Show 1500! Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Fun Surprises! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/9

But that's tough mass. That's, yeah, that's very tough. So we just have to shoot our shot here. Yeah. So let's go. Let's see. Hold on. I'm trying to wear. 2000. I'm just going to throw it. I'm going to throw a flat number out there. I will go 1,500. I will, I'm going to take the under on that. I'm going to go. What did you go? I went 2,000. I'm going to go, I'll go 1,200. Andy's the closest 2,216 matchups you're breaking. Wow. Oh, my goodness. You were very close. Yeah, that was pretty close. I just did some quick mental math and tried to get there. All right, this next one is a hat one, a hat trick question. The first person to wear a hat on the show was Andy because Mike was sporting a man bun for a while. It was a hair hat. It was a hair hat.

Mike just had a streak of 44 episodes in a row that he wore a hat. 44 straight. Yeah. How does that make you feel, Jason, a man with his hair covering it 44 consecutive times? You know, the only thing I feel is bad for Kyle having to go 44 episodes in a row counting who's wearing a hat. What is happening? Oh, he gets high on this stuff. He loves it. All right. He's a stat dragon. I'm on the show, so it's not that hard to, okay. 44 straight hats. But here, this question's about Jason. Because he's a new man in 2023. He is a new hat man. What is Jason's hat rate since week one of this year? So what percentage of episodes of the 2023 season has Jason Moore wore a hat? All but five is my guess. So 97%. That's my guess. What's your guess? I don't remember when I started if I started by week one. I'm going to go 88%.

Then I will go 87%. Great. Jason's the closest. Yes. 91%. But Andy was very close. It's 41 out of 45 episodes. You've worn a hat, my friend. Oh, I said like all but five. I just got my percentage wrong. Okay. So we all have a point. Okay. It's looking good. Next question. Jay Gris first appeared as a replacement for Jason Moore on this podcast. Yep. That's why he's named Jay Gris. What episode number did Jay Gris show up on this show? I believe, Mike, did we order Jay Gris while we were in this studio? Yes. That's what I thought. And so episode number probably. Oh, I got. I got it. You got it? I bet it's got to be two, three hundred and at least. Oh, yeah. Maybe more. Yes. I'm going episode 500. That's a good guess. I'm going 500 and 555. I will go 425. Okay. All right. Mike's the closest. It was episode 376.

which is the same episode that Mike cut his hair and cut his man bun. Wow. Yeah, I do remember that because I started the show with a paper bag on my head for the big reveal. Wow, I didn't remember that. Well, it's because you didn't wear a bag. You should have kept that bag on. It's in the Smithsonian. Okay. Last ballers trivia question, okay? So I'm not counting. You guys have done 1,500 episodes. I'm not going to count that you did 108 show after the shows, which is a lot. I'm not going to count the 147 footcasts you've done. Okay. We're not going to do that. Yeah. We're not going to count the 116 live streams or the Spotify lives or the series XM or the spitballers. Okay. If you wanted to listen to every single footballers episode. 15,000 hours. This is the question. How long would it take you consecutively if you just had a playlist to listen to all of these episodes in a row? And you know what? Some listener will probably do this.

Turn it on. Oh, I don't recommend it. How long would this take you? How many days is my question? Oh, I mean, this is just math. I got to convert into. Okay. I'm going to go here. Let me just. I'm going to go 62 and a half days. I don't know, 300 days or something. No, no, no, not that. This is, this is you don't sleep, right? This is 24 hours and a day. Jay, what did you guess? 60 days? Yeah, yeah. I guessed 62. and a half hours. 62 and a half days? Hours? Sorry, 62 and a half days. I'm going to go like 80 days. Fine. I'm changing mine because mine was way too high. I'll go 95 days. It would be approximately 93,000 minutes and Jason, you are the close 64.8 days to listen to every single episode back to back forever. Wow. All right. Okay. Is that the final one? That's the final one. Who won? I think Jason won.

