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The live Megalobowl board names Gene 213 at 4–0 with 396 points. Jason is also 4–0 and says he does not have 396 points; the hosts explain that each week awards one matchup against an opponent and another against the league median.
Ride or Die reviews Jason's three-for-three prior slate, then Brooks voices the new Christian Kirk threshold. When every host initially chooses die, the desk negotiates the line from fifteen to twelve before recording the votes.
Jason sends roughly twelve League of Record offers pairing DJ Moore with another player for a slight upgrade and receives immediate rejections. The hosts invent a player-specific auto-reject bot, then Al Borland leaks a screenshot and reports why he rejected the deal; Jason defends Moore as keeper-worthy for Al's roster but not his own stronger roster.
The hosts say Deucer Cam is close to becoming reality and can see the physical camera, but it is not ready because Deucer's Alley needs lighting and the producers are sitting in darkness.
The hosts avoid starting a returning Michael Gallup by saying they will ride the sideline. His name launches a horse-gait inquiry through trot, little gallop, canter, and rejected meander; breaking news eventually defines a canter as the three-beat gait between trot and gallop, though the desk thinks even that is too fast for recovery.
A spooky Unsolved Mysteries cue opens a segment devoted to perplexing fantasy questions, with Kyle Pitts's usage named the number-one mystery after two weeks.
Andy is directly identified as the Pitts manager and captain of the ship. He adopts a one-strike, two-strike, three-strike deadline, after which the plan is weeping and gnashing of teeth; he worries about damage to his predictive psyche, warns Arthur Smith, and accepts blind positive Pitts bets.
The Russell Wilson mystery replaces 'Let's ride' with 'Let's idle.' His first two weeks include eighteen red-zone passes without a touchdown, four would-be scores without two feet down, conservative checkdowns, and two delays; Denver's home crowd counts down its own play clock like Phoenix fans counting an opposing Giannis free throw.
Early running-back futility lets zero-RB drafters celebrate pantsless and point at everyone else. One unlabeled manager names Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson, and A.J. Brown; another unnamed manager calls a Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, and Tee Higgins Megalobowl roster 4–0 and describes it as booty-shaking.
The hosts imagine Mike Evans's unsuccessful appeal beginning with the defense that the shove was not him. His repeated Marshon Lattimore clashes then become a fictional $500,000 Amazon button labeled PUSH MARCUS LATTIMORE, which Evans would supposedly Prime three times and request for same-day delivery.
During the Bengals mystery, the desk directly accuses Mike of victory-lapping his concern about Joe Burrow's draft price and skipping around the office. Mike denies it and reduces the celebration to a 'minor, minor smirk,' but the other hosts say he has a tone and that vindication can be smelled in the air.
The Megalobowl update names Gene 213 as the 4–0 overall leader with 396 points, while Jason is also 4–0 and says he does not have 396 points; the hosts explain the simultaneous opponent-and-median matchups and direct listeners to the live standings. Ride or Die returns with Jason sweeping all three prior disagreements, including two successful fades and an Aaron Jones opportunity loss despite better fantasy output. Brooks voices the new thresholds and the desk formally moves Christian Kirk's line before voting. League of Record produces the sharpest personal beat: after DJ Moore scores once, Jason sends roughly twelve Moore-plus-player upgrade offers and receives instant rejections; the hosts invent a DJ Moore auto-reject spam filter. Al Borland screenshots the private exchange and reports why he rejected the deal; Jason then defends Moore as keeper-worthy for Al's roster but not his own stronger roster. Deucer Cam is announced as approaching reality: the camera physically exists, but the alley still needs lighting because the Deucers sit in darkness. Elsewhere, Mike Evans's Lattimore fixation becomes a fictional $500,000 Amazon shove listing he would supposedly Prime three times, and Pete Carroll is introduced as 'liar Pete Carroll.' Michael Gallup's recovery becomes a horse-gait investigation that considers canter, rejects meander for sounding like Manders, and ends with breaking news defining canter as a three-beat gait before the desk decides canter is still too fast. The spooky Unsolved Mysteries ritual begins with the season's central Kyle Pitts question. Andy is directly asked as the Pitts manager and captain of the ship; his plan becomes one strike, two strikes, three strikes followed by weeping and gnashing of teeth, damage to his predictive psyche, blind positive bets, and a warning that Arthur Smith will be run out of town. During the Bengals case, Mike denies victory-lapping his Joe Burrow draft-price skepticism; the others accuse him of skipping around the office and putting vindication in the air, while Mike reduces his reaction to a 'minor, minor smirk.' Russell Wilson's 'Let's ride' becomes 'Let's idle'; eighteen red-zone throws without a touchdown, four near-touchdowns, two delays, and a home crowd counting the play clock like an opposing Giannis free throw create a coaching-chaos tableau. Finally, the episode's early running-back futility leaves zero-RB rosters pantsless in the street: one anonymous manager celebrates a Tyreek-Jefferson-A.J. Brown build, while another unnamed 4–0 Megalobowl manager lists Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, and Tee Higgins and is described as booty-shaking.
