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Ian Furness 10/29 H3: Brandon Funston, talkbacks, text, fact or Fiction and Softy! · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 3: it's been two damn long. Would you agree? It's been
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  Speaker 3: too damn long.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I can agree.
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  Speaker 1: He's the leading face of fantasy sports. Even though you
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  Speaker 1: He's got a touchdown!
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man, the music, the open, the song. Big thanks
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  Speaker 2: to our friends at Georgetown Brewing as well. Funston, it's
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  Speaker 2: been too long since we did this the right way.
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  Speaker 3: How are you, my friend? Yeah, exactly. You said it.
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  Speaker 5: I'm happy to be back in the saddle at home,
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  Speaker 5: not standing in the middle of the Newark airport trying
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  Speaker 5: to field questions on a little piece of scratch paper. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: things are good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've had cracking games. We've had Funston traveling. So
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  Speaker 2: we've been all over the place the last couple weeks.
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  Speaker 2: But we're back in the norm. Phone calls, 206-286-9595. In
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  Speaker 2: addition to that, we will take your text, 49451. I
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  Speaker 2: do believe, before I go to the phones, I do
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  Speaker 2: believe that, I don't know, it's a first this year.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's a first. We had two
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  Speaker 2: bullseyes today.
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  Speaker 6: Two.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if we've ever done that before.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly high noon, 12 o'clock, 0000. Two of them, which
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  Speaker 2: is amazing when you think about it.
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  Speaker 3: So good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Good job by everybody along the way. We'll get your texts.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take the early texts. Ashley will take the ones
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  Speaker 2: that are coming in right now, 49451. But this feels good.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking at the list here. Ashley just sent me
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  Speaker 2: the phone calls, and it looks very good, very familiar.
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  Speaker 3: Let's go to line one.
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  Speaker 2: First up, Mike in Edmonds. Mike in Edmonds is back,
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  Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. He is back with us.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Mike. How are you?
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Ian. Hey, Brandon. Glad to be on at regular time.
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  Speaker 2: We are glad to be back. Funston, glad to be back.
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  Speaker 2: We're glad to have your voice. I see some other
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  Speaker 2: familiar ones.
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  Speaker 3: So fire away, Mike. Let's go. What do we got?
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  Speaker 8: Okay.
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  Speaker 7: I have Jonathan Taylor backed up by Ollie Gordon, and
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  Speaker 7: I have Garrett Wilson backed up by Omar Cooper. So
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  Speaker 7: I trust either Taylor or Wilson this weekend. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to subscribe to the squeaky wheel gets
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  Speaker 5: the grease in Garrett Wilson. He's been good most of
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  Speaker 5: the year, and he was basically ignored last week. Omar
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  Speaker 5: Cooper stole the thunder in the passing game there, but
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  Speaker 5: Garrett Wilson is their alpha. It is a good matchup
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  Speaker 5: against Las Vegas, so I'm definitely leaning Garrett Wilson there,
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  Speaker 5: and I'm going Jonathan Taylor over Ollie Gordon. Ollie Gordon's
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  Speaker 5: been great, but Jonathan Taylor's one of the top five
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  Speaker 5: running backs.
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  Speaker 3: In the league.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, maybe we'll see how he does without Quentin Nelson,
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  Speaker 5: but A lot of headwind for Ollie Gordon against New England.
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  Speaker 5: They're almost 10-point underdogs, and that could be them having
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  Speaker 5: to abandon the running game a little bit early there.
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  Speaker 3: Love it. Perfect.
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  Speaker 2: All right, next up. Man, it's been too long since
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  Speaker 2: we heard this guy's voice. Ricky in Tacoma. Ricky, what's up?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back.
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  Speaker 8: How's it going, ladies and gentlemen? I try at 1 o'clock.
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  Speaker 3: I can listen with an earbud in my ear, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, I want to call in, darn it. Hey,
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  Speaker 3: you know what? Work comes in the way. Priorities, buddy.
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  Speaker 8: I'm excited to go to my game.
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  Speaker 3: What do you got, buddy?
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  Speaker 8: I got a whole bunch of second and third string,
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  Speaker 8: third tier running backs.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to avoid that.
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  Speaker 8: I'll just go straight up. Half point PPR, Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 8: or Kyler Murray this week, Brandon?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to.
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  Speaker 5: Go Kyler Murray. He hasn't been good, but Detroit in
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  Speaker 5: terms of pass defense is by far the worst in
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  Speaker 5: the league. And they're actually giving up like three and
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  Speaker 5: a half more fantasy points per game to quarterback than
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  Speaker 5: any other team in the league. So they're the worst,
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  Speaker 5: and they're well out in front as being the worst.
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  Speaker 5: So you add a little bit of Kyler Murray running
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  Speaker 5: in addition to him throwing better than usual this week,
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  Speaker 5: and I like him better than Aaron Rodgers.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Good job, Ricky. Good to have you back.
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  Speaker 3: All right. So what's your prediction, Funston, before we go
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  Speaker 3: to the next call? What's your prediction?
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  Speaker 5: Are you talking Monday night?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 5: The return to normalcy here? How pervasive is it? Does
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  Speaker 5: it affect the upside-down world of Rob?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been so out of whack. Let's see where
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  Speaker 2: we're at. All right, here we go. Let's give it
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  Speaker 2: a shot. Rob and Buren, you're up next.
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  Speaker 3: What's up, Rob?
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  Speaker 8: Well, since the season's over, I decided to stay home
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  Speaker 8: and do some day drinking. I know your season's not over.
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  Speaker 5: You're coming off freshly off of a three-game win streak,
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  Speaker 5: so you're back to the bump in the road, but
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  Speaker 5: I know your season's not over.
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  Speaker 3: It can't be over, Rob. You've had at least three.
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  Speaker 3: What are you, three and four?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, something like that. I've got to check. Yeah, something
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  Speaker 8: like that. When you lose by. 03, it all feels
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  Speaker 8: like it's bad.
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  Speaker 3: It's right there. Oh, God. Yeah, that's a tough one.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it is a return to normalcy, so before you
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  Speaker 2: finish that Jack and Coke, what do you got for fun?
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  Speaker 8: Do we go with Lamar Jackson playing and Jordan?
