WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:08.560 Welcome to the Auction Brief. There's a joy in these 2 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.919 games or not, taking you on a journey through fantasy football, 3 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:18.519 the law, and life. We saw your day. It depends 4 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.960 on how much you want. And now you're legal analyst 5 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.839 and auction draft expert here to help you dominate your 6 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:36.399 fantasy drafts. Your host, Drew Dadamport there asked full hearts. Hey, everybody, 7 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.079 welcome into the Auction Brief. As the lady said, I'm 8 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.200 your host, Drew Davenport, and thank you so much for 9 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.840 joining me for another episode of the Auction Brief or 10 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.439 solo on the mic today. I hope you listened on 11 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:52.560 Tuesday to the great Rich Rebar from Sharp Football Analysis. 12 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.039 If you haven't, go back and check out this week's 13 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:58.359 discussions with Drew. On Tuesday, Rich and I broke down 14 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.479 some wide receiver situations. A couple situations I was wondering 15 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.560 about the wide receiver two spot and who might emerge 16 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.319 in a couple of situations that are just plain muddy 17 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.480 that we don't know what to do with. Always appreciate 18 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:14.239 Rich's take on that kind of stuff because he's just 19 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.879 one of the best analysts out there, If not the best, 20 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.719 he's certainly in the top couple in the entire industry. 21 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.519 So I hope you enjoyed that. Today it's my solo 22 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.400 trip on the mic, and I love this time a 23 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.840 week because I always treat this mic a little bit 24 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:32.719 like it's my therapist couch, and I love talking through 25 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:35.280 stuff with all of you, and I hope you enjoy 26 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.480 that process. And that's really where I wanted to start today, 27 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.799 is about the process of figuring out what we're supposed 28 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.480 to be doing with our teams in August, because we 29 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.480 spend a lot of time looking backwards, and I think 30 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.400 that officially today we're going to start looking forward. Of course, 31 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.200 we're not going to ignore everything that happen. We're going 32 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.079 to use that stuff as we go on. But enough 33 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.519 of the lessons from last year. Let's start talking about 34 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:04.319 what's going on this summer and the narratives that are 35 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.200 starting to emerge. So that's what I want to do today. 36 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.360 I've got seven different things that I think that I 37 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:12.759 think right now, and this is one of my favorite 38 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.520 things to do. I do it on the Patreon a 39 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.400 lot during the season. I tend to write this column 40 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:21.879 during Monday night football for the Patreons exclusively, because it's 41 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.120 just stuff I'm thinking after I watched football that week, 42 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:27.560 but I haven't had a chance to get into routes, 43 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:32.400 run market, shared, target, shared, garbage time, all that stuff. 44 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.919 It's just things that I think. I think, so right now, 45 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.280 that's what we're going to do, because I was thinking 46 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:40.560 about what I want to do. And I tell you 47 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.000 that every week. It's an interesting process that I have 48 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.280 to go through because it's a creative process that really 49 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:48.919 can't be rushed, and I have a deadline, so it's 50 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.080 got to be rushed sometimes, and so I just kind 51 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:52.800 of let stuff percolate and I think and I think, 52 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.759 and I think. You know, one of the things that 53 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.039 occurred to me was that I feel like the show 54 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:01.080 is a little bit I'm going a little bit in 55 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:05.840 mainstream with the show this summer, and we can't have that. 56 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:10.199 Can We know? What I mean by that is there 57 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.360 is a very real tendency and I can feel it. 58 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.919 It's very strong and I've never felt this before, but 59 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.240 it's a very strong tendency for me to want to 60 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.800 veer towards the center, to go and do a podcast 61 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.800 that everyone's kind of expecting. Let's talk about this guy 62 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.599 and let's talk about this guy. And I've always said 63 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:30.319 that I'm going to do my show. I'm going to 64 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:33.400 do my podcast. And one of the things that you 65 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.800 do when you veer to the center is you want 66 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.319 to make these bold claims. You want to proclaim this 67 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.520 is this and this is this. And I've always said 68 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:47.039 that proclamations like that, that absolutes like that are things 69 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:49.000 that we need to really fight against. We need to 70 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:51.960 fight against that urge to feel like we know everything. 