Davis Mattek - Grinding the Variance: When Liam Won BBM2
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1 hr 59 min
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Jun 13, 2026
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Sat, June 13, 2026
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Brandon AiyukBrian Thomas Jr.Geno SmithJosh JacobsMarShawn LloydParker WashingtonAlvin KamaraBreece HallC.J. StroudCaleb WilliamsCeeDee LambChase BrownChris RodriguezChristian McCaffrey
Player analysis
Player insights
Alvin Kamara
PositiveProjection0:01
Kamara is characterized as a floor bet that can grind out 8.5 points and has potential to perform like Javante Williams if on the right team.
Insight pageBrandon Aiyuk
NegativeRole0:33
The analyst strongly opposes drafting Brandon Aiyuk for the Commanders, saying 'Fuck. No. Fuck. No.' and noting he's playing, indicating skepticism about his role or value.
Insight pagePositiveProjection0:34
If Aiyuk gets cut by the 49ers in August and signs with the Commanders, he would go much higher in drafts, suggesting significant upside if he lands in a better situation.
Insight pageBreece Hall
PositiveProjection0:48
Breece Hall is mentioned in the context of uniqueness strategy in best ball, alongside Jefferson and Pickens.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
PositiveProjection0:01
Brian Thomas Jr. is mentioned as a player whose fantasy points would provide significant information about the Jacksonville Jaguars offense.
Insight pagePositiveProjection0:43
Brian Thomas Jr. is ranked next to Parker Washington but lower due to injury concerns, though the analyst acknowledges he could have been all injury-related in his performance.
Insight pageC.J. Stroud
PositiveProjection0:30
CJ Stroud went in round 18 historically, serving as a benchmark for when quality quarterbacks became available in drafts.
Insight pageCaleb Williams
PositiveProjection0:01
Caleb Williams is mentioned as a quarterback whose fantasy points would provide significant information about the Bears offense.
Insight pageCeeDee Lamb
Chase Brown
NegativeValue0:01
The Christian McCaffrey and Chase Brown combo is drafted 0.8% of the time and is criticized as too common and undesirable.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
PositiveInjury0:25
Rodriguez went from the ninth round to the 11th round in ADP; the analyst questions whether he'll return to practice or continue falling, noting he has an injury that should be fine soon.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
PositiveProjection0:01
Christian McCaffrey is selected at pick 8 and later discussed as a player whose fantasy outcome is relatively predictable (either catching 110 passes or not), making him less valuable for gaining information.
Insight pageDaniel Jones
PositiveProjection0:30
Daniel Jones was available late last year, similar to other quarterback options in the late rounds.
Insight pageDarren Waller
PositiveProjection0:30
The analyst mentions Darren Waller as a potential late-round quarterback option, noting he was getting drafted cheaply in recent years.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveValue0:48
Drake London is presented as a better value option than George Pickens, with the analyst arguing you'd be giving up significantly fewer projected points by taking London instead.
Insight pageDrake Maye
PositiveValue0:30
Drake Maye was available literally free in drafts as a third quarterback option, representing strong value in late rounds.
Insight pageEmmett Johnson
PositiveValue0:01
Emmitt Johnson has an 8.1% ownership despite being expected to be drafted almost 100% of the time, indicating a disconnect between expectation and actual draft rates.
Insight pageGarrett Wilson
PositiveProjection0:32
If Gino Smith plays week 17, it would indicate Garrett Wilson likely had a good year, as the Jets' success would be tied to Wilson's performance.
Insight pageGeno Smith
PositiveProjection0:01
Geno Smith is mentioned as a quarterback whose fantasy points would provide significant information about his team's offense.
Insight pagePositiveProjection0:31
The analyst is higher on Gino Smith than the market, noting that knowing Gino is playing week 17 would provide significant information about the Jets' season success and the performance of his teammates like Garrett Wilson.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveProjection0:01
George Kittle is mentioned as a potential injury-related player whose fantasy points would provide significant information.
Insight pageGeorge Pickens
PositiveValue0:47
George Pickens is advocated for as a unique path to winning in best ball, with the analyst noting you won't give up much projected points and will be the only Jefferson-Pickens team in the pod.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
PositiveValue0:01
Jalen Hurts is noted as a player people draft at unusual spots (taken at pick 3 in one draft), making him a problematic player for getting unique combos.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeValue0:01
James Cook at pick 101 is criticized as a common, non-unique draft selection that lacks contrarian value.
Insight pageJeffery Wilson
PositiveSleeper0:01
Jeff Wilson Jr. was drafted at almost 0% before injury, then drafted post-injury as a low-owned contrarian play in best ball.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
PositiveDepth Chart0:01
Jeremiah Love is expected to be sticky to the 2-3 turn in drafts.
Insight pageJordan James
PositiveSleeper0:01
Jordan James is very rarely drafted on underdogs, making him a unique contrarian pick.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
PositiveProjection0:01
Josh Jacobs is mentioned as a player whose fantasy points would provide very good information about his team's offense.
Insight pagePositiveDepth Chart0:01
Josh Jacobs will be going in a different place later in the year, affecting the uniqueness of draft combos.
Insight pageKenyan Drake
PositiveValue0:32
The analyst expresses interest in drafting Kenyan Drake, calling him a good bet among Jets high first-round picks.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
PositiveValue0:32
The analyst wants to draft Kenyan Sadiq, viewing him as a good bet among Jets high first-round picks.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
NegativeDepth Chart0:01
Marshawn Lloyd was being drafted as a unique play before the Josh Jacobs situation, but is no longer a unique option due to the depth chart change.
Insight pagePositiveValue0:39
Marshawn Lloyd is advocated for as a running back pick, with the analyst calling him 'a good bet' in late rounds.
Insight pageMatthew Stafford
PositiveValue0:30
Matthew Stafford was available literally free in drafts as a third quarterback option, representing strong value in late rounds.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveProjection0:01
Parker Washington is mentioned as a player whose fantasy points would provide significant information about the Jacksonville Jaguars offense.
Insight pagePositiveBreakout0:43
Parker Washington is ranked ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. by the analyst, who watched the games and called him 'a stone baller' who was roasting cornerbacks, despite the market giving more value to Thomas Jr.
Insight pageRoman Wilson
NegativeBust0:33
Roman Wilson is questioned as a Steelers wide receiver three option, with the analyst expressing concern about what the Steelers WR3 can contribute to fantasy.
Insight pageSavion Williams
PositiveSleeper0:01
Davis Mattek advocates for drafting Savion Williams as a way to get unique with low-owned players in best ball contests.
Insight pageTank Dell
PositiveValue0:33
Tank Dell is selected as a late-round wide receiver option, with the analyst noting he's actually at practice and represents a potential league-winner type pick.
Insight pageTravis Hunter
PositiveProjection0:01
Travis Hunter is mentioned as a player whose fantasy points would provide significant information about the Jacksonville Jaguars offense.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection0:01
Trevor Lawrence is mentioned but questioned as to whether his fantasy points would provide significant information.
Insight pageWoody Marks
PositiveValue0:27
The analyst advocates for grabbing Woody Marks at the tail end of the running back tier, noting that after Marks and Tracy there is a huge drop-off in RB quality, making late-round RB selection more important than roster construction.
Insight pageZach Evans
NegativeBust0:28
Zach Evans was heavily drafted in May and June but the market completely flipped by August; the analyst spent near 100% of free agent acquisition budget on Evans, who never played a snap, calling it possibly the most FAAB ever spent on a player who never played.
Insight pageZachariah Branch
NegativeBust0:35
The analyst is skeptical of Zachariah Branch as a rookie wide receiver, calling him an 'all time screen merchant' playing with an all-time screen merchant quarterback, and noting he's only 5'7" with limited upside.
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Episode Transcript
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1:13What if Keon Coleman goes for 1,500 yards and 10 touchdowns?
1:17That and much more is going to be answered over the course of this Best Ball Fantasy Football stream.
1:24We are hopping in a Best Ball Mania draft with my good friend and Tampa 200 poker champion, Chess Liam, as we
1:32attempt to draft a shipper in Best Ball Mania.
1:35How you doing, brother? You know, assassination attempts, NFL playoffs.
1:38It's only fitting. The World Cup is literally kicking off right now.
1:43Where else would you rather be than going live?
1:46Watch the World Cup game? No, there's time for that.
1:49Right? We're going live. We're ripping a BBM. I'm doing wonderful, Davis.
1:54How you been, brother? I'm doing great. Nowhere I would rather be than right here.
1:59And we are off and running, ready to go as Mexico kicks off against South Africa.
2:05I hope we are in a draft slot to potentially pass on one Mr.
2:10James Cook. Just to really rub it in there.
2:13This guy who wrote, these guys are my quants.
2:16Hey, hey, if these guys are your quants, you're going to have a great, great fantasy football season.
2:23All right, here we go. We are drafting out of the seventh slot.
2:27I mean, James Cook, man, is just frankly a good pick.
2:31Like, I'm not like jamming James Cook. He's fine.
2:34He's fine. Last year was the like, hey, the market is crazy.
2:39The market's not crazy for not having James Cook top five.
2:43But to pretend James Cook is not a good pick is just like, well, you just like, you just got to pick
2:50an anti-bills lean and go with it. Yeah. I mean, just at every possible opportunity, I got to go, got to go anti-bills.
2:59No, it really is just that I, well, for a while I was taking Jefferson over him.
3:05Then that corrected. And then I am, was taking Gentee over him.
3:09Now I'm, I'm going to, I'm going to, James, James Cook is going to be like a, a four to five percenter for me, I think.
3:18I think past the 105, it's defensible to take really anyone, anyone from lamb and about.
3:24I completely agree. Right. Like, like, okay. After Gene T, who I think by eight, like show, show me the ADP.
3:31I don't, I don't actually know who the, the hard line 13 ADP is.
3:36Uh, yeah. So I mean, whoa. Gentee, Gentee just went, he just went.
3:41That happens a lot. So yeah. Technically it's Cook.
3:44But yeah, I take Cook sometimes. Like I can only stomach going Jonathan Taylor in every like one Oh six.
3:51Like I, that's just, I don't, I don't take Jonathan Taylor here.
3:56I take one of the wide receivers here, but who do you want?
4:00Let's go sun God today. Why not? Yeah. I, cause I'm, I'm light on St.
4:06Brown. I have only 4% of him. I have six and a half percent of JT 5% of McCaffrey, which is right about, right about what I want.
4:16Cause I was, I was taking Gentee. I was taking Jefferson and I was even taking Lamb there, um, as well.
4:23Like, and, and I structurally though your teams, I, I like them better when you have the wide receiver in the first round.
4:31Cause the wide receivers in the second round are not great.
4:35And the running backs in the second round are great.
4:39Yeah. And I also just think there's a case like year after year, this is the case of like, we're kind of just bored of this guy.
4:48And I think no one is clearer than that, than like CD lamb where, okay.
4:54Had a down year was injured. George Pickens had a good year goes from the consensus, like one Oh two to one
5:02Oh three in drafts to one 111, one 14.
5:05You know, it's just like, obviously CD lamb can be wide receiver number one in, in, uh, he's done it.
5:12He's done it. He's done it. And his, his playoff schedule is, is flat out.
5:17Awesome. You know? Um, and a Monroe is kind of like the classic, like this guy's boring, but he had, he is,
5:25he is the classic most like everyone hates St.
5:28Brown. Like everyone's like, Oh, I got to draft Jamison Williams.
5:32I got to draft Jameer Gibbs, but no one, no one wants to Cape for St.
5:38Brown, including me. Right. Including I'm bored. But you know, he put up just like, just like, there's only so many years
5:46of 1400 and 12 touchdowns before people are like, okay, yeah, you're the one Oh six.
5:51Do you want to take chase Brown or Derek Henry?
5:55I am on the chase Brown side of the coin there.
5:59Yeah, I am too. Um, I mean, they didn't add anyone like what, what's the, he could be running back one overall.
6:07Uh, no, no, because they're still gonna, they're still gonna play P Ryan on, on third downs.
6:13I mean, it's so funny actually to go back and look at it.
6:18The, the chase Brown thing is like, he was actually playing only about 65% of the snaps when he was scoring all those touchdowns.
6:26It was just very funny how he got that production.
6:30But he catches passes on first and second. Like I get P Ryan's going to be there past blocking when it's like third and 12.
6:39Right. Which, okay. They're not checking down to the running back all that often anyways, but chase Brown's in there getting dump offs throughout the game.
6:48I like him a little bit better on PPR, but yeah, I have chase Brown closer to the one, two turn.
6:55I like him more than say Kwan. Like, how are you feeling about these guys who were just objectively bad last year?
7:03I mean, I feel, I feel bad about taking them, but just P Ryan played a lot, dude.
7:10Look at this. I mean, he's playing half the snaps in some of these games.
7:15Yeah. He's playing like Ty Johnson's playing man. Like they're out there.
7:19He's playing, he's playing much more than Ty Johnson.
7:22Okay. But chase Brown's still producing. Yeah. I'm not, I'm, I'm not saying, I'm not saying I, I, I just took, I just took chase Brown.
