WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:04.400 How do you handle Puka Nakua in drafts now that 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:08.759 he's checked into rehab, did one AFC tight end just 3 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:12.000 have cold water thrown on his twenty twenty six breakout? 4 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.039 And which second year player might be on the verge 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.000 of something big despite playing on a bad offense. Plus 6 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.320 eleven time FFPC Dynasty League Champion Steve Bezo drops by 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.120 to break down Juwan Johnson, Matthew Golden and so much more. 8 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.600 We've got a great show for you. Farrell Elliott is here. 9 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:33.960 I'm Eric Balkman. Stick around. Your high Stakes Fantasy Football 10 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:35.200 Hour starts now. 11 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.320 It's damn the Pressure. 12 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.359 Broadcast live in horror round the world. 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Welcome into the latest episode 24 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.280 of The high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented by my 25 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.040 f FPC dot com. I'm your slightly above average host, 26 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:35.560 Eric Balkman. You can connect with me on the ex 27 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.280 at Eric Balkman. You know me from the road of 28 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.439 his High Stakes Lowdown, The High Stakes Fantasy Football, Our 29 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.920 Extra Rep spin off of course f FPC Insider Access, 30 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.239 and the Fantasy Football Players Championship. My co host is 31 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:51.200 the Definitive Commissioner of Fantasy Football, Farrell Elliott. 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Yeah, Fantasy Meatball 74 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:57.400 already in the YouTube chat right now. Get Oldmichael Conzel 75 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.560 Hi baalkey. Happy hump day lol. Yes it is hump 76 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.759 day h for sure and we will get over the 77 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.439 hump by the end of tonight's show. Uh, there is 78 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:08.280 no chance that we could do it without my co 79 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.520 host tonight. He is the Defendant Commissioner of Fantasy Football. 80 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.719 He runs the Kentucky Fantasy Football State Championship, which I 81 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.879 would encourage you to register for some leagues at and 82 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.279 have some fun now at kf f SC dot com. 83 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:25.480 Please welcome in mister Farrell Elliott. Goodye give me off 84 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:29.040 this phone, does the season. 85 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:34.680 You're not kidding, and uh yeah, you're you're You're not 86 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:40.920 You're not kidding. Hey, voluntary minicamp start today after well 87 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:47.759 the tuesday after this Easter weekend, and I'm I'm looking 88 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.560 forward to it. UFL football is this week and while 89 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:54.879 we don't have uh, we don't have many players that 90 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.959 will graduate from that and have fantasy relevance uh in 91 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.560 this upcoming and we do hear a name or two 92 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:05.800 on occasion that the drafters have invested draft picks in 93 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.000 that are no longer in the league but earning their 94 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.839 pay in the spring league. So it's a wonderful time 95 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.040 of the year, Bulky. It's always wonderful to see you. 96 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:15.240 You look so handsome. 97 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:19.319 Man will think you got you know, And are you 98 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:25.639 drafting anywhere? I am simultaneously drafting in the Baby Gorilla 99 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.079 and the Big Gorilla, and I'm looking forward to to 100 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.720 entering a best ball here in a few days. 101 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:36.959 I uh yeah, I'm excited drafting with the KFFFC right 102 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.839 now in the sweet sixteen the main event, and of 103 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:43.319 course the draft masters going on there right now can't 104 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:45.560 get enough of it. And I think, you know, one 105 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:49.079 of the things. Very very rarely, and I mentioned this before, 106 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.040 very rarely do we get a chance to lead off 107 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:53.800 the show with breaking news. But we do have a 108 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.319 little bit of breaking news this evening, and it comes 109 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.439 to us from southern California. Adam Schefter reporting that pokin 110 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:06.040 Akua has checked into a quote luxury treatment center. Levi mccatherine, 111 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:10.040 who is pokin Akua's attorney, spoke with the California Post 112 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.439 or at least issued a statement to the California Post 113 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.279 that he is Nicoua is now in rehab in Malibu. 