THE MEGALASHOW! Bold Predictions LIVE in PHX - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/29

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Jason's done. That was it for me. We are so excited to be here. What's a dangerous? Oh, is your heart rate at an uncomfortable level? What level is dangerous? 180 as usual resting. Is an alarm going off? Call ambulance. Thank you guys for being here. Yes. Oh my goodness gracious. The Megalus Show 2026. Oh my gosh.

I'm not sure there's a better way to kick off a football season. But shout out to Sirius XM for making this happen. For all of you being here for GMC and PetSmart helping us put on this show. We got a great show for you today. What do we think of the recliners? Hey, hey, he whose first wins, my friends. Little surprise for the front row. We try to tell you.

But we have a spectacular live show to Jason is so sweaty. Oh my gosh, I shouldn't have jumped off the stage. Did you jump off the stage? It's a tradition. It's a long ways. Sandy, he already posted in our chat, wishing I had a fan. Those are private messages, Mike. No, no, not today, dude. Not today. My goodness. So we are so excited. This is going to be tomorrow's episode. You're all a part of it.

Who here? Who's already done their league of record drafts? Oh, so we got some, who's like they're coming up? There we go. Hold on, hold on. How many this weekend and how many Labor Day weekend? We've trained them well. We have. Good work, everybody. Try not to get injured. Try not to get players injured. We, no, seriously. Butterfly stretch. Call ambulance. Are you doing, you can do the show? No, no, we're good. We're good.

So we wanted to, we're not only are you a part of today's show, it's a bold predictions episode. So prepare yourself. There's some things that are spicy. Spicy. Yeah. But we also. I didn't say it was nasty. I just said it was spicy. Usually bold predictions are pretty nasty. Bro, you are sweaty. Dude, I jumped off a stage. It's like four feet high.

Let me just tell you backstage. We were like coming out here, taking a look at everything. We're like, are you going to jump off? And he's like, I'm 44 years old. There's no way I'm jumping off at the stage. But then I saw the people. Yeah. Overwhelmed. So after the show, we're also, I mean, the people here at the Van Buren have been amazing. Is this venue awesome or what? Seriously. And they've given us some extra time. So we want to give you some extra time. Yeah, show the sweaty man.

What are you talking about? I got an extra towel if you need it, bro. No, this one's pretty big. It's going to be all right. I've just used a quarter of it so far. We're going to hang out after for a little AMA extra action for the people here in the building. And we got some surprises up our sleeve as well. So it's going to be awesome. We need your help a couple times tonight. Yes. When the show starts, I need my people to help welcome in.

Everybody to the podcast. Well, I mean, yes. Number one, you know what, I mean, you know what the welcome in sounds like. Papa Jot. What? Security. Oh, I thought. Security. There's an inebriated person who needs to be removed for the premises. Papa Josh? Is that a joke? Do you understand you made that man's life just now? Disgusting. He was paid. We all know the welcome in. It's not officially football time.

Whoa. But it is. Whoa. Are we doing a football time? No, but it's a lot. Did you get booze? I'm saying it is. Like when it's live, it's football time. Okay. It's football time. And then we're going to do a spectacular live mailbag. And we all want you in on that as well. A live AMA after the podcast. And if you got pictures and stuff, make sure you tag us on X and put the hashtag Megalus show if you can spell it.

But are you guys ready for a show? Hey, shout out to Al Borland in the back. He's going to get us started. Oh, Al. Yes. What's up, Oakland? He is riddled with illness and here today to put on the greatest show you've ever seen. Hit it, Al. Let's do it. To the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Let's do it.

Let's go. Welcome in one and all the Megalosh. The heart rate is up. We're here in Phoenix, Arizona. Football is less than two weeks away. There are games going on right this minute. I feel like a hummingbird right now. We have alerted the team that if suddenly some bit of news happens, they're going to let us know, and then I'll tell you that Joe Burrow retired. Is Andrew Luck back? So we did this show.

In 2019, almost on this exact date, Andrew Luck retired moments before we took the stage. It blew up the entire plan. And that would be the same as Burrow retiring today. You shut your mouth. But he didn't do it because Mike wouldn't be here. That would cause extra problems for today's show. So we are excited. We've got a great quick question we're going to get into. We got bold predictions, which are spicy. We got mailbag here live in Phoenix at the Van Buren. All of your questions.

People here in the building have sent in their questions. We're going to answer them. But let's kick it off. Oh, well, hold on. Matt? Oh, no. Matt, are you back there? Yeah. Oh, no. That's not actually, Matt. What have you planned? Is that back there? Yeah, you get the stage that, like the stage, it looks sort of complete. Do you have something for me? Oh, no. Can you find that for me real quick? What is happening? Just like, man, like we got the helmets on it. We're live.