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  Speaker 9: Which one do you like?
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  Speaker 5: No wonder you're doing pretty well. That's a nice combo there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: Lamar Jackson, good with the ankle. The Buffalo game is
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  Speaker 5: 54.5 on the game total. It's the highest of the week.
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  Speaker 5: They're expecting a shootout. I have Jackson third on my
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  Speaker 5: list this week behind Josh Allen and Drake May, so Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: go with Lamar.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, we might have lost Ian.
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  Speaker 5: Ian, are you there?
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  Speaker 10: All right.
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  Speaker 11: Well, I'm not hearing Ian, so I'm going to turn
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  Speaker 11: his mic off for a second, just in case he
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  Speaker 11: comes back swearing. And we will go to Stephen Insulton.
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  Speaker 11: Just playing this by ear. Here we go, Stephen Insulton.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, so I need one quarterback. Rodgers, Darnold... Caleb, or
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  Speaker 3: I can pick up Brissette, or Geno.
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  Speaker 5: Of that group, I have Caleb the highest, and it's not,
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  Speaker 5: you know, it's probably the worst matchup, but he does
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  Speaker 5: have the rushing upside. He has some playmaking potential. I'm
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  Speaker 5: going to say, you said you could pick up Brissette?
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  Speaker 3: I can pick up Brissette, Geno, or even Deshaun Watson
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  Speaker 3: if I need to.
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  Speaker 5: Well, Brissette's the closest to Caleb. They're pretty close in
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  Speaker 5: my mind. If you don't want to root for Caleb
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  Speaker 5: and you don't have to cut anybody of consequence, I
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  Speaker 5: don't think it's a big difference between Brissette this week
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  Speaker 5: and Caleb because Brissette's going to throw a lot, and
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  Speaker 5: it's the Dallas defense. They've not been good against the pass.
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  Speaker 5: So I give you that option, but if it's my team,
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  Speaker 5: I'm probably going to still play Caleb.
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  Speaker 7: All right, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: All right, so that was Stephen. Now I'm multitasking, so
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  Speaker 4: this is going to be fun.
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  Speaker 11: So that was Stephen Insultin, and now we're going to
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  Speaker 11: stay Insultin and go to Derek Insultin.
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  Speaker 8: What's up, guys?
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  Speaker 3: What's going on?
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  Speaker 5: Hey, okay, so this would be assuming that Brees Hall
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  Speaker 5: sits this week, I'm hoping, but I.
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  Speaker 7: Need one of these four for a full PPR.
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  Speaker 8: Rashad White, Braylon Allen... RJ Harvey or Amari Hampton.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so here's the good news.
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  Speaker 5: I think whether Brees Hall plays or not, I have
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  Speaker 5: ranked Brees Hall as playing because it's kind of trending
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  Speaker 5: towards him playing. But even that said, I don't think
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  Speaker 5: they're going to give him a full workload, and I
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  Speaker 5: still have Braylon Allen ahead of the other guys. I
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  Speaker 5: have Rashad White kind of right behind Braylon Allen, but
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  Speaker 5: even with Brees Hall playing, unless you hear that they're
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  Speaker 5: just going to turn things back over to Breesaw, which
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  Speaker 5: they won't. Braylon Allen's been great. I think it's going
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  Speaker 5: to just be your classic platoon combo this week. Good
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  Speaker 5: matchup against the Raiders. I would play Braylon Allen.
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  Speaker 3: There we go.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate Ashley getting us back on the air. We have
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  Speaker 2: a little issue here. All right, Chris and Buren, you're
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  Speaker 2: up next. Chris, fire away.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, guys. Full point PPR. I just can't decide on
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  Speaker 8: my tight ends. Brenton Strange, or do I.
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  Speaker 3: Finally trust Kyle Pitts because I've missed out on him
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  Speaker 3: for two years?
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  Speaker 7: Weeks straight?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like the one area on defense that Tampa
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  Speaker 5: has not been good against is the tight ends, and
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  Speaker 5: Kyle Pitts is finding the end zone with Pennix, and
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  Speaker 5: it's kind of working. So I have Pitts ranked higher
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  Speaker 5: than Brenton Strange.
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  Speaker 4: Now someone just kicked him off. This is fun. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: so people are just jumping into our Comrexes. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 4: Softie just kicking Funston off.
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  Speaker 10: You got me?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we're using the Comrex. He just knocked us off
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  Speaker 3: the air. So call back.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: All right, let's try to reset here. My goodness, what
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  Speaker 3: a day. What a day. What a day, ladies and gentlemen.
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  Speaker 3: What a day. What a day. What a day. What
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  Speaker 3: a day. All right.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get Brandon reconnected here. We'll get Frank and Renton
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  Speaker 2: on in a second.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm getting Funston back here.
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  Speaker 3: Hold on. Beautiful. Awesome. Thank you very much. Thank you
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  Speaker 3: very much.
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  Speaker 2: This is the beautiful thing about live radio. Stuff happens sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: and we'll get it figured out here in just a second.
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  Speaker 2: And when I said it was return to normalcy for
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  Speaker 2: Funston this week, I think that's exactly what it was.
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  Speaker 4: My goodness.
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  Speaker 3: It's return to normalcy.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, what are the odds in one segment? You
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  Speaker 4: get kicked off, and then Funston gets kicked off? Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And Softy knows better, too. He knows that we have
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  Speaker 4: Funston at the 2 o'clock hour on the air.
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  Speaker 5: I know.
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  Speaker 3: He doesn't like fantasy football.
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  Speaker 5: That's true.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 4: I'm seeing what I can do with Funston here, so
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  Speaker 4: talk amongst yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, we'll talk amongst ourselves. Frank, if you're still
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  Speaker 2: there on hold, stay with us for a second. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get to the text as well at 49451 here on
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  Speaker 2: the Tacoma Dodge text line, and we'll get all your
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  Speaker 2: questions answered.
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  Speaker 3: We'll get everybody going. I'm more upset. Actually, I'll be
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  Speaker 3: honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a little bummed out about Rob Imburian because that
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  Speaker 2: bums me out, the fact that old Rob Imburian, he
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  Speaker 2: was on a winning streak. We took a couple weeks off,
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  Speaker 2: and now all of a sudden Rob is struggling. That
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  Speaker 2: makes me sad, almost as sad as.