114 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:18.839 Now we were talking about Nikua. We may have been 115 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.800 talking about him last week about this civil suit that 116 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.920 alleged that he bid a woman and used some anti 117 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.480 Semitic language on New Year's Eve, But Nkua is now 118 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.000 in rehab. Sean mcvay's wade in He says he's hopeful 119 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:34.600 Nikoua is going to grow from this and be a 120 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:37.759 RAM for a very long time. This clinic that he's in, 121 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:42.079 I think is known for helping people with drug and 122 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:47.079 alcohol abuse problems. Really bad for him, bed timing for 123 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:50.000 him because he's going to be coming up on a 124 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:54.399 contract extension soon and obviously this is probably going to 125 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:58.319 factor into it. Number one. We both wish Pookin a 126 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.800 Coupa the best and hopefully he comes out a lot better, 127 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.399 you know, because of this, But this is a fantasy 128 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.759 football podcast and I have to bring up the fantasy 129 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:10.040 spin on this Pharaoh. There's sort of been a big 130 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:13.120 three amongst the rookie receivers this year. I think there's 131 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.920 a big three amongst the veteran receivers in redraft leagues 132 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.279 and the never two Early Best Ball Tournament. There's three 133 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.560 guys going right up at the top. This is courtesy 134 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.279 of Fantasy Mojo at Fantasy Mojo on ex fantasymojo dot com. 135 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.079 Darren ARMANI runs a great website. If you are running 136 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.800 an f FPC team this year, you should be running 137 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:33.120 two Fantasymojo dot com and getting a subscription there and 138 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.759 the Number two Early Best Ball Tournament. Over the course 139 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.759 of the last on nearly two dozen drafts, Chase NICOUA 140 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.480 and Jigba one O three, one oh four to one 141 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:47.519 oh five. Does this news drop Nicula out of that 142 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.839 tier for you? How significant is this for people drafting 143 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:54.480 in that front half of the first round. Do they 144 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:56.199 want to stay away from Nicola? Or do you still 145 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.920 want to be in business with him? Pharaoh, Well, let's 146 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:03.759 take away and see him. This is quite disturbing. The 147 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:10.199 I didn't particularly you know, sometimes sometimes the social lives 148 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.279 of players that can become a target, you know, But 149 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.959 this seems there's something that play here. I never like 150 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.240 it when you're attorney as your spokesperson. 151 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:20.360 I never liked that. 152 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:23.279 So let's just play this one by here in our 153 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:29.000 sweet sixteen Besketball Championship in the KFFC, a drafter chose 154 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:33.480 him with the number one position, is best one way? 155 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:35.600 Yeah, and and and I get it. 156 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.799 And if you if this is not enough to shy, 157 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.960 you know, get you to shy away from Niku. I'm 158 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.519 totally on board. I think wait and see is probably 159 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:45.600 the best approach, Pharaoh. 160 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:48.440 But yes, and if you're a Dynasty player, send that 161 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.519 Puka Naku owner a fifth round draft pick secret exactly. 162 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:56.080 Yeah, I think in in reed draft leagues like the 163 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.840 Never Too Early Tournament, if he is sitting out there 164 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:02.039 at the one oh five, I certainly would not have 165 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:07.679 a problem bumping McCaffrey down below for him, Trey McBride, 166 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.320 I would have no problem taking Nakua over him. So 167 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.879 I think you could still make a case for Nikua here. 168 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.440 As far as the reporting that's been done on this, 169 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.240 it sounds like OTA's are still a possibility. 170 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:18.840 Uh. 171 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.159 And if that's the case, then and I think he's 172 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.679 at The other reporting stated that he's been there for 173 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.039 a while. This isn't a new thing that he just 174 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.000 got there. So yeah, wishing nothing but the best for 175 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.679 Nikua for those of your drafting right now, who who 176 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.840 really wanted, you know, us to take a stand on it. 177 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.480 I'm not bumping him down a whole lot right now, 178 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.240 if at all, I think I'd rather take Chase ahead 179 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:40.919 of him. Still a question. I mean, I guess it'll 180 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:42.759 probably takes Smith and Jig but ahead of him right now. 181 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:43.360 But it's close. 182 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:49.759 Yeah, And the problem is that that there, How long 183 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:54.559 do you wait? You know, I don't think it takes 184 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:57.720 a lot of courage to take Nakua. 185 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.120 So you know, if you've got if you're. 186 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:04.879 Drafting towards the end of the first round, chances are 187 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:06.840 if you get a chance adding you'll go in and 188 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:07.200 thank you. 189 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:12.200 Yeah, I im end of the first round slam dunk 190 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:15.720 for me, no question. I want to get into this. 191 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.840 Jalen Hurts story. Speaking of other things that weren't great 192 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.039 for the player that were in the news, Jeremy Foller 193 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.440 from ESPN and Tim McManus, who I believe is the 194 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:30.639 Eagles beat reporter for ESPN, quoted more than one more 195 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.159 than a couple more than a few sources that were 196 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.840 critical of Jalen Hurts. After this twenty twenty five season, 197 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.919 he was sixteenth out of forty qualifying quarterbacks in EPA 198 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.120 per dropback, twenty sixth in dropback success rate. That was 199 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:50.159 just ahead of Bryce Young and just behind Jacoby Brissett. 