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Chuck in the Morning 8-26 H4: Dave Richard, ABC's of the Mariners, One Last Thing · Chuck in the Morning

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: 9 o'clock hour here on a Wednesday. Chuck and Anders
• 0:15
  Speaker 2: with you here today. We've got the ABCs and the
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: Ms coming up before the end of the hour. Also,
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: one last thing, but joining us now on the program,
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: I told them we were going to bug them one
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: more time for the start of the season. We chatted
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: with Dave Richard from CBS Sports, their fantasy football guru,
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: at the beginning of training camp. And so now... We
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: bring him back now that we're edging closer and closer
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: to the end of the preseason. To get the latest tips,
• 0:40
  Speaker 2: I'm sure many of you have your drafts scheduled for
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: next week once all the preseason games have concluded. And
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: so we deliver to you all of Dave Richards' juicy
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: little nuggets before you actually draft next week. It's a
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: service we're providing. And when I say we, I mean Dave,
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: because he's been kind enough to join us here today. Hi, Dave.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Chuck, how are you? You know, I'm impressed by your discipline.
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: I thought that we'd get like two more times on
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  Speaker 1: the air, but you stuck to your word, man.
• 1:11
  Speaker 2: I don't want to over, I don't want to bug you.
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: I don't want you to like hang up and then
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: look over to your CBS sports friends and like this
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: guy from Seattle, he is on my last nerve.
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  Speaker 1: No chance that would ever be the case. Also, I
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: have no friends.
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, all your fantasy football friends have turned into enemies
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: because you've argued so frequently over Joe Burrow.
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is the time of year where they're
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: my enemies because I'm playing against them in fantasy. We'll
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: be friends later, but now it's, you know, these drafts
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  Speaker 1: are war. We all love a lot of the same players,
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: and we want them on our teams, and there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of, like... I guess I would say reaching, but
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  Speaker 1: definitely some snaking going on in these drafts here. It's
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  Speaker 1: just like in everybody's home leagues, everybody in Seattle, that's drafting.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: You have your buddy take a player right in front
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  Speaker 1: of you. It happens in our leagues too. And it
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  Speaker 1: makes my blood boil. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know what? That's a very interesting number one. I
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  Speaker 2: would just ask you from a, you just not advising people,
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  Speaker 2: but playing it yourself. How many leagues are you actually in?
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: And then what are your requirements for being in a league?
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  Speaker 2: Do you need, do you have like one with your
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  Speaker 2: high school buddies or do you need people on your level?
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  Speaker 2: Do you need people that are just doing fantasy football?
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  Speaker 2: And those are the only leagues that you're involved in
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  Speaker 2: because it just feels more competitive that way.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of fantasy football analysts wear it as
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  Speaker 1: a badge of pride that they're in 20 leagues or
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: 30 leagues and I go the opposite way I'm in
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  Speaker 1: like 10 and 10 is still a lot of leagues
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  Speaker 1: and I've got one I've got one with my buddies
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  Speaker 1: that go back to high school just like you said
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  Speaker 1: and I've got a couple here at the office that
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  Speaker 1: are important to me too and uh you know there's
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  Speaker 1: there's these dynasty leagues where you pick players and then
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: they're on your team forever and And I've got a
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  Speaker 1: couple of those also with people at the office. And
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  Speaker 1: then that's really about it. I'm not one of these
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  Speaker 1: analysts that wants to get in to 20 different drafts
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  Speaker 1: and then at the end of the year can say, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I won four leagues. Oh, great. You won 20% of
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: your leagues. That's cool. I want to win 20% of
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: my leagues when I'm only in like eight leagues or
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  Speaker 1: even more. fewer than that, or 30% if I'm in
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  Speaker 1: 10 of my leagues. And that's something that I usually
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  Speaker 1: shoot for, and I usually make the playoffs in like 60%
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: of my leagues. But I feel pretty good this year, Chuck.
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: I think I'm going to be better than 60%. All right, good.
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: I got one more question to ask you, and then
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: we'll dive into some of these tips before people draft.
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  Speaker 2: I have always had this idea, and I want to
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: run it by you, because so far no one's liked it.
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  Speaker 2: But I had an idea that where you start a
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: fantasy league and you draft colleges– And so college programs.
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  Speaker 2: And then you get, for the rest of the Keeper League,
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  Speaker 2: it's a Dynasty League, for the future, you get all
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  Speaker 2: of the players from that school that are currently active
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  Speaker 2: and all the ones that are coming in the future
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  Speaker 2: to the National Football League as well. Do you like
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  Speaker 2: something like that? Does that sound good to you?
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  Speaker 1: I don't hate it, but I do know that there
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  Speaker 1: are some sicko fantasy leagues where they draft college players,
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  Speaker 1: and you get points for what they do in college.
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  Speaker 1: And then when they come into the NFL, they're still
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  Speaker 1: on your fantasy team, and you get points for them.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't like that.
