WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.119 What new head coaching change is going to change things 2 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:12.359 for twenty twenty five in fantasy, How do we feel 3 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.199 about how the first few rounds of the Never Too 4 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:16.839 Early Best Ball Tournament are shaking out? And what do 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.320 you need to do to be a better dynasty owner 6 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:23.280 this season? Plus, we have Bill Hollywood, the five time 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.320 FFPC Main Event League Champion, joining us on the show tonight. 8 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:29.239 It's going to be a good one. Thank you so 9 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.760 much for tuning in. We've got a great show for you. 10 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:35.479 We've got Bill Hollywood and Farrell Elliott here. 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Welcome to the high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, 16 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:59.320 presented by my FFPC dot com with your host, Eric Boltman. 17 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:01.119 I'm Barrel Elliott. 18 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.040 The high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour is your home for 19 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:07.879 analysis from the best players in the world at now. 20 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:11.599 Because no one else was available, here are Eric Boltman 21 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:13.359 and Barrel Elliott. 22 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.799 Thank you and greetings to all of you b alcoholics 23 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.799 and for Elix. Welcome into the latest episode of the 24 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:33.040 High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented to you by the 25 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:37.719 Fantasy Football Players Championship over at my FFPC dot com. 26 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.200 I want to thank Bryce, my best friend, and our 27 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.719 audio engineer and our producer. Meet your friend Rob right 28 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:46.920 at the top of the show. We have a baller 29 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.560 show to you for you tonight here on January twenty fourth, 30 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:51.599 twenty twenty five. A lot of stuff going on with 31 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:54.519 the FFPC, and I want to tell you all about 32 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.319 it right away tonight. 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Remember 74 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.120 to like this video, share it with your friends, shirt 75 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.000 with your enemies, subscribe to the channel, comments on it. 76 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.080 Of course, get notified each and every time we go 77 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.400 live by clicking on that notification bell as well. Once again, 78 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.759 this is the hsff our presented by my FFPC dot com. 79 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.520 I'm Eric Balkman. Let's bring in the definitive commissioner all 80 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.120 of Fantasy football and the definitive co host of this 81 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.279 program at J. Farrell Elliott on the X. It is 82 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.399 Farrell Elliott, Commissioner. Good evening, How are you how you doing? 83 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.920 My friend? I have been defined. I'm definitive. It's great. 84 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:27.519 Yeah's no question. 85 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:31.399 Oh man, I tell you we need summer in spring 86 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:32.959 to get your balky and a little sun. 87 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:39.399 Well, you know what's funny is I went out on 88 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.560 a we had schools were closed here in northeast Wisconsin. 89 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.439 I want to say. I think it was Tuesday this 90 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:50.199 week and really really cold temperatures, I mean windchill of 91 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.680 like thirty below or whatever, and that was not going 92 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.639 to disrupt my daily walk. So I was out on 93 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:00.000 a walk. I was dressed in I think four layer 94 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.319 just to make sure I still got my exercise in 95 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:07.480 and Dizzle calls me dam Gerzy, co founder of the FFPC, 96 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.079 and we're talking shop and he said, where are you 97 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.519 right now? I said, I'm on a walk and he 98 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:12.879 said outside. 99 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.399 I said I. 100 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:20.360 I said yes, and he said, he said, you are insane. 101 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.560 I will come pick you up. I'm like, no, no, no, 102 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.120 I'm good. I got four layers on. I'm nice and 103 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.040 toasty warm. I'm fine. Got back and I will tell 104 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:30.199 you this, even with four layers and I was out 105 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.480 for about forty five minutes or so, it took me 106 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.240 about three hours to warm back up. When I got 107 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.000 home and I just I stripped down to just a 108 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.160 pair of pants and a shirt, and I'm like, you 109 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:42.560 know what, I'm still kind of cold, but it's all good. 110 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:46.160 It's actually been somewhat warm here in northeast Wisconsin. It 111 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.519 was a ball me eight out today and and so 112 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:52.560 we're living life the way it's meant to be lived 113 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:54.680 as well as Oinker. I should put Oinker on tonight. 