WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:05.200 Are all Cleveland Browns on the do not draft list? 2 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:09.039 Should you be drafting Titan's pass catchers as if cam 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.759 Ward is going to be their quarterback? And is Mcole 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:16.239 Hartman the answer we deserve with the Packers wide receiving core. 5 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.199 Plus we're talking t Higgins, Cooper Cup, Sam Darnold and 6 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.320 much more. We've got a great show for you. Farrell 7 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.519 Elliott is here. I'm Eric Balkman. Stick around. Your high 8 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.359 Stakes Fantasy Football Hour starts now. It's dawn. 9 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:35.039 The pressure I've seen. 10 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:35.840 Broadcast live and horder round the world. You are now 11 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.920 watching the most entertaining hour of radio on the planet. 12 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.560 Welcome to the High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented by 13 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:48.560 my FFPC dot com with your hosts Eric Bautman and 14 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.320 Farrell Elliott. The high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour is your 15 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.320 home for analysis from the best players. 16 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.119 In the world at now. 17 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.479 Because no one else was available. Here are Eric Woltman, 18 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:10.239 A Barrel Elliott. 19 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.159 Thank you, Rob, Greetings and salutations to all of the 20 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.239 alcoholics tuning in tonight for the special Wednesday edition of 21 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:23.959 the high Stakes Fantasy Football Are presented by my FFPC 22 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.560 dot com. The fantasy football players Championship. I'm your slightly 23 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:31.040 above average host, Eric Balkman. My co host is the 24 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.640 Definitive Commissioner of Fantasy Football, Farrell Elliott, who will be 25 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.959 joining me here shortly before he pops on Vibe. I 26 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.120 want to remind everybody that we get a lot of 27 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:44.400 stuff going on over at the FFPC right now, including 28 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.120 but not limited to, the FFPC Never Too Early Best 29 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.439 Ball and super Flex Bestball tournaments. Now the Best Ball tournament, 30 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.239 the Never Too Early Tournament is one hundred and twenty 31 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.040 five dollars to enter. You can win forty thousand dollars 32 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.719 for a grand prize there. The super Flex same idea, 33 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.239 just a thirty five dollars entry fee, but you can 34 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.560 still win ten thousand dollars there as well. The tournaments 35 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:07.840 are going to be running through the NFL Draft and 36 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.680 they're going to conclude on April twenty fourth, which is 37 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.439 the first day of the NFL Drafts available right now 38 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.759 with the FFPC thirty second, sixty second, two hour, and 39 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.520 six hour clocks. Check it out at MYFFPC dot com. 40 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.800 And while you're there, we have several hundred Dynasty Orphan 41 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:28.680 teams available. Now that list has gotten pretty low compared 42 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:30.960 to where it was at because people have been scooping 43 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:32.719 them up. We got a lot of great deals. Normally, 44 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.680 those entry fees are going from seventy seven to five 45 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.080 thousand dollars. Some of them have been discounted to as 46 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.120 little as one dollars, So you can basically pick up 47 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.240 a dynasty team for free that first year and manage 48 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.199 it to glory, maybe right away in that first year too. 49 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:52.319 I have seen it done. The FFPC has had dynasty 50 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.400 leagues for about a decade and a half, and in 51 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.639 that decade and a half we've had eighteen hundred plus 52 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.319 dynasty leagues. Not a single one has ever folded. So 53 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:03.840 once you are playing dynasty with the FFPC, you don't 54 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:05.879 have to worry about building up a juggernaut and then 55 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.120 not being able to enjoy the spoils of that. My 56 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.400 FFPC dot com is ready to go for that as 57 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:14.319 well as the FFPC Big Gorilla Tournament, a one million 58 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.719 dollars grand prize, three hund and fifty dollars entry fee. 59 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.319 You get a fifty dollars discount off every third team. 60 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.960 You get. Drafts running now. They have been running now 61 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:24.759 for about a month and a half roughly both slow 62 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:28.280 and live. The Early Rampage and Seven Bananas promo promos 63 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.080 are live. 