• 4:34
  Speaker 1: There's somebody that's got Malachi Toney on their team from
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: Miami and Jeremiah Smith from Ohio State and Arch Manning
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  Speaker 1: from Texas, and the list goes on and on. And
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: they carry those players throughout their entire lives. And you've
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  Speaker 1: got to be really into football, college and pro, to
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  Speaker 1: do that.
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  Speaker 2: I drafted Marshall Manning just last night. Can't wait to
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  Speaker 2: see what kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of– That's nothing. I'm going to draft Marshall Manning's kids.
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  Speaker 2: Dave Richard is with us from CBS Sports. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's get to some tips here. When I spoke to
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  Speaker 2: you at the beginning of the preseason, or actually training camp,
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  Speaker 2: preseason games hadn't even started. I don't know how much
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  Speaker 2: information you can glean from preseason anymore because so few
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  Speaker 2: players actually play and the offenses are all watered down.
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  Speaker 2: But did you come away with any nugget this year?
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  Speaker 2: Any player that because of training camp and preseason has
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  Speaker 2: shot up your boards and Uh, that, uh, you, you
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  Speaker 2: didn't see on the horizon when training camp began.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I, I would start with Dijon's dribbling in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: And that's got just as much to do with how
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  Speaker 1: he's looked at the utilization of him. in these preseason
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  Speaker 1: games and it just seems like the 49ers are fast
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  Speaker 1: tracking him to be a starter in their offense which
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  Speaker 1: means that what they've seen from him in practice they
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  Speaker 1: really like and they want to keep building on that
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: that's one rookie that I've really been excited about another
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: one is Casey Concepcion with the Cleveland Browns I like
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  Speaker 1: what I saw from him especially in that first preseason
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  Speaker 1: game in fact I think that's the only preseason game
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  Speaker 1: that he played in looked like he belonged in the league,
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  Speaker 1: certainly had good speed. Browns are going to be a
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  Speaker 1: mess offensively, but here's a young wideout that can win
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  Speaker 1: in short routes, longer routes. They can give him handoffs.
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  Speaker 1: He scored on a handoff. He's an interesting sleeper for
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  Speaker 1: me as well, which is weird to have those words,
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  Speaker 1: sleeper and Browns, in the same sentence. But in this case,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to let it slide. And then in Denver,
• 6:31
  Speaker 1: just one more rookie, Jonah Coleman, their running back, looks
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  Speaker 1: really good to me. Yeah. I know you have. And
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  Speaker 1: the dude is a physical beast. He's tough to take down.
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  Speaker 1: And you look at that Broncos running back room. J.K.
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: Dobbins is great when he's healthy, but he's had a
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  Speaker 1: hard time staying healthy. He's already had an injury this
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: training camp. I think the Broncos have soured a little
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  Speaker 1: bit on R.J. Harvey. He was their draft pick last year.
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  Speaker 1: And now Coleman, how about it would be great if
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: you had this guy on your college to NFL fantasy
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  Speaker 1: team because he was so great at Washington, converted so
• 7:02
  Speaker 1: many short yardage downs, and now he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: with Denver. And I think the Broncos are really happy
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  Speaker 1: for him. Really what you want to watch from preseason games,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe we'll see a smattering of this in the
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: third week of the preseason, you want to see if
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  Speaker 1: the players look like they know what they're doing. And
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: as long as they look like they know what they're doing,
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  Speaker 1: you can say, okay, they probably look the same way
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  Speaker 1: in practice and they've been practicing. All these teams have
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: had 20-plus practices, maybe even 30 by this point. You'll
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: feel better about drafting them if they look good. And
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: that's a plus. I would say that Tennessee is the
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  Speaker 1: inverse of that. The Titans offense, they had one good
• 7:40
  Speaker 1: drive against San Francisco, and everything else has been a mess.
• 7:43
  Speaker 1: and Carnell Tate doesn't even have a catch yet, and
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: he was the fourth overall pick in the draft. Cam
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: Ward doesn't look good. The line doesn't look good. I
• 7:51
  Speaker 1: would be nervous about Carnell Tate. He's somebody who I've
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  Speaker 1: moved down because of what I've seen specifically in preseason
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  Speaker 1: games so far.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about running backs, and I think that everybody's
• 8:02
  Speaker 2: got the list of the premier running backs, and they
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  Speaker 2: might have them graded differently, but they're going to be
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  Speaker 2: off the board within the first three rounds. I want
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  Speaker 2: to talk about Those that are still there in rounds, say,
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  Speaker 2: five and six. For the team that went heavy wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver early and is trying to find not just a
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  Speaker 2: running back in the fourth, fifth, sixth round, but one
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  Speaker 2: that's going to get the carries early. in order to
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  Speaker 2: justify that selection. Give me a guy or two that's
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  Speaker 2: going to be in that range that are worth waiting on.
