WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:08.919 Welcome to the Auction Brief. There's a joy in these games. 2 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.919 Are not taking you on a journey through fantasy football, 3 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:18.640 the law, and life. We saw your It depends on 4 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:23.039 how much you want. And now you're legal analyst and 5 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.800 auction draft expert here to help you dominate your fantasy drafts. 6 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:36.679 Your host, Drew Dadinport, there are full hearts. Hey, everybody, 7 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.119 welcome into the Auction Brief. As the lady said, I'm 8 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.880 your host, Drew Davenport, and thank you for joining me 9 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.880 for another episode of the Auction Brief. We are ripping 10 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.200 through the summer already. I cannot believe that we're getting 11 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.240 near the end of June already. I say it every year, 12 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:58.560 and it's because it's true every year. Man's you know, 13 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:01.479 what do you want from me? Bro? I'm so pumped 14 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.319 because today's show is going to draw on a little 15 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:09.439 bit of my past education. Something hit me the other 16 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.159 day about Taoism. I don't know what you all know 17 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.799 about that stuff, but I forgive me. I had a 18 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.560 minor in religious studies and this stuff's interesting to me, 19 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:23.680 so deal with it. Feeling feisty today, can you tell 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:25.920 we're thirty seconds in and I'm already yelling at you. 21 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.480 I am stoked about today's show because the dow of 22 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.719 auctions is a really fun way to look at auctions 23 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:37.760 and how we can succeed at auctions from a theory standpoint. 24 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:39.359 We're not going to do a whole lot of player 25 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.040 stuff today because we already did that with Marcus Grant 26 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.480 this week, and as you know, that's how we're dividing 27 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.480 things up. And I know I got a lot of 28 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.159 good feedback from last week's show talking about the mock 29 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.000 auctions and some of the prices and stuff like that, 30 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.959 so I know that's popular and I get it. But 31 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.280 what we're trying to do a little bit right now 32 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.159 is because we're at the end of June, we're just 33 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:07.560 creeping into redraft territory here, heading into July, training camps, 34 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.199 all that stuff, and so what I want to start 35 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.919 to do is build our auction foundation, because we're turning 36 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:18.000 a little bit more towards being prepared for our auctions mentally, 37 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.680 and we can layer the player stuff on top of 38 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.199 our baseline, which is how we're approaching auctions and our 39 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:30.919 auction theory game. That's all important stuff. And just because 40 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:32.759 I like to do some more player stuff than I 41 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.520 used to. Doesn't mean we're going to abandon the theory, 42 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.039 because that's what's important about the show. And I think 43 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.319 this episode will serve to get your mind centered. It'll 44 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:48.319 serve to get you right mentally to start layering all 45 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.120 the crap on top of it that you have to 46 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.319 remember when you go into an auction or get hit. 47 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.159 A lot more minution, a lot more detail as the 48 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:59.000 summer goes on, But for right now, let's lay those foundations. 49 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:01.199 And we're going to do that by looking at the 50 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.759 dow of auctions and what that means for our mindset 51 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:09.080 heading into auctions. So before we do all that, though, 52 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.199 I have a fun little poker story, and I also 53 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:17.599 have three exciting announcements. Yes, three exciting announcements. Everybody listen up. 54 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:23.199 Three exciting announcements, don't forget. You can find me on 55 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:26.560 Twitter at Drew Davenport FF on Patreon as the Fantasy 56 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:29.840 Football Lawyer just four bucks a month. I strive to 57 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:33.120 put out the best auction content you can find anywhere 58 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:35.879 on the Internet. I think you're gonna find it at 59 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.639 the Fantasy Football Lawyer Patreon channel. So people are giving 60 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:41.919 me good feedback about the content so far. We just 61 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.159 dropped our first auction tip of the Day the other day. 62 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.840 We have our Rushie Rice and our Josh Jacobs updates 63 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:52.080 there as well that you can't find anywhere else. I 64 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.199 still have not put that stuff public, even though it 65 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.840 will be public here probably in the next couple of 66 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.520 weeks before training camp opens. You all are going to 67 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.120 have a five or six week jump on everyone else 68 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.840 with that information. So get over there to the Patreon 69 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.319 that worked just four bucks a month. But what about 70 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:11.319 these announcements. What exciting stuff do we have going on? Well, 71 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.560 one of them is selfish and the other two are 72 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.079 for everyone else. Are are content related? The number one 73 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.000 thing that I'm excited about right now is I'm getting 74 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.480 moved up into the Jim Brown division in The King's Classic. 75 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.439 I don't think this will be a permanent move necessarily. 76 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:28.519 They had a couple of people drop out, but I 77 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:30.240 was near the top of the list to get moved up, 78 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.399 and I got moved up. I'm really stoked about that 79 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.480 because it's a different room and it's going to be 80 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.839 some real heavyweights in that room, guys like Jeff Ratcliffe 81 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:44.759 and Marcus Grant, Michael Florio, Drake's in that room, Jim Coventry, 82 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.959 JJ Zachareson, Pat Doherty, Matt Harmon, Andy Barons, Brad Evans, 83 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:53.879 Scott Pianowski. This is going to be a killer draft 84 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.120 room in the Jim Brown Division that is the top 85 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:59.600 division of the King's Classic. So I'm really stoked about 86 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.319 that was big news. The other thing that I want 87 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.319 to tell you is that I've finally picked a date 88 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:09.079 for the Salary Cap Summit, So clear your calendars. We're 89 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.240 going to have a draft on eight to two, a 90 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.920 draft on eight three, and then the panel on eight four, 91 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.079 so that's August, second, third, and fourth. We're going to 92 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.759 have two drafts with my live commentary Sunday night and 93 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.319 Monday night, and then Tuesday night will be the panel 94 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.759 where I have on the best auction minds in the business. 