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  Speaker 3: My own team. But that's okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's also a return to normalcy too, so we're all good.
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  Speaker 2: While we get Funston back on, we should remind you,
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  Speaker 2: big Thursday night game tonight. Carolina taking on Green Bay.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of fantasy involved there. And we did
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  Speaker 2: have two bullseyes, which we're going to get to, and
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  Speaker 2: we had the four others that were one second after.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got a lot to get to once we
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  Speaker 2: get Brandon reconnected here. Hopefully that will happen here in
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  Speaker 2: a second. And then we'll be good to go.
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  Speaker 3: How are we looking, Ash? Are we good? What do
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  Speaker 3: we need to do here?
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  Speaker 11: Well, I'm trying to connect him to five now because
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  Speaker 11: it wouldn't let him because Softy locked him out.
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  Speaker 7: So hold on.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, good. Good, good, good. I need it. Always, always
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  Speaker 3: fun in live radio.
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  Speaker 5: Always.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 5: We got him back.
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  Speaker 4: We got him back.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Here we go. Okay.
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  Speaker 5: Let's try it about always picking against softy and all
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  Speaker 5: those end of the segment questions.
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  Speaker 3: Now it's a good call. Yeah. It's a very good call.
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  Speaker 8: All right.
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  Speaker 3: I think Frank and Renton will be our last phone call.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Frank, go ahead.
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  Speaker 8: Well, guys say Denver, Denver Bronco running back question.
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  Speaker 10: I dropped Dobbins and I kept Coleman.
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  Speaker 3: Did I Google it? No, you didn't stop it. Stop it. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I'm in, Besides, I don't use that term anymore now
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  Speaker 5: that my son's going there. No, he's been like almost
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  Speaker 5: two yards better per carry. The two games that Jonah
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  Speaker 5: Coleman's played, he's basically equaled the number of touches of
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  Speaker 5: the rest of the Denver running backs combined. So clearly
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  Speaker 5: Sean Payton likes him and is trending him towards being
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  Speaker 5: the platoon leader. The platoon will never go away with
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  Speaker 5: Sean Payton. There's always going to be multiple running backs
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  Speaker 5: in play, but Coleman looks like he's going to be
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  Speaker 5: the leader of that pack.
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  Speaker 3: All right. All right. Let's hit the music. Let's get
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  Speaker 3: some texts.
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  Speaker 7: 49451.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a zillion texts coming in. And, again, we
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  Speaker 2: had a couple bullseyes as well.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: First bullseye, 12-0-0-0-0. Andy from Redmond. By the way, bonus
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  Speaker 2: points when you put your name on it. Andy from Redmond,
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  Speaker 2: full PPR. Need one for a flex. Shakir Dobbins or
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  Speaker 2: Omari Cooper Jr.? I would go with Omar Cooper Jr.
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  Speaker 5: He's been hot.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: He's been hot. Dobbins, I just talked about, kind of fading.
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  Speaker 5: And I think we might get DJ Moore back, and
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  Speaker 5: that will hurt Khalil Shakir a bit.
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  Speaker 3: Beautiful. Need two. Full PPR. Boston, Diggs, Tett, and Michael Wilson.
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  Speaker 3: Need two of those.
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  Speaker 5: I'm going to go with Tett, and I'm going to
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  Speaker 5: go with Stephon Diggs with Terry McLaurin out. Probably going
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  Speaker 5: to see a few more targets this week.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Next up, half PPR flex. Waddle or Downs?
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  Speaker 5: Um well you're gonna have to watch jaylen waddle's kind
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  Speaker 5: of hanging in the balance has a chest injury if
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  Speaker 5: he plays i would give him the ever so slight
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  Speaker 5: nod over downs.
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  Speaker 2: Okay uh also one second after half ppr flex waddle
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  Speaker 2: or downs i already did that did i already do
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: that you already did that one i'm sorry i skipped
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: over one this is jamie from allen had another one
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: one second after jamie from allen i have a running
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: back and quarterback question braylon allen or rj harvey this
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: week i would go with braylon allen uh Should I
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: sit Caleb Williams and play Jaden Daniels this week?
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: That's one of those ones you talk about. There's an
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: emotional tie here.
• 14:55
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and for me this one's a good one because
• 14:58
  Speaker 5: I just like Jaden Daniels better anyways. The Philadelphia Eagles
• 15:01
  Speaker 5: defense hasn't been up to snuff this year. The ninth
• 15:04
  Speaker 5: most fancy points allowed to the quarterback position. So a
• 15:06
  Speaker 5: much better matchup for Daniels. He's been playing pretty well.
• 15:09
  Speaker 5: This is a good way to not have to worry
• 15:11
  Speaker 5: about going against your Seattle Seahawks.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: All right. Two seconds after the wave, Seattle shut down Canine.
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: Do I start DeAndre Swift at flex this week? Other
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: options are Denzel Boston or Trey Tucker. So Swift or
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: Boston or Tucker?
• 15:26
  Speaker 3: Yes. Do I start DeAndre Swift at flex? Other options
• 15:29
  Speaker 3: are Denzel Boston or Trey Tucker. Okay.
• 15:32
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to go with DeAndre Swift. And I
• 15:33
  Speaker 5: don't think Kyle Medonga is going to play again. He
• 15:36
  Speaker 5: hasn't come back to practice. He's got a thumb injury.
• 15:38
  Speaker 5: They don't want a running back with a thumb injury.
• 15:41
  Speaker 5: problem playing against the Seahawks and potential to turn the
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: ball over so look at Seattle made it a point
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: to shut down canine but the running backs previously had
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: done pretty good against Seattle they haven't they haven't been
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: completely shut down and so you know I don't know
• 15:55
  Speaker 5: if you go in against Chicago and say we're just
• 15:57
  Speaker 5: going to definitely shut out DeAndre Swift like they did
• 15:59
  Speaker 5: that with canine so I still like Swift to be
• 16:01
  Speaker 5: better than the other two Yezzy.