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  Speaker 2: You can go ahead and load up on receivers early
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  Speaker 2: because this guy's actually going to put up really good
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  Speaker 2: RB1 numbers and you can get them in the fourth
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  Speaker 2: or fifth.
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  Speaker 1: I have a hard time buying into anybody in this
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  Speaker 1: range putting up RB1 numbers, but at fair Bucky Irving
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  Speaker 1: put up RB1 numbers before. It was two years ago
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: as a rookie. Different offensive coordinator, but still the same
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  Speaker 1: type of overall scheme in Tampa Bay. And then last
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  Speaker 1: year he got hurt after he got off to a
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: great start. He had an RB1 start last year, and
• 9:07
  Speaker 1: then he got hurt and he wasn't quite the same.
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  Speaker 1: I watched the Bucs practice against the Jaguars yesterday in Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: and Bucky Irving was splitting reps with Kenneth Gainwell, but
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  Speaker 1: he looked pretty good. And the Bucs are going to
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  Speaker 1: try and do a little bit more in terms of
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  Speaker 1: of outside zone running. Bucky Irving is certainly going to
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  Speaker 1: be somebody who can benefit from that because he's got
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  Speaker 1: the speed. Baker Mayfield mentioned that he had a little
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: bit more muscle on him. And you know what? It
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: was noticeable when you watched him practice. So there isn't
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  Speaker 1: a great candidate to bounce up to be an RB1,
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  Speaker 1: but Bucky Irving would be the top name on the list.
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  Speaker 1: The other name that I'll give you, and I'm not
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: playing Homer here, Chuck, I promise you, but Jadarian Price
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  Speaker 1: with those Seahawks, we do not know Who else in
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  Speaker 1: this backfield can step up and put up huge numbers there?
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  Speaker 1: We don't either. Yeah, well, but you know what? I
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: think price is capable of it. And I loved hearing
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  Speaker 1: all those great things. about him in the early part
• 10:01
  Speaker 1: of camp. And then they really treated him like he
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: was a veteran by not letting him practice when he
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: was a little bit banged up. And there is a
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: pathway for him to be great as soon as week
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  Speaker 1: one against the Patriots and to carry it all the
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: way through the season, depending on how Zach Charbonnet does
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: in his recovery from his injury. And then that ramp
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: up period for Charbonnet, how many weeks will it take
• 10:22
  Speaker 1: him to look like his old self? There's a chance,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know, I'm not in the building in Seattle,
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: but there's a chance that Charbonnet maybe takes a lot
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: longer to get ready. And the better that Price plays,
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: the more of a luxury the Seahawks will have to
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: let Charbonnet take his time. So Price is another running back.
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  Speaker 1: I can't rule out that he can finish as an
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  Speaker 1: RB1 this year if everything breaks right for him, particularly
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: since I'm at least a little encouraged that the new
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, Brian Flory, coming from San Francisco, definitely knows
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: a thing or two about run scheme.
• 10:54
  Speaker 2: Dave Richard is with us, fantasy football expert, CBS Sports,
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  Speaker 2: joining us here to get you ready for your draft.
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: And last time we were on, I said, A.J. Barner,
• 11:04
  Speaker 2: I would be happy. if he ended up being my
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: starting tight end. That's how good a season I think
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: he's going to have. As a matter of fact, I
• 11:11
  Speaker 2: think that tight ends 6 through 15 are pretty evenly matched.
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: My question for you is, how important is it to
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  Speaker 2: get one of those top five guys at tight end?
• 11:23
  Speaker 2: How early would you draft a Bowers or a McBride
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  Speaker 2: or a Tyler Warren? At what point are they all
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  Speaker 2: going to be gone and you've waited too long?
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: I think if you're going to include Warren in that list,
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: and you should include Chicago's Colson Loveland in that list,
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: I think by the time you get to round five,
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: all four of those guys will be gone. And it's
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: not curtains for your fantasy team if you miss out
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  Speaker 1: on one of those four tight ends. But I would
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  Speaker 1: prioritize them. I do think that they are going to
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: be true difference makers. Each of them have a very
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: real chance of leading their teams, respectively, in targets, catches,
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  Speaker 1: receiving yards, and touchdowns. And that's rare to get from
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  Speaker 1: a tight end. But I think all four of them
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: can do that. And I think you could even make
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: the case for Tucker Kraft to do that in Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay as well. Although the yardage part, maybe the receptions part,
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  Speaker 1: I would have a little bit of a tougher time
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  Speaker 1: explaining from Kraft. Bottom line is this. If you want
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: to have a difference maker on your fantasy team, this
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: is where you go and do it with these tight ends.
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: I think once you get to the end of round two,
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: you can start picking off McBride and Bowers. I've got
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: McBride ahead of Bowers. I'm in the minority there. That's
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  Speaker 1: in full PPR, and that's assuming that Ashton Gentry is
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: going to be okay. I would flip it in half
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  Speaker 1: PPR and in non-PPR and put Bowers ahead of McBride.