200 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:53.600 One source told the ESPN quote, poor body language, not 201 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.240 always bought in, not the most coachable, and the players notice, 202 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:01.519 though there is plenty of blame aim to spread. Heurtz 203 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.720 has had a hand in the offense being becoming calcified. 204 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.919 And it goes on to say that he's pushed back 205 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.759 on changes to the scheme. He's been changing plays a 206 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.440 lot at the line of scrimmage. They get a new 207 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.600 offensive coordinator this year for seemingly like the fourth or 208 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.960 fifth year in a row. I don't know what it's 209 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.200 man Yeah, exactly, Yeah. Sean Manyon, who was the quarterbacks 210 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.879 coach for Green Bay last year is now in the 211 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:27.960 new OC for Philadelphia, and Jeffrey Lurie was actually talking 212 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.399 about this, I think, either yesterday or today, about these 213 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:34.879 big changes that were going to be happening in the 214 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.519 Philadelphia offense. Our good buddy Brian Drake from Fantasy Points 215 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:41.720 was talking about this a couple months ago in February 216 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.480 where he said, you're going to see significant changes on 217 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.600 this offense, and now we're hearing it from Luri and 218 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:50.519 Sirianni and sewn Manyon. So I think the question here 219 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.159 is with Jalen Hurts, this doesn't paint him in the 220 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.080 right picture. But Pharrell, this is how good fantasy players 221 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:00.279 play it. They react properly to it. What's the oper 222 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.720 reaction for Jalen Hurts on this story? Is this something 223 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:06.399 that we bump him down? He's quarterback seven right now, 224 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:08.799 going in the early seventh round of the Never Too 225 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.399 Early Tournament. Do we bump him down and move guys 226 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.600 like Herbert Dart maybe even Lawrence ahead of him? Or 227 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:18.399 is this somebody that we're buying the dip that we're 228 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.720 still taking a cost. Certainly you don't have to overdraft 229 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.080 him at this point. There are some people that are 230 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.120 going to be turned off by this story. What's the 231 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.360 proper way to handle Jalen Hurts right now? And how 232 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:31.840 much stock are you putting into what these sources that 233 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:36.279 follower and mcmahonus had. How much stock are you putting 234 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.279 into what they're saying about him and how it affects 235 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:39.320 him in fantasy this year? 236 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.919 Let's buy him at the dip and take advantage of that. 237 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:47.679 It's an odd it's an odd time for this story 238 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:53.840 to break, especially on the positive heels of signing the 239 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:59.080 thirty three year old offensive coordinator. They interviewed multiple guys 240 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.240 for the job. You know, it's like they're looking for 241 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:06.799 the right kind of guy and it You know, if 242 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.639 you didn't watch the Eagles play a lot of games 243 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:14.440 and only watch red Zone, you saw Philadelphia doing their thing. 244 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.399 You just didn't see as much of it. But when 245 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.480 you watch the games, there were some problems, especially problems 246 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.039 with Aj Brown, the wide receiver. 247 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:24.000 You don't know where that kind of kind of thing start. 248 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.399 My father had one of his token sayings was can't 249 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:32.559 stand prosperity, And these guys last year could not stand prosperity. 250 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.600 The coaching, you can understand why the offensive coordinator got 251 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.440 fired last year or moved on, because there's a situation 252 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.600 where just the one thing that I love a play 253 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:46.240 action pass if they ran very little of that. If 254 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.480 you've got a running back like Barkley in the backfield, 255 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:51.000 I play action all the time. They don't send players 256 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:54.159 in motion much in the offense. So I think the 257 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.120 whole offense is going to look new. Obviously they have. 258 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:01.720 They looked to find someone that they thought could link 259 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.519 up and work with this quarterback and all the other 260 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:07.679 players on this offense. But look at if you can't 261 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.679 coach Jalen Hurts, you should get the hell out of 262 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:13.960 the business. That's really what you should do. This guy 263 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:16.840 is in Super Bowl MVP, one of the best players 264 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:19.360 in the league. He wins games at the rate of 265 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:25.039 like three to one something like that. He's you know, you, 266 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:28.639 you've got to find a way. This is bump in 267 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.240 the early part or the middle part of his career. 