What is this? I mean, as long as he remembered the bit. Oh, you trusted Matt? He's behind you. Oh, my God. Oh. You know, did you know about this, Jason? Of course not. I would never have allowed this. Did you know that a super duper champ was with you guys? I'll just hold it. Put the thing down. I'll just hold it. Because I am a duper duper champ. League of record. Ballers Dynasty.

Oh, my, look at that. Never been done before. Never will be done before unless I do it. Well, I might do it again. Well, I might do it again. This is why we play, right? The people love the year of Mike. They sure did last year. Yes, it's over. It's got to be over. People love a sequel to a great movie. Sequels are almost never better. And that's the truth. I'll jump right to Last Crusade if I have to. Yeah, well, listen.

Thank you, Matt. Now you put me in a bad mood, Mike. I didn't want to remember this. Today's quick question. You ready, Mike? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sponsored by PetSmart. Here's what I got for you. It's your job to compare a player or team to a blockbuster movie. This is what we always do on the live show. So we've all selected one that we feel like fits the mold for 2026. And I'm going to kick it off.

I'm excited for yours. The San Francisco 49ers. We got any 49er fans here? Yeah. I like the booing. Thank you. Thank you for booing them. The San Francisco 49ers are final destination. Yes, they are. Every single year they think they have cheated death. And then death is like,

See you at training camp. I mean, listen to this. From 2013 to 2021, they have averaged the highest games lost to injury in the NFL. That's weird. They were number one in 2024, top five last year. I mean, their medical tent has a medical tent, a little or one inside of it. And they've lost Pearsall. They've lost, I mean, Kittles coming back from injury. McCaffrey had tightness for three weeks. Whoa. You leave. You leave.

Sweet, sweet. Well, we hope they're fine. You could bring up Mike Evans. Mike Evans and his meat. His meat injuries. Jason is a medical expert. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have diagnosed a poor meat. So manager special, right? Yeah. Did you know? That's your medical analysis. My professional medical opinion is, unfortunately at this age, poor? Poor meat. Your meat is poor. That's why they tune in.

Did you know use check out of broken finger, too, just like his little bonus? Oh, how dare you? Juice is fine. They face the Cardinals, Seahawks, Rams, and then Pacific Gas and Electric in the division. The substation is out of control. I don't know how Christian McCaffrey escaped it, but everybody out there, say a prayer for this team for your draft picks coming up because the 49ers are absolutely final destination. It's pretty much inevitable.

I mean, I don't know how it keeps happening. All right. I'm going to go next year. I'm going to compare a situation to a movie. Matt Nagy. Uh-oh. Is this the postman? Is that the whole thing? I'm done. Matt Nagy is boo. Matt Nagy is Fight Club. He's the movie. What?

But my yes, voice of public opinion. Fight club's a really good movie. It is a really good movie. Let me tell you, the first rule of Matt Nagy's offense is you don't ask Matt Nagy about his offense. And here's what's going to happen. After weeks of trying to identify the lunatic who's sabotaging the Giants offense climaxing with Jackson Dart being split in two. Oh, like Marty from Not Another Teen Movie.

That joke is for like six people out in the crowd. But they love it. Matt Nagy will eventually turn to the footage and he will see the man who has made the horrible call on third down. He is Tyler Darden. It is me. It is Matt Nagy. Second lowest motion rate of any play caller since 2021. Third lowest play action drop back since 2021.

This guy sucks. I feel like in some ways that would be like the greatest thing to happen if he actually realized that he's the problem at the end of the story. Yeah, but it started punching himself. Like that'd be great. Here's the problem. You haven't seen the end of Fight Club where the season just ends that he is Tyler Dern and he just watches the entire Giants franchise. He's the scariest part of that team. He's the scariest part.

Look at that. Look at that guy up there. That guy sucks. Some people shouldn't have jobs. And Matt Nagy and Matt here should not. All right. Wait, did Matt the falcon? Yeah, Matt the felt. He's bringing out championship belts and he's doing a poor job. I mean, come on. All right. Thank you. Thank you. For my comp, it's pretty simple. I mean, pretty simple. I was like, well, this is too obvious. Everyone should know this.

Aaron Rogers is weakened at Bernie's. Okay, he's dead. All right? If you're not familiar with Weekend and Burnies, it's like, there's two guys just holding up a dead guy for the whole movie. He's already dead. He's already dead. You got, you got D.K. Metcalf and Michael Pittman doing some heavy lifting.

I watched the film on Rogers. Sorry, but it is over. Put the sunglasses on. He thinks he looks super cool in that picture. Oh, he does look. This is the best he can look. Get on their shoulders. You're dead. That's it. Boom. Wow. That's going to be an interesting. Steelers fans in the building? Hold on. Hold on. Steelers fans in the building. And hold on. Different question. Rogers fans in the building? Okay. Hold on. Hold on. I messed that up. Steelers fans who are also Rogers fans.