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The Phoenix Megalashow brings back Jason's T-shirt cannon, but the venue's lower profile and mezzanine make him fear a ground-level shot could kill someone. Insurance, roof bank shots, and an apple hidden in a shirt escalate the plan before Jason declares that he is there to feed the Foot Clan.
A host tells Mike that making J.K. Dobbins a My Guy is guaranteed to work because everyone already knows how much Mike loves him. The endorsement promptly collides with the familiar injury problem when the desk asks how many legs Dobbins currently has.
The desk struggles to remember Baltimore's old efficiency back, lands on Gus Edwards, and immediately says Gus Bus. A soundboard cue arrives so fast that the hosts marvel at the button's proximity and the operator answers that it must always be ready.
Kyle shares a graphic in which every NFC South team believes it is the division's sole good team, then later pulls the comparison that places J.K. Dobbins among the best high-volume yards-per-carry backs since 2000.
The hosts promise an in-person mailbag for the Phoenix Megalashow and explicitly call it a live-show tradition. They agree the audience performs the mailbag well but cannot decide whether the crowd sings, shouts, says, or simply lets it out.
A top-three Kenneth Walker prediction reveals that multiple hosts consider themselves historical Walker supporters. The desk teases one claimant as silently nodding and typing encouragement behind Mike before closing on the Ken Bone Walker name.
The hosts directly tell Jason that he is a big Gino Smith fan, insist that he accept the identity, and promise to get him a jersey. Much later, a separate unlabeled exchange pairs Geno Smith and Tank Bigsby as someone's alleged top two players without safely naming that target.
The hosts explicitly describe Jason as the show's most outspoken Luther Burden hater who still loves Marvin Harrison Jr., call the comparison the ultimate Jason question, and hear Jason say that the two players are very close for him.
Brooks is credited with DK Metcalf as one fizzle-out candidate and later T.J. Hockenson as another. The hosts treat Hockenson as already gone, say flaming arrows have been fired at his casket, repeatedly forget who he is, and reduce the tight end to 'he was' and then 'he isn't.'
Jason estimates Dak Prescott at roughly 36-and-a-half, is directly corrected to 32, and apologizes for calling him 36. The correction escalates through a Cameron Artis-Payne age-lie comparison, a 32.9 adjustment, and the claim that gray hairs arrive in the decimal year.
The 2026 Phoenix Megalashow is framed as the show's biggest live production yet, and Jason's returning T-shirt cannon immediately becomes an insurance problem: the lower venue may turn a ground-level shirt into a projectile, an apple is jokingly packed inside, and Jason declares that he is there to feed the Foot Clan. The live event will also preserve the communal mailbag ritual, with audience members asking questions in person and singing, shouting, saying, or simply letting out the cue. At the desk, Mike's visible affection for J.K. Dobbins draws an attempted My Guy nomination and another audit of whether Dobbins currently possesses two working legs. Remembering Gus Edwards then produces a lightning-fast Gus Bus soundboard drop and amazement that its button is always ready. Kyle supports the episode with both an NFC South self-delusion graphic and a live Dobbins efficiency lookup. Brooks supplies DK Metcalf and then T.J. Hockenson as fizzle-out candidates; Hockenson is treated as already gone, with flaming arrows fired at his casket and a rapid 'he was, then he isn't' obituary. Jason is directly told that he is a big Gino Smith fan and will receive a jersey, reinforcing an established fixation before a later unlabeled top-two tease pairs Geno with Tank Bigsby. Another exchange explicitly frames Jason as the show's most outspoken Luther Burden hater who still loves Marv, and Jason says the two are very close for him. Jason also ages Dak Prescott to roughly 36-and-a-half before being corrected to 32, apologizing for calling him 36, and prompting a Cameron Artis-Payne age-lie callback. The late hot-take round returns to Ken Bone Walker and jokes that another host has always supported Mike silently from the background.
