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Fantasy Fumble - Episode 22 (Week 1, 2024) · Sports Minds Fantasy Football

• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: What is going on, big ballers?
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's your boy Manny James coming at you with another episode of Sports Minds with my co-host Joe the Birdman.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: We're coming at you with another season of Fantasy Football.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: And boy, are we excited, ladies and gentlemen?
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: First game is tonight.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: So we have some great information for you here today.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: But first, I want to know how the hell are you doing today, Joe?
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_01: I'm just as excited as you are, Manny.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_01: Football season is here.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: Game one, tonight, Thursday night.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so pumped up.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_01: You know, this time of year, I absolutely love this time of year for the weather and the football.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_01: I couldn't be more excited right now.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: We're going to get into everything that we brought you last year.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_01: We've got the hot matchups, the cold calls, the shit calls, the big balls calls.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_01: But before we get into all that, we're going to go over some news and notes.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_01: Now I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Jamar Chase.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_01: He did practice today, but I'm not sure if he's going to play week one.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if anyone has any idea what's going on aside from Jamar Chase and Cincinnati Bengals.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_01: But he might not be playing this week.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_01: So if you drafted him, and I apologize, I was telling everyone to draft him.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, there's not going to be an issue.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_01: Draft him.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_01: Draft him.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_01: Don't worry about it.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_01: Good pick.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_01: Good pick.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_01: Hopefully he doesn't pull a LeVeon Bell, but I don't know what we're going to see this week.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_01: He is practicing with the team, but whether he's playing this week, still nobody knows.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_01: Hollywood Brown out with a shoulder injury.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_01: Not going to play for a few weeks.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_01: DeAndre Hopkins, I believe, is going to play this week, but he's got a knee injury.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_01: Jalen Warren, I believe he's going to play.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_01: He's got a hamstring injury.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: So he might get a few less reps than Najee Harris.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_01: I expect him to take a backseat to Najee this week and maybe next week.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_01: And uh Brock Bowers still limited with a foot injury.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_01: In regards to other players that you drafted, all the other injuries appear minor and should not affect week one.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_01: CMC is good to go.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_01: Jameer Gibbs, good to go.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_01: There's no one else that still has a Q next to their name aside from those guys I listed.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and um obviously Jamar Chase, that was uh for me, that was a fade early on in the season.
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_00: I wasn't a big fan of his.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh just uh for some reason it was something else.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: I don't I don't know why I faded him.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, I didn't fade him, I had him like seven or eight.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: It wasn't that much, but um uh as far as that, though.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_01: You never know.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_00: But uh uh one thing I would say is that that gives T Higgins an automatic upgrade, right?
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: So if you have T.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: Higgins, definitely play him.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people are looking at Osa Villas, uh the the Dartstream guy, the Greek guy.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: He's he's also a nice little stash.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: And one thing that people don't realize about early on in the fantasy football season, some of yours you play the matchups with your uh certain stars, and you may not get the production you want early on.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: So if you have a really juicy matchup, you get on a free agency wire, it's almost worth losing a role player to do so.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_00: So uh because those early wins do matter.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely, absolutely.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_01: I I feel the exact same way, and I made a couple moves today with that uh thought in mind.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_01: Now, real quick, um I just want to give a shout out to Ricky Pearsall, who was shot in the chest and walked six blocks to the hospital.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_01: The dude is a total beast, he's probably gonna miss most of the season, but that was an incredible story, and we wish him all the best.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, stay the hell away from San Francisco, ladies and gentlemen.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: It's a dumpster fire over there.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: Total shithole.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, total shithole.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_01: Now, we are gonna get into the hot matchups, cold matchups, the shit calls, and of course, the big balls calls.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna get into all that, but first, a quick word from our sponsor.