You know, when you go Derek Henry, you're actually kind of going apples to apples. And you've got to have a... I just wanted to name another League of Record running back for you. A pure running back that can get game scripted out. You know, I've talked about Trubb isn't not always a great play. Often games, he's just, he lets your fancy team down. And I don't think he's going to this week. Last week was a great matchup. But it's very similar for Derek Henry. And... One of these guys looks like they've clearly still got all the juice you're used to seeing and the offensive line you're used to seeing. That is a tough question. My biggest concern for Derek Henry is the offensive line. If you can get to Henry before he gets going, it's nothing. And now, man, the lack of A.J. Brown, I think that's a, I think it's going to be an even larger.
deficit. I can't think of the word I want to use, but it's just a larger impairment to this team than even I thought it would be. That was a good word. Impairment was very impressive for being lost. Being lost in your words and then coming up with impairment there. You did way better than I did trying to figure out the back half of DeAndre Swift's joke. Well, jokes are tough. Isn't that the truth? Listen to this. The top 12 running backs. have scored the fewest combined points of the last seven years in the third lowest since 1999. There were only 10 teams through weeks one and two that handed the ball off to the same running back 20 times. So that's over two weeks. That's the second lowest mark of the last 20 years. That was in the Matt DeSaurobo article today. I did not hear what you said. Was it anti-Derick Henry?
It was, no, it was just, anti-running, it's why we feel this way. The zero running back teams are pantsless running through the streets right now. Are, just pointing in our faces. It's not listener league. One of my leagues, I went full wide receivers, Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson, and AJ Brown. That feels pretty good. And my pants are off. Yeah. Oh, yeah. My four and O megal Bowl team. is the same thing. Devante Adams, Stefan Diggs, T. Higgins. Just booty shaking. You don't know when that works. That works really, really well when everybody struggles at running back at the same time. So you have that roster, and you're in there and you're going, boy, Najee Harris stunk this week. And then your opponent's got Dalvin Cook. And you're like, well, this is just, it's just all washing out. And then my wide receivers lead the way. When you have a, you know.
a handful of at least monster running backs that are doing the job, it gets harder to overcome with it, J.D. McKissick as you're running back, too. We need to monitor all this discussion on the Office of Line and Derek Henry might have to be of... Impressive. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't like it. Impressive. But the Taylor-Lawon injury that was feared to be lost for the season, I haven't seen an update as to whether or not... I didn't never have that fear. Yeah, I didn't hear that. When did we get that fear? Did you start that? Are you starting that right now? I am receiving it right now as I've been looking into the injury. I have I thought it was just a minor. So wait, what have you received? 17 hours ago. Report Titan's Fear. Taylor Luan is out for the season. Three hours ago. From Jason's Twitter. Reviewing all options as they wait more information. Okay. Yeah, I was not aware of that. How are you feeling about Derek Henry? I am feeling nervous. Nervous? I am feeling very nervous about Derek than Echler.
Equally nervous? I mean, their offensive line already went backwards. If you lose Taylor Luan, who's a phenomenal left tackle, it's not getting better. It doesn't help this struggling offense. Oh, man. Do I trade him? Do I trade him? Do I? I'll take him. Yeah, we can talk. Do you have Christian McCaffrey? Swapski. Oh, I have Christian McCaffrey. I will not make that deal. Oh, darn it. All right. That is going to do it. I'll give you Jeff Wilson. Come on. Oh, you got you son of a gun, I'm in. Footclan giveaway.com, head over there. A bunch of great stuff for giving away. Check it out. Tomorrow we'll be back with starts of the week. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.