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Oh, the Borgogun, the editor-in-chief. Okay, so if you're not familiar, Fook Clan, with the liar-lier segment, this is the best segment that we do. But we do it on the Spitballers comedy podcast, which you should go download and listen to this coming off season, where there are two truths and a lie. And we have to determine what the lie is. Let's see if Kyle is as good as Jeremy. All right. Well, this is fun. All right, let's do this.

The first? So what are we doing? Three rounds there, Albor? Okay. Yes, sir. All right. The first round is titled, well, Mike, do you want to take this? He's my number one guy. He's my number one guy. All right, the first fact, or we'll see, or it could be a lie. Doug Martin, aka Crampus, oh, and thank you for reminding me one of my guys from 2017. I tried to warn you. He hasn't played a snap.

You were like, he eats kids, Andy. He hasn't played a snap in the NFL since 2018. He has more 100 rushing yard games over the last three seasons. Oh, my goodness. That can't be true. Oh, my goodness. That's our fact number one. Okay. So even though he hasn't played since 2018, he has more 100 yards games. On the ground. rushing. I tell all that. That's the important word. All right. Number two.

Despite not registering his first top 12 wide receiver weekly performance until four years into the league, Cole Beasley has more top 12 weeks since 2015 than Alshon Jeffrey. I choose to believe this no matter what. Yeah. You can tell me that this, no, this is a pro Cole Beasley. Well, I certainly buy the, you know, four years before registering the top 12 week with Cole Beasley. That was a slow assent for him.

And then fact number three, if you were to combine all the passing touchdowns thrown by slot wide receivers in 2020, it would be as many passing touchdowns as Cam Newton has this year. I feel like that has to be true. Jarvis. I know Jarvis has. Cole. Beckham? Beckham? Oh, no, no. He said slot wide receivers. Yeah. You said Beasley, right? Yeah, did. Jerry Slayton.

I don't know if you would consider him or not. One of the Giants threw one. No matter whether this is true or false, Cam Newton has five passing touchdowns this year. That's the headline to me. So what's troubling is that all three of these seem like it's certainly possible. Alvin Camara, he makes his hay in the passing games. So we know that there could be some interesting stats with 100-yard Russian games. Cole Beasley.

You know Mike's going to lock that one in. Yeah, I have to choose to believe that that is true, no matter what the output here. I will go, I'm going to take the Doug Martin one as the lie. Yeah, I know Doug Martin, I'm trying to remember. He had that, he had a little bit of a hot streak there at the end as a raider. But I can't remember exactly what happened. I'm going to lock in number three is the lie. The passing touchdown numbers compared to slot wide receivers. I'm going to guess that number is like four.

So that's the one I'm going to lock in. Yeah, I'm going to go with you there as well. When we started actually thinking about which slot wide receivers have thrown a touchdown this season, I couldn't get to five. And at least that's recent. I can't imagine number one being a lie because it seems like there's so much work that you're proud of this stat. Right. And so you don't want to be like, I just made this up. Okay. What's the truth? What's the answer? The lie is the Beasley Jeffrey stats. Oh, my gosh. No. No.

Yeah. I was going to. No. So we whiffed. Stop the count. No. Okay. We whiffed. Full whiff. All right. What a great start. Let's move on to our next one. Number two. All right. Speaking of number two, here are the three facts for this question. Speaking of number two, Adam Gase has been a head coach in the NFL longer than the fantasy footballer's YouTube channel has existed. Head coach. So that's head coach.

Mm, okay, okay. Number two, Frank Gore secured his first ever top 12 fantasy performance, rushing for two touchdowns. The same weekend that the movie Hong Kong. No, King Kong. Oh, what did I say? Hong Kong. That's not a movie? That's a location. That's a location. That's a location. King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson, the Jack Black version. Not the, not the OG? King Kong. Well, you can, I mean, you could relay your former statement on that movie sucked.

Okay, the OG. Yeah. Well, sorry Peter Jackson. Yeah. Well, it hit number one in the box office charts when it released. So did Frank Gore secure his first ever top 12 fantasy performance rushing for two touchdowns the same weekend that King Kong came out? It's very possible. I feel like Gore's been around longer, though. Then the first King Kong? Not the first one. The Peter Jackson Jack Black one. I don't count the original King Kong as a movie? The one that.

King Kong exists because of? Yeah, that's an iconic, like, cinematic thing. Yeah, so is Citizen Kane. Look, if you decide that Jack's Black is part of the origins of King Kong, you've got a problem. Number three, this season, every single wide receiver has at least one weekly finish. Wait, what is this? This season, every single wide receiver has had at least one weekly finish of wide receiver 50 or worse.