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You know, pretty soon we're 88 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.839 gonna be like, we're gonna have to change our rating 89 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.920 for the show with all the descriptures. But thank you, Balki. 90 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.959 And yeah, I'm thrilled to be here with you, whatever 91 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.480 of the night, you know, this one kind of whatever 92 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:52.120 day of the week it is, this one kind of 93 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.040 caught up to me a little bit into busy, busy 94 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:59.360 day in the world of football. And yeah, I'm excited 95 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.319 about tonight show. We were guests free tonight guest free. Yeah. 96 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:07.000 So even Johnny Carson and McMahon couldn't pull it off, 97 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.879 had all those musicians, They couldn't pull that off. 98 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:17.399 No, but we can and we will tonight. With with 99 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.560 Friday being sort of a national holiday for the college 100 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:23.680 basketball and sports fans, historically we don't get a lot 101 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:25.360 of people watching on that night. 102 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:26.720 I don't know. 103 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.720 Yeah, they go crazy for it. I used to be 104 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:32.879 a lot more into it, not anymore. Now I'm like 105 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.879 this time of year, I'm all about Dynasty. I'm all 106 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:35.199 about the. 107 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:35.800 Kf F s C. 108 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:40.160 Signed up. We are, we Are. I was over at 109 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.000 kff SC dot com and sign up for a couple 110 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.879 of best balls that are going on slow best balls, 111 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.680 looking forward to those filling here shortly and getting my 112 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.759 draft on here. Continuing to get my draft on KFFSC 113 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:54.279 dot com is where to go for that compete against 114 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.360 me and a lot of the other luminaries we see 115 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.199 on the show, including but not limited to, mister Bill Hollywood, 116 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:00.199 who's hanging out Watch. 117 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.879 Bill is Bill is fantastic? Bill. Jump into that, jump 118 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:06.240 into that site, and get that schedule fixed up. It's 119 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:08.439 only you know, you've only got like one hundred and 120 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:12.160 fifty more days, so you got you gotta get that. 121 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.160 Other Wise, basketball game the other night there was a 122 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.959 superlative ever and I don't remember the teams. We were 123 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.319 in a night spot. Somebody asked me what did I 124 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.160 think of that player? And he just you know, he 125 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:26.759 was in the mid twenties with points, rebounds single Handley 126 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.720 took his team to victory. A good looking player, about 127 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:33.120 six foot six, a good two hundred and twenty five pounds. 128 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:35.639 I said, that's a hell of a waste of a 129 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.759 defensive end. But man, you know, we was just football people. 130 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:43.040 We are football people. That's that's how we think about everything. 131 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.680 You know, Deebo Samuel probably could have been a pretty 132 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:50.480 good small forward, but he chose football and his former 133 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.800 team has chose to trade him to the Washington Commanders. 134 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.040 We phoned up from Adam Schefter. I believe this was 135 00:06:56.079 --> 00:07:00.199 today that the Commanders have reworked Deebo Samuel's contract. He 136 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.680 is guaranteed seventeen million dollars and additional three million dollars 137 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.240 can be earned in incentives. Now, the Commanders took on 138 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:13.000 only took on non guaranteed money from Samuel's contract when 139 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.959 they got it from the Niners, so they didn't have 140 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.319 to give him anything. Yet they decided to guarantee him 141 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.600 seventeen million dollars. They weren't going to cut him obviously, 142 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.319 so you could say this was low risk. We don't 143 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:28.079 know about void years, the venerable void years that are 144 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:31.959 always added to contracts, certain contracts, which could spread out 145 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.920 this cap hit as well. The Commanders had more than 146 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:39.720 twenty million dollars in cap space before this restructure. What 147 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.519 does this mean for Deebo Samuel's usage. We briefly touched 148 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.160 on him last week, Pharrell, he is going at Wide 149 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.680 Receiver thirty eight at the eight to h two. It's 150 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:52.959 after Shakir, It's