95 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:32.240 So look for that. Clear your calendars the nights of August, second, third, 96 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.160 and fourth. I'll be pushing out that information here within 97 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.560 the next week with more details about time and guests 98 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.319 and all of that stuff. But I'm stoked about the 99 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.920 Salary Cap Summit year two. It was a huge success 100 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.959 year one. That's announcement number two. Exciting Announcement number three 101 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.519 is I can't believe I didn't talk about this last week, 102 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.519 but I'm not sure that I was allowed to quite yet, 103 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:58.000 but I am now it is official. Serious XM has 104 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:03.360 seen fit to give ye a boy a show. What what? 105 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.920 I can't believe it. I can't believe it. But Brian Drake, 106 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:09.439 I have to thank him once again. One of my 107 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:12.240 best friends in the world, but certainly guy I'm closest 108 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.560 to in the fantasy industry. Drake has just always been 109 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.079 there for me as a supporter. I put this out 110 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:19.839 on Twitter, so I'm not gonna be labor the point, 111 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.920 but I just want to say Drake has always been 112 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:25.480 there to support me. He's the reason the auction brief 113 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.120 even exists because he got me on the Fighting Chance 114 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:32.040 Fantasy Airwaves to get the show jump started. And he's 115 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.079 always been a huge supporter by bringing me along and 116 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.319 some of his endeavors, by talking about me and hyping 117 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:40.639 me up. And he got the opportunity through Fantasy Points 118 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.839 to get a show on the air, and he brought 119 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:48.600 me along as his co host. So super cool. I'm 120 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.120 so pumped that I'm gonna be on Serious Radio. We 121 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:54.240 have a regular slot on Sundays from three to five 122 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.519 starting on July twelfth, and then during the season we're 123 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.000 gonna be six to eight on Sundays, so we're gonna 124 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.040 recap all the day's action from six to eight on Sundays. 125 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:04.759 That's going to be on Serious X Time. I believe 126 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:08.480 that's Channel eighty seven, but just check the Fantasy Sports channel, 127 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.360 and that's where we'll be starting July twelfth. Pretty stoked, 128 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:13.399 and we're gonna have Drake on here soon and talk 129 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.720 to him about all that and talk about some fantasy football, right, 130 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.800 all right, So I've rambled long enough. I'm cutting into 131 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.600 the time for the content today, but all that stuff's 132 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.759 really exciting, and I hope that you are pumped up 133 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.000 for more content as we go on in the summer. 134 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:39.040 So I want to start today with a poker story 135 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.199 because it's a really good one for what we're trying 136 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.720 to do today. Because the dow of auctions is all 137 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:48.199 about getting your mind right, and sometimes our minds can 138 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:50.439 go off track a little bit when we're in the 139 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.920 heat of the moment, or when we're in the long 140 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.199 grind of a day at work, of a long poker tournament, 141 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.839 of a long auction draft, our minds can get off 142 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.560 and we don't even realize it. So keeping our center, 143 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:08.800 keeping our balance is paramount to be an elite auction drafter. 144 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.279 And so we're going to talk about the dow of auctions, 145 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.800 but I want to start by leading into the topic 146 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:18.839 talking about the idea that forcing things and trying to 147 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.519 make things happen the way you want them to happen 148 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.439 is really an illusion that we all suffer under in 149 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.000 our daily lives. So I'm playing a poker tournament the 150 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.480 other day and I got no cards. I played for 151 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:32.720 about five and a half hours in this tournament. I 152 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.200 ended up tripling up one time that kept me in 153 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.559 the tournament for that long, but that was with a 154 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.000 pair of sevens in five and a half hours. I 155 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.559 never had ace King, ace queen. I never had a 156 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.320 pair of above sevens. It was just a rough, rough 157 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.879 day of starting hands, So tough tournament for me. But 158 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.639 that's not the point of the story. But it is 159 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:55.279 a foundational point because we've all had that day on 160 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.320 the felt and this goes with the theme about trying 161 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.919 to force things. And this poker story starts out with 162 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:03.679 me having a small pair. I think I had a 163 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.320 pair of fours or six's, I can't remember. It's not 164 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:08.960 really important to the story, but I had a small pair. 165 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:12.120 There was a raise and a call, and I decided 166 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.200 to call with my small pair because I haven't had 167 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:17.519 any cards. I'm trying to manufacture something, right, even though 168 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:19.360 a three way pot with a small pair is not 169 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.879 a great place to be. But if you flop a set, 170 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.720 the implied odds are really high, so I'm really trying 171 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.320 to make something happen, right, So I call the raise. 172 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:31.120 The flop comes out King King nine. All right, King 173 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:34.080 King nine, and I've got my small pair. Now it's 174 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:37.120 not the worst pot to be in with a small pair. 175 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.320 It's not the worst flop right now. A lot of 176 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.440 people play Kings. Obviously, we know that that's a concern 177 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:44.519 that somebody could have a set there, King King nine. 178 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.200 Somebody may be hanging out there with an ace nine 179 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:49.360 or something like that. But I'm not really thinking I'm 180 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.240 worried about the nine, just really worried about the King, 181 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:55.320 and of course anybody else with a pair. So we 182 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.120 check it around to the raiser, and the razor makes 183 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.679 a pretty stiff bet into the pot, and the reason 184 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:03.960 I'm telling the story is this point right here, because 185 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:07.720 there is a tendency for us to want to force things, 186 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:10.799 to try to bend things to our will, and we 187 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.200 do that in daily life, but we especially do it 188 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:17.320 in auction, drafting and poker because it's their activities that 189 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.000 we participate in that we realize, Hey, I could be 190 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.600 doing this better if people weren't acting irrationally, if people 191 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:25.919 weren't doing the things that they're doing, I would be 192 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.480 doing much better at this thing in front of me, right, 193 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.320 But you just can't force it sometimes, and sometimes that's 194 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.759 the way life is, and sometimes that's the way these 195 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.759 things go. And oftentimes you'll look down at that pair 196 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.440 ofphors or that pair of six is on that King 197 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.159 King nine flop, and you'll think, I got to make 198 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.399 something happen here. And then you're on the rail because 199 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:47.039 you were up against a king, or you were up 200 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.440 against a better pair, and you think, well, what just 201 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:53.360 happened when you tried to force things because your mindset 202 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.360 was off from the hours and hours of bad cards. Right, 203 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.879 The hours and hours of sitting there and looking at 204 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.080 nothing can make a pair of sixes look a lot 205 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.399 better than they really are. If you were at the 206 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.240 beginning of the tournament, you wouldn't care so much about 207 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:09.440 that pot. And if you were running hot and you 208 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.279 had a bunch of chips, you just released the hand 209 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.120 and not worry about it and then move on to 210 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.759 find a