7:32Chase Brown is a, is a, is a good, good click, but I, he can't finish as the running back one.
7:39He just won't get, he won't get enough touches.
7:42He's got like a 280 touch guy. I think he could, I think he could surprise if it requires the Bengals defense
7:50to still be bad, which seems less likely. Uh, but yeah, I mean, I would say anyone Jeremiah love plus could be the RB one.
7:59Jeremiah love also could not be the running back ones teams.
8:03It could be, could be right. Zeke was near on a, on a good team though.
8:09Cowboys were, Cowboys. So it requires Carson Beck to be good.
8:13Like that's unlikely, but Carson Beck will not be good.
8:16I solved that. I solved that one for you.
8:19It's unlikely, but could happen. All right. Jam here.
8:23Yeah. I think, I think he's a big ADP follower.
8:26Although I, I mean, frankly, I have the same concern for Trey McBride that I have for Jeremiah love, which is they
8:34are just going to be so ass by the market.
8:38Like the market like started with McBride over Bowers and then people were like, well, Bowers is still better even though the year was bad.
8:47And now we're just like, no, like we just saw what McBride did.
8:51I get it. They just, they just decided that Brock Bowers is a grown man, Liam.
8:57So is McBride man. So is McBride. Like McBride in the third round should just not be a thing.
9:04Um, is, is I honestly, is he a grown man?
9:07Is Trey McBride a grown man? For fancy football he is for it.
9:12It's just so funny. Like to really think about what happened last year for Trey McBride, which was the Arizona Cardinals.
9:19Do we have a goal? No. Say, Oh, uh, the Cardinals were like trying to get him records.
9:26Like you, you were seeing this at like the end of games, you know, they'd be, I don't, I don't think so, man.
9:34I'm guess I, I actually like, I'm happy to take Trey McBride.
9:38I have 12% of him or whatever. It is not going to surprise me at all.
9:44If Trey McBride has like a markedly worth fantasy football season while being like similarly good, maybe even better than he was
9:52last year because they are not scamming for him.
9:55What does a bad McBride season look like to you?
9:59Like, and let's use PPR because it's easier to wrap our brain.
10:03Like 15 points per game? No, like 13 and a half points per game.
10:0813 and a half. All right. We're up. Uh, it'd be burdened by my rankings and by ADP scataboo, Mike Evans.
10:15I'm a big Mike Evans guy. You, you and Coraine big Mike Evans guys.
10:20Oh, Coraine sharp on that. Uh, I mean, to me, that is not even it's like, I don't even think Luther, I
10:28don't even think Luther burden and Mike Evans are in the same category of fantasy football player for this upcoming season.
10:36You're just feeling the Luther burden, Amon Ra. Um, I'm dude, I feel it.
10:41I, you know what, you know what, I, I, you know what I feel in my, in my bones, Liam, I'm on Ross St.
10:49Brown plus that's what I feel. I feel everyone else, man.
10:53I don't, for me, you know what I feel, and I've been pretty good at getting this vibe is the same reason
11:01why I thought it was, I literally tweeted out last year in the summer.
11:06I was like, people don't understand Stafford could be MVP this year.
11:10And this was when he was going in out, out of the tent.
11:15And they're like, no, he is, his back is to be in crowd.
11:19That's the same vibe I get from the Evans Purdy where Evans healthy man with like really speculative target competition around him.
11:27Uh, who knows what Kittle will be this season.
11:30It's it's so the thing is, is it's not that speculative because there are so many guys it is though.
11:38Cause it's like, is Ricky Pierce all good. Is Christian Kirk good?
11:42Is Ricky, Ricky Pierce all Ricky Pierce all is good.
11:45He's just injury prone. And then they spent the 33rd overall pick on a guy.
11:51Kittle says he's going to be back week one.
11:54You have to allot 120 targets to McCaffrey. Like it it's, it's not like CMC could slow at any point.
12:01And even dude, even if McCaffrey cannot run, like if he's averaging 2.5 yards per carry, he's still getting scammed.
12:08All I'm saying is 1300 plus yards, 10 plus touchdowns.
12:12Oh, come on. Come on. 1500, 1500 yards, bro.
12:151500 yards. Honestly. Yes. I feel that right. Like, uh, all right.
12:19We are back up. All the running backs are gone unless you want.
12:24I'm either Watson more or Lamar for some week 17 correlation with Chase Brown.
12:29Can I, can I sell you on Judkins? No, I'd go price.
12:33If you want to go running back. All right, we're going to fuck, fuck, fuck.
12:39Okay. We got Watson. I was about to, I like Watson.
12:42I think the Watson is, is also like just a smash pick.
12:47My, my fingers, my fingers were, were not nimble right there.
12:51I agree with you that Evans could have a crazy touchdown season that much, that much is certainly true, man.
12:58Like why can't he be getting a hundred plus a game?
13:02Uh, here we go. Mike Evans has had 1500 yards once in his career.
13:07And now he's back again, baby. Don't you realize that we live in the age of GLP ones and stem cells?
13:14No, no, honestly, honestly. So people are, people are going to think that is a joke.
13:20I actually think all these guys coming back crazy fast from injuries.
13:24I think these guys are taking BPC one. I'm worried about that.
13:28Honestly, as someone fading the injured guys, I'm a little worried.
13:32Not even, I I'm saying I'm not even, I'm, I would go on the record as saying I would, I would bet on it.
13:41I would bet that these guys are taking BPC one, five, seven.
13:45There's, there's really not another explanation. What does that do?
13:49Like I'm not that hip to the drugs. Does that like, so BPC one, five, seven is Mexico scored.
13:56There we go. Bang. I've got the, I've got that.
13:59Oh, and that was Quinones as well. That's a, that's good for your boy right there.
14:05Spoiler guys. Yeah. Yeah. Bring up what Jake's saying here.
14:08The Luther Burden line is like 800. Oh, the old draft King says, Luther burns only going to get 825.
14:16I'm so scared. There's never, there's never been a bad, there's never been a bad prop line in the history of fantasy football.
14:24All right, we're up. Um, I, I think we like actually have to take like Romandre here.
14:30Probably. I don't. Um, I like Parker Washington. Tyler Warren is fine to me.
14:35All right, Liam, that's me extending an olive branch to you there.
14:39There's a, there's a Parker Washington. I probably have a team like this.
14:44Honestly, we like this is a, we, we gotta get some more Davis influence on these picks.
14:50Uh, you know, I'm happy. I'm happy when someone is in my, who come, you know, comes to visit, to visit my domicile.
14:58Yeah. And a different player tree is, is explored.
15:01Uh, I'll tell you, I'll tell you what I'm starting to, if you're drafting by yourself, what picks are you not making on this team?
15:10Uh, I'm definitely taking a running back over Watson, like a hundred percent of the time I'm taking burden over Evans.
15:18Uh, Parker Washington at 66 is actually fine. This range is kind of dead zone.
15:23There's like four or five backs. Like they're all good bets, but some of the bets are like, they're not that much different than Jalen Warren.
15:32They're not that much different than, uh, Kenneth Gainwell.
15:35They're not that much different than, uh, you know, Brooks, whatever.
15:39Right. Maybe Rico. Like I could see guys matching the production of some of these dudes.
15:45Toon is the one where it's like, if he's a hit, he is a first round pick next year.
15:52Like he's the one where it's like, Oh, he's a big swing.
15:56Price is a big swing. David Montgomery is like, okay.
16:00Yeah. He could plod through a, you know, whatever.
16:03Bunch of yards, bunch of touchdown season. Unexcitingly. Like he can Javante Williams it.
16:08He can. He's just like way worse. Um, all right.
16:11We are back up. We didn't get Jalen Warren.
16:15Uh, do you want to take Chuba Hubbard? I do Trevor.
16:19I hate the Chuba bet myself. I don't, I don't really like it either.
16:23Um, I would do Harvey straight up over or, or Trevor.
16:27We're going to take, we're going to take Trevor.
16:31Cause I ran out of time there. Um, for sure.
16:34Just like outproduce a ton of these dudes going ahead of him in drafts too.
16:40Yeah. Uh, okay. To be fair, it might not actually be BPC one five seven.
16:45It could just be one of the, it could be one of the analogs, but basically there are a group of, you understand the sentiment.
16:54Yes. There, there are a group, I mean, read a true tide, uh, does it as well.
17:00There are, there are a group of peptides that like, they just accelerate healing like to like an absurd degree.
17:07And I don't, I don't believe they are popular enough at this stage to be banned by the NFL.
17:14Like there, I could be wrong about this. There could be like very specific things in the, the union agreement that does
17:22ban them, but I'd be, I I'll, I'll put it this way.
17:26If next off season, there is a big, uh, like athletic article about, Oh, George Kittle and Daniel Jones and Patrick Mahomes and Malik neighbors.
17:35They all did these like gray market peptides, um, for, for research purposes.
17:39Um, and, and, and we're able to come back.
17:43That's why they're legal. They're legal to be. I would say like, I'm mostly fading these injured guys, but if everyone injured
17:50does well this year, it's a clear canary in the coal mine.
17:55Clear. I think, I think here we go Rico or Kenneth Gainwell.
17:59Or Brooks. You know what? I'll go, I'll go, I'll go Gainwell because I've kind of been.
18:05I think we should do Rico. Like for, I myself am on the Warren side of the coin, but I just know
18:13one of those guys is getting the Kenneth Gainwell work.
18:16And I thought that our better chance was to go Rico here and get Gainwell with the next pick or Brooks with the next pick.
18:25Like we can get both those guys. I just, I just, I just read a super bullish quote on, uh, on Gainwell actually.
18:34And that's why, that's why I mean, I've been jamming Gainwell all draft season.
18:39He's one of my highest drafted players. I have, I've been drafting Tucker honestly is the, is the one that I've been drafting.
18:47I've been doing the most of the Gainwell because it's kind of just like dude score 200 fancy points last year.
18:54Let's see if that keeps going. But the other thing I want to be doing is I'm perfectly happy to, if I
19:02don't get Warren to take Rico, um, Bucky also is back at practice today, by the way.
19:08So that can change things a little bit. The NFL can know about the experimental stuff already, but that's not the same thing as it being banned there.
19:18I don't think they ban recovery drugs. Like they're just trying to ban HGH and steroids, you know?
19:25Well, I mean the, the drugs are, the, the peptides do function very similarly to, to steroids.
19:31So I won't be, I won't be surprised anyway, but I, I, it will, it will make me do a wind horse.
19:38If all these injury guys come back and are good, I will be going.
19:43This guy calling Marshawn Lloyd, an ethical baller has me dead.
19:47Marshawn Lloyd is a super ethical baller and won't take that.
19:51That is a, that's a very good bit. I think we should take Jonathan Brooks here.
19:57Yeah. Brooks is quick. Yeah. And I think going like, I think we got a little lucky to get Brooks there, but I think going Rico first.
20:07You're usually like, this is how I've been cobbling together running back rooms is I go a running back in the second or first.
20:15If I go wide receiver in the first, I go three wide receivers through four through six a lot.
20:22And then I'm just taking a couple of these like Gainwell, Brooks is Dobbins, just hanging out in this area of the
20:30draft and being like, yeah, I could see a really good season from them.
20:35Then I got like two good bets at a, add two to three bets later.
20:40Oh, all right. There we go. Already, already banned.
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21:49I mean, yeah, but there's a senior. Well, yeah, I don't know.
21:53I was going to say that to me, to me, I'm like, I don't know, man.
21:59If there's something, something does not smell right. Something is rotten and dead Mark with how every injury guy other than neighbors
22:07is like, dude, I'm playing week one. Every guy who, who, who is other than neighbors is having a bad injury recovery right now.
22:15Yeah. But it's also may. So like, is this real or it's June?
22:20Is this like, is that real? Or is that like, I'm not lying.
22:25Yes, it could. It could be August, August 15th.
22:28And actually it turns out Daniel Jones can't play and Tucker.
22:32McDonald straight up said Zach Charbonnet might play week one.
22:35Like, dude, call. No, he's not. Yes. Yeah. You know, it's like, let's pump the brakes on a little bit of this coach belief.
22:44Yep. Yep. I'm with that. I mean, you, you know what?
22:48You know what? Dante, you're, you're so right. Mahomes doesn't even need it.
22:52He, he just healed himself because he's, he's that guy.
22:56He's not relieving the charge on the experiment. He's got the best.
23:00Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I mean, I feel like when you take, I think it's a Brown, you just take off every time.
23:08Right. Yeah. Especially because like the, the love week 17 matchup is like the nut low of like feeling good.
23:16Yeah. It is so bad. Like I do have a lot of memory of Alec Pierce torching the Texans defense and like
23:23Davis mills somehow putting up a good game against the, or like that Colts Davis mills game with the backup.
23:31But I don't, I'd prefer to be on the golf bear side of the coin there.
23:36Although the golf bears, it is outside small hands.
23:39Dude, the, the, in the, in the indoor outdoor numbers for golf are so bad.
23:45You're like, these have to be made up like it.
23:48It, it, it, and obviously it includes like it for his career.