71 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.680 Just think of stuff in probabilities and think of how 72 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.560 we win, and that general idea of all the things 73 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.000 you've learned about how to win at fantasy football and 74 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.199 how to step back and take a thirty thousand foot view. 75 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:08.919 That stuff's really important. And I don't love making bold claims, 76 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.360 even though sometimes I find myself doing it. I want 77 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.080 to step back in this week, get back to our 78 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:16.839 roots because another thing that I haven't been doing this 79 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.560 summer is telling a lot of poker stories, or telling 80 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.920 a lot of stories period. And I don't have a 81 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:26.240 poker story for you today, but I do want to 82 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.560 tell a little story and take some lessons from that 83 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:35.439 story into today's topic, because sometimes I think when we 84 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.319 listen to the results of a lot of time and 85 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.920 effort put into preparation for the show. We hear the 86 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.279 conclusions that someone reaches or that eye reach, and those 87 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:49.360 conclusions aren't always self evident, and sometimes for the sake 88 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.720 of time or whatever, just so people aren't bored, you 89 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.600 don't see the entire process behind why I got to 90 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:58.879 that conclusion or why the person you're listening to got 91 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:02.319 to that conclusion. But I also think that's part of 92 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.079 what makes this show a little bit different and valuable. 93 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.319 So I want to get back to that as well. 94 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:09.720 I want you to go through the process with me 95 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.240 about some of the things that are going on at 96 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:14.120 this point in the summer and the narratives that are 97 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:20.360 developing from mini camps, injuries, ADP movers, stuff like that. 98 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.360 I know we're a little bit early. Most of the 99 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:27.000 casual players are not in fact thinking about fantasy football yet, 100 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.680 so some of the stuff's going to change. But I 101 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.959 kind of like that. When I thought about today's show, 102 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.399 I realized, Okay, let's start with a little bit of 103 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:38.560 a story that leads into seven things I think I 104 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.319 think right now, and you can tell there's a theme 105 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.680 this summer about coming up with the dimmest popple lines right. 106 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.800 Players that are scoring points are scoring points. I can't 107 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.680 even say it with a straight face. But seven things 108 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.879 I think I think right now, And I label it 109 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:01.920 that on purpose, because I'm not proclaiming these things to 110 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.000 be absolute truisms that we're going to believe when it 111 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:08.000 comes mid of August or end of August when we're 112 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.920 trying to do our drafts. I want you to ride 113 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.800 along with me this summer as we go through the 114 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.399 process because one of the things I really thought that 115 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.000 was that I said earlier this summer that I wanted 116 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.959 to latch onto was I wanted to start talking about 117 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.439 some of these trends and some of these things like 118 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.560 when teams are talking to us, we need to be 119 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:31.040 listening even though they're not saying words about grabbing elite players, 120 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:33.040 about kind of stepping back and get rid of some 121 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.120 of the minw show when we're in a draft room. 122 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.360 And so I think we need to follow these narratives, 123 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:39.120 and I want you to follow the narratives with me. 124 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.399 And so today I think it's going to be really 125 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.399 fun because it's things that I see developing and things 126 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.279 that i'm starting to think are going to be true, 127 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.240 but I'm not actually sure it's going to hold up 128 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:52.639 over the next eight weeks. So that's that's I think 129 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.360 super fun because we can talk about it now, talk 130 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:57.279 about it in a month, talk about it on the 131 00:06:57.319 --> 00:06:59.600 last show, and say is this still right? Is this 132 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.879 still we are? And one of the reasons that I 133 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:04.720 have some of these things developing is I did a 134 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.920 mock auction this week with some folks, several people from 135 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.879 the Patreons, some people from Twitter, and the