268 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:34.240 I guess we should say, you've got to find a 269 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.480 way to bring that together. That's why you get hired 270 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.120 to be at a job like this. If you're a 271 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.159 coach and you've got in the coaching world, they've all 272 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.120 got the shield on the resume. Then they've got to 273 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.600 earn that and the players got to step up and say, 274 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:50.799 you know, everything that went down last year is going 275 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:58.879 to change. Yeah. I from fantasy football perspective, if we 276 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.799 saw the worst from him last year, it didn't necessarily 277 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:08.120 kill you. And I think you've got a good chance 278 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.639 to win with Hurts this year. And there's plenty of 279 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:15.200 quarterback quarterbacks available that you compare with him to make 280 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.399 this work. We're not looking at the schedule, so we 281 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:21.519 don't know how to put that aspect together of it. 282 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:25.559 But I like the I like the division he's in. 283 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.600 I could go on and on. 284 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.080 Don't Don't you like the idea of Jalen Hurts playing 285 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.919 the Giants, the Commanders, and the Cowboys for six games? 286 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:38.799 I do. And I like the idea of him slipping 287 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.759 in drafts now as a result. Definitely on staying away 288 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.240 from I've never been the biggest fan of Nick Siriani, 289 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:46.840 and there's not a whole lot of people I don't 290 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.919 care for, but he's never He's always rubbed me the 291 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.679 wrong way. But in his defense, I will say that 292 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.080 when you have all this adversity like he's been facing 293 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:59.200 with this offense last year. I think back a couple 294 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:02.679 of years ago and replaced both offensive and defensive coordinators, 295 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:05.480 end up winning a Super Bowl, and now you get 296 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.440 the A. J. Brown stuff and the Jalen Hurt stuff. 297 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.320 I do think that Sirianni is kind of built for adversity, 298 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.919 and I think he's built for for for you know, 299 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.879 when when somebody takes a bite out of him, he 300 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.360 takes a bigger bite back. And teams tech usually take 301 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.840 on Sigmund Boom says this for football guys all the time. 302 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.519 Teams take on the personality of their quarterback and their 303 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.320 head coach. And I think at the Eagles, the more 304 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.000 they take on the personality of Sirianni, the more they're 305 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.679 they're they're gonna have the attitude of laying waste to 306 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.240 not only their opponents, but everybody who called them out 307 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.360 and said that, you know, this is not a good situation. 308 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:38.759 It's not it's not going well in Philadelphia right now. 309 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:40.240 I think we're gonna see a nice little bounce back 310 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.080 from Philly this year. 311 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:46.000 That I like your perspective on that, because when you 312 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:51.519 if they were able to get that US against the 313 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.840 world mentality and come together that way, you know, I 314 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:58.399 had to I had to look up calcification. I found 315 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.960 that to be a very interesting application of a medical 316 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:10.680 term to the stoic and hardened and dense Jalen hurts, 317 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.279 and I don't think he's any of those things. 318 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.839 So, you know, Farrell, the next thing I want to 319 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.079 bring up, and we're you're probably sick of talking about 320 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:21.039 Dalton Kincaid now, But every single time I think if 321 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.119 we've fleshed out everything there is, then there's another report 322 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:28.319 that comes out about Kincaid. Joe Brady was speaking to 323 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:30.839 the media and he said that Kincaid is probably going 324 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:34.319 to be managed throughout the twenty twenty six season. I 325 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:36.880 want to make everybody ware that this is April first, 326 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.519 and they're already talking about managing this dude's knee through 327 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.319 the twenty twenty sixth season. Yeah, in twenty twenty four 328 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:49.200 he tore his PCL and Kinkaid decided not to have 329 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:54.000 that ligament surgically repaired. Quote from Brady, There's a lot 330 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.799 of things that he's pushing through that you guys might 331 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.880 not see, and I think some of it's just learning 332 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:00.039 how to play with certain elements of some movements that 333 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.960 might not feel great and he's had to push through that. 334 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.319 Kin Kayah, I beg your pardon. Brandon bean Is the 335 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.720 GM and Brady both talked about managing the practice time 336 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.359 for Kin Kid this year to make sure he's as 337 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.799 fresh as possible for games and he's not having to 338 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:16.720 tolerate any more pain than he needs to. But Ferrell, 339 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.839 I don't feel great drafting a player where I mean, 340 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.519 this has got to break a record for like knee management, 341 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:27.799 like planning that they're already talking about doing this, and 342 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.160 already in April. There's a long time before the season. 