. But

988
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: even still, I'm not I'm not too uh psyched about him.

989
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: And so now where's a week ago I was looking

990
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: at Ryan Tannehill as a sleeper. I'm now like, man,

991
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 1: I'll just leave him at the bottom, maybe a bye

992
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 1: week fill in or an injury replacement. All right, when

993
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: when it comes to next season, fabs, give me a

994
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: guy that could be a number one quarterback that's not

995
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: a number facy, number one quarterback that's not a number

996
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: one right now, some guy you think can make a

997
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 1: leap from being a too you only want one alright, Ton,

998
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: you got a ton they're gonna make the leap to

999
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: being fasber that could make Ryan wasn't a number one

1000
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: this year, and you think so you like him for

1001
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: a bounce back, Julio'll be back. Rapper Griffin the third

1002
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: cut that part out that's another one, Robert Griffin. The

1003
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: third is another one, Nick Foles. If you look at

1004
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: the numbers based on where you finished, it wasn't a

1005
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: number one this year, but paying it will be this year. Though.

1006
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, he wasn't a number one based on the

1007
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,760
Speaker 1: numbers this year. I think he'll bounce back. Aaron Rodgers

1008
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: wasn't a number one based on the points of this season.

1009
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: He'll be back next season. The quarterback is stacked. It's stacked, man.

1010
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: It is just as stacked, if not more than it

1011
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: was last season. I think the more interesting conversation is

1012
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: which guy's finished in the top ten this year that

1013
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: won't next year, Like Andy Dalton, like maybe Philip rivers Um.

1014
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 1: Alex Smith was among the top at twelve thirteen. You know,

1015
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,360
Speaker 1: does he rise up or fall down? Those are the

1016
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 1: more interesting ones. What about Andrew Luck There's not been

1017
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: a guy finished this high and fantasy points that people

1018
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: are upset with and Andrew Luck, Well, you know what

1019
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: it was. His his yardage actually went down. I believe

1020
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: his passing yards went down, but his interceptions went way down.

1021
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,280
Speaker 1: That's where he gained points. I think he only scored

1022
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 1: about twenty more points this year than he did a

1023
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: lot as a rookie. A lot changed for him when

1024
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne got right right, and he'll be a lot.

1025
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on in the Wayne. I mean,

1026
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: he's thirty thirty five. I mean he's he's he's an

1027
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:04,479
Speaker 1: older dude, uh on in terms of NFL. But they've

1028
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: got to do a little more, get Luck, a little

1029
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 1: more help there on the offensive line, maybe another weapon

1030
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,719
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Remember Dayne Allen will be back

1031
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 1: next season as well, So I like, look, I said

1032
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 1: all along Luck was gonna be a top five quarterback

1033
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 1: this season. I will admit I thought he'd have more

1034
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,439
Speaker 1: Fantasy points than he did, but the disguised the women.

1035
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 1: There's still plenty of upside with Andrew Luck. Yeah, there

1036
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,880
Speaker 1: were there were fifteen guys that threw from more touchdowns

1037
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: and Luck did this year. Now, he did have a

1038
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: few running touchdowns, he ran for four, but Tannehill threw

1039
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: from more. Palmer, Yeah there's luck. He was very low.

1040
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,879
Speaker 1: So if he can get that, you know, you look

1041
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,880
Speaker 1: at all the the improvements the Colts made in the

1042
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 1: off season. They improved their defense, and arguably you can

1043
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: say if they become better than they were last year.

1044
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: They're more of a threat this year, but offensively they

1045
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: really kind of we're kind of stagnant. And if you're

1046
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: counting on just Reggie Wayne to come back next year

1047
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 1: after a c L surgery and being in his mid thirties,

1048
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:56,840
Speaker 1: that's a tough thing to say. Yeah, I'm hanging my

1049
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: hat that Andrew luck is going to see a big

1050
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: jump and maybe throw for thirty already three touchdowns. That

1051
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: that's see. I'm I'm nervous about Luck. Well, we'll see.

1052
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: Is pet Hamilton's going to remain the OC there? Bar

1053
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: he gets pet Hamiltons into every conversation. I have no idea.

1054
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if he's by by, especially if

1055
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:14,759
Speaker 1: they get beat in the first round of the post.