mock auction 136 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.120 was awesome because it gave me a nice little baseline 137 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.639 about what's going on. And we'll talk a little bit 138 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:17.920 more about that in depth here as we go through 139 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.480 the show. Don't forget everybody. You can find me on 140 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.199 Twitter at Drew Davenport FF, and you can find me 141 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.680 on the Patreon network Fantasy Football Lawyer just four bucks 142 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.519 a month. I don't have anything else to hawk right now. 143 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.800 We're gonna have the salary cap summit coming up, but 144 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:34.439 I haven't nailed down a date, so we're not even 145 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:35.879 going to talk about it a whole lot. Just keep 146 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:38.199 it in the back of your mind. End of July 147 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.040 early August, the salary cap summit. But other than that, 148 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:42.839 I think we got to get to some content. I've 149 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:46.759 rambled long enough. Seven things I think I think right 150 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:53.079 now auction talk. I bet you're sitting there looking at 151 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:56.800 the phone or looking at your computer and thinking, Okay, 152 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.360 we're eight minutes in. How is he going to make 153 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:01.759 forty five minutes with seven points? But I don't care 154 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:07.600 about your negativity today. I'm gonna do it. Okay, this 155 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.879 is the forty five minutes summer if it kills me, 156 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.800 So here we go. Buckle up, let's get ready. I'm 157 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.879 gonna throw so much crap at your face holes. You 158 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.800 guys are gonna be loving it by the end, and 159 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:19.480 you're gonna look down and it's gonna be forty six 160 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.160 and a half minutes and you're gonna go, oh my god, 161 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.120 he did it in forty six and a half minutes, 162 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.639 even though we talked about my face holes for ninety seconds. 163 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.600 All right, here we go. So let's get serious for 164 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:34.120 a minute. Because the thing that I want to start 165 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.360 with today is a little proverb that I'm sure a 166 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:40.200 lot of you have heard before. But if you have, 167 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.960 I'm sorry, stick with me for a second. A lot 168 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:46.000 of people have not heard of the Chinese farmer proverb. 169 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.320 It's the story of a Chinese farmer and his son. 170 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:52.840 They're out in the fields and they're working their crops 171 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:57.159 in the fields and something spooks their horse. They only 172 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:02.039 own one horse. They're poor farmers, and they're harvesting their crops, 173 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:04.679 and something spooks their horse, and the horse runs away, 174 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:08.399 and all the neighbors from the village gather around and say, oh, 175 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.960 what terrible luck you have, What an awful tragedy this 176 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:14.360 is for your family, And the Chinese farmer looks at 177 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.960 them and says, maybe they don't really understand what he means. 178 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.720 But a couple days later, the horse comes running back 179 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:25.559 to the farm and he's got several wild horses with him, 180 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:30.200 very valuable horses that the farmer can now take for 181 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.639 himself and use around the farm. And all the villagers 182 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.639 come to the Chinese farmer and they say, what incredible luck. 183 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.840 Your horse ran away, and now you have three extra 184 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:44.840 wild horses. You have four horses instead of one. Now, 185 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:47.399 what incredible luck for you? And then Chinese farmer says, 186 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.600 maybe a few days later, his son is trying to 187 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.120 tame one of the wild horses and he's on the 188 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.200 back of one of these wild horses when it bucks 189 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.840 him off. Son falls to the ground and breaks his leg, 190 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.960 and all the villagers gather around and they say to 191 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:06.399 the Chinese farmer, what absolute terrible luck, what an awful 192 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.320 tragedy that your son is going to be laid up 193 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.000 and can't help you with the crops with a broken leg, 194 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:14.480 And the Chinese farmer says maybe. A couple days later, 195 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.240 the army rides into town and they're looking in the 196 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.159 village for any able bodied male who can join the 197 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:25.320 army and fight in the war. They look at the 198 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:28.000 farmer's son and he's laying up with a broken leg, 199 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.679 unable to move, unable to walk, and they leave without 200 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.799 taking his son into the army. And the villagers all 201 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.919 gather around and they say, what incredible luck your son 202 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.440 doesn't have to go fight in a war, What incredible luck, 203 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:45.000 What a great day for you and your son, And 204 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.080 the Chinese farmer says maybe. And that's the end of 205 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.080 the story. I hope that you understand the idea that's 206 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:54.840 forming as I painstakingly told that story. I hope you 207 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:57.919 followed the point of the story and the reason I 208 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.559 wanted to start the story today was there's a lot 209 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:04.840 of different things that we can take from this proverb 210 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:07.480 and that we can apply to how we do things 211 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:10.440 in everyday life and how we do things in fantasy football. 