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: And if Genting isn't okay, if we find out that
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: everything isn't hunky-dory there, then Bowers would be clearly ahead
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  Speaker 1: of McBride, even in full PPR. But if you look
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: at the list of running backs and wide receivers, and
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: you even go to that group of running backs that
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: we just talked about, those round five, six running backs,
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: where you think you can get a starter from that
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: group of Bucky Irving, David Montgomery, Jadarian Price, Facial Tootin,
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: you're okay with those guys. You're okay with some of
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: the wide receivers that you'll get in rounds four through eight. Yeah,
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: you can prioritize tight end and you should do well
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: from it. And If you're one of those diehard fantasy
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: managers that loves to play the waiver wire and you're
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: always looking for that diamond in the rough off the
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: waiver wire, you're willing to put in that work. All
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: the more reason to go after tight ends early. Yeah,
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: you can find a tight end off the waiver wire.
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: There's some that break out every year. Barner could be
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: one of those guys. But there's wide receivers every single
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: year that are easy to find off the waiver wire
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  Speaker 1: and give you at least replacement value in your lineup,
• 13:31
  Speaker 1: whereas the tight ends that are going early, those guys
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: are unicorns. And it's weird to say that four guys
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: are unicorns because usually there's only one unicorn. All four
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: of those guys are really outstanding and can make your
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: team great.
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about your quarterback philosophy this year because, man,
• 13:45
  Speaker 2: if ever there was a year to wait, I would
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: think it was this one. I'm seeing Matt Stafford on
• 13:49
  Speaker 2: some of these lists ranked 15th. I am happy. to
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: get Matt Stafford in the 10th round and have him
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: be my starting quarterback. And what I don't get, I understand, Dave, that, yes,
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: a running quarterback and what he can do for you points-wise,
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: oh boy, gives you an extra running back on your team.
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  Speaker 2: I understand that, but I also look at Jaden Daniels
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: and Jackson Dart and a couple of others that are
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  Speaker 2: being rated ahead of Joe Burrow and Matt Stafford, and
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: I'm like, Those guys, I don't think they can even
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: make it through a season, particularly Jackson Dart. So I personally, Dave,
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: am not going to be drafting Jackson Dart ahead of
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: Joe Burrow like some are suggesting I should do. What
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: is your philosophy in this range when it comes to quarterbacks?
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: Well, you've just got to worry about regression overall from
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: Jackson Dart, and I get that Malik Nabors will be back,
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: and we're expecting Malik Nabors to be close to his
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: old self. But Dart had nine rushing touchdowns last year,
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: and the Giants are really trying to make it clear
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: to him that they don't want him to put his
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: body and his head at risk. And it's already happened
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: once this preseason we all saw that play. I am
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: not a big fan of Jackson Dart for that reason.
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: And of course, I'm going to take Joe Burrow ahead
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: of Jackson Dart. Here's my philosophy and my strategy for
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: quarterbacks this year, Chuck. I want to feel like I
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: am stealing a quarterback when I draft one. And we're
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: already seeing ADP kind of settle in on Josh Allen
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: in round two and Lamar Jackson in round four, Drake
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: May in round five, Burrow in round five. And that's
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: fair value. I want to wait even longer, but not
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: on purpose. When any quarterback is below ADP and it
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: feels like I'm stealing them away from the rest of
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: my league, I'm drafting them. And that might mean Josh
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Allen in round three. That might mean Lamar Jackson in
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: round six or Joe Burrow. I've gotten Drake May in
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: round seven before. And I cannot pass that up. And
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: that's the feeling that you need to have when you
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: draft a quarterback. It is unpassable, and that's when you
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: go after them. And you can wait. If you're drafted,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: all the quarterbacks are going early, and you start to
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: get nervous, and you go, oh, gosh, you know what?
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to have Drake May or Joe Burrow.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: It's cool. There are enough quarterbacks out there where you
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: will eventually feel like you are getting a steal on one,
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: whether it's Dak Prescott in round nine, Trevor Lawrence in
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: round nine. Caleb Williams in round 10. Patrick Mahomes in
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: round 10, for crying out loud. Yeah, you're going to
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: really love your team better when you're stealing a quarterback
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: away from the rest of your league.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: Who are you staying away from in this draft? Big name.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: A big name that you're staying away from that you
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: feel all your buddies and fellow drafters are overdrafting right now.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: I'm not taking Christian McCaffrey with the top six pick,
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: and that's where his ADP is. We had 450 touches
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: last year. The track record of running backs to get
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: 400-plus touches in a season is not very good. It's
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: like a 50-50 chance he'll be like 80% of what
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: he had last year, a 20% decline. He's also 30.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: He's also been dealing with an injury already so far
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: in training camp, along with a bunch of other San
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: Francisco 49ers. I I have no clue we can blame
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: the electrical substation or whatever in San Francisco, but something's
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: going on there that's messing them up. And the last
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: time CMC has dealt with 400, not even 400, it's
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: like 380-plus touches in a season, he's been injured the
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: year after. And like I said, he's now 30 years old.