better spot. But pressure on people. So in 211 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:19.279 this particular spot, the razor bets, the other guy folds, 212 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.039 and I'm thinking to myself, this guy's got a pair 213 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.879 of eights. He's not aces eights, okay, snowman, And I'm 214 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.600 thinking he's got a pair of eights just the way 215 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:31.679 he bet. I knew I played at his table for 216 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.799 several hours. I knew what kind of player he was. 217 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.679 He was a pretty solid player, and when he put 218 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:38.000 the bet out there, it screamed to me that he 219 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.600 wanted the pot to end and he wanted to win 220 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:42.320 it right there. He felt like he had the best 221 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:45.080 hand because he's also thinking, this isn't a bad flop 222 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:48.519 for my eightes, and so I just I fold the 223 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.039 hand and I get away from it. But I will 224 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.399 tell you that it crossed my mind that I should 225 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.840 make a play with this pair and try to convince 226 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.039 him that I had a king in my hand. But 227 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.000 that doesn't work a lot of times with people because 228 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.879 they just don't want to believe you, And so I 229 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.080 got rid of the hand. But then I realized that 230 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.679 I never would have been thinking about that play if 231 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.000 I hadn't been running so poorly at the table, right 232 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:11.440 And it's the same thing with surfing. You all know 233 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.320 that I'm into surfing, and some of you are in 234 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:16.799 the Auction Brief Fantasy Surfing League, and if you want 235 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.000 to get in, by the way, let me know. I'll 236 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:21.080 get you in. It's free. It's a lot of fun. 237 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:24.120 But I'm really into surfing, and I watch a lot 238 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:26.799 of competitive surfing, and a lot of times there's a 239 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.759 surfer who is much better than their opponent. They end 240 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.559 up on waves that don't turn out like they want, 241 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.840 and a lot of times those better surfers can manufacture 242 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:39.519 points out of those waves. But there is a limit 243 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:42.960 to what they can manufacture. And that's the whole key 244 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.000 to these stories right here, is that sometimes you can 245 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:51.240 manufacture things, sometimes you have a modicum of control, but 246 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.759 there is a limit to it, and we tend to 247 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:57.639 forget about that limit. And that's where I want to 248 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:01.600 start today, because the limit of what we can do 249 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.320 in an auction draft room is absolutely there. There is 250 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.720 a cap to what we can do. However, there is 251 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:12.080 a lot of distance between what most people do in 252 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.320 an auction draft room and the ceiling or the limit 253 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.600 that we can hit. So we have to focus on 254 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:21.799 the things that we can control and not try to 255 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.879 force things when they're not there. The term that we're 256 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.559 going to want to use today is wu way. It's 257 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:30.360 wu way, and what it means is that once we 258 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:34.000 let go of the illusion of control in our lives, 259 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.879 in our poker and in their auction drafting, then we 260 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:41.519 can grow. We can grow from that point because we 261 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.480 realize that we are not living a thing that we 262 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.440 can just go fix. We can't just go fix a machine. Instead, 263 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.799 it's more like trying to coax the water to go 264 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:56.759 in the correct direction, and the water's going to sometimes 265 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.480 hit obstacles, it's going to hit rocks, but it's flow 266 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.559 right around them if we allow it to. And the 267 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:09.320 Tao of auctions is not about wrestling control back. In fact, 268 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.919 it's quite the opposite. It's about controlling what we can 269 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:18.480 control and otherwise accepting our circumstances and marrying those two 270 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.200 ideas so that we can succeed better than the people 271 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.320 in the room who are fighting it, who are fighting themselves, 272 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:28.320 and who are fighting the game. And the dow of 273 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.399 Auctions is not about sitting there and doing nothing and 274 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:35.000 letting stuff happen to us. Quite the opposite. It's about 275 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:38.279 realizing there are things that we can control and pushing 276 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.840 our effort into those areas and letting everything else be. 277 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:44.759 And the best example of that is when I talked 278 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.159 about last week, when I talked about the mock auction, 279 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:51.279 and I realized how high the prices were. You can't 280 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.879 control that stuff. And we're going to talk about how 281 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.159 we react to these things and how that leads to 282 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.360 our success. And that's what the dow of Auctions is 283 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.039 all about. So I have three points I can make, 284 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.320 and I'm hoping it's going to be a nice tight 285 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.039 ten minutes on each point. But they're the central tenets 286 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:11.639 of Taoism. And there's a book called The dowd Aging 287 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:16.559 by an ancient Eastern philosopher named Laozu. Now, those of 288 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.279 you out there who have a philosophy degree or know 289 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:23.200 what I'm talking about, or are familiar with the dowd Aging, 290 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:27.320 please please please don't hold me to a really tight standard. 291 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:30.679 And I'm what this stuff actually is, Okay, Because I 292 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.840 read the dowd Aging thirty years ago, I have read 293 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.320 some of it since then. I own it a copy 294 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.759 of it, and I have leafed through it, refreshed myself 295 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.039 on some of it. I did a little bit of 296 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.159 research before the shows to make sure I just I 297 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.879 wasn't killing it, to make sure I was still on 298 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.279 the right track. But don't hold me to a superse 299 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.279 standard here. Okay, it's been a while. It's been a while. 300 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.360 The points themselves, though, are are instructive and three main 301 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.120 tenants of Daoism that I want you to take into 302 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.360 your auction draft rooms. Number one is adaptive ability over force. 303 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:08.639 Number two is practicing humility, and number three is embracing simplicity. 304 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:12.440 So we're going to take those three tenants of Daoism 305 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.279 and we're going to take them into our auction draft 306 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.000 room and we're going to figure out how they can 307 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:22.919 help us dominate that draft room auction talk. So one 308 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:26.200 of the things that we have to stress above all 309 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:30.279 is that you cannot force these situations, like I talked 310 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:34.159 about in the introduction, with the surfing and with the poker. 