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THE MEGALASHOW! Bold Predictions LIVE in PHX - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/29

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THE MEGALASHOW! Bold Predictions LIVE in PHX - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/29

The episode blends entertainment and fantasy football analysis with a mix of bold, often exaggerated predictions. Hosts deliver sharp, humorous takes by comparing NFL teams and players to iconic films—like Matt Nagy as *Fight Club* and the 49ers as a "final destination" due to injury-prone play. The discussion centers on the Cincinnati Bengals’ potential for Joe Burrow to break passing records, supported by a detailed breakdown of team performance and injury risks. A standout moment is the fictional induction of Jason Moore into the Fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame, a lighthearted tribute to the show’s legacy and fan culture. The hosts also highlight the resurgence of the "bell cow" running back trend, predicting that five key running backs will see significant touches due to offensive shifts. The episode is further enriched by live audience interaction, a mailbag segment, and promotional mentions of GMC and PetSmart, emphasizing player health, fantasy management, and pet care as parallel responsibilities in daily life. Despite the humor and absurdity, the core message underscores the importance of staying vigilant, informed, and emotionally engaged in fantasy football—just as fans must care for their pets and manage their weekly matchups. The show’s tone remains playful, passionate, and rooted in community, celebrating both the sport and the fans who power it.

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For details and to shop, visit your local PetSmart store or go to PetSmart.com today. PetSmart. Anything for pets. Ladies and gentlemen, the Fantasy Footballers. PetSmart.com. PetSmart.com. How we doing? Give it up for the Sharks. Oh, brother. Who may or may not be related to us. I'm done, guys. Jason's done. That was it for me. We are so excited to be here. What's a dangerous. Oh, is your heart rate at an uncomfortable level? What level is dangerous? 180 is usual resting. Is an alarm going off? Call ambulance. Thank you guys for being here. Yes. Oh, my goodness gracious. The Megalus Show 2026. Oh, my gosh. I'm not sure there's a better way to kick off a football season, but sure. Shout out to Sirius XM for making this happen. For all of you being here. For GMC and PetSmart helping us put on this show. We got a great show for you today. Thank you. What do we think of the recliners? Hey. Hey, he who's first wins, my friends. Little surprise for the front row. We tried to tell you. But we have a spectacular live show. Jason is so sweaty. Oh, my gosh. I shouldn't have. Dumped off the stage. Did you jump off the stage? It's a tradition. He. It's a long ways. Sandy, he already posted in our chat. Wishing I had a fan. Those. Those are private messages, Mike. No, no, no, not today, dude. Not today. My goodness. So, we are so excited. This is going to be tomorrow's episode. You're all a part of it. Who. Who here. Who's already done their. Their "League of Record" draft? Oh, so we. Okay, so we got some. Who's. Like, they're coming up? Yeah! There we go. Hold on, hold on. How many this weekend? Yeah! And how many Labor Day weekend? Yeah! We've trained them well. We have. Good work, everybody. Try not to get injured. Try not to get players injured. We. No, seriously, call. Butterfly stretch. Call ambulance. Yeah. Are you doing. You can do the show? No, no, we're good. We're good. We're good. So, we wanted to. Not only are you a part of today's show, it's a "Bold Predictions" episode, so. Prepare yourself. There's some things that are. Spicy. Sssspicy. Yeah. ♪ Nasty ♪ But we also. I didn't say it was nasty. I just said it was spicy. Usually, "Bold Predictions" are pretty nasty. Bro, you are sweaty! Dude, I jumped off a stage! It's like four feet high! Let me just tell you, backstage, we were, like, coming out here, taking a look at it, everything, we're like, "Are you going to jump off?" And he's like, "I'm 44 years old. There's no way I'm jumping off of the stage." But then I saw the people! Yeah. Overwhelmed! Yes! So, after the show, we're also. I mean, the people here at the Van Buren have been amazing. Is this venue awesome or what? Seriously. And they've given us some extra time, so we want to give you some extra time. Yeah, show the sweaty man. Yeah. What are you talking about? I'm fine, guys. I got an extra towel if you need it, bro. No, this one's pretty big. It's going to be all right. Like, I've just used a quarter of it so far. We're going to hang out after for a little AMA, extra action for the people here in the building. And we got some surprises up our sleeve as well. So, it's going to be awesome. We need your help a couple times tonight. Yes. When the show starts, I need my people to help welcome in. Everybody to the podcast. Well, I mean, yes. Number one, you know what the welcome in sounds like. Papa Jot. Papa Jot. What? Oh. Security? Oh, I thought Jot. Security? There's an inebriated person who needs to be removed from the premises. Papa Josh? Is that a joke? Do you understand you made that man's life just now? Disgusting. He was paid. We all know the welcome in. It's not officially football. It's football time. Whoa. But it is. Whoa. Whoa. Are we doing a football time? No. But it's a lot. No, I'm saying. Did you get booze? I'm saying it is. Like, when it's live, it's football time. Okay. All right. It's football time. And then we're going to do a spectacular live mailbag. Yes. And we all want you in on that as well. A live AMA after the podcast. And if you got pictures and stuff, make sure you tag us on X and put the hashtag Megalashow. You can spell it. But are you guys ready for a show? Hey, shout out to Al Borland in the back. He's going to get us started. Oh, Al. Yes. What's up, Foot Clan? He is riddled with illness and here today to put on the greatest show you've ever seen. Hit it, Al. Let's do it. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. With your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Let's do it. Oh, welcome in. There it is. Let's go. Welcome in, one and all, the Megalashow. The heart rate is up. We're going to get you in on the show. I'm your host, Andy Holloway. Oh! You know, did you know about this, Jason? Of course not. I would never have allowed this. Did you know that a super-duper champ was with you guys? I'll just hold it. Put the thing down. I'll just hold it. Because I am a super-duper champ! League of Record, Ballers Dynasty. Oh, my, look at that. Never been done before. Never will be done before unless I do it. Well, I might do it again. This is why we play, right? The people love the year of Mike. They sure did last year. Yes. It's over. It's got to be over. People love a sequel to a great movie. Sequels are almost never better. And that's the truth. I'll jump right to Last Crusade if I have to. Yeah, well, listen. Thank you, Matt. Now you put me in a bad mood, Mike. I didn't want to remember this. Today's quick question. You ready, Mike? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sponsored by PetSmart. Here's what I got for you. It's your job to compare a player or team to a blockbuster movie. This is what we always do on the live show. So we've all selected one that we feel like fits the mold for 2026. And I'm going to kick it off. I'm excited for yours. The San Francisco 49ers. We got any 49er fans here? I like the boos. Get bodied. Thank you. Thank you for booing them. The San Francisco 49ers are final destination. Yes, they are. Every single year, they think they have cheated death. And then death is like, see you at training camp. I mean, listen to this. From 2013 to 2021, they have averaged the highest games lost to injury in the NFL. That's weird. They were number one in 2024, top five last year. I mean, their medical tent has a medical tent, a littler one, inside of it. And they've lost Pearsall. They've lost, I mean, Kittle's coming back from injury. McCaffrey had tightness for three weeks. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You leave, you leave. Sweet, sweet. Well, we hope they're fine. You can bring up Mike Evans. Mike Evans. Mike Evans and the meat. His meat. His meat injuries. Jason is a medical expert. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have diagnosed poor meat. So, manager special, right? Did you not? That's your medical analysis. My professional medical opinion is, unfortunately, at this age. It's poor? Poor meat. Poor meat. Your meat is poor. That's why they tune in. Ooh. Did you know Juszczyk had a broken finger, too, just like his little bonus? Oh, how dare you? Jusz is fine. They face the Cardinals, Seahawks, Rams, and then Pacific Gas and Electric in the division. The substation is out of control. I don't know how Christian McCaffrey escaped it, but everybody out there, say a prayer for this team, for your draft picks coming up, because the 49ers are absolutely final destination. It's pretty much inevitable. I mean, I don't know how it keeps happening. All right. I'm going to go next here. I'm going to compare a situation to a movie. Matt Nagy. Uh-oh. Is this the post, man? Is that the whole thing? I'm done. Matt Nagy is boo. Matt Nagy is Fight Club. He's the movie. What? What, Mike? Yes, voice of public opinion. Fight Club's a really good movie. It is a really good movie. And let me tell you, the first rule of Matt Nagy's offense is you don't ask Matt Nagy about his offense. And here's what's going to happen. After weeks of trying to identify the lunatic who's sabotaging the Giants' offense, climaxing with Jackson Dart being split in two, like Marty from Not Another Teen Movie. That joke is for, like, six people out in the crowd. But they love it. Matt Nagy will eventually turn to the footage, and he will see the man who has made the horrible call on third down. He is Tyler Durden. It is me. It is Matt Nagy. Second lowest motion rate of any play caller since 2021. Third lowest play action drop back since 2021. This guy sucks. I feel like in some ways that would be, like, the greatest thing to happen. If he actually realized that he's the problem at the end of the story. Yeah, but it started punching himself. Like, that'd be great. Here's the problem. You haven't seen the end of Fight Club. Where the season just ends that he is Tyler Durden, and he just watches the entire Giants franchise. He's the scariest part of that team. Crumble and explode. He's the scariest part. Look at that. Look at that guy up there. That guy sucks. Some people shouldn't have jobs. And Matt Nagy and Matt here shouldn't have jobs. He should not. All right. Wait, did Matt the Falcons? Yeah, Matt the Falcons. He's bringing out championship belts, and he's doing a poor job. I mean, come on. All right. Thank you. Thank you. For my comp, it's pretty simple. I mean, pretty simple. I was like, well, this is too obvious. Everyone should know this. Aaron Rodgers is weakened at Bernie's. Okay, he's dead. All right. If you're not familiar with weakening Bernie's. It's like, it's two guys just holding up a dead guy for the whole movie. He's already dead. He's already dead. You got, you got DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman doing some heavy lifting. I watched the film on Rogers. Sorry, but it is over. Put the sunglasses on. He thinks he looks super cool in that picture. Oh, he does look. This is the best he can look. Get on their shoulders. You're dead. That's it. Boom. Wow. That's going to be interesting. Steelers fans. In the building. Hold on. Hold on. Steelers fans in the building. And hold on. Different question. Rogers fans in the building. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. I messed that up. Steelers fans who are also Rogers fans. There we go. There was one guy. The other ones were Packers fans. I know that for a fact. The Venn diagram is strong. It's one person. Yeah. Yeah. There's 800 people. That is his brother-in-law. Oh, no. He's not a fan. He's a fan of Rogers. That was the quick question of the day presented by PetSmart. Visit your local PetSmart store. Go to PetSmart.com today. PetSmart. Anything for pets. Yeah. You guys ready for some bold predictions? Woo. Let's go, Jer. Ridiculously bold predictions. You do like Tyler Shuck a little too much. Sounds like the people like him a little more than Aaron Rogers. And don't check the tape, but traditionally on this show, I think we reveal a couple of bold predictions each, and they've all pretty much been right. Let's go Jets. Other than maybe that one. Let's go Jets. No, but listen, Mike. That was maybe on this show the Jets were brought out once before. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't remember it. Remember when he had the American flag? And he was like, we ride. That was right before they were going to win the Super Bowl. So, and we know Geno. Yeah, I mean, that could have been your prediction. But Mike, why don't you reveal your first bold prediction for tonight for the people? I'm going to start it off. This one, look. We'll see if they believe. We give you our bold predictions. Sometimes they're positive. Sometimes they're negative. I'm starting with the positive. What a guy. And if you've been following the podcast for the offseason, there is a team I am very bullish on. And no, it's not the Saints. I mean, it is, but not. It's not the Cardinals, dude. It's the Cincinnati Bengals. Because this year, how do we have Bengals fans here? That's kind of weird. But listen, listen, listen. Strong opinions. Strong opinions. This year, Joe Burrow breaks the single-season passing yard record. And a passing touchdowns record, baby! Oh, my. QB won. QB won. Listen, I'm intrigued, and I would like to see if you can make an effective argument. Well said. Yeah, you see, I got that word right. Sometimes I just have PTSD when you're talking. So, Peyton Manning, the 2013, he's the current record holder who he threw for 5,477 passing yards. And how many touchdowns? 55! That was convenient. I mean, he did it. That was a good year. And Burrow's best passing number so far, 2024. Just a couple years ago. Just shy of 5,000. So, 4,918 yards. 43 pass. yards what would it take for Joe Burrow to break the record well in that year in 2024 when Joe Burrow had both Jamar and T Higgins aka me thank you Jason are you guys awake we're we're recording a fantasy football podcast let's have some fun in those games when he had those guys healthy which I'm saying, you know, 50% more snaps of both of those players. His 17-game pace, just under 5,100 yards and 47 passing touchdowns. You're like, whoa, that's still way far away from the record. Except it's not. Except it's not. We need him to get like 27 passing yards per game more than what he already did in 2024. Just a little bit. It's just a little tiny guy. Look, rushing touchdowns. That's not what the Cincinnati Bengals are going to be about. We don't have Joe Mixon stealing touchdowns away from our precious Joe Joe Burrow. We got Chase Brown absolutely dominating and being an absolute reception threat. There's the likelihood of Chase Brown catching a touchdown versus ruining things for us for Joe Burrow and getting the rush. It's just so much higher. Here's what we need. Chase Higgins. Okay, this sounds pretty bold. That also sounded like one human. Yeah. Like you're saying Chase and Higgins, not the guy Chase Higgins. No, no, no. I'm just, I'm running into Chase and Higgins are healthy the entire season. Oh, that's step one. That's a new bold prediction. New bold prediction. Bold prediction. T. Higgins plays 17 games of football this year. Can we get, can we get one on Joe Burrow as well? Because that's pretty bold. Because look, we just need them to remain up-tempo and pass heavy. They were second in seconds per play, as in they play very fast. Second and pass rate. Joe Burrow. More chances. Joe Burrow continues to crush inside the red zone. He was second in red zone touchdown percent last year. And we need that defense. Oh, we need that defense. Lindberger. We need that stank. They don't have a good defense. We need them to remain bottom 10. Look, that Broncos team with. Peyton Manning. They were 22nd in points per game allowed. I think that the Cincinnati Bengals can achieve that goal. If they put their minds together and work to Mike's and their best effort. I think they could be 22nd in points per game allowed. I like it's crazy, but I think that just, I have a small question here. It's just a curiosity. All right. You held up that amazing trophy and you said some things about yourself. Oh, you're talking about the Superdome. Dooper champ. Yeah, that one. Uh, the never been done. I'm just thinking through this in my head. I'm like, who is like your dynasty team quarterback and wide receiver. And like, do you have like a reason to have this prediction? Well, it's funny. You should ask. I have Jared Goff. Uh-huh. And in Georgia, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe. It might be on my dynasty team, but look. Skyline chili. Oh, chili. Oh, yeah, I got you. Bro. We've had a lot of random things yelled at us, but, but a brand of chili. Okay. Better than Papa Josh. The bangles are favored. The Cincinnati bangles before a snap of football has happened are favored in 15 of their 17 games. That's more than the lions looking ahead. Their lines have the second. Highest average game total of anyone just behind the Dallas Cowboys. Joe Burrow could absolutely break the passing yards record. Maybe he passed for you. Yeah. For me or you. Not just for me. For everyone in this crowd. Okay. It's bold, Mike. We accept it. The touchdown part's pretty ridiculous. I think we'd all be pretty happy. Well, I don't think Andy and I would be happy because of your stack. But we'd all be pretty happy. You know, I'm going to be honest. I hope it doesn't come true. All right. But let me tell you a bold prediction that is going to come true because I know it. That's good reason. Yeah. Yeah. That's why. Damn it. Damn it. He wouldn't marry Steinberger there. Guys, the bell cow is back. Okay. Boom. The bell cow. The bell cow. Wait, Jason, Jason. What is this? What is this? Number one? What is this? He's planting the flag on Ramondre. This is disgusting. I applaud you, sir. This is disgusting. I applaud you. What a good decision. Boo. Okay. Well, for those listening at home, they have hoodwinked me and they've stolen the