Okay. Congratulations, Jason. Did I win? I'll take it. You're the smartest being alive. Great. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Kyle. That was fascinating. You dig deep. That's a lot of footballers. We have starts of the week and then the countdown. So I'm excited. Welcome to starts of the week. Presented by Purina Pro Plan. All right. Who wants to start with their quarterback? I'll jump in. I got Jared Gurf. And look, it is a little bit risky business because it's Jared Garth on the road. But he is playing against the Chargers. The Lions are three-point road favorites. Teams are throwing on the Chargers at the third highest rate in the NFL. Goff is averaging about 40 pass attempts per game on the road. And the Chargers are dead last in schedule adjusted points to the quarterback position. So I think golf is in a very good spot. Yeah, and it's on the road, but it's... I don't like it. Really? No, I don't.

I love the start of Jared Goff. Even though it's on the road, road games against the Chargers are oftentimes home games for a traveling crowd. This Lions team and fan base right now, I'll bet there's a lot of people at that game. I'm going to go next with Kyler Murray as my start of the week. I want to give people confidence start in week one. There's going to be a lot of questions out there of whether you can. If you... If you have one of those other six obvious starts, I'm not saying start him over that, but if you have a questionable start, you've got a Sam Howl, you got a Gino Smith. Jared Goff. Jared Goff, I believe. Are you still Goff? Mike started the week. Yes, I am golf over Kyler Murray. So, Kyler Murray right now in his career, he's averaged 20.3 fantasy points per game.

He's been a quarterback won in 63% of his full games played. That's behind only Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar, and Jalen Hertz since 2019. And then over the last month, the Falcons are 31st in Schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. And we've seen younger athletic quarterbacks coming back from an ACL injury. Deshaun Watson came back and ran the ball right off the back. What about the rust? You're not worried about the rust? I mean, yeah, I do not think Kyler is going to come out here and have his best game of the season by any means. There's going to be a little bit of rust. He probably won't run the most he's going to run this season. But he is a massive upgrade over Joshua Dobbs, who has been very fantasy relevant as a Cardinal. He's actually had a handful of big performances. So I think Kyler is someone that if you've been holding on to him or if you scooped them up and you've been looking for that quarterback, I'm plugging them in week one.

Brock Purdy is my quarterback start of the week. Taking on Jacksonville gets Debo, Samuel, back full assortment of weapons with McCaffrey and Debo and Iuke and Kittle. He's a good quarterback who's taking a lot of crap for this losing streak. But they're coming off the by week. They've got a lot to prove. I'm very confident in Purdy with two touchdowns at least. And I'm going with Tony Pollard against the New York Giants. I think this is it. This is the time. He is tied for the second most red zone attempts. It's been inefficient. Only two red zone touchdowns this year, but the Cowboys have the highest implied team total. They are playing the Giants. They should absolutely destroy them. And a hot Kyle stat here over the last decade, 64 teams were favored by more than two touchdowns at home. And the running back, running backs, I should say.

30 rushing attempts, 137 yards, averaged over 30 fantasy points a game. Did you see the line? Do you know the line? I believe it's 16 points? Yeah, I had heard it was. 16 and a half. 16 wasn't high enough. They're like, bet it up. Yeah, I think this is finally the week that we get some hot Tony Pollard action. Okay, for my running back start of the week, I'm going with Ramandre Stevens. Cooten to talk. Yeah, over in Germany. He's actually been the running back nine. Yeah, the plan is working. Over the last month, averaging 15 opportunities per game against the Colts. If he gets 15 opportunities, he should be great. I talked about it, but they have allowed the most rushing touchdowns in the NFL this season. And it's not just touchdowns on the season. He's averaging as many targets per game.

as Christian McCaffrey. So the matchup here makes him a must start to me. It's interesting because the targets is what we were hoping would come back at six that he had in week one and he's had six, six, six, four, six. His total carries are not that high. I mean, it's 10, 9, 10, 9, like he hasn't been over that eight. So it's been in the passing game. 15 opportunities a game. You would want it to be 10 carries and five receptions versus 14 carries and one reception. I'm going with Giovante Williams. I like it. Giovante has looked better and better as the season went on. The bill's defense is really struggling. They're allowing almost five yards per carry on the ground. They're also struggling through the air. That's why they made a trade. 30 opportunities for Javante before the buy week. I think he's a top 15 rest of season running back. Oh. I do. Oh, my. I could see it. At wide receiver, I'm going to go with DeAndre Hopkins.