311 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:37.919 You have to go with what the ocean gives you. 312 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.039 You have to go with what the cards give you. 313 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:43.039 And no amount of force is going to make that 314 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:46.720 auction room do what you want it to do. But 315 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.519 you can guide it like a stream with banks on 316 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.600 the side and allow it to flow over the rocks 317 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.399 and over the obstacles to ultimately reach the destination you 318 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.679 want it to reach. And I want to lead with 319 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.440 talk talking about Saquon Barkley from last year, because there 320 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.240 was a hot debate last summer about Saquon Barkley's prospects 321 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.680 for twenty twenty five, and that was largely based on 322 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.839 the fact that he had had so many touches in 323 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:16.359 twenty twenty four. Of course they made the deep playoff run. 324 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:19.680 He got a million touches in twenty twenty four, and 325 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:23.839 so his efficiency was a hot topic last summer. And 326 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.319 I know that a lot of you and me included 327 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:30.400 faded Barkley because we felt like the efficiency drop off 328 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.240 was going to be there after a huge touch season, 329 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.079 and it was, and it did in fact happen. But 330 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.319 that's not the lesson. The lesson is when we're talking 331 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:43.960 about adaptability over force, there is a theory out there 332 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.680 that I'm going to continue to talk about every summer 333 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:49.000 and every chance I get, I go on shows, and 334 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.359 I talk about this NonStop because this is one of 335 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.880 my biggest pet peeves, and that is that we think 336 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.519 that nominating a quote unquote elite or very good player 337 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.519 at the beginning of a draft that we don't want 338 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.640 wastes other people's money. I know that a lot of 339 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.839 you like to do that, and I'm not here to 340 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.240 personally attack you, but if that's something that you're doing, 341 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:15.680 you need to stop. And here's why. My example is 342 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:20.359 sakuon Barkley because last summer I saw this move from 343 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:23.079 several people that I was in auctions with where they 344 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:26.160 nominated him early because they didn't want him, and they 345 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.319 knew that some people did, and so they thought, well, hey, 346 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:31.640 I'm going to drain some money from the room on 347 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.839 a player that I don't want. There's a lot of 348 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:38.519 different problems with this, but in keeping with today's theme, 349 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:42.240 I just want to say that that tactic is a 350 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:46.319 prime example of trying to force the auction to do 351 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:50.319 what you wanted to do with little success. You need 352 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:52.799 to adapt to what's happening in the room, not try 353 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:56.279 to force the room to do what you wanted to do. Now, 354 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.920 I know we're trying to influence the room, We're trying 355 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:02.240 to have control where we can. But I would submit 356 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.799 to you that that is not one of those situations 357 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.440 that gives you any measure of control. And let me 358 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:11.640 talk about this in concrete terms, because I know that 359 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.240 a lot of times I say it in a very 360 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:17.519 abstract or theoretical way. It's hard to get your mind around. 361 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:20.559 But Saquon Barkley ended up last year as the RB 362 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:23.799 fourteen overall. He averaged fourteen and a half points per game, 363 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:26.240 and he actually ended up as the RB seventeen in 364 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:29.680 points per game. He wasn't a bad running back. He 365 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:34.680 just wasn't what we thought Saquon Barkley was before the season. Now, 366 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.200 of course, a lot of us did think that he 367 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.839 might fall off an efficiency. He just didn't score as 368 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.200 many touchdowns or break those long runs. But he still 369 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:43.680 was a workhorse and still caught quite a few passes, 370 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.799 and so he still was a reasonably good fantasy running back. Now, 371 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:51.880 if you nominated Barkley at the beginning of an auction 372 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.160 and said this is what I'm doing because I want 373 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:58.039 a quote unquote waste to someone's money. The thing that 374 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.200 I always tell people is you didn't waste anyone's money 375 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.279 if they got Barkley, because what they ended up getting 376 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.559 was a really good fantasy football running back. Now, he 377 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.519 wasn't Saquon Barkley top three guy, but I bet you 378 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.440 didn't see top three prices in your auction room. So 379 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.640 if you called him out and he went for forty 380 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:20.160 four or forty six dollars, yes, that's too high of 381 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:23.920 a price to pay for the RB fourteen. However, at 382 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:26.920 the time that that's happening in the auction draft room, 383 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:31.720 his finish is immaterial to what's happening in the room. 384 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.720 And what's happening in the room is that you only 385 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:38.799 bled forty four dollars off of a possible two thousand 386 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:41.680 or twenty four hundred dollars that there is to spend. 387 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.759 Number One, that's not exerting anything on the draft room. 388 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.119 You're not doing anything. And number two, you gave somebody 389 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.319 in that room the peace of mind that they got 390 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:53.319 a deal on their running back one that they're considering. 391 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.079 Just because he finishes an RB two doesn't mean in 392 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.400 the room at the time that that matters whatsoever. I'm 393 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.400 going to talk about that in just a second. But 394 00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:05.079 they believe they have their RB one and so that 395 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.200 frees them up to go bid on other players. And 396 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:10.480 it's the whole theory of leaving the guy on the 397 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.079 board rather than calling them out. But let me bring 398 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:15.160 it back to the point, which is that a lot 399 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.960 of people believe that they're shaping the auction that way, 400 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.000 and so for one reason I would say it doesn't work. 401 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.680 First of all, I don't believe you're doing anything at 402 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:28.279 this point other than pissing away your early nomination. But 403 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.799 that's point number two. That flows into point number two, 404 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:34.559 which is you're giving away one of your only chances 405 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:38.400 to nominate people, and you're doing it early in the draft, 406 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:42.119 which is way worse. There are times when you want 407 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.519 to waste nominations, that's the middle rounds middle to like 408 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.359 three quarters of the way through. There are times you 409 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:50.720 want to do that. This is not that time, and 410 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.319 so you just gave away a chance. Look at the 411 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:55.640 example I talked about last week with Chase Brown and 412 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:58.359 Kyvin Williams. They both went way lower than they should 413 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:02.680 have because the room was cold and so the nomination 414 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:06.039 was huge there to get a cheap Chase Brown or 415 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:10.720 a cheap Kyrone Williams. And so the Saquon Barkley example, 416 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.759 I just want to point out that when people say, oh, 417 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.319 I'm wasting money, well not really. You still that person 418 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.599 still got the RB fourteen. So I think that in 419 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.400 order for anyone to say that this tactic actually works, 420 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:24.599 you'd have to convince me that the loss of ev 421 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:28.519 in not getting a Chase Brown or a Kyrone Williams 422 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:32.400 with your nomination is less of a deal than saving 423 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:35.799 a few bucks on Barkley or wasting a few bucks. 