after Juwan Jennings, It's before Brandon Auks 151 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:57.959 former teammate, and before Jaden Reid. This data I'm getting 152 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.399 from Fantasymojo dot com. At Fantasy Mojo on X, Darren 153 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.399 Armandi runs both. He is the godfather of the prossses 154 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:08.399 Joe's Challenge, and anytime we cite ADP, it's always due 155 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:12.279 to his website. Subscribe to Fantasymojo dot com if you 156 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:16.480 play in the FFPC Wide Receiver thirty eight. On the surface, Pharah, 157 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.319 seems pretty palatable. This is a team that went out 158 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.160 and got Samuel. They went out and paid Samuel to 159 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:25.519 a certain degree. But still I think about and I 160 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:26.959 can't remember who said it. I think he was on 161 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:29.639 this show last week. Somebody said that Deebo Samuel has 162 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.320 running back where on him and he is not a 163 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.000 young man. As far as wide receivers go anymore. So 164 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.120 while I'm excited to see what Washington's doing here and 165 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:42.320 I'm excited how low he's going in FFPC, never too 166 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:46.320 early tournaments. Right now, I still understand the age and 167 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:48.919 the wear and tear on Deebo Samuel, which has me 168 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.879 a little cautious. I think, by and large I'm shying 169 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.039 away from Samuel. Is that the right play? 170 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.799 I don't think so. If you can get him thirty eight, 171 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:01.240 you know, mister HARMANI whose numbers are are true, you 172 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.320 can get him thirty eight or later, you're you should 173 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.840 be in a business with this player. We also talked 174 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:09.080 about and I remember that comment because we talked about 175 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.799 the fact that both receivers McLaurin the same over the 176 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.240 same age, and that's when our guests stated, you know, 177 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.840 he's got running back where on. But last year was 178 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:21.159 just a very very bad year. And as for Deebo Samuel, 179 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:23.559 and it was for it was in a year where 180 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.399 we all watched it. Forty nine ers, everybody watches it. 181 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.240 You can't you can't hide a bad year when you 182 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:32.159 play for the forty nine ers, So everybody saw it. 183 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.399 And that's a recency bias which is this is a 184 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.159 player and a team that believe any now, Balky, nobody 185 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.159 gave him any millions of dollars a contract, because I 186 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.639 remind you, sir, those numbers and those salaries are earned 187 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:54.480 through negotiation. However, you're exactly right. Would would the Commanders 188 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.559 have been able to pay this money? Would they have 189 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.559 chosen to pay this money without these significant increase in 190 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.759 salary cap space that all the teams are enjoying this year? 191 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:10.000 I don't know. So you can't give it a traditional 192 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.840 Well they went out, and you know you can follow 193 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.320 the money. Well, this year they all had a big bonus. 194 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.120 They all had extra money because of extra revenue coming 195 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:23.679 into the league. Look to answer your question, I think 196 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.799 I'll just go back to the very first sentence. This 197 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:31.159 is a premium ballplayer that you can get at a 198 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.840 price that puts him in the neighborhood of some guys 199 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.720 who've yet to do anything like he's done. And you 200 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.240 can't believe that he's over with with going to this 201 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.080 team with this quarterback and the purpose of which they're 202 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:46.200 playing in that division. 203 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.240 I think the other thing to keep in mind too, 204 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.360 and maybe this is just me personally, I'm kind of 205 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.519 excited to see what Cliff Kingsbury can do with a 206 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.879 guy like Samuel, who is kind of a unicorn is 207 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.000 not the right term because that gets tossed around way 208 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:04.360 too much, but he is. He is a out of 209 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.519 the ordinary wide receiver. He's an out of the ordinary player, 210 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.720 and Cliff Kingsbury every time he's in O C he 211 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:21.120 seems to make a lot of exquisite It's on the 212 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:24.440 tip of my Tongue's on tip of my tongue. What's 213 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:30.440 the what's the what's Pharaoh? What's the what's the salad 214 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.240 you get at the steakhouses with the mozzarella, the tomato, 215 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:35.759 and the and you get the the vinaigrette on top 216 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:40.840 of caprizy caprize salad. He turns a lot of ketchup 217 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:45.600 packets into caprize salad. That's what I'm looking Forbury. 