23:53It includes some of when he was on those, those terrible Rams teams, but still the numbers, the numbers are basically like,
24:00Oh, what does he play with his left hand?
24:04Does he throw lefty when he plays outdoors? I mean, it's insane.
24:08It's crazy how bad he is outdoors with his little baby hands.
24:12I mean, where are you at on bears lions for a ranking of week 17 games?
24:18Is that your number? I did a, I did, I did a video on it.
24:23I think it was my fourth game. I think I did third or something like that.
24:29Third of my, my sneaky week 17 game is new Orleans, Atlanta.
24:33I think that's the big one. People were upset.
24:36I left that one out because you only have five and there's like a, my sneaky one was a Cardinals Raiders.
24:44Like I could just see the Cardinals stinking it up and then it's just, that's the, that's the, so that was, that
24:52was in my, cause I did it tiered and that was in my top tier as well because that's the who cares ball.
25:00Yeah. That's the one where it's just like, Oh my God, like 30 points for everyone.
25:06You know? Yeah. That's the, these teams are, these teams are eliminated and yeah, everyone or, or you have, I don't even
25:14know who the, I guess you have Kurt cousins playing against Carson back and Brock Bowers and Trey McBride both have ended
25:21their season early and, and things like that. Where are you at on Chris Rodriguez?
25:27Is he, is he draftable to you? Cause if, if so, I don't really, I don't really take him, but pick one of these running backs.
25:36Well, I kind of think we should take him with Trevor.
25:40Cause I, I don't think he's like done playing football.
25:44I just think he has an injury. That's probably going to be fine soon.
25:49I am, I am so ideologically opposed to Chris Rodriguez.
25:52I, this is, you know what it is, dude?
25:55It's, it's Tootin versus, uh, or it's chase Brown versus Zach Moss again.
26:00I hear you, but this is a case where he went from the ninth round to the 11th.
26:06And I want to, my question for you is, is he going from the 11th to the 13th or is he going to return to practice?
26:16He probably comes, he comes back up. Yeah. If he comes back up, then you should just simply be closing your eyes
26:23and be like, well, Tootin could get hurt. Right?
26:27Like, yeah. He's not going to score any points though.
26:30Did you get an email about the underdog, uh, watch party for the world cup?
26:36Is there any of those going on? Uh, yes I did.
26:39Um, but I will be, I'll be out of town.
26:43There's one in Tampa. I'm not going to go, but I just, I just was curious.
26:49You should go. It's, they're fun. It's Friday, blah, blah, blah.
26:53You know, I like to watch sports from home anyways.
26:56Yeah. Ballad. Um, all right. We are up in one pick.
27:00We have got Lawrence golf, chase Brown, Gainwell, Brooks, C rod.
27:04Do you want to take Hunter? I think we should, should take Woody marks and just be done at running back.
27:12I'm fine by me. I've been doing this a lot where it's like, I, I, cause I, if you open up the
27:19running back tab right now, like after Mark's Tracy.
27:23It's like zeros. It's like nothing but zeros. It is a huge drop.
27:27Like maybe throw Pacheco in there. So I think grabbing the tail end of the tier is more important than being like, Oh, I need to have five.
27:37Like we can just add more wide receivers. Hunter's probably going to be there anyways.
27:43Um, and if not him, we can take like five other guys that have upside.
27:48Uh, yes. Um, what are we, what are, so my guy, my guy dev, I don't even remember what, I don't even
27:56remember what we bet, but PPR Tyler vouch for you.
27:59Um, so I hope, I hope I win and I hope I don't have to send you money.
28:06Are you taking the backup 49ers running backs at all?
28:09I take both of them and I try to mix it up and sometimes I take both in a draft together.
28:17Um, I don't, I don't think I've taken both of them together yet.
28:21Don't think about it on DK. It's like, if it's two extra rounds, if you were guaranteeing 49ers RB two, which the
28:29thing is you're not like, like, right. Like we've seen so many times like, Oh, Brian Robinson gets traded for, Oh, uh, you know, whatever.
28:38Some dude gets traded there. James Connor, whatever. But I think it's reasonable to do.
28:44It's also how you don't become, um, you don't miss Kyron for whoever that dude was that was drafted ahead of like Zach Evans.
28:52Like the whole market was jamming Zach Evans in May and June.
28:56And the market just does this. They're just like, Nope, this is the RV.
29:01Zach Evans. Zach Evans might be the most amount of free agent acquisition budget I've ever spent on a player who never played a snap.
29:10I think that he, he might, he might own that owner.
29:14It was like near a hundred percent drafted. People were like, can't make her sucks.
29:20Kyron wasn't being drafted. And then total flip come August.
29:23All right. We are up in two picks. We are just, I mean, this is just a horrible range.
29:30Um, I think it's kind of irresponsible to pass on Gadsden.
29:34I know we need wide out, but like, no, we, we need another tight end.
29:39And these whiteouts are all the same anyways. What's the difference between Denzel Boston and Zachariah branch.
29:45There isn't one. And we just finished with the rest wideouts.
29:49Like when I have golf and Trevor, I've been just living with two QBs and not being like, you need a third
29:57QB because you got to ask yourself is like Matthew Stafford laying around in these last couple of picks.
30:04That's why third QB was smashing is you were getting cheap.
30:08Drake may, you were getting Stafford literally free in drafts.
30:11Uh, so with the capital, it could be that is like Mendoza to me.
30:16Historically, historically speaking with the capital that we have spent two quarterback would be a 15% advanced rate 0.09% finals rate.
30:24Three quarterback would be 16.4% advanced rate 0.1% finals rate.
30:27Okay. So not what I've drafted in all those years and quarterback used to be able to get, get Mendoza with round 18.
30:35Like that's when CJ Stroud went. That's, you know, also Daniel Jones last year.
30:40Just like pull up the quarterback tab right now.
30:44It's yeah, it's horrible. That's what I'm saying. It's like, it's Rogers.
30:48Yeah. Mendoza is the only one where you could sell me like, oh, this guy.
30:53I agree. I agree. Maybe Gino, like maybe a crazy wacky jet season and like Gino's balling.
30:59Yeah. I mean, we should definitely take Debo here.
31:03Yeah. Yeah. I'm Debo. Where do you think he lands?
31:06I mean, it could be, could be Raiders could be back to the commanders.
31:11If they're not able to finish out this Iuke thing.
31:15Even if he, even if I you glance there, I could see.
31:19Even it's still, it's still fine. Yeah. Yeah. I think you could land.
31:24I also, I also think Miami is a possible for digs and Debo where they're just like, yeah, let's go have some fun in Miami, you know?
31:33Yes. Like if they have affinity for their, um, the way see, see Blythe, the way it's done is via the drafts that we import.
31:42And then there's a, like a, basically like a SIM ran based on the combos for the rest of the field is how it goes.
31:51I, you know what? I actually think Gino is fine as well.
31:55I'm probably, I'm probably a little bit higher on Gino than the market.
32:00Like if, if I told you Gino was, I was like, you know, we always talk about like, uh, oh, if you
32:08could, if you could know one stat line for one player for the season, you know, it would tell you a lot about the season.
32:17I feel like just knowing Gino Smith is playing week 17 would be, you'd get so much information.
32:23You'd be like, well, he didn't get ran out of town.
32:27Probably means Garrett Wilson had a good year. Probably means where you said a good year.
32:33Probably means one of Cooper or Sadiq is a big hit.
32:37Well, for me, Russell Wilson signing as a becoming a CBS analyst, because the QB two for the Jets is an undrafted free agent.
32:45So yeah, if the Jets are one in six 16, they might roll the dice, but also all the Jets bets are
32:53like high first round picks that are appealing, you know, like, look, I want to just be drafting Kenyan Sadiq.
33:00And I draft these guys, you know, there's good bets to me.
33:04Uh, all right. Let's go. Are you for the commanders, man?
33:08Oh, fuck. No. Fuck. No. I think he's playing dude.
33:12No, I, we, we can take Jeremy Bernard. I'm a Uke over Bernard, but we'll take, we'll take tank Dell.
33:19We'll take tank Dell. What do you mean, dude?
33:22You cannot be, you cannot still be drafting Brandon.
33:25I, you can the 15th round of fantasy football.
33:29I've drafted zero Jeremy Bernard and I have drafted quite a bit of a Uke.
33:34I learned our lesson with Steelers wide receiver three, maybe.
33:38Oh, I mean, we took, we took tank. That's just who was at the top of ADP.
33:44Ted Hurst was the top of my ranking. No, I know.
33:48I like tank, but the Roman Wilson, like what is the, what is the Steelers wide receiver three doing for us?
33:55No, I, I, I agree with you. Jeremy is not a big target for me at all.
34:01I like Dell. I like Dell too, especially that he's actually like at practice.
34:06But let me ask you this. I Uke gets cut by the Niners in August signs of the commanders.
34:13Where's he going in drafts? Yeah, way higher, but it's just like every, everything that I Uke does.
34:19Like basically where he said 20, 27, that's the only thing that I was a little bit like, what's the, was that a misstep?
34:28What, what was that? It might be like, cause I think what he wants is he wants the 49ers to get maximally
34:36fucked, but if he was smart, he would just show up.
34:40He would just report because if he reports, they have to pay his money.
34:45He's not trying to practice in June and July, man.
34:48He's a veteran. He's going to go in August, roll up to the commanders.
34:53And what are the commanders going to do? Play fricking CMC's brother over him?
34:58No. I mean, they have a lot of wide receivers on their roster.
35:03None of them are any good, but they have a lot of them.
35:07Um, uh, can I interest you in? We do not have a rookie wide receiver yet.
35:13Can we take Zachariah branch? I might Uke for the week 17 correlation with the Jags, but branch is fine.
35:20I just feel like you're like you're taking, when you take branch, when you take, uh, Jeremy Bernard, you're trying to get
35:28like 5.9 points per game and you're not taking a swing at a literal league winner.
35:34Like this is a very unique draft landscape for the late round wide receivers because tank Dell, are you?
35:41Who knows, dude? These guys could stone put up 14 points per game.
35:45Like they just could Travis Hunter. They could. Right.
35:48And everyone could be like, Oh my God. Or they could be zeros.
35:53And I'm not afraid of people being like, Liam was an idiot for drafting.
35:58I Uke again. The dude's a 16th round pick, man.
36:02Like what is Zachariah branch going to actually do in fantasy score?
36:06Shit ton of fantasy points. No, he's not, man.
36:09He's just not right. Like he looks good without the pads on.
36:13I get it. You don't feel good about all time.
36:17He is an all time screen merchant playing with the all time screen merchant quarterback.
36:22Dude, he's five, seven. And like, unless he's, he's taller, he's taller.
36:27He's not. I'm I'll pull up his stats right now.
36:30Pull up the RAS. Pull up the RAS, Liam.
36:33He's a little guy. You know what? To placate you, we will select 585177.
36:38Oh, Brandon. I went, um, he won. He went, he went after us.
36:43The guy took him right after us. Okay. Do you want to, you don't want to take any, do you want to take a third tight end?
36:53I want a wide O. Give me a wide O.
36:56Yeah. Whoever you want. I like booty. Let's do booty actually.
37:00Fuck no. I'm not getting a Kayshawn Booty team on my account and best ball mania.
37:06Kayshawn booty was legit good as a best ball player last year.
37:10Draft him, draft him with your own money. Mr.
37:13Tampa 200. You know, not Tampa 200. If you don't open your third eye to Kayshawn booty, dude.
37:20Not having it. Uh, my guy, Jabroni rebate for the goat.
37:24Since I just drafted the winner. Chess, Liam. It's the will casu of best ball.
37:29Was that the guy? That's just like, not even true, man.
37:33Like will casu is like doing speech play. I was going to say, was it, was he the guy?
37:40They're upset that I'm like, Hey, I won some best ball tournaments.
37:44And they're like, hate watching from home. And they're like, Oh, how dare he?
37:49You know, if some of these other streamers won some tournaments, man, they would say it too.
37:55They would say it too. All right. Let me tell you.
37:59I mean, I've always, I've always said if I won a tournament, I would make, I would make you look like a modest moral young man.
38:08I mean, it would be at, you guys would have no dude.
38:12If I win the mini Schnauzer three, you guys are going to fucking hate me.
38:18Exactly. Right. Like these, you just gotta let it roll off your back, man.
38:23Yeah. Um, all right. So we got a couple of zeros in with branch and Brazil to carry our absolutely legit team.
38:31How about we take Zabie and Thomas? That's a, that's a zero drafted guy.
38:36I actually like, Oh, I I've not zero drafted on my account, buddy.
38:40I've not drafted him yet, but like he's got juice.
38:44It's week 17 correlation. No, we, if we're going to, if we're not going to take a tight end or a running
38:52back or we're not going to take a tight end or a quarterback, we need to do a running back.
38:59I think it should be white out. What is our white outs right now?
39:04We have Amon Ross, St. Brown, Mike Evans, and Christian Watson.
39:08Okay, fine. You take a running back. Uh, Marshawn Lloyd.
39:11God damn it, Liam, dude. I just, I can't all the, all the guys I have 0% of.
39:18Marshawn Lloyd. Lloyd is a good bet. Booty is a really good bet.