back wall graphic. Okay. And it says this. That Ramondre Stevenson is going to be the number one running back. They fixed it. They all fixed it. Listen, Ramondre Stevenson is not a bell cow. He's a cow. That's it. Oh, he's a cow. All right. A big fat cow. All right. I have a new bold prediction. A new one. My bold prediction. One point B. I'll get back to the bell cow, but here's the truth. Ramondre Stevenson is getting injured in the second quarter of week two and Henderson does not give the job back. How's that for a bold prediction? You heard it here. Quarter two of week two. We never really. He's done. Okay. Tonya Harding. Take it easy. Yeah. I won't make it happen. Calm down. You did this to me. This is ridiculous. Are you seeing maybe a little rattle? We're a positive show. What are you? Look, you're going to hijack it for me. You're going to get the business. All right. Here's what I'm actually saying, though. The bell cow is back. It's been a long time. It's like the early 2000s when the NFL was all about bell cow running backs, guys getting 350 touches. It doesn't happen that much anymore. Two years ago, there were none. And to be clear, fantasy managers miss it. We do miss it. And I think we see what's going on in our average draft position right now with the fact that the bell cow is back. But I don't think we've caught up to what that means. Over the last decade, their average is two running backs a year that touch the ball. Three hundred and fifty. Fifty times. That's it. This year, there will be five running backs more than double the decade average that I'm going to tell you which ones. You just keep listening. You just keep listening, sister. Yeah. I want you to be like, there's five. There's five. Next. Andy, you're up. As long as they're none of Mike's. Here are the five that will do it. Bijan Robinson. Check. Jonathan Taylor. Check. Jameer Gibbs, of course. Yeah. Christian McCaffrey. Yeah. Check. Yeah. Over 400 last year. And James Cook, the third, will do it. Okay. Here's what we need. James Cook, you went full the third. They didn't want. He didn't want him to make a mistake. Like the second or the first. It's not daddy. James Cook. It's it's the current running back for the Buffalo Bills, who is the third. You need talented backs in the NFL. And with the arrival of Beasley. John and Gibbs with the, uh, the health of guys like Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, it should happen. But if you look at the average draft position in drafts right now, like those middle round running backs, it's like, well, I don't really love them. And part of the reason you don't love them is because the backups aren't that good anymore for some of these great running backs. I am not afraid of Brian Robinson, Jr. For Beasley. You're not? How did that work for Christian McCaffrey last year? Like he didn't see that. I don't know how that worked for Christian McCaffrey. Yeah, pretty good. It's like one permanent victory. DJ Giddens and Seth McGowan for Jonathan Taylor. Not happening. Isaiah Pacheco in your bra. Not happening. Kalen Black and Jordan James like this. You're just making up names. I know. I know. Ty Johnson and an injured Ray Davis. Like none of these guys are going to touch the ball on these teams compared to the running back. So I think the takeaway advice on this piece of truth is that you really don't have to want to grab one or if you can grab two of these guys in your draft or via trade, I think you're going to be set up this year because wide receivers carry the teams. They will carry the teams where the bell cow is going to be back. And we see this in the NFL, right? The pendulum always swings. The wide receivers get faster, get downfield more. So then it's too. It's too shell. And it's it's smaller, quicker defenders. Well, now it's like, well, how do we deal with smaller, quicker defenders? Let's get the running back to smash him in the face. That's where we're at. And Ramond Ray running back one. And guys, dude, I've stopped sweating. It took this long, but I'm done, baby. No more sweat. Shout out to the Van Buren. Dude, your AC is awesome. We have done a lot of live shows and he's never stopped sweating. Best air conditioning we've had. So you ready for this? I know there are people. I don't know the people that are ready for this. Duh, bears. Oh, no, the bears break out. okay okay what does that mean by the way chicago i know you've spent 100 years trying to discover the forward pass i probably should have seen the bears he's down there in the shadows give it up for jay gris hiding the chicago bears haven't been good since martin van buren was in office yes no the bears that the pass has not been their forte but i think this year they become good all at once everyone on the bill on the bears and let me tell you what that means that means loveland top three that means caleb my my guy top five in fantasy that means burden i know you like some burden over there top 10 top 10 top 10 luther bird top 10 luther bird swift top 12 yeah rome top 20 oh come on man you could go top 15 but i'm gonna make the case real quick for all those guys top 15 jason top 50 for rome yeah yeah yeah i gotta but also if he's top 15 and if all those no no no no one no one's saying that except for you and i won't stop but here's the case for the bears fans who have waited their entire lives for a year to get to the top 15 and they're not going to get to the top 15 for moments like this it is the bold prediction today caleb i think he's mostly all the way there in year one with ben johnson he was just under 20 fantasy points a game what i like to see was he got better as the season got on he learned the system he got things going there's a reason he was the my guy i made all those cases on the show this week but the fact the completion percentage was down that's not really corollary to future fantasy success the next year predictive he runs the football i think he gets there year one is hey learn the thing year two is ben johnson's like let's do some cool crap now so i think you're gonna see it that's that's how he says that is the quote he loves cool crap so caleb i think we can get there loveland top three probably not the boldest of the prediction no that's about the easiest thing you've ever said but you i mean you mentioned this the other day first rookie to lead the team in receiving yards since 1983 uh dick i think was the last one to do it mike dick um so i i think loveland can get there he's crushing camp again ben johnson loves him we're good so let's get more bold burden top 10 do we have luther burden on any teams yet oh man there's a row of guys just arm crossed like no i don't no no i never will no probably packers fans um ben johnson's own own words i mean we've quoted it i'm buying luther burden stock right now i'm calling that inside andy i thought these were bold predictions i well for you they might not be what's gonna happen but uh that's insider trading to me ben johnson knows what's going on 25 percent target share on 110 targets i think he can get there no more dj more he's in buffalo and uh last three games we saw luther burden 18 for 289 and three i think he can get there swift i mean even mike is saying good things about deandre swift this year crazy but to me it's just math it's like a math equation for yeah that's what it is it seems like that's what it is for you too but it's like good offense scoring opportunities receiving work enough carries the math checks out and then the last one rome in the top 20 jason you'll be happy to hear this he did lead the team in first read target share i know that his entire problem was that was the foot that's it he was hurt it was the foot it was injury it was you know you started hot then jason traded for him and ruined a season which is what he did last time like my journey but and i'll give you the ben johnson quote again because we like it whether it's hyperbolic or prophetic tbd i want to have the highest scoring offense ever yes and then he quoted the 2013 denver broncos who scored 37.9 points a game which by the way had the peyton manning with the touchdown he wants to surpass them by the way that year peyton was number one no sean moreno shout out to the giant tier oh yeah the rb4 that year demarius thomas was the wide receiver one decker was the wide receiver nine welker was 20 they had three in the top 20 that year and julius thomas fantasy legend beast was the tight end three so i'm bought in the bears breakout in 2026 all right wait i think that was jake let's go indiana i think that was jake the indiana bears are breaking out they needed to get out of chicago the hammond bears hammond bears thank you to pet smart for sponsoring today's episode managing a fantasy league can be pretty busy managing your pets and a fantasy league even busier as the one-stop shop for pets pet smart offers convenient solutions for what you need when you need it they are stocked with an industry-leading assortment of food of toys of treats you can celebrate your wins or your losses with your most loyal teammate if you're not sure what you need knowledgeable associates can offer recommendations and take you through the high quality brands that pet smart has to offer and while you're there you can explore the in-store 