114 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.800 Who is harrying out with us for the show. It 115 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.519 is not often, Pharrell, that we get breaking news to 116 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:05.120 start off the show, but about fifteen minutes ago, we 117 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.519 had a new head coach hired in the NFL and 118 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:13.920 his name is Brian Schottenheimer. NFL Royalty Adam Schefter tweeting 119 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.560 this out or posting this on X excuse me about 120 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.000 fifteen twenty minutes ago that the Cowboys have now hired 121 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:23.000 their offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach. 122 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.360 For the last two years, he's been the OC in Dallas, 123 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.639 and obviously Jerry Jones has trusted him. Schottenheimer was hired 124 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.360 as a coaching analyst in twenty twenty two, while Mike 125 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.959 McCarthy was the head coach there OC in the twenty 126 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:40.639 twenty three season and then OC this past year as well. 127 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.279 Even though Jerry Jones was not happy enough with the 128 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:48.480 current regime or the current coaching to fire Mark McCarthy, 129 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.519 he was not so upset that he wanted to get 130 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.839 rid of Shtenheimer. Because Schottenheimer gets promoted. He has been 131 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.120 and I believe Jerry Jones the quote was Brian Schottenheimer 132 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.000 is known as a career assistant. He ain't Brian no more. 133 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.319 He is now known as the head coach of the 134 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.639 Dallas Cowboys. End quote. God to love Jerry Jones. 135 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:08.240 Farrell. 136 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.720 My immediate reaction to this is they go from Mike 137 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:19.079 McCarthy to Brian Schottenheibert. Is this a a did they improve? 138 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:21.920 Did they get better at the head coaching spot? Is 139 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.959 this better for the Cowboys? And quite frankly, the most 140 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.199 important thing. Is this better for Fantasy, for Ceede Lamb, 141 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.959 for Dak Prescott, for these guys you know whoever's coming 142 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.519 back Jake Ferguson next year as well? Is this better? 143 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.399 Because it feels kind of like Jones thought he could 144 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.240 do better than McCarthy and then failed to do so 145 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:42.600 and then had to This feels like a settle he 146 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:44.920 is settling for Brian Shottenneiber Does it seem like. 147 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.199 That to you. Jerry's a family man. You expect him 148 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.759 to keep things in the family. That family extends to 149 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.399 this football team. So yes, it's a good fit. Second 150 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.959 generation coaches are not only very popular right now in 151 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.160 the NFL, Baulky, they're very successful. And you won't miss 152 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.680 a beat. You've got a veteran team, You've got good receivers, 153 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.480 and the situation at running back is working itself out. 154 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.199 We've got a draft coming up, and that's what's not 155 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.279 changed is scouting and the drafting the front office of 156 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.040 this team. I see nothing wrong with this. As a 157 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.240 matter of fact, it's an easy hire for them because 158 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.360 they don't have to perverbally start over. They just have 159 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.519 to pick up and adjust. And I think that's what 160 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.279 anyone would say about the Cowboys. They need to make 161 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.360 an adjustment. So I like the choice. There's more interesting choices, 162 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.960 there's more. You expect Dallas to make a big splash. 163 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:42.480 But in a way, when you see the hire of 164 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:46.919 this Brian Schottenheimer, you expected that this day would come. 165 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.279 It's come a little sooner than all of us expected. 166 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.360 It'll be fine for the fantasy football players that you 167 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.559 like to put on your team from the Dallas Cowboys, 168 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:55.559 especially the tight end. 169 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.799 I think yeah, And I think that's the thing we 170 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.960 look at is is you know, Ceedee Lamb is obviously 171 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.879 going to be Lamb. Prescott's gonna do Prescott things. We 172 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:07.720 don't know who the running back is going to be. 173 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:12.360 Obviously dynasty players myself included, very interested to see how 174 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.720 Dallas attacks the running back position in the draft. And 175 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.440 then you know the wide receivers that they have there 176 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.919 in Jalen Tolbert, I mean, what's he gonna do next 177 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.559 year under Schottenheimer. This is a guy who's an offensive 178 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:27.559 minded head coach or an offensive minded coach now takes 179 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:29.919 the reins. I don't know if he's gonna be calling plays. 180 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:32.159 I would assume he would be, but I don't know, 181 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.039 and we'll see what he does both that offensive and 182 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:38.360 defensive coordinator. Rubio posting here that Matt Eberflus may be 183 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:42.039 potentially a defensive coordinator for the Cowboys here going forward, 184 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:44.519 speaking of defensive coordinators, we don't need to dwell on this, 185 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:46.879 but this also came out just minutes ago Officially, Tom 186 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:49.840 Pellasero posting that the forty nine ers have now had 187 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.080 hired Robert Sala or rehired Robert Sala as their defensive coordinator, 188 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.240 so that could be good for the Niners defense. Now. 189 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.000 Captain Obvious wants to say that he never should have left, 190 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:03.080 but he's Yeah. When he did leave, he was recognized 191 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.879 as one of the greatest young minds in defensive football. 