He is top five in target share and air yard share. So this is a perfect matchup for him. He's playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who just got absolutely destroyed by the Houston Texans. But it's just the confidence of Will Levis. Not that Will Levis is the greatest quarterback on Earth, but we have a quarterback now who will give Hopkins the star treatment. 11 targets last week. That is. absolutely beautiful against the winnable opponent. I'm going, I like Hopkins as a smash play. Hopkins is going to be awesome this week. I've got Tyler Lockett against Washington at home. Hot Locket. We're coming off a terrible week for the Seahawks offense. It was straight diaper gravy last week in Baltimore. Oh, that's a new one. But this is still a good.

team, a well-run franchise. What episode did Jason break out the new phrase diaper gravy? 1,500. So I think they bounced back. And the Washington defense is why you can have confidence. Washington is the 31st best in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to wide receivers. 30th and expected points added per pass attempt. Lockett's averaging six targets per game. There's probably going to be a little bit rain in this game. Um, that, that's the only concern if, if for some reason it gets worse beforehand, maybe you make a pivot. But I presume Lockett's had plenty of good games in the rain before they play in Seattle. It rains all the time. Have you seen how bad DK Metcalf has been? Yes. Like this offense, if they don't perform against Washington, there's going to be panic alarms for Gino Smith. I mean, it would be like a full, uh, moving on from Gino for the franchise maybe at some point. Um,

It's been bad. It has. It sucks, man, because that was such a great story. Neck have had one catch for 50 yards last week, which is a lot of yak. That was it. That was it. Is it my turn? No. It is. Yep. My wide receiver is contingent on being active. That's important. Drake London, if he plays Arizona, if he's healthy, I think Drake London is a huge play this week. Been fairly consistent before getting hurt. Eight targets a game, 63, receiving yards a game. Cardinals secondary, incredibly weak and the ability for Kyler to put up some points. I think Drake London is set up. The problem is you don't really know where to go if he's out. Because last week, Mack Hollins got banged up. And so then Carol Hodge came in and actually looked pretty good. Oh, man. Arthur was so ecstatic. Yeah, because he loves playing.

players who nobody has their football card. The tertiary options? Yeah, nobody has their cars. It's unbelievable. All right, tight and start to the week. Dalton Kincaid gets the Denver Broncos. It is, it's time over the last three weeks averaging seven and a half reception, 73 yards per game. He's their second best receiver. Gabe the Babe is no longer the number two option. It is Dalton Kincaid, Stefan Diggs, and then it's Dalton. And then the matchup, the Broncos 30th and scheduled just a points to the tight end. This is a, this will be a very fun Dalton-Kincade game. It is the week for Dalton tight ends for sure. If you have a Dalton tight end, and I'm going to go with Dalton Schultz against Cincinnati. Someone call a doctor because Dr. Schultz is back. He had 11 targets last week.

He has been a difference making tight end over the last month, basically killing it since week four. He got off to a slow start. We thought, oh, he's not important to this offense. He's actually really, really good. He's a good tight end the rest of the season. But this week, Cincinnati is dead last and scheduled adjusted fantasy points allowed to tie in. Look at what Kate Otten did last week. You know, the most fantasy points that for tight end last week was against Cincinnati. They're going to need Dalton Schultz in this game. Dalton Keene, tight end for the Houston Texans. No. Wait, they have multiple Dalton's. Now, Logan Thomas against Seattle is my selection here. Averaging 5.6 targets per game, look to in the red zone. Washington's throwing the ball a ton. Their defense is weak. You talked about Gino and having confidence on the Seattle side. But the last two weeks, Seattle's been lit up by the tight end. I think Logan gets back into the end zone this week. Thank you to our sponsor, Purina Pro Plan Sport.

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I have some notes. Yeah. Uh, we had a, we had a demolition man reference. Yeah. Oh yeah. I like that. Now, I guess if you want to stretch it, you could say round house Wesley Snipes, but Slice Stallone is not a roundhouse type of guy. So you, no, no, no. This is a Wesley Snipes. Okay. This was a Wesley Snipes. All right. Roundhouse fart. Okay. All right, you're back in? Yeah, yeah, okay. I worked through my problems. Okay, good. Oh, man. I find it a little disturbing that these, you're not just beating them up. They're like, you're like, you're killing them. He's on them. They're dead. They're dead. I hate kickers. I know, but that's like, that's like real hate. Murder. Yeah, murder is at the tippy top of hate. To be fair, I didn't know that my roundhouse fart would kill him. There's just a good one, you know.