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: From Los Angeles. Again, love the fact you're listening on
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: the iHeart app. Love the fact that you're putting your
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: name on there.
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: Yeah, she's back. She called last week.
• 16:11
  Speaker 10: Oh, she did.
• 16:12
  Speaker 5: That's right. Yeah, yeah.
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we love that. Calling from L.A.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: And listening on the iHeart app. Halfpoint PPR. Need one
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: for my flex. Jeremy Bernard or Ramondre Stevenson?
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to go with Ramondre Stevenson. Got a
• 16:25
  Speaker 5: great matchup against Miami. They could be milking that clock
• 16:27
  Speaker 5: for much of the game. And, yeah, and Travion Henderson
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: been dealing with an illness right now. He hasn't practiced,
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: so maybe a little extra run for Stevenson in this one.
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: All right, I've got two or three more. Dak or Love?
• 16:41
  Speaker 5: I have Dak top five this week. Love about number
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: nine on my list. So, yeah, I'd go with Dak
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: against Arizona.
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: Half-point PPR flex, waddle or downs?
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: Yeah, we do this one.
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: This is the third time.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: Oh, it is.
• 16:53
  Speaker 4: I was like, wait, I thought you were joking that time.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry. No, don't worry about that. Laporta, Hampton, or Strange?
• 16:59
  Speaker 5: I'm going to go with Laporta. against Minnesota. I love
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: the matchup, but I don't love the other two options, frankly. Ashley,
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: you get the last few.
• 17:12
  Speaker 11: We've got Brandon and Edmonds need to start one for
• 17:15
  Speaker 11: wide receiver, one for flex, full point PPR. Trey Tucker
• 17:19
  Speaker 11: or Caleb Douglas, Ramondre Stevenson, Zach Charbonnet or Ollie Gordon.
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: One wide receiver, one flex.
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: Stevenson just ahead of Gordon for the flex, and I
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: will go with Trey Tucker who's been hot. Let's go
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: with Trey Tucker as a wide receiver.
• 17:35
  Speaker 11: Okay, I like this one because it's just a straight-up UW.
• 17:39
  Speaker 11: Boston or Odunze?
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: Oh, the Roma-Dunze experience. Let me consult where I'm at
• 17:45
  Speaker 5: on these guys. I think they're really close. I have
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: Boston slightly two spots ahead of Odunze against Seattle. So
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: there you go. Another place where you don't have to
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: root against. You'd be rooting for a Husky against the Seahawks.
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: I guess that crosses each other out, but I would
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: go Boston.
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 18:01
  Speaker 11: Marty in Virginia, Standard League, need one for the flex,
• 18:05
  Speaker 11: Saquon or Rashad White?
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: Well, I'll play Saquon if he plays, but I don't
• 18:11
  Speaker 5: think he's going to. Back in hamstring issue, he was
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: talking a good game, but he hasn't practiced, and he
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: might be on a limited. I just think he was
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: less problematic just to go with Rashad White, who no
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: Ja'Cory Kroski merit, so he should get some pretty good
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: run this week.
• 18:28
  Speaker 11: From the 206, I'm in a keeper league. Someone's offering
• 18:30
  Speaker 11: me Swift for Gente.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: Do I take it?
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: Someone's going to give you Swift. Nah, you know what?
• 18:39
  Speaker 5: I don't know what the shelf life is on DeAndre Swift.
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: Gente is probably destined to be a high-level receiving back
• 18:46
  Speaker 5: and not be the feature back in a few years,
• 18:50
  Speaker 5: but I think I might still just hang on and
• 18:52
  Speaker 5: hold out hope because I don't know how many years
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: Swift has left as the feature guy.
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: One quick one from the 206 because this affects me
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: as well. Is DJ Moore playing this week?
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: I would say it's a coin flip with the shoulder.
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: I thought coming off the bye that this would be
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: the week, but they haven't practiced him yet. They had
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: the red jersey on him, but they also had the
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: red jersey on Dalton Kincaid. They might just be doing
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: a bunch of precautions. So I think Friday's practice report
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: will be very telling on that one. We'll have to
• 19:20
  Speaker 5: wait and see about 24 hours.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: And because they're a sponsor, I won't mention the name
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: of the person at Georgetown, but they have a quick question.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: What's Carnell Tate's status, and would you put him in,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: or Adunze, or Worthy?
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, this is multi-layered because Rasheed Rice is
• 19:38
  Speaker 5: trying to come back. If Rice gets back, then Mahomes
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: has a tendency to really lock in on him and
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: forget about Worthy, so you have to watch that. Cardinal Tate,
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: kind of the shoulder thing has snuck up this week.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: He hasn't practiced. I would play him if he plays.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: And the nice thing is you're going to know before
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: you have to make a decision on a dunesay because
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: he's going on Monday night. So I'm going to go
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: Cardinal Tate if he plays. If not, I'm going to
• 20:03
  Speaker 5: go a dunesay.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: Gotcha. All right, all right.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Well, the Roman Dunzay experience, I can just tell people
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: right now, including my friend down there, the beer man, no.
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: He had like 60 yards last week. It was a
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: breakout for him.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: Get to the damn waiver wire.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: All right, Funston, for people who didn't get their questions
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: answered or we got cut off due to technical issues,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: where can they find the information?
• 20:24
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you can find it at The Athletic on the
• 20:25
  Speaker 5: Fantasy Football pages, all kinds of stuff. Every week it's
• 20:29
  Speaker 5: just loaded. Rankings are always up-to-date. Injuries, we do a
• 20:33
  Speaker 5: ton of injury stuff now just to make sure that
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: we've got all that covered and a lot of really
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: good analysis and sleeper plays and everything you can need.
• 20:41
  Speaker 11: Beautiful.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: Good stuff. We'll talk to you next week. Thank you, Funston.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: Appreciate it. Okay, thank you. All right, that's Brandon Funston.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: We'll come back.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: We'll check the text line. We'll also check talkbacks. Ashley
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: has a pick today for fact or fiction. That's coming
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: up next from the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, 93.3 KGRFM.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: Nelson sounds like the man. Can't wait to see him play. But, man,
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: being a Midwest guy, I was.
