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All right, this is going to be fun. I can tell you I have no idea what any of these questions are. We left that up to Brooks and his staff to decide what to do here. He is the judge. Yeah, he makes great determinations on our behalf. So we have random questions. We've got, again, a disproportionate amount of food questions. We have fantasy questions. People love food.

Well, it's because it's delicious, Mike. It is. That's one of the big reasons. All right. I got my own question for Jason first before we jump in. If you had to give up meat or sugar. Oh, my goodness. If I had to give up meat or sugar, it would have to be meat sugars in literally everything. I mean, if you're talking about like I can't sprinkle sugar on something, I would give up sugar. But if you're just saying I can't.

I can no longer eat sugar, then I can't eat. And I know I would be healthier for it, but everything, everything has sugar in it. All right. Twitter question. This comes in from at Falk. Oh, be careful, Andy. Where did the producer's nicknames come from?

Oh, all right. A little insight information to the producers. You have Judge Giamatti. I'll explain this one. One day a question was asked from a listener about what Brooks looked like. And Andy just said he looks like. No, it wasn't looks. It was if someone had to play us in a movie. Oh, okay, sure. If someone played you in a movie and I believe he said, well, he looks like Paul Giamatti.

And then Paul Giamatti became the beginning of Judge Giamatti as he was put the gavel into his hand. And so he has become Judge Giamatti. And something not everybody knows behind the producer's desk in our studio is a giant. Way too big. Awful picture of Paul Giamatti to remind Brooks of.

of how he looks. His origin's story. Yeah. We surprised him with that the Judge Giamatti segment. Like he didn't even know that was going to happen. There just did it. That, that picture of Paul Giamati that's behind him, which he's welcome to share. I mean, be warned. It's the worst picture of anybody's ever taken of somebody. It's the equivalent of the picture where the flash is on and you didn't mean it to be on.

And you see the inner pores. Like who needs Paul Giamati's pores? I don't. This is not a professional picture. This is an unprofessional picture. That's correct. So that's that one. And then Al Borland, he's kind of known in our office as being the handyman. And before he was a producer, he just helped us with lots of different things in that realm. He helped hang up this, you know, the.

foundation of our lighting and he hung up signs and he always produced things that men do like you know how they build you know men do stuff I've heard about it yeah and then and so he was Al Borland and then somehow they just sounded like we were saying owl like the bird right I thought so I thought there was the stuff he fixed all the things and then we had

We were recording spitballers, and he was wearing a buffalo plaid red shirt. Yes, that happened. That's true. That is the Borland look. And then we were calling him Al Borland, and then that just someone mispronounced. Someone said, like, everyone's not. It's not sophisticated. Is because we mispronounce something. And then you're just like, no, I meant to say that. I meant to say Al Borland. That's right. Move me wrong.

All right. Next question from YouTube. It's a fantasy question. Just wants to know where OBJ will rank next year. I assume you didn't bring his name up on the last show. We did not. I think he has to rank outside the top 15 wide receivers. I can't fathom putting him inside. There are too many good options that I am all about for next year. But with the volume he will receive, assuming that he is.

back in that same role next year. It would be difficult if he played 16 to finish far outside of, you know, a wide receiver 2 territory if you're getting, you know, 130 plus targets. So I think he's going to be a back end wide receiver 2 for me somewhere around that. DJ Moore or Odell Beckham Jr.? I would rather have DJ Moore. I would take DJ Moore too. Beckham will probably be like a fifth or six round pick, be my guess. Yeah, I agree with you guys.

Instagram question. I got to really make sure I read who these are from in a very careful fashion. Here's the question that came in from Into the Night Records suite. Okay. Do people ever recognize you out and about while grocery shopping or anything like that? Yeah. Yeah, it does happen. It doesn't happen as often while we don't go out and about anymore. That's a good point. You know, I'm recognized daily in my house.

That's true. That's true. That's that guy. It definitely happens, especially as we're traveling in the past. Yeah, Disneyland, I mean, that was the place, man. You'd run into a lot of foot planet Disneyland. That's my favorite story about getting recognized. It's happened a handful of times. But my favorite thing is to give my wife crap and, like, pretend I'm actually a big deal. And one of the times we went to Disneyland.

We're in line to go in. And I said, look, I'm really sorry. I have to apologize because I know that there's going to be countless foot clan supporters. They're going to come up. They're all going to want pictures. I apologize for the time that that will take. And it's just really embarrassing. It is making this huge ordeal joke about it. And the second we got through the gates, Mike!

Yeah, it was someone to listen to the show. And my wife was just like, no, no. So that was fabulous. Those are the best moments. Mine is very similar. We were at a zoo. And my wife told me I have one hour. She said it. She basically said, I have one hour to be recognized or I'm a loser. And I got recognized within that hour, which was fantastic. Oh, my goodness. All right.