39:22I think. Kayshawn Booty is a terrible bet. He's running with the ones at Pat's camp right now.
39:29I don't even think he's at Pat's camp right now.
39:32He's back, man. Liam is trying to rage bait you.
39:36This is straight up how I draft guys. I draft Iuke.
39:40Like, look, it's May and June. If my teams are zeros because I got a U and booty, I just think they're good picks.
39:48Booty had like six best ball games last year.
39:52And I think there's a chance booty lands with the, the commanders, the chargers, the, like he's upset, but he's, he's back.
39:59I think at, uh, the commanders, the commanders, like they're fine, dude.
40:04They're good. They're either getting Brandon. Iuke or they're, they're bringing Debo back.
40:08Oh, please. This Antonio Williams guy that people are drafting in like the 11th round.
40:14He's a, they just had, they just have a bazillion dudes here.
40:18That's the thing. Let me share my screen right now.
40:21What are you going to share? Well, you just wait.
40:25Is this the, is there any chance this is good?
40:29Add me, add me. Keishon booty one handed under the goalposts an hour ago.
40:34He's at there. He's out there. All right, man.
40:37It is not draft him, draft him, draft him of your own accord.
40:41Pull up, pull up, pull up his game logs on your precious flock log.
40:46I mean, I'm sure the game logs are going to be like kind of fine.
40:52Kind of awesome. He, yeah, guess, guess what, dude?
40:55He didn't play. He didn't play with AJ Brown last year.
40:59Yeah, dude killed it in the fantasy football playoffs.
41:02Four points, two points, zero points. 16, 26, 13 and a half, 16 and a half, 13 and a half.
41:09That's five games right there. That's, that's better than some random rookie.
41:14No, this is basically like, uh, what, what did he, what did he get?
41:19551 yards and six touchdowns on 1.56 yards per route run.
41:22I've heard a rumor you're drafting 50,000 teams this year and you're drafting zero of guys who scored a lot of points last year.
41:31Um, look, you gotta, you gotta make some stands and, uh, being out, being out on a guy who scored 124 PPR points works, works for me.
41:41I can be out on 121 the year before.
41:44Pretty solid. Show me the, uh, what's your IUC exposure?
41:47Uh, I don't know. Let's go find out. This is only, uh, uh, the, the DK import is not fixed on this
41:55yet, but eventually it'll, I, it has, it only has like 50 of my teams.
42:01How did Booty compare to Justin Jefferson last year?
42:04As they say in the biz, checkmate. Uh, I've won Kayshawn Booty team.
42:08Must've been, must've been a slow draft or something that I was just like clicking.
42:14What about IUC? One Kayshawn Booty team and Brandon IUC.
42:17I have 46 Brandon IUC teams. This is all post-draft?
42:21No, this is, this is everything. Yeah, pre doesn't count, man.
42:25You drafted like 600 teams pre. I did almost no pre-teams this year.
42:29All right. Uh, I did get, okay. So 18 of my DraftKings teams did import.
42:35So I got to finish doing that. Uh, okay.
42:38There we go. Uh, 19, 19 post-draft. Someone wants us to rank the Jags wideouts.
42:43Are we doing another draft or are we calling here?
42:47We can rank them. Oh, I'm going to, I'm going to be on.
42:52I'm going to be on until the, until the check game comes.
42:56Yeah, we can definitely do another one. I am not doing that.
43:00Let's do another. I'm in for another. Um, I ranked the wideouts.
43:04I have Parker Washington and Brian Thomas Jr. Ranked next to each other, but I have a lot more Parker Washington because that's what the market gives me.
43:14And I do have Parker Washington ranked ahead of Brian Thomas Jr.
43:19Cause I took, I definitely recognize that Brian Thomas Jr.
43:22Could have been all injury, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
43:26But also as someone who watched the games, Parker Washington was a stone baller.
43:31Like he, this was not a mistake that this dude was putting up games.
43:36He was roasting Christian. All right, guys, I'm going to take, I'm going to, I'm going to have, I'm going to, I'm going to show.
43:45So, so obviously everyone wants to argue with me about Parker Washington all the time.
43:50And if I end up losing to Parker Washington, all right, we're drafting at a 10 slot in this one, but we're
43:58going to run, we're going to run the stat head.
44:01You're like, you're like choosing not to draft JSN in the eighth round of fantasy.
44:07Oh my God. I'm choosing not to draft. That's such a classic Liam ism right there.
44:12He's going in the sixth round. He's Jags JSN.
44:16He's Jags JSN. All right. Combined season. I got to pull up, I got to pull up the Parker Washington stats so that I can get this correctly.
44:26All right. Do you want to do, do you want to do career, career stats, or do you want to run from last year?
44:34I don't give a shit what his, the man hit his peak the last five weeks of the year.
44:41How about we do last? How about you do five game stretches, right?
44:46And just throw up the highlight for him. That's, that's okay.
44:50Okay. I'm not even, I'm not even going to do this with you.
44:54I'm not even, I'm not, I'm, I'm actually not going down this road.
44:59I'm trying to help you, man. This is a lifeline sent from Parker Washington nation.
45:04Very, very rarely do we get to make bad gambles and a friend comes and steers you, you know, this is me doing that for you.
45:13I mean, I will take a little bit of your chat, man.
45:18Let, let it like ask them like Parker Washington.
45:21Yay or nay. That gets you engagement on the video.
45:24Well, how about this? How about everyone? If you're watching this on replay, comment down below.
45:30There you go. One for Parker Washington, two for Brian Thomas jr.
45:34That's it. One or two. So for you, it's just the black and white thing, right?
45:40Like it's, you love Brian Thomas jr. So much that Parker Washington can exist.
45:45No, it's not. It's, it's, it's, it's not, it's not at all.
45:49It's that I think Parker Washington is probably going to be in the long list of Denarius moors and Gabe Davises and Travis Fulgham's.
45:58No, no. Who caught lightning in a bottle. He doesn't win in the same way, man.
46:04He doesn't, like Gabe Davises. I don't give it, I don't give, I don't give a shit about any of that.
46:11I don't care about how he wins. I care about, I care about fantasy points.
46:17How he wins is very equipped to the modern NFL.
46:20Like he wins like a Monroe. Like dude, watching that playoff game, I was afraid of Parker Washington.
46:27I was afraid. I was like, my God. You should have been afraid of Byshell Tootin.
46:32Jefferson, like it. The, the, the Jags, the Jags gave that game to the Buffalo Bills.
46:38That was the, that was the, that was the most snatching game.
46:42The Jags were probably the second best team in the AFC.
46:46I'm shocked the Jags win total so low. Did you see how low it is?
46:51It's like nine and a half, I think. Eight and a half.
46:56Well, it's very funny that that would be a first impression.
47:00Cause it was Parker Washington's third year in the league.
47:03No, I drafted Parker Washington one time last year.
47:06I bet you did. I bet you did. I drafted him a lot in the pre-draft.
47:12I bet you did. And I drafted him once post-draft.
47:16I, I remember, I remember taking him in the pre-draft stuff last year.
47:20That was, that was in the, I was in the water.
47:24Yeah. There was a, like, it was a sharp pick in the pre-draft.
47:29I didn't think Parker Washington would become what he came to.
47:33A-chan, Hampton, or Chase Brown. Let's do George Pickens and get unique on him.
47:38I'm not doing that. Okay. Then you do you.
47:41What, Liam, what, what is the value in taking George Pickens there?
47:45What, what do you really like? What, why would you do that?
47:50Because once you get into the pods, you want the easiest path to winning.
47:55And so, in your pod, you will be the only Jefferson Pickens team.
47:59You're not giving up that much projected points. And come week 17, you'll be the only Jefferson Pickens team in the world.
48:07I already, I already, I already. You have a unique path to winning.
48:12Liam, that is terrible advice, dude. That's terrible, dude.
48:15You're giving up so many points. You're giving up so many points, though.
48:20There are so many easier ways to do that.
48:23You're giving up on Drake London for the George Pickens season.
48:27I mean, compared to, compared to him, you're giving up, you're giving up a bazillion points, dude.
48:33They play different positions. The question is, like, Jefferson Pickens, Brees Hall.
48:37Uniqueness is very valuable. I understand it doesn't always win, but I think it's...
48:42I think uniqueness is probably the single most overrated thing you could imagine in best ball.
48:48There's so many ways. There are so many ways to get unique, though.
48:52Why would you want to get unique giving up 75 projected points?
48:57The gap between... First off, Hampton can bust. Hampton can get hurt.
49:01Pickens was, what, the wide receiver four in fantasy?
49:04See, we're not drafting Brian Thomas Jr. in the second round, right?
49:08Like, yeah, Pickens can bust, too, but I just think what is...
49:13We're trying to set ourselves up to the easiest path to winning, and for me, that's uniqueness, right?
49:19The easiest path to winning in all gambling is to make the mathematically correct play.
49:24This is just borne out in any analysis you could possibly run.
49:29How many Jefferson Hampton teams are there in the contest?
49:3230,000? 20,000? Jefferson Hampton is... 0.9% projected owned. Okay, well, it's going to be way chalkier than that.
49:39How many Jefferson... No, you just said 30,000, which would actually honestly be less than 0.9, right?
49:45Or that would be right around... I can pull up the first article I wrote for my site.
49:51Because I did... We have to pick. We have to pick.
49:55Are you... I'm Josh Allen or T. Higgins over Neighbors.
49:59Come on, dude. You're going to lecture me about getting unique, and you're going to lecture me about Brandon Ayuk and your scared of Malik Neighbors, bro?
50:08I mean, if you like Neighbors in the fourth, you're going to love them in the fifth.
50:14See, valid. Valid. This is the exact wrong way to play fantasy football.
50:19If your way of playing fantasy football is, hey, we don't know what's going to happen, go fucking play Tiddlywinks or something.
50:27That's not what we're saying. Okay, here is from...
50:30Yes, anything could happen. Yes, if you just say anything could happen, then sure.
50:35I can't... Because I cannot just prove that. That's not what's being said here.
50:40That's not what's being said here at all. Well, I'm suggesting the easiest path to winning.
50:46Just like a low-ownership guy in DFS. Here's an example.
50:49That's completely out of the hook in DFS. People don't even do that on DFS anymore.
50:55Here's an example in DFS. If you could take a guy that's projected for one and a half points less per week at...
51:03What are you going to do? Egbuka. Not Jacobs?
51:06I'd do Jacobs, too, if you want to do Jacobs.
51:10I stopped taking Jacobs, and now I think I've decided I want to be back.
51:15No, he's a fine pick. He's like the same thing as Javante.
51:20If you could give up a point and a half of projection...
51:24Let's say one guy's projected for 15 points, and one guy's projected for 13 and a half.
51:30And one guy's going to be 30% owned, and one guy's going to be 2% owned.
51:36Would you play that 2% owned guy, giving up only 1 and a half points of projection?
51:42I would do whatever the computer told me to do.
51:45Yeah, and the computer would suggest that. Okay, here...
51:48No, first off, it really... It probably wouldn't, by the way.
51:52One and a half points is massive. It probably wouldn't.
51:56Let me give some examples. This was me from BBM4, which was the year where CD Lamb and Amon Raw were the winning chalk combo.
52:05There were 11,201 teams. That's 20% of all CD Lamb teams.
52:09Okay? So, that basically... It's going to be a little less on Hampton because Hampton's not as tied to the one...
52:16I was going to say, Liam, of all years to do it, this is a bad year to do it because there
52:24just aren't really chalk combos at that corner because everyone mixes and matches in a different way.
52:30Well, but I know for sure Jefferson Pickens is a unique combo.
52:34So, it doesn't matter that... I just know there will be sub-500 and probably sub-100 Jefferson Pickens teams in the whole contest.
52:42But that doesn't... It doesn't matter if... Well, first off, the big reason it doesn't matter is because it doesn't matter if
52:50your team doesn't advance to begin with. So, anyways, okay, there was 11,200 Lamb and Amon Raw teams, right?
52:57Two guys that are on other sides of the board.
53:00Lamb and Devonta Smith, which... Smith was a 2-3 turn guy.
53:04There was 348. So, you went from 11,200 teams to 348.
53:08That is 0.61% of Lamb teams versus 20% of Lamb teams.
53:12Lamb and Derrick Henry, another guy that was at the 2-3 turn, 402.
53:17So, you are literally going down by a factor of 20 by getting unique here.
53:22And you are not giving up... But what are you gaining?
53:26You are not giving up 20 times the projection when you take Hampton over Pickens.
53:31You are not. Period. But what are you... Liam, what I'm asking you is what do I gain from that?
53:39The easiest path to reach the finals and win the contest.
53:42It also... Also, there's like another thing here. There's another thing that's happening here, which is we can't be that certain about
53:50like Jefferson and Pickens could end up becoming a chalk combo with ADP movement later.
53:56No. DJ Moore is a clear pick here. Passed his ADP.
54:001.7% owned for you. I mean, he is just a...
54:03Like, that's got to be the worst pick on the board.
54:07Okay, first of all, on DraftKings, his ADP is like 45.