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in a major way this man your booze fuel me makes me feel better about myself genty hampton scataboo judkins and my sweet sweet sweet travion henderson that's fine you can hate all you want hate all the way to the bank where there will be no money left because the running backs are going to disappoint you at their adp how's that make you feel jason yeah jason talk talk to me about i think some of these are correct um i I think you are painting with a really, really big brush that makes no sense. Hampton's going to crush. It's not broad. It's big. But, you know, Jense scares the tar out of me right now. All right. Look, here's why this is a bold prediction. Year two running backs, it's normally a great bet. So far, I'm not convinced. End of story. Look, in fantasy, these are the things we want. We want opportunity. We want someone who's at the top of the depth chart, the offensive system, the trends, the team's success. But what do they have to do to actually pay off for their draft cost? Ashton Jente going still as the running back seven, despite. Owie, owie, owie, owie, owie. Owie, please shut down practice. Everyone take a knee. It's me, Ashton Jente. The Paul Pierce. I might have popped my pants. Oh, I twisted my ankle. Get up, you baby. I got one guy on my side. Look, injury aside, he's being. drafted at his ceiling the rough we've been over the schedule it's terrible the Raiders are currently favored in three of 17 games for the running back seven in the early second we did this last year everybody didn't work out Hampton yeah thank you the hot Hampton the hot Hampton the cheese stop into a New York deli buy yourselves a hot Hampton it's delicious sound like a sandwich it really does and look I'm just I'm the lowest because it's the Chargers it's already happening the center he's out for not not one moment this offseason have we got this man to believe in no Justin Herbert and Mike McDaniel and I want y'all to remember that you know what I mean yes he's going as the running back nine just behind the genti like he's being drafted at at his ceiling meanwhile Chase Brown Ken Bone Walker being drafted after him Hampton guys on truly prolific offenses that we know I mean you just heard Joe Burrow's going to break the record for for everything so why would you know not want Chase Brown Cam Scataboo Matt Nagy need I say more for this that's the end of the argument Quinn Sean Judkins on the ice and fire episode he was my not fire pick because look the offensive line it's in shambles you like your Cleveland starting quarterback everybody you like him too bad he's gonna start for you enjoy that one suckers Mike is just attacking because they like these these are these are bold but this is the one like I went into my rankings and I looked at players versus ADP and I went oh I know what I have to do I have to I have to crap on these guys Henderson the ADP is terrifying Henderson of these players is actually he's great he's a really really good player except Mike Vrabel king of making really really good decisions with his personal life oh get bodied oh yes what is like when the politician I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just saying you gotta put the you know you're putting the dirt on he's already in the you're telling me you can't just do like a a visit to Sedona with your best friend don't even go down the road interlock fingers nothing going on there but anyways look even I understand what's going on in New England they like Ramondre they're gonna go to him you hear that Jason the beat reporters they're very clear Ramondre is ahead on the depth chart until we do oh yeah that's right until we do not technically until week three no you don't predict that is fucking don't I'm Babe Ruth in this thing I'm calling my shot right there baby we do no Jason you have to point down there but here here's the thing is Tanya Harding is is second year running backs it's supposed to replenish things for fantasy football and every single one of them is being drafted extremely high because they should be I'm just super scared that all of them are going to disappoint us for fantasy football I'm just super scared that all of them are going to disappoint us for fantasy football I'm just super scared that all of them are going to disappoint us for fantasy football I'm just super scared that all of them are going to disappoint us for fantasy football yeah yeah yeah we all have we all have you know there's hope your booze are ready there's positive bold predictions and there's negative bold predictions they both are important for fantasy football so I don't blame you in in saying that I see some of what you're saying my only issue really is Hampton because I love them also I would like to bring up something Mr. Wright yeah yeah yeah we are in the middle of a chopped draft on sleeper and with sure yeah yeah yeah we are in the middle of a chopped draft on sleeper and with your first round chopped with with your your first round chopped with with your your first round chopped with with your first round picked you selected a marion first round picked you selected a marion first round picked you selected a marion hampton yes liar liar liar liar all right okay on to the next I have a much more important oh I can't hear you oh you important oh I can't hear you oh you important oh I can't hear you oh you can't well then listen to this bold can't well then listen to this bold can't well then listen to this bold prediction I predict that one of us will prediction I predict that one of us will prediction I predict that one of us will be enshrined in the fantasy footballers be enshrined in the fantasy footballers be enshrined in the fantasy footballers Hall of Fame tonight no what Hall of Fame tonight no what Hall of Fame tonight no what no no no this is my bit no no no this is my bit no no no this is my bit ladies and gentlemen for years the ladies and gentlemen for years the ladies and gentlemen for years the semi-prestigious fantasy footballers semi-prestigious fantasy footballers semi-prestigious fantasy footballers ring of honor has recognized only ring of honor has recognized only ring of honor has recognized only those bold enough those slightly above those bold enough those slightly above those bold enough those slightly above average enough and those shameless average enough and those shameless average enough and those shameless enough to induct themselves but tonight enough to induct themselves but tonight enough to induct themselves but tonight the bar must be raised after an the bar must be raised after an the bar must be raised after an exhaustive selection process conducted exhaustive selection process conducted exhaustive selection process conducted entirely by a committee of one only one entirely by a committee of one only one entirely by a committee of one only one man has been deemed worthy of an honor man has been deemed worthy of an honor man has been deemed worthy of an honor greater than all those that came before greater than all those that came before greater than all those that came before him his lifetime achievements are far him his lifetime achievements are far him his lifetime achievements are far too extensive to list here this evening too extensive to list here this evening too extensive to list here this evening and largely irrelevant to this decision and largely irrelevant to this decision and largely irrelevant to this decision tonight the fantasy Footballers Hall of tonight the fantasy Footballers Hall of tonight the fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame is proud to welcome a husband a Fame is proud to welcome a husband a Fame is proud to welcome a husband a father a friend and now ladies and father a friend and now ladies and father a friend and now ladies and gentlemen please join us in celebrating gentlemen please join us in celebrating gentlemen please join us in celebrating as Jason Moore presents Jason Moore for as Jason Moore presents Jason Moore for as Jason Moore presents Jason Moore for enshrinement as the first ever member enshrinement as the first ever member enshrinement as the first ever member of the fantasy footballers hall of fame of the fantasy footballers hall of fame of the fantasy footballers hall of fame congratulations Jason Jason Moore the newest inductee to the Jason Moore the newest inductee to the Jason Moore the newest inductee to the fantasy footballers Hall of Fame wait fantasy footballers Hall of Fame wait fantasy footballers Hall of Fame wait Jason is removing the tarp is that Jason is removing the tarp is that Jason is removing the tarp is that somebody grabbed that man a microphone somebody grabbed that man a microphone somebody grabbed that man a microphone somebody grabbed that man a microphone oh okay why we guys I am blown away this oh okay why we guys I am blown away this oh okay why we guys I am blown away this is this is a crazy honor I couldn't have is this is this is a crazy honor I couldn't have is this is this is a crazy honor I couldn't have seen coming oh thank you you seen coming oh thank you you seen coming oh thank you you are I do you are a snake so I'm I'm I'm not are I do you are a snake so I'm I'm I'm not are I do you are a snake so I'm I'm not really prepared