424 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:38.319 Let me say wasting a few bucks, because if somebody 425 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:40.480 got Barkley for forty four bucks and he was the 426 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:43.720 RB fourteen, he's probably still that's probably still a thirty 427 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:47.079 five dollars running back, right, So nine bucks there, but 428 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.279 you lost out on the chance to land a guy 429 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.400 that's going to send your draft off into one direction 430 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:54.640 or another, so that you could waste nine bucks from 431 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:57.079 somebody like You're gonna have to convince me that that 432 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:00.240 eve makes sense, and I don't think it does, and 433 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.119 I've never thought it does, and I think that that 434 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.119 is something we need to leave in the past. That 435 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:07.119 is us trying to force things rather than adapt to 436 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.920 what we should be doing. So let me make a 437 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.440 couple other quick points before we move on to the 438 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:14.880 second tenant here. Another point I want to make is 439 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:19.599 that adaptability over a force plays into your mental headspace, 440 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:24.039 and I think that we underestimate how cluttered our mental 441 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:27.200 headspace gets during the middle of an auction. It's easy 442 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.160 to underestimate is what that's going to do to you 443 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.000 and how it's going to make you lose focus. So 444 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:35.440 take the example of the mock auction that we did 445 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:38.119 we talked about last week when the prices were high 446 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.839 early in the draft. There's a tendency and I certainly 447 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.400 do this, and I don't know some of you may 448 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.839 not do it to the degree that I do, but 449 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.440 I let it bother me. It kind of worries me, like, 450 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.400 how am I going to do this? Now? What am 451 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:53.279 I going to do? And I'm gnawing on that problem 452 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:56.640 and that's limiting my ability to figure out what I'm 453 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.759 going to do going forward. There's no way to solve 454 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:04.160 the problem of high prices, is there? Well, yes, no, yes, 455 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.920 From the standpoint that you're going to try to change 456 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:11.359 your draft strategy, but the actual problem itself is not solvable, right. 457 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.240 You can't change what people are doing. You can't get 458 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:17.799 them to stop bidding, Like, hey, guys, you're going crazy 459 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:21.079 here for all these wide receivers. You can't get them 460 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:25.200 to spend less. That's without not in your control. So 461 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:29.039 worrying about it is not worth it whatsoever. And it's 462 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:32.039 limiting your headspace and it's clouding your judgment about what 463 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.480 you should be doing, because at that point you should 464 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.839 be thinking to yourself, which way am I going? Am 465 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.160 I going to get one of these guys? Or am 466 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:41.200 I going to slough off and try to find some 467 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.279 value somewhere. So your mental headspace is limited. And when 468 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:48.720 you try to force things, when you try to when 469 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.559 you try to solve these things that are not solvable 470 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:55.440 in the middle of the draft, then you're wasting your 471 00:24:55.480 --> 00:25:00.279 headspace on things that you should not be concerning yourself with. Okay, 472 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.359 So let your headspace clear up a little bit and 473 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.279 understand that you're just trying to adapt and that things 474 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:10.440 you can't change are things you can't change. And a 475 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:15.880 big part of adaptability over force is focusing your energy 476 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:19.480 on your nominations and your bidding, and how those things 477 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:23.920 are helping you give out an image land players that 478 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:26.640 you want nominate players at the right time. Some of 479 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.960 the only things you can control when you're in the 480 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.640 middle of an auction are your nominations and your bidding, 481 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:34.880 and let me submit to you that adaptability in that 482 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:39.119 spot also means that these things that you do can't 483 00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:43.200 be static. You can't simply say I have this strategy 484 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:46.000 and I'm going to use it. That's not what we're 485 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.839 talking about. We're talking about mixing up your strategy constantly 486 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:54.559 to fit the moment. Let the moment be the moment, 487 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:59.000 and adjust yourself like the stream of flowing over the rock. 488 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.359 I can't tell you how many times I will say 489 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:03.799 to myself, all right, next round, my plan is I'm 490 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:07.839 going to nominate this guy, and within three players going 491 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.799 up forbid, I've already decided that's the wrong play. And 492 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.200 then four players later, I've decided, well, that new idea 493 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:18.319 I had is now also the wrong play. There'll be 494 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.000 times when I go through three or four different ideas 495 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.920 about who I'm going to nominate in the next round 496 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:27.079 between nominations. So that's like an average of like every 497 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:30.200 two or three guys, I'm changing who I'm going to nominate. 498 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:33.640 These things are not static. You have to change up 499 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:35.880 how you're bidding. You have to change up how you're nominating, 500 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:38.640 and you do it based on what is in front 501 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:43.200 of you. Don't try to solve the unsolvable. Let the 502 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:47.759 things be the things, and then flow over the rocks 503 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:51.480 like a stream instead of trying to force it. Instead 504 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.920 of seeing this as a machine that you can fix, 505 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:58.000 flow over it. Clear your mind and you know what 506 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.799 to do. I promise you know what to do, and 507 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.079 by at the end of the summer, I will have 508 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.559 drummed in all the details into your head about what 509 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:06.759 to do. But today we're about the thirty thousand foot view, 510 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.759 and that's point number one. Adaptability over force is one 511 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:23.079 of the tenets of the Dow of Auctions. All right, Well, 512 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:25.160 we went a little bit long on point number one. 513 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.359 That's okay, because I wanted to talk about that Saquon 514 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:31.839 Barkleay thing because I think that's a really important point 515 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.960 that I want to make every summer and that I 516 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.759 want people to get in their heads. It's a myth 517 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:41.079 that persists. Point number two of the DOW of auctions 518 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.519 is that we need to practice humility. We need to 519 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:47.599 practice humility. And I can sum this up in about 520 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:50.880 three different ways that are pretty straightforward and that we 521 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:54.079 don't need to be labored these points. But number one 522 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.000 is something we talked about last summer over and over, 523 00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:00.799 and it's something that I kind of started really getting 524 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:03.119 into last summer a