Risk vs Reward, Love Letters, LIVE in Dallas

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Welcome in to the fantasy footballers podcast live in Dallas, Texas. All right. The crowd is hyped. I hope we get the greatest mailbag drop we've ever had today. Yeah, that's a challenge. I expect. Hold on. Hold on. Jason shout out. There was multiple people that just shouted for Jason. That just means there are several.

tone deaf individuals in the audience, and we appreciate it. Welcome in. This is stop number two on the Fantasy for the People tour. Presented by Draft. Thank you so much. Thank you to Draft for sponsoring all of these live events. If you're listening and you want to come, there are more. Philadelphia, New York, Phoenix. Yeah, careful with the Philly. You realize Philly was...

Yeah, I got you. You got any gum? It was a problem for Minneapolis, too. Yeah, it was. And I understand. Philly better come and represent. Yeah, they better come out. Ballerslive.com, if you want to grab tickets to the show, we got a great show. I won't mention the Eagles very much. Okay? That's my promise to you. We've got some stuff planned, some fun stuff plan. We've got risk reward on the show today. These are some players that we are, dare I say.

Very excited for? Yet very scared. Yeah, very scared. Very special drop that Mike is prepared for that segment. And I'm excited. Are you excited? Dude, I'm so excited. You still got a voice? You good? Yeah. Now, you remember, this is live. You guys are in for a treat. So, there were a bunch of quick question submissions that I got off of Twitter. You know, DAC versus Wince and...

Philly Dallas stuff that I didn't want to get into. I agree. And what was strange is while we were in the hotel. Right. Well, we're here for the NFFC. Absolutely. And there's NFL players everywhere right now. Going to be a blast tomorrow. And while I was in the hotel, you know, the postal service, you're familiar. I heard of it. Someone brought by a letter. No one gets letters anymore. I know.

But I got one. Oh. And it's actually for Jason. And you didn't even know. But I'm going to read it. Hold on. Did you realize that opening letters for someone else is a federal offense? Well. Thank you. It's a felony. Not if you're the host. So, but I got this letter and it's addressed to you. And it seems relevant enough. So I'm going to read it.

I'm looking forward to. And I just want to touch on a few things that I have to share this with you, and I hope you'll be okay. All right. Dearest Jason, I've received all of your previous correspondence, and it's now quite clear your feelings for me. The twinkle you get in your eye whenever my name is scribbled down on your fantasy roster. The way you stare longingly at the box scores like no one else's fantasy points seem to matter. How do I say this?

other than to just say it. Please stop writing me. You expect far too much. Yay, my star was born last season. But it cannot burn as bright in the shadow of my elders, Antonio, Levion, who demand the highest care and attention of our leader, Benjamin. Again, dearest Jason, I implore you, stop writing.

Your unrequited love will only lead to embarrassment as my current draft position cannot sustain your expectations. Plus, it's really, really creepy. I love you, Jiu. Farewell, Juju. Farewell. Oh, man. It's emotional. I can't believe he got a letter. Do you have any thoughts to share based on hearing that? I mean, this has got to be difficult.

Uh, yeah, well, let me just say this. Juju, I know that you are out there. I know that you are watching me now, like a star from the heavens. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. I will not stop writing or loving you. Against my mind, I will follow my heart. There are people who might make you stop. Yeah, called the police. Now, that's very interesting. I will admit that I probably talk about Juju too much. A little too much. That's on me, but...

I wasn't the only one to get a letter addressed to me. That's impossible. Yeah. Hit the music. Because you got a letter too, buddy. This is incredible. They went up 100%. Dear Andy. Kyle Rudolph here. Do you even remember me anymore? A few years ago, we were like best friends.

I remember you hyping me up even before I broke out. You told everyone who had listened to draft me, and you even took me yourself, my man. But it was recently brought to my attention that you've been talking smack behind my back saying I'm no good. I'm uninspiring, a mediocre tight end. I heard from my mom that both last year and this year, you have made something called a water bet against me.

What is that? Why would you do that? It hurts, man. What more can I do over the last two seasons? I'm the fourth best tight end in fantasy. I'm third in targets. I'm third in receptions. I'm sixth in yards. And I'm freaking second in touchdowns. He's pretty heated here. I mean, come on, man. I even got an upgraded quarterback who loves his tight end. Look, we don't have to be best friends anymore.

But I still care about you, Andy, and I just don't want you to look like a dumb idiot at the end of the year. Also, stop picking on Jason. He's the coolest. Oh, my goodness. I didn't expect this. Thank you, Kyle. The power of a letter. Incredible. Look, that was emotional. He made some strong points. Him and his mother. I mean, I'm just, I'm shocked.

That somehow you guys intercepted each other's deal. That's weird. It's really weird. Strange. Because, oh, I got a letter to myself. We got to move on, Mike. No. Dear Mike. Oh, great. First off, I appreciate you and your team believing in me this past year. The overwhelming support and belief, I'd become a fantasy superstar from the fantasy footballers.

really gave me wings and not just little bitty baby wings, angel wings that I used to soar. And yet your co-hosts seem to have lost faith in me. I guess they aren't interested in a player that finished top five at his position. For goodness sake, I led the league in rushing, forced miss tackles, yards after contact. I was one of only six.

running backs to prove durability to touch the ball 300 plus times. Six out of how many? I'm not exactly sure, but it's a lot. I hear them grief me for my fantasy dry spell in the middle of the season. Yeah, yeah. But I listen to you guys, and they've been off their game more than their fair share of shows. Am I right? Oh, shots fired. He says, please play the rim shot drop. I'll wait. Goodness gracious. In conclusion.

My dearest best fantasy analyst friend, Mike. You are the smartest and best looking of the bunch. I mean, though, that's, I appreciate that. The only bust I'm going to produce is my likeness in Canton. Wow. Hugs and smooches. Karim. Wow, Mike. I now know how we can validate all of our opinions. Letters. Letters to ourselves. From ourselves to ourselves. How dare you?

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First game of the NFL season. Does anybody know? Oh! Could you even hear it? I couldn't even hear it. Let's do it again. Oh, 55 days. That was destiny right there, Mike. All right, let's move on to our main event. We're going to talk risk, talk reward. Mike put together a very special drop for this segment. As for the over 30s. All people listening to this show who were not child of the 90s were like,

That's what I mean. What was that? The heck did I just listen to? What was that? All right. So we thought it would be fun to talk about some of the biggest risk and reward players, which is pretty much how I view Jason on the show. Risk reward. High risk, but high reward. High reward. Number three in draft accuracy in 2018. Oh, oh. Oh, stop. Embarrassing me. So we've each picked out three guys that we think have.

You can see both sides, right? You can swing the pendulum both ways. Heavy risk, heavy reward. Mike, why don't you kick it off with one of these risk reward guys that you're scared of and you're excited for? And I know there's some people in the front row who are going to really appreciate this. Jerich McKinnon. Oh. Oh. High risk, high reward. By some people, did you mean one person? Is that who you're a person? There may be one person specifically who I'm talking to. But here's the thing.

And with this, we wanted to lay out both sides. Risks. He's never done it. Granted. His best finish is running back 22, which that's fine, right? That's fine for fantasy. That means we had a couple good games. The past two years, he's been a running back one or two, and only 29% of his games. He only has two years of 150 plus carries. And in those years, 3.4.