WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:07.080 How far will Joe Mixon fall this evening? Who will 2 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:10.960 be bumping up at Mecca Igbuka and will the Pros 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:14.439 or the Joe's be the one controlling tonight's draft. Follow 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.839 along with the live draft board tonight with our pick 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.160 by pick analysis as we call the action from the 6 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:22.719 twenty twenty five f f PC Pros versus Joe's Iron 7 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:25.519 made in Division number four to see who's gonna win 8 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.920 a twenty twenty six f FPC Main Events Squad. We've 9 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:31.239 got a great show for you. Farrell Elliott is here. 10 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:34.200 I'm Eric Balkman. Stick around. 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Today 46 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.560 is the day deadline day for the FFPC main event 47 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:41.159 early draft slots. If you want your draft slot by 48 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.639 August third, no matter if you're drafting in late August 49 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:46.120 or early September or whatever. If you want it like 50 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.840 a month plus ahead of time, square those balances away, 51 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.680 register now my FFPC dot com. You have until midnight 52 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.919 tonight Pacific time to get that done. Don't forget you're 53 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:57.479 gonna get six hundred dollars off each additional team you 54 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.599 register as well at my FFPC. Let's get into our 55 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:04.360 drafters tonight, ladies and gentlemen. The joes are kicking things 56 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.280 off here tonight. Brian Lindo and Jeff Cuzmano at the 57 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.159 one spot. I'll just bring up the draft board here 58 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.240 so everybody can see it. And I'm not You guys 59 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:14.280 know what I'm talking about here. Jeff Kuzmano and Brian 60 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.280 Lindo ended up taking Jamar Chase number one Sigmund Bloom 61 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.759 from Football Guys, no surprise, he goes at the elite 62 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:21.879 tight end early brock Bauers at the one oh two, 63 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.680 Albert and Kyle Leach draft Bijon Robinson. At the one 64 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.719 oh three. Jamier Gibbs goes to Estadio Fantasies Mauricio Gutierrez 65 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:33.639 at the four spot Ceedee Lamb right after that to 66 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.000 Frying pan Ink. Of course, Brad Petrie and Darren Larson 67 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.840 the KFFSC cohorts turned f FPC dominators. They end up 68 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.960 going with Lamb. There McCaffrey off the board to one. 69 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:46.879 Josh As at the one oh six from Rodoballer Sakuon 70 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.759 Barkley to Dennis and Stephen Jones. Right after that, Dan 71 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.400 Williams and Bradley Staalder, who hosts the stack Unners show 72 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.719 on Player Profiler they have the next pick, and on 73 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.120 the Player Profiler Network, excuse me, they had the next 74 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.879 pick and then they go with Justin Jefferson. Trey McBride 75 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.000 is the pick to Billy van Ormer. After that, the 76 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.000 FFPC Joe from established Run Michael Leoni ends up going 77 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.400 with Malik Neighbors at the one ten. Ashton Genty off 78 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.960 the board at the one eleven to Vince Staffelino, Justin 79 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.839 Boot from Yahoo Fantasy takes Pukinakua to end the first 80 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.720 round without further ado. Let me bring on my guest 81 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.040 co host for the night. Not even a guest co host, 82 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:23.759 the guy who normally co hosts the show with me. 83 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.240 He is the incomparable Fararell Elliott Farrell. Welcome aboard, my friend. 84 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.199 How you doing, man? I tell you what, it's just 85 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:31.519 you and me to I know Turp. 86 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.839 Turp is may or may not be joining us tomorrow. 87 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.240 He will for sure be on Tuesday. 88 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:41.000 He likes playing into that fact of the intro because 89 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.000 no one else is available. He likes he he yeah, 90 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.600 that's what's going on there. Wow, fokey. But you know, 91 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.560 as soon as I start missing Terp, I realize I'm 92 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.600 with the number one broadcast professional of fantasy football in 93 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.399 the entire United States. 94 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:05.800 Well, you'll have to introduce some me. Yeah, you're hilarious, Farrell. 95 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:07.879 I want to get to our first guest tonight right 96 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:10.199 off the bat. You know him, you love him, You 97 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.839 follow him on the X at Josh Hayes FX. This 98 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.160 is a guy who's been with Rotoballer for a long time, 99 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.160 a guy I've talked with on shows with in the 100 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.279 past two Here with the f f PC YouTube channel, 101 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.639 you hear him on Serious Sex and Fantasy Sports Radio 102 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:29.360 weekdays from six until seven am Eastern Time. Of course, 103 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.160 the incomparable Josh Hayes joining us, who is drafting tonight. 104 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.199 Josh is drafting from the sixth spot. Josh, Good evening 105 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:36.600 and welcome. 106 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.079 How you doing man, How you been bulky? Long time 107 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.839 no talk, parall, great to talk again. I hope all 108 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:42.519 is well, my friend. 