lot, and I hadn't talked about 525 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.799 it in a lot of previous summers, but I'm carrying 526 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:08.319 it over into this summer because I really really think 527 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:11.119 it helped me a ton, and I've had some people 528 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:14.079 come back and tell me that it helped them as well, 529 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.759 And that is being player agnostic, and humility is being 530 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:23.200 player agnostic. Is all about humility because there are situations 531 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.279 in which we think we know everything and we think 532 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:28.839 we know how something is going to go. And let 533 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:31.039 me just say to go back to the point about 534 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:35.559 Saquon Barkley, this applies here as well, because when you 535 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:38.359 call if you think to yourself, well, I'm gonna call 536 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:40.559 this player out and they're going to have a bad year, 537 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:43.119 and that person just wasted their money, and you pull 538 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:46.200 on Nelson like hahah, like I just made that guy 539 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:50.759 waste his money. What you're telling yourself and what you're 540 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:53.400 telling everyone else is that you know better and you 541 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:55.960 know exactly what's going to happen with that guy. Now, 542 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:59.079 we all strive to be the best by saying I 543 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:03.240 know more, I'm more instinctual, I know this game the best, 544 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.200 and that's what fantasy football is partially about. But when 545 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:10.200 you let go of some of that stuff and you're 546 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:13.279 more agnostic and you say to yourself, I don't believe 547 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:16.720 in players anymore. I believe in prices and how I 548 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:19.880 put together my teams, I think you'll find more success. 549 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:23.319 And the reason I talk about Barkley is if you're 550 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:25.720 calling out Barkley and saying he's gonna have a bad year, 551 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.279 what if Saquon Barkley scored four more touchdowns last year. Now, 552 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.440 I'm not here to tell you that's just Oh, that's easy. 553 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.559 He could have scored four more. They had some limitations 554 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:38.559 last year. I get that, but he very easily could 555 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:41.680 have scored four more touchdowns. If he scores four more 556 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:44.680 touchdowns last year, you know what Barkley is. He's the 557 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:48.920 RB seven, the RB seven, and yet somehow we're supposed 558 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:51.160 to be happy with a plan where somebody quote unquote 559 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:54.200 wastes money for forty four dollars for Barkley. You got 560 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:56.400 the RB seven for forty four bucks, Sign me up. 561 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:59.599 This is a point that we can make two points 562 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:03.000 out of this Barkley scenario, because when you're calling out 563 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:05.160 somebody early, you're saying, I know exactly what's going to 564 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:08.359 happen to that guy, and you don't. You don't you 565 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:11.319 have suspicions. And yes, we were right about Barkley to 566 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:14.599 a degree, but he didn't get hurt and go out 567 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:16.599 for the season. He was actually pretty good in the 568 00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:19.000 first two rounds of the playoffs. He had seventeen and 569 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:21.119 twenty two in the first two rounds of the playoffs. 570 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:23.480 Those are pretty solid numbers. Now, he lets you down 571 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:27.200 with a seven in the Super Bowl, but he was 572 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:29.119 a pretty darn good running back. And like I said, 573 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.160 if he has a few more touchdowns, he is a 574 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:35.039 mid RB one or low RB one and you just 575 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.839 gave him away to somebody for a cheap deal. We 576 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:42.359 know touchdowns are weird, so be humble. Practice humility by 577 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:45.680 understanding that you don't know exactly what's going to happen. 578 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:50.279 We can try to predict, but if we are player agnostic, 579 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:53.519 that humility will help us. The second thing I want 580 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.240 to talk about when I talk about practicing humility is 581 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:00.319 understanding that you're going to make mistakes. Auctions are about 582 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:04.799 limiting mistakes. But when I say they're about limiting mistakes, 583 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:09.519 I'm conceding the point that you're going to make them, right, right, 584 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:12.200 that's the whole point here. You're going to make mistakes. 585 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.920 So that's okay. Just number one, limit them, limit the limit, 586 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.559 how big they are, how egregious they are. That's why 587 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.119 we have our parsheet. But understand that mistakes are part 588 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:24.279 of the game. And if you think you're going to 589 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:26.480 go into a draft and be perfect, you have an 590 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:31.680 unrealistic expectation here. So practicing humility is about understanding I 591 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.599 will make mistakes and how am I going to react 592 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.839 when I make those mistakes. A lot of life is 593 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.480 mental preparation for what you anticipate is going to happen. 594 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:45.559 Sometimes things won't happen. Sometimes you won't make an egregious 595 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:47.960 mistake or a big mistake. But hey, I can think 596 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.880 back to this mock. I made several important mistakes. I 597 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:53.279 should have been fifty two dollars on Puka. I should 598 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:55.839 never let him go for fifty one. That was dumb. 599 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.920 You know, I made several mistakes, so you're going to 600 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:01.960 make mistakes. It's how you react to them that makes 601 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:04.559 you an elite auction drafter or an average one. And 602 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.119 the final point I want to make about practicing humility 603 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:12.440 relates to those mistakes, because preparation for an auction draft 604 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:15.000 is just a different animal. And I'm not going to 605 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.839 talk about this in depth right now because we're going 606 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:20.160 to do this later in the summer, but preparation is 607 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.839 different when it comes to auctions. You have to know 608 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:26.319 your stuff cold, and if you don't, it will show 609 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:29.119 up in that draft room. In times of high stress, 610 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:32.079 it will show up. Your lack of preparation will show up. 611 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.920 You'll bid on a guy you shouldn't have been on, 612 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.680 or you'll bid too much for somebody that you shouldn't 613 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:39.079 have been on, and you look back and go, man, 614 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.279 you know, I didn't realize that about X or I 615 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:44.319 didn't realize this about Why. Here's something I say every year, 616 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:48.559 and I think it gets tiring for my buddy Mike 617 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.960 and my wife, but every time the drafts come around, 618 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:54.680 I just say I don't feel ready. I'm not ready, 619 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:57.079 and I say it every year. I'm just not ready, 620 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:59.319 and people are like, you're fine, you're fine, you've been 621 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:02.359 going on showser, you've be talking about in fantasy all summer. Yes, 622 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:05.799 that's true, And I will say this, I'm more ready 623 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:09.720 probably than the people in my home leagues. Certainly I'm 624 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:12.680 more ready than them. But I'm not trying to compare. 625 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.920 I'm trying to say I never feel ready, and I 626 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:18.799 don't think that's a bad thing. That's part of humility. 