218 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.840 So yeah, yeah. 219 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.639 So so that's so. That's my take on that. For 220 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.759 anybody who wants to eliminate Samuel from their draft board, 221 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.200 you do so at your own peril. Now, speaking of 222 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:03.559 eliminated players off your draft board, I'm struggling with this one. 223 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.519 Maybe you can talk me off the ledgend. Maybe it'll 224 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.240 change Mary Kay Cabot, who covers the Browns for Cleveland 225 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.519 dot Com, has reported that the Browns and Carson Wentz 226 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.519 quote definitely have mutual interest if the Browns don't sign 227 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:23.759 Russell Wilson. Now, apparently if they want Russell Wilson, they 228 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.799 can have him as it stands right now, obviously Pittsburgh, 229 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.080 New York. I think I read today that Russell Wilson 230 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.879 really had a good meeting with the Giants, and Aaron 231 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.600 Rodgers is still out there. We can talk about him 232 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:37.279 at some point in the show tonight too. I don't 233 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.080 know what's gonna happen there, but the fact that Wentz 234 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.399 is being mentioned in this piece, I don't know if 235 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:46.279 this is agent driven. Maybe it is, but Week eighteen 236 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.559 was the only start that Wentz made last year for 237 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.360 the AFC Champion of Kansas City Chiefs ninety eight yards 238 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.720 and that was it. This is not giving me the 239 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:00.519 warm fuzzies about drafting guys like Jerry Judy acting that 240 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:05.559 guys like David and Joku. I think about what the 241 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.360 Browns could be if they have a capable quarterback there. Yeah, 242 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.440 I feel pretty good about those guys. But right now, fairly, 243 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.240 if if if it's Carson Wentz. And I'm not saying 244 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.279 it's likely, but the fact that this is even out 245 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.159 there David and Joko is tight end nine, Jerry Judy 246 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.799 as wide receiver thirty five, it's it's tough to get 247 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.200 on board. Am I reading too much into this? Dude? 248 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.399 Yeah, you're reading too much in this? And Mary, I 249 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.919 think Mary kay Gavit's got a crush on Carson Wentz. 250 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:35.080 He's always it appears she's always throwing him out there. 251 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.240 I mean, evens gone to sleep on this, Mobaukey. We've 252 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.559 lost half our listening audience. He's still here, you know, 253 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:45.159 I mean, geez and And that's the correct response to 254 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.200 anything ab al with Carson Wentz and fantasy football. But 255 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:51.759 now you bring up an entering point. You said, Russell 256 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.799 Wilson had a very good meeting with the New York Giants. 257 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.080 Russell Wilson has got a lot of game. He's got 258 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.039 a briefcase full of game. You remember when he came 259 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:04.519 out of college out of Wisconsin. Yes, and you know 260 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:08.879 there was not a general manager that did not want 261 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:11.240 to go to war with Russell Wilson because he can 262 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.559 sell himself in the office better than any football player 263 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.360 that I have ever heard of. So he's going to 264 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.679 have a great meeting with whoever he comes in. And 265 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:25.799 I think Russell Wilson might have, you know, at this 266 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.399 late career stage, and you know, he might have had 267 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:32.200 a bit of an epiphany last year and he might 268 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:35.559 be a different individual who's grown a lot and is 269 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.480 willing to take something on his shoulders and run with it. 270 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.679 Both those teams are going to play better with Russell 271 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.399 Wilson in the coming year than they did this previous year. 272 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:52.919 And so from a fantasy standpoint, I'm not I'm not 273 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.919 going to aggressively say Russell Wilson's here, I'm going to 274 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.679 go draft that player, but I'm also going to look 275 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:06.120 more deeply wherever he lands to give those players a 276 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.879 benefit of the doubt. Perhaps. Is that fair? Well? 277 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.120 Yeah, I mean yeah, I mean that that's the question. 