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: I don't mind taking him if it's late round one.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: That feels like a value. But somebody in every draft
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: I'm in is going to take him in round six.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: I'm not buying into Brees Hall with the Jets. Frank Reich,
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: the new play caller there, has always used multiple running backs.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: And I think Brees Hall, who had 17.4 touches per
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: game last year, averaged 13 PPR points per game last year.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: Just don't see the Jets offense suddenly becoming a powerhouse
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: in the National Football League. DK Metcalf, Kyle Pitts, those
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: are very big names in fantasy football. People have loved
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: them for years. Pitts specifically had a great five-week stretch
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: last year where he was like 19 PPR points per game. Chuck,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: he did that without Drake London on the field. And
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Drake London is healthy now. In the games, 12 games
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: with Drake London last year, Pitts didn't even average 10
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: PPR points per game. I don't want to fall into
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: that Kyle Pitts trap just because Kevin Savansky is the
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: play caller there, and the Steelers added a bunch of
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: other wide receivers that's going to take work away from
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: DK Metcalf.
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, those are some good nuggets right there. Those are
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: some good nuggets. All right, I'll ask you this to
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: close this out. Who is the player that you're making
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: sure that you leave every draft with?
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: You know, I don't have that one guy yet. Usually
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: it's a sleeper. Usually it's a late round guy. Let
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: me give you two wide receivers that I'm taking much
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: earlier than the late round. And then you can react
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: to it or you can hang up on me if
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: you don't like it. But Jalen Waddell in Denver and
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Parker Washington in Jacksonville. If I get those two wide receivers...
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: Even if they're my first two wide receivers, I'm good
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: with it, especially if it's full PPR. I really love
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: the fit of Waddell in this offense in Denver. Could
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: see him getting north of seven targets per game, potentially
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: eight targets per game. He's still a really good wide receiver,
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: even though he was shackled in Miami. Behind Tyreek Hill,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: Devon A. Chan, kind of a pop gun offense there.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: It's different in Denver, and I think Bo Nix is
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: going to be ready to go. And again, I just
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: saw the Jaguars practice yesterday against Tampa. Brian Thomas Jr.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: went down with a shoulder injury. He's going to be fine.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: But Parker Washington, who had been dominating all camp long,
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: continued to do so in that practice, beat a double
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: team for a touchdown. He had to leave high for it.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: He seems to be on the same page as Trevor Lawrence,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: and this Jacksonville team should still continue to throw a lot.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: They're very well-schemed. Washington has really evolved his game, and
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: I do believe he can be one of the best
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: pass catchers in the NFL this year, not named Chase, St. Brown,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Smith and Jigba, Lamb, you know, all the studs, Nakua.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: He's not on that tier, but he can be a
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: top-20 wide receiver for sure.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like him a lot too. I said that
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: was going to be my last question, but just one
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: quick one. What do I do with Devin achan because
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: i'm expecting the dolphins to score like six points per
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: game this year and win one game uh and yet
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: devin achan they've said they're going to feed him even
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: more um a guy that's been injured a lot i
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: mean there's just a lot of layers to this pick
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: uh how high are you taking devin achan.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: He's a late first round pick especially if it's full PPR.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: I do not expect the Dolphins to score just six
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: points per game. I think they can get to right
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: around where they were last year, which was 20.4 points
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: per game. They ran the ball a little bit below
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: league average overall, and I think they'll probably do the
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: same here. But I saw them practice against the Giants
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: last week, and Chuck, I got to tell you, they
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: had plays designed for Devon Achan. And I'm not just
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: talking about carries, and he looked great on carries, but
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: also receptions. And that's really the thing that made me
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: worried earlier in the offseason. Because Malik Willis has this
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: track record. When a play breaks down, he uses his legs.