We had a related question on Facebook, too, saying, what's the funniest fan realization moment you've ever encountered a time when someone recognized you? I just gave it. A great reaction. So there you go. The Chipotle story is insane. Do you guys remember that one? Yes. So someone at their job, them and their friends listened to the fantasy footballers. He was traveling to Arizona for work for like a weekend. And the guys were like, oh, let me know if you run into Indy Mike and Jason.

And then he did. And he just, from our voices. We were, we were already sitting down eating and he recognized our voices. That's wild. Yeah. All right. Let's move on Facebook question from Ryan. This is the food category that we got so many questions about. What is your favorite French fry and dipping sauce combination? Ooh. I know mine right away. Well, then please share.

I am a sucker for Red Robin fries with Ranch. That is an excellent choice. That is my pinnacle. Fry dipping sauce combination. There are many that I have up there, though. Oh, man, yeah. Because you went that route with the big steak fries, which are inferior, but still great. Red Robin fries in Ranch are great. I'm going with Freddy's fries, the shoe string fries dipped in their spicy fry sauce.

All right, this is pretty good. And I will throw out the Chick-fil-A waffle fry into the Chick-fil-A sauce. Nothing wrong with that? There's good stuff. Yeah. Nothing wrong with that at all. All right. Twitter question from Jordan Lee. Who would you rather have next year? Deshaun Watson or Justin Herbert? I would rather have Deshaun Watson. Yeah, I think. I'm thinking Watson, but is there, let's think through it. Is there a reason?

Or is there a scenario where it actually is Herbert? Obviously, we're going to have to see what coaching changes are made. That would be one of the biggest factors. And then you have to determine whether or not see how free agency goes for Will Fuller. Does he lead? Let's say Fuller doesn't go back. If Fuller doesn't go back, is there any chance you go to Herbert over Watson? I don't think so. Not me, no. There was a stretch, by the way, that week four through 11 where Herbert.

The seven games played. His pace during that stretch was 4,700 yards and 45 touchdowns. Yeah. So that Herbert, yeah, I would take that over Deshaun Watson. But from week 12 on, aka when the shoe dropped, he was a 4,324 passer. So the truth is somewhere in the middle there. Herbert has a great future.

But I am with Jason. I lean a little bit on the Watson side. And the history is, you know, people ask all the time, what is the most predictable stat? What stat is, and a lot of times people go volume. But the actual answer is that the most predictive stat is historical production. What have they done? That is most likely to repeat itself. Do you know where Deshaun Watson finished at quarterback this year? I do. I'm looking at it. Quarterback five. Do you know where he finished at quarterback the year before?

Five? Quarterback five. Do you know where he finished the year before? You see where I'm going here? Quarterback five. So he's got Subway footlong in the bag. And I'm going to write it down right now. He'll be my quarterback five next season. Oh, there you go. That would be a safe bet. Twitter question from Andrew.

F, he says, how do you navigate running a company with such close friends? Things like salaries, time off. When someone shows up late or misses, how much time do you put into research? Your show has such a good vibe, and I'm interested in what is behind the curtain. I can say this. There's so many ways that you can get into trouble working with friends or family, but the integrity of the actual people.

that we have assembled as a team, I would say the three of us, as well as every single person who works with us. So integrious. I mean, when you have that level of trust and integrity down to every single person, it becomes really easy. It's not a built-in crazy strategy. We have a lot of grace with everything that we do because we have a lot of trust and everyone works hard. So it makes it very easy. Yeah, I would just.

add that, you know, we've also had a history of working at different companies. And we've seen the pluses and minuses, I think, of working with close friends. And when we started this company, we came into it with a level of trust with one another and with a genuine desire to do the best for one another. You know, we don't have power struggles because, you know, it probably helps that there's three of us. So you can always have a two to one vote on something where we disagree. But we don't want anybody doing something that.

you know, they're not excited and enthusiastic about. So that's made it a lot easier. And I've seen, you know, I've seen a lot of people that have had those situations where, you know, if you have a problem working with friends in the first, like, month of working together, just imagine when your business grows and when you have to make bigger decisions. Those things don't go away. So I guess as a point of your business fails. Either way. I would say at the beginning of the business is important to set forth.

a standard for how you will handle all of those types of decisions. And it makes everything so much easier. And people always ask, like, you know, the biggest fight we've been in and stuff like that. And we've had plenty of disagreements or moments where we're like, oh, yeah, I really believe this. I really believe that. But those things are, you know. They're usually fantasy football, really? Yeah. They're usually when Mike beats me in the League of Record playoffs. So, no, I think we're super blessed. And what Jason speaks to about having, you know, just this staff that we do.