• 21:19
  Speaker 9: Really hoping for a Don Chenault to slip out in there,
• 21:22
  Speaker 9: kind of like one of Ian's tomorrows.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: You know, listening to him and then talking to the
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: guys out here that were in the news conference, I'm
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: a little– I don't know if there's a– if this
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: is like such a sure thing he's going to resign here.
• 21:43
  Speaker 7: Really?
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: He was really caught off guard by the trade. Yeah,
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: that's a bummer.
• 21:48
  Speaker 11: If he doesn't resign, we get the third round pick back, right?
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: Not as bad as it could be.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: Correct. But we'd like to keep him. But that won't
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: be until 2028.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: Oh, that's right.
• 22:00
  Speaker 7: Okay.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: All right, next.
• 22:02
  Speaker 6: That was very, very nicely done, Ashley, on the live
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: radio producing side. Whenever that happens, I tend to turn
• 22:12
  Speaker 6: up the volume in my car or my earbuds because
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: it's always entertaining. And softy buttoning on whatever the Rexcom's called,
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: that was pure gold. I need stories of this.
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: That was awesome.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: The Rexcom. The Comrex.
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I want to call it Rexcom from now on, though.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: Well, the one I'm.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: Using that Greg used earlier was built about the time
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: they invented the Internet.
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: Perfect.
• 22:41
  Speaker 11: Yeah, it was a lot of– to have all of
• 22:43
  Speaker 11: that stuff happen in one 20-minute segment was a lot.
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's never a dull moment.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: Never.
• 22:50
  Speaker 5: Never say that.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: Never a dull moment when you put the headset on.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: You just hope you're there. All right, next. Kraken are
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: killing it, and so are you for Ness. Keep it up.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: I appreciate that. Thank you. There you go. Fun game
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: last night. Fun game last night.
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I was keeping track of the score. It looked
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: like a fun game. Nine goals in a game is fun.
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: It is.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: It's more fun when you have a 4-2 lead and
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: you don't lose that 4-2 lead in the third period.
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: That's true.
• 23:16
  Speaker 11: I did say, by the way, when we were talking
• 23:18
  Speaker 11: to Softie and he was trying to get you to
• 23:20
  Speaker 11: tell him betting advice, I said 4-3 win, and then
• 23:23
  Speaker 11: he said, what are the odds?
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: I said 7-1.
• 23:25
  Speaker 11: Then I think you heard 7-1 and thought we were
• 23:27
  Speaker 11: going to win 7-1, but I wasn't far off.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Not close. Not far off. Not far off.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Somebody mentioned something nice about Paolo Zolo. I saw a
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: couple texts on that. I'll ask him that next week.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Good question, actually, about the NFC North.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: Really good. And Steve's great.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: You know, last year we had the two-hour show. We
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: couldn't have him on until I think we started. I
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: think we didn't even have him on until spring, until
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: we went back from the two- to three-hour show.
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: He's really good. Really insightful. Check the Mike podcast. It's great.
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: He's part of that 33rd team, that little think tank
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: that he was part of with Cosell and stuff. He
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: does a really, really good job. Really, really good job.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: All right. Time for it. Ashley's pick, Factor Fiction. We're
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: set to go.
• 24:04
  Speaker 10: Glad you're with us.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: It's your shot at our weekly $ 1, 000 and the $ 10, 000
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: grand prize. It's Fact or Fiction. Proudly presented by Lucky
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Eagle Casino and Hotel, where every day feels lucky. Fact
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: or Fiction is on.
• 24:20
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• 24:25
  Speaker 2: All right, Factor Fiction brought to you by the Lucky
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: Eagle Casino and Hotel, where every day feels lucky. Every
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: day at 235, much like 735, 1135, and 335, we
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: give you a pick of a game. It's either the
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: pick of the game or it's over under. You take
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: your pick. If you agree with the person making the pick,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: you'll text FACT to 49451. If you disagree, you'll text
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: FICTION to 49451.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: It's that simple. It's that easy. And today... Ashley, Lola,
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: Ryan has the pick. Go ahead.
• 24:53
  Speaker 11: And I'm going to tell you that I can't gather
• 24:56
  Speaker 11: anything from these two teams that are playing tonight, but
• 24:59
  Speaker 11: somebody on this show's got to chase.
• 25:01
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 25:02
  Speaker 4: So let's do it.
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: Oh, I like it.
• 25:06
  Speaker 4: Let's do it.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: I like it.
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: I don't know how I feel about this. I don't
• 25:10
  Speaker 4: know if I'm making the right choice or not. Panthers,
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: three and a half point underdogs.
• 25:16
  Speaker 11: At Green Bay, I keep debating back and forth, but
• 25:19
  Speaker 11: I know you really want the.
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: Panthers to win.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: I do.
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: Give me the Panthers plus the three and a half.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: Oh, yes. Oh, glorious pick. Glorious pick.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: Glorious pick.
• 25:31
  Speaker 4: I don't know how I feel about it.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: So Panthers, what, plus three and a half?
• 25:35
  Speaker 4: Plus the three and a half.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: At Green Bay.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: Despite last night, last week's just absolute butt kicking that
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: they took.
• 25:43
  Speaker 11: Well, if you look at the scores of both these
• 25:46
  Speaker 11: teams against, I mean, they've lost. Yeah, they've lost games
• 25:49
  Speaker 11: they shouldn't lose. They've won games. I mean, I just
• 25:51
  Speaker 11: have no.
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: Well, I like it for a couple reasons.
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: First of all, if you agree with Ashley, fact 49451.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: If you disagree, you'll text fiction to 49451. Trying to
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: win a $ 1, 000 weekly prize, $ 10, 000 grand prize.
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: I like it for this reason. First of all, rooting interest.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Second of all, other interests. Third of all, all of
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: the above. And gives us something to root for tonight.
• 26:16
  Speaker 4: It does give us something to root for.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: And you're getting a three-and-a-half hook.
• 26:19
  Speaker 11: Well, and that's the only reason I'm taking Carolina is
• 26:22
  Speaker 11: because of that hook. Because I do actually think Green
• 26:26
  Speaker 11: Bay will win, but I think it's going to be
• 26:28
  Speaker 11: a field goal game.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Well, I'd be good because Green Bay's field goal kicker
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: is not good, right? Is it that I struggle on
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: this year?
