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Yeah, but I mean, look, I'm not, I think you can make the argument. So T.Y. Hilton will turn 31 in November. And I think AJ Green is 31. I believe they're the same age. You could make the argument that Brandon Cooks should be the answer here. I would find it hard for AJ Green at 31 years old with a rookie quarterback coming in, having played, you know, whatever it is, nine games in the last two seasons.

I am obviously on this show. I've been very anti-A.J. Green for the last, whatever, 14, 15 months. So I couldn't see myself. Perhaps it was that, like of the last 32 games he's played, I think 10 of them. Yeah. And I think you can extend that back even another year. I'm going to go do some math. It's been a while since he's had a full healthy season, which is kind of...

crazy because he had a stretch where he was the longest thousand-yard receiver in the league in consecutive seasons. He was doing that because he, you know, he'd be playing 16 games. But I, in a Dynasty League, do not want to buy AJ Green. I sold him this last year's offseason, and I was very happy about that. So if you want Brandon Cook's born, T.Y. Hilton, I'm fine with that. He's younger. He's still talented, but...

I'd go to you. Where would you go on those three? Next question. I guess it would be cooks. I mean, I can't believe that T.Y. Hilton is that old. That's, that just feels wrong. AJ Green feels old. Yes. T.Y. Hilton feels like a vet. Yeah. He feels like you should be 29, maybe 28. You know, for me, part of that is that I feel like.

There's just a history of the big wide receivers. I'm saying 2012 was his rookie year. I feel like there are so many big wide receivers who hit a wall and are done. And that's not to say that they can't hit that wall late. Brandon Marshall played, you know, to an old age. But you've got... When Brandon Marshall hit the wall, though, that was a brick wall. When Andre Johnson, unbelievable wide receiver. When he hit the wall, just done.

You know, so I think I'm kind of maybe biased against the older big guys. Maybe there's something to that. Julio Jones? Well, Julio hasn't shown signs of hitting that wall yet. But when he hits the wall, I'll say he's done. All right. You know, I traded A.J. Green plus, I don't remember, for Julio last off season. They're about the same age. But A.J. Green had shown signs of hitting that wall with injury.

And Julio just looks unbelievable still. Instagram, Steve Aru, the most important question, nobody is asking. Oh, I can't wait. Where is that cookie from? And this is in regards to the social video that you put out asking for mailback questions where you were eating a giant cookie. It's part of my diet plan to eat. Are you bulking before the cut? Exactly. I'm going on mass. I'm going on Mac.

I'm putting on mass, and I'm going to bulk up, and then, man, when I cut, I'm going to be shredded someday. I'm thinking, I'm thinking about considering getting shredded. Kind of like how you thought about considering running. And then did I run? You, no, just yes or no question. Did I run? Did you run? Did I run once? Once, yes. After thinking about considering. You did. So does that mean if I think about considering getting shredded? Maybe I'll get shredded once.

Once is all you need. That's all I need. I just need a photograph to show, you know, my grandchildren like, this was me. You know? Yeah. So anyway, back to the cook. Back to your weight. Oh, yeah. The cookie. The name of the place, I don't know, sweeties or sweetens. Something like that. Sweet. Sweeties. Sweeties. So they were a present from Brian Ketren, the biggest loser. Loser. Now.

A birthday present for you. Yeah, it was a birthday present for me. And I said, thank you. And then I called him the Katrina virus. It was, it destroyed all of our digestive systems. I mean, this thing was like eating just take, why didn't we just like sprinkle a bunch of sugar and pour some chocolate syrup on butter and then eat that stick of butter? It.

It was delicious. It was so good. It was so good. But it immediately made me feel worse than, like, I'm used to eating bad things and then feeling bad because habits. But that took it to a new level. Yeah. And I can't wait for my next one. YouTube from Jose Lazzano. Jason, which would you like? Oh, it's even addressed to you. Oh, okay. I'll answer it. The 101 and Carryon Johnson. The 101 and Carry on? Yeah.

Or Zeke? That's interesting. I would definitely go to one-on-one and carry-on Johnson. I think right now, if you're looking at Jonathan... What if I just said, Carry-on Johnson or Zeke? It would without a doubt be Zeke. Okay. I know that I believe in the talent of Carry-on, but you can't trust his health anymore. I expect Detroit to add another running back, and he's not...

got the contract or the situation, the history. I mean, that's not close. My love for Carillon Johnson doesn't force me to give bad advice to people. But if you're adding the 101, which could be a Zeke level talent at a younger age, I mean, look, Zeke is awesome. I would love to have him in a dynasty league. But I promise you he will fall off quicker than you think because he has a running back. And it happens to everyone out there not named Adrian Peterson.