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: He didn't do that as much against the Giants in
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: the joint practice. And that encourages me that Devon Achan
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: can be still a good pass catcher. And that's really
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: where he made his hay. Like 40% of his PPR
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: points last year came through the air. And I think
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: maybe this year it'll be like 30%. And I don't
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: think it'll be quite as good as it was last year.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: But it could still be 17 PPR points per game,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: and that's good enough for late round one. All right.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: You are the man. Thank you so much. We appreciate it.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: I know the listeners appreciate it as well. You're very
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: generous with your time. I do truly try not to
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: abuse it, but I'd probably have you on all week
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: if I had my call. So I appreciate you, Dave.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: Thank you very much. And good luck with all of
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: your drafts that are coming up.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Chuck, and good luck in your
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: drafts as well. I'm here for you if you ever
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: need help with your team.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: All right. Thanks, Dave. Dave Richard, joining us right here
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: from CBS Sports here on the morning program. And so
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: I don't know if that covers all the bases, but
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: that covers a lot of it. That's some good stuff
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: right there. Good tips right there from Dave. And we'll
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: start providing those on a daily basis here. Maybe not
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: from some expert from parts unknown, but we'll talk some
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: more fantasy football leading up to the start of the
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: regular season. All right, ABC's of the M's come your
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: way next. Sports Radio 93.3 KJRFM. We allow the alphabet
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: to be our guide through a number of different discussion points.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: And we start completely over at letter A today.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: I love when the day starts. Marks the beginning of
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: the alphabet. It's nice when it lines up like that.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: I love it when it starts on a Monday, like
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: when you wrap up a Friday with a Z and
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: it lines up that way. Just shows you that I
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: don't manipulate this at all. No, the alphabet takes us
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: where it wants to go. That's right. I mean, some
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: people have accused me of coming up with words wrong.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: That fit the topics I want to discuss.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: No.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: That is insane. Really?
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: That's a narrative out there?
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: Can you believe it?
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Seriously.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Can you believe that nonsense?
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: Let's go with A is for a Rosarina here today. Look,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: I'm going to preface this by saying... we don't know
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: what's going to happen to the collective bargaining agreement after
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: this year. And we don't know how teams are going
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: to be able to approach their finances, their payroll. If
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: we have a salary cap going forward, then, then all
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: bets are off, right? We don't know. We don't know what,
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: if that changes the conversation for the Mariners and whether
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: or not they would bring back Randy or Rose arena, uh,
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: next year, maybe it would, maybe it does. Um, but
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: I just want to prepare people. I don't know why
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: you do this to yourselves every year. That you think,
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I want him back. This is what he's cost. Pay it.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: And you know they're not going to. You know that
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: that's just not how they operate currently. Maybe they will
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: operate differently with a salary cap. We'll see if that
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: even gets pushed through. Who knows? But you know that
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: they don't... They're not going to take a guy in
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: his 30s who... is not exactly beloved for everything that
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: he does on a field and in the clubhouse within
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: the organization and then pay him after his most complete
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: season in a contract year, $ 25 million a year going forward.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a nice conversation, Anders, to have about
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: would you do it? If you were in charge, would
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: you do it? That's great. That's a great conversation. Have
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: that conversation. But don't put yourself in a position anymore
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: with this ownership group that you know and think that
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: they're going to change their stripes suddenly and sign a
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: 32-year-old outfielder with issues to a four-year, $ 100 million deal
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: because he was our most consistent player this past year.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: They're just not going to do it. He's gone.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think– Especially considering the age and the declining
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: defense that was already suspect to begin with. Obviously, he's
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: been your most consistent hitter, and that's been great.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, at the banquet, he wins offensive MVP this year.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, great.
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he gets a trophy and some mustachio. Of course, yeah.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: But this, more than anything else....
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Just screams hey you traded for him at the perfect
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: time got two plus years out of him right before
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: he cost way too much and you can you know
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: get basically the almost the two and a half best
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: years of randy roser in his career got him for
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: nothing nothing too so i think you've already gotten your
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: value out of him the easiest solution to me would
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: be again this is barring anything that changes in the
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: offseason would be to give him the qualifying offer. If
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: he signs something else, you get a free draft pick.
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: And if he signs the qualifying offer, you get another
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: year of him, which I think is a great kind
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: of win-win situation for the Mariners.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: And he won't sign. He's going to take advantage of
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: his market value and the fact that right-handed hitters right
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: now are worth their weight in gold to a lot
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: of Major League Baseball teams. And I love Randy. Yeah,
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: you've loved him more than anybody at the station since
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: he came here.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: Uh, but I agree with you a hundred percent on this.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: You got probably the two and a half best years
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: you could have possibly gotten out of Randy or Rosarina.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: And to me, you cut your losses. Keep this in mind.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: I do believe that George Kirby or Logan Gilbert's going
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: to be traded this off season. And I do believe
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: they're going to try to bring one of them back.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: My guess is they're going to try to bring back Logan. Um,
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Framber Valdez makes $ 38 million a year. as a starting pitcher.
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: That price tag, if we want Logan back, if people
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: want Logan back, and I think he's worth, by the way,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: I'm not all that big on investing big time dollars
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: on pitchers who invariably are going to get Tommy John
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: surgery if they haven't had it already. I don't know
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: how big of a fan I am of that, but
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: he's Gumby, damn it. I mean, he is, if there's
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: ever a guy that you kind of trust, I know
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: he had some injury stuff last year. But if there's
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: a guy that you kind of trust that he's going
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: to be durable, Logan's somebody that I invest in. But
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: it's going to be minimum 30. He's going to be
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: our highest-paid player. If he re-signs with the Mariners or
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: if they sign him to extension this offseason, he's going
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: to be our highest-paid player. So, yes, we saved $ 24
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: million on Castillo. We'll get $ 12 million back for JP.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: And we'll get $ 15 million for Randy or Rosarina. But
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: once you start going down the starting picture and start
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: trying to keep Some of these guys, oh man, that
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: money dries up fast. Very fast. And again, this is...