• 26:34
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: So that's why.
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: That's it.
• 26:37
  Speaker 4: That's the only reason that I'm taking it.
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I like it. And your Seahawks fans rooting interest.
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: So if you agree with Ashley, fact 49451.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: If you disagree, fiction 49451.
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: What was taken earlier today? Some random games this week.
• 26:51
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: Really rando games this week.
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 26:53
  Speaker 11: Bills and Ravens was Jessamins and Cincinnati, Utah was Chucks.
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: And he took Cincinnati plus six and a half.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: At Utah.
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: No, that's Cincinnati's at home versus Utah.
• 27:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah, at home.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: Ooh, Cincinnati coming off that big shellacking of Texas Tech.
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: Is there a letdown? I don't know if I like that.
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: This is a weird week to me, honestly, to be
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: honest with you. It's a weird week. I agree.
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: I just had to do my survivor pick.
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: Oh, really? You're still in it?
• 27:22
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: How's that fun?
• 27:23
  Speaker 7: Oh, my God.
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: Are you out again?
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah, one week.
• 27:25
  Speaker 5: Oh, my goodness.
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: Who'd you take last week?
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: The biggest favorite in the week, Houston. Oh. They were
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: favored by 10.5.
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: Oh, that's a bummer.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: I had a new philosophy this week with Survivor, round
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: two that we're all in. I'll just take the safe
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: pick every week.
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: So now I should probably go back and change my pick.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: I'm just telling you, I don't think so. I'm out.
• 27:49
  Speaker 4: I was taking Jacksonville this week. I feel like that's pretty...
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: a pretty solid choice. They're playing Indianapolis at home.
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: Last I checked, Indy tapped out three days ago.
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm like, I feel like I can keep
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: that one.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it would have been fun to be in week
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: two because I think that would have been a good pick.
• 28:04
  Speaker 4: I almost was out last week. I picked Cleveland last week.
• 28:07
  Speaker 4: They finally pulled it off.
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: Oh, God.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: All right, so once again, Ashley's going, not to confuse people,
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: Carolina plus three and a half Thursday night football tonight
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: right here on 93.3 KGRFM.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: Carolina plus three and a half at Green Bay. Fact. 49451.
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: If you disagree, you'll text FICTION to 49451.
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: I like the pick. I think it's a good pick.
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: The Hawk likes it, too.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: That half a point is the key.
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: That's it. As I said, if it was a three-point difference,
• 28:40
  Speaker 4: I'd be taking... I probably would have avoided it, honestly.
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: Carolina was so bad last week. They can't be that
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: bad again.
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: I wouldn't think so.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: Green Bay is.
• 28:49
  Speaker 4: They're not great.
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: No, they're eh. I mean, getting Josh Jacobs, you know.
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: I think they're both average.
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: That helps. They're both average. I think you're right. I
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: think you're right. Bryce, you ought to do something tonight. Please.
• 29:02
  Speaker 11: I mean, again, I would like to see Carolina win,
• 29:04
  Speaker 11: but even if Green Bay wins, just only win by three.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: There you go. Very simple.
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: All right, texting in right now, a couple more minutes, 49451,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: Carolina plus three and a half at Green Bay.
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: Fact, discreet fiction, 49451. By the way, you're trying to
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: win $ 1, 000.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: All you have to do is one correct pick during
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: the week. And you're entered to win $ 1, 000. But the
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: more correct picks you have, the better chance you have
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: to win $ 1, 000.
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: Softie actually had a good idea. I got to ask
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: him about that. I think he thinks you need to
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: have more than one correct pick. I think I kind
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: of tend to agree with him.
• 29:31
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: For next year.
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you should. Oh, I see what you're saying.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: Okay. Yeah, I kind of tend to agree. I tend
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: to agree.
• 29:37
  Speaker 4: You could do, like, whoever has the most correct picks.
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: In the week.
• 29:41
  Speaker 7: Ooh.
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: Well.
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: But that's how you do it for the season, right?
• 29:43
  Speaker 4: Most correct picks.
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't want to give him too
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: much credit. All right. We'll take a break. We'll come
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: back and we'll check in with him. He's at the
• 29:50
  Speaker 3: 520 Bar and Grill. That's next.
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: Already then, real quick, on the text line, someone says,
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: what did Ian say? Quentin Nelson did not want to
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: come to Seattle.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: I did not say that. I did not say that
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: he did not want to come to Seattle.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: I did say, as we played in his little news conference,
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: his media availability, and then, you know, as I popped
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: my head in there, I think he's, A, as serious
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: as the day is long. So when people are asking
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: questions about playing fullback and getting married and stuff like that,
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: he doesn't. That's not his thing. Pro tip, don't ask
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: him about that. He's an offensive lineman. B, he was
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: very surprised by the trade, which you can read into
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: that what you want, but he said he's happy to
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: be here. He's been very welcoming. The sound's airsoft if
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: you want to play it later, but I did not
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: say he did not want to come to Seattle, but
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: he was surprised by the trade they took him off.
• 30:58
  Speaker 9: I'm glad we cleared that up i had a guy
• 31:00
  Speaker 9: walk in here to the 520 bar and grill and
• 31:02
  Speaker 9: say hey man how come ian's on the air saying
• 31:04
  Speaker 9: quentin nelson didn't want to be here what's up with.
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: That what's up i'm glad that you cleared that up
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: yes uh the text line and whatever else but.
• 31:10
  Speaker 9: Because you know what happens man you say one person
• 31:13
  Speaker 9: says one thing about somebody it turns into like the
• 31:16
  Speaker 9: 2026 version of the.
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: Game of telephone that's it that's it it's like The
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: guy was surprised. I did get the impression, honestly, I
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: got the impression, and I think we all did, we
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: were all talking about it out here at the Virginia
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: Mason Athletic Center, that yeah, he's There may not be
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: a little wink-wink behind the scenes that was done before
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: this trade. Like, hey, you're cool with going to Seattle?
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: I think they made the move and they sent him here.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: His wife's staying back in Indianapolis for right now. Remember,
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: he played college football in Indiana.