What do you mean every single wide receiver? That means there is not a wide receiver in the league who has been in the top 50 every single week of the season. Okay. All right. I'm following now. Yeah. Who would be in the running for that? Who would be that consistent? As in the ones that haven't done it? Yes. As in who has not. That was the first name that came to my mind as well. I can't remember a game outside of the top 50. I don't even know if Hopkins games have been outside the top 50. They have? Yeah, he's had some outside the top 50. Tyreeke Hill?

No. Outside the top 50? Tyree Kill has been incredible. Has he had a game outside? Wow. That's tough. I mean. I'm going with the Adam Gase has been a head coach longer than our YouTube channel. I feel like I remember when he became a head coach. Yes. And that means that would be a lot. Wait, do we draw our power from him as a head coach? I sure hope not because it's not lasting much longer. This could be the last show. I think number three is a lie. We are thermally powered. I don't think every single wide receiver.

Has had at least one finish outside of the top of it. I'm going to lock that in as well. Let's see if we can whiff together. Yeah, I mean, Tyree Kill and Stefan Diggs, come on. The lie is Adam Gase. Oh, my gosh. All right, I'm in the lead. So we don't need him for our power. No, that's, well, that's great news. Thank goodness for that. Jason, stop agreeing with me. It's not working. Apparently. Oh. Spontaneous congratulations.

This episode, man. What's up you guys? It's Austin Eckler here. Just want to give a shout out to the fantasy footballers and say congratulations on 1,000 episodes. That's awesome. Looking forward to some more content. Keep it going. Mr. Echler! Good friend of the show. Awesome, excellent. Even now best friend of the show, I dare say. Yeah, that's pretty great. Thank you. Awesome Echler. Spectacular. Continue to be awesome. All right. Week six.

Tyree Kill was the wide receiver 66. Oh, there it is. Man, drats. Man. All right. We have one more. Yep. One more two truths in a lie here. Number one, after digging through crude audio clips and manuscripts in the annals of footballers lore, Jason has selected more tight-end my guys than Andy and Mike combined. Wow.

since my guy's inception before the 2015 season. Hmm. So that's just saying he's selected tight ends more frequently than you or I? Yes. I don't know if I've ever taken a tight end. I can't remember the year that. I know he's, I know Jason's taking Trey Burton. Yeah, that's the only one I can think. I also believe he probably took, uh,

Who am I thinking of from the Saints? Kobe Fleeter. Oh, yes, Kobe Fleeter. This is true. Without question. Yes. Because the only one I could think of is when I was madly in love with Travis Kelsey, like the first year. Sure. And then he didn't bring, he didn't have the break out until the next year. All right. The number two fact here, in true Reaper fashion, Andy has the fewest my guys left.

on an active NFL roster dating back to 2015. That's a fun stat. All right. So you like guys at the end of their career. Well, I, or not necessarily, the show's been around a while. Or you bring about the end of their career by liking them. I think that's, that's, you're on to something, Jason. I feel like that. It's probably true. All right. Number three, the team with the most official nicknames in the history of the fantasy footballers is the Seattle Seahawks. I don't like that. Well, uh,

We had Fred Jackson, right? Yeah, but he got his nickname on the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, but he was a Seahawk when we were talking about. The Dept Chart Assassin, by the way. Yes. We've got a woke one. Peach Cobbler. Oh, the woke one, too. Peach Cobbler. Kristen Michael was. Peach Cobbler is Pete Carroll. Yeah. It is now Kyle has said the official nicknames are hot locket.

Are per the footy board nomination. Now that's what my question. Did Russell Wilson make it onto an actual ballot? Yeah, he did. Unlimited. All right. I think that one is true. I think that one is true. Dang, that makes it tough then. I'm going to say that number two is the lie. Andy has the fewest my guys left on an active NFL roster dating back to 2015. I don't think you're actually the Reaper here. I'm going with that one as well. All right, I'll go with the number one.

the tight-in my guys and think that maybe we forgot one. But what is the answer, Brooks? The lie is the Reaper one. Oh, my. I think that means I won. That is just only true. We don't keep a score of things here on the fantasy footballist podcast. That's not part of our history. Congratulations, me. All right, we're moving on. Spontaneous congratulations. Andy, Mike, Jason. It's Matt Harmon here.

I just wanted to send you guys a massive congratulations on 1,000 episodes. This milestone is awesome. I can remember during the summer of 2016 on my cross-country trip stopping by to do a show with you all in person in Phoenix, Arizona. And just watching you guys then, I remember thinking, man, this is not a podcast. These guys are literally building an empire. I was right then, and I'm sure as hell right now. Congrats on this. You all are the best. I appreciate you for being not just a part.

of this community, but also a part of my life, and letting me join you to be a small, small part of this thing you guys got going here. Love you guys. Congrats. Thank you, Mr. Harmon. That is a true. If you want a fantasy footballer's trivia fans. Yeah. We have, there's been many guests on this show, football players, fantasy football industry experts. Celebritize. What was that? That was celebrity.