212 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.039 In twenty twenty six, it's never been harder for us 213 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:20.240 to control ourselves and our emotions and what we see 214 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.600 on a day to day basis because we have constant 215 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:26.759 access to everything happening in the world at the push 216 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.279 of a button. We're constantly holding a device in our 217 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.679 hands that can outrage us at any moment of the day, 218 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.600 that can tell us something we don't want to hear 219 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.039 at any moment of the day. Is incredibly difficult to 220 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.720 have balance, it's incredibly difficult to have patience, and this 221 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.919 proverb tells you that you don't have to get out 222 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.320 over your skis every single time something bad happens to 223 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:55.399 you and get out of control life, fantasy football, all 224 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:59.000 of this stuff is cyclical, and the proverb tells us 225 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.919 that if we let things breathe, if we let things develop, 226 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:08.000 if we practice self control and patience, it's not always 227 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.320 as bad as it seems, and it's not always as 228 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.279 good as it seems. Stay even and have balance, and 229 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.240 I love that message for life. I love that message 230 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.240 for auction draft rooms, for fantasy football. There are so 231 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:21.399 many things that when we look back on them, we 232 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.840 realize that thing was actually a blessing in disguise. I 233 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.200 ended up going through a terrible divorce with my first wife. 234 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.720 I'm on my second marriage. At the time that it happened, 235 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.480 it seemed like one of the worst things in the 236 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:36.000 world that could happen to me, and it was awful 237 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:38.759 in the moment, But looking back on that, that was 238 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:42.440 a true Chinese farmer proverb moment in my life. It 239 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:46.720 was a sliding doors moment because that thing actually was 240 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:51.639 extremely valuable in retrospect. I talk about The King's Classic 241 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:53.639 last year, and I have to say this was a 242 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.960 sliding doors moment in fantasy football. I talked about this 243 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.360 last summer after the draft, but let me just refresh 244 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.639 your memory quick I was early in the first round, 245 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.039 and so my goal was to nominate a running back 246 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:07.799 that I thought was far enough down the board that 247 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:10.039 people wouldn't care as much that early in the draft 248 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.000 and I might get a little bit of a sitting 249 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:16.879 down bonus. So my goal was to nominate Chase Brown, early. 250 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.679 I considered nominating Kyrien Williams, but I nominated Chase Brown. 251 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.799 I ended up getting Chase Brown for thirty six, and 252 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:27.480 then a little while later Kyrien Williams went for twenty seven, 253 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:32.039 and I was frustrated because I really wanted Chase Brown 254 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.440 in the upper twenties or early, you know, low thirties, 255 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.480 but I thought that I should bit up to thirty six. 256 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.360 Long story doesn't really matter. The point is I was 257 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.960 frustrated about that nine dollars that was extra from Kyron 258 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:46.120 to Chase Brown. That was a sliding doors moment in 259 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.720 that season because early on in the season, I was 260 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:53.919 really not loving that decision and that result because of 261 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.240 how bad Chase Brown was early in the season. But 262 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.320 the lead in the year, Chase Brown was an unbelievable 263 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:02.639 fantasy running back and he was part of the reason 264 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:05.480 I want a title. That stuff in retrospect can change, 265 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.600 it can be different. And that's how we're going to 266 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:17.320 lead into the first topic today. The first topic is 267 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.960 a simple one, and don't everyone gasp at once. The 268 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:23.679 topic number one. I