I think Dak can play into his upper... I mean, when did Matt Ryan play till? 36? I do not recall. I mean, that would be another one of those... I was trying to see ages of like Pro Bowl quarterbacks. Which is what Dak is. A quarterback who... Again, these are like trying to pick a name where you're like, well, no, they can't do that. But it happens every year. He's in the last year of his contract, is Baker Mayfield. If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have massive struggles this year, there's a world, I think, where they just clean everything out. I would be really shocked if Baker plays...
Well, that's the point. No, I'm saying I will be shocked if Baker plays this year without getting a contract extension. There's been talks recently of them extending him. Yeah, I might have just Cortland Sutton'd this thing. Yeah. Yeah, it'll be interesting. Next question comes in. Another DJ Moore-related question from Nick. What is a reasonable return for DJ Moore in a dynasty league? I'm a middle-of-the-pack team. If you can get a two, I would take it. Yeah, that's where I'd be aiming, is to try to get a two. People aren't going to give you a one. They shouldn't give you a one.
There will be some... And he's worth more than a three. I mean, if you... It's a two. We are all anti-DJ Moore, right? Yes. So we're all very anti-DJ Moore because we know it's not going to work. But if you left me, like if you put him on my team and you left me alone for about 15, 20 minutes, I could still try to find a path in my head. For sure. How about this? And so there are people in that league that I think you can get that trade done. Do you assume that in your dynasty league, the team that has Josh Allen is a competitive team?
They're probably not... Generally speaking, yes. Generally speaking, they're a competitive team. Go to that team and be like, hey, if they're a championship type of team, you want your stack, trade me your first for DJ Moore, maybe he's done and he'll do it. Yeah, I think Moore will work really well in dynasty leagues as a throw-in to a bigger trade too. Not a throw-in, but a player to include. Let's take another break and we'll be back with some more questions. Instagram question from Cravenomics. Are you more optimistic about Luther Burden or Marvin Harrison Jr. this year? I mean, our rankings say what we are.
It's like... More optimistic about Luther Burden. Luther Burden by a lot for all three of us. I mean, optimism and Marvin Harrison are not... This is the ultimate Jason question as the most outspoken Luther Burden hater on the show and loving Marv still. Jason, how do you respond? You do have a rank the closest. I am really close on this. I am very, very close. I don't... I mean, I could see Marv... Even without him in the puka roll? Yeah. Luther has looked better on the field. Marv hasn't yet done something that just looks like a dominant player. He still has every opportunity to do it.
I think if you told me who's going to get more targets this year, I still think it's going to be Marvin Harrison. I have Luther Burden three spots ahead of Marv. Yeah, you're the tightest in terms of that ranking. Yeah, you guys have a gap. I don't have a big gap. I think that when you're looking at those type of players, you just take the type you want, the archetype you want. You want the true, guaranteed number one of an offense, and you think Marv could still be that, where Loveland, Odunze, could easily be the key cogs in the Chicago offense,
and you don't see Michael Wilson as a threat the way that those guys are. Luther could lead the team in targets and really have a breakout, but I have him third. In targets, with those three. Yeah, behind Rome and Mr. Loveland. Yeah, I mean, there is certainly an active positivity towards Luther Burden and an active negativity towards Marvin Harrison. Yes. Because of the end of the season for Burden, the departure of DJ Moore, compared to the disappointment that Marvin Harrison has been, the injury really messed up last year. It was just the end of the season for both these guys,
because at the end of the season, Marv was injured and Michael Wilson looked awesome, while Luther Burden looked really great going into the playoffs and explosive. So what we have recent, you know, recency bias certainly is on the Luther Burden side. Yeah, I mean, I definitely, even though I have Burden ranked higher, I, you know, Mike, what percentage chance do you have that Harrison finishes ahead of Burden in fantasy? Because my percentage is in... He said that Luther finishes higher. Okay, the percentage chance that Luther Burden finishes higher than Marv... No, I actually meant the other way around. Since we both have Marv ranked...