Andy for this what's really prepared Andy for this what's really prepared Andy for this what's happening no I'm not really prepared for happening no I'm not really prepared for happening no I'm not really prepared for this excuse me this excuse me this excuse me speech speech speech speech speech I hate speech speech speech speech speech I hate speech speech speech speech speech I hate this okay first of all oh gosh all this okay first of all oh gosh all this okay first of all oh gosh all right no no no I'd like to thank Andy and right no no no I'd like to thank Andy and right no no no I'd like to thank Andy and Mike with whom I couldn't be here I Mike with whom I couldn't be here I Mike with whom I couldn't be here I really mean it guys okay a big part of really mean it guys okay a big part of really mean it guys okay a big part of this okay and I hope that one day you this okay and I hope that one day you this okay and I hope that one day you both are able to join me in the fantasy both are able to join me in the fantasy both are able to join me in the fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame hey you have my Footballers Hall of Fame hey you have my Footballers Hall of Fame hey you have my boat wait is this better than the Ring boat wait is this better than the Ring boat wait is this better than the Ring of Honor it is better than it's a step of Honor it is better than it's a step of Honor it is better than it's a step above Ring of Honor which you are the above Ring of Honor which you are the above Ring of Honor which you are the only entry in all right I'm two times only entry in all right I'm two times only entry in all right I'm two times I'm two times I'd like to thank my family I'm two times I'd like to thank my family I'm two times I'd like to thank my family who has my heart and soul and are here who has my heart and soul and are here who has my heart and soul and are here all the time so I can embarrass them by all the time so I can embarrass them by all the time so I can embarrass them by saying something like see I told you saying something like see I told you saying something like see I told you your dad was famous what is happening and finally I'd like what is happening and finally I'd like what is happening and finally I'd like to thank the Foot Clan the undefeated to thank the Foot Clan the undefeated to thank the Foot Clan the undefeated incomparable beautiful funny sexy strong incomparable beautiful funny sexy strong incomparable beautiful funny sexy strong intelligent emotionally available intelligent emotionally available intelligent emotionally available financially solvent financially solvent financially solvent perfectly hydrated high credit score perfectly hydrated high credit score perfectly hydrated high credit score and I'm going to say thank you to all and I'm going to say thank you to all and I'm going to say thank you to all Lord and suspiciously Fertile Foot Clan Lord and suspiciously Fertile Foot Clan Lord and suspiciously Fertile Foot Clan somehow despite all of that you're still somehow despite all of that you're still somehow despite all of that you're still willing and wanting to watch us three willing and wanting to watch us three willing and wanting to watch us three middle-aged dads argue about fantasy middle-aged dads argue about fantasy middle-aged dads argue about fantasy football like our lives depend on it football like our lives depend on it football like our lives depend on it Foot Clan this fake honor is for you Foot Clan this fake honor is for you Foot Clan this fake honor is for you there's lights in everything there's lights in everything there's lights in everything okay okay where do we go from here okay okay okay where do we go from here okay okay okay where do we go from here okay he's got a jacket he's got a jacket he's got a jacket he has a bust that was he has a bust that was he has a bust that was okay so unbearable okay so I've got to okay so unbearable okay so I've got to okay so unbearable okay so I've got to give a little bit more context here um give a little bit more context here um give a little bit more context here um okay two days ago what okay two days ago what okay two days ago what two days ago no everybody on our team two days ago no everybody on our team two days ago no everybody on our team has been in on this like six months not has been in on this like six months not has been in on this like six months not everybody everybody no not these guys no not these guys no not these guys two days ago two days ago two days ago a really dumb NFL owner did what started a really dumb NFL owner did what started a really dumb NFL owner did what started this whole thing and he decided to this whole thing and he decided to this whole thing and he decided to induct himself into his Hall of Fame you induct himself into his Hall of Fame you induct himself into his Hall of Fame you don't even know how close I was to no don't even know how close I was to no don't even know how close I was to no no you don't know because Andy had the no you don't know because Andy had the no you don't know because Andy had the idea and he went to Jeremy and he said idea and he went to Jeremy and he said idea and he went to Jeremy and he said hey I want to I was doing this on the hey I want to I was doing this on the hey I want to I was doing this on the Sunday show man and everybody doing it Sunday show man and everybody doing it Sunday show man and everybody doing it everybody in that bullpen who knew this everybody in that bullpen who knew this everybody in that bullpen who knew this bit was happening was like oh no is that bit was happening was like oh no is that bit was happening was like oh no is that why he wasn't quite as excited for it why he wasn't quite as excited for it why he wasn't quite as excited for it as I thought because he was scared out as I thought because he was scared out as I thought because he was scared out of his mind that you were gonna wreck it of his mind that you were gonna wreck it of his mind that you were gonna wreck it haha but I'm the first all right back to the bold predictions oh my god i hope you start sweating from that i was earlier thinking gosh i gotta put on a jacket later oh my gosh andy we have so many people to fire i know i know i'm building the list all right what just happened yeah yeah he's got like people like mike is laid out i did not know this was happening all you had you just have honor you just yeah you just have some honor he has a little ring of honor i'm a hall of famer anyways as the how do you get back to the show from that well well we go with the hall of famers bold prediction of course nothing to hold up or where here you can hold on to this you're gonna love it no no as the first hall of famer i'd like uh my first bold prediction to be one of my classics oftentimes at live events i have called the fantasy trap team the team that um i hate you has yeah yes uh that has done poorly all the way back to 2016 the carolina panthers um the washington redskins the next year both of those teams collapsed um you predict the demise fantasy wise for certain teams yes the way i can predict the demise of most of our employees after this exactly really good um the cleveland browns are up remember when uh baker and obj as the browns were the hotness yeah yeah that was my bus oh and landry and the 2022 dallas cowboys the hotness zeke didn't finish his top 15 running back that got injured as bad now i also did predict the 2018 patriots and they won the super bowl you said it was the beginning of the end and they won the super bowl so here's what i'm saying either i'm right or you're wrong yes yes it's pretty binary fantasy trap team this year is the jacksonville joy killers you're not gonna like it you're not gonna like it but listen i'm a hall of famer you can't touch me now where did you get that jacket i don't want to know the answer to any of them those questions you're gonna like the way because we paint mike i guarantee it there's no way men's work mike you know we paid for that jacket no no i i did pay for this oh personally oh yeah okay it's better yeah uh so here's the thing the jacksonville jaguars are a really exciting fun hot offense liam cohen give me the liam cohen drop oh yeah i did hit it a couple times by the way it worked they're very very exciting you know trevor lawrence everything goes to him so let's start there trevor lawrence i've talked about this he's in in line for some major major regression he's a horse way to take it down from joy and excitement dude nothing can take it down for me i don't know what you're talking about i feel great um he had nine rushing touchdowns last year four of those were the results of red zone scrambles the most in the nfl for context lamar jackson hasn't done that in the last four years like that is not repeatable so if you take his rushing touchdowns away you lose a lot of time and you lose a lot of time and you lose a lot of time and you lose a lot of time and you lose a lot of time and you lose a lot of time and you look at the the the backs the hotness baseball two and everybody wants him he's being drafted as like you know a back-end rb2 because a good offense what's the what's the conversation between parker washington and and brian