• 31:43
  Speaker 10: Right, Notre Dame.
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: That's a shock to the system. And it doesn't matter
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: how much money you make or what you're doing, you're uprooted.
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: But I thought the cool thing he talked about, Sundell
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: and him stayed here late last night. And he says,
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: how late?
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: He goes, late.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Like, he's... Dude, you're going to like this guy. I
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: like him already. I'll post the video in a little bit.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: When he walked out of the locker room, I might
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: have had to go change my underwear. This dude is like,
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: he is what you want in an offensive lineman.
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: I'll tell you that right now.
• 32:15
  Speaker 9: Well, I want offensive linemen that make you change your pants,
• 32:18
  Speaker 9: to be honest with you. I'd like an offensive lineman
• 32:21
  Speaker 9: that makes defensive linemen change their.
• 32:23
  Speaker 10: Pants, by the way, during the game on Monday night.
• 32:25
  Speaker 9: I'm curious to see how much we see of this
• 32:27
  Speaker 9: guy versus Justin Simmons.
• 32:29
  Speaker 10: I'll be moving him around.
• 32:31
  Speaker 9: How much actual man-on-man, one-on-one battles will we see from
• 32:36
  Speaker 9: from Justin Simmons versus Quentin Nelson. Both guys are going
• 32:39
  Speaker 9: to be showing up here with not a lot of
• 32:40
  Speaker 9: work in before the game, but they're both playing, so
• 32:43
  Speaker 9: they should be.
• 32:43
  Speaker 10: In game shape. I don't know.
• 32:45
  Speaker 9: I just kind of find it funny. The Hawks went
• 32:46
  Speaker 9: out and made a move for Quentin Nelson, and the
• 32:48
  Speaker 9: entire NFL lost their mind.
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: They did.
• 32:51
  Speaker 10: It's like the Bears said, we've got to make a move.
• 32:53
  Speaker 10: The Niners, we've got to make a move.
• 32:54
  Speaker 9: I mean, the Rams might just make a move just
• 32:56
  Speaker 9: to make a move because the Hawks made a move. So, again,
• 32:59
  Speaker 9: we are just pioneers. We are trendsetters in the National
• 33:02
  Speaker 9: Football League, and the entire NFL is losing its collective
• 33:05
  Speaker 9: mind because the Hawks got better, and they feel like
• 33:07
  Speaker 9: they have to also.
• 33:08
  Speaker 7: Ah!
• 33:09
  Speaker 10: Okay, so.
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: The Rams are the interesting ones. So the Rams go
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: out and get Miles Garrett. He hasn't played. You know,
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: if we're being honest, Aaron Donald is definitely not the
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: old Aaron Donald.
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: He's a guy, right?
• 33:21
  Speaker 10: Sure, which is not surprising. He's 33 years old.
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 33:24
  Speaker 10: Hasn't played in two years.
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: But, like, hey, they're bringing Donald and Miles Garrett. They're
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: going to win 17 games. Right.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: The Niners got better with DeForest Buckner. We talked about
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: that with Palazzolo earlier. We'll have Cosell on tomorrow. I'm
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: sure you thought the same thing. Like, they're better with
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: DeForest Buckner. The guy's got four sacks on the inside
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: this year. And the Rams are sitting there, but it
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: all stems from what you just said. It just stems
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: from what you said. John Schneider went out and said,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: you know, we're going to go out and get ourselves
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: a left guard, the best in the business.
• 33:49
  Speaker 10: And they may not be done yet.
• 33:50
  Speaker 9: I mean, Jonathan Taylor said that, hey, look, I haven't
• 33:52
  Speaker 9: requested a deal, but who knows? I mean, you've got, what,
• 33:55
  Speaker 9: 12 days or so, 13 days until the deadline?
• 33:58
  Speaker 10: And I don't know, man.
• 34:00
  Speaker 9: I mean, if you're Jonathan Taylor, do you want to
• 34:01
  Speaker 9: suck it up and stick it out and stay there?
• 34:03
  Speaker 9: Do you want to go somewhere and maybe give yourself
• 34:05
  Speaker 9: a shot to, Compete for something bigger and better. I'm
• 34:08
  Speaker 9: really curious to see what these running backs look like
• 34:10
  Speaker 9: on Monday night. What's the feel out there for Charbonnet
• 34:13
  Speaker 9: and Jadarian? Are they going Monday night?
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: I'm going to whisper this because we can't say anything.
• 34:18
  Speaker 10: What are you thinking?
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: I'm thinking we're going to see. Number eight was out there.
• 34:23
  Speaker 10: Okay. Gotcha.
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 34:25
  Speaker 10: Okay.
• 34:27
  Speaker 9: Ian, here's the problem with Charbonnet. Even if he does
• 34:29
  Speaker 9: come back, he's coming off a torn ACL.
• 34:31
  Speaker 10: How's he going to look?
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: Here's the guy.
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: Honestly, the guy that to me right now matters more
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: is Jadarian Price. Just because he gives you the juice
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: that you don't have. The only guy that kind of
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: had a little bit of that is Valus Jones. He's
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: not even practicing this week, and he's a practice squad guy,
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: if we're being honest. But he's the one guy in
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: that running back room that has some speed, right? And
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: he's not practicing. They need Jadarian Price. They just need
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: that running back because Charbonnet is a better version of
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Emmanuel Wilson, if we're being honest. He's not getting outside
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: on you. He's not riding that wide zone. He's not
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: doing the things that you– they need number eight out there,
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: and I think number eight looks pretty promising.
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: We'll see.
• 35:10
  Speaker 9: They need someone to replace Kenny Walker, and that's not
• 35:12
  Speaker 9: Zach Charbonnet, so that's why they drafted this guy in
• 35:14
  Speaker 9: the first round. Charbonnet, where was he drafted? Was he
• 35:18
  Speaker 9: back end of the second round? Do you remember what
• 35:20
  Speaker 9: pick he was, by the way?
• 35:22
  Speaker 3: This is a Hugh Millen stat that he always throws out.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: It's like, what, 15, 12 spots after where Ken Walker
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: was drafted in the second round?
• 35:28
  Speaker 10: After Kenny, right.
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: It's in that same range.