Just a real solid roundhouse fart. Yep. What a lead in. All right. We have one more segment, right? We've got a special moment here. I believe we do. Let's have the moment you've all been waiting for. The top 10 show nicknames of all time. Brooks, are you handling this? Yes, sir. I've got the results. So are you counting them down 10 to 1? Yes, sir. I sure am. I am so curious. 108 nicknames. And I saw people complaining the other ones weren't in there. Yeah. Some like, I think one-offs, maybe. And some were like one more jingles, David Johnson was the biggest one that people were looking for. But we're not really a nickname. I decided that didn't make the cut. All right.

And we had over 5,000 votes. Excellent. Excellent. And we're going to start actually a quick shout out to number 11 because only 19 votes separate 10 and 11. And 11 was Pity City. Oh. And that was a change this morning. Last night, Pity City had the Veed. Hey, your vote counts. Kyle, does that make you sad? He's top 12 wide receiver. I love it. Top 12 nickname, too. All right. All right. At number 10 with 1263 votes, Fat Thor. Oh, what? Thor? Recent. Brand new. Yes. Yeah. That's. That's surprising. Uh, yeah. Also ridiculous, Mike, that you accomplished what you did with that name. And my Halloween costume. All right, guys. At number nine. All right.

Mr. Bhole. Adam Gase. Yeah. Mr. Bhole is number nine, huh? And I believe you said Adam Gase, but we have updated that. That is no longer Adam Gase's nickname. That is Arthur Smiths. All right. All right. Number eight. This one surprised me, guys. Fireball Jones, Tim Patrick. What? Number eight with almost 1,400 votes. He never got to live up to that. No. I feel like. Maybe we shouldn't have called him that. We have changed a few guys' names. Like that tried to give him a real superhero name. Yeah, Smash Jackson was poof gone. Yeah, that's not. So Fireball Jones was eight. But you know what? This is not our fault. We're doing everything we can for these guys. Yeah, he got paid. That's true. He probably got paid because of the nickname. And at number seven, with about 100 votes more, booty scooting cam. Oh, yeah. All right. That was a great one.

It was. The drop made the name. I mean, Booty Scootin' Cam Newton is okay. But when it's hit that drop again. Booty Scootting Cam. Yes, it would have been good for the show for him to be better than he ended up. He burned bright. Yeah. That's great. All right. All right, guys. At number six, another new one from recents. Voldemort. John Watson. Yeah. I actually did vote for that one. Oh, yeah. I love, I love he who shall not be named. All right. So, uh, Voldemort. Wow, number six. Okay. Now we're in the top five, baby. All right. This one is a shocker for me, guys. Can't wait to see the reactions. Number five. Tony, Tony, Tony, Brooks James Jones, Jr. Yes. Come on. I know it's not. Yes, baby. Oh, that's a good one. Does that shock you like it does me, Mike?

It's not only shocking. Disappointing? Disappointing? Yeah, it's disappointing. There's over a hundred names. How many votes did Mr. Tony Tony Brooks James Jones Jr. get? 1700. Yeah. I'm shocked. The people like it. Crap. Number four. Number four. I am the Walrus. Darren Waller. All right, we're back on track. I thought that was in contention for number one, for sure, the waller is. But shaky hamstring, knocks him to forge. Yeah. All right, guys, we're down to the top three, the dump truck. Okay. All right. I hope he gets activated to the active roster. Leonard Fournett, by the way, for those wanting to know the dump truck. That's great. That was last year, right?