1056
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: Bar is out. You think, alright, come on, we couldn't

1057
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:23,280
Speaker 1: have a show with alright. So so let's let's finish

1058
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: podcast with this. Now. Fantasy season just ended. Week seventeen

1059
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,839
Speaker 1: is just finished. Everybody's seasons are done. We're looking forward

1060
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 1: to the playoff challenge, and we're gonna continue to talk

1061
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 1: playoff challenge all throughout the playoffs here on our Fantasy

1062
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: Live podcast. By the way. I'm missing the Jason Garrett

1063
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: presser where he says, oh, we're still work in progress here,

1064
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 1: and well, you know we're we're looking ahead the next

1065
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: season and sounds like didn't anything at all. Give me

1066
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 1: a big doomed. That's my lesson as a Cowboys fan.

1067
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: I'm doomed. You're doomed to mediocrity. This is this is

1068
00:48:58,120 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: your penance for all the Super Bowls of the nine.

1069
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: It's yeah, I don't even know what to say. You

1070
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 1: know what I think, in your own personal hell, the

1071
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: Cowboys you're every year would be just good enough to

1072
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: be in the playoff hunt, and then they'll have a

1073
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 1: horrendous final loss the last week of the regular season,

1074
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: and your personal hell, that's what happens. But that's what's

1075
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: happened the last three years in a row, and the

1076
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: Red Sox win the World Series. Oh wait a minute,

1077
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: this is actually happening to you. It's actually happening. You know, Smith,

1078
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: I liked you a lot more. Five seconds away from you,

1079
00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:34,720
Speaker 1: you're on fire. The horns are coming out of your awful, awful, awful, awful.

1080
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but give me, give me a big lesson.

1081
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: What do you take away from the season this season

1082
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 1: right now, looking back, because every year we all learn

1083
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,919
Speaker 1: at least one big lesson and say certain things happen.

1084
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:45,919
Speaker 1: What's the one you take away other than the fact

1085
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:51,120
Speaker 1: that I'm doomed, as which we've all known well that

1086
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 1: you're doomed is a Cowboys for the last seventeen eighteen years,

1087
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 1: except for that one year we went thirteen and three

1088
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: and then had twelve penalties and got beat by the

1089
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: Giants at home. Remember that that was awful. I should

1090
00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: have won the game in your Jets fan and you're

1091
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,840
Speaker 1: saying it was awful. That's how I felt. I learned.

1092
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 1: What I learned was that the quarterback position is so

1093
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 1: deep that I'm still avoiding it. It's something i've It's

1094
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: it's almost like I knew what my strategy was going

1095
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: to be going in and what happened this season basically

1096
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 1: just reinforced it. I'm going running backs early, i am

1097
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: going young running backs early. I'm going wide receivers early,

1098
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 1: I am going quarterbacks late. And I hope I'm not

1099
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 1: playing in nine leagues next season. Hopefully it's hopefully it's

1100
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: closer to eight, but we can't how much closer can

1101
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:48,439
Speaker 1: it be somewhere. Oh lord, nine is just too much.

1102
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:53,720
Speaker 1: Um I I don't care that C. J. Spiller stunk

1103
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: this year in Richardson stunk and Martin stunk, and we

1104
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 1: had so many bus I had. I had a lot

1105
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:03,479
Speaker 1: of those guys. I still did pretty well. So even

1106
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:07,440
Speaker 1: people who lost, like Aaron Rodgers or were struggling with

1107
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you can go on the waiver wire and

1108
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 1: pick somebody up based on a matchup and get eighteen points. Yeah,

1109
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: that's it. You know. You can't. You can no longer

1110
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: have to. You have to look at that. Yeah, and

1111
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: you can. You can't lose your fee. The old adage

1112
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:22,040
Speaker 1: also always used to say you can't. You can lose

1113
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: your fantasy draft in the first round with a bad pick.

1114
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: And that's really not the case anymore, because as long

1115
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: as you play the waiver wire situation correctly, you go,

1116
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,640
Speaker 1: oh way, look, you you were all in your three

1117
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 1: of your first four picks, right, We're all guys who

1118
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: gave you basically nothing this season in the Experts League,

1119
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: and you wind up winning. Steven Jackson came through Week

1120
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,240
Speaker 1: fifteen when I needed him. He came through. He actually

1121
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 1: had a pretty good game and he was good at

1122
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 1: If I would have had to have played him in

1123
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: week sixteen, he would have been fine too. But yeah,

1124
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: you know what, Yeah, you don't give up on those

1125
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: late round picks. You know, you get guys like Decker

1126
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:58,040
Speaker 1: and Jordy Nelson who for a time and no Sean

1127
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,360
Speaker 1: Moreno in the eleventh round. You know, is like that

1128
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: will come through for you, and you did it, And

1129
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 1: you in particular, did a great job on the waiver wire.