192 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.240 And he's going back to a team, actually, the group 193 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.639 that he assembled around him with, beginning with our good 194 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:16.320 friend Johnny Holland as his linebacker coach, they're largely still 195 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:22.080 there and uh so good for him. It's it's a 196 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.440 he's probably one of the happiest man in football here 197 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:26.480 tonight in January. 198 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.120 I think this is great for solid number one. I 199 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.720 thought he got a raw deal for the chest, you know, 200 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.200 big times, and and there was talk that he would 201 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:37.600 never get another head coaching job. I think he's going 202 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.960 to get another head coaching job. And not only that, 203 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.279 this puts him in a great position to have that 204 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.720 head coaching gig come his way sooner rather than than later, 205 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:52.840 which is that's how we like things. Let's let's get 206 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.679 into the news out of Houston. This came out earlier 207 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.960 today Ian wrap Up. A report has reported that the 208 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.600 Texans quarterback coach Jared Johnson or draw Johnson, I'm not 209 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.120 sure I pronounced it, the top internal candidate for the 210 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.840 offensive coordinator vacancy. And say what I thought they had 211 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:12.679 Bobby Slowik well bulky uh. I thought they had Bobby 212 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.279 Slop Balky. They did, but they don't have him anymore. 213 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.799 A guy who was maybe going to be a head 214 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.200 coach in last year's coaching cycle decides to stick around 215 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.279 in Houston and now he's out of a job because 216 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:30.279 they Dimiko Bryants wanted somebody else there. Cole Popovich could 217 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:34.320 be the top candidate to be the new offensive line coach. 218 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.240 Johnson received a lot of interviews last season for OC 219 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.399 spots after C. J. Stroud obviously blew up and then 220 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.840 the regression cost Slowic his job. Could Johnson be the OC? 221 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.519 I don't know. We'll see, but but the the thing 222 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.960 is here, Farrell. Are we overrating I shouldn't say that. 223 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:58.159 Are we under no? Are we overrating the impact? I 224 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:59.840 gotta I got a big sure frazing in this direction? 225 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:04.159 Are we overrating the impact that Slowak had on this offense. 226 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.159 Number one, will we probably assumed there was going to 227 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.960 be some regression kause Stroud played out of his mind 228 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.399 the majority of the season last year. Number two. Significant 229 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.960 injuries to both Stefan Diggs and Tank Dell this season. 230 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.559 Nico Collins also missed some time too. And then where's 231 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.279 the credit for Joe Mixon who had a really good 232 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.240 season this year given his age. I think that was impressive. 233 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.279 I'm a little bit surprised that Houston did this, But 234 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.480 now we have to roll with the punches here. How 235 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.559 concerned are we? How big of a deal is this 236 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.279 new offensive coordinator going to make in Houston as we 237 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:40.559 are drafting Texans right now. In the FFPC and the KFFFC. 238 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:43.000 I think it's more of a personality issue than a 239 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:48.120 performance issue. Is something wasn't right in that room, and 240 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:52.679 I think probably they feel that they have someone in 241 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.360 the house that can do more with the quarterback. But 242 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:00.320 it still comes down to let's do a small shake 243 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:05.200 up while we keep our group, while we keep our 244 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.840 group intact. And this is this that Jared has been 245 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:16.320 a well respected quarterback talent around the league. That's what 246 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.440 kept him in the league. He was He's an Aggie. 247 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.519 So he's down there. He's loved in Texas. He has 248 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.759 stints with Cowboys, Pittsburgh, a couple of other teams, maybe 249 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.399 the forty nine ers. Wherever he's gone, he's picked up 250 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.320 benefits of that. He's a young guy, thirty six maybe 251 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.080 thirty seven years old. I like him since the day 252 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.879 I met him. He's tall guy, six for five six fto. 253 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:36.919 Really. 254 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.039 Yeah, he's a big cat, and so you know he 255 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:44.240 uh and he always has some good movements. Yeah, he 256 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:47.000 always had good footwork as a quarterback. I'm surprised he 257 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.240 did not have a bigger career as a player. But 258 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.919 sometimes these guys have become coaches while they still have 259 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:55.240 the helmet on. You know that that's the career they're 260 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:56.879 looking at, and that's what he is, So he'll be 261 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.360 He'll be a nice addition. I imagine the players really 262 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:02.799 like and respect him as a good group of coaches. 