WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.839 How should you feel about Teed McMillan in your dynasty 2 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.160 leagues at the moment, why should you be downgrading a 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:15.679 certain San Francisco wide receiver? And what's the proper reaction 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.640 to Russell Wilson signing with the New York Giants. Plus 5 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:24.440 the three time FFPC League champion. George Ristad sits in 6 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.320 with the in the co host chair tonight. Excuse me 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.600 as we rap about Aaron Rodgers, Garrett Wilson, Noah Gray 8 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:34.079 and so much more. We've got a great show for you. 9 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:37.079 As I said, George Restad is here. I'm Eric Balkman. 10 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.159 Stick around. Your high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour starts right now. 11 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:46.520 It's down the pressure. 12 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.719 Broadcast live and horder rauld the world. You are now. 13 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.560 Watching the most entertaining hour of radio on the planet. 14 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.280 Welcome to the High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented by 15 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:03.280 my FFPC dot com with your hosts, Eric Bolfman and 16 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.040 Farrel Elliott. The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour is your 17 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.079 home for analysis from the best players in. 18 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:11.480 The world at now. 19 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.200 Because no one else was available, here are Eric Boltman 20 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:23.840 and Barrel Elliott. 21 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.680 Thank you, Rob, Greetings and salutations to all of you. 22 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.000 B alcoholics tuning in tonight. Welcome to the latest episode 23 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.280 of the Highest Fantasy high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented 24 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:39.480 by my f f PC dot com, the Fantasy Football 25 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:40.799 Players Championship. 26 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.000 I am your slightly above average host, Eric Balfman. You 27 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.560 can follow me on the x at Eric Balkman follow 28 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.079 the f f PC on x at f f PC. 29 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:50.439 Of course, you know me from the road of his 30 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:54.400 High Stake Slowdown and the Better Sports Networks High Stakes 31 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:58.359 Fantasy Football Show. Coming up on the show tonight, we 32 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:02.079 have uh fill in guest co host tonight, George Restad, 33 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.159 who is a winner of multiple FFPC leagues, who's going 34 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:10.199 to come in and talk dynasty with us. Tonight. We're 35 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.439 going to be discussing Cedric Tillman's twenty twenty five role 36 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.400 in Cleveland. We're going to talk about the actionable advice 37 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:20.080 that we can offer on how you handle JJ McCarthy 38 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.439 in your dynasty leagues. And we will also be talking 39 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.120 about what we know and what we can tell you 40 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.879 about Bucky Irving exactly whatever it is. Twenty six days 41 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.919 before the start of the twenty twenty five NFL Draft 42 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.280 in glorious Green Bay, Wisconsin. I know There's people out 43 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.759 there who probably have never been to Green Bay, who 44 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.919 have probably never been to northeast Wisconsin. Yet they seem 45 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.400 like experts that the people here suck, that the city 46 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:49.599 here sucks, and that they want to have nothing to 47 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:53.680 do with Green Bay. And listen, people who come here 48 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.319 may feel that way after the draft. Just reserve judgment 49 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.000 till after the draft. Come here first before you may 50 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:07.879 these resounding resolutions on what Northeast Wisconsin is like. If 51 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.319 you experience it and you feel that way, hey, it 52 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:14.479 is what it is. But let's save the wide, wide, 53 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:18.280 sweeping generalizations for later on. If you want to connect, 54 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.520 and that's my I'm off by soapbox now, I'm sorry. 55 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.240 If you want to connect with us on x please 56 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.319 do so at hsffer at Eric Balkman, and of course 57 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.439 check out the Kentucky Fantasy Football State Championship at KFFSC 58 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.319 dot com. I'm in a couple of slow drafts there, 59 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.080 anxiously of waiting for them to fill. I know that 60 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.240 they I won't be waiting long, very excited to get 61 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.159 my KFFSC on not that I haven't already. I'm I 62 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.319 already got a couple of drafts under my belt there, 63 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:44.719 but excited to get more going on with the Kentucky 64 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.000 Fantasy Football State Championship this year. If you have any 65 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.960 questions for us, send them in now at X at 66 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.080 high Stakes Fantasy footballgmail dot com. We'll get to them 67 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.560 later on in our fantasy feedback segment later on in 68 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.759 