• 4:23
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• 4:24
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• 4:29
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• 5:03
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• 5:27
  SPEAKER_00: All right, getting back into things, ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna jump right into today's hot matchups of the week.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: And now for today's hot matchup, the one I picked, I have the Lions versus the Rams.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I know we talked about the Lions all last year, and this season they're gonna build upon that success.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but they're gonna have a rematch of last year's game in uh St.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: Louis, or excuse me, in Los Angeles, excuse me, because they're the Los Angeles Rams now, um, or have been for a while.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: So that's gonna be a high-scoring game.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's gonna go back and forth, and I think it's gonna come down to one possession.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: But believe it or not, folks, and and I know this can be a surprise, but I don't think it's gonna be the Lions that win this one.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: I think the Rams have some bad blood because uh Lions put a late hit or a dirty hit on Tyler Higby towards ACL.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_00: And uh this same Lions team that also tore Tyler Hawkins' ACL.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_00: But all that rest assured, uh, the score overhead is uh Vegas has it at 51.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_00: I definitely think it's gonna be higher than that.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna be looking at like 55 plus.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: So this is gonna be uh start everybody you can on both sides, in my opinion.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, that's a great call.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I think that's gonna be probably the most exciting game of the week to watch, unless it's possible my hot matchup is the most exciting game.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_01: But but the thing is, like you said, both sides of that football.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: You've got Puka Nakua and Cooper Cup and Kyron Williams.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_01: You know, and Stafford's a consistent quarterback, consistent enough.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_01: You're gonna see a lot of points from all those guys, and then on the other side of the field, our favorite football team here at Sports Minds, the Detroit Lions.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_01: You've got Goff, you've got Laporta, St.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: Brown, and then you've got two stud running backs.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: Jameer Gibbs, good to go, healthy.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_01: Said he was close to 100 earlier this week.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_01: Said he's 100 today, took that cue away.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_01: And of course, David Montgomery, he's a rock solid RB2.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_01: You guys, any of those players, you put him in for sure.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_01: And now for for my hot matchup, I've got the Ravens versus the Chiefs.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: Lamar Jackson versus Patrick Mahomes, two rock solid quarterbacks, two of the top five, possibly top three quarterbacks in the NFL.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_01: They're both coming into this season with something to prove.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_01: And Lamar, he's gonna be running a lot until he finds his rhythm.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_01: You know, this is a first game back, so he might be a little rusty with his throws, but I'm sure his legs will be fine.
• 8:16
  SPEAKER_01: So expect a big day from him.
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_01: And once he does get comfortable with the pass, he's gonna feed Mark Andrews and Zay Flowers like a pack of hungry dogs.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_01: And you know that Derrick Henry is going to be eating all day.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_01: Like I said, they might want to get a little warmed up to the pass.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_01: Derrick Henry, yeah, he's on a new offense, but he knows exactly what to do.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_01: Run the football.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_01: And that dude is gonna have a huge day.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_01: I expect him to have over 20 rushing attempts, even though it's his first game with the Ravens.
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_01: I don't see them taking it easy.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're just gonna get right into it, run the ball.
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_01: And although the Ravens have one of the best defenses in the league, they're playing the Super Bowl champions.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_01: So on the other side of the field, you got a busy day from Mahomes, Kelsey, Pacheco, and Rashi Rice.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_01: I guarantee you that's gonna be a very high-powered, very high-scoring football game, despite a solid defense on both sides of the field.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_01: And just because it's Thursday night, that game is tonight, it might be the most exciting for me to watch.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, oh yeah, definitely.
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, Thursday night is the opening kickoff here.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be a big matchup.
• 9:26
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we're definitely gonna see a lot of talent on both sides.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_00: Although they have two top top-tier defenses, you might see a little bit of a checkmate and early on in the first quarter, and then all of a sudden it's just gonna be like a like uh they opened up a dam because it's it's just gonna come on and pour on the points.
• 9:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um, obviously, you're gonna see a lot of big tight end formations uh for the Ravens because they got uh uh Mark Andrews, and of course, uh their their backup tight end that was a rookie.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_01: Isaiah likely.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Isaiah Likely, he's also pretty damn good.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_00: So they're gonna be running that with Derrick Henry.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_00: That's a scary rush in front.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_01: Oh man.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: You know, and then uh and then Chiefs are the type that anything you can do, I can do better.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_00: So you're gonna see on the other side, they're gonna be hammering them with Isaiah Pacheco, Mr.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_00: Air Force Ones.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna be running around with his Timberland boots, and he's gonna be stomping around, running people over because he's from New York B.
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_00: And uh he's a tough SOB.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_00: So it's gonna be a fun game.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: I'm excited.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: It's a perfect matchup to open up a season, and I don't think there's gonna be much rust on both these teams.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_01: Now we gotta go from the hot matchup of the week over to the cold call of the week.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_01: And my cold call is the Steelers versus the Falcons.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_01: Although I've been much higher on the Falcons this year compared to last year, we can't believe it until we see it.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_01: And right now, I'm just not exactly sure what to expect from Kirk Cousins.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_01: He's coming back from an Achilles tear.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_01: That's a major injury.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_01: I have a feeling that they're gonna kind of ease him into that new offense, run the ball a lot with Bijan.