278 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:13.399 Is it fair to do that? Because if I find 279 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:17.480 out here, here's the thing, if Russell Wilson gets signed 280 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.080 by the Browns, you know, he's gonna be the starter 281 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.919 and we'll see what the Browns do as far as 282 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.120 you know, the draft goes. But you know, Wilson at 283 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.679 least start the twenty twenty five season as the starter, 284 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.919 and then and then at that point, Yeah, I'm fine 285 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:30.399 with Jerry Judy. I'm fine with Joku, but Ferrell, I'm 286 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.080 fine with him at current prices, I guess I don't. 287 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.559 I don't know if in Djoku's price goes up, I 288 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:38.720 don't think that's a quarterback, Okay, Jerry Judy's I think 289 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:42.039 might though, given the tear that he was on last year, 290 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.559 and he's being drafted behind thirty four other receivers right now, 291 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.759 I could see him sneaking into the top you know, 292 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:51.320 twenty maybe top twenty five is aggressive, but definitely moving 293 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.639 up between twenty five and thirty. 294 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:58.159 You also said something in that soliloquy about the quarterbacks 295 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.440 that represented the truest fact that I have ever heard 296 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.240 uttered on this program is you don't know what's happening 297 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:08.480 with Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, you don't know, Bulky. That means 298 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.399 no one knows it. 299 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:12.600 No one knows. I'm gonna tell you this right now, 300 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:17.519 Aaron Rodgers doesn't even know he you know, I I 301 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.960 it was one of those things where, like you know, 302 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.279 working in terrestrial radio here in northeast Wisconsin, when Rogers 303 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.120 got traded to the Jets. We thought we were done 304 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:27.639 talking about him, we're not, because he's still the center 305 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.000 of every like fantasy football, like, because there are so 306 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.639 many dominoes that have to fall yet and it depends 307 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.679 upon and we got the first one finding out that 308 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:38.000 Minnesota is gonna be good at this point, which I 309 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.639 think was the Rusinior follower report. They're good with not 310 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.080 having him on their roster at this point. Maybe signs 311 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.279 elsewhere or he tires whatever, but seems like they're gonna 312 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:50.679 be good to go with McCarthy, which obviously limits Rogers 313 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.559 and these other jobs that are out there, Farrell, they're 314 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.320 not as enticing as that Vikings one one. 315 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.759 And if you want to talk, if you want to 316 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.240 feel what people know about Rogers, get the Roy Carson 317 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.159 on the phone, ask him what he thinks. And they were, 318 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:07.240 you know, well, we might have to appeal to get 319 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:12.519 back on the air. But yeah, strong feelings in the 320 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:16.359 Packer Nation, Wisconsin area about Rogers. 321 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.480 I I, you know, speaking of I on my weekly 322 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.559 or my daily radio show. I have a guy who 323 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:27.279 were interrestaurant radio A great word, you know, terrestrial radio. 324 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:29.039 I shout out Howard Stern. He's the one who came 325 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:31.640 up with it. As far as I know, we have 326 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.039 a guy on who lives in northeast Wisconsin now, but 327 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:36.599 most of his adult life he lived in the Pittsburgh 328 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.680 area and he was a huge Steelers fan, So we 329 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.880 talk a lot of Steelers football. He still thinks Russell 330 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.000 Wilson is going to be the starter there in Pittsburgh. 331 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:51.039 This company one he does now. He's about fifty sixty confident, 332 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.720 he said. 333 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:58.119 But last year's magazine, he also in his news sources. 