109 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:46.399 It always is, it is. 110 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.279 And so we have to talk about your first pick 111 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:51.920 right off the top, Josh, because you had the opportunity 112 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:55.519 to catch Saquon Barkley falling tonight, you end up going 113 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.839 with McCaffrey above him, and I think that that there's 114 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.920 an argument one where the other here. Why I'll let 115 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.920 you make the McCaffrey argument. Why you thought he'd be 116 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:04.560 a better pick in this format than Barkley. 117 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:06.439 Great. First of all, I want. 118 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.399 To shake my fist at Dennis Jones, who just took 119 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.680 George Kittle. I was literally going to take George Kittle 120 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.519 in the second round and just go with a Niner 121 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.639 stack right off the bat. I don't know if this 122 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.040 is really a thing, but Saquon Barkley owes me for 123 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:22.040 going out early on in the season last year, you know, 124 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:26.160 coming off the injury, but in all seriousness, has been 125 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.720 healthy for a while, has looked pretty good in training 126 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:33.199 camp so far. Niners by far, far, and away in 127 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.120 my opinion, and I think this is backed up by 128 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.800 NFL dot com sharp football analysis. Niners have the easiest 129 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.600 schedule in football coming into twenty twenty five. There's a 130 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:45.879 lot of cupcakes out there, and it feels like with 131 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.560 all the uncertainty with the wide receivers, they need Christian 132 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.279 McCaffrey more involved than ever this year with rend and 133 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:54.160 a Yuk looks like he's probably gonna get a four 134 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.519 game you know, opportunity to sit the season on the 135 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.920 pup list. You have Ricky Pierce banged up, you have 136 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.079 Juwan Jennings who wants a new contract, who's a little 137 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.360 bit nicked up as well. George Kittle played a good 138 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.720 portion of that season injured last year as well. So 139 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.360 it feels like if there was ever a time for 140 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.040 them to lean having the run game and to be 141 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.079 in ahead in a lot of games thanks to the 142 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.079 strength of schedule, maybe this is the year that we 143 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:20.959 get the Christian McCaffrey bounce back. 144 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:25.199 The McCaffrey bounce back, I think is reason enough to say, like, yeah, 145 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.160 obviously we're gonna take him here in the mid first 146 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.160 round because he could still pay off that in spades. 147 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:33.720 But let's let's present the Barkley side of it that 148 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:39.079 you know the the usage and you know clearly the 149 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.680 backs that have had the touch level or the touchmounts 150 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.720 that he had the year before classically have fallen the 151 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:47.279 next year. Whether that's because they were out of their 152 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.199 gored the previous year, whether it's because it's just natural 153 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:54.639 regression whatever. At what point would you start taking Barkley 154 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:56.600 in the first round, Josh. 155 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.319 I would have been comfortable with Barkley right at six. Also, 156 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:04.160 I honestly, if I wasn't going to take christ McCaffrey, 157 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.319 thinking that he's set up for like, you know, full 158 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.800 on monster season with the amount of volume he's in 159 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:12.600 line for, I probably would have leaned Trey McBride or 160 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.560 Brock Bauers. You know, Rock Bowers is obviously not available 161 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.720 since he went to but the tight end premium, I 162 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:22.319 think it's important, and watching the Cardinals do next to 163 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:25.560 nothing to improve the offense. You know, they sat basically 164 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.720 stood Pat didn't even get another you know, free agent 165 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.199 wide receiver or anything else like that. It's essentially the 166 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.240 same offense as last year rolling back here for twenty 167 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.039 twenty five. So it feels like Trey if I would 168 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:38.440 have been a big time opportunity. I also like a 169 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.679 lot of running backs too, like Derrick Henry coming off 170 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:44.000 a monster season last year and he goes mid second round. 171 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:47.759 It's almost criminal to have like an MVP type season 172 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.840 and to see these guys fallow in the second round. 173 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.480 And then also add to the fact too that there's 174 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.519 a lot of rookie running backs that have come into 175 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:56.440 the draft that a lot of people like. So I 176 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.480 wouldn't really feel pressure to take Saquon Barkley there, knowing 177 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.039 that you have some good opportunities with the tight end premium. 