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Crucial Start/Sit Decisions + Hungry For More - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/6

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Crucial Start/Sit Decisions + Hungry For More - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/6

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The Footballers need a FootClan tush push to pass the Kelces

The show celebrates ranking fourth among U.S. Spotify sports podcasts and fifth globally, blames the higher-ranked Kelces on Taylor Swift, and asks Deucer's Alley to find celebrity dates. At the close, the six Footballers and producers concede that the two Kelces would annihilate them unless hundreds of thousands of FootClan members provide a tush push—while the Swifties remain on the other side.

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Deucer's Alley decorates in black and coal

Brooksie wears a December Christmas cap, budget Taylor is acknowledged, Judge Giamatti looks good, and Al is cast as the lump of coal amid the producer row's black-clothing contrast. Nearby, a fully decorated host still waits for Christmas spirit to make his heart grow three sizes.

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Hungry for More exposes Mike's tight-end diamond hunt

The recurring Hungry for More intro cues Mike first. Later the desk says Mike may simply love tight ends; Mike lists Troutman, Jarwin, McBride, and Engram and explains that finding a functional diamond in the rough at the position is a challenge he enjoys.

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Andy and the Betrayer occupy opposite roads to the title

Andy calls the current Al Borland game a throwaway because it does not affect either manager's position. Josh still wants Andy to lose so he enters the next round without confidence, but Andy says they sit on opposite bracket sides and could produce a Papa Josh the Betrayer-versus-Andy championship.

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Kyle makes the punters Thursday's stars

Kyle's game notes identify Steelers punter Presley Harvin III as the heaviest punter ever drafted at 255 pounds and track 250.2 punting yards per game. The desk adds Bryce Baringer's 79-yard long, inside-the-20 mark, and protected-looking eyes, reframing the low-total game as Baringer versus Harvin.

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Mailbag fails without the flourish

The first Mailbag cue is immediately rejected as bad because it ends too quickly and lacks the expected flourish. A second, fuller 'Mailbag' receives the answering 'Bagel bag' and is accepted as much better.

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The Hitman Wheel waits for Friday

After conceding that the Swifties would help the Kelces win, the show closes by previewing Friday's Fantasy Faceoff and explicitly naming the Hitman Wheel of Shame.

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Episode notes

Andy, Jason, and Mike open by celebrating the show's U.S. Spotify sports-podcast rank, blaming the higher-ranked Kelces on Taylor Swift, and asking why Deucer's Alley cannot generate a comparable celebrity date; Brooks is assigned Michelle Pfeiffer. The close updates the boast to fourth in America and fifth globally, then imagines the six Footballers and Deucers losing a fight with the two Kelces unless hundreds of thousands of FootClan members provide a tush-push against the Swifties. Deucer's Alley is visually festive: Brooksie wears a December Christmas cap, the Judge looks good, and Al is called the lump of coal amid the row's dark-clothing contrast; one host's fully decorated house still cannot make his heart grow three sizes. Hungry for More receives its dedicated intro, and the desk explicitly diagnoses Mike as a lover of tight ends—Troutman, Jarwin, McBride, and Engram—because he enjoys finding a functional diamond in the rough. League of Record supplies direct playoff foreshadowing. Andy dismisses the current Al Borland matchup as a throwaway, reports that Josh wants him to lose confidence, and says he and Papa Josh the Betrayer occupy opposite bracket sides and could meet for the championship. For the low-total Thursday game, Kyle's notes ignore the obvious players and spotlight the punters: 255-pound Presley Harvin III, 250.2 punting yards per game, and Bryce Baringer's 79-yard punt and inside-the-20 total. A weak Mailbag cue is stopped for lacking flourish, then repaired as 'Mailbag. Bagel bag.' At the close, Friday promises Fantasy Faceoff and the Hitman Wheel of Shame.

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