• 11:13
  SPEAKER_01: It's probably gonna be a great day for Bijan, but I expect this to be a game where they're gonna be running the ball a lot on both sides of the field.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_01: And you also have to remember the Steelers have a tough defense.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_01: I'm confident they can stop the run.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_01: But at the same time, when you have Bichon running the ball with that kind of volume, he should have a respectable day.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_01: You're gonna play Bichon.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_01: If you have Drake London, you probably you probably drafted him as your wide receiver two, and you're gonna need to play him.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_01: But temper your expectations because this is the first game of the season, and Kirk Cousins is probably gonna be, you know, not the same guy when he was injured.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_01: I assume he's going to be that guy later this year, possibly within a couple weeks, but not tomorrow, or I'm sorry, not on Sunday.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_01: And I think with uh Kyle Pitts, you're gonna have to really wait for Kirk Cousins to get back into full form before you expect anything from him.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_01: And then on the other side of the football, you've got uh Jalen Warren who's nursing a hamstring injury, so he's probably gonna be you know ceding a lot of carries to Najee Harris, but Najee and Jalen Warren are still gonna be splitting carries, they're splitting that backfield just like they did last year.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_01: But the only person I would play with confidence is Bijan, and everyone else, I'm gonna be kind of holding my breath as I watch the game.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm definitely um not gonna be playing much people.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: I actually have Najee Harris on a few fantasy teams.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna bench him this week because I have better options at play right now.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but yeah, it's definitely uh uh as far as that offense, I don't think it's gonna be too much for the Steelers.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: It's not gonna be too much like last year because they have a whole new offensive coordinator in Arthur Smith.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: I like him as far as a coordinator, not a coach.
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_00: So um his problem last year, he didn't use B.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: John right.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: So this is gonna be a good revenge game for Bijan.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: We know he's gonna go off.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_00: The whole Falcon team's gonna go off and and try to beat bring it to Arthur Smith.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_00: But I think Arthur Smith's also gonna show him something.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_00: So you're gonna see a little bit of a Derrick Henry type role for Harris, but uh I don't think they're gonna be as productive because Falcons did get better in the offseason.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um however, it's just it's just not gonna be a pretty game.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be a slug fest, it's gonna be ugly, and I think it's gonna be a lot of rest.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: So this is the type of game I would stay far away from myself.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_00: All right, for my cold call of the week, I have the Vikings versus the Giants.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_00: These two teams have played many times over the last few years, and they never fail to disappoint on how shitty they are.
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_00: Um so uh Vikings, unfortunately, can are cursed because they cannot find uh uh a savior for them.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they're stuck with Sam Darnold for Pete's sake.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_00: They had JJ McCarthy tour as AC on the preseason.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_00: That is the last thing you want for any team, right?
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_00: You invest in a quarterback in a first round, that's what happens to him.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_00: So horrible news for them.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, that's why I personally faded Justin Jefferson because of that.
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Jordan Addison dropped a lot lower in my ranks, too, even though they're both top-tier talents.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, unfortunately, you're only as good as your quarterback.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_00: And Sam Darnold proved proved proved to me last year he couldn't even dump the ball off to Chris McCaffrey.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: Who who can't do that?
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_00: A freaking 10-year-old quarterback could do that.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_00: So it's just uh, you know, I think the problem is he's trying too hard to prove something he's not.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_00: And when you accept your role and your skill set in the NFL is when you really start doing great.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: So unfortunately for them, you're probably gonna see another quarterback at the helm before the end of the year.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: So, but regardless, this week is gonna be a uh example of that.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_00: On the other side, Giants.
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you have Daniel Jones, right?
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_00: Who likes that guy, except for the Giants?
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_00: They paid him like$80 million, which as an Eagles fan I love because that's eating up their cap space.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he's terrible.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: Their running back is terrible.
• 15:23
  SPEAKER_00: They have Singletary.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: He's he was good with the Texans, but let's face it, the Giants don't have that same O-line.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: They don't have Laramie Tunzel, right?
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_00: They don't have any of his.
• 15:32
  SPEAKER_01: He was okay with the Texans.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't even say he was, you know, you weren't playing him with confidence last year either.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: No, you weren't.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_00: Not not until the last few games when uh when when their running back was out, right?
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: When Demian Pierce, they weren't using him.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_00: But still, at the end of the day, it's uh it's a terrible team.
• 15:49
  SPEAKER_00: They they have a coach that's on a sinking ship.