think that I might pay two 269 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:27.440 dollars for a kicker this year. Whoa everybody I know, 270 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:31.200 We're not going crazy on number one here, but I've 271 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.799 been thinking a lot about how valuable Brandon Aubrey is 272 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.840 as a fantasy kicker, and then I went to look 273 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:40.240 this stuff up. And this is a true once again 274 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:44.759 Chinese farmer moment, because in the moment when we're watching 275 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.799 Brandon Aubrey last year, it's like this dude's just a 276 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.320 cheat code. He can just throw up twenty points whenever 277 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.440 kicking sixty yard field goals. And I don't disagree. I 278 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.159 still think that I might pay two dollars for Brandon 279 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.320 Aubrey in an auction, or I might nominate him for 280 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.559 two and see somebody's willing to pay three. But you 281 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:04.919 want to know something interesting, And I don't know how 282 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:09.639 many of you have looked at final kicker standings, because 283 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.600 not many people are sick in the third week of 284 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.679 June looking up kicker rankings. But did you know that 285 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.720 Brandon Aubrey did not finish as the kicker one. He 286 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:22.320 wasn't the overall number one kicker, nor was he number 287 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:27.120 two in points per game. Kyami Fairbairn actually missed a game, 288 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.120 I believe maybe one or two games and finished third. 289 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:35.559 Aubrey finished second Jason Myers finished first from Seattle. Myers 290 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.200 was first in overall points and first in points per game. 291 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:42.559 Aubrey was second overall but third in points per game, 292 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.759 behind fairbarn So tell me why we should go into 293 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.600 an auction and pay two dollars for the guy who 294 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:51.000 was kicker three. Now I'm saying I think it's probably okay, 295 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:54.440 But I expected to come to the conclusion that yes, 296 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.240 I'm going to spend two or maybe even three dollars 297 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.360 on Aubrey. He's just that much of a cheat code. 298 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.840 And I think it's still okay. I'm still considering this, 299 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.000 but this is part of the journey I want you 300 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:05.759 to go on with me this summer. I was prepared 301 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:08.080 to say, let's go do it for the first time ever, 302 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.279 and then I looked at the kicker standings that he 303 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.120 didn't even finish as the overall kicker one. I just 304 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.159 think that that reinforces the point that a dollar per 305 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.320 kicker you can get a pretty good one. And most 306 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.080 of the time, if you nominate Fairbaron, nobody's going to 307 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.799 bid two. So I'm not sure it's worth it. I'm 308 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.720 not sure it's worth it. That's point number one. I 309 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.279 think that I want to pay two dollars for Brandon Aubrey, 310 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.000 but upon further reflection, I'm not sure I'm going to 311 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:34.039 do that. Stay tuned for that as we go through 312 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:44.919 the summer. A couple other takes I have are gonna 313 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:49.240 be auction takes here coming up by points two, three, four, Well, 314 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.000 really a lot of the rest of them are auction takes, 315 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.519 but I want you to keep in mind that some 316 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.120 of these takes are based off of this auction that 317 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.399 I did the other night. Now, this was a really 318 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:06.880 valuable auction because nobody left early. Everybody played it out 319 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.000 like we were going to play out the season. However, 320 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:13.200 there are some problems with mock auctions that are just 321 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.799 really kind of subconscious things. So I want everyone to 322 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:19.799 be careful and not draw too many conclusions from some 323 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.880 of this stuff. But I do think the price is 324 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.519 even if they're wonky by a little bit or ten 325 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:29.759 percent or whatever, I still think it's important because it 326 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.119 shows us the trend. It shows us what people are 327 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:34.960 generally thinking. And these folks that was doing this auction 328 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.440 with are these are good players. They know what they're doing. 329 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.759 This was a good mock. Okay, So two things. I 330 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.839 want to mention though mocs do tend to inflate prices 331 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.279 at the top. You know, they like to ditch qbs 332 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:50.160 a little bit too. And well, I guess this is 333 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.039 three things. People don't care as much about depth, all right, 334 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:56.799 So I understand that it's subconscious. People don't necessarily say 335 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:58.920 I don't care, but they know they don't have to 336 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.559 play it out, so it's more fun just look at 337 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.920 this sparkling, beautiful starting lineup and not spend as much 338 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.640 for backups. Keep that stuff in mind. However, I still 339 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.119 think we can draw some conclusions from some of this stuff. 