263 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.519 You move on with your Texans. Don't forget that they 264 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:09.279 want a home playoff game that they at least the 265 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.679 Boys in the Desert didn't think they were entitled to win. 266 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.240 They played very well and very aggressively. I like this team. 267 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:17.919 I like them going forward at quarterback will get it 268 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:22.759 back together, you know, uh he uhre sell more struggles 269 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.399 and sometimes what happens. 270 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.399 And and that's what happened this year. And I, you know, 271 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.480 I think that this is what we can exploit as 272 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:32.720 far as fantasy goes farrel I've been doing it for 273 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:37.000 years where you you draft these proven players coming off 274 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:41.240 a down year and they inevitably bounce back. I shouldn't 275 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.720 say inevitably. Sometimes they don't bounce back, but a lot 276 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.720 of times they do. And then sometimes when we draft players, 277 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.480 and this is the question that we'll that will be 278 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.600 reverberating throughout tonight's program, is when we look at some 279 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.639 of the ADPs for the Never Too Early Best Ball Tournament, 280 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:57.600 it's like, Okay, are we drafting these guys based on 281 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:59.679 the ceiling of what we saw last year or is 282 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.960 this truly how good they are? And sometimes we get 283 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:04.320 caught with our pants down drafting a guy at his 284 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.720 ceiling the following year, and then he doesn't. He doesn't. 285 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.519 He has an average year, but he's a bust because 286 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.559 fairly put his ad P too high. And that's something 287 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:15.759 that we got to be cautious. 288 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.159 With this monkey. You must keep your pants on, and 289 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.679 you do not have to be cautious with the Houston. 290 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.120 Yeah, and I won't be. 291 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:22.919 I won't be. 292 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:27.279 Okay, let's do let's do this, Pharrell. We got we 293 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:32.799 got some Raiders news. I'm going to reach behind here. 294 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.120 You know you're gonna put the chagin on my hook here, 295 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.919 I'm gonna put the chain on. Got the Raiders chain 296 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:42.559 thanks to John Terry. Uh. 297 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.799 That compliments your personality very well. 298 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.840 The chain or the fact that it's a Raiders logo, 299 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.200 all of it together. 300 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.159 Yeah, okay, you should actually wear an eye patch more often. 301 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.559 Maybe I'll do that for a show one night, wear 302 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.440 an eye patch. I'll tell you what. When the when 303 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:00.759 the Raiders win the super Bow, I will do the 304 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.679 next the next HSFF full on ie patch. 305 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.720 We've moved, We've moved into the world of carrot top Bulkey. 306 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.759 We're now using props to try and make this show exactly. 307 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.679 The first piece of Raiders news, Pharaoh. This is this 308 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.720 is how it ties into me. And I can't remember 309 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.080 if I told you this. The Raiders hired a new 310 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:22.519 GM this week. His name is John spy Tech. John 311 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.200 spy Tech Uh was instrumental. He was a former college 312 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.679 teammate of Tom Brady at the University of Michigan, and 313 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.440 he was instrumental in bringing Brady to the Buccaneers, where 314 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:34.799 he was the assistant GM the last few years. Ben 315 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.279 been a high ranking player in that in that front 316 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:40.480 office for several years, and now he gets to run 317 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.159 his own team in Las Vegas. Perhaps the one shining 318 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.159 moment of his career was once sharing a football field 319 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.200 with a certain hsff our host, Eric Balkman in high 320 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.879 school when he played. When he played for Waka Shaw 321 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:59.440 Catholic Memorial, he was a sophomore, I was a junior. 322 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:04.039 We lost that game forty eight to three. They may 323 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.079 have gone on to win the state championship that year. 324 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.279 He was a wide receiver in defensive and a three 325 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.920 year starter for Catholic Memorial. And that was the only 326 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.759 varsity game I threw a pass in where I got 327 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.880 to play. I finally got to play quarterback, was against 328 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:22.480 John Spytech. So spy Tech moves on to the Raiders 329 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:24.920 and he is running things there. Is one of his 330 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.640 first orders of business to hire a head coach, and 331 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.640 he does that with Pete Carroll. This according to Adam Schefter, 332 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.839 Pete Carroll is the third head coach for the Raiders 333 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.880 since twenty twenty two. Now at Schefter's reporting that it's 334 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.559 going to be a three year deal for seventy three 335 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.920 year old Pete Carroll that includes a fourth year team option. 