54:11Yeah, horrible. You got to get your answers from the sharp drafter setting the ADP on DraftKings, Liam.
54:17You're getting... You're admitting some humility by acquiescing to that market.
54:21Number two, he's 2% drafted. So when you have a low percent drafted guy, you should be getting him at an ADP discount.
54:30And people pretending DJ Moore is a terrible pick...
54:33Do you want to take Burrow with D? It's a weekly upside game.
54:37I think it's clearly Burrow. Just always Burrow. Um...
54:41It's a weekly upside game. Ask yourself, did DJ Moore have weak winning upside?
54:46The answer is clearly yes. Here, Liam, here is the issue with taking Pickens there.
54:51He's not going to go to the 1-2 term.
54:54It's not even what I'm going to say. That's what you were...
54:58It could be that Jefferson went higher. It could be that Jefferson ended up going higher because of Addison got hurt, or oh, Kyler Murray looks amazing.
55:08Or it could be JSN got hurt. It could be St.
55:12Brown got hurt. There are a lot of things that could make Jefferson go up higher in average draft position.
55:19But the real issue with doing things just to be unique is that you don't have a way to quantify it.
55:27There's no way. You're just doing... You're doing bro...
55:30It's what Brian calls bro astrology, where you're saying, like, I think this is directionally correct.
55:35And it might... Liam, it probably is directionally correct to some degree in the sense that we don't need to be beholden
55:43to ADPs if the ADPs are bad. There's every chance that the ADPs could be bad.
55:49Like, Amari and Hampton could have a bad average draft position, whatever, in this specific circumstance.
55:55But you don't want to be doing it just based off your gut.
55:59But you should have, like, okay, this percentage of the time it's correct to do this.
56:05This percentage of the time it's correct to do this.
56:09Like, I don't think that it is that straightforward.
56:12And this is so laughably false. I am... I would almost guarantee I've played more poker than Giroudi 2 in my life.
56:20In fact, I would almost guarantee that I've played more hands of cards.
56:24Liam is trying... Liam is trying to connect back in right now.
56:29I did not kick him his... I'm getting a screenshot that his device is not connected.
56:34They will need to connect their mic camera before you can add them again to the stream.
56:40Honestly, it's a good question. Could actually... I could probably look this up.
56:45I could see how unique Bijan and Puka was last year.
56:49Puka had that fall because of the Matt Stafford back injury, right?
56:53That was the thing that happened. Which, in hindsight...
56:56I mean, some of those combinations that you could have done.
57:00And that's actually another example to not get unique for no reason.
57:05What if there is a two-week period where... Oh, Dak is injured and Ben DiNucci is going to be the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys?
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57:58Liam's a Jaden Reed guy. We can take Jaden Reed, and then whenever he connects back in, he'll be happy that I took Jaden Reed.
58:07Liam did not crash out. Liam is currently trying to get back in the stream right now.
58:13Yeah, Puka was a second-round pick for a stretch.
58:17But yes, all I'm trying to say is that...
58:20Well, I mean, there are multiple things I'm trying to say.
58:24But the primary thing is that I don't think trying to get unique on June 11th is the most important.
58:31Like, on June 11th, you're just trying to have 18 guys score the maximal amount of points.
58:37All right. Well, what do we do? Oh, damn.
58:40Okay, Mahomes went... I guess this is probably the Rico Dowdle pick.
58:44Liam just told me he's hip to taking Rico Dowdle as well.
58:49So, we'll see. All right, so what do we have here?
58:53We have got Burrow, Hampton, Jacobs, Dowdle, Jefferson, T.
58:56Higgins, DJ Moore, and Jaden Reed. Be really funny.
58:59I could take Dalton Kincaid and Shakir on this team and just try and make Liam feel happy.
59:05It's true. Imagine trying to argue with three-time basketball champion when I've never won shit.
59:11It's true. It's true. Imagine doing that. You're on the wrong microphone input.
59:15I was hearing you. Thank you. I was hearing you that whole time.
59:20I don't know what happened to me. Big Davis actually hired a North Korean hacker to cut my mic so that he could get his point across.
59:30Here's what I'll say. When you draft all your combos strictly at ADP, Hampton and Jefferson, you are the one who is actually saying anything could happen.
59:39I don't know. You should not. When you're going to say Dak could get hurt, you're the one who's saying anything could happen.
59:48Dak might get hurt. My unique combo might not exist.
59:51That is such a misrepresentation of what I'm saying.
59:54That's literally what you said. When you draft unique combos, and you don't need to do this in every draft.
60:01You can do this in whatever you feel is right to yourself.
60:06This could be 5% of your drafts. It could be 10%.
60:10It could be 20%. But if you're asking me whose portfolio would I rather invest in, the guy who drafts 150 teams
60:17at ADP very rarely goes beyond that. Or the dude who drafts 150 teams, unique combos it, and then goes at ADP at different parts.
60:26So you're getting unique combos. Like, I'd rather take the unique combo guy.
60:31Because I'm, again, I'm trying to win this contest and give myself the easiest path to first.
60:37And to me, that's simply having two low-owned players.
60:40I don't know how you even argue against this in your pods.
60:45Like, imagine, Davis. Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo. It's week 15. You are in a pod.
60:49And you have Jefferson, Hampton, and there's five other teams.
60:52You're not feeling so good. If you have the only Pickens-Jefferson team.
60:57I wouldn't give a shit about that at all.
61:00I wouldn't care. If you have the only Pickens-Jefferson team, how are you feeling?
61:05Or you're week 17. You have a clean out to winning $2 million.
61:09You need Jefferson and Pickens to go off. How are you feeling, big dog?
61:14How are you feeling? Any of the week 17 uniqueness is going to be taken care of via filtration from how big
61:22the pool is to how small it gets. It's completely...
61:26It is completely... Like, who ends up in the pods in week 17 is effectively completely random in terms of ownership.
61:33Yeah. I mean, you can't control what teams get to the end.
61:38But you can definitely control how unique your combo will be for your first...
61:43Your most valuable players when you get there. And this is something I like to do.
61:48Who do you want to take? I have very little Pierce-Saw.
61:52I would do him. I'm not hip to who's on our team as far as week 17 correlation.
61:59Well, we should take... Actually, we should take Kyler.
62:02Let's do Jordan Love or Kyler. Jordan Love has the...
62:05Jordan Love has a bad week 17 game, but we will.
62:09We will take Jordan Love. That saves... Because then we only have to take two quarterbacks if we take him.
62:17Well, Kyler too, I would say. They have the same...
62:20Burrow and Kyler have the same bye. Okay. Um...
62:23And then, yeah. I was going to say Golden, Pierce-Saw.
62:27I'm happy to slam Golden in this too and just be like, one of these guys is going to smash with the Packers.
62:35Golden was open a lot. I take Golden. I take Golden a lot.
62:40Um... I mean, how much... Like... Let's use the same position to make it a little bit cleaner.
62:46Do you really feel like you're getting a player so sub-op...
62:50So sub-opinal when you go George Pickens versus... Like, scroll up to those wideouts for me.
62:56Who even is that? Like, uh... I guess it's only A.J.
63:00Brown? Like, you feel like you're getting such a better bet when A.J.
63:04Brown goes with the 1-2? I would have taken...
63:07I would have happily taken A.J. Brown at 20 with JSN.
63:11Only because... Well, no, no. I'm talking about with us with Jefferson.
63:16So... So... A.J. Brown goes at the 1-2 turn quite a bit.
63:20London goes there. So when you take Pickens or Nico Collins, the guys who usually don't, you feel like you're making a
63:28bad play because you're giving up nothing effectively? Like, these are...
63:32I think structurally... I think structurally starting wide receiver, wide receiver, and taking one who projects worse than all these guys is quite bad.
63:40Yeah. There's a reason all those running backs are going there in ADP, and I think the ADP is correct.
63:47What format do you think Pickens fits best? PPR or half-point PPR?
63:52He's good in both. It's the half-point, baby. See, and this...
63:56I just... I refuse to view fantasy football this way.
63:59Jason was going late round three last year. Was it...
64:03No, yes. Guess what? The year fucking Derrick Henry was a fourth-round pick, but he scored a billion points, guess what?
64:10You couldn't take him in the first round. His point is not that we just did that.
64:16His point is that if you do this with enough players, you're going to inherently have a valuable, unique combo.
64:23Look, if Pickens sucks in fantasy football this year, he sucks in fantasy football.
64:28That's out of my control. Like, he was a good...
64:32To me, he's a good bet. He was a good bet last year.
64:37He's the wide receiver four in fantasy, right? Like, I'm making a good bet.
64:42If I was making that bet, I would never be approaching it from your perspective of wanting to get the unique combo.
64:49I'd be doing it from, I think the projection on this player is wrong, and so I want to have more than him of the field.
64:59I just think that's... Totally disregarding the game you're playing to do that.
65:03Like, you're the one who's saying the only way you win in best ball is getting the highest projected point and everything
65:11else is random, and that ignores a lot of the game theory levers you can pull to try to win.
65:18I just think that... I just think basically... Like, that's your...
65:22You're going like this to the game. Like, la-la-la-la-la-la.
65:25I think the game theory... The game theory levers in best ball are basically worthless.
65:31I just don't think... I don't... I think they're...
65:34I think they're completely worthless because it's a game...
65:37Well, it's hard to realize. It's hard to realize your equity in best ball.
65:42No disagreement. But there are definitely ways to set yourself best up for success.
65:47I think it would be true. Like, because the values are not constant.
65:52Like, you can't apply, like, poker game theory. You can't even apply DFS game theory to it, really, because the values are too...
66:00Well, I like it. I like that it's an intuitive game, and if people are more...
66:06Like, I don't want to spend a lot of energy arguing this because I just know I'm correct on it.
66:13I'm clear digs here. Unless you feel like we need the running back.
66:17No. I mean, hey, we took Hampton. Or actually, we probably should have gotten Mark Andrews there for the Week 17, but hopefully we get him anyways.
66:27What have you been doing with Andrews? I've not been drafting him, but...
66:32Oh, I'd jam him. I mean, him and Kelsey are probably, like, the two best tight end picks on the board.
66:39It's just hard to get... Like, how do you justify his season last year?
66:44Didn't he score, like, 10 touchdowns? No, he didn't.
66:47He had, like... Did he have, like, one game above eight points?
66:52Pull up his game log. I honestly don't remember.
66:55I honestly just assumed he was good. It was bad.
66:58It was a bad game log. Oh, Lamar was, like, hurt all last year.
67:03Okay. So we're just... And? Basically, everyone sucks. Zay Flowers suck, too.
67:08Just pull up the game logs, man. It's a brutal game log to look at.
67:13I'm doing it. I'm doing it. Let's take him here, though.
67:17Yeah, I agree. It was my first time drafting Mark Andrews.
67:21I've drafted him a lot. All right, Mark Andrews game logs.
67:2527 points against Detroit. 16 points against Miami. 15 points against Cleveland.
67:29Better than Kayshawn Booty. No, it's not. Actually. It's actually not.
67:33I think he actually just barely outscored him. But that's not what matters in best football.
67:39It's a weekly game. He had three usable weeks.
67:42Four if you count the 10-pointer. I mean, yeah, but he's back with Lamar and likely he's gone.
67:48I don't know. Second highest Super Bowl odds. The Ravens.
67:52That's kind of shocking to me. Is that shocking to you or no?
67:57I mean, it's just everyone is going to get a rude fucking awakening when Pat gets back on the field in week one.
68:05That's all. I have no opinions on the AFC market.
68:08Are you guys even better than the Chargers and Broncos?
68:12No, but we have Pat. Doesn't matter. Pat was a Tyreek Hill, Max.
68:17We have the guy you need. We have the guy you need.
68:21When Tyreek Hill left, so did Pat Mahomes. Like, the Pat Mahomes you remember lives in 2011 highlights.
68:272017 highlights, man. I'm going to be honest. I don't think that's true.
68:32I'm going to keep it real with you. Everyone just stare at that image.
68:37I did not know this was our thumbnail. I would not agree.
68:41Everyone can just look at this image of Chess Liam laughing and Patrick Mahomes smiling and they can just think about it.
68:49I forget when I did that, but that is so funny of me.
68:54I believe that was after they narrowly scraped out a playoff win against the sad sack loser Jacksonville Jaguars.
69:00Oh, okay. Yes. Everyone was like, the Jags are going to win.
69:05Because everyone was taking like ETN and Strange and like the FFPC contest and stuff.
69:10Brandon Cook's man, dude. He caught that ball. He didn't catch it.
69:14But even still, dude, Josh should be so fucking embarrassed for that fumble.
69:19That fumble against the Broncos is just, that was some rookie year Josh.
69:24Josh, I have a broken foot and he's out there balling.
69:27He's not, he's not doing Mahomes fake ACL tear like out of the playoffs.
69:32Fake ACL tear. You want to know, you want to know something that's technically true because of when Mahomes left that game.
69:40He's never played a down of professional football where he couldn't win.
69:45I knew the Chiefs fans would cling to that.
69:48And honestly, it gives me life that you guys do.
69:51Never, never played a down. We got to take a running back.