thomas jr which one which one how about maybe neither do you realize that jacoby myers out targeted parker washington 61 to 51 after the trade to jacksonville he's still there oh and then you've got travis hunter who while he himself is not playable for fantasy he's going to be on the field he's going to have targets he's going to have touchdowns those will come at the expense and don't forget brenton strange who was on pace for 85 targets last year if if trevor lawrence horseboy does not rush for nine touchdowns and all of these good wide receivers are involved there is a very good chance that pretty much everybody on this team disappoints and i know that you know mike you like tooting the way that i like to like hampton i'm not even listening to you but but the truth is crod is very very possibly a goal line back with quinn allen might be a passing downs back and i just think that this team could actually be good could work for the nfl offense and i think there is a solid to really good chance of every single pick you're just not happy to play weekend and week out that sucks yeah because jacksonville should be awesome but there is a chance that there's just too many cooks but what i'm saying is i think they can be awesome and it and those players can be bad for fantasy at the same time it's been an interesting hype ride for tooting all off season the up and down and all around mike you were all the way in seemed like a my guy was on the way yeah and you softened a little bit yeah jason you're dumb he's not recovering uh please address me as hall of famer jason mark i'm rules are rules mike people don't understand i'm not doing a bit we had zero i'm so mad about it he's so he's so mad oh um you want to hear one more and on the positive yeah we got one more i think it's positive um we're in arizona uh-oh things things things are tough out here all right things are tough out here in the streets of arizona for this team and i am here today on this beautiful evening to tell you what shouldn't be a statement that is bold at all and yet feels like the most bold take it feels like the most bold take of this day marvin harrison jr is finally good he's good he's good at football he's gonna be good top top 15 fantasy wide receiver leads arizona in fantasy points and the entire state of arizona collectively top 15 top 15 the whole state of arizona unclenches their butt cheeks because he's good it's happening this year and i want everybody in the building to remember this moment and if you've listened to the show the entire off season you know we have no interest in saying something good about this team we we hate this team most often they're not a serious organization we want to love but we can't become vulnerable because we know what the outcome is going to be that might be true it doesn't matter you don't have to win that's not the game that we play they have the worst schedule i've ever seen in my entire life oh and 11 seems guaranteed but marvin harrison jr this year four fans and we're going to win this game we're going to win this game finally good here's the story of maserati marv all right 62 for 8 85 and 8 as a rookie it wasn't bad for a rookie season it's really not that bad last year absolutely weird played 12 games went 41 for 608 and four these numbers through two years are not the worst nfl numbers you've ever seen they are absolutely horrific for a fourth over the last year all pick generational prospect son of marvin harrison those are the worst numbers that that type of person that his son could be putting up but here's what was weird about last year you had a concussion you had appendicitis you had a foot injury you had a quarterback change you had a coaching change and at some point that is not a season that is a game of oregon trail oh that is a season riddled with dysentery your season was ruined they tried to fjord they tried to fjord the river ah never tried you lost three oxen you made me say fjord um and guess what seventh round pick seventh round pick for marvin harrison jr in games where he was actually healthy with jacobi this is where you gotta you gotta let the burns go you can't like carry last season into this year into your draft 8.8 targets per game for marvin harrison 14.4 uh ppr points per game and whenever he gets seven or more targets he's been at nearly 17 fancy points a game and what happened when wilson mcbride and harrison were together i know it was brief i know it was a moment in time he led the team in target chair ahead of trey mcbride like i think the thing out there is the expectations were so unconscionably high and for good reason you should not go number four and be at this point in your career without breaking records and being great for fan you still can't handle his jacket can you there's a there's a this i love him you're handsome where did you even get that etsy marvin you guys did pay for that we did pay for that one yeah that one you did yeah he bought the jacket i bought the jacket i wasn't i had a feeling we paid for something we paid in a lot of ways um but to close it out i think marvin harrison jr will actually be good and to and a final point Mike LaFleur in Arizona, great play caller, and what he did. with Devontae Adams with the Rams 14 touchdowns in 14 games he can use a big talented goal line receiver I if you're in drafts coming up this weekend and next weekend the price is nice for Marvin Harrison Jr. he is going to be actually mercifully incredibly wonderfully finally good Marvin Harrison Jr. he's gonna be okay so those are our bold predictions but that doesn't mean the show's over because we have 800 foot clan in the building we have a mailbag drop about to happen and y'all got to help us out with we have your questions coming up I want to hear the greatest mailbag we've heard for any live show we've ever done in honor of hall of famer hall of hall of famer Jason Moore are you guys ready let's yeah let's go let's do it not hit it Jeremy mailbag let's go that was a good one that was very good that was very good I feel like you're you were on tone and everything we got the the recliner people stood up today's mailbag is sponsored by our friends who helped put on this show GMC we've got questions from each and every one of you out there thank you to everybody that sent them in we picked some of your questions and we'll be right back some out if I say your name and you want to shout and not lie about it that's cool but uh our first question comes in from Earl Snyder is Earl somewhere in the building no Earl was that Earl that's not Earl Snyder um he says this he says can you give my friend Nick a recommendation for the fourth pick in a draft we have on Sunday he's a big fan we're here in Phoenix for his bachelor party okay nice okay congratulations friend that's a good bachelor party I think I think this is um so obviously you're gonna go Bijan and and Gibbs are usually gone so now it comes down to and I'm curious Mike's take as Mr. CMC over the last little bit right right I would go Jamar Chase and if he's gone I'd go JSN uh but would you take no puka there for you right now right now nervous I would take the other two over McCaffrey doesn't bite people well neither does Jamar Chase at JMR is not going to be there no no no but I mean it's at four so if someone takes JSN ahead or puka ahead I would take Jamar Chase but assuming he's gone it would be JSN what if you don't want to take a wide receiver because it seems like those are the next guys up so is it CMC is it Jonathan Taylor is it James Cook who you said is going to get 350 plus opportunities to be fair I said all three of them would yeah oh that's true they are all in that group no you you're not playing for fifth place I'm trying to win so I would take Christian McCaffrey okay all right we appreciate that question Lara Oven Lara Oven Oven Lara Oven it's spelled oven it does it's spelled she wants to know do your wives play fantasy football no and would you ever play in a league with them we tried one and what would happen if they beat you man Laura oven you're funny uh I had one year where I was able to to get my wife to do a league about week three they are in the building somewhere our wives are in the building give it up for our wives everybody thank you thank you they let us chase this ridiculous dream but they do not participate in it someone is now married to a hall of famer congratulations congratulations that's a pretty big deal oh my goodness probably the best thing that's ever happened to her yeah yeah they we did we did give it a go we had a wives League that was going on for all of us season yeah they don't play this is if my calculations are correct the fourth fantasy footballers my wife has ever heard oh like episodes yeah yeah yeah were they the four live shows 1960. so were they all four live we're all four of them live yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah um thank you for that one Tom wintermeyer Tom you sound like a girl and that's fine you know yeah um I'm just calling out I've been told I laugh like a girl and that's fine I just you know let you know keeper question uh in the building here am I crazy to keep training bride over the aforementioned Chase Brown no that's not crazy at all that's not crazy and I I would I would still take