178 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:07.120 And you know, Ceedee Lamble has been another guy I 179 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.399 definitely would have gave strong consideration too if he fell 180 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:10.000 to me at six. 181 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.799 So you go with McCaffrey in the first, McConkie in 182 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:15.840 the second. My big concern with McConkie this year is 183 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:17.679 something that's not really his fault, and I shouldn't say 184 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.159 it's my big concern with it, Josh, but I think 185 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.679 about McConkie and how he ended last season and how 186 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.320 I'm I'm privy to recncy bias as much as the 187 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.200 next guy, And I think about how much he was 188 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.919 dominating towards the end of the regular season then obviously 189 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.360 the postseason as well. And you have Greg Roman there, 190 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:38.039 you have Jim Harbaugh and a massively upgraded running back 191 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:43.000 room with Najee Harris and Omari and Hampton there. The 192 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.080 first thing I think of when I see McConkie is like, Oh, 193 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.120 there's gonna be some regression here, because there's no way 194 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:49.679 he can keep doing that again. But clearly you believe 195 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:53.200 that mccakee soaking a two oh seven pick in into 196 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.720 him this year in this format, you're still a big 197 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.200 believer in McConkie having a massive season. Yeah. 198 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.200 I was a coin flip for between aj Brown lad 199 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:04.360 McConkey in my opinion. And you know, I'm so impressed 200 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.240 with what the Eagles did in their off season. It's 201 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.679 very I think it's a very good chance too. They 202 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.639 they may be sitting on a lot of leads again 203 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.320 this year. Whereas I think the Chargers they really have 204 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.320 to fight tooth and nail. Everybody in their division got 205 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:22.159 better this season, and so like I feel like they're 206 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:23.279 just going to be a team that's going to have 207 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.360 to score a lot of points, you know, and now 208 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.039 knowing that maybe they have a little bit more stability 209 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.200 to sustain drives with a better running game with Omar 210 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:34.120 and Hampton. Back that up with Najie Harris if he 211 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:38.200 ever finishes his audition with Pirates of the Caribbean, you know, 212 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.639 we'll we'll figure out what happens there. But Trey Harris 213 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:43.360 and the rookies that they've added in their wide receiver 214 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.320 rooms so they don't have to watch Quinton Johnson waste 215 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.879 drops that cost them drives left and right. I think 216 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.399 it's a great opportunity. Think the offense is going to 217 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:51.840 be better this year, and hopefully that's a good thing for 218 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:52.519 lat McConkie. 219 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.200 The real gift that you gave me tonight was your 220 00:10:55.960 --> 00:11:00.679 McCaffrey breakdown. I really like your thought process us there, 221 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.480 and uh, there's no way I would have drafted him 222 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:06.000 in front of Barkley, but I really like why you do. 223 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:09.240 And then your second round pick. I know there's two 224 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.799 guys in Illinois and I smiling with pet Dry Larson. 225 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:17.120 When they now start with Henry, There's no way they 226 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.120 thought this Henry. So we'll see. Yeah, it plays out, 227 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:21.600 hey man, another pick? 228 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.480 Yeah, well, speaking of Henry Farrell, Lamar Jackson now joining 229 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.600 the Josh Hayes All Star Team here as McCaffrey McConkie 230 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.679 are the first two picks. You just take Lamar Jackson 231 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.960 here in the third round, the first quarterback off the board. 232 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.159 How close is it for you, Josh? When it comes 233 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:40.039 to Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Jade and Daniels? How close 234 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:42.759 is it for the QB one this year? For for you? 235 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.240 Clearly it's Jackson, But is that a tight race? 236 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:45.519 Is that? 237 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.840 Is that a small tier for you? 238 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:49.960 It's I mean you, I mean they were neck and 239 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.039 neck for MVP, So obviously you got to give a 240 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.440 lot of respect to to Josh Allen and that team. 241 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.960 I think what it comes down to me is the 242 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.000 division that they're going to play a games, and you 243 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:05.240 know all season long, the AFC, eas to me, is 244 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.759 still significantly weaker than the NFC North. The NFC North 245 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.159 has three really solid teams. And then maybe Lamar Jackson 246 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.360 just goes crazy against Cleveland. They have some big games, 247 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.840 but there are no cupcakes. I think there's gonna be 248 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:21.639 shootouts left and right with the Bengals, and uh, you know. 249 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.440 If you watch. 