WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:12.400 Should we not close the book on Darren Waller quite yet? 2 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:16.160 Where should Jaden Higgins be drafted in FFPC leagues this season? 3 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:18.280 And what should you do when you're on the clock 4 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.120 and Mark Andrews is staring you in the face. Plus 5 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.960 the thirty five time FFPC League Champion and twenty twenty 6 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.120 five FFPC pros versus Joe's drafter Todd Aaron hops Board, 7 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.679 a dish on his strategy for this year's challenge, his 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.240 expectations for brock Perty this season, and so much more. 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.600 We've got a great show for you. Pharrell Elliott is here. 10 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.719 I'm Eric Balkman. Stick around. Your high Stakes Fantasy Football 11 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:41.719 Hour starts now. 12 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:45.159 The pressure. 13 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:48.600 Broadcast live and the horde to round the world. 14 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:54.280 You are now watching the most and certaining hour of 15 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:57.799 radio on the planet. Welcome to the High Stakes Fantasy 16 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.200 Football Hour, presented by bot dot com with your hosts 17 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.480 Eric Bolfman and Ferrel Elliott. The High Stakes Fantasy Football 18 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:09.439 Hour is your home for analysis from the best players 19 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.079 in the world at now, because no one else was available. 20 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:23.400 Here are Eric Balfman and Barrel Elliott. 21 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:28.480 Thank you, Rob Greenings and salutations to all of you. 22 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:32.120 Balkaholics and PARELLIAX. Welcome to the latest episode of The 23 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:35.719 High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour, presented by the Fantasy Football 24 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:39.120 Players Championship over at my f FPC dot com. I 25 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.480 am your slightly above average host, Eric Balkman. You follow 26 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.840 me on the X at Eric Balkman. You know me 27 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.400 from the Rodovis High Stakes Lowdown, of Course, the Insider 28 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.319 Access show on Better Sports Network, and the Fantasy Football 29 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:55.879 Players Championship. My co host is the definitive Commissioner of 30 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.599 Farall Elliott. He's going to be joining me. I'll bring 31 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.760 him on here shortly. 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Coming 73 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:00.400 up on tonight show, we're going to debate how big 74 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.280 Chuba Hubbard's workload is going to be this season, how 75 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:06.319 Evan Ingram is gonna fare in his first run as 76 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.360 the joker in Sean Payton's offense, and then of course 77 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.639 the thirty five time league champ Todd Aaron. We'll talk 78 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:16.800 about Tyreek Hill, Russell Wilson and how he's going to 79 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.120 try to take out all those pros and some Joe's 80 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:23.279 in the FFPC Pros Versus Joe's Challenge. Darren ARMANI who 81 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.720 runs that Fantasy Mojo, has published I think the first 82 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.560 three leagues draft order. Some of these are going to 83 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.680 be some pretty tough competition for the pros and jos. 84 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.240 We're excited to be broadcasting those on the High Stakes 85 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.839 Fantasy Football our YouTube channel coming up at the end 86 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.240 of the month as well. Scott Christian says he misses 87 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:45.560 Oinker in the YouTube chat. I want to tell you, 88 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:49.360 Scott that Oinker misses you two and he says hello, 89 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.279 and we'll get into your question here right away. Almost 90 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:55.560 I want to bring on Farrell Elliott first. Kffsc dot 91 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:57.720 com is where to go for one of the best 92 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:00.639 run contests out there. Look at for a few more 93 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:03.319 heroes so I can fill a couple more kff SEA 94 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.600 leagues for me selfishly check it out a KFFS dot 95 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:08.480 com Pharaoh, Good Wednesday evening to you, sir. 96 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.800 You know, Bunky, it is a good Wednesday evening and 97 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:16.920 happy Independence Day week I'm so glad to Are you 98 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:18.720 going to be around family this weekend? 99 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:23.120 Yes, I will be with them most of the weekend. 100 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:24.120 I would say that's the plan. 101 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:29.360 Are you still getting a little family feedback regarding the beard. 