Chase Brown in that situation but it's not crazy yeah I completely like you of all people this year have not been one to go back to the train McBride like you just think what happened last year with the amount of Jacoby Brissett on pace for 700 passes in a year is just it's what made McBride great it's no no no no it's that's not what made McBride great like average players put in that situation you can't do that you have to be a great player when when the situation uh uh reveals itself to you you have to be great to actually take the mantle and accept the call like Trey McBride did I just don't think that he's gonna I don't think he'll lap the field like he did he'll still be he'll be a top three but you got in you think the value on Loveland's better yes yeah all right it's Mr love Mr love Mr Loveland Andy Painter sent in this question okay I might believe that that's him um is it fair to have somebody else draft your team in a money league my buddy wants me to fill in for him after I drafted for another guy in his league last year what is this like a pro ball like every year he's getting hired to do this whoa why are people booing this that's so weird that that's emotional for people it really is to me I don't have a problem with it like honestly really well here's the thing if you let's say you can't be at a draft right I can't make it to the draft we would usually say you need a proxy you either submit rankings or you have someone fill in for you so if we're okay with it then I think the weird thing is that he drafted for somebody else in the same league last year maybe not a neutral opinion well you can't draft for both this year no but uh or can or can he I mean I don't have a problem with it do you guys obviously the audience has a huge problem with it what do we think I'm I'm a man of the people so yeah that's uh coward what a terrible thing team auto draft Andy Painter you dog Savage people are just yelling out like League formats and auto draft redraft yeah some guys like chili Cameron Rodriguez my son Cruz is 10 years old hey starting to show interest in fantasy football I'd really like it to become something we share together that's awesome that's great uh what's the best way to introduce him into fantasy without overwhelming him would crush him kick his butt uh would you would you give him his own team co-manage one together start a small family league something else what do you think uh other than crush him yes yes well maybe something more constructive look you can't give him the win we know that but yeah I think the the small family small family league is I like that one I like it but I think co-managers awesome yeah the thing with the family League is you have to have enough people to do it so if you if you have other parents with other kids who are starting to get interested in in football and in fantasy football I think that's a fantastic way to go otherwise the co-manage is fantastic Andy yeah yeah that's how I managed with one of your boys yeah he took me to our League of Record draft and he was one of the Sharks back here by the way yes he was his problem was the first league he was in with a bunch of people he won it oh so he's hooked everything was been downhill since then so the only other expectations the only other piece of advice I would say is if he's starting to get into it you know there's sometimes a learning curve if you're just starting you don't know the players you don't know everything so either they play Madden or they listen to the fantasy football oh that's not a bad idea yeah the only podcast with one Ring of Honor member and one Hall of Fame member on it uh one two time one sir yeah thank you Mike two times you elected yourself twice yes he did I almost wiped my memory of that I didn't and by the way I mean I think both of your inductions while ridiculous and right we're fair because Arthur Blank did it and then Lurie did it yeah and now I'm gonna have to wait yeah you got another owner to put themselves in their own Hall of Fame mm-hmm Jason imagine you know Jerry Jones yeah Jerry Jones will hook me up I'll be in before you know it uh yes Zach felt right Zach Zach yeah uh it feels like there's been more emphasis lately on stacking a wide receiver with the quarterback is stacking something we should be targeting in redraft or is it more of a tournament strategy so it is definitely more of a tournament strategy when you're in big tournaments you really need the the you know to win in the final week It's very valuable to have the wide receiver that caught two touchdowns that week. The quarterback obviously went nuclear, and you can beat massive amounts of people. It is also a winning strategy in redraft leagues. We did a study a couple years ago. One of our desorbos, our computer nerds, did it to try to see, like, does it also apply to redraft? And when he looked at basically having a stack that was relevant. What is that? Where is everybody going? I don't know what is happening. Having a stack that is relevant versus an average. Oh, are we laughing at the – there's so many things to laugh about right now. So handful. Bro, your bronze bust needs braces. Oh, yeah, a little bit. But it does give a slight edge to wins versus losses because, again, in order to win each week, like, if you're just scoring an average slightly – Above league average, that doesn't actually usually give you a W. You kind of need the variance where you have a high weekly score, and that happens more on stack. By the way, Al Borland just informed us. Yes. Is Cruz – Cruz Rodriguez. The 10-year-old from the last question, are they in the building? Because Al has a special Foot Clan ring for you. You can see him after the show if he's in the building. Wait, wait. Cameron, did you make up Cruz just to get your question in here? Cameron, you don't have a son, do you? I don't have a son, do you? Shame on you. Asking for my son. There you go. So Turner writing in. Turner Morris. Come on. What is happening? Oh, there we go. Many people don't want the attention. He forgot who he was. Who am I? Have you ever individually wondered what you would be doing currently if podcasting wasn't possible? Desk job? Different entrepreneurship? Bull riding, Mike? Bull riding, probably not. Probably not. You get motion sick. Maybe. That's not the biggest problem with bull riding. It's motion sickness. If you have motion sickness, how does bull riding work? Not well. Not good. Not well. No. I think Andy and I would still be doing real estate, which we did for about two weeks. Yeah. We literally tried to become real estate agents while we started the podcast. We would have crushed. And that was a great two houses. We sold. Yeah, we did do it. Mike, would you be a musician somewhere, a rock star? I'd probably just have a sign that's like, please help me. Money, please. So, yeah, I mean, I think the coolest thing is that we were like, like when we were kids, we couldn't have like wanted to grow up and be podcast. No, because that didn't exist. So like, I think about it with my kids. Some careers exist in the future that don't exist now that they might be good at, and that stuff changes quick. So I'm glad I don't have to think about this. We've been fortunate. Thanks to these people, these fine, beautiful human beings. That was today's mailbag brought to you by GMC. Like I said, we're going to hang out. The Van Buren has been kind enough to give us some extra time at the end. Yes. We're going to get pumped up here in a minute, but at the, we're going to come back out here. We're going to pass around microphones. You can ask us anything you want. We're going to do a little AMA for 15, 20 minutes to give you some bonus time here in Phoenix. You monsters. Let's keep it clean. Yeah. I'm a little more scared now than I was at the beginning of the show, but I want to hear it. I want to hear it for Sirius XM. Thank you for helping us put this live show together. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for him. I want to hear it for GMC and PetSmart for helping us put on this live show. I want to hear it for Al Borland, literally the best, but the entire crew, Papa Josh, Papa Josh, the whole crew is here. Almost all of them. And an applause for yourself, the Foot Clan, the people. We're going to give out some more free stuff. We're going to take a two second break and we'll be back out here for the AMA. Thank you guys. And that's the end. We'll be right back. Thank you for listening to another edition of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Don't forget to visit us on the web at www.thefantasyfootballers.com and follow us on Twitter at the FFBallers.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The episode features bold, often humorous predictions about NFL teams and players, including the Cincinnati Bengals’ potential to break Joe Burrow’s passing records and the return of the "bell cow" running back.
  2. Hosts make satirical comparisons to blockbuster movies, such as Matt Nagy being likened to *Fight Club* and the 49ers as a "final destination" due to recurring injuries.
  3. A major highlight is the fictional inducting of Jason Moore into the "Fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame," a self-deprecating tribute to the show’s traditions and the fans’ loyalty.