343 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.480 I mean the season. The NFL season is not going 344 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.960 to start for another five months, and so for this 345 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.759 to come out in April, I have serious misgivings. And 346 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:39.519 it stinks because I know there's a lot of smart 347 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:43.400 people out there expecting a breakout from Dalton Kinkaid this year, 348 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.079 and maybe his knee is more likely to break than 349 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:48.799 his fantasy game breaking out. Dalton Kinkaid going as tight 350 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:51.960 end eleven right now, behind Getztan and Ferguson, ahead of 351 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:55.400 Kittle and Kelsey. I don't know, man, I just I 352 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:57.799 feel like I'm a lot more bearish having this. Maybe 353 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:00.279 I'm putting too much stock into this report, but this 354 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.720 does not give me the warm fuzzies at all about King. 355 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:06.240 It was not this player was not for me even 356 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:11.039 before this report. We've talked about it before Bulky. Let's 357 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:12.799 just go back to what we talk about the Eagles. 358 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:17.880 That's a full culture situation now here with Kink, we've 359 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:20.680 talked about the training staff being the real superstars of 360 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.559 the unsung heroes of the NFL. Sometimes they get these 361 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:25.920 guys ready to play it. I think that's what they 362 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:28.240 mean by management and veteran like this is not going 363 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:31.079 to practice quite as much. We see that with Kittle 364 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:34.799 out out in San Francisco as well, and then other players. 365 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.640 They just don't make a whole lot of noise about it. 366 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.680 But I there's the tight end is very special and 367 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.079 very important to the FFPC. There's a many tools in 368 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:49.480 Buffalo to move the ball. The Kink is a talented 369 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:52.400 tight end, but I see other guys that are not 370 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:57.319 only talented, but leaned on more effectively and more necessarily 371 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:02.960 by there are offenses. So I think we need to 372 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.359 we need to just hope that mister Kinka does well 373 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:12.200 and those tight ends drafted around him and slightly after 374 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.759 him would be who I is targeting. Now, if he 375 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:19.079 follows five or six spots, it begins another conversation. 376 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.720 If he slips, I mean you're talking about like if Kittle, Kelsey, 377 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:26.640 Sadik Goddard likely if they all move ahead of them, 378 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:28.160 then yeah, it becomes a value. 379 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:30.160 If he gets if he gets down there with Dalton 380 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.319 Schultz and who's the top five pass catcher pass catching 381 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.720 titiend from last year. But if he gets down there 382 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.319 with Dalton Schultz and some of the things like that, 383 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:42.960 then it's you know, that's where I've always seen him. Anyway, 384 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:45.119 before this news, based. 385 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.960 On what we just said about Kincaid, you can probably 386 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:50.480 understand that the HSFF our hosts not going to have 387 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.440 a whole lot of Dalton Kinkaid. No, as it stands 388 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:57.400 right now. Anyway, let's talk to a gentleman right now 389 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:00.400 who has had a lot of success in the FC, 390 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.319 especially in twenty twenty five. We'll bring in our guests, 391 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.480 ladies and gentlemen. He is an eleven time FFPC Dynasty 392 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.519 League Champ, and nine of those titles came this past 393 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.720 season alone. He's here tonight to talk about some of 394 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:17.640 the players that he has on those teams. What cutdown 395 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:21.400 was like for him getting his rosters down to sixteen players. 396 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:24.720 He's also going to wax poetic on Kyron Williams, Terry McLaurin, 397 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:27.559 and so much more. Please welcome in onto the program, 398 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:31.640 mister Steve ESO, Steve, Welcome in, Happy Wednesday evening. 399 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:34.839 How's it going tonight, sir, good evening, gentlemen. Thanks for 400 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:38.960 having me be a pleasure to chat some fantasy with you. Guys. 401 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.720