the show. Thanks to our audio engineer and my best 69 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:02.280 friend Bryce, and of course ourcer and mutual friend Rob, 70 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.479 I want to give a shout out to Bill Hollywood, 71 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.439 who was commenting on the podcast last night. Yeah, it 72 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.360 was a lot of fun on the High Stakes Fantasy 73 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.680 Football show on the Better Sports Network. Shane Hallam from 74 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.519 Draft melt with me for two full hours and normally 75 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.199 we get into like veterans and stuff going on in 76 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.959 free agency in the NFL and sort of the our 77 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.839 takeaways and what has happened in the NFL so far 78 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.680 this year. We didn't do any of that last night. 79 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.240 It was all rookies all the time. We spent the 80 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:37.160 first segment all basically on running backs and quarterbacks, the 81 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:39.519 second segment was all on wide receivers and tight ends, 82 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:44.800 and the third segment was all about the Dynasty Superflex 83 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.160 rookie draft rankings. Over at Draft Sharks dot com. Shane 84 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.879 is great. You can check that out on the Better 85 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.120 Sports Network Socials Better Sportsnetwork dot com if you want 86 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.319 to watch that back a lot of fun. I learned 87 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.519 a lot, and I know you did. James Hicks is 88 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.600 hanging out tonight. Good evening, Bulky. He chiming in. He's 89 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:06.800 chiming in on YouTube right now, and I'll give a 90 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.160 shout out from Oinker to say hi to you James 91 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:15.199 as well. Bill is checking out the Michigan game tonight. Yeah, 92 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.360 we just saw Michigan State advanced to the Elite eight. 93 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.519 My Wisconsin Badgers. I'm not wearing my Badgers hat tonight. 94 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:22.800 They did not make it to the sweet sixteen, which 95 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.040 was really unfortunate, but that's okay because we have fantasy 96 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.879 footballs to discuss tonight. Speaking of fantasy football, if you 97 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.639 want to be engaged in some action that's going on 98 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.160 right now, look no further than MYFFPC dot com my 99 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.480 FFPC dot com. We are less than four weeks away 100 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.519 from the twenty twenty five never too early Best Ball 101 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.000 tournaments closing out. 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So the next league he joins, if he 155 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.399 hits that seven pick, he's going to get a free 156 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:49.320 ten thousand dollars entry from US to our High Society 157 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.320 drafts that will be drafting live at Paris Resort and 158 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.360 Casino Live this September in Las Vegas's gonna be a 159 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.519 lot of fun. You want to register for that. Getting 160 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:02.399 the running my FFPC is m y f fpc dot 161 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:04.440 com is where to go. 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I 171 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.200 always say, you know, there's so much that that can 172 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.080 be gleaned as far as Dynasty goes at this point, 173 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:44.039 but you know, with the rookies coming in and understanding 174 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.200 how that's going on, it's going to help you become 175 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.840 a better best ball player as well. So whether you're 176 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.960 playing Redraft, Bestball, manage leagues, Big Gorilla Dynasty, we got 177 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.240 you covered here at my f FPC dot com. Okay, 178 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:00.759 let's get into tonight's news and notes as we take 179 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:05.399 the fantasy flash around the league. Joe Person, who covers 180 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.320 the Carolina Panthers for The Athletic, has reported that the 181 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.399 Panthers are going to be holding a Top thirty visit 182 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.320 with wide receiver Tetoroa, and I think I'm pronouncing that 183 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.200 name right, Tetoa aka Tech McMillan out of Arizona, the 184 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.879 Wildcat there. He is going to have a Top thirty 185 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:27.600 visit with the Carolina Panthers. Panthers wide receiver room is 186 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.639 pretty desolate, you know. I know there's a lot of 187 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.000 Jalen Coker fans out there. I am not one of them. 188 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.399 I get why people like him. I'm not a huge fan. 189 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:40.279 But we'll see what happens with Coker. I still want 190 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.679 to believe in Legette, although there's probably less than a 191 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.440 third of a chance after what I saw in Week 192 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.360 one where he pans out. I could be wrong on that. 193 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:49.360 I hope i'm wrong on that because I have him 194 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.600 in a few dynasty leagues. But Teed McMillan apparently is 195 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:57.120 somebody that the Carolina Panthers will be looking at. Adam Thielen, 196 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.960 who is the number two wide receiver there