Summary:

The episode blends entertainment and fantasy football analysis with a mix of bold, often exaggerated predictions. Hosts deliver sharp, humorous takes by comparing NFL teams and players to iconic films—like Matt Nagy as *Fight Club* and the 49ers as a "final destination" due to injury-prone play. The discussion centers on the Cincinnati Bengals’ potential for Joe Burrow to break passing records, supported by a detailed breakdown of team performance and injury risks.

A standout moment is the fictional induction of Jason Moore into the Fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame, a lighthearted tribute to the show’s legacy and fan culture. The hosts also highlight the resurgence of the "bell cow" running back trend, predicting that five key running backs will see significant touches due to offensive shifts. The episode is further enriched by live audience interaction, a mailbag segment, and promotional mentions of GMC and PetSmart, emphasizing player health, fantasy management, and pet care as parallel responsibilities in daily life.

Despite the humor and absurdity, the core message underscores the importance of staying vigilant, informed, and emotionally engaged in fantasy football—just as fans must care for their pets and manage their weekly matchups. The show’s tone remains playful, passionate, and rooted in community, celebrating both the sport and the fans who power it.

FAQs

The show features spicy, often humorous, and unexpected predictions about NFL teams and players, combining fantasy football insights with bold, sometimes exaggerated claims.

Jason Moore is named the first ever inductee into the Fantasy Footballers Hall of Fame as a satirical, self-created honor.

Matt Nagy, the head coach of the Giants, is compared to the movie 'Fight Club' due to his reportedly poor offensive decisions and self-sabotaging tendencies.

The Bengals are predicted to break Joe Burrow's single-season passing yard record and dramatically improve their defense to become 22nd in points allowed.

The show predicts a resurgence of dominant, high-touch running backs like Bijan Robinson, Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, and James Cook, with a focus on increased opportunities and production.

The Bears are predicted to have multiple players, including Caleb Williams, Luther Burden, and DeAndre Swift, reach top 15 fantasy rankings due to improved offensive performance.

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