• 15:52
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, the team's kind of going out of control.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_00: They got some, you know, they got a lot of issues they need to resolve, and I don't think it's gonna be any better this year.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm staying far away.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't draft any Giants players.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: My league neighbors sat on my draft board way below his ADP.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_00: Couldn't touch him.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and then of course on the Vikings, same thing.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_00: I couldn't touch any of the Vikings, I couldn't touch Aaron Jones.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: I I if Justin Jefferson fell to me, I would get him.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, of course.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_00: But Jordan Addison, I definitely had better options around that range, so I avoided him.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_01: And I did actually draft Jordan Addison.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_01: I felt like he was just hanging out way too long, so I grabbed him in one league.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_01: But like, I mean, this is like when you're getting into the scraps and you're like, well, I kind of feel like I have to take him now.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I actually should have included him in the news and notes about injuries.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I meant to check and see if he's 100%, but I think he's still a little bit banged up.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_01: And, you know, with Sam Darnold, I guess we'll see.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_01: I feel like Justin Jefferson is quarterback proof, but you know with a good quarterback what he can do.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_01: And with a bad quarterback, yeah, you got to bring him a little bit down.
• 17:04
  SPEAKER_01: And same with Jordan Addison, and you know, Hawkinson's out until probably week six or eight.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: And all those guys are gonna be, you know, Hawkinson's not playing, Jordan's Jordan Addison's gonna be a little banged up, and Sam Darnold's throwing the ball to Justin Jefferson.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_01: I actually did get Aaron Jones in another league too.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: Let's hope he has a great year, and let's hope Sam Darnold learns how to dump the ball off.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: All right, ladies and gentlemen.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_00: Now it's time for our shit call of the week.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: All right, and for today's shit call, um, uh it's going referring to our draft.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_00: My shit call of the week happens to be for this championship league.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_00: Did it come up for us, Joe?
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: We're here.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so around uh round number 10 uh or 11, here it is.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: For my shit call the week, round number nine, I ended up drafting uh Lad McConkey, right?
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: And this is after drafting Kyron Williams as my running back, and sure enough, on the way back, instead of grabbing uh Blake Corum, I ended up going tight end again, and so my shit call was not grabbing my handcuff to Kyron Williams.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: Ladies and gentlemen, what I want you to understand is that you don't draft with the intention of handcuffing, you handcuff whatever running backs you invest in the draft, right?
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: And that's only running backs that you know will have that type of workload eventually.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_00: So Blake Coram could have that workload.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_00: You go to you know, Atlanta, Tyler Algeor could have that kind of Bijan Robinson workload, right?
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_00: You go to different places, you'll get a workload versus certain places you'll just get a split, right?
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_00: And those are the type of players you don't want.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_00: So and my shit call is just not uh sticking with the program, making a mental fart.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_00: And to be honest, if that's my only shit call I made in that draft, I mean the draft ultimately we'll go over it, but that's that to me ended up being my biggest mistake.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_01: Well, don't be so hard on yourself.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_01: I actually did draft Kyron William in one league and was very conscious of getting Blake Coram a few rounds later, you know, many rounds later, but I made another decision that you called me out on immediately after it happened when I think it was round 10, I was looking at the quarterbacks because Manny and I we went late in a couple leagues on our quarterbacks, and you know, you guys know how much I love Jared Goff, and he was still on the board.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_01: But when I drafted Kirk Cousins, Manny exclaims, Yes, thank you, Joe, thank you, and immediately drafted Jared Goff right after.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, Oh my goodness.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know, it's just a brain fart.
• 20:21
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know why I picked Kirk Cousins over Jared Goff, but it's going to haunt me for the rest of the season because I know he's gonna have a good year.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: So that was my that was my shit call was picking Kirk Cousins over Jared Goff, and you can see right there on the board, yeah.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_00: And here's the thing too is um when you uh Jared Goff was like five players down, so the Jared Goff disrespect is so crazy with ESPN and like NFL rankings.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I mean, that guy gets no respect, and I and I and I get it, you know, he's on the Detroit team, it's not a sexy market, right?
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_00: People hate on Detroit, they never won a Super Bowl, so they don't dislike them.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_00: And that's why I root for them more.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: They're the underdog.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't root for the you know, like one that's winning them all.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_00: I want the guy that's not winning anything to to get there first.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: So um basically when I when I saw that happen, I was like, well, I'm sure Joe caught on to this, but when you missed it, I was like, oh, that was definitely a mental error.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: But we're allowed to have one.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_00: If that was your only one, that's not a bad one.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_01: And the well, what bothers me is um I was just I was moving a little too quickly, and I take my time on on mostly every round, but you're right, the disrespect is there because he was down far.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: And you guys know if you watched our rankings videos, I had Jared Goff at number nine.
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_01: I had Kirk Cousins at 15.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: So that tells you that's that's a you know a five, six player gap.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_01: Um that tells you how much I how highly I think of Jared Goff.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, the dude threw for 30 touchdowns last year, and the disrespect, yeah, it bothers me because he was so far down, that's why I missed them.