334 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:02.920 Yeah, he also said that he would not be surprised 335 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.559 that the Steelers say fit and we're going with Mason 336 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.920 Rudolph as our starter in week one. Now, I just 337 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.960 want to run this by you, Pharah. Mason Rudolph, if 338 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.160 he is the starter in week one for Pittsburgh, that 339 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.559 means he is throwing the ball to George Pickens, a 340 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:21.000 guy they invested the second round pick in, and he 341 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:23.519 is throwing the ball to DK metcalf, a guy they 342 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:26.000 gave up a second round pick four, as well as 343 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.799 one hundred and fifty million dollars. This, I mean, nothing 344 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.960 shocks me in this league anymore. This would be pretty 345 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.960 close to shocking me. The fact that he not saying 346 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.960 he's in touch, like he's just a fan, right, He's 347 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.920 not in touch with you know, the team or anything 348 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:47.079 like that. But Mason Rudolph signed a two year, eight 349 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.839 million dollar contract. He started thirteen games for the Steelers 350 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:53.720 in twenty twenty three, and granted he got the ball 351 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:55.960 to Pickens and he did go eight four and one, 352 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.079 but a lot of that was the running game of defense. 353 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.400 Twenty eight touchdowns twenty pick in twenty nine games with 354 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:05.359 the Steelers. Drop back success rate last year he was 355 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:11.519 thirteenth out of forty qualifiers in the NFL. I guess 356 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.200 I would be really surprised if Mason Rudolph was the 357 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.839 starting quarterback for the Steelers Week one. So maybe this 358 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.359 is just because we don't have a ton of stuff 359 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:24.359 that's changing as we speak right now, but I felt 360 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:27.319 like we should bring this up. George Pickens wide receiver 361 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:33.039 thirty four right now in FFPC, Never too early Best 362 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.640 Ball Tournament. DK Metcalf wide receiver twenty five in the FFPC, 363 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:42.039 Never too early Best Ball Tournament. If Mason Rudolf's a quarterback, 364 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:44.640 I don't want to touch those guys at that point. 365 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.559 Talk me off the ledge here, tell me that those 366 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:48.440 guys are going to pay off at that Metcalf at 367 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.279 twenty five and Pickins at third. 368 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.160 I think you're going to start looking at those players 369 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.200 and you're going to buy them on the down market 370 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.160 until we see Mason Rudolph play. Hey, let me ask 371 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.319 you something. What was justin field record last year before 372 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.359 he got replaced in the lineup. I know it was good. 373 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.240 I know he was. 374 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.880 He was undefeated for a while. 375 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.920 Yeah, And so it does not surprise me any move 376 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.640 that they make there. And you know, Mason Rudolph will 377 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:19.119 buckle that chin strap. You know from experience, I know 378 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.599 he'll tighten up that chin strap and he'll get out 379 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:24.440 there and play man. And I you know, he's a 380 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:29.680 gritty quarterback. Sometimes I just say, well, you know, maybe 381 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:34.039 he's a thirty six hundred yard passing quarterback. Maybe maybe 382 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.400 he could get up to four thousand dollars. Where you've 383 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:42.240 got a problem is you've got Metcalf and Pickens and 384 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.279 only one ball flying off the hands of Mason Rudolph. 385 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:48.920 You've also got a tight end there. You know it's and. 386 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:51.680 And I'll also say this too, I think a running 387 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.279 back that will have Day two draft capital as well. 388 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:56.119 That's probably gonna have some pass catching chops. 389 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.000 Yeah, so you look at a lot of things and 390 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.599 just a look, that's something I'm going to run from. 391 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:08.279 But that's where if you believe in those players, now 392 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:13.079 you've got nothing better. You'll have nothing but better news forthcoming. 393 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:16.680 Cousins feels like a good fit, says Joe King. We 394 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:21.920 will see Farrell look exactly. Yeah, what what are the 395 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.839 chances in your opinion that Cousins starts the year in Atlanta? 396 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.839 I don't know. I really I have no opinion and 397 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:37.160 I have no feel for that situation. Interesting, I just 398 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:46.240 really don't that team. It's full of surprises that they 399 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:51.519 and I you know, you recognize what they did in 400 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:56.279 the draft to you know, when the general manager, when 401 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:00.359