Either way, we'll give both answers. Well, I'm just saying, since we both have... Which number do you want me to give you? Listen, we have Marv ranked much lower, so it stands to reason that the percentage should be... What's the chance the lower guy finishes higher? The chance that Marv outscores Luther Burden, I'll put it at... I got my percentage written down, since me and you both have a 10-player gap. I will put it at... 39%. Yeah, I was going to say like 33%. Jason was probably... He'd probably say... Which is... That's not impossible. 45-45? Yeah, I mean, I feel like I'm 50-50 on those two guys.
55! There it is. By the way, another fade-out, or what did we say, fizzle player that Brooks brought up? Mm-hmm. He's just 28, but it's already happening. TJ Hawkinson. Oh. My guy. We've already fired the flaming arrows at his casket. Who's? Hawkinson. Who? Oh, yeah. TJ Hawkinson. He was a tight end. Oh. He was. Yeah. And then he isn't. Instagram question from D. Heil. Oh, man. Hawkinson. Goodness gracious. That was a... That was fast. Yeah, that was... That was really fast. There was a real burn bright... You got the trade. Mm-hmm. 10-team PPR keeper league. My keepers are Drake, London, and Gentty.
Okay. Should I now avoid Brock Bowers? No. Oh, my gosh, no. No. In other words, you know, in general, as a running back and tight end on the same team, risky, I don't ever think about it. I really don't. Because I don't think about them any tight ends. And the tight ends I do think about, I don't think about whether I have another one of their players. I really don't. Right. Yeah. There's no situation where I... If you had Trey McBride, you're not avoiding Jeremiah Love. No. If I have Loveland, I'm not avoiding... Swift. Swift or anything like that. I mean, Bowers, Gentty, sure.
Put them together. Kittle, CMC, fine with it. Tyler Warren, Jonathan Taylor. Do it. Cool. I'd like that. Yeah. That means I have a tight end. That's what that means. Instagram question from Jordan, writing in, keeper question, brings up Bowers again. Brock Bowers or Saquon Barkley in a full PPR? Ooh. I mean, technically, Saquon goes higher in drafts. But it's close enough between the two in their draft selection and ADP that it's certainly... It's not a guarantee you can draft Bowers. You know what I mean? Like, you don't have the... You don't have the option to, like, go around higher on him or something because he's a later
round pick. I would take Bowers. So the question actually looks like a keeper question where it's a 302 for Bowers or the 208 for Saquon. So they're giving up their second to keep Saquon or their third to keep Bowers. That is the ADPs. Kyle has... Yeah. Okay. Yeah. It's just keep one or the other. That's just where they're going. It's 208 and 302. I would keep Bowers. I would keep Bowers as well. I would keep Bowers. I am somewhat in on a Saquon bounce back, though. I will say that. Not to number one or number two or something like that, but I do think 208 for Saquon is
a deal for that team and what the identity is going to be in the offensive line and the defense. And, like, there's not another option there that's going to... I mean, unless you're into Tank Bixby, which I'm not. I am. I think Saquon's going to have a player... But I don't think he gets a role. No. I kind of misspoke. I don't think that Tank Bixby will eat into Saquon's role at all. I heard Geno Smith, Tank Bixby are your top two guys this year. I will have Tank Bixby on tons of my teams. He'll be a late-round target for me because he is the type of insurance back where should
an older running back on the team go down, you're in a great offense and you've really looked good. The last couple years, Tank has looked great. All right. This question comes in from Instagram. Hey, boys, what hot takes so far this offseason do you find yourself agreeing with? But I don't see any options for the hot takes here. So, I mean, I can give you a hot take... Is it the burden? ...that I... ...is mine, so I also agree with it. Yeah, sure. Like, I don't know what the scorches are right now. Give us your... Let's just do our own hot take.