for Carolina 197 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.120 or right now, is going to be going into his 198 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.720 twelfth year, I think as an NFL player, and obviously 199 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:12.039 McMillan would be a huge boost to that Panther's room. 200 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:16.440 You could go if you're Carolina, if a lot of 201 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:21.120 three wide receiver sets with Cocher McMillan and felin or 202 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.639 Lagette McMillan, and feeling if he wanted to go that 203 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.600 way as well. Carolina is holding the eighth pick in 204 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.679 the draft, so they'd have to take McMillan there. I 205 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.600 can't imagine he'd be around in the second round of 206 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.720 the NFL Draft. I have for anybody who watches the 207 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:39.039 High Stakes Fantasy Football show on the Better Sports Network, 208 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.279 you know I am not sold on McMillan. I don't 209 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.960 I'm not a huge believer in him as a pro. 210 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.840 Now I have a ton of Dynasty League, so I'm 211 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:49.159 sure I'll have some exposure to him, But he's not 212 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.679 a guy I'm targeting. He's not a guy I'm interested in. 213 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.720 And maybe I can have my mind changed on that. 214 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.960 As of yet, despite a lot of people coming on 215 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:00.799 and saying, you know, you need to evaluate how you 216 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.320 feel about Tech McMillan, I have not changed my mind 217 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:08.519 on that, and maybe I never will. But there's another 218 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.759 guy who I'm gonna bring on right now who maybe 219 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.120 could change my mind or maybe he's with me on 220 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.559 the anti Tech McMillan train. He is a guy who 221 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.799 won three FFPC Leagues Dynasty Leagues last year in twenty 222 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.000 twenty four alone. He is joining me tonight as my 223 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:27.480 guest co host with the Most Please welcome onto the show, 224 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:33.639 mister Carlos Danger aka George Restad George, welcome in tonight. 225 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:35.639 So glad that you're hopping aboard with me. How are 226 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.320 you this evening? 227 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:40.440 Doing fantastic honor to be here. Thanks for having me. 228 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:43.200 So, I don't know when you get because I know 229 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:45.240 you're a big Dynasty player. I don't know when you 230 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:49.120 get involved with the rookie evaluation. But knowing what you 231 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:53.120 know about tech McMillan, right now, i've kind of I 232 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.159 have not made this a secret. I love the size, 233 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:59.080 I love the catch radius, the speed. I'm okay with 234 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:02.960 just the operation in college I just have a problem 235 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.720 with And I wonder how that you know changes when 236 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:09.039 he gets to the pros, if he is able to 237 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:13.200 separate from NFL level corners. I feel like he could 238 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.840 be a pretty good pro. But based on where I 239 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.360 think his draft capital is going to be, and based 240 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.679 on who's going to draft him, and based on what 241 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:23.720 I have to invest to get him on my teams, 242 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:25.399 I just don't feel like I'm gonna have a whole 243 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.120 lot of technicvillin this year. I don't know how you 244 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.879 feel about it. I don't know if he've even begun 245 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.720 scouting him yet. But knowing what you know about techncmillan, 246 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.399 how do you feel about him at this moment in 247 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.559 time here in late March. 248 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:38.919 Yeah, I've just started digging into him a little bit. 249 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.320 For me. 250 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.120 Short term, the rookies are all about landing spots right. 251 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.960 Long term, the talent's gonna win out. But you look 252 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:53.759 at Rome last year right kind of buried between behind 253 00:13:53.799 --> 00:14:00.879 two veterans. So I'm in wait and see until we 254 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.639 get more clarity on the landing spot. 255 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:06.240 I'm kind of with you, like there's I mean as 256 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.639 far as like if I'm drafting in best ball leagues 257 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.559 right now, if I'm drafting and even the Big Gorilla, 258 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:13.840 you know, which is a manage league, I'm not gonna 259 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.840 go out of my way. I'm not bending over backwards 260 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:17.320 to get this guy on my team because I just 261 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.399 don't see it. And quite frankly, I could see him, 262 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.080 George going in the top ten. I could also see 263 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.240 him falling out of the top twenty. And is that 264 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:27.120 a player I want to, I want to, you know, 265 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:31.720 reach for right now. Probably not, so I'm staying away now. 266 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.360 Speaking of wide receivers here, let's get into Brandon Ayuk. 267 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:38.919 Adam Schefter on his own podcast this week said he 268 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.039 thinks Ayuk, who is dealing with that ACL tear, could 269 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:47.320 be ready to play by mid season. This this totally 270 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.759 caught me off guard. Quote from Adam Schefter. From what 271 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:55.159 I understand, doctor Neil Ella Trash is pleased with his progress. 