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The TRUTH: QBs Part 2 + Playoff Reactions! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/23
Original sourceThe TRUTH: QBs Part 2 + Playoff Reactions! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/23
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momentJason needs tearaways for Mike's thermostat war
The hosts explicitly call Mike and Jason's clothing disagreement a multi-year war. Mike dresses for Arizona winter and hates artificial heat; Jason wears shorts, a T-shirt, and flip-flops, insists indoor temperature should ignore outdoor weather, and accepts NBA tearaways so he can rip his pants off when warm.
momentSlack audits Jason's well-over-double arithmetic
Jason's claim that 80 targets is well over double and almost triple 37 reaches the company Slack. The hosts debate whether the excess over a clean double is three or six, Jason thanks Mike because Mike's correction strengthens 'well over,' and the phrases triple double and well under triple collide.
momentZach Ertz reserves the Detroit parade bus
Zach Ertz joins Detroit only after the Lions win their divisional game. The hosts say he may not play before a possible Super Bowl, but he will be on the bus and in the parade declaring 'We did it Detroit' while assuring the team he does not need to participate.
momentThe Truth wig comes from 1998 Clipart.net
The desk must remind an unlabeled host to play the Truth intro. He says the visual explains his subconscious avoidance: its wig looks pulled from 1998 clip art, the graphics team allegedly owns the complete Clipart.net subscription, and its tiny selection is defended as working smarter.
momentMike retrieves unlimited diarrhea
Russell Wilson's mediocre Truth review pauses so the hosts can ask Mike for the important drop. After checking whether it is a direct quote, the board delivers 'Unlimited diarrhea. Unlimited,' reviving the phrase previously used to define Nasty Boys Week 18.
momentGet the Howell out of here and into fantasy celery
The desk twice dismisses Sam Howell with 'Get the Howell out of here.' Kyle's community prompt then asks for the best description of Washington's 2023 offense. Replies call it Rambo with a Nerf gun, fantasy celery whose volume feels filling despite no nutrients, a straight-to-VHS movie, and a cupcake order delivered as salad. The salad image inspires a request that workers slip sweets or breading into healthy orders.
momentMike owns Dak and expensive Dak victory laps
When Trevor Lawrence is judged an expensive version of Dak, the hosts say some people consider Dak and 'expensive Dak' Mike's two greatest victory laps of the year.
momentKyle tries to send Bobby Slowik to Atlanta
Kyle raises the possibility that Houston could lose offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. The hosts immediately hear the resident Falcons fan behind the point and translate it as a plea for Atlanta to take him.
momentJay Griz chills in the back
The closing shoutout thanks Judge Giamatti and Al Borland for holding down production in the back, then separately says Jay Griz is chilling in the back. No host absence or substitution is stated, so Jay is a physical cameo rather than a fill-in; no cardboard form, Bears position, speech, or theme drop is established.
momentThe podcast awards capped the Footballers after five years
Patrick Mahomes reaching a sixth straight conference-title game prompts the hosts to propose a five-year cap. They explicitly compare the cap itself to what the podcast awards did to the Footballers after five years; renaming the championship for Mahomes and barring him from it for a year are separate hypothetical rules invented in the ensuing joke.
momentJason keeps receiving crispy chicken after ordering grilled
The healthy-order tangent recalls Jason ordering grilled chicken on a salad and receiving crispy chicken instead. The desk says he has been down this road a couple of times, while removing the breading would also remove the protein he ordered.
momentMike drafted last-round Matthew Stafford year after year
The desk remembers Mike waiting until the final round and drafting Matthew Stafford year after year. A host says, with explicit uncertainty, 'I think' Mike won a championship in one of those seasons using the strategy.
summaryEpisode notes
The episode opens on a named multi-year war between Mike and Jason's clothing sensibilities. Mike dresses for Arizona's rain and rejects artificial heat, while Jason wears shorts, a T-shirt, and flip-flops, complains about being cold, and concludes that NBA tearaway pants would let him remove clothing whenever the room warms. The playoff recap compares Mahomes's sixth straight conference-title trip to the five-year cap once imposed on the Footballers in the podcast awards, while an indirect aside likely invokes Al Borland's Packers heartbreak. A separate Jason arithmetic dispute reaches company Slack: after he calls 80 targets versus 37 well over double and almost triple, the hosts litigate whether the surplus is three or six, and Jason thanks Mike because the correction strengthens 'well over.' Zach Ertz becomes an opportunistic Detroit ring-chaser who signs late, may only see Super Bowl snaps, will certainly ride the parade bus, and can announce 'We did it Detroit' without participating. The Truth segment's courtroom drop is nearly skipped because its wig looks like 1998 clip art; the desk says the graphics team owns the complete Clipart.net subscription and invokes working smarter. Russell Wilson analysis summons the established 'Unlimited diarrhea. Unlimited.' cue. Sam Howell is dismissed twice with 'Get the Howell out of here' before Kyle's community prompt produces Rambo with a Nerf gun, fantasy celery, a straight-to-VHS movie, and ordering cupcakes but receiving salad. That food comparison becomes a delivery-worker ritual of sneaking treats into healthy orders and recalls Jason repeatedly ordering grilled chicken only to receive crispy chicken. Mike's 'expensive Dak' Trevor Lawrence label joins Dak itself as one of his two greatest victory laps; the desk also remembers Mike drafting Matthew Stafford in the final round year after year and tentatively recalls a championship from the strategy. At the close, Judge Giamatti and Al Borland are thanked for holding down production in the back, and Jay Griz is separately said to be chilling in the back—a physical cameo with no stated host substitution or sound drop.
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