250 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:26.200 How everybody in that division, you know, you wouldn't be 251 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.279 surprised if any one of them, all three teams made 252 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:29.799 the playoffs, if one of them had one of the 253 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:35.559 best records in the AFC between you know, Baltimore and Cincinnati, 254 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:37.879 especially especially with the season that Joe Burrow came off with. 255 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.039 So I think that Lamar Jackson, you know, he rolls 256 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:45.120 right into another strong offense. I actually love what they've 257 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.159 done in terms of strengthening the defensive offensive line. It 258 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:49.759 feels like they're gonna be a dominant team. And I 259 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.519 just wanted to since we're only going to really start 260 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:54.559 one TV in the Best Ball slim, you can either 261 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.120 take the shot where you're gonna you know, wait, I've 262 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.799 done that in a lot of leagues, where you wait 263 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.399 until round ten, twelve and grab two or three of them. 264 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.399 I think I'm just gonna end up with three quarterbacks 265 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.720 and I want the top one. I want to mid 266 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:05.919 tier one. Then I want to fly her. 267 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.840 So so even though you take Lamar Jackson here in 268 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:11.279 the third, you still plan on drafting a third quarterback jacket. 269 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:14.600 Yeah, in Bestball, where you can't control your roster and 270 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.440 I have to just sit here and stare at the 271 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.120 same lineup I drafted the entire rest of the year, 272 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:22.000 I kind of think I need that all state insurance. 273 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.240 You know, in one of these years, Lamar is going 274 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:30.080 to enter that tent and he's going to linger a 275 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:30.559 little bit. 276 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.240 Yeah, yeah, I would imagine that that is coming down 277 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:37.279 the pike. The last thing, Josh, I'll bring up with 278 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.639 you when you talk about this Bestball slim format, you 279 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.519 already mentioned it. You start one quarterback twenty rounds. How 280 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:47.320 important is it for you to get an elite quarterback 281 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.080 in this format? Again, no kickers, no defenses, so the 282 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.519 lineups are a little bit smaller. Is it crucial for you? 283 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.000 I'd have to go back and look how you've done 284 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.080 in this contest before and how you've handled the quarterback. 285 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.519 But is it crucial to try to get one of 286 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.000 these upper restaurant elite quarterback? 287 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:05.399 I think since we're gonna go twenty rounds, it's harder 288 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.360 for you because I think, honestly speaking, a way at 289 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.000 quarterback strategy where you stream to qbs and play that 290 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.200 game is better suited for a waiver wire that's active, 291 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.000 you know what I mean, Because if somebody get gets injured, 292 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:20.840 or it doesn't work out, or you need to make 293 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.879 a trade or something else like, you still have opportunites 294 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.440 to fix your team. You can't fix this once you drafted. 295 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:29.639 So Lamar Jackson is as consistent as steady as it's been. 296 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.200 He hasn't had an injury, is you for? I think 297 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:35.240 two straight seasons now, and this is their Super Bowl run, 298 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:36.639 you know what I mean? This is the best team 299 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.000 that they've ever had on offense and defense in my opinion. 300 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.320 There So if he was ever going to like get 301 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.519 revenge for not getting MVP, I think this could be 302 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:43.840 the year. 303 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.639 Roadawaller dot Com check out Josh's work there. Of course, 304 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:51.080 listen to him tomorrow morning from six until seven am 305 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.159 Eastern time Rotoballer Fantasy Sports Radio on Serious X and 306 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.879 Fantasy Sports Radio. It is him, it is real talk raft. 307 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.720 It is a great show. Make sure you're tuning in 308 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.480 for that anything else set that I should mention Josh 309 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:03.320 before we let you go that you want to know 310 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.960 that obviously. Josh has fs on X as well. 311 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:09.159 Absolutely yeah, And if you have any beard grooming tips, 312 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:11.960 send him my way, because you know what I mean. 313 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.639 I happened here for. 314 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.360 Oil is always good man. The more oil the better 315 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:19.399 because I always feel like it's a lot more manageable. 316 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.679 I could do more stuff with it. That's That's what 317 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.480 I'll leave you with, and I'll let you enjoy the 318 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.879 rest of your draft tonight. Josh has thanks for hopping 319 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.200 a board, man, Appreciate. 320 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.159 It, ferl Eric. Always a good pleasure. Appreciate it. You 321 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.519 got it. 322 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.279 Josh as some rodaballer ladies and gentlemen hopping a board, 323 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.639 drafting from the six spots to night. He's coming up 324 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.840 on his fourth round pick here, Ferrel, I, I don't 325 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:40.440 know in all the years we've been doing this, if 326 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:44.360 I've asked you if you were in this, how would 327 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.840 you handle quarterback? Would you try to get one of 328 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.519 these elite guys early or are you comfortable building up 329 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.399 with two or three guys in the mid rounds instead? 