272 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.000 He's coming along. I think he's ready to play by 273 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:00.320 mid season. Now. This is a guy who tore his 274 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:04.039 ACL in Week seven of last year. You tear your 275 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:07.080 ACL in week seven, I would imagine that you would 276 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.480 based on recovery from acls in recent years, I would 277 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:14.879 expect that you would be playing real, live games in September. 278 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:19.399 The fact that we are hearing this late March that 279 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.240 he is ready to play by mid season by a 280 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.120 national pundit, to me, suggests he is not going to 281 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.519 be ready to play by mid season. That is the 282 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:30.360 ceiling for Brandon Ayuk right now, and I think he's 283 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.480 going to be ready much later based on what the 284 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.840 Niners invested into him. He's a six year guy. Four years, 285 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.519 one hundred and twenty million dollar extension is what he 286 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:44.279 signed last year with the Niners, and apparently San Francisco 287 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:46.639 has been trying to trade him, or at least have 288 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:51.279 been involved in trade discussions. Man, I cannot stay far 289 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.639 enough away from Brandon Ayuk. I have no use for 290 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.759 him in best ball, and quite frankly, George, I'm thinking 291 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:00.279 about selling him for like seventy seventy f I have 292 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.240 cents on the dollar in dynasty leagues right now, because 293 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:08.039 there's a very real possibility after he comes back this 294 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.960 year he is not going to be his normal self, 295 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.240 because we know acl tear is the first year you 296 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.320 come back, you're usually not your normal self, and then 297 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.840 it's like another year. I gotta wait before he's back 298 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.919 hitting at one hundred percent of where he was the 299 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:25.799 year before. I just foresee a lot of messiness with 300 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.399 Iyuk right now. I want nothing to do with him 301 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:31.320 in redraft leagues and quite frankly, dynasty leagues. If somebody 302 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.159 wants to make me an offer, I'm probably gonna give 303 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:34.879 him a sweet deal on IU. How do you feel 304 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.480 about him. 305 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:41.720 Well, I'm buying. I'm taking your low ball offers now, 306 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.720 I agree with you one hundred percent. In bastball, I'm 307 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:51.440 fading him. The Niners are my team and he is 308 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:55.039 the only wide receiver that they have that can beat 309 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:59.080 man coverage. And he's the only reason that they were 310 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:02.519 able to stay additive in the Super Bowl against the Chiefs. 311 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.759 And that's part of the reason they let Debo go 312 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.640 and drafted Parasol is they needed more man beaters, right. 313 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:16.799 So yeah, short term the injuries. Concerning long term, I 314 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:20.079 think it's a buying opportunity, and it really just depends 315 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:24.359 on the makeup of your team. Are you in when now? 316 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:29.640 Uh yeah, maybe maybe you sell them, But if you're rebuilding, uh, 317 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.400 and you can get him for you know, a mid 318 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:38.160 second in f f PC, I think he's gonna be 319 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:42.559 a goodbye for patient long term owners. 320 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:46.519 I will say that if if the mid second is 321 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:50.319 the going rate, I would be considering I would consider 322 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:53.079 shipping out a mid second round for a YUK. I'm 323 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.640 not saying I would do it, but I would definitely 324 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.640 consider it if somebody was offering that to me. How 325 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.559 do you feel, since I know you're a Niners guy, 326 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.680 how do you feel about Pearsol? Not only in bestball leagues, 327 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.279 but in dynasty leagues right now as well, knowing that 328 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.759 you probably best case scenario is probably not coming back 329 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:10.759 to the middle part of the twenty twenty five years. 330 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.920 Well, one of the things that I love about FFPC 331 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.920 is playing portfolio. Right, So for me, I'm I'm a 332 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:23.279 value investor. You know, I look at dynasty much as 333 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:28.839 I look at investing. And so in some leagues, right, 334 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.640 I mean people are paying a late first for Parasol. 