• 35:29
  Speaker 9: He was 52nd, but here's the point. He was 20
• 35:32
  Speaker 9: picks behind where Jadarian Price was selected.
• 35:35
  Speaker 10: Correct.
• 35:35
  Speaker 9: I mean, I'm not saying that these guys are in
• 35:36
  Speaker 9: the same category, but, you know, one guy was taking 52nd,
• 35:40
  Speaker 9: one guy was taking 32nd overall.
• 35:42
  Speaker 10: So, I don't know.
• 35:42
  Speaker 9: I think we might be putting a little bit too
• 35:44
  Speaker 9: much on the shoulders of Jadarian Price, which is why
• 35:46
  Speaker 9: I love the fact that they're rebooting the offensive line
• 35:48
  Speaker 9: and upgrading there.
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:50
  Speaker 9: I mean, Quentin Nelson probably is your best offensive lineman
• 35:52
  Speaker 9: right now, right? I mean, just the way he's playing
• 35:55
  Speaker 9: and obviously his history says he's the best one. He's
• 35:58
  Speaker 9: not the youngest one, but he might be the best one.
• 36:00
  Speaker 9: I'm just, and honestly, I mean, the guy's a hall
• 36:02
  Speaker 9: of famer because of the previous eight years. I'm talking
• 36:04
  Speaker 9: about the way he's playing today. And today PFF still
• 36:07
  Speaker 9: has this guy as one of the highest ranked offensive linemen,
• 36:09
  Speaker 9: if not the best guard in the NFL. So I
• 36:12
  Speaker 9: think he is your best offensive lineman. And Could not
• 36:14
  Speaker 9: come at a better time, man. I mean, this game
• 36:16
  Speaker 9: for the Bears on Monday, look, I mean, we talked
• 36:18
  Speaker 9: about this yesterday on the radio show. How concerned are you?
• 36:21
  Speaker 9: You know, the problem with a Monday night game, man,
• 36:23
  Speaker 9: and you know this, is that the longer you go,
• 36:25
  Speaker 9: the more you can talk yourself into anything. And you
• 36:27
  Speaker 9: wait in eight days. Like, I felt pretty good about it,
• 36:29
  Speaker 9: especially after getting Quinton Nelson.
• 36:30
  Speaker 10: I'm like, let's go! And then they went out and
• 36:32
  Speaker 10: got Justin Simmons.
• 36:33
  Speaker 9: And yesterday on the show, I was getting kind of
• 36:35
  Speaker 9: freaked out just because time was sitting around doing nothing.
• 36:38
  Speaker 9: You know, like paralysis by analysis, right? Just going over
• 36:41
  Speaker 9: the same old crap and blah, blah, blah.
• 36:43
  Speaker 8: So.
• 36:43
  Speaker 10: I don't know.
• 36:44
  Speaker 9: I mean, you know, they're getting the obligatory three at home, right,
• 36:47
  Speaker 9: against the Bears. Vegas thinks it's a toss-up for the
• 36:50
  Speaker 9: most part.
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: Well, in some ways, it's a lot like last week's
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: game in terms of waiting because we had to wait
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: from Thursday until the following Sunday night, right? Now we've
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: got to wait Sunday to Monday.
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: And you're right.
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: The longer you wait, the more stressed you get out
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: because then you start your mind like, well, what about this?
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: What about that? What about this? Luther Burden scares me now.
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: My God, Luther Burden.
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: I think the one thing that is a little bit more–
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: worrisome about this one as far as Chicago. They actually
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: have legitimate wide receivers. Not just an aging tight end
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: and gray.
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: They use Loveland. They use him a lot. So it's
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: a little bit terrifying, a little bit scary, but you
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: know what?
• 37:29
  Speaker 10: Yeah, what the hell, bring it on.
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: These defense went up and they smacked Kansas City and
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: Andy Reid right in the face last week.
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: I think they'll do the same thing this week.
• 37:36
  Speaker 10: Well, who's got a better offense right now when they're healthy?
• 37:39
  Speaker 10: I mean, not even when they're healthy.
• 37:40
  Speaker 9: I've been saying right now, when you factor in the injury,
• 37:43
  Speaker 9: who's got a better offense today? Caleb Williams in Chicago
• 37:46
  Speaker 9: or Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes?
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: Well, before last week, it was Kansas City.
• 37:50
  Speaker 7: Right.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: And then they got punched in the head.
• 37:53
  Speaker 9: Then they got banged up. That's what I'm saying, right?
• 37:55
  Speaker 9: So I don't know, man. I can't wait for Monday night.
• 37:58
  Speaker 9: I really can't because I think for the Bears, it's
• 38:00
  Speaker 9: a huge game. You know Ben Johnson's going to have
• 38:02
  Speaker 9: those guys pumped to prove what they can do and
• 38:04
  Speaker 9: prove what they're all about. I mean, this is a
• 38:05
  Speaker 9: team that was seconds away from being in the NFC
• 38:08
  Speaker 9: Championship game last year against us, for God's sakes.
• 38:11
  Speaker 10: Probably should have won at home.
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: I know he's been playing great. Can you really believe
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: in Caleb Williams?
• 38:18
  Speaker 9: I think he's a hell of a player. I'll tell
• 38:19
  Speaker 9: you what I said yesterday. I think he's a weirdo,
• 38:22
  Speaker 9: but I think he's a hell of a player.
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree.
• 38:24
  Speaker 10: Absolute weirdo.
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: I wanted you to say something different.
• 38:27
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: Well, he is a weirdo, though. That's fine. All right.
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: What do you got today?
• 38:30
  Speaker 10: Let's see. What's today? Thursday, we're at the 520.
• 38:33
  Speaker 9: Rick Neuheisel will be with us at 320. Mike Holmgren
• 38:36
  Speaker 9: at 4 before Carolina and Green Bay from Lambeau Field
• 38:40
  Speaker 9: at 5 o'clock.
• 38:41
  Speaker 8: Beautiful.
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: See you.
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: All right, man.
• 38:42
  Speaker 7: Later.
• 38:43
  Speaker 9: For the mild-mannered and marginally objectionable Ian Furness, this is
• 38:48
  Speaker 9: Paddle Day saying so long, everyone.