What hot take do we agree with ourselves on? Yeah. Ken Walker can be a top three running back this year. Oh! Who's got... Oh, man. That was very hot. Is that too spicy? Top three? Yes. Wow. I mean, I'm all for it. I've got him on my team. He can. Mike and I are... We're historically big Ken Walker fans. Yeah. He and I were exactly the same on that. And if you check the tape, you'll obviously... You'll hear Mike saying it a lot, but I'm in the background like... He's not saying it. If you listen real close... He was... He's nodding.
He was typing to Mike, keep going, keep going. Yeah. These are great takes on Ken Bone Walker. I mean, my hot take of the offseason is that Malik Willis is going to matter a lot. I mean, I've been saying that since before he was signed, so I think that that's one that I believe in. Do I like being associated with it? Not really. For a fan... Where you go astray is the... You have a very strong conviction, as the Dolphins do financially, of Malik Willis being good for the NFL, for the actual Miami Dolphins, not just fantasy. Just good enough to start regularly and run the ball around.
And he could. I mean, the couple starts, he looked better than some of the quarterbacks who have contracts. I think Travion takes a bigger... Like a very large lead by the end of the year over Ramondre. Okay. I'd like to hear that. Speaking of Travion, Gabe writes in on Instagram, Dynasty Trade. Chris Olave for Travion. Would you do it? In a Dynasty League? Yeah, I would do it. You would rather have Travion? I have Chris Olave in our main Dynasty League. And I adore Chris Olave. I think he is an awesome wide receiver. He's a top 10 guy. He's young.
There's nothing not to like about him other than... I mean, I have lived the last year and a half terrified that this guy could be deleted from my roster at any minute with the concussion history. I know he got through this last year. Great. Now he's got the blood clot. I just feel like he is awesome on the field. I'm very skeptical and worried about it. So if I could get out for something that I love... So would you trade Garrett Wilson for Travion? Taking the injury thing away. Those guys are back-to-back in Dynasty startups. So Olave goes ahead of Garrett Wilson in a Dynasty startup in PPR.
So would you trade Garrett Wilson for Travion? Because see, this question to me is just, do you need a running back? Do you need a wide receiver? Sure. It's not enough of a... Yeah. Like, Ket McMillan, I would not trade for Travion. You know, like you're in a tier of wide receiver that's too high. Yeah. But would you trade Garrett Wilson? I think that that is more difficult. Carnell Tate? No. I would rather have Tate. Lad McConkie? I would trade Lad for Travo. Jordan Tyson? I want Jordan Tyson. I mean, if anything goes wrong with Chris, Olave, Jordan Tyson's to the moon.
Mike, Instagram question from Evan. What would you guys do? Would you guys trade Chris Olave? You thought you were getting away with this. No, I don't think I would trade. Of course, I'm just being quiet over here. I mean, I did answer. I said it'd be position specific for me. Yeah. Like, if I need a running back, I'm totally... It's an acceptable trade. Who would you... Okay. But if I'm drafting one... Yes, if you're drafting. I'm drafting Olave. Okay. Mike? Yeah, if I'm drafting, I'd take Olave. He's just 26 still. I mean... Dude, I am hopeful that you guys are right.
I need him, and I love him. Stay healthy. Evan says, keep trade cut Cam Scadaboo, Quinchon Judkins, Bashaw Tootin. You can't get me to cut Cam Scadaboo. If you put CMC, Bichon, and Cam, I'm keeping Cam. That was almost my hot take. Cam Scadaboo's number one. Yeah, he's going to take the league by storm. But he is my keep. I'll probably cut... Between Scadaboo and Tootin is very tough. Between Scadaboo and Tootin? Yeah. I'll keep Cam Scadaboo. I'll trade Quinchon, and I'll cut Bichon. I think I'm keeping Scadaboo. Yeah. I'll cut Quinchon. I really like him, but the team makeup scares me.