1130
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:06,920
Speaker 1: You looked at your team at the end of the

1131
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:10,759
Speaker 1: year and you mentioned it briefly in passing, But yeah,

1132
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: had you had a first round by your team would

1133
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,760
Speaker 1: have won it all because you were blowing doors off everything.

1134
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: And we got a little bit lucky that you that

1135
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: money caught you on the right week. But you did

1136
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: a fantastic job in the waiver wire picking up the

1137
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: right guys, and that team looked pretty good at the

1138
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 1: end of the season. Yeah, I'd love to keep my

1139
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:27,799
Speaker 1: team for next year. We're gonna do keeper League next year, right,

1140
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: we can keep all our guys from this year and

1141
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: keep Lacey and Levian Bell and do that. We should

1142
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: like that. It's fun, It's fun. I would unlucky, you know,

1143
00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: keeper leagues and auction. The more you go through those things,

1144
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 1: the more I like those more. The more in fantasy,

1145
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: you know, being able to keep players and doing an

1146
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: auction rather than a straight snake draft. But that's when

1147
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: you start getting your irrational like, like I will never

1148
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,839
Speaker 1: like Tom Brady. I feel so connected to Tom Brady

1149
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 1: because he's been my keeper league quarterback since two thousand

1150
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 1: What year did he get hurt? Two thousand eight? After

1151
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 1: year I drafted him with my first round, you know what.

1152
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 1: I But in week in week sixteen of that year,

1153
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: I went out and Tom, the guy who had drafted

1154
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,920
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, had released him. So in Week sixteen I

1155
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 1: went up and picked him up and he was and

1156
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: I kept him. And then so I've had and now

1157
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:23,320
Speaker 1: it's now I have an irrational affection for him, Like

1158
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: I don't root for the Patriots, I don't want Well,

1159
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 1: that's not fair because I go back with Tom Brady

1160
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: all the way back to the Tuck Rule game, you know,

1161
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,399
Speaker 1: like he beat the Raiders, he beat the St. Louis

1162
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: sc That was the closest I thought I would ever

1163
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 1: get to a Super Bowl. As seeing those two teams

1164
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: lose and horrific facton in the playoffs, and it was

1165
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 1: awesome for the Patriots in that Super Bowl. Absolutely absolutely.

1166
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 1: I was all about the Patriots. I was working for

1167
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: NFL Publishing and I had to do the A f

1168
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,720
Speaker 1: C side of the book. So so about made about

1169
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:56,840
Speaker 1: this time of year, you would have all the playoff

1170
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: teams and you would have to get the Super Bowl program.

1171
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,799
Speaker 1: I'm prepared as if all eight of those teams were

1172
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:05,359
Speaker 1: going to the Super Bowl, and you're updating and it's

1173
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,480
Speaker 1: getting all that stuff together, and I remember looking through

1174
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: and going through all the scouting reports with Pat Kerwin

1175
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,439
Speaker 1: and everything, and I'm like, I remember telling Kerwin, I'm like, dude,

1176
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 1: the Patriots are gonna win this, aren't they. And he's

1177
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: like yeah, He's like they're pretty good and everything, and

1178
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:19,400
Speaker 1: you know what, and so then you know what, I

1179
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 1: wish there there's some other stories I wish I could tell,

1180
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:25,360
Speaker 1: but the league sponsored side wouldn't allow it. But you

1181
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,680
Speaker 1: know what I had, So the Patriots. I rooted for

1182
00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: them that whole playoffs and uh, especially beating St. Louis.

1183
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:33,759
Speaker 1: It might have been the last time America cheered for

1184
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Actually, yeah, it was charmed. We didn't know

1185
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: if they had the plays back then, I'm glad they

1186
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: did it all right. This is the NFL Fantasy Live Podcast.

1187
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 1: Jason Smith, Michael Fabiano, Marcus Grant, Adam Rank. Send us

1188
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: all your fantasy questions to at NFL Fantasy. Will be

1189
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 1: back every week in the playoffs to break down what

1190
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 1: we've seen and look ahead fantasy wise toeen and we'll

1191
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 1: see if we can get right to tell a couple

1192
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:01,120
Speaker 1: of those stories that he is. Anyway, you can back off,

1193
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:06,320
Speaker 1: it's a tease, it's a tear jerker from some curtain jerkers.

1194
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:09,359
Speaker 1: A second we like to call that helps no one.

1195
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:10,879
Speaker 1: We'll see you next week.