69:56I think we do Gadsden because all the running back bets are the same.
70:01Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. I'm Gadsden. I do legitimately like, I think he's, I think he's good.
70:07I, well, especially when you have like a reasonable tight end one, just taking him as your second and final.
70:14Like, look, he's not going to block for you, but you're drafting him for some big games.
70:20I mean, Mike McDaniel had the worst blocking tight end of football last year, Darren Waller and gave him a bazillion percent routes.
70:28That's what I'm saying. Maybe tight end whisperer, right?
70:31Jonu Smith. No, I don't, I don't think it's tight end whisperer.
70:36I think it's that he really values that role in his passing game.
70:40Like, I think he just, I just think he, he thinks that is like a huge thing to add.
70:47Which seems smart. Yeah. I mean, I still draft Nujoku, but I think the Gadsden bet's just good.
70:53Howard, dude, how are you drafting David and Joku?
70:57You're drafting him over, over Dulcich and T-Ferg? Not always, but sometimes.
71:01I draft those guys too. Yeah, I don't know.
71:04Pick your champion. Tajay Spears. Where? I like Dylan Sampson because I don't draft them.
71:09We have a week, we have a week 17 with Spears.
71:13We have, oh, Rico? The Rico-Spears combo, dude. Dude, you never know.
71:18This is a P-Ryne team. No, dude, come on.
71:21We got the team for us because I kind of got cut out there, so where are we week 17?
71:28Burrow, Jordan Love, Amari and Hampton, Josh Jacobs, Rico Dowdle, Tajay Spears, Justin Jefferson, T-Higgins, DJ Moore, Jaden Reed, and Matthew Golden.
71:36Steven, Stebon Diggs, Mark Andrews, and Arande Gadsden. Honestly, we're relatively balanced here.
71:40I don't think we're hurting at running back. We're not hurting at wide out.
71:45We got to take Savion Williams to get unique, dude.
71:49Got to pull that. Well, getting unique with low-owned players is also good.
71:54So, like, Jeff Wilson Jr., the year he got hurt, almost 0% drafted.
71:58After he got hurt, I drafted him on my BBM2 team, right?
72:03Like, sure, low-owned guys that aren't drafted is another way to set yourself up for success.
72:08That is—so, I will give you credit on your uniqueness point if you do want to get unique.
72:15And, like, a phenomenal way to do it is to do it with these jabronis at the end of the draft.
72:22Like, here's a really good example. You're just too afraid to do it the other smart way, which is by making unique combos at the top of drafts.
72:32Like, Emmitt Johnson ownership percentage, he's expected to be drafted almost 100% of the time, 8.1%, so almost every draft.
72:39And, I don't know, Emmitt Johnson versus— Jaden Blue right now.
72:43Let's go Jaden. He might go up. Jaden Blue might go up, but Jaden Blue right now is on less than a quarter of teams.
72:52That is a phenomenal example. Jordan James is very rarely drafted on underdogs.
72:57Jordan James, yeah, same thing. I was drafting Marshawn Lloyd before the Josh Jacobs stuff, so he would have been a unique guy for me.
73:06Now he's not going to be. But still, it's like, oh— I mean, 20% of the contest is full, though.
73:13Yeah, and, again, even more so to the uniqueness point, the combos you can get later in the year will be different than now, right?
73:22Neighbors will be going in a different place. Jacobs will be going in a different place.
73:27To be fair, a dude in this very draft did take Jente at three, so the combos are not as clean as you think.
73:36Like, ironically, he's like the lone player I see people do that a lot with for some reason.
73:42They're just like jamming. The Jente people are—they're insane.
73:46They're just dumb in. I'm one of them. I'm one of them.
73:50So he's probably the worst player to get unique on.
73:53But another thing to that point is when you do see multiple people doing that, well, then you can draft that ADP
74:01and get unique—the most valuable unique, which is just like unique followers.
74:06So, again, another point I wanted to—pick another running back.
74:09Kamara. Well, actually, let's wait. Let's wait and see.
74:12No, let's do Kamara. No, we need a third tight end.
74:16Pick one of these guys. Dulcich. Dulcich, Fryer with her helm.
74:20I'm Kamara. You can pick the other player. Dulcich has— I like Barner better than all those tight ends.
74:27Dulcich has a week seven playoff matchup versus everyone on our team.
74:31I just like that symmetry. Okay. I think Barner is a better half-point PTR.
74:36This honestly actually is a great point from Jay Strez, which is Bowers as well.
74:42Bowers will have combinations with everyone because the Bowers people are crazy.
74:46Right. Again, being one of them. But the player I suggested to you was a player I know will be sticky to the 2-3 turn.
74:55Yeah, what if he isn't? What if it's August and he still hasn't reported and all of a sudden someone has our team?
75:03Someone has Jefferson, Hampton, and Pickens. Won't bother me because I'm doing it.
75:08It won't bother me because I'm doing it with five other players.
75:12Won't bother me because I've got—it doesn't bother me because Tajay Spears is going to outscore Hampton, dude.
75:18That's not what I said. It won't bother me because I'm also doing it with— It doesn't bother me because I'm going
75:26to fucking ship it like I did BBM2, dude.
75:29Kamara win. Kamara win. That's what I think people characterize me as.
75:34Give me a running back. Ray Davis? I don't know.
75:37We should have taken— I like Ray Davis. I think it's a big mistake when there's 50 tight ends you feel good about.
75:45And Kamara is a legit upside bet. No, he's not.
75:49No, he's not. He is, man. He is. I don't want him in every draft.
75:54No, but Kamara is—he is a floor bet. He is a—he can grind me out 8.5 points bet.
76:01He stands on the right team, and he's Javante Williams-ing it.
76:05No. No. Incorrect. Zero percent. You know what's really funny is my cousin—my cousin who's like my best friend lives in St.
76:12Louis, and he's like—he drove by you one time mowing your lawn.
76:17I was talking to him earlier today. He's like, I'm driving by Davis' house right now.
76:22He doesn't know which one it is. He's like, it's one of these houses.
76:27I have a big corner lot, so it takes me forever to mow.
76:32So I actually get that quiet. It takes me like two hours to mow.
76:37So I get that a lot. Scroll to the top of the board, though.
76:42Like the first three rounds. Currently, unless something wild happens, like players who are going to be sticky to the 2-3 turn are McBride, Jeremiah Love, Nico, Pickens.
76:52After that, it's a little murky. I disagree. I disagree with you entirely because we've already seen through a month and a
77:00half of the season, we have seen the 2-3 turn be the single most noisy point of the whole draft.
77:07Not with those players, though. I do agree with you that like— It's been—the 2-3 turn is ripe for change in either
77:15direction because people's priors there are not strong. Whatever.
77:18Go James Cook 101. Go Jefferson 101. You know what?
77:22Everyone in my lobbies, take James Cook 101. If you were in my lobby, follow Liam's advice.
77:28Get super unique. Take James Cook 101. You need to open your third eye about what you're actually—how many entrants are in this contest, man?
77:37You think you're just going to like pick the ping-pong balls and have it go your way?
77:43Liam, either I'm going to win or I'm not.
77:46You know, 50-50. See, that's the wrong way to approach this.
77:50You should be optimistic and delusional enough to set yourself up to best win.
77:55When I drafted the right way, I advanced like six fucking teams in the contest.
78:00You're drafting to not be made fun of in January.
78:04And that's suboptimal to winning. Correct. You need to be willing to look like a fool.
78:09I got to keep—I got to keep the—I have a child to feed, you know?
78:15I got to keep the YouTube views coming in, brother.
78:18Well, they're going to come in whether you advance well or not.
78:23No. No, they will not. No, they will not, dude.
78:26See, you're afraid, man. Like, I'm not afraid. The people quote tweeting me in Thanksgiving don't bother me, man.
78:33They don't bother me. Well, first off, they do because you do the same thing I do.
78:39I block tons of people on Twitter, too. You do the same thing.
78:44I block and mute weirdos, yes. Like, I just don't want people in my mentals.
78:49But, like, you know, whatever. People are going to hate.
78:52They hate you because they're jealous of you, right?
78:56Exactly. If Davis advances under 16.67%, I will stop watching.
78:59This is how Davis is drafting, folks. He needs an intervention.
79:03I, like, honestly—I honestly wanted to quit streaming during that year.
79:07Like, every day firing up my stream was horrible.
79:10I hated it. Every day I would come down to work on my desk and I'd be like, this fucking sucks.
79:18I hate it. I don't want to do it.
79:21Dude, you're in a good spot, man. I can't do it again.
79:25I am in a good spot. Andre Yoshivas or Mason Tipton.
79:29Mitchell Tinsley? What about Surratt for a bring back?
79:32Sure. Andre Yoshivas, dude. I don't think a third tight end was needed on this team at all.
79:39I want that. Third tight end is always good.
79:4218 rounds, I don't do it too often. I do it all the time.
79:47Pretty much every draft. If you win the contest, Davis, are you going to be a coward still in your drafts?
79:55No, if I win the contest, I'm never going to listen to— I'm never going to listen to— Like, no.
80:02No one's ever going to say anything to me ever again.
80:06I'm manifesting you ship a puppy, man. I'm manifesting you ship a puppy so you can be freed from your shackles.
80:13Yeah, no one is ever going to say a word to me ever again for the rest of time.
80:20I draft Keon Coleman. Who's the gadget guy on the Packers?
80:24Savion Williams. We have a red card and, I think, a potential penalty in South Africa.
80:29I'm about to go watch that game. You want to take Savion?
80:34We have so many Packers, I think we should do a bangle.
80:38Like Yoshivas or Tinsley. All right, dude. Against my better judgment, my first on— Andre Yoshivas is like drafting MBS.
80:45And like, you know, MBS was a fine basketball guy.
80:49He's like a worst-case number of these. Andre Yoshivas is going to lose his job to Colby Young.
80:55I'm going to apply for the Flock League. How do I get in?
81:00What do you guys think? Well, anyone can do it.
81:03Help me manage— I'm just going to fire off a video and hope the people vote for me.
81:10It's not going to be the best edited. All you have to do is post to social media.
81:16I mean, you literally just do like a funny video.
81:20The funnier, the better. I'm not going to have the funniest video.
81:24I'm just going to say like, I'm the champ, and I'll come teach these youngins.
81:29That is not going to get you picked. Guaranteed.
81:33On the site, it said vote in a person and vote in a creator.
81:38Well, I'm hoping that— Is there two spots available or one?
81:41There is one spot available. Okay, then I'm dead.
81:45I don't think I should apply then. I mean, everyone should apply.
81:49I'm not going to go say Flock League a million times.
81:53Like, I'm not that desperate. Some people really, really want it.
81:57People love Mason, dude. I just want to win the $100,000.
82:01Mason has shooters out there. People love Mason. I know.
82:04Like, I'm not going to, you know— And you know what?
82:08Frankly, I'm one of them. I think that's the big reason why he brought me in the fold of this, because I have always loved that dude.
82:18I would be a good, healthy villain for the league, right?
82:22Like, I would play that role. I think I'd be good in the league, but no, I'm not going to go jump
82:30out in the— Honest to God, Liam, no one involved in that league really would care.
82:35That you won Best Fall Mania. No one—the viewers?
82:38The other— I was going to actually hype up the Tampa 200, but— Tampa 200, honestly, would be funnier.
82:45So, you know what's really funny is when I— Like, the whole tournament, I was like, I'm going to bring this when I play next.
82:54I'm going to get a chain around it. I think I actually might do this.
83:00Just, like, wear it as a chain. And when I play these tournaments and be like, Are you sure you're going to call me?
83:08You see what I have here? Fair enough. By the way, Liam, if you want to— Oh, wait, yeah, yeah.
83:15Let's finish this. Walk me through. Let's see. It says, Does the wild card, Either a creator y'all request or another fan?
83:23Anything is possible. Does it not say that? Like, this is the page I saw.
83:28Honestly, I actually don't know about the— I don't know about the— I do not know the wild— I do not know the wild card thing.
83:38I'm going to apply for the wild card. Maybe I'll, like, rip a shot or something and be like, I'm applying for the wild card.
83:47A creator y'all request. Classic. Mason with y'all. I'm assuming you've been mapping out your season-long draft strategy to win that $100,000.
83:54What's your— Their trades are allowed, though, right? What's the collusion check on this?
83:59I was going to say, I'm going to collude with my guy, Sammy Stacks, and we are going to split the $100K.
84:07I don't know. I also am not 100% for sure in because there is a chance, like, Mason has, like, reached out
84:15to the number one Twitch streamer in the world.
84:18His name is Jinxy. And is, like, kind of negotiating with his people to potentially get him in because he plays fantasy football.
84:26So if the— Oh, you might be pushed out?
84:30Yes. I might get— There's a chance that I am not able to be in because the number one Twitch streamer in
84:38the world— That's honestly— That's fair, right? But like— And all the time, that's fair.
84:43I will not be mad. It also is just a— So it's in Austin, and we're going to be there for a week.
84:51And it is during both my wedding anniversary and my birthday.
84:55So I'm going to be in some hot water at home.
84:59I think we might. I don't know yet. I don't know.