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: And I'd rather have Gilbert back than a Rosarino. Oh, 100%.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: And then I'll move Kirby for the bat to replace
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: Randy or Rosarino. That's what I would do.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: And that's even if your reinforcements coming from the minor
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: leagues coming up the system right now don't. show that
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: they can be starting caliber. A lot of hype around
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: Laz Montes.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: He's hit, what, 37 home runs in AAA this year,
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: which is awesome.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: Well, he will definitely be up next year. Whether that's
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: to break camp, I don't know. But he will definitely
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: be on this team next year. At some point, right.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Unless he's traded in the offseason.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: But if you're trading him, you're getting something spectacular back. Exactly.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: Because he's Major League ready.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: He is Major League ready.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: B is for backtrack. Jeff Passon did his best. yesterday
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: to try to spin that Dodgers story a different way. Look,
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: I really liked Jeff pass. And I think he's very smart.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: He's very good at what he does when he speaks.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: I usually listen. Um, but yesterday he spent some time
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: accusing his critics of holding on to a narrative. Uh,
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: and if they don't understand where he's coming from, then
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: they've just chosen a narrative and aren't going to listen
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: to Roger logic or reason. Jeff, you are guilty of
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: the exact same thing. You have chosen a narrative on
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: this Dodgers thing and in your reporting, and you went
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: way too far in talking about... I mean, there is
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: actual evidence numerous times of you suggesting that other major
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: league teams are just jealous that they aren't as smart
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: as the Dodgers and they should be operating like... You've
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: said it numerous times, and yet yesterday you stated that
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: you've never said that because that's ridiculous. So you tried
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: to backtrack a little bit by exposing the Dodgers television deal.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Did you know on top of everything else that their
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: television deal, they don't truly pay what they should be
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: paying in terms of a luxury tax? Because once you're
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: over that threshold, then we do the revenue sharing. They're
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: paying a fraction of what they should be paying because
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: of the similar kind of deal that this Walter guy's
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: been striking that he's in trouble with with the feds
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: right now. He did the same thing with their television deal.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: So he's technically not That money's not there. It's in
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: the future somewhere. Slimy. So he's not actually getting punished
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: for that in terms of revenue sharing right now. Another
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: way that he skirted out on like a $ 40 million
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: bill per year, which is ramping up every single year.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: So look. We all make statements. We all go for
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: it on certain things. I would think a journalist is
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: a little more thorough than what a talk show host
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: would be. For sure. But you've gone out on this
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: limb and you're not backtracking far enough. And that's on you, man.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: And I like you. I like you a lot. Not
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: that he's hearing this. But that's on you. And you're
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: accusing your critics of doing something that you're doing. You've
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: went way out there, and now you know you're wrong,
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: and you won't back completely off of it. Yeah.
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: I mean, this whole Dodgers story is going to be
• 30:53
  Speaker 3: the catalyst of this offseason anyway. So I can't wait
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: to see where it goes.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: Finally, I'll just quickly see us for Crawford. He's back.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: I mentioned this a little bit later. It sounds like
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: the plan is, according to Ryan Divish yesterday, JP's at third.
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: Rodden stays at short. But when Donovan comes back, then
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: JP goes to shortstop. Donovan goes in at third base.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: And then Rivas left. I don't know if they would
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: keep Rodden in that role, utility role, or if they
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: would flop them if Rodden's not playing every day. That
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: remains to be seen, but that seems like what we're
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: going to be going with for the rest of the year.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm surprised Rivas got sent down instead of Rodden,
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: especially considering Rivas' I don't want to say heroics, but
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: showing that he comes up in clutch situations.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: Well, Rodden also gets credit for sort of being one
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: of the catalysts for the turnaround, frankly.
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: Sure, I think he's definitely looked like a AAA player
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: the last few days, at the plate specifically. That surprised me,
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: but I think either way. Those are two quad A
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: players at this point.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: One last thing to close us out. Sports Radio 93.3
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: KJR FM. Final segment. Anders Hirsch here on this Wednesday.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: The idea is that Ashley's back tomorrow. So, Anders, thank
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: you very much for putting up with me for the
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: last week or so. No problem. And yes, of course,
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: you hear Anders and I together all the time and
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: you will continue to hear us together in the future.
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: Anders Hurst, what is your one last thing before you
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: relinquish yourself of these grueling morning duties?
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: I am going to go positive side.
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: We talked a lot about, you know, the negative side
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: of hard knocks and everything.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take a little positive.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Did we talk about the negative side? Oh, no, just
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: the darker. Very, very positive about it.
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: No, not that it was a negative episode, more that
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: like the... the darker side of like the injuries and stuff.
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: Oh, is what I meant. Yeah.