• 21:58
  SPEAKER_01: All right, now I'm done completely.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_01: Planning and let's get in to our big balls calls of the week.
• 22:16
  SPEAKER_01: This is a good segue from what I was just complaining about because, and I think you're gonna really like this one, Manny.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_01: My big balls call the week is that Jared Goff will finish as the QB1 in week one.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_01: The Rams defense sucks from end to end.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_01: They made a few changes in their secondary, and there's a lot of fresh faces out there that are inexperienced.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_01: And they just traded away the best lineman on their team, Ernest Jones.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_01: So they suck against the run, they suck against the pass, and Jared Goff is going to use all his weapons to light them up.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_01: I just think that what we were just talking about is also true that Jared Goff is a rock solid quarterback.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_01: He's got a really soft matchup this week, and all his guys are healthy.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: And I did think about going with Josh Allen as my big balls call because he's playing Arizona and their defense sucks too, but that's not really that ballsy, is it?
• 23:21
  SPEAKER_00: No, it's it's a no-brainer, right?
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, his balls hang low.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_00: We already know that.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_00: His balls are dragging in the dirt, so dragging across his opponents' faces.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just straight up from the grass to their face when he's scoring a touchdown.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, it just Josh Allen felt like an easy call, not a big balls call.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm saying Jared Goff will finish as the QB1 this week.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: All right, I like it.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_00: Now for my big balls call.
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_00: I had to go with something.
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_00: I, you know, it's something in general.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_00: I wanted to make a general statement here.
• 23:59
  SPEAKER_00: So typically for fantasy football, you're gonna see a lot of rusts, right?
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of teams kind of trying to get their programs together, trying to get back in shape, right?
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_00: Now they have a new system with three preseason games, and then the season kicks off.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_00: So there's a little bit different conditioning.
• 24:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but I think that this year is gonna be one of the highest scoring years of fantasy football ever.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_00: You're probably gonna see a lot of points on the board.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_00: So pretty much anybody you start that you expect to be good, you're probably gonna see do good.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_00: Fingers crossed.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_00: So my big balls call.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, what I have here is Mr.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_00: Xavier Worthy, rookie wide receiver for, of course, the Kansas City Chiefs.
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, he's gonna have his coming out game, first game of the season against the Ravens, who happens to be one of the top the top secondary in the league.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_00: At the end of the day, he's he's running up fourth 4-2-3 or something like that.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_00: It's 4-2-8.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: So he's gonna be burning them.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna get wide open because they have no choice but to pay attention to Rasheed Rice, Travis Kelsey.
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_00: They can't just focus on one guy.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_00: And as soon as they do that, you're gonna have the young young bull sleep and uh sweep into the background.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_00: That's why I'm gonna call it 100 yards and two touchdowns tomorrow.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, or today, actually, because it's tonight, because it's Thursday.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_01: We're recording Wednesday, but yeah, you're watching it Thursday.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_01: But damn, okay, yeah, that's two two touchdowns.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: Man, that's called let him hang, let him swing.
• 25:31
  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_01: I doubt it, but I love it.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, we've talked about this many times that there's so many teams that operate better with two stud wide receivers, and we could see that situation start to form this year in Kansas City.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_01: You know, if you got Rashi Rice, who completely came into his own last season, and now you have Xavier Worthy.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um, those two could feed off each other and just turn into another situation like Puka and Cooper Cup or AJ Brown and Devonta Smith.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_01: That would be not surprising at all if we saw that happen as the year goes on.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back, big ballers.
• 26:14
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• 26:20
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• 26:26
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• 26:40
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• 26:41
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• 26:56
  SPEAKER_01: Every week we got player profiles, two from Manny and two from me.
• 27:01
  SPEAKER_01: On the guys that we don't want you to just watch for that week, but for the whole season.
• 27:06
  SPEAKER_01: So if you see one that's like a month old, you should still watch it because we're talking about some valid stuff.
• 27:11
  SPEAKER_01: If you look at all the player profiles we did last year, we were really accurate with the things we were saying.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I was talking about like the guys we were just talking about, Rashi Rice.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, we were talking him up big last year, and and look what he did.
• 27:25
  SPEAKER_01: So, you know, yeah the thing is, all this stuff, you know, Sam Laporta was I was talking about Sam Laporta right at right after he had one game that looked promising.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_01: It wasn't even a blow-up game, it was just a promising game.
• 27:38
  SPEAKER_01: I I knew what was coming.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_01: And Manny's even more accurate than I am.
• 27:43
  SPEAKER_01: So watch those player profiles.
• 27:45
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• 27:52
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• 27:52
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• 27:55
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• 27:58
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• 28:00
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