Yeah, I believe so, yeah. That's one where Al got the drop on the spot on the fly. Oh, yeah. He did work the hard that day. Number two. Number two, the Muth is Luth. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. All right. Okay, that makes sense. The Muth. The Muth is Luth. All right. He needs to get Lute. He's not been Luth for a while. He needs to get Luth. That was the most popular shirt we ever had. Yeah, sure. Do we have a drum roll or something here, Al? We sure do. Excellent. Don't tell me how to do my job. I'm just making sure. All right. And the number one nickname of all time. Big Montana. Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Will Disney. What? Woohoo. It's only because of the music. Of course it is. I mean, it's all of it, baby. Oh, my gosh. Big Montana? Nice. He stopped it.

unbelievable big montana number one that's fantastic now how how wide was the gap do you have that uh like uh 150 that's pretty big big montana 170 so how did this work you voted for 10 and then the accumulation of points yep so people weren't putting big montana's number one necessarily right right it's just the most people had him in the top 10 of so in in some ways it's almost like the most popular nicknames yeah yeah because it's it's just based on like it's exactly what it is oh man we dodged fellas we got luckier because darnel anderson was number 12 oh i wanted to the two that i'm sad about oh the lizard king i feel like that one lost the recency the the the two that i'm sad about is darnel a and blah plow because those those are two of my pa river was 14

Nice. Oh, see, I was a big fan of that. Cup a cup of coffee was 17. What was the least popular nickname? I'm looking at it. We got, My Sweetie Diti. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Betty Crockett Gilmore was also. I don't even remember. Was Crockett Gilmore a player? That's, yeah, 20. That's the early days, 2015. Yeah. Oh, man. So here's a funny one more final note here. Number 100 and number 107 was Mr. Necessary and Mr. Very Necessary. Oh, come on. Mr. Necessary was great. Yeah, Charles Clay. That was a good time. James and Target. I forgot about that. Wow. Okay. There's so many dumb names. I'm sure we will have some social media content surrounding this vote. So we'll share the results out there.

And guys, we have one final thing for you before we close down and show 1,500. We do have a special, a special congrats video we want to play from the Foot Clan. Oh, really? And a special congrats from us here at Foot Clan HQ. We are just so thankful to be a part of this. And so this quick video really summarizes just how meaningful you guys are to everybody. Hi guys, it's Julia, one of your writers. Congratulations on 1,500 shows. Congratulations, ballers, on 1,500 episodes. Each day when you welcome us into the show, Andy, it feels as if you are welcoming us into your own home to shoot the breeze, converse with friends. Beyond just the regular fantasy football stuff, I just want to thank you guys for a show.

that made a 40-year-old woman think that she really truly could pivot her career. My kids and I listen to you guys in the car every single day, and they've enjoyed it so much that they've wanted to start their own fantasy leagues. We now have a league with my siblings and their kids, and it's just really been a great thing to bond over together. For an hour every day, we get to do what we love. With you guys, Andy, Mike, and Jason. I'd like to thank you guys for being incredible fantasy football analysts, but more than that for being incredible people and being incredible men who really appreciate all people, but appreciate women in the space. And I, that means a lot to be. It means a lot to me. And yes, you do offer us your expert fantasy analysis and advice, but you do something so much more important than that.

You put a smile in our faces. So congratulations. Thanks for all that you do. And I'm just super proud to be a tiny part of something so great. And most importantly of all, go out of feeling. Congratulations. Congratulations on 1,500 episodes. Looking forward to the next 1,500. Oh. You sneaky scoundrels. Once again, surprising us. That was very sweet. Thank you, Julia. We have a lot of fun. Yeah. This has been, I mean, it's a little surreal. in the respect of how much time has passed since the beginning. Wouldn't you say? I mean, it's like... Fifteen thousand hours of talking. It's unbelievable. It's truly... It is unbelievable. It is truly impossible. Impossible to believe. Hey. And yes, seriously, thank you. Everyone listening.

What a ride. What a right. Thank you. Yeah. And let's be clear. I mean, that was some very nice stuff set about the three of us. But we are a... We are a team. Yeah, we are just like a reflection of the people around us in every respect. From the production staff to our dev team, to everybody, you know, Papa Josh handling customer support. Betsy and Kyle and what they do on the other podcasts and like... And the Foot Clan. Yeah. I mean, it's... We've always... We started this because we believed that fantasy was a lot more than trying to, you know, increase your bank account on a weekly basis or, you know, even finishing first in your league. Like one person does that every year, but everybody plays together. And so, you know, I've seen some comments this past week on show 1500 of people just saying, like, they look forward to the daily routine of fantasy football. And that's really what it is. You play the whole year.