336 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.880 He was with the Seahawks last year, not as a 337 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.519 head coach, but as an advisor, and now he's going 338 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.720 to try to turn around a Raiders franchise that has 339 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:57.680 garnered two seasons of double digit wins in the last 340 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.799 two plus decades, only made the play in two of 341 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.279 those years as well. The other unfortunate thing for Carol 342 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.480 the AFC West probably gonna be the best division in 343 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.359 football next year. Jim Harball with the Charger, Sean Payton 344 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:11.599 with le Broncos, and of course Andy Reid with the 345 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:14.920 Kansas City Chiefs. Three of the four teams double digit 346 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.119 wins this year. They made the postseason Raiders four and thirteen. 347 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:21.400 The Las Vegas will be drafting six in the twenty 348 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:24.200 twenty five draft. They need a quarterback, whether they're going 349 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.799 to get a quarterback in the draft, whether they're going 350 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:28.960 to trade for one, whether they go to free agency. 351 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:33.000 Russell Wilson's out there. I'm just saying that's another option 352 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.000 for them as well. They ranked twenty ninth in scoring 353 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.039 last season. They allowed the six most points. It's this 354 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.799 is not a one year turnaround, Farrell. But I gotta 355 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.799 tell you, with Carol in charge in Las Vegas, I'm 356 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.119 starting to like Jacoby Myers more. I don't know if 357 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:49.319 I can like Brock Bauers anymore. I think this is 358 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:53.200 a great hire for the Raiders, and they're up against 359 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:55.319 it in a tough division, but this is a step 360 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.039 in the right direction. 361 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.799 All those issues at quarterback that the Raiders had this 362 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:04.000 past year, those two players you mentioned still were fantasy producers, 363 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:08.480 and yes, it's hard to imagine buyers doing better. But 364 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.200 you've got a guy here that seventy three years young. 365 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.599 Perhaps he has not lost touch with the league. 366 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.279 I thought that. 367 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:20.240 I thought that when he left the sidelines in Seattle 368 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:23.039 that he was rushed out because I thought that his 369 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.240 final year, it was a difficult year, but a good 370 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:29.400 year in developing players. That's what he's always been able 371 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.480 to do, develop players. I'm excited about seeing what can 372 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.359 happen with the individual players that I've been rooting for 373 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:41.200 a long time with the Raiders, and I'm what this 374 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:46.160 report about it being so dismal. I saw three Raiders 375 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:49.119 games this year. I saw them beat the Browns, I 376 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:53.720 saw them in contention in their building with the visiting 377 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:56.319 Kansas City Chiefs, and then the last game of the 378 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.759 year was a bit of a sleeper against the Chargers. 379 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.920 But my point is that this is a weekly business, 380 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.400 and if you have players prepared to play, your team 381 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:10.559 can be much more competitive. This is a coach who 382 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.799 I have his players prepared to play. And if he 383 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.920 you know, if he started with a quarterback the Raiders did. 384 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:19.519 Antonio Pierce started with a quarterback, and they were on 385 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.960 their four string quarterbacks. Sometimes during the year, you take 386 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.920 any team in the NFL, it's of the four string 387 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.799 quarterback they're gonna start largely talking about next year. It's 388 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:31.720 a very thin line between the elite teams of this 389 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:35.319 league and everyone else. And so this is the kind 390 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:37.240 of man that can point you in the right direction 391 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.279 or get you there himself. I like what's happening there. 392 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:44.880 It is a it's a difficult march to get to 393 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:48.799 the lead. But I was surprised by some of the 394 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.759 commentary I've seen, you know, over the heel out of 395 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:54.319 touch that's not the situation for this man. 396 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:57.880 I've never I mean over the hill, sure by age 397 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.400 out of touch. I never viewed peak Harrel is an 398 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:05.319 out of touch coch no matter where he's usc even 399 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.319 in New York. Quite frankly, I never viewed him. 400 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:09.759 As you got guys in their forties that look lost 401 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:15.319