85:03The number one thing I like is, like, I love these, like, combines with a bunch of out of shape.
85:10Like, that's what I want to do. Like, I want to go run the 40, see if I can still break five.
85:18I want to do the vert, see if I can break 15 inches, right?
85:23Like, I want to throw the football. I would like to know— I would like to know my RAS.
85:30Yeah. Like, we should do— get Kentley Platt out there, man, and have our RAS.
85:35I want to know— what I really want to know is, I am just very curious if my RAS is over one.
85:43I'm very— Well, what position would you go for?
85:46It heavily depends on your position. I mean, wide receiver or cornerback, right?
85:51If you go wide receiver, you're someone. But there's no— I mean, there's no other position that someone of my frame could conceivably play.
85:59Well— I am, like, 2-2 outwell size. The tackle?
86:02Well, yeah, okay. Because of your height, you have to be wide out?
86:07Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's kind of true, right? Yeah. I'm, like, 5-4-1, probably 160 a day.
86:12You have to really hit the bench hard to get— I was going to say, bench, I'm good.
86:19Bench, I can do. I was going to say, like, that— You need to get the bench and squat numbers high.
86:26So I think— I literally think benching and squatting, I'm like, okay, I'm good.
86:31Maybe I will actually have a decent RAS. You skip the agilities.
86:36You skip the 40. I would— Yes, would have to.
86:39Would have to skip. You say no to the hand size measurement.
86:43Honestly, Darren Sproles is, like— I've met Darren Sproles, and Darren Sproles is, like, a hair taller than me.
86:50Yeah, running backs. You could be a running back.
86:53You know? I'd have to put— See, I'm way too— I'm way too— You know, I weigh 160 pounds.
87:00I'd have to weigh, like, 220. You weigh 160?
87:03You're light, man. I'm down. I'm cutting season. The— Do you know how big Mbappe is?
87:09For France? Yeah, he's, like, Tank Delis size. Yeah, I saw that the other day.
87:14I was like, oh, that makes sense, actually. Are you leaving?
87:18Yeah, I'm gonna cut it here. Watch the World Cup.
87:22I gotta update my ranks and such. All right.
87:25Get some food. Hey, this was fun. You want to do it again next week sometime?
87:31We'll talk about it? Yes. On my channel? Yep.
87:34Yep, I'm good. Send me this, and— Well, actually, I don't know if I'm gonna blast it, if you're gonna go for five hours.
87:43Like, am I gonna blast five hours of you by yourself?
87:46Or whatever? Maybe I'll just— Uh, I'm at least gonna do— We can just alternate it.
87:52I'm at least gonna do one more. All right.
87:55Well, you let me know how long you end up going in this, and then whenever you send me the whatever.
88:03All right, folks. Let us know who was correct in the comments.
88:07You decide. Peace out. No, Parker Washington or Brian Thomas Jr.
88:11It's very simple. It's one for Parker Washington, two for Brian Thomas Jr.
88:16All right. We're gonna do— We're gonna do at least one more right here.
88:21Uh, hopefully get a good draft slot. Maybe I'll just— Maybe I'll just get unique.
88:26Maybe every pick I'll just be, uh, insanely unique.
88:29Every pick. Every pick. No one else— No one else has it.
88:34Right? I don't know. Combos. What is— Okay. Gibbs and Jacobs.
88:37What do we think Gibbs and Jacobs is? Among all my teams, I have it on five of 600.
88:44It's 1% expected owned. Yeah. Not nothing. Willing to retroactively review my team for the super chat on draft one?
88:51Uh, sure. Yes. You know what? The reason I'm gonna do it is because I have to go back and label these teams.
89:00So sure. Yeah. Drafts. Oh, where's the— Where's the soccer pick on that?
89:04Quinones has— Please— Oh, bang. All right. So I need another— I need another, uh, Mexican goal.
89:10All right. Drafts completed. 267 completed. Best Ball Mania.
89:13I need to label this one Liam. And I need to label this one Liam.
89:19All right. Bang. We are drafting out of the eighth slot with D Dodger.
89:24Big Sweezy. I Herc. Jay Surab. My guy. Hailstorm.
89:27Dak for MVP. Not me. TD Magnet. Hawkberg. Jackson Duffy.
89:31Easy Walk. And my guy Bitcoin. All right. Well, maybe— Should I— Should I do the— Should I do the, um— Should I do the pick-ins right now?
89:41Uh, I did— I did indeed, uh, enter— I did indeed enter Underdog Contest for today's World Cup games, and we'll be doing so tomorrow.
89:49And we'll be doing so every day of the World Cup.
89:53Because can you imagine anything sicker than daily World Cup contests on Underdog?
89:58Uh, yes. I am. I am in some puppy slows.
90:02I am in whatever, you know, 267, uh, slow drafts.
90:05So, yes. I am sure I am in still some puppy slows.
90:09All right. Let's lock in here. Let's get ourselves just a nice team out of the 1.8.
90:15Maybe we take— CD, CD Pickens. Uh, did we get— Did we get a Mexican goal?
90:21Are they in? Uh, nope. Nope. No, we didn't.
90:24All right. Need— Need one more Mexico goal, and then we need Pavel Sulk.
90:29To complete 26 or more passes in this game tonight.
90:33I can't believe the game tonight is not on until 9 p.m.
90:37Central Time. Who— Who wanted this? Why— Why are the games not back-to-back?
90:42What's going on? Why would the games possibly not be back-to-back?
90:46Uh, you know what? I will take Christian McCaffrey.
90:49I'll take Christian McCaffrey at 8. I don't— I don't mind that at all.
90:54I've clicked Lamb Pickens. I bet Lamb Pickens, if I check— The combos.
90:59Lamb and Pickens. I— I bet that one is higher.
91:02No? Still— Still only 0.3%. So— So not— Not that high.
91:06Get unique with guys like Waddle or Tootin. Are we really sure Alave will score more points than Waddle?
91:13That's actually— That would be— Um, that would be a good— A good point.
91:18That— That's one where I would not push back against Liam.
91:22I think Liam is probably correct. Where that would be a spot when the market is way too overconfident and guys who project the exact same.
91:31That I am comfortable doing with. Yes, it is international.
91:35But why can't the games be on back-to-back? Uh, are those the combos of your drafts or the totality of everyone?
91:42It— It is— It is neither, Matt. It is a projection based off of drafts that have been imported to the Flock Tool.
91:50So it's— It's just based off the data we have and then it is a projection.
91:56All right. Christian McCaffrey, Chase Brown. Liam would hate that, dude.
92:00Liam would hate that. Christian McCaffrey, Chase Brown is drafted 0.8% of the time, dude.
92:05Can't have it. Hate it, dude. It's terrible. Way too common.
92:09Yeah. Have to— Have to— Neither start nor stop in round two.
92:13It's true. A large bet on the Czech Republic.
92:17That is where my— That is where my people are from, Harbs.
92:21That is the— The Matic name comes from the land of Czechoslovakia.
92:25It's a great question. I don't— I don't think I have an answer to it quite yet.
92:31If you could know the fantasy points of one player to gain the most amount of information and try to win fantasy
92:39football this year, I— I don't— I don't know who is the player you get the most information of.
92:46I mean, I think a lot of the time— A lot of the times you probably want to do a quarterback.
92:53Quarterback— Like, I think— I think Geno— I think Geno gives you a lot of information.
92:59I think Caleb gives you a lot of information.
93:02I mean, it could be— It could be an injury guy, right?
93:07It could be— It could be, like, George Kittle.
93:10It could— I mean, Iuke, maybe? Or Jaguar. A Jaguar's good.
93:14Like, Parker— Parker Washington or Travis Hunter or Brian Thomas Jr.
93:18Something— Something like that. I could— I could hear that for sure.
93:22Jaguar. Jaguar's a good— I mean, maybe just— Maybe just Trevor Lawrence.
93:26I don't— I don't know if you're getting that much information from Jacoby.
93:31Rashe would be a good one. Jacobs could also be a very good one.
93:36Jacobs— Jacobs would be really, really good. Yeah. I don't— I don't think it's CMC.
93:41I don't— I do not think this year that it's Christian McCaffrey.
93:45I feel like we— We know the— We know the deal that is coming out.
93:51You know, there. Like, either Christian McCaffrey is going to to catch 110 passes or he's not.
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95:42Who are the biggest ADP risers and fallers in pure cumulative points?
95:46I don't know. I don't know. I'd have to look.
95:50I would, that would be something that I would ask a computer to do for me.
95:56Not something I know off the top of my head.
95:59No, it's, buddy, we already, we already know Patrick Mahomes' stats, Joseph.
96:03I love you, but we already know Pat Mahomes' stats.
96:07They're, they're very, very clear. And they're going to be real good.
96:11I mean, I would definitely take Breece here. This is going to be, this is, uh, Breece is a real follower here.
96:19So this is a wide receiver hungry room. Lad McConkie win at 30, dude.
96:24All right, I'll take Breece. Lad McConkie at 30, huh?
96:28I don't, I don't know about, I don't know about all of that.
96:32Shuck, I guess, would be sort of interesting for that question.
96:36But again, I, I feel like the, I feel like the bands of projection for Shuck are like relatively thin.
96:43I don't think Shuck is going to totally fall on his face, but I also don't think he's got like a top five quarterback finish in him either.
96:53Yeah. Rookies, rookies tend to go lower in the cumulative formats, but also it's, that's kind of, that's kind of mitigated because
97:01it's not a particularly good rookie class. So there are not a ton of rookies that are going like super high.
97:09Not that, not that, you know, Makai Lemon wouldn't be going lower on drafters or whatever, but I, I do, I do
97:16sort of think that it's just like, you know, Nick Singleton is not going that high or whatever neighbors.
97:23Oh, neighbors is a really good answer. That's a very good answer.
97:28Bloody bones. Yeah. What, what do we get out of Malik neighbors this year?
97:33I guess you could kind of get that information if you knew darts stat line.
97:38That's definitely true. Wow. Luther burden as our wide receiver one, they hate it.
97:43They hate it. The people are mad. They're, they're throwing tomatoes knowing how good of a pick Luther burden is in fantasy football this year.
97:52Yeah. It turns out pissing yellow is, is done.
97:55Now we're, now we're, now we're gang green, bro.
97:58Isn't it crazy? I mean, isn't it just one of the craziest things you've ever seen?
98:04Just the, the total capitulation from the slappy community.
98:07It's like, yep, well, we're taking Javante Williams. We're taking Josh Jacobs.
98:11No, the, the tool I would imagine is going to show five running backs as the highest.
98:17No, actually it is. Wow. 18% advance rate with four running backs, 16% historical advance rate with five, seven wide receivers is 17%.
98:26three tight ends is 18%. And two and three quarterback is, is the same for me.
98:31It's Hampton. I need to make sure 42% missile isn't too light.
98:36It's a great point. I would also like to know how far over 250 points Adnay Mitchell gets.
98:42Completely, completely, completely agree. Adnay Mitchell is, the haters and losers are going to be sick.
98:48Let me tell you, there we go. Mexico goal, Raul Jimenez from across.
98:52There you go. Mexico 2-0. So if you tailed the Davis-Matic pick them, you currently just need Pavel Sulk to complete 26 passes.
99:01We got, we got some green dots. Oh, you know what?
99:04Bucky Irving is a really, really good one. I would, I would love to know, I would love to know Bucky Irving.
99:12Cause you get, you get multiple things with Bucky cause I'm assuming in, in this timeline we should also know how many
99:20games he's played so we know if he's gonna play 17 games but that's gonna give you big information on Gainwell.
99:28It's gonna give you information on Baker Mayfield. It's gonna give you information on Sean Tucker, all of whom we are taking.
99:35Brennan Thompson is mostly going undrafted. In all seriousness, why is Adnan Mitchell so cheap?
99:41Cause the people can't see the vision. They can't see the vision brother and it's sad for them.
99:47I mean, I'm taking Trevion Henderson here. I can be done at four.
99:52This one is for my guy Jake. Christian McCaffrey, Chase Brown, Brees Hall, Trevion Henderson, and Luther Burden.
99:58With Trevion Henderson. This team is hot fire right now.
100:02I got you, bro. I got you. I got you, Mr.
100:06Jabroni. Let's team 11, mile high Jabroni. Wow, Lamb and A Chain.
100:10Where do you get your ideas? Dude, don't you know just being a chalk ADP donkey Jabroni is no good here.
100:18Joe Burrow, just another chalk donkey pick. Don't you know T Higgins and Joe Burrow are going to be way over-owned.
100:25Brian Thomas Jr. at ADP. Maybe get unique, bro.
100:28Maybe take Chris Godwin there. Dak with Lamb, not stretching any muscles there.
100:33Oh, a 1.5 ADP value on RJ Harvey. Xavier Worthy, phenomenal pick.
100:37Fits any build. Just a genius, genius pick there on Xavier Worthy.
100:4142% Rashad White. Jake Ferguson, the most boring pick on the board.
100:46Keaton Mitchell, 10 out of 10. Brenton Strange, aren't you worried about Nate Burruchter?