102 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:34.439 Yes, my daughter has shifted. My daughter has shifted to 103 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.000 total anti beard now. 104 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:41.600 As the family sits around and ruminates about the beard, 105 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:46.160 this ongoing conversation. You know, I was joined by friends 106 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.360 the other night. I wanted to say hello to bip 107 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.879 bla Mandel and wish him a happy recovery from some 108 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.279 of his health issues that he's having this summer. And 109 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.360 I want bip Blab to know and all the other 110 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:01.120 listeners to know that I acquired a a bottle of 111 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.839 Old Bardstown for him. And Old Barstown is not an 112 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:09.480 expensive nor an allocated bourbon. But what is unique to 113 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:12.560 it is it can only be bought within the confines 114 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.920 of the state of Kentucky. And so we were sitting 115 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:21.240 around h over a group of old fashions and discussing 116 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:26.680 and celebrating, you know, the balky beard. And I had 117 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:33.040 some friends that don't normally play Fantasy football like our 118 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.480 FFPC players, but they do watch the show and they 119 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:39.040 they comment on all your skill set and especially the 120 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:40.959 way you present yourself with a beard. And one of 121 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:44.639 my buddies mentioned that, with all respect to the grateful dead, 122 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.879 that that you are now exhibiting a touch of gray, 123 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:53.360 and to me, you know, that implies history, and you know, 124 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:56.639 as we move into another year of ff PC, k 125 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.800 f F s C play, there's no richer history than 126 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:04.519 what comes from Balky and playing partner Don Erickson. So 127 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:08.959 we're thrilled that. We're thrilled at the beard is still here. 128 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.079 And I just wanted to vote pro beard as you 129 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.680 go into the weekend of anti beard opinions. 130 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.360 Yeah. Yeah, Well I'll get plenty of that for sure, 131 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:22.879 and and we'll see. I'll keep everybody updated on the status. 132 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.360 I think. I think it's probably as close as I've 133 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.120 I've come fairly close to shaving it off already, so 134 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.560 there may not. I don't know how many more months 135 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:33.639 that's got in it, but that that first show I 136 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.160 do clean shaven, nobody's gonna recognize me. At least that's 137 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:37.680 the plan. We'll see what happens. 138 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:38.399 Phara. 139 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.319 We have our good buddy Scott Christian with our first 140 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.959 question tonight and he says, quick question. I think that's 141 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.319 a lie because I don't think this is a well 142 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.360 maybe it's a quick question, but I think it's a 143 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:54.040 long answer. With John Smith being traded to Pittsburgh. How 144 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.879 are we valuing Darren Waller and the others in Miami 145 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.399 possibly Friarmouth as well, and we need to take a 146 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:03.399 look at this. Normally, I'll, first of all, I'll give 147 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.480 my thoughts on Waller first. Normally, a guy who gives 148 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:10.519 up the NFL for his music career and then comes 149 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.079 back at thirty two years old not playing football the 150 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.399 previous year, Normally, I'm not interested in that player at all. 151 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.279 And then I look at the Miami Dolphins tight end 152 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:22.720 room and it is a barren wasteland of players A 153 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.759 I've never heard of, or B who have not done 154 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.439 much with their opportunities so far. So I think I 155 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.120 am in business with Darren Waller. Given last night, we 156 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:31.680 were talking with Vince Stapheleeno on the road of his 157 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:34.279 high stakes loan, and I told him last the two 158 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.919 drafts I commissed last night for the Big Gorilla, Round 159 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.039 thirteen for Waller, round seventeen for Waller. Fine with both 160 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:42.960 those spots. Vince said he was fine with both of 161 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.360 them as well. Where do you start looking at in 162 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.440 the Big Gorilla in a tight end premium format? What 163 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:50.360 round you start looking at Darren Waller. 164 00:08:54.840 --> 00:09:01.080 I think anyone, I think anyone that can make a 165 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.519 strong case for any of the tight ends you just 166 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.600 mentioned is delightfully optimistic and a kind of person that 167 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.720 I would love to talk fantasy football with. But I 168 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:15.919 believe in all the constructs of this trade. What has 169 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.879 happened is Friarmouth, you know, and Friarmuth has been a 170 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.279 league for a long time, and we think of him 171 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:25.759 as an old, grizzled veteran, but he's twenty six years 172 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.399 old walking a lot of good football in front of 173 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.559 a young player like that, And I think what we've 174 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:34.159 taken is what I see as a fairly good ceiling 175 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.720 for Firemuth, and we've brought it to the regular sixty 176 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:42.840 catches that he always has. Waller to me, is a 177 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:47.240 non starter in this situation. It's a non starter in conversation. 