Matt wants to know from Instagram, how can I convince my dynasty league to finally get rid of kickers? Well, I mean, we always go back to... And we'll have answers, but we'll go back to the well of... Ask them how much they enjoy slash spend time building their, you know, kicker list and analysis on a regular basis or whether they just, you know, pick one that's there by ADP at the very end of the draft because why not? And then go and show them how many kickers like outscored important tight ends last year because it's going to be a lot of them
and be like, this shouldn't happen. And then bring it up to a vote every single year. Let me ask you this. Yeah. You're in a dynasty league. You have Brandon Aubrey. I would never vote against removing kickers. He's there to stay. Kickers are important. Kickers are important in fantasy. The kickers are in the real NFL, Mike. If I've got Brandon Audrey, I'm in. Who? Brandon Audrey Hepburn? The funny thing about kickers is like, I used to try to make arguments to keep them around, but the arguments all defeat themselves because if you keep them around and you score them too severely,
then the randomness of the kicker position ruins your league. And if you take the alternate approach because you just want to have them there and you're like, barely count their points, then they're really meaningless, which you should remove them. So I don't see a scenario where like, you know, you could be like, oh, a field goal made is one. Also, one of the things that's helpful in a lot of leagues is the addition of adding another flex spot. So you can make it, hey, instead of a kicker, I think we should have one more flex spot. It'll, you know, give, give, it's,
depending on how many you have, we did that when we got rid of our kicker in our league and just gives a little bit more to play with. Don't worry. If you have kickers in your league, we put out kicker rankings. We do that for you. But it's not fun. No. Unless you have Brandon Audrey Hepburn. Website question from Chase. Where are you guys at with Gunnar Helm? I think he has great sleeper potential. So does Andy. Yeah, I agree. I mean, I liked Gunnar Helm last year. He made some plays down the stretch. They got rid of Chigakonkwo. I like them as a sleeper team.
This is the Titans tight end. Yeah, he actually had. Year two. He was a rookie last year, yeah. He had a few top 10 weeks last year. The snap count will be high this year. Yeah. Gunnar Helm will be their guy. He'll be on the field and he'll make plays. I don't think that he can be, we talked at the beginning, you know, the additions of Wondale Robinson and Carnell Tate. Yeah. And yes, you lost Chig, but the targets are going to go to those two guys. He also, Okonkwo, aside from a couple spike weeks here or there, he never came through for the Titans.
When you're looking at this level of a tight end, I have to be able to see a path that they just end up as the number two target. You can't go Schultz? You can't Schultz it up? Well, Schultz was the number two target, wasn't he? For, I mean, Schultz, I don't know if he was considered that or not. But it was like Christian Kirk, probably. Like last year, liking Juwan Johnson from the Saints. Because it's like, they have a lobby and who else do they have? But the fact that you have two, you have a top five pick and a free agent wide receiver
that you gave a bunch of money to. Like, they're locked in. Their target share is very safe. Is this why you probably wouldn't be in on Britton Strange this year? Britton Strange is a little bit different as the offense projects to be high powered. So, I don't think he'll be anything consistent. But his spike weeks, I think there'll be more just because of the amount of touchdowns to go around. And yes, Dalton Schultz was the number two in targets. Okay, there you go. But the Dalton Schultz stuff is all so confusing of, you know, like it's real noisy last year
of the success that... Jaden Higgins? No, no. Jalen Davis Mills had with the team. Alrighty. That guy from someplace writes in on Instagram, last question for us. Favorite turn position to draft from? The first pick or the 12th pick? I'll go. I like the one. Yeah, I'm going to take the best player. I'll take the one. If I have to go on a turn, I'd rather have Bijan or Jameer. Yeah. I like the guys at the 2-3 turn. Being in the one spot? Yeah, if you're at the one spot, yeah, I like that. I think that's going to do it for today's episode, everybody.