100:51Denzel Boston, the worst wide receiver on the worst team in football.
100:55Alvin Kamara, isn't he on the beach? Jerry Judy, Boston and Judy is crazy with Kasicki and Justice Hill.
101:02I mean, what a team. What a team jabroni.
101:05Let's take, you know what? I'm taking Pwash for Liam.
101:09I'm going to take old Pwash for Liam there.
101:12Sean Tucker is way too talented to not be given a chance at a running back.
101:17I mean, they're going to have a role for him.
101:21There is going to be a role for Sean Tucker on the Buccaneers, no doubt.
101:26Gritty has the most unique combos. Is there any difference between Xavier Worthy and Matthew Golden?
101:32I mean, I think Worthy was the better prospect, but it's a fair statement.
101:37There are a lot of similarities between Worthy and Golden.
101:41Although Golden said he was going to be faster than he was at the combine.
101:46Golden was a surprise first round pick. Worthy being drafted where he was was not that big of a surprise.
101:53It's DFS swap time and you have Hampton and could only swap to Pickens and be the solo representation you do it.
102:01Yes, but you don't have the guarantee of that when you are playing these.
102:06The guarantee is the big difference. Your Pickens uniqueness is not going to be as strong as you think if he is who you need.
102:15One is probably number two on the Chiefs and one is number four on the Packers.
102:21That's fair. I disagree with the concept that Worthy doesn't have any upside.
102:25He just played a full season with a freaking torn labrum.
102:29The labrum is not torn anymore. You're right. It was Isaiah Bond that said he would be faster.
102:36Do I take Trevor Lawrence with P. Wash? Trevor Lawrence already went.
102:40No, he didn't. He's just lower down in my rankings.
102:43This is a big dipperino on Tyler Warren. This is a huge dipperino on Tyler Warren.
102:49I just got Tyler Warren at 80. There you go.
102:53There is a unique combo. That's how you get a unique combo.
102:57The room just gave me that. Someone go find Liam.
103:00That right there, a very unique combination. Parker Washington and Tyler Warren.
103:05Here you go. Check that. Parker Washington and Tyler Warren is going to be a super unique combo.
103:11I have that zero times. I've drafted 600 teams.
103:14I've drafted that zero times and it's 0.4 percent in the room.
103:19I'm saying bro. If I pulled that type of move in the Tampa 200 I could have made the final table at the Tampa 200 also.
103:28Simply get unique brother. Very simple. It is plausible.
103:31It is indeed plausible that part of the reason why Worthy was so poor last year was that he was torn.
103:39I mean I've never torn my labor before. It feels like a pretty painful injury.
103:44That's all I'm going to say. Do I want to take Lawrence?
103:48Actually you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to do something even more annoying.
103:54I'm going to take Naked Mahomes and I'm going to hope that my boy comes back to me I probably have more
104:02than you think honestly I bet I'm going to have 55 or so Parker Washington teams it's going to be more than
104:10you think Parker Washington I've drafted 31 times 5.2 percent so I have more Parker Washington teams than you would imagine definitely
104:17definitely not zero on this is actually this is this is honestly not bad advice but a great way to get sick
104:25ADP value teams is literally to draft on Friday or Saturday nights new follower here interested in trying your rankings versus Mason
104:33on some drafts and I first off salute thank you thank you for hopping in brother appreciate you and I hope one
104:41of us has good rankings if my rankings aren't good this year I hope Mason's end up being very good the most
104:49unique team ever sister the rare female best I mean I will take a last round Xavier Thomas every once in a
104:57while I don't think Xavier Thomas is the worst click on the board he's getting some legitimate hype from training camp they've
105:05been tossing it to him deep every once in a while dude I'm going to get auto draft sniped by Dak no
105:12I'm not I gosh darn it dude that's horrible I just got sniped oh that is so annoying man all right we're
105:20going to take Michael Pittman jr the freaking auto drafter got got on Xavier worthy nothing nothing worse absolutely nothing worse a
105:28great way to get sick values is to draft when you have Liam on I swear people draft like maniacs whenever Liam
105:36streams I mean that's probably true that's probably true I draft a lot at 6 a.m that's before that is before my
105:44that's before my baby wakes up so I am if you're ever in a puppy at 5 37 in the morning pretty
105:52good chance that I'm going to be in your lobby because that is prime dad drafting time Pittman over Metcalf with Rogers
105:59I mean I do really like Michael Pittman I draft way more of him than I thought I maybe I take oh
106:07no I think I got to take Kelsey for the stack no actually I'm going to push it even further I'm going
106:15to take Casey Concepcion and if I end up with naked Mahomes I end up with naked Mahomes but I'm going to
106:23try and get more unique combos in this draft I have a pre draft on DraftKings where I got Devonta in the
106:31mid fifth and Terry in the sixth that's definitely a Friday night team which feels great you know it's it's the easiest
106:39I mean this is just generally true like this is just true in gambling based games you are getting your expected value
106:46from your teams from your opponents mistakes it's really unlikely that you are so good at your given gambling game whether it
106:54be poker whether it be DFS whether it be best ball that you can play an unexploitable strategy it's really unlikely that
107:02your strategy is so good that your opponents can't exploit you but what is likely is that if you are thoughtful and
107:10if you are playing the game close to game theory optimal is your opponents are going to gift you lots of expected
107:18value because your opponents are going to be making huge mistakes something as simple as auto drafting without rankings or your position
107:26limit set you can gain lots of information right there need I've taken Taequan the most I think I've taken Royals like
107:34twice and I think I took Cyrus Allen once on Draft Kings why on DK do we see people do more absurd
107:41things it's just that there are more users on Draft Kings it's really all it is there are more users people who
107:49are less familiar with fantasy football as a concept just less familiar with best ball as a concept so you're going to
107:57see more random things because your assortment of individuals are larger how much has the draft assistant improved your draft I mean
108:05I do I feel like the thing it has been most helpful with actually honestly the thing that truly in my life
108:13has been most helpful is that I can go through my slow drafts very quickly so I can go to the active
108:21let me make this pick and I'll show you didn't get Kelsey so we're going to take Malik Willis as our second
108:28quarterback so I can go to my active drafts and my positional stuff is already highlighted here so I can just go
108:36through and know who I need to take next much easier so I can get these slow draft picks done in a
108:44fraction of the time and that is very nice and I just like having this historical data up I don't always follow
108:52it to a T but one of the hardest things about best ball for me do I need a third quarterback here
109:00is a third quarterback going to add points going to add points and generally speaking it's been quite nice I like to
109:08use it and the combos looking up it's just kind of fun to know the combos and the ownership of these players
109:15like I mean here's a good one Tyquan Thornton I have drafted 13 of 600 teams so I'm like double the field
109:23on Tyquan you know what Dallas Goddard is just an easy money selection here Dallas Goddard is not a very exciting player
109:31but it's just like picking a buck off the street if I only draft 150 best ball teams am I touching too
109:39much grass you might be brother there might be too much grass out there I don't know I don't know what my
109:47friend Jacob Sanderson is doing I really don't know someone someone has to explain to me the 42% I do not get
109:55it 42% Rashad White not a sentence I ever thought someone would say about my friend I like Willis for the season
110:03but I think he stinks in the best ball playoffs the Malik Willis thing is very simple to me he is projected
110:10to have the most rushing attempts of any quarterback in the NFL and that is valuable so we got what Malik Willis
110:18for 106 rush attempts how many for Lamar Jackson for 122 so not as okay never mind I misspoke Lamar for more
110:26rush attempts is it possible that Rashad White is better than Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt uh I mean it's certainly possible but Rashad
110:34White hasn't been used in a workhorse role in like three years and I don't I don't know if that is going
110:42to be a I be wrong about these things before this is are going take one Mr.
110:48Debo Samuel on this one Lamar to Anthony Richardson i think answer your interest and might just might just be over for
110:56him depo could maybe potentially be achieved too if he wanted to play for like no money to come try and win
111:03a super bowl i could see that one yes rico and rashad white very similar and that they are both guys who
111:11are just produced like okay who have been left for dead because there's a shaky guy in front of him although chuba
111:19proved to not be that shaky i mean i would believe jane daniel's running less than that i i would believe jane
111:27daniel's running for uh much much more than that but i mean just in general the commanders do feel like a hard
111:35team to project they the the daniel stuff i know he's listed at 210 and i've said this before and people have
111:43been like dude come on he's tall he probably is 210 but i i don't know i have a hard time hard
111:51time thinking that that gumby guy he's all he's all limbs he's all arms and legs i don't know if he's making
111:58it through the season all right we are up bigsby's kind of the last of a tier here i have concepcion so
112:06i don't really want boston let's do huh what's the construction honestly maybe i do just go for let's take let's let's
112:14do a little stripling about stripling there wow south africa down to nine players the scenes the scenes are tough getting getting
112:22i mean this is becoming more and more prevalent but getting sniped on quarterbacks by teams that already have two i have
112:30not done this yet jay but i really need to because this is sort of the ideal way to do as you're
112:38a running back team is you can start your drafts now with three wide receivers and then take jacobs and then take
112:45bucky and boy does that feel good because those are two guys with legitimate running back one upside josh jacobs could score
112:53you know 280 half ppr points bucky could score 300 half ppr points i mean both of them have been running back
113:01ones in the past both of them could easily be running back ones again like no doubt about it in fact i
113:09haven't even i have not even had that thought yet and now that i now that i now that you put that
113:17thought in my head i'm going to consciously attempt to do that in some drafts actually because what i guess if you'd
113:25have to do it from the right side of the board so you could do like saint brown drake london no saint
113:32brown bowers lad jacobs bucky that would be i mean that would be a phenomenally good team tootin i mean hey i
113:40agree that tootin's in that combo but not not everyone is hip not everyone is hip to buy shell tootin there are
113:48my guy dark side dev he is a big fan of chris rodriguez there are plenty of chris rodriguez fans out there
113:56they are they are legion you know i mean everyone in the nfl has a fan that's something you learn about streaming
114:04is you you could say something bad about diami brown and diami brown's biggest fan is going to come and find you
114:12which is just uh it's just a very funny thing all right we're gonna do another wide receiver you know what i'm
114:20gonna take judy we're gonna we're gonna double up on the browns receivers we got conception and judy i passed on boston
114:27who frankly i'm i'm just not a huge fan of boston's game in general diami has shooters i mean ever dude i
114:35could say i could say something bad about aj barner just like you know just this blocking tight end like totally anonymous
114:43the average uh the average fantasy football fan just the average football fan has no idea who aj barner is they got
114:51they got no clue and yet and yet if i said something bad about aj barner like if i said aj barner
114:59sucks he's gonna lose his job to elijah royal someone would comment either in the chat or in the comments of the
115:07video itself and they would be like dude aj barner like i actually uh i posted a video on my dynasty channel
115:14and i didn't rank aj barner i think i just forgot him and just didn't rank him and people were they were
115:22flummoxed um all right we're gonna do another receiver we're gonna do you know what here's an iuke team here's an iuke
115:30team i i'm pretty dusty at wide receiver i'm gonna have huge numbers so i burden p wash pitman concepcion debo stripling
115:38judy and iuke there you go there's there is a team to take brandon iuke aj barner is going to be the
115:46skeleton key this year super bowl touchdown scoring aj barner exactly exactly name a draftable white running back that isn't cmc or
115:54scat uh heiden reich i think right heiden reich is draftable 1.5 taking both always love it's this is such an interesting
116:01youtube viewing thing for me but a certain subset of people i don't even know how many or what percentage because the
116:09youtube data doesn't have it uh watch the stream while it's still live but they start it from the they start it
116:17from the front instead of going to live i just think that's interesting it's true you know what great way to balance
116:25your exposures just take brandon iuke on your parker washington teams because they're already dead it's it's a great it's a great
116:33thought from my guy daniel very very smart all right how am i gonna finish this team three tight ends for sure
116:41and then i guess i probably should take another running back what are the bye weeks looking like for my running backs
116:49week eight week six week 13 week 11 i don't maybe i don't i think maybe i just stick with four i
116:56i have like none of these in the portfolio i've got uh yeah zero zero four running back teams in the portfolio
117:04i think this is going to be my my first one i think we do it uh where am i at with
117:12the adams exposure i'm right about i'm right about four percent i i don't i don't love devante adams this year all
117:20right we're gonna do mr t ferg terrence ferguson at pick 200 you constantly say who cares if travis hunters is your
117:28pick 35 yes but at least i know he's playing football at least at least i know that he is is on
117:36the team he will you know brandon iuke brandon iuke might be a zero in the sense that he is not playing
117:43football at all which you don't want hot take travis hunter will still play on offense he just might not be like
117:51a true breakout i mean i think it's low but all right and then do i do i take one of these
117:59miami no no i'm gonna take taekwondo taekwondo thorton is the final pick here all right patrick mahomes malik willis christian mcafree
118:07chase brown brie saw trevion henderson luther bird and parker washington michael pitman jr casey concepcion debo samuel dejon stripling jerry judy
118:15brandon iuke taekwondo thorton tyler warren dallas goddard and terrence ferguson beautiful beautiful beautiful fantasy football team uh thanks to liam for
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