178 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:52.279 I don't see him. Yeah, it's just it's just not 179 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.039 going to happen. And so the real question becomes Smith, 180 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:01.480 and you know, it's a twelve mis million dollar extension 181 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:07.639 for a player that when he was in Smith's system 182 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:12.879 at Atlanta, he generated about fifty catches. He did not 183 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:18.440 find the end zone on a regularity. And he played 184 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:20.639 a lot of roles for the team, and that's one 185 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.440 of the writers briefed us on earlier this week. He's 186 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:25.320 in the slot, he's in the backfield, He's going to 187 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.279 do all these things, and that's going to be good 188 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.200 football purpose And he does have a higher ceiling than 189 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.000 his fifty catches previously in Atlanta, but he will not 190 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:41.120 match what he did what he did last year. So 191 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.600 my longer answer to this short question, which is actually 192 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:54.200 a long question, Yes, I would rather do business elsewhere 193 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.960 in the tight end and just stay out of this mess. 194 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.480 If you want to buy a lottery ticket on any 195 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.440 of these plays, I think, guess what you're doing, and 196 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.120 best of luck to you. 197 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.080 I hesitate to bring up the mojo on these guys 198 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.600 because it's it's for the last three days of the 199 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.360 Big Gorilla, and I'm citing fantasymojo dot com. Darren Armandi 200 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:18.080 could be followed on x at Fantasy Mojo. If you 201 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.240 have a subscription or if you play in the FFPC, 202 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.200 highly encourage you to get a subscription to Fantasy Mojo. 203 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.399 With the tools he has invaluable and obviously the godfather 204 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.919 of the pros orses, Joe's challenge as well. So instead 205 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:31.679 of saying the mojo, I'll tell you that in the 206 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.559 last three days, Pat Fryarmuth has fallen as late as 207 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:40.960 round seventeen. Janu Smith has fallen as late as round ten. 208 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:43.759 And I'll look up Waller too, just because I don't 209 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.120 know where he went in that ten PM draft last night. 210 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.799 I was on the air. Waller, Yeah, thirteen oh three 211 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.279 is his high water mark right now. 212 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.360 In seventeenth round ballcky a tidy end that he'll catch 213 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:58.600 his sixty passes and you can make, I mean, maybe 214 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.600 find utility in that. 215 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.399 You know what is Bob Harrison Football guys always say, 216 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.080 divorce the name from the numbers. You're talking about a 217 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.480 tight end, a top two tight end, and Arthur Smith 218 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:14.039 offense falling to the seventeenth round in a tight end 219 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:16.919 premium format. I mean, I think, regardless of who it is, 220 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:18.879 you should probably want to be to you. If you're 221 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.200 willing to take a lottery ticket on Darren Waller in 222 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.600 round thirteen or on, you definitely should be down with 223 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.679 Pat Fryermuth in round sixteen or seventeen for sure. Lee 224 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.039 the Adam Han chiming in on YouTube right now, do 225 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.720 not shame the glorious Beard baal Key. All good things 226 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.720 must come to an end. But it's here for a 227 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:41.440 while yet, Adam, you'll get sick of it. 228 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.399 I promise you. 229 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:46.279 Let's go to Charlotte. Alex Zitlow, who covers the Panthers 230 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.480 for the Charlotte Observer, said that he believes Chuba Hubbard 231 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.960 will still receive quote the overwhelming majority of touches in 232 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:54.200 the Panthers backfield. 233 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:54.440 Now. 234 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.879 He said that the total amount of Carrie's are going 235 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:00.480 to drop this year because quite frankly, they have to. 236 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.480 But he said this is more management for Hubbard because 237 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.200 they want to keep him healthy over the course of 238 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.759 the season. He still believes he's the goal line there. 239 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.159 He thinks Rico Dowdell and Trevor Etn are actually going 240 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:14.679 to be splitting snaps behind Hubbard this year. So the 241 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:17.240 death of Chewba Hubbard, after the signing of Rico Dowdell 242 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.720 and the drafting of Trevor Etn has been much overrated. 243 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.879 Pharallab grabbed him in probably three KFFFC leagues so far, 244 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.200 running back eighteen. At the four twelve, we're talking about 245 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.679 Omari and Hampton, RJ. Harvey Joe Mixon territory. I do 246 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.240 believe the Panthers offense is on the come up. This 247 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:38.279 is an ascending group of talented ballplayers that not only 248 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:40.360 will have Hubbard, but obviously Ted McMillan, and we saw 249 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:42.679 what Bryce Young was able to do. The last third 250 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:44.639 of the season last year were quite frankly the last 251 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:46.919 half of the season. I want to be in business 252 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.200 with Chewba Hubbard at that four or five turn, Oh, you. 253 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:54.080 Should balky, And so again we get to award the 254 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:57.960 Captain Obvious Award to this rid Zeitlow with a Z. 255 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.799 You know, he thinks Hubbard is going to get the 256 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.639 