627 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.480 Part of practicing humility is knowing you're never going to 628 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.200 have enough information before you go in there. You can 629 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.119 only just have as much as you can, just do 630 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:30.680 as much as you can until the draft comes, and 631 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.880 then be at peace with it. And that's part of 632 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:35.680 number one. You only have a limited amount of time. 633 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.200 Get what information you can into your head, do as 634 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:42.079 much work as you can, and the more you do, 635 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.519 the better your results. Will be humble yourself enough to 636 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.599 know that you can't go in there and wing it. 637 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:51.880 The preparation is what makes you able to react positively 638 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.440 and stressful moments in an auction draft room. Okay, the 639 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:59.480 number two tenant of the dow of auctions is to 640 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:11.280 practice humility. All Right. The final point that I want 641 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:15.159 to talk about today in auction draft rooms, the two 642 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:21.639 of auctions is to embrace simplicity. Embrace simplicity. There's three 643 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:25.360 different ways. I want you to focus on embracing simplicity 644 00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:28.280 because a lot of what life is and a lot 645 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:32.719 of what auction drafting and poker boils down to, is 646 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:37.360 being able to see the world clearly, being able to 647 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:43.079 take complex situations and make them simple. The best speakers, 648 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:48.199 the best podcasters, are the people who can explain complex 649 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:51.960 things to you in a simple fashion. It is a skill. 650 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.960 It's not easy, and embracing simplicity in the auction draft 651 00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:59.599 room is a skill. It takes work. You can't just 652 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:03.719 go in the like Michael Scott and declare bankruptcy. Okay, 653 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:08.039 I declare bankruptcy. You can't just go in there and 654 00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:11.000 declare that you're gonna be simple. What are the steps 655 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:14.679 you can take? Okay? Well? Number one is something that 656 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:17.400 I say all the time, and I think people probably 657 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.599 dismiss this one a little bit, but I'm gonna keep 658 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:22.239 saying it because I believe in it. Your draft day 659 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:26.760 mindset matters. It really matters. Let's say your draft set 660 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:30.840 eight o'clock at night and you're on sleeper. Okay, your 661 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:33.239 draft's on sleeper, it's at eight o'clock at night. Now 662 00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:35.880 I understand if your kid has soccer until seven point 663 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:38.000 thirty and you're blowing in the door at seven point 664 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:40.119 fifty two to sit down for your eight o'clock draft, 665 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:42.400 there's nothing you can do about that. Okay, there's nothing 666 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.320 you can do about that, So get that out of 667 00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:46.880 your head. But what are some things that you can 668 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:51.000 do to prepare yourself, maybe before you leave for his 669 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:53.880 soccer practice. What are some things you can do? Well. 670 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:57.400 You can get your draft space ready. You can get 671 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:00.559 into a sleeper mock and become familiar with the software. 672 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:04.679 You can have all of your stuff by your computer 673 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:07.039 so that when you get home it's all there and ready. 674 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.719 There are things you can do. You can pack yourself 675 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.000 some food so that you can eat while your son's practicing. 676 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.119 You're sitting in the car watching his practice, Eat your dinner, 677 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.800 make sure that you're full, be looking over your notes. 678 00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:22.400 There are things you can do. So this is just 679 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.280 an example, but I want you to focus on your 680 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.440 draft day mindset. I do several live auctions, and there 681 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.280 is a certain kind of personality who shows up late 682 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:36.960 to the auction, and then that contributes to a cluttered mindset. 683 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:39.159 Do whatever you have to do ahead of time. Go 684 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.000 to the bathroom, eat something, make sure you have a 685 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:47.039 drink nearby. Get there early. I just can't stress that enough. 686 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.400 At my home leagues, there are certain people who are 687 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:51.880 always going to be late, and that's okay, I don't care. 688 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:56.880 My point is that if you care about the beginning 689 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:59.800 of that auction, which is a really critical part of 690 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:03.280 doing this thing that we do, then you need to 691 00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:06.360 get there early. You just do. It's so much nicer 692 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:09.719 to set up your laptop, take a deep breath, go outside, 693 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:12.280 have a smoke, have a chat with a buddy, break 694 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:15.280 open a bag of chips, open your soda, get ready 695 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:19.519 to go, open your beer. Do whatever you need to do, 696 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:22.599 but get there and worry about your draft day mindset. 697 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:25.480 Worry about it. Please do it ahead of time. Please, 698 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.840 I'm telling you it matters. Okay, enough of that. Number two, 699 00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:37.400 don't clutter your headspace with actual clutter. Embrace the simplicity 700 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:41.159 of what we're doing by making sure that you are 701 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:44.800 prepared with the stuff in your head and then go 702 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.239 into your draft with very little in front of you. 703 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:50.159 We've talked about this before. I just have to say 704 00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:52.119 it again, and again, I'm sorry that I say we've 705 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:54.679 talked about this before a lot, but there's a lot 706 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:57.360 of new people that come onto the show every year 707 00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:59.159 and listen to it. And also, I don't think it 708 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:01.840 hurts Fristy here this stuff over and over because I 709 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.079 really believe in this stuff, and that's why I repeat it. 710 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.960 So there's only a few pieces of paper that I 711 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:09.159 want you to have in front of you for your draft. 712 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:12.760 Number one, of course, is your par sheets. That's obvious. 713 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.840 And number two is your tier sheets. You have to 714 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:18.079 have those two things. Have your tier sheets and your 715 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:20.840 par sheets. Now there is a third piece of paper 716 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:24.840 that's optional. I like it for beginners. You don't have 717 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.320 to do it if you're a veteran, but if you're 718 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:30.039 a beginner, and I still think you can get value 719 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:34.039 from it as a veteran, And that is a nomination sheet. 720 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:37.719 And that's a sheet that has players that you A 721 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:41.599 don't want to have it all. B want to nominate 722 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:43.760 early on because they're hyped up players that are going 723 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.639 to cost a lot of money. And I'm not saying 724 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:47.880 early like first or second round. I'm saying like, hey, 725 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:50.320 you get to the fourth round and you want to 726 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:52.159 waste a little bit of time and wait for some 727 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:55.199 spending to die down. You want a list of players 728 00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:57.639 like that that are hyped up, that you don't necessarily 729 00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:59.840 care about and you know they're going to draw some money. 