330 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.039 It would depend who else is on the board. But 331 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.279 I like his decision. You know, if you move Barkley 332 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.360 over here, and you move Henry over there, and you 333 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.879 move Jack and then you can hammer these wide receivers. 334 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.200 That's the team I would have put together with given 335 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:08.840 the opportunity he had here. But you know, he makes 336 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:14.720 a good plan for what he's got going on. I 337 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.519 think with some of the quarterbacks that I really really 338 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:24.840 like Balkey, I could make do with waiting on quarterback, 339 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.159 but Josh broke it down pretty well. He likes to 340 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.879 have a star. He likes to have a guy that's 341 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.879 going to finish somewhere in the middle giving spot games, 342 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.440 and then he'll take a third quarterback that has some upside. 343 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:47.519 But you know, we can get middle round quarterbacks that 344 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.320 that are going to put up some very significant numbers 345 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.799 this year. They probably won't be Lamar Jackson numbers, but 346 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:58.600 they Yeah. So I tend to think that his plan 347 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.240 at quarterback is the plan that I would put to 348 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.879 work in here. 349 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.799 What about you, Well, here's I'm glad you teed me 350 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.480 up for this, because I do have some thoughts. I 351 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:10.680 was in a KFF Bestball draft. I still am in several, 352 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.440 but I made a pick in one that launched a 353 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.319 cut last week. I think I think it was last 354 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.079 week and I Josh Allen was staring me in the 355 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.359 face in the third round, and or maybe it was 356 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.000 a fourth round. I can't remember, but I'm like, God, 357 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:25.519 I never take quarterbacks early. Let's have some fun. This 358 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.519 is supposed to be fun. Let's take a quarterback early 359 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.799 here and see how this draft turns out. So I 360 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.960 did it, and I've kind of had buyers or more 361 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.000 since I've done it. And the reason why for me 362 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.200 and I hear more and more people talk about this 363 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.559 in managed leagues. I think it's important to have somewhat 364 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.319 an elite quarterback, or it's an important thing to have 365 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.279 a quarterback that is going that you believe is going 366 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.359 to be elite, that maybe you're drafting outside the top eight. 367 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.759 In best Ball, it's a little bit different because in Bestball, 368 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:57.440 to borrow a quote from Moneyball, you can recreate the 369 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:00.799 elite quarterback in the aggregate. So in other words, you 370 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.920 don't have to draft Lamar Jackson, you have to draft 371 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:06.519 Josh Allen, Jayden Daniels. You could grab love and Party 372 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.680 or JJ McCarthy and Jared Goff and maybe, like Josh 373 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.519 is saying, one more flyer too. And then in best Ball, 374 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:17.680 where you're just taking the best possible performance out of 375 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:20.240 three guys every week. Sometimes I think that's just as 376 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.960 good as having the elite guy. Now, you may not 377 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.920 have the forty plus point weeks that Lamar Jackson and 378 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.799 Josh Allen give you every now and then, but I 379 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.400 think in best ball I would lean against it. Manage leagues, yeah, 380 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.880 I think it's important to have an elite quarterback, but 381 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.880 for something like this, I think I'm kind of going 382 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:40.200 back to my roots and building up quarterbacks by quantity 383 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.960 over quality. 384 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:46.559 Strength and schedule is probably one of the most overanalyzed 385 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:51.240 and over talked about. You know, Josh's commentary about cupcakes. 386 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:56.279 Better hold back on that a little bit. But nevertheless, 387 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.079 if you take a look at golf, the most intriguing 388 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:04.480 player to me because when he plays at home, he 389 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:07.680 is a different kind of fantasy quarterback. And so if 390 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.319 you can match those schedules at the home versus away 391 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:14.279 with your other quarterbacks, that you could get early and 392 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:17.359 I haven't looked at it, but if you can, there's 393 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.319 maybe an inside track to get more out of golf 394 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:23.200 and one other quarterback then you thought you could and 395 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.000 perhaps challenge if you don't get one of the top 396 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.839 five guys. 397 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:31.160 I think that's important to understand when you're going in, 398 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.079 when you're going into your draft, right like draft tricks, 399 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.480 I think for years, I think they still do it. 400 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:37.359 I could be wrong, but they would have a whole 401 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:39.240