majorities of the carries. Now, what makes him think he's 257 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.639 going to do less than he did last year? A 258 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.840 successful offense at Carolina possibly means more than he did 259 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:14.240 last year. Two hundred and fifty carries, four point eight 260 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.399 yards per carry, double digit touchdowns. They threw him more 261 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.240 passes than they'd ever throw him before, and he caught 262 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.000 forty three of him. I'm still waiting for him to 263 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.600 bust one. You know, he's never had that catch a 264 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:30.159 long run. But you of Hubbard is a delightful player 265 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:36.519 in a a real desert, a Carolina desert, so to 266 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:41.279 speak of opportunities, get all you can can of Hubbard. 267 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.200 You can't overpay for this player. 268 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:44.919 Yeah, I mean I think you could, but I don't 269 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.480 think you have to. 270 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:50.159 I think you can't. He won't. He won't. He'll get 271 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.639 out of the fourth and maybe into the third round 272 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.759 and you won't be overpaying for him then either. Okay, 273 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.519 question he needs to subscribe to this Mojo and he 274 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.639 could answer. Listen. 275 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:05.000 Yeah, Scott hoyt Our, good buddy, former guest of the show, 276 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.159 wants to know where where Mojo has him four twelve, 277 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:09.600 Scott running back eighteen right now, that's over the last 278 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.480 three days of the Big Gorilla Tournament for the FFPC, 279 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.879 and you could play that as well. Three to fifty 280 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:19.360 bucks gets you in the running for a million dollars. Absolutely, 281 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.960 I'll tell you what else you should do. You should 282 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.639 listen to this next guy that we are coming up 283 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.879 for the next twenty five to thirty minutes. Here, this 284 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.440 is a player that I in fact, I'm gonna look 285 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:31.519 it up right now, Pharrel. This guy that we had 286 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:37.000 on the first time we had this guy on was 287 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:40.039 I'm trying to find it here right now. It might 288 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:43.440 have been so, it might have been thirteen years ago. 289 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.039 It might have been thirteen years ago, and we it's 290 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:47.879 my mistake because we haven't had him on since. 291 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:54.960 No, we've done the show. I've been with Scott okay, 292 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.919 but no, but with Todd. 293 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.320 Was he the guest or was he popping on? Because 294 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:05.320 he was popping on? Yeah, because Toddy is in a 295 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:07.480 lot of the live drafts we do, which we appreciate 296 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:11.000 because this guy, as as Theo Greminger would say, he's 297 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.960 a real one. He is a thirty five time f 298 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:18.639 FPC League champion and is an f FPC pros versus 299 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.080 Joe's drafter this year. You can follow him on the 300 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.840 X at Mad Genius of FB one. He is the 301 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.799 original Mad Genius of Fantasy Football, and he joins us tonight. 302 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.480 Please welcome back onto these airwaves, mister Todd, Aaron Todd, 303 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.120 good evening. Welcome aboard man. 304 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.919 How you doing, Bulky doing good? 305 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.080 We're doing good. We're excited to have you on. This 306 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.480 is fun. Has it been like since you've been the 307 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.600 sole guest of the show. I think it was the 308 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:47.639 first year when Dave Gerzak and I were doing this. 309 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:52.440 I think that was the last time we had you on, right, Yeah, yeah, yeah, 310 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.559 it's been a while. It has been a while, but 311 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:56.759 we have so much to catch up on. You've had 312 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.360 so much You've enjoyed so much success since we've had 313 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.600 you on. I want to leap right into it and 314 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.640 talk about a heavy hitter at the top of the draft. 315 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.319 You think about Bucky Irving last year, Todd. I don't 316 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:09.680 know what your policy was on drafting him, but it 317 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.039 cost you a lot less to draft Bucky Irving in 318 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.319 twenty twenty four than what it costs you to draft 319 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:17.119 him in twenty twenty five. He has shot up according 320 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:20.240 to the mojo. Right now, Bucky Irving is RB eight 321 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:22.680 at the end of the second round. Two ten is 322 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.799 where he's going. He's Robin elbows with Josh Jacobs, Davon 323 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.839 ah Chan, Jonathan Taylor. Given the surgeon ADP, given that 324 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:33.160 he came out of nowhere, is your level of concern 325 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.279 that a regression to the mean could be coming for 326 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.680 Bucky Irving and he does not pay off in that ADP? 327 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:39.759 Or I guess I could look at the flip side. 328 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.319 Maybe he hasn't hit his ceiling yet and twenty twenty five, 329 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:43.599 could be even in a bigger year. 330 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.240 Yeah. So I've seen him go in the mid second 331 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.240 round and I got him at two eleven in one 332 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:56.559 of my big Gorilla drafts, So I'm a believer. I 333 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:59.880 think running back eight or nine is a fair place 334 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.000 for him. The Tampa Bay offense put up big numbers, 335 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:07.720 and he can also be a three down back, though 336 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:10.960 he does have to compete with Rashad White for touches. 