730 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:03.760 And then another nomination sheet, which is targets that you 731 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:06.119 have that you think to yourself, I'm going to be 732 00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:09.039 nominating these guys at some point during the draft. This 733 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:13.480 is optional, but I think that the very act of 734 00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:18.239 preparing the nomination sheet is part of what helps you 735 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:22.760 to succeed when it's your time to nominate. I believe 736 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:26.320 that act of preparation is what makes you better at 737 00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:31.039 it when it's going on. Okay, I just wholeheartedly believe 738 00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:34.760 that this is an amorphos concept. I can't give you 739 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:38.800 any data about that, but I one thousand percent believe 740 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.400 that the act of creating your nomination sheets, you didn't 741 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:44.119 have to bring them in the room, just create them 742 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.960 and then have a look at them, and you're gonna 743 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:47.800 have that stuff in your brain and just you don't 744 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.039 even leave them at home. But if you bring them 745 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.000 into the room, those are the only three things I 746 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.000 want you to have in front of you. Your tear sheet, 747 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:56.440 your par sheet, and a nomination sheet. If that makes 748 00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:59.800 you feel better, Keep it simple. Don't have a bunch 749 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:02.039 of crap in front of you, rankings, all that stuff 750 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:05.920 from different sites. Just do not do that to yourself, 751 00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:10.679 all right. The last part of embracing simplicity is a 752 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.360 really thirty thousand foot comment, and that's why I'm ending 753 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:17.880 the show with it today because it's a perfect finish 754 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:22.760 to the dow of auctions. Embracing simplicity involves getting your 755 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:26.280 mind right. And I've talked about not cluttering your mind 756 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:29.519 and your draft day mindset, but getting your mind right 757 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:33.239 before the draft starts is not just about those physical things, 758 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:37.440 about those verifiable things that you can see and know. 759 00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:43.679 It's about gathering yourself in your own headspace to execute 760 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:48.840 your plan. You have some overall goals in mind that 761 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:52.000 you use to create your par sheets right, and that 762 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:56.519 you think about ahead of time. My draft is this 763 00:40:56.719 --> 00:41:00.599 way with running backs, My draft is this way with quarterbacks. 764 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.519 You formulated a strategy based off of that, and so 765 00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:08.199 your overall goals don't need to get lost in the 766 00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:12.119 minutia in this moment. Don't ever forget that your preparation 767 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:16.039 allows you to execute the details. So in the minutes 768 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.199 leading up to the draft, in the half hour, the 769 00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:20.960 hour leading up to the draft, I just want you 770 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:26.000 to spend some time visualizing. This sounds like something that 771 00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:28.639 a lot of people are going to roll their eyes about, 772 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:33.159 but I believe in visualization. I believe in saying, what 773 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:35.800 does it look like to be successful in this draft? 774 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.639 My goals are X, Y and Z. Say them in 775 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:43.440 your head, put them actually in a sentence in your head, 776 00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:46.800 and then stop. Okay, just stop. Don't get lost in 777 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:50.920 the minutia when you're gathering yourself. Focus on your overall 778 00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:54.760 goals and focus on how you're going to execute those 779 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.800 goals early in the draft. After that, nothing else matters. 780 00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:03.000 But if you've visualize what success looks like in your 781 00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:07.199 auction draft room, you can embrace the simplicity knowing that 782 00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:10.639 it has a correlation to success. And so when I 783 00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:14.360 talk about embracing simplicity, we have to remember that our 784 00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:18.679 draft day mindset is laid out by the actions we 785 00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:22.440 take by getting there early, by knowing the software by eating, 786 00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:25.440 by being prepared, that we're not going to clutter up 787 00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.199 our headspace. That we're going to have a couple pieces 788 00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:29.679 of paper in front of us and that's it. That's it. 789 00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:32.599 We're not going to clutter ourselves up. And finally, the 790 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:37.440 simplicity lies in thinking about our overall goals and visualizing 791 00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:40.679 how it's going to happen while leaving the minutia of 792 00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:44.320 the preparation phase behind. That is the time when we 793 00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:49.559 flip the switch from preparation to game day to getting 794 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:52.360 ready to do battle and clearing your mind of all 795 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:56.079 the minutia and focusing on the big picture. Is how 796 00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:58.960 you will succeed right out of the gate in your 797 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:08.880 auction draft. All right, well that's going to do it 798 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:12.679 for this week. The taw of auctions are all about 799 00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:15.159 the three major tenants that are going to allow you 800 00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:21.679 to succeed. Being adaptable, over forcing it, practicing humility, and 801 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:26.679 embracing simplicity. These are good lessons about life, but these 802 00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:31.400 are certainly good ways to approach your auction draft. Yes, 803 00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:34.639 we want to have a killer mindset in the auction 804 00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:38.559 draft room, but we do that by focusing on our 805 00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:42.599 mental headspace that allows us to adapt and by keeping 806 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.639 our heads clear as we push towards our final goal 807 00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:49.360 of an elite auction squad coming out of that draft. 808 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:53.119 So the Dow of Auctions are laying the foundation for 809 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:55.400 how we are going to succeed, and we're going to 810 00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:59.679 pile everything on top of this episode going forward. Thank 811 00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:01.960 you so much for listening to another episode of the 812 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:03.960 Auction Brief. I'm going to get you out of here 813 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:06.840 because we are pushing time. But don't forget. You can 814 00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:09.639 find me on Twitter at Drew Davenport FF. Don't forget 815 00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:13.000 the salary cap coming up the second, third and fourth 816 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:16.840 of August, and don't forget my new show on Serious XM. 817 00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:21.760 Listen on Sundays from three to five in July and 818 00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:24.400 August and from six to eight during the NFL season 819 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:27.239 and all the way through the Super Bowl. So we're 820 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:29.519 going to be doing it there, Drake and I. It's 821 00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:31.320 going to be a ton of fun, and I hope 822 00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:34.559 you're there with us. So check out that Patreon network. 823 00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:36.800 That's four bucks a month at the Fantasy Football Lawyer. 824 00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:39.159 And that's all I got for you today. I hope 825 00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:42.480 you enjoyed the Dow of Auctions. I really enjoyed it. 826 00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:47.079 Keep your center, keep your balance, and adapt to the 827 00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:49.920 things that are happening around you. I know that today 828 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:52.199 was a lot of theory, but I hope you enjoyed it. 829 00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:55.159 That's going to do it. The Auction Brief is adjourned 830 00:44:55.360 --> 00:45:02.079 and I am out. The Auction Brief is chart. That'll 831 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:04.360 do it for this week's episode. See you next time 832 00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.599 on the Auction Brief.