Frank Gore, Marjohn Lynch. Did you hear Frank Gore is going to keep playing? I heard he's going to keep working out because he wants to play. He's like, I'm going to keep working out. Look, if the bills won't have him back, I can't fathom a team taking on a 37-year-old running back. Is he 37? Yeah, he is a grandfather. I mean, he's... Well, hold on. I'm 37. Are you a grandfather? No.

I don't think so. No. I'm 37. Are you a grandfather? No. Not that I'm aware of. So, but we both could be grandpa. We don't. High school days were little reckless. Take it easy. Uh, yeah. It is funny, though, to think like, see, I'm a young man. Like, I'm just, I'm not even, you just call this grandfather. I am not, well, but that's because I'm not a running back. I'm not an adult player. So my 37 is fine. Frank Gore's 37 is like.

You know, full, I can't believe he doesn't have full gray head of hair, gray beard, you know, all sorts of, you know, ailments. Elments left and right, bad hip. Probably some deep vein thrombosis. Oh, for sure. Don't, don't go in the aircraft. All right. We'll get out of here on this last question. Twitter from at Helphole 8802-0549. Okay.

The names have been fantastic today. Congratulations, Foot Clan. Or users. That's the handle, though. The name, they go by D-Money. Of course. But an M-U-N-N-N-Y. D-Money. In a dynasty format, when should we move on from running backs? I'm desperately trying to move Zique right now. Is that the right move? No, I don't think that's the right move. I think Zique isn't at that point yet. You know.

It's different for everybody, right? Zeke is older than Leonard Fournett, who I'm trying to move. Zeke will be 25 in July. Yeah, I mean, you have to look at a couple things with running backs. The contract situation matters a ton. Zeke, because he's a cowboy, because he's the center of the franchise, and they paid so much to get him, and they picked him so high, and they've had success with him.

he's going to probably get another contract after this big contract. And, you know, he hasn't shown signs of slowing down. And the team is behind him and loves him. Those are things that are going to keep him playing. You know, Leonard Fournett on the other end, you've got them voiding his guaranteed contract, saying they're not sure if they're going to pick up this year, if he's part of the plans. And then all of a sudden, what happens is it's really free agency that ruins a running back's life.

You know, once they hit the market and all of a sudden they realize, oh, gosh, people don't want me as much as I thought they would want me. You know, they're replacing me with these rookies who are 20 years old and cost them nothing as opposed to paying me big money, so now I can't find a team. So the contract situation is what I would look at and try to project it forward to say, do I think he's going to get another one or does he currently have a...

you know, three more years on his contract and use that as a barometer for selling the running backs before they hit their cliff. I feel like I'd be willing to sell Zeke in about two years. Yeah, sure. I think I can, I think that I can guarantee myself two more years of top-tier production. He may have many more after that, but with a running back when it comes to trading them in Dynasty, I would prefer to be out in front and be a year or two early.

on selling them because I can still sell at peak value. Yeah. I mean, we talked about David Johnson at the beginning of the show. I mean, he would have been at peak value until he wasn't. So it's the value. Before this last off season, before all the knee stuff started coming out right after the Super Bowl is when Andy sold Todd Gurley for a hall. Right. A hall of halls. And so, yeah, if you do get ahead of it,

you're going to get so much back from the stars. So it's not, I'm not saying like I wouldn't sell Zeke, but if you are selling him now, because I think you've got a really, really highly guaranteed two years of great value. So if you're selling him now, you better be getting that hall of halls. And Zeke didn't have that number one season this past year like Gurley had so that you could, you know, do you think you're really,

going to get his peak value? Yes, you can still trade Zeke for peak value. Okay. Brooks, you have Zeke. I got four net. I'll trade them straight up. Oh, excellent. Offer on the air. No, thank you. I thought I was going to get him there. Pressure him into it. Yeah, I'll ask you again tomorrow. We want to thank Pristine Auction. Pristine Auction, the best sports memorabilia site on the internet. Yesterday, a Saints two-pack. Ooh, a two-pack. What?

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