337 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.480 I just think when it's crunch time, Tampa Bay will 338 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.000 turn to Bucky Irving. 339 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:17.960 Well. 340 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.680 I expect big things from him. Even though Over said 341 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:24.400 White had a decent rookie season in twenty twenty three, 342 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.759 they still drafted Bucky in twenty twenty four, and I 343 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:32.480 heard through the training camp last year that they were 344 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:36.640 really high on him. So I think I think he's 345 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:42.200 the real deal. I wouldn't expect him to eccede to 346 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:44.880 eleven to ten something like that, but I think you're 347 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:46.759 going to get good value at that spot. 348 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.839 And it's been thirteen years since you've come on and 349 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:53.759 shared this wisdom outside of the pop on as we 350 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:57.759 discussed and the DIZZL was co hosting with Balky back then. 351 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:02.440 See see how far this show has plummeted in those 352 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:09.599 thirteen years. But throughout those thirteen years, no matter what 353 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:15.119 shape the show is in, now your history and your 354 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:21.400 record and my understanding and who you are, it's just magnificent. 355 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:27.519 Thirty five championships a best ball fiend. You take a 356 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:32.680 group of twenty players and it just automatically transmutes into 357 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:38.640 a monster that rolls through everyone and wins championships. It's 358 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.000 a career of achievement. I think you should change all 359 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.519 your team names to Artful because that's what they are 360 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:50.000 to me. But mad Genius, I suppose works too. Now 361 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:55.200 let's go down to Tampa and let's stay there. Let's 362 00:19:55.319 --> 00:20:02.359 just stay on Tampa because Mike Evans, here's a player 363 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:05.519 that Balky and I come on and listen to people, 364 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.200 and Balky, have you heard it much in the last 365 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.240 couple of years, because I seem to hear it as 366 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:14.559 much like an echo chamber. Mike Evans is not going 367 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:16.759 to have the same year he had the year before. 368 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:20.359 You Have we heard that? In Okay? So what has 369 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.160 he done? Ever since he entered the league? The Artful 370 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.359 front office has drafted him and has kept him in 371 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:32.599 Tampa one thousand yards receiving every year, double digit touchdowns 372 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:35.240 for the last five years. It doesn't matter whose quarterback, 373 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.640 and sure he had Brady and Mayfield, but it's been 374 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:40.119 difficult with some other years. 375 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.079 He's got Mayfield again this year too. 376 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.440 For what it's wor yes he does. It turns thirty 377 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.920 two years old in August. I'm not giving up on him. 378 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:52.880 I would like him to be on all my teams. 379 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:55.200 Will he be on all yours? 380 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.880 Yes? I like Mike Evans. I don't know why he 381 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.279 People are down on him, but as you mentioned, the 382 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:06.119 last couple of years, it seemed like people were and 383 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:10.079 as you also mentioned, he's got a thousand yards every season. 384 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:14.039 So I'm deciding he dies basically. 385 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:19.039 And he's always hurt. According to some he's always ailing, 386 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:22.480 but he always plays in all the games, with the 387 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:25.519 exception last year where he missed too right. 388 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.880 He puts up the numbers. I think he's going in 389 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:31.720 the mid fourth and that seemed like a fair spot. 390 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:33.920 I was looking at the other wide receivers, the ones 391 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.720 that go before him that's probably justified, and the ones 392 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:41.839 after him. I prefer Evans. Well, there are a couple 393 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:44.759 guys in the fifth round that I like Davante Smith 394 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:48.079 and Jamison Williams, but honestly, they could get them both. 395 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:50.519 You could take Evans and Smith or Evans and Williams. 396 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.000 So, Walkey, could you tell us some third round receivers 397 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:56.240 that you don't think will get a thousand yards and 398 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.680 eight touchdowns? Oh? 399 00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:02.599 With third round receivers that okay, let's let's talk about that. 400 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.400 I could see Tyreek Hill on that list, but more 401 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.960