335 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:36.000 I'm selling. I'm selling at that league. 336 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.200 I would too. I would too at that point, yes, 337 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.559 and so. 338 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:46.000 And then you know, in some leagues, Juwan Jennings, right, 339 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:50.440 I got Juwan Jennings, Jalen Warren and Mark Andrews in 340 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:52.960 a standard league to move back from the one oh 341 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:58.960 five to the one oh nine. Right, So there there, 342 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:03.759 I'm buying. So it's really league dependent. I think Parasol's 343 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:06.880 gonna disappoint If you think he's gonna come in week 344 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.079 one and be a wide receiver two, I think you're 345 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.720 gonna be disappointed wide receive the wide receiver one on 346 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:17.359 the forty nine ers name is George Kittle and and 347 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:20.720 I think Jennyans and Parasol I like them a lot 348 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.799 more in Best Ball than I do in Redraft. But 349 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:27.640 I think this offense is going to run through George 350 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:32.359 Kittle and CMC and Jennings and Parasol will take turns 351 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:34.960 having you know, nice games. 352 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:38.759 It's a little bit different for Best Ball leagues obviously 353 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.839 than the Dynasty. What do you make of George Kittle 354 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:44.519 in the Never Too Early Best Ball Tournament going at 355 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.240 the tight end three at the three ten right now? 356 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:50.200 By the way, I'm getting that ADP knowledge from Fantasymojo 357 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:53.400 dot com at Fantasy Mojo on the X Darren Amani, 358 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.480 the godfather of the prosersus Joe's Challenge with the FFPC. 359 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.359 Anytime I said ADP on this program, it's because of him. 360 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.359 George Kitt has moved up to tight end three. He 361 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.799 has moved up to the three ten. This is basically 362 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.799 almost a full round ahead of Sam Laport, which we'll 363 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.359 get into later on in the show. And it is 364 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:13.920 about a round and a half, almost two rounds behind 365 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:17.319 Trey McBride, who's the wide receiver too. I always get 366 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:20.839 nervous with these with these players who are not spring 367 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.279 chickens anymore. And Kittle, I think, what is he George, 368 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:25.559 like twenty nine thirty years old coming in this season. 369 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.960 Yeah, he's thirty. 370 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:30.160 Thirty, okay, and he's dealt with injuries in the past, 371 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.920 the significant injuries. You are all on board with him 372 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:37.880 this year, regardless about you, regardless of pearsall. You think 373 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.839 black Purdy is going to be targeting Kittle early and often, 374 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.920 much like he was in twenty twenty four. 375 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:47.720 Yes, although at the three ten that's way too rich 376 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:50.400 for me. I mean, that's price to perfection, and that's 377 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:54.400 priced is at his ceiling. You know, in that situation, 378 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:59.720 I would be fading that price and targeting Tucker Craft, 379 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:09.519 Brenton Strange, you know, targeting PPR machines and Hiyak guys 380 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.200 much later in the draft. 381 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.519 Okay, And that makes perfect sense. I'm on board with that. 382 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:19.759 In twenty twenty four, excuse me. March twenty twenty twenty five, 383 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:23.359 Russell Wilson, George is still relevant. We're talking about him. 384 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.000 According to Mike Garafalo from the NFL Network, Russell Wilson 385 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:30.720 expects to be the Giant starting quarterback. This past Tuesday, 386 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.519 Wilson signed a one year deal ten and a half 387 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:38.200 million dollars guaranteed. Ian Rappaport says that the deal is 388 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:41.559 absolutely chock full of incentives, so he could earn a 389 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.799 lot more than that ten and a half million dollars. 390 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:46.000 In fact, could be up to another ten and a 391 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:50.759 half million via incentives via escalators in the contract. The 392 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.799 Giants probably, I would say, as a carrot that they 393 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:56.839 dangled to him, said he's gonna get first crack at 394 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:59.640 the job. They obviously already signed Jameis Winston too, and 395 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.400 they have Tommy Cutlets on the roster as well. 396 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.720 You have. 397 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:09.039 Winston on a two year deal who signed a backup 398 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:13.319 type deal. I wouldn't say Wilson's deal is a starting 399 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.359 type deal, but it definitely could be that if he 400 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.720 ends up hitting his numbers here. And there's also a 401 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:25.160