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: I thought I handled it beautifully. Oh, they absolutely did. Yes. Um,
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: that doesn't, yeah.
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: Anyways, but I am going on, uh, to my first
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: Mariners game with my son today. Oh, I'm taking Austin
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: to his first Mariners game. And I'm beyond excited. My
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: wife is coming with us. And I think my parents
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: are coming, too, because they were like, What?
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: You're going with Austin? Can we come?
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: And they just tagged themselves along with it. They're going
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: to take a million photos and stuff like that. It's
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: going to be fun. I have distinct memories, and I
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: have pictures from my first Mariners game. I was a
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: little bit older than Austin is now. But it's been
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: something I've been really thinking about for a while, how
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: I wanted to do this, how old I wanted him
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: to be. It's a perfect opportunity today during a day
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: game and, you know, work in the morning show, having
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: my duties be finished before the afternoon.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: So I'm excited.
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: Hopefully we get the series sweep so Austin can experience
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: Mariner baseball.
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: How many photos will you take? Oh, God.
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: Me, personally, probably like five or six. And then, you know,
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: when you add in my wife, my mom.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's going to be in the hundreds for sure.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: You will have one scrapbook dedicated entirely. Do people even
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: keep scrapbooks anymore, or is it just all on your phone?
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Mostly online. But I actually, my wife prints out a
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: bunch of stuff. So even if we take them on
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: our phone, she still prints out a bunch of photos.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: And my mom actually has made baby books for all
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: of us, her kids. And then she's apparently starting to
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: make a baby book for us. For my son. Well,
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: that'll be great.
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: Well, have a great time at the game. I will
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: warn you in advance. Right now, everybody in the town
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: is firmly convinced that if Cal goes back into a slump,
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: it's Ashley's fault. But if your son goes and he
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: goes 0 for 4 today and beats Ashley to the punch,
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: we might start blaming him.
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: Well, if that's the case, I'll shoulder it for playing
• 35:09
  Speaker 3: the one more time bed during Mariner's Morning After. instead
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: of having it be my son. I'll take the L
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: for my son on that one.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: All right, I'm going to close with this, and I'm
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: going to go back, and hopefully I can do this
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: in two minutes. I want to go back to Dolly,
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: because I heard yesterday somebody made the suggestion of they
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: were trying to figure out, and there was a younger
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: group of people, they were trying to figure out what
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: was her biggest song. And it was, I will always
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: love you. And somebody made the suggestion. I thought that
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: was Whitney Houston. Oh, God. And I don't mind that
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: somebody would be of a certain age or genre or
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: whatever the case may be. Maybe they're just country music,
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: not even familiar with it, and would make that mistake.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: But now that you do know, don't ever make that
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: mistake again. Because even though Whitney Houston, you know, maybe
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: somebody could argue that she did sing it better. After all,
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: she might be the greatest female singer of all time,
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: Whitney Houston. So maybe she did do it better. But
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: I also, once upon a time, heard Fiona Apple do
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: just an amazing rendition of Across the Universe. And let's
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: draw the line at calling that Fiona Apple song.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: Nope.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: That one belongs to the Beatles.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: Okay. So now that you do know, know that's Dolly
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: Parton's song. That will always be Dolly Parton's song. Whitney
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: has her own. She's got a huge catalog. Oh, yes.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: But that is a Dolly Parton song. Like if Francis
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: Scott Key rose from the dead, no one would say, hey,
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: you're playing Huey Lewis's song. I heard him play the
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: national anthem at the All-Star game one year, and it
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: was fantastic. Why are you playing Huey Lewis's song? No, no,
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: I wrote that while I was dodging balls. mortar shells
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: and musket piercings and yeah i i wrote that that's
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: that's my song i'm i'm francis scott key i wrote
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: the star spangled banner which is your national anthem yeah
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: yeah yeah so yeah so when francis scott key and
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: he when he does rise from the grave and he
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: plays a concert and everybody is in the concert yelling
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: out don't play your new stuff frank star spangled banner
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: Come on, Frank. We don't want to hear your new stuff.
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: Play your hit. Don't be the person like, wait a minute.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: Why is he singing Huey Lewis's song?
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: No, no.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: That's Francis Scott Key's song.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: You think when Bob Dylan performs all along the Watchtower,
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: everyone says that's Jimi Hendrix's song?
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: So, yes. Point being that, yeah. That's Dolly Parton's song,
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: Let's Get It Straight. Yeah. And let's not make that
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: mistake anymore as we celebrate her life as she rests
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: in peace now forever. So just get it straight, people.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: I forgive you for screwing it up the first time,
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: but let's get it straight. All right, we'll talk to
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: you tomorrow at 6 a.m. Ashley should be back. We
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: shall see. Anders will be sleeping at that point. Coming
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: up next, though, Greg Bell and Jessamyn McIntyre on Sports
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: Radio 93.3 KJR FM.