340 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.000 I saw the other night. Somebody paid two bucks for Meyers. 341 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:14.319 Somebody paid two bucks for Aubrey. I don't know if 342 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.240 that's a trend that's going to continue. That's number one. 343 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.279 But number two thing that I think I think is 344 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.880 that getting a couple of top wide receivers is going 345 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.119 to be harder than ever. And when I say top 346 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:27.559 wide receivers, I'm talking about really this top six, seven, 347 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:32.240 eight wide receivers. I was really surprised at the prices 348 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:36.720 of the top guys because in prior seasons, forty to 349 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.599 fifty two something in that range would be the price 350 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.079 for a wide receiver one, and in this auction we 351 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.640 had two guys that went it for over sixty and 352 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.160 it was much top heavier than I expected. Now, again, 353 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.720 I believe that's an effect partially of the mock, but 354 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:57.200 I do believe that the true wide receiver ones what 355 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:59.440 Rich Reeby and I were talking about on Tuesday, the 356 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:01.680 guys that come in that thirty percent target share the 357 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.279 true alphas. There just aren't that many of them. And 358 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:09.759 everybody looks like they're recognizing it. Like I said, it's June. 359 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.799 I get it. We're gonna go through the process as 360 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.039 we go through the summer, but watch out because the 361 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.640 very top of the wide receiver position is looking like 362 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:20.519 it's going to be difficult to get a couple of 363 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:22.839 those guys. So if you think you're coming in and 364 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.400 grabbing those guys at the top, I just talked about this, 365 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.599 it was either last week or the week before, about 366 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:30.559 how wide receiver points are getting harder to come by 367 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.519 and I want to slam more money into the top. 368 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.759 I'm not sure that I'm totally sold on that anymore. 369 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.880 I'm backing off that a little bit, and that's why 370 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.680 I want you to walk through this process with me. 371 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.279 A couple prices for you. Jackson Smith and Jigbell was sixty, 372 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:48.880 Chase was sixty four, aman Rosse Brown was fifty five. 373 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.160 Justin Jefferson was fifty three. Pooka and Akua went for 374 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:54.480 fifty one. That was a little bit weird. That's one 375 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.960 of those things where I should have been on that. 376 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.279 I should have been fifty two. I'm Pooka should have 377 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:00.640 got him up in the mid fifties. J Brown went 378 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:02.519 for forty four dollars. I thought that was interesting. I'm 379 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:05.319 going to circle back to that for Drake London fifty, 380 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:10.119 Ceedee Lamb forty six, George Pickens forty one, Nico Collins 381 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.279 forty Chris o'lave thirty nine. Now I put all those 382 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:16.359 out there to say there still are some guys that 383 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.160 I think can finish as wide receiver ones that are 384 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.839 in the upper thirties to low forties, and that's still 385 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:24.000 something we can do. And it's kind of something I've 386 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.680 been doing for a while now, is trying to draft 387 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.720 those receivers in the seven to twelve range, not necessarily 388 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:32.960 the one through five because I just don't like my 389 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.000 bills when I spend that much money. But I've never 390 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:39.400 seen two receivers go for more than sixty dollars in 391 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:43.559 the rooms I'm in, and having one, two, three, four, five, 392 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:48.000 six guys go for over fifty that's significant. And I 393 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.039 was a little bit interested in the AJ Brown price, 394 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.079 and forty four dollars seems about right. But I do 395 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:57.119 think that we need to pay attention to two guys, 396 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:02.039 Nico Collins at forty bucks. We all think that Nico 397 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:06.319 Collins is awesome, and of course we're getting some information 398 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:09.119 that CJ. Stroud is not what we thought he was. 399 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.920 But in a quote unquote down year, Nico Collins had 400 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:16.440 eleven hundred yards and six touchdowns. Now for PPR leads 401 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:19.279